Bulletin Spring‧Summer 2005

PROFESSORIAl APPOINTMENTS Professor o f Infectious Diseases Dr. Lee Shui-shan has b e e n a p p o i n t e d professor of infectious diseases at the Centre for Emerging In fe c tiou s Diseases from 3rd May 2005. Dr. Lee received his MB BS from the University of Hong Kong in 1982 and his MD in 1995. Prior to joining CUHK, he had, since 1991, been consultant physician and head of the Special Preventive Programme of the Department of Health in Hong Kong. He had also been hono ra ry co n su lta n t at the Department of Medicine and Geriatrics of the Princess Margaret Hospital since 2002, and honorary professor at the Department of Microbiology of the University of Hong Kong since 1999. Dr. Lee is a fellow or member of many medical colleges. Professor o f Public Health Prof. Sian Griffiths has b e e n a p p o i n t e d p ro fesso r o f p u b lic health from 6th May 2005. Prof. G riffiths has had extensive experi­ ence le c tu rin g and practising medicine in the UK since she obtained her MB B.Chir. from Cambridge University in 1977. She has been chair of the Association of Public Health, president of the Faculty of Public Health of the Royal College of Physicians, and co-chair o f the Hong Kong government's Expert Comm ittee on SARS. Prior to jo in in g the Chinese University, she was a senior clinical lecturer in the Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Oxford University. Prof. Griffiths is a fellow or member of numerous medical associations in the UK and a referee of many academic journals. Croucher Foundation's Support f o r Research Three Scholars Awarded Senior Research Fellowships Prof. Zhou Xunyu of the Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, Prof. Wei Juncheng of the Department of Mathematics, and Prof. Xia Keqing of the Department of Physics were presented the prestigious Senior Research Fellowships of The Croucher Foundation on 16th March 2005 by Chief Justice Andrew K.N. Li of the Court of Final Appeal. The Croucher Senior Research Fellowships scheme was first introduced in the 1997 -98 academic year. The value of each fellowship is about (From left) Prof. H enry Wong, chairman o fthe Research Committee, Prof. Wei Juncheng, Prof. X ia Keqing, Prof. Zhou X u n yu , and P rof. Lau Ka-sing, cha irm an o f Mathematics Department 3 4 Chinese University Bulletin Spring • Summer 2005