Public Health Forum 2026 is our School’s annual flagship event. Under the theme "Public Health: Challenges, Opportunities and Innovations", the Forum will explore pressing health issues and emerging threats while highlighting innovative solutions, collaborative efforts, and policy development. Insights, expertise, and experiences from speakers and participants will contribute to addressing current public health challenges and promoting a resilient, equitable health system. A Poster Session will be held alongside the Forum to showcase the School’s ongoing research and innovative projects.
Established in 2004, the School of Public Health, LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has a long and distinguished history in public health education and high impact research. In 2009, the former Department of Community Medicine and the Behavioural Sciences Unit were consolidated within the School of Public Health, together with colleagues from public health virology. In 2016, the academic arm of the erstwhile Institute of Human Performance was also incorporated into the School.
The School and its predecessors have an internationally recognised track record of innovative and ground-breaking research in public health locally and globally, and enjoy a leading reputation in postgraduate education and professional training in the region. It contributes substantially to the undergraduate medical, nursing, pharmacy, biomedical sciences and chinese medicine curricula of the Medical Faculty at HKU. Adding to the School’s education offerings are also our Master of Public Health programme, the first in the region and the only academic programme in Hong Kong fully accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH), as well as the Bachelor of Arts and Sciences in Global Health and Development programme.