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Professor Yuen, Jacqueline Kwan Yuk 阮君毓

Title:
Clinical Assistant Professor

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Professor Yuen, Jacqueline Kwan Yuk 阮君毓

Title:
Clinical Assistant Professor

Professional Qualifications
YearAwarding InstitutionQualification
Harvard UniversityAB
University of MichiganMD
The American Board of Internal MedicineDABIM
The American Board of Internal MedicineDABIM (Geriatrics)
Biography

Prof Jacqueline Yuen joined the University of Hong Kong as Clinical Assistant Professor at the School of Clinical Medicine in 2019. She is jointly appointed by the HKU Department of Medicine and School of Public Health. Prof Yuen is a specialist in geriatrics and palliative medicine, medical educator and researcher with particular interest in end-of-life care and doctor-patient communication. Her current research focuses on enhancing end-of-life care for patients with advanced dementia and advance care planning in older adults with life-limiting illnesses.

Before returning to her native Hong Kong, she was Assistant Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. She joined the Chinese University of Hong Kong as Clinical Lecturer from 2017-2018 and was awarded the University Education Award. She is a Senior Faculty of VitalTalk, a nonprofit organization devoted to improving relationships between clinicians and seriously ill patients and their families through communication skills training. She is a member of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Professionalism and Ethics Committee Task Force on Advance Directives and a co-opted member of the Hong Kong Geriatrics Society. She serves on the Expert Panel on Hong Kong Reference Frameworks in Primary Care Settings for the Health Bureau, HKSAR.

Prof Yuen earned her Bachelor of Arts in Biochemical Sciences from Harvard University and her Doctor of Medicine from the University of Michigan Medical School. She completed her internal medicine residency at the New York Presbyterian Hospital at Weill Cornell, her geriatrics fellowship at the University of California San Francisco, and her hospice and palliative medicine fellowship at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

 
Honours, Awards & Prizes
AwardeesAward DateHonours / Awards / PrizesCategory
2023-07-022023 First Place Award for Abstract Poster Competition
Research Achievement
2023-03-01JAMDA 2023 Morley Award
Research Achievement
2022-01-15Best Abstract in Clinical Research Award, 27th Medical Research Conference, The University of Hong Kong
Research Achievement
2014-04-01Best Poster Presentation Award: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Research Achievement
2014-05-01Best Poster Presentation Award: American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Research Achievement
2002-01-01Center of Excellence in Geriatric Medicine Faculty Scholar: Hartford Foundation
Research Achievement
2021-06-01Dr. Ng Yau Yung Prize - Outstanding Free Paper Award: The Hong Kong Geriatrics Society
Research Achievement
2018-01-01Nominee for 2018 UGC Teaching Award (Early Career Faculty Member): University Grant Council
Teaching Accomplishment
2018-01-01University Education Award: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Teaching Accomplishment
Professional Societies
Term PeriodPositionProfessional Societies
2011-2017MemberAmerican Geriatrics Society
2012-2017MemberAmerican College of Physicians
2009-2011MemberSociety of General Internal Medicine
2023-PresentMemberThe International Society of Advance Care Planning
2023-PresentCouncil Member (Co-opted)The Hong Kong Association of Gerontology
2018-PresentCouncil member (Co-opted)Hong Kong Geriatrics Society
2022-PresentMemberHong Kong College of Physicians
2019-PresentMemberAsia Pacific Hospice Network
2020-PresentMemberHong Kong Society of Palliative Medicine
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