Newsletter No. 230
Information in this section can only be accessed with CWEM password . 若要瀏覽本部分的資料, 請須輸 入 中大校園電子郵件密碼 。 SARS-Related Research and Publications The following SARS-related research findings have recently been published in international journals: • Psychiatry Chiu HFK, Lam LCW, Li SW, Chiu E, 'SARS and Psychogeriatrics — Perspective and Lessons from Hong Kong', International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2003 Oct;18(10):871-3. • SARS Hui DS, Sung JJ, 'Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome', Chest, 2003; 124:12-15. • Nursing Lopez V, Chan KS, Wong YCJ, 'Nursing Care of Patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in the Intensive Care Unit: Case Reports in Hong Kong', International Journal of Nursing Studies, (in press) • Accident and Emergency Medicine Cameron PA, 'The Plague Within: An Australian Doctor's Experience of SARS in Hong Kong', Medical Journal of Australia, 2003 May 19; 178(10):512-3. Cameron PA, Rainer TH, Villiers Smit de P,'Th e SARS Epidemic: Lessons for Australia', Medical Journal of Australia, 2003 May;178(10):478-479. Cameron PA, Rainer TH, 'Lessons from an Outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong', Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2003, (in press) Rainer TH, Ong KL, Cameron PA, 'Conclusions from the Experience of Managing a Hong Kong Fever Ward', Chinese Emergency Medicine Journal, 2003, (Chinese, in press) RainerTH, Cameron PA, Smit deV, Ong KL, Ng AWH, Chan DPN, et al., 'Evaluation of the WHO Criteria for Identifying Patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome out of Hospital: Prospective Observational Study', British Medical Journal, 2003 June 21 ;326(7403):1354-58. Servic e t oth eCommunit y and Internationa l Organization s • Prof. Japhet Sebastian Law, professor in the Department of Decision Sciences and Managerial Economics, has been re-appointed by the Chief Executive of the HKSAR as a member of the Air Transport Licensing Authority for a year from 1st August 2003. • Prof. Chan Wing-wah, professor of music, served as the chief delegate of Hong Kong to the Asian Composers League Conference in Tokyo from 17th to 23rd September 2003 and to the World Music Days Festival organized by the UNESCO International Society for Contemporary Music in Ljubljana, Slovenia from 28th September to 3rd October 2003. Prof. Chan has also been re-appointed by the Chief Executive of the HKSAR as a member of the General Committee of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Society Ltd. for one year from 1st November 2003. • Prof. Tang Kwong-leung, professor of social work, has been re-appointed by the Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food as a member of the Advisory Committee on Social Work Training and Manpower Planning for one year from 1st November 2003. • Mr. Yip Sung-tat, safety officer in the University Safety and Environment Office/University Laboratory Safety Office, has been appointed by the Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food as a member of the Radiation Board for three years from 1st December 2003. • Prof. Lee Tak-shing Dominic, professor in the Department of Psychiatry, has been appointed as a member of the Grant Review Board for the Health and Health Services Research Fund and the Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases in Hong Kong for two years from 18th October 2003. • Prof. Sheila Twinn, professor in the Nethersole School of Nursing, has been appointed by the Health, Welfare and Food Bureau as a member of the Grant Review Board for the Health and Health Services Research Fund and the Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases in Hong Kong for two years from 2003. • Prof. Joseph Lau, director of the Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, has been invited to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of AIDS Concern for a year from 30th August 2003. He has also been invited to serve as an adviser to the Community Health Organization for Intervention, Care and Empowerment (CHOICE), and as a technical adviser to HIV/AIDS research at the Shenzhen Centre for Disease Control and Prevention for two years from 1st October 2003. Award Prof. Wong Yee Ding Patrick, professor of physiology, has been awarded the degree of Doctor of Science (ScD) by the University of Cambridge in recognition of his contributions to the field of epithelial transport and male reproductive physiology. (Information in this section is provided by the Information and Public Relations Office. Contributions should be sent direct to that office for registration and verification before publication.) Personalia •人事動態• Personalia •人事動態• Personalia •人事動態• Personalia •人事動態• Personalia •人事動態• Personalia •人事動 3 No. 230 19th November 2003
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