Gabriel Leung
Gabriel Matthew Leung ( Chinese 梁卓偉 ; born November 6, 1972 ) is a doctor and epidemiologist from Hong Kong . He is the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Hong Kong University . He deals with infectious diseases and public health. In addition to his academic work, he served as Undersecretary for Food and Health for the Hong Kong Government.
Origin and career
Leung received his education in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom . He studied medicine at the University of Western Ontario . He then completed general medical training in Toronto . He received his master's degree from Harvard University . His doctorate at HKU. There he took up a professorship in 2006.
Scientific and health policy activity
Leung published authoritative epidemiological work on the SARS pandemic 2002/2003 and on the H7N9 avian flu and COVID-19 . In addition to his work on infectious diseases, Leung is also involved in three longitudinal observational studies of the population of Hong Kong.
In 2008 he accepted a political office as Undersecretary for Food and Health, which he held until 2011. During the 2009/10 H1N1 pandemic , Leung coordinated the Hong Kong authorities' response. In his health policy work he advocated international cooperation between politics and research for the prevention of infectious diseases. He created the institutional framework for this in Hong Kong.
Leung worked as an editor for the journals Public Health and Epidemics . He was also a founding editor of the weekly bulletin of the CCDC .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Short biography of the HKU, archive link , last accessed on July 12, 2020
- ↑ a b Short biography of the HKU , last accessed on July 12, 2020
- ↑ a b c Short biography on ORCID , last accessed on July 12, 2020
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leung, Gabriel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leung, Gabriel Matthew |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese doctor and health official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1972 |