The Endowed Professorships at the University of Hong Kong, established for 20 years, have become a prestigious honor awarded to scholars within the university. The number of professorships has increased from an initial 8 to over 120 today, with the Faculty of Medicine receiving more than half of the positions. This reflects the strong support of donors for higher education and academic research. Starting last year, HKU introduced the "Outstanding Young Professorships" to be awarded to Assistant Professors or Associate Professors, demonstrating the university's commitment to nurturing future academic leaders.
We are deeply grateful for the support of our donors, and as a token of our appreciation, we have established the "Endowed Professors Honour Roll" in the Faculty of Medicine building to honor the professors who have received this distinction and to express our gratitude to the donors.
Prof Chen is awarded Suen Chi-Sun Professorship in Clinical Science at October 2024.