Bulletin Spring‧Summer 2001

• P r o f. M o s e s C h o w , d i r e c t or of t he School of Ph a rma c y, has been elected as t he f i r s t p r e s i d e nt of t he A s i a n A s s o c i a t i on of School s of P h a r ma cy ( A A S P ) . T h e a s s o c i a t i o n w a s established las t year at the First A s i an Ph a r ma c y Educators Me e t i ng h e l d i n Pattaya, Tha i l and. Pa r t i c i pa t i n g i n the mee t i ng were 10 1 deans a nd educators of 53 p h a r ma cy edu c a t i on institutions f r om 15 A s i an countries. The m a i n objective of A A SP is to p r o m o t e c o l l a b o r a t i o n i n t h e a d v a n c eme nt of p h a r ma cy e d u c a t i o n a n d research amo ng memb e r schools, t o f a c i l i t a t e t h e e x c h a n g e a n d dissemination of ideas a nd i n f o rma t i on o n p h a r ma cy education, research, a nd professional practice, a nd to establis h liaison w i t h other health professionals, g o v e r nme n t al a n d othe r agencies that ma y lead to the de v e l opmen t, support, a n d i m p r o v e m e nt of p h a r ma c e u t i c al education, research, a nd practice. • Prof. W.S. Wo n g of the De p a r t me nt of I n f o r ma t i o n En g i n e e r i ng has recentl y been elected a f e l l ow of IEEE (Institute of Electronic a n d Electrical Engineers, USA ) , an h o n o ur b e s t owe d o n l y o n a f e w e a c h y e a r w h o h a v e m a d e e n o r mo u s c o n t r i b u t i on t o electroni c a n d electrical engineering. Prof. Wo n g has ma de ou t s t and i ng contributions to non-linear estimation system s a n d the app l i c a t i on of relevant syste m theories t o s o l v i n g c o m m u n i c a t i o n s a n d i n f o r ma t i on processing problems. • P r o f . T a n g W a i - k w o n g , a s s i s t a nt p r o f e s s o r i n t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f P s y c h i a t r y , w a s a w a r d ed the P f i z er Re s ea r c h A w a r d 200 1 b y t he H o n g K o n g Psychogeriatric A s s o c i a t i on o n 16th N o v emb er 2001. Professorial Appointments Professor of Learning Enhancement • P r o f. C a r m e l M c N a u g h t has b e e n a p p o i n t e d p r o f e s s o r o f l e a r n i n g enhancement. Prof. M c N a u g ht ob t a i ned her B.Sc. a n d he r Ma s t er o f E d u c a t i o n f r o m M o n a s h U n i v e r s i t y , a n d h er P h . D. f r o m the Un i v e r s i t y of N a t a l . She has t a u g h t f o r 27 years at v a r i o us u n i v e r s i t i e s , i n c l u d i n g M o n a s h U n i v e r s i t y, t he U n i v e r s i t y o f Z i m b a b w e , t h e U n i v e r s i ty of Na t a l, the Un i v e r s i ty of Me l b o u r n e, La Trobe Un i v e r s i t y, a nd R M I T Un i v e r s i t y. F r om 1999 t o 2001, she w a s t he h e a d of p r o f e s s i o n al d e v e l o p m e n t , L e a r n i ng T e c h n o l o gy Services, at R M I T Un i v e r s i t y. P r o f. M c N a u g h t ' s k e y r e s e a r ch interests include relationships be t ween the de s i g n a nd outcomes of c ompu t e r- facilitated learning i n higher education a n d the e d u c a t i o n a l c on c ep t i ons a n d practices of academics w h o d e v e l op a n d use s u c h t e c h n o l o g y. H e r w o r k o v e r t h e p a s t d e c a d e h a s b e e n s u p p o r t ed b y some 14 research grants a n d ha s l e d to the p u b l i c a t i on of 23 b o o ks a n d b o o k chapters, 22 refereed j o u r n a l s , 34 r e f e r e ed c o n f e r e n ce p a p e r s , 20 r e p o r ts a n d o c c a s i o n al papers. • P r o f . D a v i d R. K e m b e r h as b e e n a p p o i n t e d p r o f e s s o r of l e a r n i n g 56