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w h e n he engages i n f u l l - t i me research i n 2001-2, and a HK$40,000 cash awa r d to Prof. Wu . • Prof. Dennis Lo, associate professor i n the Department of Chemical Pathology, has been selected b y Junior Ch amb er I n t e r n a t i o n a l (JCI) as an h o n o u r e e of this year's Ou t s t and i ng Yo u n g Persons of the Wo r l d . Prof. L o w o n o n the strength o f his h a v i n g d e v e l o p e d a safer a n d less stressful (to the mother) prenatal testing method, and the technique has recently been a d o p t ed b y the N a t i o n al B l o o d Service i n the U K as a non-invasive test for determining the baby's rhesus b l o od group type before birth. • Prof. Cynthia S.Y. Chan, Prof. W u n Yuk- tsan. Prof. James A . Dickinson, a n d Mr. N . H . L u k o f t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f C ommu n i ty and Fam i ly Medicine w o n t he H o n g K o n g C o l l e ge o f F a m i l y Physicians Best Research A w a r d 2000 w i t h t he ir research project 'Patients' A t t i t u d e s T o w a r d s M e d i c i n e s i n D i f f e r e nt F am i l y Practice Settings i n H o n g Ko n g: Is the F am i ly Ph y s i c i a n H a n d i c a p p e d b y t h e H e a l t h Ca r e System?' The a w a r d wa s p r e s en t ed o n 29 th A p r i l 2001 at the Co n j o i n t Fe l l ows h ip C o n f e r m e n t C e r e m o ny h e l d at t he H K A M J o c k e y C l u b B u i l d i n g i n Aberdeen. Professorial Appointments Professor of Music Prof. Chan W i n g - wa h has been appointed professor of music f r om 1st October 2001. Prof. Ch a n ob t a i ned his B A i n mu s ic f r om The Chinese Un i v e r s i ty i n 1979, a n d his master's an d doctoral degrees i n music ( c omp o s i t i o n ) f r o m the U n i v e r s i ty of Toronto i n 1981 a nd 1985 respectively. H e was a p p o i n t ed coordinato r of the P a r t - t i me D e g r e e Programme i n Music a t T h e C h i n e s e U n i v e r s i t y i n 1989, a n d h e a d o f t h e Graduate D i v i s i o n of M u s i c i n 1992. H e has been chairma n of t h e D e p a r t m e nt of M u s i c s i n ce 1992, a n d sub-dean of the Faculty of A r t s since 1999. Prof. C h an is c h a i r ma n of the H o n g K o n g Compo s e r s ' Gu i l d, director of the Composers and A u t h o r s Society of H o n g Kong, an appointed trustee of Inter-Artes, UK, v i c e - c h a i r m a n o f t h e A s i a n C o m p o s e r s ' L e a g u e , a n d a n e l e c t e d member of the executive committee of the U N E S C O I n t e r n a t i o n al S o c i e t y f o r Co n t emp o r a r y Music. P r o f . C h a n h a s a b o u t 60 m a j o r compositions. H e has also w r i t t en ma n y c ong r ega t i ona l h y m n s a nd anthems, as w e l l as children songs a nd school songs. Professor of Psychology Prof. Fann y Ch e u n g M i u - c h i ng has been a p p o i n t e d professor of p s y c h o l o g y f r om 1st October 2001. P r o f . C h e u n g received her BA i n p s y c h o l o g y f r o m the U n i v e r s i ty of C a l i f o r n i a a t Be r k e l ey i n 1970, a n d h e r Ph . D. i n p s y c h o l o g y f r o m the U n i v e r s i t y of Minnesota i n 1975. News in Brief 51