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The International Brain Bee

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2019-07-15

The International Brain Bee (IBB) is a neuroscience competition for young students between the age of 13 to 19 years worldwide, with a purpose to inspire teenagers to learn about the human brain, apply neuroscience in their daily lives and motivate them to enter careers in the basic and clinical neurosciences. The contestants are tested on their knowledge of the human brain including such topics as intelligence, emotions, memory, sleep, vision, hearing, sensation, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, schizophrenia, addictions and brain research. The competition involves oral tests, a neuroanatomy laboratory exam with real human brains, a neurohistology test, and a…

CUHK Study Suggests Preoperative Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnoea to Lower Risk of Postoperative Cardiovascular Events

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2019-07-10

The Faculty of Medicine of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) conducted the world’s first study to investigate the association between unrecognised obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) and postoperative cardiovascular complications. Results…

Professor Francis Chan, Dean of Medicine, has been named by ExpertScape, a world leading index of academic achievement and expertise in healthcare, as a world expert in aspirin.

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2019-06-25

Professor Francis Chan, Dean of Medicine, has been named by ExpertScape, a world leading index of academic achievement and expertise in healthcare, as…

Economist Lawrence Lau gives talk at UM on Sino-US trade war

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2019-06-01

The University of Macau (UM) today (30 May) held a talk, titled ‘The China-US Trade War: Challenges and Opportunities for China, the Greater Bay Area and Macao’, as part of the University Lecture Series. Prof Lawrence J Lau, a renowned economist, was the keynote speaker.

Youngest and 1st Asian

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2019-05-23

【Youngest and 1st Asian】We are proud to report that Professor Siew NG from Department of Medicine & Therapeutics was endowed with the 14th Joanna and David Sachar International Award and Visiting Professorship at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 2019. Prof NG is the youngest and only Asian to receive this prestigious international award to recognise her research…

BMI 2019 VIDEO

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2019-04-03

DAY 1 – 30 March 2019 (Saturday) Professor Patrick C.M. Wong Director of Brain and Mind Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Opening Address Mr. Patrick W.M. Huen Chairman of the Board of Directors, Dr. Stanley Ho Medical Development Foundation Opening Address Professor Joan L. Luby, M.D Washington University in St. Louis Early Childhood Depression: Identification and Treatment Professor Elizabeth S. Norton Northwestern University in Evanston Promises and Pitfalls of Brain Research in Language and Reading Development Professor Catherine Tamis-LeMonda New York University Building Blocks for School Success: Children’s Early Learning Environment Professor Florrie Ng The Chinese University of…