Board - Centre for Medical Ethics and Law

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 the Tsang Wing-Hing Professor in Clinical Neuroscience at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). He graduated from the Medical College of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, University of London, with M.B.B.S. in 1992. During postgraduate training in England, United States and Hong Kong, he was awarded the Hallett Gold Medal by the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and the J. Douglas Miller Medal in Neurosurgery by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He joined HKU in 2005 where he subsequently obtained his MS, PhD, and MD.

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

Professor Vivian LIN

Vivian is the Executive Associate Dean in LKS Faculty of Medicine. She is concurrently Professor of Public Health Practice. She was the Former Director of Health System in the World Health Organization (Western Pacific Regional Office). She has more than 30 years of experience in public health, with a variety of leading roles in policy and programme development, health services planning, research and teaching, and senior administration in complex organizations.

Executive Associate Dean and Professor of Public Health Practice, LKS 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

Ms. Anna WU Hung-yuk, GBS, JP

Anna is the founding chair of the Competition Commission and was formerly a member of the Executive and Legislative Council. She initiated the Equal Opportunities Bill as a legislator and has served on various statutory bodies including the Hospital Authority. She is also a member of the Cyberport Advisory Panel and a member of the Law and Technology Centre of HKU.

Board Member, Centre for Medical Ethics and Law
Trustee of WYNG Foundation
Lawyer, Honorary Fellow and Honorary Professor of the University of Hong Kong

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.

Professor Daisy CHEUNG

Daisy is the Deputy Director of the Centre for Medical Ethics and Law at the University of Hong Kong, where she is also an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law. Her current research focuses on issues in mental health and capacity law and ethics. Other research areas include surrogacy and issues at the end-of-life, in particular advance medical directives.

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