Programme

Date:January 24, 2026 (Saturday)
Time*:09:30 - 13:00
Venue:Lecture Theatre, 1/F, HKUMed Academic Building, 3 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong (view map)


* Poster Session will start at 09:00.

09:00 - 09:30
Registration

Welcome Reception cum Poster Session

09:30 - 09:35
Welcome Remarks

Dr Ronald Lam
Director of Health, Department of Health, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China

09:35 - 09:40
Welcome Remarks

Professor Lau Chak-sing
Dean of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (HKU)

09:40 - 09:45
Introduction of Keynote Speaker 

Professor David Bishai
Director and Clinical Professor, School of Public Health (SPH), HKU

09:45 - 10:15

Dr Michael Lu
Dean of School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley


Moderator
Professor Gilberto Leung
Director of School of Clinical Medicine, Co-Director of Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, and Tsang Wing-Hing Professor in Clinical Neuroscience, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU

10:15 - 11:15
Short Presentations

Representatives of “Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao University Public Health Alliance”:

Professor Lin Hualiang
Assistant Dean and Chair of Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University

Professor Shelly Tse
Associate Director (Mainland Affairs) and Professor, The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Professor Xiang Yutao
Distinguished Professor and Head of Department of Public Health and Medicinal Administration, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau

Panel Discussion and Q&A session

Moderators
Professor Leo Poon
Daniel C K Yu Professor in Virology, Chair Professor of Public Health Virology, and Head of Division of Public Health Laboratory Sciences, SPH, HKU

Associate Dean (Human Capital), LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU

Co-Director, HKU-Pasteur Research Pole

Co-Director, The Hong Kong Jockey Club Global Health Institute


Professor Maria Zhu Huachen
Associate Professor, SPH, HKU

11:15 - 11:45      Intermission and Student Poster Session

11:45 - 12:35
Overview of school structure of HKU SPH by Professor David Bishai

Elaboration by SPH division heads and representatives

Panel Discussion and Q&A Session

Representatives from each of the HKU SPH divisions:


Professor David Bishai
Director, Clinical Professor, and Head of Division of Health Economics, Policy and Management, SPH, HKU

Professor Dennis Ip
Clinical Associate Professor and Head of Division of Community Medicine and Public Health Practice, SPH, HKU    

Professor Wendy Lam
Associate Professor, Head of Division of Behavioural Science, and
MPH Programme Director, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong

Director, The University of Hong Kong Jockey Club Institute of Cancer Care


Professor Leo Poon
Daniel C K Yu Professor in Virology, Chair Professor of Public Health Virology, and Head of Division of Public Health Laboratory Sciences, SPH, HKU

Associate Dean (Human Capital), LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU

Co-Director, HKU-Pasteur Research Pole

Co-Director, The Hong Kong Jockey Club Global Health Institute


Professor Parco Siu
Professor and Head of Division of Kinesiology, SPH, HKU

Assistant Dean (Well-being), LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU


Professor Jane Zhao
Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, SPH, HKU


Moderator
Professor Michael Chan
Professor, SPH, HKU 

Award Presentation cum Closing Ceremony

12:35 - 12:45
Best Poster Award Presentation

Host
Professor Julie Liao
Assistant Professor, SPH, HKU

Presenter
Professor Sheikh Taslim Ali
Assistant Professor, SPH, HKU

Closing Remarks

Professor Michael Chan
Chair of Public Health Forum 2026 Organising Committee and Professor, SPH, HKU

Inaugural Induction Ceremony for Zeta Alpha, Delta Omega Chapter of the School of Public Health

12:45 - 13:00
An Introduction to Delta Omega

Host
Dr Polly Wong
Senior Lecturer and MPH Deputy Programme Director, SPH, HKU

Award Presentation

Presenter
Professor David Bishai
Director and Clinical Professor, SPH, HKU