Calendar 2001–02

Department Profiles • Medicine 151 Department of Anatomy Tel.: 2609 6853 Fax.: 2603 5031 E-mail: anatomy@cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://www.ana.cuhk.edu.hk The department teaches topographical anatomy, histology, embryology, genetics, and neuroanatomy in a number of undergraduate programmes, by means of lectures, practical classes, and tutorials. Course content is designed to meet the specific needs of individual programmes, which include the MB ChB pre-clinical programme, and programmes in nursing (first year), pharmacy (first year), traditional Chinese medicine (first year), and human biology (second and third years). Members of the department engage in research in neurobiology, developmental biology, reproductive and lower urinary tract biology, cancer, cell biology and molecular biology. In their various research pursuits they employ electron, scanning and confocal microscopy, as well as tissue culture, immunocytochemistry, and molecular and cellular biology techniques. Department of Biochemistry Tel.: 2609 6875 Fax.: 2603 5123 E-mail: biochemistry@cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://www.bch.cuhk.edu.hk The department offers a full-fledged undergraduate programme dealing with the nature of biochemical molecules and the chemical basis of life. The curriculum is designed using an integrative and multidisciplinary approach. The department teaches both medical and pharmacy students as well as students majoring in biochemistry, food and nutritional science, environmental science and molecular biotechnology. Areas of research undertaken by staff include biotechnology, human genomics, bioinformatics, Chinese medicinal materials, immunology and cancer, transgenic animals, hormone action and neurochemistry. The department also offers a postgraduate programme leading to a master or doctoral degree in biochemistry. Department of Chemical Pathology Tel.: 2632 3338 Fax.: 2636 5090 E-mail: waikeilam@cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://www.cpy.cuhk.edu.hk The department conducts courses in chemical pathology for Year-3 medical students to teach them the value of biochemical tests in diagnosis, how to use such tests efficiently, and how to monitor treatment. It also contributes to the one-year intercalated programme leading to the BMedSc degree, and offers postgraduate courses for MSc, MPhil, PhD, and MD students. A summer school in chemical pathology is organized for doctors from mainland China. Research interests include molecular investigation of genetic diseases and the study of