Awards and Recognition
Dr John Fung (Leader) and team, including Dr Polly Chan and Mr Edmond Chan from School of Nursing were awarded the 2023 Teaching Innovation Award (Team) by the University of Hong Kong for the project: “A Cross-Disciplinary Transmutable Application of Interactive, Immersive 360 Virtual Reality Videos on a Learning Management System (LMS) Combined with Facilitated Structured 3D Debriefing – an Innovative Experiential Learning Pedagogy in Enhancing Student Learning Engagement.” (2023)
Dr John Fung was awarded the Outstanding Teaching Award by the University. (2023)
Dr Polly Chan was awarded the Faculty Teaching Medal. (2023)
Dr George L Tipoe (School of Biomedical Sciences) and team, Professor Amy Chow Yin-man (Faculty of Social Sciences), Dr Fraide Jr A Ganotice (Bau Institute of Medical and Health Sciences Education), Dr May PS Lam (Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy) and Dr Janet Wong Yuen-ha (School of Nursing) were award the 2021 Teaching Innovation Award (Team) by The University of Hong Kong for the project: Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice – an “eMART” Approach. (2021)
Dr Maggie Chan was awarded Distinguished Educator in Gerontological Nursing by National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence (NHCGNE) at the NHCGNE Leadership Conference on October 26 – 28, 2021. (2021)
Dr Edmond Choi was awarded Faculty Teaching Medal 2020 by the LKS Faculty of Medicine. (2020)
Dr Edmond Choi was awarded Early Career Teaching Award by the University. (2020)
Dr John Fung (Leader), Dr Veronica Lam, Ms Michelle Pang and Dr Janet Wong were awarded Teaching Innovation Award by the University. (2020)
Dr William Li was awarded Faculty Teaching Medal. (2010)
Dr Daniel Fong was awarded Faculty Teaching Medal. (2009)
Professor Sophia Chan was awarded the Outstanding Teaching Award by the University. (2009)
Dr Marie Tarrant was awarded Faculty Teaching Medal. (2008)
Dr Agnes Tiwari was awarded the Outstanding Teaching Award by the University. (2008)
Professor Sophia Chan was awarded Faculty Teaching Medal. (2005)
Dr Agnes Tiwari was awarded Faculty Teaching Medal. (2004)
Professor Kelvin Wang and Professor Daniel Fong ranked by Clarivate in the top 1% Scholars for 2023. Data is drawn from Essential Science Indicators (ESI). (2023)
* Data source: Essential Science Indicators, Updated as of July 14, 2023 to cover a 10-year and 4-month period: January 1, 2013 - April 30, 2023.
Congratulations to Professor Chia-Chin Lin, Professor Doris Yu and Dr Daniel Fong for being listed among the world’s top 2% most cited scientists in their specialty areas by Stanford University* in the 2022 career-long most cited scientists list
*Source: Mendeley Data, V6, doi: 10.17632/btchxktzyw.6
Congratulations to Professor Chia-Chin Lin, Professor Doris Yu, Dr Daniel Fong and Dr Edmond Choi for being listed among the world’s top 2% most cited scientists in their specialty areas by Stanford University* in the 2022 single-year most cited scientists list
*Source: Mendeley Data, V6, doi: 10.17632/btchxktzyw.6
Dr Jojo Kwok, Assistant Professor, was awarded the Emerging Nurse Researcher/Scholar Award 2023 by Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing at the 34th International Nursing Research Congress from July 20-23, 2023. (2023)
Dr Jojo Kwok was awarded the 2022 HKSBH Early Career Award by the Hong Kong Society of Behavioral Health. (2022)
Congratulations to Professor Chia-Chin Lin, Professor Sophia Chan, Professor Doris Yu and Dr Daniel Fong for being listed among the world’s top 2% most cited scientists in their specialty areas list by Stanford University* in the 2021 career-long most cited scientists list.
And congratulations to Professor Doris Yu, Dr Daniel Fong, Dr Patsy Chau and Dr Edmond Choi for being listed among the world’s top 2% most cited scientists in their specialty areas in the 2021 single-year most cited scientists list.
* Source: Ioannidis, John P.A. (2022), “September 2022 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators"”, Mendeley Data, V5, doi: 10.17632/btchxktzyw.5
Congratulations to Dr Daniel Fong for being ranked by Clarivate Analytics in the top 1% of scholars worldwide by citations in at least one of the 22 research fields in 2022 and for four consecutive years. Data is drawn from Essential Science Indicators (ESI).
Dr Benjamin Ho was awarded the Outstanding Young Scholar Award 2022 by the Lambda Beta-at-Large Chapter of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. (2022)
Professor Sophia Chan, Professor Chia-Chin Lin, Professor Doris Yu and Dr Daniel Fong were named among the world’s top 2% most cited scientists in their specialty areas by Stanford University 2020
Dr Derek Cheung was awarded the Best Poster Award by the Food and Health Bureau, the Government of the HKSAR at the Health Research Symposium 2021. The title of the poster was “Use of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) Sample and Brief Smoking Cessation Advice for Recruiting Smokers to Smoking Cessation (SC) Services and Motivating Quit Attempts”. (2021)
Dr Jojo Kwok was awarded the Outstanding New Investigator Award 2021 from the International Society of Behavioral Medicine at the 2021 International Congress of Behavioral Medicine held on June 7, 2021. (2021)
Dr Derek Cheung was awarded the Excellent Health Promotion Project Award by the Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF) administered by the Food and Health Bureau, the Government of the HKSAR at the Health Research Symposium 2019. (2019)
Dr Jojo Kwok was awarded the Early Career Award and Meritorious Abstract Award at the 15th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine 2018 (ICBM 2018) by the International Society of Behavioral Medicine. (2018)
Professor Agnes Tiwari, and her research collaborators (Prof Janice Humphreys, Prof Linda Bullock, Dr Felix Yuen, Dr Daniel Fong, Ms Helina Yuk and Ms Polly Pang) were awarded the Research Output Award of the University. (2012)
Dr Kelvin Wang Man-ping (School of Nursing) and team, Professor Lam Tai-hing and Dr Daniel Ho Sai-yin (School of Public Health); Dr Derek Cheung Yee-tak, Dr Kevin Luk Tzu-tsun and Dr Socrates Wu Yongda (School of Nursing) were awarded the Faculty Knowledge Exchange (KE) Award for the project “Saving Our Next Generation from Tobacco and Nicotine Addiction”. (2022)
Dr Kris Lok was awarded the Faculty Knowledge Exchange (KE) Award for her project “Baby-Friendly Community Initiative Program – Development of a New Breastfeeding GPS App”. (2021)
Dr Angela Leung was awarded the Faculty Knowledge Exchange (KE) Award for her project “Health Literacy and Communication Training Series in Diabetes (Helico–D)”. (2015)
Professor Jojo Kwok will be inducted in the 2024 Class of Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing at the Academy’s annual Health Policy Conference. (2024)
Professor Kelvin Wang was elected to Fellowship through Distinction of the Faculty of Public Health (FPH) and will be admitted at the FPH ’s annual general meeting and awards ceremony on 25 June 2024. (2024)
Professor Doris Yu, Professor, was selected as one of the 2023 Fellows of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) at the GSA’s 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting held from November 8 to 12 in Tampa, Florida. (2023)
The “Community-based Smoking Cessation Program” led by Dr Kelvin Wang has been named one of the Edge Runners by the American Academy of Nursing. (2022)
Dr Edmond Choi has been inducted as the 2022 Class of Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing at the Academy’s annual Health Policy Conference. (2022)
Professor Sophia Chan has been inducted as Honorary Fellow by the Hong Kong College of Health Service Executives. (2022)
Professor Sophia Chan has been awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star (GBS) 2022 and Justice of the Peace 2022 by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). (2022)
HKU Li Shu Fan Medical Foundation Nursing Clinical Skills Laboratory and Simulation Training Centre is the first nursing simulation laboratory among tertiary institutions in Hong Kong accredited by the Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare (ASPiH). (2022)
Professor Doris Yu has been inducted into the 2020 Class of Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing at the Academy’s annual Transforming Health, Driving Policy Conference. (2020)
Professor Chia-Chin Lin has been inducted into the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame at the 31st International Nursing Research Congress by Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. (2020)
Dr William Li and Dr Kelvin Wang have been inducted as fellows of the American Academy of Nursing at 2019 American Academy of Nursing Transforming Health, Driving Policy Conference. (2019)
Professor Chia-Chin Lin has been conferred the Endowed Professorship – Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Charity Foundation Professor in Nursing. (2018)