Calendar 2002–03

122 Part 3• ResearchUnits andUniversity Extensions improving the quality of clinical service and treatment protocols; • to fulfil the academic needs of the University; • to promote the interest o f research in th e musculosk eletal system among undergraduate and postgraduate students and professional trainees; • to estab lish and promo te pr actical and co llab orative research with other institutions locally and internationally. Theresearch laboratory is running three major research programmes.These include soft tissue (tendon/ligament, muscle, nerves etc.), hard tissue (fracture healing, bone metabolic disorders and o steoporosis), and biomaterials. It has five major technical support units equipped with advanced facilities to look after histology, molecular biology and biochemistry, tissue biomechanics, bonemineral density measurement,and functional testing. The laboratory also helps organize technical workshops,undergraduate and 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 NovoNordisk DiabetesMellitus Clinical Trial Unit (NNDMCTU) wasestablished in May 2001 under the sponsorship of the Novo Nordisk Asia Pacific Clinical Dev elopment Center. The f irst of its k ind in Asia, this unit is dedicated to conducting phase II and III clinical trials of GoodClinical 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 tr ial cases of in ternational standard per year and would contributesignificantly to identifying the best treatmentfor local diabetespatients. The Orthopaedic Learning Centre Tel.:2632 3074 Fax.:2647 7432 E-mail :olc@ort.cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://www.olc-cuhk.org Th e Or thop aed ic Lear ning Cen tre is established und er the Dep artment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology with g enerous 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. Equip ped with the latest information technology, and a state-of-th e-art bioskill laboratory, the centre • provides hand s-on bioskill training fo r orthopaedic surgeons in specialities such astrauma surgery,joint replacement surgery, arthroscopic surgery, hand surgery and microsurgery, spinal surgery, paediatric surgery and other essential orthopaedic procedures; • enablesthe surgeon in training to observe and assimilate live surgery experience