Prof. Freedom Leung graduated from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada with a PhD in Clinical Psychology. He spent three years working as the clinical research associate at the Douglas Hospital Centre in Montreal before returning to Hong Kong in 1992. His research expertise includes eating disorders, borderline personality disorder, self-harm behaviour and mindfulness therapy. Prof. Leung has received numerous teaching awards, including the Best Teaching Award of the Faculty of Social Science (2004), the Vice-Chancellor’s Exemplary Teaching Award (2005), and the General Education Best Teaching Award of Shaw College (2019).
Prof. Leung was the past president of the Hong Kong Psychological Society (1996-1997), and the senior advisor for the Society of Clinical Psychology in China and Taiwan (2004-2014). He is also a committee member of the Asian Cognitive Behavior Therapy Association (2018-2021). Besides serving as the Head of Shaw College, Prof. Leung also serves as the senior consulting clinical psychologist for the Office of Student Affairs and the Human Resources Office of CUHK.
Professor WU Che-yuen Justin is the Associate Dean (Health Systems) of Faculty of Medicine and the Chairman of CUHK Medical Services, CUHK. He is responsible for the development of collaborative network with private health systems, biomedical tech industry, Greater Bay Area and beyond for CUHK Medicine.
He is a professor of gastroenterology with academic focus in the field of functional gastrointestinal disorder and gastroesophageal reflux disease. He is currently the President of Asian Pacific Association of Gastroenterology (APAGE), the Past-President of Hong Kong Society of Gastroenterology, and Scientific Chairman of Asia Neurogastroenterology and Motility.
In medical education, Professor Wu is the founding director of Asia’s first “Global Physician-Leadership Stream” (GPS) of MBChB programme of CUHK Medicine. He is responsible for the design and operation of the GPS curriculum. The GPS has been the top programme among all university undergraduate studies in Hong Kong for 9 consecutive years. He is an eminent teacher honoured with 8 awards of medical education, which include Vice-Chancellor Exemplary Teaching Award, Master Teacher, and Teacher of the Year Awards in CUHK Medicine.
He is the founding director of Hong Kong Institute of Integrative Medicine in CUHK with the mission of fostering cooperation between Western and Chinese medicine in the healthcare system. He steered the development of the world’s first English Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Chinese medicine in collaboration with Coursera.
In medical innovation, Professor Wu is serving as director and advisor of biomedical technology companies and venture capital funds. He also actively contributes to incubator and accelerator programmes for supporting the growth of biomedical tech start-up companies.
Prof. Freedom Leung graduated from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada with a PhD in Clinical Psychology. He spent three years working as the clinical research associate at the Douglas Hospital Centre in Montreal before returning to Hong Kong in 1992. His research expertise includes eating disorders, borderline personality disorder, self-harm behaviour and mindfulness therapy. Prof. Leung has received numerous teaching awards, including the Best Teaching Award of the Faculty of Social Science (2004), the Vice-Chancellor’s Exemplary Teaching Award (2005), and the General Education Best Teaching Award of Shaw College (2019).
Prof. Leung was the past president of the Hong Kong Psychological Society (1996-1997), and the senior advisor for the Society of Clinical Psychology in China and Taiwan (2004-2014). He is also a committee member of the Asian Cognitive Behavior Therapy Association (2018-2021). Besides serving as the Head of Shaw College, Prof. Leung also serves as the senior consulting clinical psychologist for the Office of Student Affairs and the Human Resources Office of CUHK.
Professor WU Che-yuen Justin is the Associate Dean (Health Systems) of Faculty of Medicine and the Chairman of CUHK Medical Services, CUHK. He is responsible for the development of collaborative network with private health systems, biomedical tech industry, Greater Bay Area and beyond for CUHK Medicine.
He is a professor of gastroenterology with academic focus in the field of functional gastrointestinal disorder and gastroesophageal reflux disease. He is currently the President of Asian Pacific Association of Gastroenterology (APAGE), the Past-President of Hong Kong Society of Gastroenterology, and Scientific Chairman of Asia Neurogastroenterology and Motility.
In medical education, Professor Wu is the founding director of Asia’s first “Global Physician-Leadership Stream” (GPS) of MBChB programme of CUHK Medicine. He is responsible for the design and operation of the GPS curriculum. The GPS has been the top programme among all university undergraduate studies in Hong Kong for 9 consecutive years. He is an eminent teacher honoured with 8 awards of medical education, which include Vice-Chancellor Exemplary Teaching Award, Master Teacher, and Teacher of the Year Awards in CUHK Medicine.
He is the founding director of Hong Kong Institute of Integrative Medicine in CUHK with the mission of fostering cooperation between Western and Chinese medicine in the healthcare system. He steered the development of the world’s first English Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Chinese medicine in collaboration with Coursera.
In medical innovation, Professor Wu is serving as director and advisor of biomedical technology companies and venture capital funds. He also actively contributes to incubator and accelerator programmes for supporting the growth of biomedical tech start-up companies.