Newsletter No. 388

6 No. 388, 4.12.2011 校 園 消 息 CAMPUS NEWS 深圳研究院開幕 • Opening of Shenzhen Research Institute 中 大深圳研究院於11月17日舉行開幕典禮,二百多名香港及深圳的政府官員及學界人士出席,主禮嘉賓包括 全國人大常委會原副委員長成思危教授( 右七 )、全國政協科教文衞體委主任兼原任國家科技部部長徐冠華 院士( 左五 )、深圳市副市長張文先生( 右六 )、香港特別行政區政府創新科技署署長王榮珍女士( 右三 )、校董會主席 鄭海泉博士( 左六 )、中大校長沈祖堯教授( 右五 ),以及深圳市企業家協會會長劉應力教授( 左一 )。 沈祖堯校長表示:「中大將透過深圳研究院加強與深圳在教育、科研及產業化三方面的合作,帶動兩地優勢的全面 發展。」 梁顯利老年學及老人病學講座教授就職演講 • Inaugural Lecture of Henry G Leong Endowed Professorship 左起:中大校長沈祖堯教授、胡令芳教授、梁紹鴻先生和醫學院院長霍泰輝教授 From left: Prof. Joseph J.Y. Sung, Vice-Chancellor, CUHK; Prof. Jean Woo, Mr. Edwin S.H. Leong, and Prof. T.F. Fok, Dean of Medicine, CUHK 何鴻燊呼吸系統學教授就職演講 • Inaugural Lecture of Stanley Ho Professorship C UHK celebrated the grand opening of the Shenzhen Research Institute officially on 17 November. Over 200 government officials and academics from Hong Kong and Shenzhen attended the ceremony. Officiating the ceremony were Prof. Cheng Siwei ( 7th right ), former vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress; Prof. Xu Guanhua ( 5th left ), former Minister of Science and Technology of the PRC; Mr. Zhang Wen ( 6th right ), vice mayor of the Shenzhen Municipal Government; Miss Janet Wong ( 3rd right ), Commissioner for Innovation and Technology, HKSAR Government; Dr. Vincent H.C. Cheng (6 th left ), CUHK Council Chairman; Prof. Joseph J.Y. Sung ( 5th right ), Vice- Chancellor, CUHK; and Prof. Liu Yingli ( 1st left ), president of Shenzhen Entrepreneur Association. Speaking at the ceremony, Professor Sung said, ‘CUHK can advance its collaboration with Shenzhen in education, research, and industrialization through the Institute. The Shenzhen-Hong Kong cooperation will bring both cities’ strengths into full play.’ 中 大內科及藥物治療學講座教授兼老人科主管 胡令芳教授於11月11日發表梁顯利老年學及老人 病學講座教授就職演講,題為「處於社會的邊緣」。胡教 授分享了她的研究內容,包括優質高齡化與營養策略、居 住環境對人體健康的影響等。 「梁顯利老年學及老人病學講座教授席」由大鴻輝興業有 限公司主席梁紹鴻先生於2011年3月捐資成立,以支持多 項關於老年學及老人病學的學術研究,並紀念其先父梁顯 利先生。胡令芳教授為首位獲頒該教席的教授。 P rof. Jean Woo, Professor of Medicine, and head, Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, delivered her inaugural lecture as Henry G Leong Professor of Gerontology and Geriatrics on 11 November titled ‘On the Fringe of Society’. She covered some of her research activities in the area of nutritional strategies for successful ageing and the impact of the living environment on health outcomes. The Henry G Leong Gerontology and Geriatrics Endowed Professorship was established by Mr. Edwin S.H. Leong, chairman, Tai Hung Fai Enterprise Co. and Group of Companies, in March 2011 in support of academic research on gerontology and geriatrics and in memory of his father, the late Mr. Henry G Leong. The first incumbent is Professor Woo. 中 大蒙何鴻燊博士醫療拓展基金會捐資成立何鴻燊呼吸系統學教授 席,以加強呼吸系統和傳染病的研究。該教席的首位教授為中大醫 學院內科及藥物治療學系呼吸系統科主管暨何鴻燊防治傳染病研究中心主 任許樹昌教授。 許教授在11月21日發表的就職演說,題為「呼吸系統衰竭:由非典型肺炎到 嚴重流行性感冒」。他指出設計隔離病房的主要考慮因素是面積及空氣交換 頻率,若設計得宜,有助提高病人進行氧氣治療及使用呼吸機時的病房防感 染成效。 T he Stanley Ho Professorship of Respiratory Medicine was established by the Dr. Stanley Ho Medical Development Foundation in support of academic research on respiratory medicine and infectious diseases. The first incumbent is Prof. Hui Shu-cheong David, head, Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, CUHK. Professor Hui is currently director of Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases. In his inaugural lecture titled ‘Respiratory Failure: from SARS to Severe Influenza’ on 21 November, Professor Hui said that room dimension and air exchange rate are important factors in isolation room design for the prevention of room contamination by exhaled air from infectious patients requiring oxygen therapy or non- invasive ventilation for respiratory failure.

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