Board - Centre for Medical Ethics and Law

Professor Craig PURSHOUSE

Craig is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law and Deputy Director and Research Fellow at the Centre for Medical Ethics and Law at the University of Hong Kong. His research interests are in medical law and torts and he has published on a diverse range of medical law topics including consent, reproductive negligence, conversion therapy, the medical treatment of children, the protection of autonomy and surrogacy.

Professor Hualing FU

Hualing is Professor of Law and holder of the Warren Chan Professorship in Human Rights and Responsibilities. His current research focuses on a critical re-assessment of rule of law reform in China in the past four decades. His other research areas include the constitutional status of Hong Kong, in particular central-local relationships in the Hong Kong context.

Dean and Professor, Faculty of Law Board Member, Centre for Medical Ethics and Law The University of Hong Kong

Professor Gilberto K. K. LEUNG

Gilberto is a neurosurgeon, Clinical Professor, and Tsang Wing-Hing Professor in Clinical Neuroscience at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). He graduated from the University of London with M.B.B.S. in 1992 and joined HKU in 2005 where he obtained his MS, PhD, and MD. He currently serves as Director of the School of Clinical Medicine at the LKS Faculty of Medicine, Immediate-Past President of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, and Convenor of the Institute for Medical Advancement and Clinical Excellence in Hong Kong. He holds an LLB from the University of London and an LLM in Medical Law and Ethics with Distinction from the University of Edinburgh. He is Co-Director of the Centre for Medical Ethics and Law at HKU, and Co-Chairperson of the Professionalism and Ethics Committee at the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine.

Professor Julie Yun CHEN

Julie is the Director of the Medical Ethics and Humanities Unit of the University of Hong Kong. Her research interests derive from her teaching and lie in curriculum development, professionalism, and doctor and student wellbeing.

Associate Professor (Teaching) in the Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care , and the Bau Institute of Medical and Health Sciences Education Director, Medical Ethics and Humanities Unit Assistant Dean, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine Board Member, Centre for Medical Ethics and Law The University of Hong Kong

Dr. Ron ZIMMERN

Ron is a distinguished figure in medicine, public health and policy. He created the Public Health Genetic Unit in 1997, which later became the Foundation of Genomics and Population Health. He has written widely on medical ethics and law issues, such as on the ethical issues on revealing the results of whole-genome sequencing and predictive genetic testing.

Chairman, Foundation of Genomics and Population Health Honorary Professor, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong ("HKU") Board Member, Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, HKU

Professor Chak-sing LAU, JP

Chak-sing is known as a pioneer for establishing and advancing rheumatology in Hong Kong, Asia and beyond. Chak-sing is Chair and Daniel CK Yu Professor in Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology at the University of Hong Kong and was the Chairperson at the School of Clinical Medicine's Department of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong, the Chief of Service at Queen Mary Hospital's Department of Medicine, and the President at the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine.

Dean & Chair Professor of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine Board Member, Centre for Medical Ethics and Law The University of Hong Kong

Professor Eric C. IP

Eric is a public health bioethicist and Co-Director of the Centre for Medical Ethics and Law at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), where he is Professor of Law. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Socio-Legal Studies from the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, and a Master of Bioethics from the Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, among other academic degrees. He has been awarded the Outstanding Young Researcher Award, University Research Output Prize, and Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award by HKU, and the Research Excellence Award and Young Researcher Award by The Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he served as Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Director of the LLB Programme.

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