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Professor Wong, Ian Chi Kei 黃志基

Title:
Lo Shiu Kwan Kan Po Ling Professor in Pharmacy
Head, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy
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Professor Wong, Ian Chi Kei 黃志基

Title:
Lo Shiu Kwan Kan Po Ling Professor in Pharmacy
Head, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy
Professor

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Also Cited As:
Wong, I

Short Biography:

Professor Wong is Co-Director of the Centre for Safe Medication Practice and Research, Department of Pharmacology & Pharmacy, and holder of the Lo Shiu Kwan Kan Po Ling Professorship in Pharmacy at HKU. He is Co-Director of the Centre for Medication Optimisation Research and Education (CMORE) at University College London Hospital and UCL School of Pharmacy.

His expertise is using big data research to investigate safety and optimum use of medications for treatment of various conditions specifically cardiovascular, neurological and psychological conditions. As part of this work, he conducts research at Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of medication in patients with these and other illnesses

Professor Wong qualified as a pharmacist in 1992 and received his PhD from The University of Manchester in 1998 for his work at the David Lewis Centre for Epilepsy. In 2002, he was appointed as the Founding Director of the Centre for Paediatric Pharmacy Research at the School of Pharmacy, University of London, and the UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital, which is recognised as a leading research centre in medicines for children.

After joining HKU in 2011 as Head of the Department of Pharmacology & Pharmacy, Professor Wong led the accreditation of the BPharm programme by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board of Hong Kong. He was also responsible for setting up the new Master of Clinical Pharmacy programme and the Centre for Safe Medication Practice and Research. The Centre for Safe Medication Practice and Research has focused on the methodological development and application of health big data research in Hong Kong. In 2015, in addition to his work at HKU, Professor Wong coordinate with collegues at the UCL School of Pharmacy to develop a joint research programme in pharmacoepidemiology and medication safety.

Professor Wong has also advised the Departments of Health in England and Hong Kong, the World Health Organization, the European Medicines Agency, and the pharmaceutical industry. He has over 500 peer-reviewed papers published in prominent journals including Nature portfolio journals, JAMA Network Journals, Lancet family journals and BMJ journals. Professor Wong was cited among the top 1% of scholars in the Clarivate Analytics' Essential Science Indicators in eight consecutive years between 2015 and 2022.

In recognition of his research, Professor Wong has received various awards and fellowships for his work as an academic pharmacist. He was awarded the Chemist and Druggist Pharmacy Practice Research Conference Medal from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain in 2004. He is the only pharmacist to date to have received a UK Department of Health Public Health Career Scientist Award in 2002. He was awarded an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in the UK in 2011, an Honorary Fellowship from the College of Pharmacy Practice in Hong Kong in 2013, and a Fellowship from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain in 2013, British Pharmacological Society 2019, International Society of Pharmacovigilance in 2019 and Faculty of Public Health of Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom in 2021.

Professor Wong was Vice-President of the International Society of Pharmacovigilance between 2016 and 2019. He has also been an expert witness for many legal cases in the UK and Hong Kong regarding medication safety on behalf of victims of medication errors and adverse drug reactions, and for pharmaceutical companies.

Honours, Awards & Prizes
AwardeesAward DateHonours / Awards / PrizesCategory
2021-11-01Healthy Longevity Catalyst Awards (Hong Kong): National Academy of Medicine, USA
Research Achievement
Lau, WCY
Man, KKC
Lip, GYH
Lam, JKY
Lee, ACH
2019-05-01Faculty Outstanding Research Output Award 2021: Faculty of Medicine
Research Achievement
Chen, L
2019-02-01Faculty Outstanding Research Output Award 2020: Faculty of Medicine
Research Achievement
Guo, C
Zhang, F
Chen, L
2019-05-01Faculty Outstanding Research Output Award 2020: Faculty of Medicine
Research Achievement
2021-11-012021 Healthy Longevity Catalyst Awards (Hong Kong): U.S. National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
Research Achievement
Chen, L
2020-02-01Faculty Outstanding Research Output Award,: The University of Hong Kong
Research Achievement
2021-01-01Best Abstract Award in Clinical Medicine in 26th Medical Research Conference (ePoster oral presentation): The University of Hong Kong
Research Achievement
Fung, WT
Wang, Y
Chung, PW
2020-06-01HKCFP Best Research Award 2019 for the paper " Relative importance, healthy life-year lost and population attributable risk of modifiable risk factors on cardiovascular disease in a 10-year Diabetes Cohort.: Hong Kong College of Family Physicians (HKCFP)
Research Achievement
Mak, IL
Fung, WT
Wang, Y
Chan, KS
2020-09-01Best Research Paper Award for "Is chronic kidney disease equally important as cardiovascular disease in 3 million adults? A 10-year retrospective cohort study.": Hong Kong Primary Care Conference 2020
Research Achievement
Raman, SR
Man, KKC
Bahmanyar, S
Berard, A
Bilder, S
Boukhris, T
Bushnell, GA
Crystal, S
Furu, K
Yang, YK
Karlstad, O
Kieler, H
Kubota, K
Lai, EC
Martikainen, JE
Maura, G
Moore, N
Montero, D
Nakamura, H
Neumann, A
Pate, V
Pottegård, A
Pratt, NL
Roughead, EE
Saint-Gerons, DM
Stürmer, T
Su, CC
Zoega, H
Sturkenbroom, M
Coghill, D
2018-10-01Faculty Outstanding Research Output Award 2019: Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
Research Achievement
Yeung, KF
Wong, YS
Chen, L
Graham, DY
2019-08-01Faculty Outstanding Research Output Award: Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
Research Achievement
Chen, L
2018-01-01Best Abstract Award in Clinical Medicine, 23rd Medical Research Conference (oral presentation), Hong Kong: The University of Hong Kong
Research Achievement
Wong, YS
Chen, L
2018-01-01Faculty Outstanding Research Output Award: Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
Research Achievement
Lam, MPS
Chan, WLP
Poon, PWR
2012-11-02Interprofessional online learning for dementia (IPOLD): Teaching Development Grants (TDG) awards
Teaching Accomplishment
2002-09-01National Public Health Career Scientist Award: Department of Health in England
Research Achievement
1999-09-01John M Harrison Award (Travel): College of Pharmacy Practice in England
Research Achievement
2004-09-01Chemist and Druggist Pharmacy Practice Research Conference Medal 2004: Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
Research Achievement
Roberts, SJ
2014-05-01Teaching Development Grants (TDG) Award: The University of Hong Kong
Teaching Accomplishment
LAU, CY
Michael, MTC
Ying, H
Tong, SM
2016-08-01Faculty Outstanding Research Output Award: Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
Research Achievement
Wong, YS
2017-09-01Faculty Outstanding Research Output Award: Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
Research Achievement
Professional Societies
Term PeriodPositionProfessional Societies
09/2018-08/2020Visiting ProfessorTaylor's University
06/2013 to 05/2016ChairExamination Committee Pharmacy and Poisons Board
05/2011External Assessor for promotionUniversity of Malaya
10/2012-09/2015Member of General CommitteeInternational Society of Pharmacovigilance
10/2015-11/2019Vice-PresidentInternational Society of Pharmacovigilance
01/2012-12/2012Member of Executive CommitteeHong Kong Pharmaceutical Society
09/2012-09/2014MemberPharmacy and Poisons Board
09/2019-08/2021MemberPharmacy and Poisons Board
11/2010-02/2012)Member of Epilepsy Guideline GroupNational Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
11/2011External ExaminerUniversiti Sains Malaysia
04/2016-03/2018Member of NICE Guideline Development GroupNational Institute for Health and Care Excellence
01/2013 to 06/2013Grant reviewer of Medical and Health Research FundFood and Health Bureau, HKSAR
05/2012-upon the completion of the strategic reviewMember of the Pharmacists Sub-group of the Steering Committee on Strategic Review on Healthcare Manpower Planning and Professional DevelopmentFood and Health Bureau, HKSAR
06/2013 to 05/2016ChairInternship Training Committee Pharmacy and Poisons Board
01/2016-03/2021Member of Independent Scientific Committee of CPRDMedicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (UK)
11/2012 to 11/2017Member of Assessment Panel for Health and Medical Research Fund Commissioned Programme on Phase 1 Clinical trialsFood and Health Bureau, HKSAR
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