Bulletin No. 2, 2015

Prof. Malcolm John Underwood Receives International Gold Medal Prof. Malcolm John Underwood ( l ef t ) , Head of the D i v isi on of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department o f Su r g e r y, wa s awa r d e d t h e International Gold Medal in 2014 by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He at tended the college’s diploma ceremony on 24 April to receive the award from its President. The International Gold Medal is one of the most prestigious awards that the college bestows on surgeons of any specialty as a reflection of their contribution to surgery and the college whilst working outside the UK. Prof. Dennis Lo Honoured with AACC Wallace H. Coulter Lectureship Award Prof. Dennis Y.M. Lo, Director of the Li Ka Shing Institute of Hea l t h S c i ence s , L i Ka Shing Professor of Medicine and Professor of Chemical Pathology was honoured with the 2015 Wallace H. Coulter Lec tureship Award for his pioneering and revolutionary work in the use of plasma DNA to develop a new generation of molecular diagnostics. Prof. Lo is the first Asian to receive this prestigious award presented by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry. HONOURS AND RECOGNITION 36 Chinese University Bulletin No. 2, 2015