New Faces of the School of Biomedical Sciences

The following new professoriate and lecturer-grade staff members joined the School of Biomedical Sciences between July 2019 and April 2020:

Prof. Gu Shen, Linda Assistant ProfessorJoining date: 2 September 2019 Thematic Affiliation: Developmental and Regenerative Biology Research Interests: Molecular mechanisms for human genome rearrangements Copy-number variants (CNVs) and structural variations (SVs) in human diseases Identification and functional characterization of novel inheritable disease-causing genes
Prof Ip Pak-kan, Jacque Assistant ProfessorJoining date: 10 February 2020 Thematic Affiliation: Neural, Vascular, and Metabolic Biology Research Interests: Activity-dependent synaptic plasticity Autism and related disorders Visual cortex Learning and memory Immediate early genes Neurodevelopment In vivo two-photon imaging
Dr. Lau Wing-sze, Josephine LecturerJoining date: 16 July 2019 Teaching and Research Interests: Human anatomy education for medical and health professions students e-Assessment and learning analytics Collaborative and peer learning
Dr. Mullapudi Nandita LecturerJoining date: 7 January 2020 Teaching and Research Interests: Genomics & Bioinformatics Molecular biology & Genetics Cancer genomics & Drug discovery
Dr. See Yew-hong, Christopher LecturerJoining date: 15 January 2020 Teaching and Research Interests: Human anatomy for medical and health professions students Gamification and e-learning for medical education Artificial Intelligence (AI) in higher education Qualitative research in education
Dr. Lee Chia-di, Jada Assistant LecturerJoining date: 2 July 2019 Teaching and Research Interests: Teaching and learning in human anatomy and physiology Behavioural neuroscience Developmental neurobiology