Prof. Jean Woo, Professor of Medicine, and head, Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, delivered her inaugural lecture as Henry G Leong Professor of Gerontology and Geriatrics on 11 November titled 'On the Fringe of Society'. She covered some of her research activities in the area of nutritional strategies for successful ageing and the impact of the living environment on health outcomes.


The Henry G Leong Gerontology and Geriatrics Endowed Professorship was established by Mr. Edwin S.H. Leong, chairman, Tai Hung Fai Enterprise Co. and Group of Companies, in March 2011 in support of academic research on gerontology and geriatrics and in memory of his father, the late Mr. Henry G Leong. The first incumbent is Professor Woo.