Calendar 2001–02

114 Part 3 • Research Units and University Extensions Nursing and Midwifery in Australia. The goal of the centres is to act as leaders in evidence-based nursing in Australasia and Southeast Asia. Hong Kong–China Pathology Exchange Centre Tel.: 2632 3334 Fax.: 2649 7286 E-mail: hmli@cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/med/acp/adpc.htm The Hong Kong–China Pathology Exchange Centre works to promote professional and academic exchange between pathologists in Hong Kong and mainland China. It was set up by a grant from the Lee Hysan Foundation and support from other agencies, including the International Academy of Hysan Foundation, the International Academy of Pathology, and the International Association of Chinese Pathologists as well as local philanthropists. Based at the Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, it organizes junior and senior fellowship programmes for pathologists from mainland China to undergo clinical training at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Short courses are periodically organized on campus and teachers from the department are sent on lecture-tours on the mainland. It has recently reached an agreement with the Department of Pathology of the University of British Columbia in Canada which allows a pathologist from UBC to visit the department each year. The Hong Kong Foundation for Research and Development in Diabetes Tel.: 2632 3130 Fax.: 2637 3929 E-mail: hkfrdd@med.cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://www.hkfrdd.med.cuhk.edu.hk The aim of the foundation is to promote clinical and basic research in diabetes and related diseases and to improve the delivery of medical care to patients with these diseases in both Hong Kong and mainland China. Members of the foundation include local and overseas clinical and scientific personnel involved in diabetes research and management. The missions of the foundation include: • the establishment of scholarships and awards for both clinical and basic scientists in Hong Kong and mainland China to conduct research in diabetes and related diseases; • collaboration with leading academic institutions and other international organizations to develop research and development programmes in diabetes and related diseases, including the scientific use of traditional Chinese medicine; • the organization of scientific meetings and training courses to promote academic exchange between local and overseas investigators; • the development of evidence-based disease management programmes and the evaluation of their cost-effectiveness in health care delivery.