Programme
13:30 – 14:00
Registration
14:00 – 14:10
Welcoming Remarks
Professor Vivian Lin
Interim Director,
School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong
Session 1
Unnecessary Epidemic of Environmental Insults:
Public Health Policy and Communication for Social Change
14:10 – 15:00
Public Health Policy on Tobacco Control
Speaker
Professor, School of Nursing, HKU
Tobacco epidemic and health burden in China: new evidence
Speaker
Richard Peto Chair in Epidemiology, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford
Session Chair & Respondent
Professor and School Director,
JC School of Public Health and Primary Care,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Session 2
Emergent Epidemic of Non-communicable Diseases
15:00 – 15:50
The Emerging Epidemic of Non-communicable Diseases: New Perspectives,
New Methods, New Solutions
Speaker
Associate Professor and Cluster Leader (Non-communicable Diseases in Global Health), School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong
A Life Course Approach to Non-communicable Diseases: Timing, Trajectories, and New Directions
Speaker
Professor of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Sport, Exercise & Health Sciences, Loughborough University
Session Chair & Respondent
Professor of Medical Sociology,
Department of Sociology, The University of Hong Kong
Date
September 17, 2022 (Saturday)
Venue
Lecture Theatre, HKUMed Academic Building,
3 Sassoon Road (Hybrid mode)
15:50 – 16:10
Intermission and Poster Session
Session 3
Unfinished Epidemic of Infectious Diseases
16:10 – 17:00
Epidemiology and Control of COVID-19 in Hong Kong
Speaker
Chair Professor of Epidemiology and Head of Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong
Molecular epidemiology of COVID-19 in Hong Kong
Speaker
Professor and Head of Division of Public Health Laboratory Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong
Session Chair & Respondent
Associate Professor, Division of Public Health Laboratory Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong
Session 4
Unethical Epidemic of Inequalities
17:00 – 17:50
The Syndemic of Inequalities and Mental Health Disorders
Speaker
Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Community Medicine and Public Health Practice, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong
Public Mental Health:
An Overview and Required Actions
Speaker
Director for Public Mental Health and Consultant Psychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Session Chair & Respondent
Associate Professor of Law, Director of the Government and Laws Programme, and Deputy Director of the Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, The University of Hong Kong
17:50 – 18:00
Closing Remarks
Dr Michael Y Ni
Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Community Medicine and Public Health Practice, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong