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Professor Ying-Shing Chan graduated from The University of Hong Kong and received his postdoctoral training at the University of Pisa, Italy, and The Rockefeller University, USA. He is Dexter HC Man Professor in Medical Science, Senior Advisor to the Dean of Medicine. Head of Physiology, Director of Neuroscience Research Centre, and Co-Convenor of Strategic Research Theme on Neuroscience of The University of Hong Kong. He is also the Deputy Director of the Research Centre of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging of the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine. He also served as the Associate Dean (Research) and Associate Dean (Academic Networking and Student Affairs) of the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine. Professor Chan is an elected Fellow of the Institute of Biology (UK). He is the recipient of the First Medallion of the Australian Neuroscience Society. He also received the Outstanding Researcher Award of The University of Hong Kong. He has a long record of commitment to education and was awarded the Medical Faculty Teaching Medal and Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award. He served as Chair of International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) Asia-Pacific Regional Committee, President of Federation of Asian-Oceania Neuroscience Societies (FAONS), and President of The Hong Kong Society of Neurosciences. He is currently Vice-President of The Chinese Association for Physiological Sciences. He serves on the editorial boards of 12 scientific journals as well as international programme committees of congresses. Professor Chan's research interests include synaptic mechanisms that drive developmental emergence of neural circuits for spatial recognition, and the exploitation of bone marrow stromal cell-derived glial cells in the assembly of functional neuronal circuits.

Honours, Awards & Prizes

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Awardees	Award Date	Honours / Awards / Prizes	Category
CHEUNG, Man Him Chan, YS Shum, DKY Wu, LK	2021-03-01	Young Investigator Award (Oral Presentation): 15th International Virtual Symposium on Healthy Aging, Hong Kong	Research Achievement
JIANG, Qiufen Chan, YS	2016-03-01	Sun Chieh Yeh Young Investigator Award to Qiu-Fen Jiang (Oral Category): 11th International Symposium on Healthy Aging [HK March 2016]	Research Achievement
Chan, YS Shum, DKY Tsui, YP	2015-03-01	Sun Chieh Yeh Young Investigator Award to Dr Yat-Ping Tsui (Oral Category): Tenth International Symposium on Healthy Aging: A Decade of Positive Aging, Hong Kong, China	Research Achievement
KWAN, Pui Yi Chan, YS Shum, DKY Ma, CW	2014-06-12	Certificate of Merit to Wei SHI (Oral Poster Presentation): Physiology Symposium 2014 & Joint Scientific Conference of HKSN & BPHK.2014	Research Achievement
KWAN, Pui Yi Chan, YS Shum, DKY Ma, CW	2014-03-08	Outstanding Abstract Prize to Trista Kwan (Poster Category): Ninth International Symposium on Healthy Aging. 2014	Research Achievement
Chan, YS Shum, DKY Cai, S	2014-03-01	Sun Chieh Yeh Young Investigator Award to Dr Sa CAI (Oral Category): 8th International Symposium on Healthy Aging [HK March 2914]	Research Achievement
Chan, YS Shum, DKY Shea, GKH	2013-12-01	Plenary Session 3rd Runner Up (Student Ms. Evelyn Tai): 18th Research Postgraduate Symposium	Research Achievement
KWAN, Pui Yi Chan, YS Shum, DKY Ma, CW	2013-11-24	Best Poster Presentation Award: 9th Pan Pacific Connective Tissue Societies Symposium. 2013	Research Achievement
Chan, YS WANG, Boshi Liu, YJ Hui, CC Sham, MH Wong, YME Chu, KH	2013-06-15	Best Poster Award: The roles of Irx3 and Irx5 in mammalian inner ear development: 2013 Hong Kong Inter-University Biochemistry Postgraduate Symposium, CUHK, Hong Kong, June 15, 2013.	Research Achievement
KWAN, Pui Yi Chan, YS Shum, DKY Ma, CW	2013-06-14	Second Place Award of Poster Presentation to Trista PY Kwan: Taiwan- Hong Kong Physiology Symposium. 2013	Research Achievement

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Professional Societies

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Term Period	Position	Professional Societies
03/2006	Chairman	Int’l Workshop on Cell and Tissue Therapy in Aging-related Diseases
03/2007	Chairman	2nd Int’l Symposium on Healthy Aging
04/2004	Chairman	Int’l Symposium on Neural Plasticity, Development and Repair
06/2008	Chairman	Symposium on Synaptic and Network Plasticity in Development and Learning in the 8th Biennial Meeting of Asia-Pacific Society of Neurochemistry
07/2005	Chairman	, Int’l Symposium on Cell Signaling and Imaging
07/2007	International Program Committee Member	7th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience
10/2007	Standing Committee Member	Chinese Society for Neuroscience
10/2007	Program Committee Member	7th Congress of Chinese Society for Neuroscience
10/2008	International Program Committee	Beijing Joint Conference of Physiological Sciences
10/2008	Chairmam	Symposium on Plasticity in Sensory Network Formation and Sensory Gating in the Beijing Joint Conference of Physiological Sciences

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English, Cantonese	英語、粵語

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