William Osler, an infectious diseases specialist, observed that "Humanity has but three great enemies: fever, famine, and war; of these by far the greatest, by far the most terrible, is fever." This quote caught the attention of Professor Yuen Kwok Yung during his student days in the medical school, and the subject of infectious disease became his lifelong interest. During the large-scale outbreaks of infectious disease in Hong Kong, such as the H5N1 avian influenza in 1997, the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003, and the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in 2019, Professor Yuen and his team have been committing to pathogen research, making preparations for novel infectious diseases, and have discovered over 100 novel species of virus, bacteria, fungi and parasites from patients and animals. Several of these novel animal viruses or their close relatives cause emerging infectious diseases by jumping from animals to humans.
As a clinician-scientist, Professor Yuen believes that infrastructure builds from the basics, curiosity breeds innovation, logic sets pathways, and perseverance brings fruition, but only love endures.
Date: 20.4.2024 (Saturday)
Time: 2:30pm – 4:00pm
Speaker: Professor YUEN Kwok Yung
(Henry Fok Professor in Infectious Diseases, and Chair of Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong)
Jointly organised by the Hong Kong Science Museum, the New Asia College and the School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Venue: Lecture Hall, 1/F, Hong Kong Science Museum
Language: Cantonese
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