The 2017-18 Graduation Ceremony for MSc Programme in Genomics and Bioinformatics (MSc Programme) of the School of Biomedical Sciences (SBS) was held on 17 November 2018 at Ching Kai Hall, Choh-Ming Li Basic Medical Sciences Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), which marked the successful completion of the Programme by its sixth batch of graduates.
Prof. Woody W. Y. Chan, Associate Director (Graduate Education) of SBS, and Prof. Stephen K. W. Tsui, Executive Director of the MSc Programme and Professor of SBS were invited to officiate at the Ceremony. We were honorable to have the presence of Prof. Chan Wai-yee, Pro-Vice-Chancellor/ Vice-President of CUHK cum Director of SBS to present the Award of Excellence with scholarship to the two graduates who had obtained the best academic performance. The Ceremony was followed by a group photo session and a graduation lunch, with the participation of over forty attendees including graduates, and their friends and relatives.
The MSc Programme was launched in 2011 and migrated from the CUHK-BGI Innovation Institute of Trans-omics to SBS in August 2018. Recently, the MSc Programme was accredited by the Medical Laboratory Technologists Board to award Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits to registered medical laboratory technologists (MLTs). MLT students will be awarded a total of 84 CPD credits upon successful completion of the MSc Programme.
Prof. Chan Wai-yee (left) presents the Award of Excellence to Dr. Anthony S.L. Fung (right), one of the graduates with the best academic performance
Group photo of the graduates and teachers of the MSc Programme
