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152 Part 5 • Department Profiles and Programmes of Studies allergic information. The department has well-established laboratories for research related to molecular biology, chromatography, and mass spectrometry. Department of Clinical Oncology Tel.: 2632 2119 Fax.: 2649 7426 E-mail: pjjohnson@cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://www.clo.cuhk.edu.hk The department provides a three-week integrated course in clinical oncology, including palliative medicine, targeted at the requirements of general practice and internship, with emphasis on training of general medical and surgical skills. The teaching-learning environment is based on a 70-bed in-patient facility and out-patient facilities at the Prince of Wales Hospital and Sir Yue-kong Pao Centre for Cancer, linked to a broad range of services including medical-haematological oncology, radiation oncology, and palliative medicine. There is special research interest in nasopharyngeal cancer, liver cancer, and anti-cancer agents. International collaborative research and clinical trials are facilitated by a dedicated Comprehensive Cancer Clinical Trials Unit. Department of Community and Family Medicine Tel.: 2692 8786 Fax.: 2606 3500 E-mail: cfm@cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/med/cmd/index.html The department trains doctors who can provide evidence-based primary health care and public health services. Teaching in community medicine is focused on the concepts and research methods in evidence-based medicine, clinical epidemiology, epidemiology of communicable and non-communicable diseases, occupational medicine, environmental health, and health policy. Teaching in family medicine is centred on the concepts of family medicine, common health problems and their management. The department also runs postgraduate diploma programmes and master programmes in public health, epidemiology and biostatistics, family medicine, health promotion and occupational health. Strategic research areas include women’s health, osteoporosis and musculoskeletal disorders, elderly health, school health, smoking, evaluation of traditional Chinese medicine, sero-epidemiology of hepatitis, air pollution, noise induced hearing loss, neurobehavioural problems and organic solvents, mental health, health services research and evaluation, and disease mapping. Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Organ Imaging Tel.: 2632 3213 Fax.: 2636 0012 E-mail: droid@med.cuhk.edu.hk The department is known for ultrasound, head and neck, musculoskeletal and