Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 1997

HlGHLIGHTS OF RGC-FUNDED PROJECTS P r o f. J o s e ph S u n g graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 1983 and received training in internal medicine and gastroenterology at the Prince of Wales Hospital. He furthered his training at the University of Calgary in Canada where he obtained his Ph.D. in 1991. A year later, he joined The Chinese University as lecturer in medicine, becoming senio r lecturer in 1994. He was promoted to reader rank in 1996 and became head of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in the Department of Medicine of the University as well as honorary consultant gastroenterologist at the United Christian Hospital. Prof. Sung obtained his MRCP in 1986, his FRCPEd in 1995, and his FRCP as well as his MD (CUHK) in 1997. His research interests are Helicobacter pylori and peptic ulcer diseases. P r o f . S y d n ey C h u n g S h e u n g - c h e e received his medical education in Ireland and obtained his M.B. B.Ch. and BA〇 degrees from the National University of Ireland in 1980. After a year of internship in Scotland, Prof. Chung returned to Hong Kong to serve as medical officer in Kwong Wah Hospital. In 1984 Prof. Chung joined The Chinese University as lecturer in the Department of Surgery. He was promoted to senior lecturer rank in 1988, reader in 1992, and was appointed professor of surgery in 1994. Prof. Chung was awarded an MD degree by the University in 1988. He is also a fellow of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and a member of the Royal College of Physicians of the UK. P r o f . A u g u s t i ne F.B. Ch e ng studied microbiology at the University of Manitoba, Canada, and received his B.Sc. in 1969, his M.Sc. in 1973, his Ph.D. in 1975, and MD in 1977. From 1978 to 1983, he was a staff physician at the Federal Deer Lodge Hospital in Manitoba. He joined The Chinese University in 1983 as lecturer in microbiology, becoming senior lecturer in 1989, and reader in 1992. Prof. Cheng is a fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists, th e Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (pathology), and the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia. Prof. Cheng has published widely on his areas of research interest, which include antimicrobial susceptibility testing, pharmacokinetics, mechanisms of resistance and clinical trials, development of rapid diagnostic methods for infectious diseases, molecular epidemiology and control of hospital infection, and mycobacteriology and helicobacteriology. From Helicobacter Pylori to Peptic Ulcer to Gastri c Cancer 29