Calendar 2001–02

Faculty and Departmental Research/Consultancy Units 117 The research laboratory is running three major research programmes. These include soft tissue (tendon/ligament, muscle, nerves etc.), hard tissue (fracture healing, osteoporosis), and biomaterials. There are five major technical supporting units equipped with advanced facilities to look after histology, molecular biology and biochemistry, tissue biomechanics, bone mineral density measurement, and functional testing. The laboratory also helps organize technical workshops, postgraduate teaching, and local, regional, and international conferences. Novo Nordisk Diabetes Mellitus Clinical Trial Unit Tel.: 2632 3124 Fax.: 2647 3859 E-mail: ccf193chow@cuhk.edu.hk Novo Nordisk Diabetes Mellitus Clinical Trial Unit (NNDMCTU) was established in May 2001 under the sponsorship of the Novo Nordisk Asia Pacific Clinical Development Center. The first of its kind in Asia, this unit is dedicated to conducting phase II and III clinical trials of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) quality on various diabetes-related new treatment modalities. It is headed by an honorary director, from the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, and is staffed by a full-time clinical officer, a research nurse, and a clerk. This unit can potentially complete at least 120 trial cases of international standard per year and would contribute significantly to identifying the best treatment for local diabetes patients. The Orthopaedic Learning Centre Tel.: 2632 3074 Fax.: 2647 7432 E-mail: olc@ort.cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://www.olc.ort.cuhk.edu.hk The Orthopaedic Learning Centre is established under the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology with generous donations from the Dr. Li Ka Shing Foundation, Stryker Howmedica, and a private donor, Mr. Tang Yuk Wai. It is designed to be a resource centre for learning and teaching for orthopaedic surgeons, nurses, and related specialists. Equipped with the latest information technology, and a state-of-the-art bioskill laboratory, the centre • provides hands-on bioskill training for orthopaedic surgeons in specialities such as trauma surgery, joint replacement surgery, arthroscopic surgery, hand surgery and microsurgery, spinal surgery, paediatric surgery and other essential orthopaedic procedures; • enables the surgeon in training to observe and assimilate live surgery experience through closed circuit video transmission from the operating room; • enables orthopaedic learning to be linked with and delivered to other international centres through telemedicine; • allows information retrieval on the orthopaedic information superhighway via an extensive intranet and Internet network and the establishment of a comprehensive resource centre in orthopaedics and traumatology.