CUHK Medical Scientists Receive Multiple Accolades

Prof. Dennis Lo Yuk-ming (left) and Prof. Rossa Chiu Wai-kwun (right) of the Faculty of Medicine are named two of the top 20 translational researchers of 2018 by the world-renowned scientific journal Nature Biotechnology. They are the only Hong Kong researchers on the list, and this is the third consecutive year for Professor Lo to receive this honour. Recognizing researchers whose work is effectively applied, the list was compiled based on the numbers of patents granted to researchers in 2018, the researchers’ top-cited patents over the past five years, and their publication output and impact. Professor Lo and Professor Chiu were selected for their achievements in the areas of cancer and fetal diagnostics.

Professor Lo also received the fourth Fudan-Zhongzhi Science Award last month for his contribution to areas including non-invasive parental testing and circulating tumour DNA detection. This award is regarded as a pointer to the Nobel Prize, as the first two groups of awardees went on to become Nobel laureates.

This article was originally published in No. 551, Newsletter in Jan 2020.