Calendar 2002–03

DepartmentProfiles •Medicine 167 pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacogenetics (pharmacogenomics), drug formulation, drug stability, medicinal chemistry, pharmacoeconomics and variou s areas in therapeutics ( e.g . in fectiou s diseases, metabo lic diseases, gastrointestinal disorders,and cardiovascular diseases). Department of Physiology Tel.:2609 6882/6818 Fax.:2603 5022 E-mail: physiology@cuhk.edu.hk Website :http://www.psi.cuhk.edu.hk The department teaches ph ysiolog y, the science of how the bod y works, to medical, nursing, pharmacy, Chinese medicine, and human biolo gy students. Teach ing is carr ied ou t in the fo rm of lectur es, tuto rials, pr acticals, and demonstrations, with integrated courses and small-group teaching through tutorials as its features. Courses are arran ged according to or gan sy stems and aim at providing students with a working knowledge of physiology and its principles. The department also runs postgraduate programmes leading to MPhil and PhD deg rees. Resear ch activities are sup ported by state-o f-the-art facilities and techniques such as confocal microscopy, molecular biology, microfluorimetry, and patch-clamping. Department of Psychiatry Tel.:2632 3637 Fax.:2637 7884 E-mail :psychiatry@cuhk.edu.hk The department runs courses related to p sycholo gical medicine for med ical students throughout the undergraduate years. The theory and practice of clinical psychiatry are mainly tau ght in the f our th y ear. Staff memb ers also off er supervision in PhD and MPhil projects. Research activities focus on psychiatric disorders of major public health concern. Clinical epidemiological an d basic neuroscience investigations include dementia, schizophrenia, affective disorders, substance misuse, and sleep and eating disorders. School of Public Health Tel.:2252 8786 Fax.:2606 3500 E-mail: sph@med.cuhk.edu.hk Website :http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/med/sph The School of Public Health, the first of its kind in Hong Kong,is at the precincts of its teaching hospital, the Prince of Wales Hospital. The objectives of the School of Public Health are to contribute to the improvement of health through medical education, tr aining, research and consu ltancy services in public health and in health-r elated sciences. The school will collaborate with the government, the Hospital Auth ority, the Department of Health, the World Health Organization and other p rofessio nal bod ies and organizations. In the meantime, a Health