United College of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has invited Prof. Chen Yuan-Tsong, Academician of Academia Sinica, Taiwan, as Distinguished Visiting Scholar in 2012-13. He will visit Hong Kong between 30 October and 2 November 2012 and deliver two public lectures on CUHK campus; one in English and one in Putonghua. Members of the public are welcome to join. Please call 3943-7455 for seats reservation. <\/p>
Professor Chen is a world famous physician and scientist, recognized for his work on human genetic disorders. He invented a drug to cure Pompe disease in 2006, which saved thousands of lives all over the world yearly. Pompe is a rare heritable disease with high mortality rate, especially in new born babies. The development of this new drug has been adapted to a Hollywood movie entitled ‘Extraordinary Measures’<\/em><\/strong>. His translational research also leads to the development of cornstarch therapy for severe hypoglycemia in glycogen storage diseases. Professor Chen has identified the genetic basis of and developed DNA-based diagnosis for several major heritable diseases. His latest pharmacogenomic studies of adverse drug reactions paved the way for personalized medicine by preventing drug toxicity with gene tests. <\/p> Professor Chen received his medical degree from Taiwan University and a PhD from Columbia University. He is currently a distinguished research fellow of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan; Professor of Pediatrics at Duke University Medical Center in USA; and Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences for the Advancement of Science in Developing Countries (formerly the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World). <\/p> Details of the two public lectures are:<\/p> 1.<\/p><\/td> Preventing Drug Toxicity with a Gene Test<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> Date and time:<\/p><\/td> Wednesday, 31 October 2012, 4:30pm<\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> Venue:<\/p><\/td> Lecture Theatre 6, Lee Shau Kee Building, CUHK, Shatin<\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> Language:<\/p><\/td> English<\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2.<\/p><\/td> Challenges of New Drug Development: From Laboratory to Clinic to Hollywood<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> Date and time:<\/p><\/td> Thursday, 1 November 2012, 4:30pm<\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> Venue:<\/p><\/td> Sir Run Run Shaw Hall, CUHK, Shatin<\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> Language:<\/p><\/td> Putonghua<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> For further information, please contact Mr. George Lam at 3943 7598 or Ms. Amy Yeung at 3943 7455 of the Dean of Students’ Office.<\/p> <\/p>","show_as_achievement":false,"achievement_category":[],"show_as_clarification":false,"show_as_announcement":false,"photos":null,"attachments":null,"video_source":null,"video_file":null,"add_play_button":false,"video_caption":"","show_migration":false,"original_id":"1421","photos_original":[{"photo":"5088ea5eb7259.jpg","caption":"Prof. Chen Yuan-Tsong"},{"photo":"5088ea5f17857.jpg","caption":""}],"attachments_original":null},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/48438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/48438\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}