Research Awards

Prof KKW To

  • One of 34 publications highlighted in the “200 years of The Lancet” timeline (Chan JF et al., A familial cluster of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus indicating person-to-person transmission: a study of a family cluster, Lancet 2020): The Lancet
  • The University of Hong Kong Research Output Prize 2020-21: The University of Hong Kong
  • Emerging Microbes & Infections 2020 Best Paper Award (1st place): Emerging Microbes & Infections
  • Best Poster Award (1st place in the Young Investigator Category): The 32nd International Conference on Antiviral Research (ICAR 2019)
  • National Grand Prize, 2017 National Science and Technology Progress Award: State Council of the People’s Republic of China
  • State Scientific and Technological Progress Award (Special class): State Council of the People’s Republic of China
  • Research Output Prize 2015-16: Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Sir Patrick Manson Gold Medal: The University of Hong Kong
  • Best Abstract in Clinical Medicine (Oral) – “Immunogenicity of Intradermal Trivalent Influenza Vaccine with Topical Imiquimod, a Double Blind Randomized Controlled Trial”: 20th Medical Research Conference 2015, Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
  • Distinguished Young Fellows: The Hong Kong Academy of Medicine
  • Best Abstract in Clinical Medicine (Oral) – “Hyperimmune Intravenous Immunoglobulin Treatment: A Multicenter Double Blind Randomized Controlled Trial for Patients with Severe A (H1N1) pdm 09 Infection”: 19th Medical Research Conference 2014, Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
  • Springer Poster Prize For Outstanding Poster Presentation Of Research In The Field Of Metabolomics In The Metabolomics Society 2013 Conference: Metabolomics Society 2013 Conference
  • Dose sparing intradermal trivalent influenza (2010/2011) vaccination overcomes reduced immunogenicity of the 2009 H1N1 strain: Best Abstract in Clinical Medicine (Oral), 18th Medical Research Conference, Department of Medicine, HKU; 2013
  • Outstanding Team Award – Microbiology and Infection Control Team, Queen Mary Hospital: Hospital Authority

Prof KY Yuen:

  • Gold Medal with Congratulations of the Jury, Special Edition 2021 Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days 2021
  • The 2020 Best Papers Award (First Place), Emerging Microbes & Infections 2020
  • Certificate of Degree of Doctor honoris causa, Macau University of Science and Technology 2019
  • 16th World Outstanding Chinese Award, World Chinese Business Investment Foundation and the United World Chinese Association 2018
  • Gold Bauhinea Star Award from the Hong Kong SAR Government of China 2018
  • Certificate of the 2018 Highly Cited Researcher, 2018
  • State Scientific and Technological Progress Award (Special class), State Council 2017
  • Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering (Medicine and Health) 2007
  • The Croucher Senior Medical Research Fellowship (The Croucher Award), The Croucher Foundation 2006-2007
  • Silver Bauhinea Star Award from the Hong Kong SAR Government of China 2004
  • Special Research Achievement Award (Research Team), The University of Hong Kong 2004
  • SARS Heroic Medal, “Hong Kong, Our Home” – Salute to Medical Professionals Award 2003
  • Gold Badge Award by Hong Kong West Cluster of Hospital Authority of Hong Kong 2003
  • Leader of the Year 2003 – Innovation/Technology Category (Research Team), Sing Tao Newspaper Group 2003
  • Outstanding Researcher Award 2002-2003, The University of Hong Kong
  • Justice of the Peace, Hong Kong SAR Government of China 2002
  • Best Teachers Award, Medical Society, H.K.U.S.U. 1996
  • Distinction in Internal Medicine, The University of Hong Kong

Dr JFW Chan

  • 2023: First-author research article “Chan JF et al., A familial cluster of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus indicating person-to-person transmission: a study of a family cluster. Lancet. 2020; 395:514-523” selected as one of the 34 landmark papers in the “200 Years of The Lancet” timeline (https://www.thelancet.com/lancet-200/timeline-infographic).
  • 2022: Highly Cited Researcher 2022 (“Microbiology”) (Clarivate)
  • 2022: Highly Cited Researcher 2022 (“Immunology”) (Clarivate)
  • 2022 (since 2015): Top 1% scholar (Clarivate)
  • 2022 (since 2019): Top 2% most-cited scientist (Stanford University)
  • 2022: Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (FIDSA)
  • 2022: HKU Research Output Prize (as co-first author for the best research output in HKU LKS Faculty of Medicine in 2021)
  • 2021: Highly Cited Researcher 2021 (“Microbiology”) (Clarivate)
  • 2021: Highly Cited Researcher 2021 (“Immunology”) (Clarivate)
  • 2021: HKU Outstanding Young Researcher Award (The University of Hong Kong)
  • 2021: Biomedicines 2021 Young Investigator Award (Biomedicines)
  • 2021: Pathogens 2021 Young Investigator Award (Pathogens)
  • 2021: Emerging Microbes & Infections 2020 Best Paper Award (1st Place) (as first author) (Emerging Microbes & Infections)
  • 2021: HKU Research Output Prize (as first author for the best research output in HKU LKS Faculty of Medicine in 2020)
  • 2021: Prize for Best Original Research by Young Fellows (Gold Medal Winner) (Hong Kong Academy of Medicine)
  • 2020: Lo Ying Shek Chi Wai Foundation Award for Young Investigator (Lo Ying Shek Chi Wai Foundation)
  • 2020: Kylin Science and Technology Award Capital Excellent Science and Technology Innovation Award (Beijing Society of Science and Technology Professionals Capital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China)
  • 2019 (since 2017): ASM Young Ambassador of Science to Hong Kong (American Society for Microbiology)
  • 2019: State Scientific and Technological Progress Award (2nd Class Award) (the National Government of the People’s Republic of China)
  • 2019: The Most Promising Young Researcher Award (Food and Health Bureau of the HKSAR Government)
  • 2019: The Best Poster Award (Young Investigator Category at the 32nd International Conference on Antiviral Research by International Society for Antiviral Research)
  • 2018: The Chinese Medical Science and Technology Award (2nd Class Award) (Chinese Medical Association)
  • 2018: Sir Patrick Manson Gold Medal (LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU)
  • 2016: HKU Research Output Prize (as co-author for the best research output in HKU LKS Faculty of Medicine in 2015)
  • 2015: ASV Medical Virology Club Travel Award (American Society for Virology)
  • 2011: Best Presentation Prize at the 7th Trainee Presentation Session (The Hong Kong College of Pathologists)
  • 2010: Outstanding Team Award (Hospital Authority of Hong Kong)

Prof HL Chen

  • One of 34 publications highlighted in the “200 years of The Lancet” timeline (Chan JF et al., A familial cluster of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus indicating person-to-person transmission: a study of a family cluster, Lancet 2020): The Lancet
  • The University of Hong Kong Research Output Prize 2020-21: The University of Hong Kong
  • The University of Hong Kong Research Output Prize 2020-21: The University of Hong Kong, 香港大學研究成果獎 2020-21
  • Gold Medal with Congratulations of the Jury, Special Edition 2021 Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days 2021
  • One of 34 publications highlighted in the “200 years of The Lancet” timeline (Chan JF et al., A familial cluster of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus indicating person-to-person transmission: a study of a family cluster, Lancet 2020): The Lancet
  • National Grand Prize, 2017 National Science and Technology Progress Award: State Council of the People’s Republic of China
  • State Scientific and Technological Progress Award (Special class): State Council of the People’s Republic of China
  • Research Output Prize 2015-16: Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Faculty Outstanding Research Output Award.: Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong
  • Faculty Outstanding Research Output Award: Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong
  • Excellent Research Award, Food and Health Bureau, HKSAR: HMRF,Food and Health Bureau, HKSAR
  • 2012 Research Output Prize: The University of Hong Kong
  • Special recognition award for extraordinatory work in H1N1 influenza reserch.: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
  • The Best Poster Award at the XIth Nidovirus Symposium 2008: The XIth International Nidovirus Symposium (2008), Oxford, UK
  • Research Output Prize, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, awarded for “H5N1 virus outbreak in migratory waterfowl” published in Nature, 2005: The University of Hong Kong

Prof ZW Chen

  • 2021 Cell Press China Most Picked Paper: Cell Press
  • Gold Medal with Congratulations of the Jury, Special Edition 2021 Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days 2021
  • China New Development Awards: Springer Nature
  • ILTS Travel Award – Plasmacytoid dendritic cells promote hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after liver transplantation: ILTS 25th Annual International Congress, May 2019, Toronto, Canada
  • Mentor Mentee Award: The Transplantation Society 2018 International Congress
  • Rising Star Award: The 2018 Joint International Congress of ILTS, ELITA & LICAGE
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases Award for Outstanding Review (fewer than 5% of all reviews receive this designation): The Clinical Infectious Diseases (CID)
  • Certificate of Appreciation for effort to the abstract reviewing for the XVIII International AIDS Conference, July 2010, Vienna, Austria.: The AIDS 2010 Scientific Programme Committee
  • One of the major reviewers: JAIDS
  • One of the top 50 reviewers (out of 9000): PLoS One

Dr RYT Kao

  • State Scientific and Technological Progress Award (2nd Class Award) (Establishment and Application of Animal Model System for Major Human Infectious Diseases): The State Council of the People’s Republic of China
  • Best Poster Award (1st place in the Young Investigator Category): The 32nd International Conference on Antiviral Research (ICAR 2019)
  • Innovation Academy Award: International Consortium on Prevention and Infection Control (ICPIC)
  • Best Student Poster Award “Identification of a broad-spectrum inhibitor of common RNA respiratory viruses by high-throughput screening”: The 28th International Conference on Antiviral Research (ICAR)
  • First prize for poster section: Screen of Small Molecule Compounds for Intervertebral Disc Degeneration by Chemical Genetics.: East meets West Symposium, Shenzhen, China, April 8-9, 2013
  • Faculty Outstanding Research Award: LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU
  • The 2008 International Association of Dental Researches/GlaxoSmithKline Innovation in Oral Care Award: GlaxoSmithKline
  • Best Poster Award “High throughput screening of chemical compounds for the treatment of osteoarthritis”: 12th Ressearch Postgraduate Symposium, The University of Hong Kong

Dr PML Yeung

  • Faculty Outstanding Research Output Award: University of Hong Kong 2022
  • State Scientific and Technological Progress Award (2nd Class Award) (Establishment and Application of Animal Model System for Major Human Infectious Diseases): The State Council of the People’s Republic of China

Dr Hin Chu

  • One of 34 publications highlighted in the “200 years of The Lancet” timeline (Chan JF et al., A familial cluster of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus indicating person-to-person transmission: a study of a family cluster, Lancet 2020): The Lancet
  • The University of Hong Kong Research Output Prize 2021-22: The University of Hong Kong
  • The University of Hong Kong Research Output Prize 2020-21: The University of Hong Kong
  • Emerging Microbes & Infections 2020 Best Paper Award (1st place): Emerging Microbes & Infections
  • One of 34 publications highlighted in the “200 years of The Lancet” timeline (Chan JF et al., A familial cluster of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus indicating person-to-person transmission: a study of a family cluster, Lancet 2020): The Lancet
  • Best Poster Award (1st place in the Young Investigator Category): The 32nd International Conference on Antiviral Research (ICAR 2019)

Dr SF Yuan

  • Winner of 2024 FAOBMB Young Scientist Award (Male) “Click here“
  • One of 34 publications highlighted in the “200 years of The Lancet” timeline (Chan JF et al., A familial cluster of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus indicating person-to-person transmission: a study of a family cluster, Lancet 2020): The Lancet
  • The University of Hong Kong Research Output Prize 2021-22: The University of Hong Kong
  • Best Poster Award, Health Research Symposium 2021 of Hong Kong (Project title: Roles of Epstein-Barr virus-encoded miR-BART microRNAs in viral persistence and transformation of epithelial cells): Food and Health Bureau of HKSAR Government
  • The University of Hong Kong Research Output Prize 2020-21: The University of Hong Kong
  • Emerging Microbes & Infections 2020 Best Paper Award (1st place): Emerging Microbes & Infections
  • Best Poster Award (1st place in the Young Investigator Category): The 32nd International Conference on Antiviral Research (ICAR 2019)

Dr HP Shuai

  • 2021 Future Female Scientist Program (China Association for Science and Technology, China)