Events
Public Lecture Series for Secondary School Students – xperience Sharing on Medical Voluntary Work in Disaster and Poor Community
11 Jan 2013
5:30pm – 6:30pm (Light Refreshments from 6:30 pm)
Lecture Theatre 1, Esther Lee Building, Chung Chi College
Professor CHAN Ying Yang Emily, The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine
On-Line Registration:
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/adm/lecture/med
Tel: 3943 8947 / 3943 8951
Fax: 2603 5184
E-mail: jupasadm@cuhk.edu.hk
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/adm
Professor Emily Chan, Associate Professor in the Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, is currently the Director of Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC). She is also a Honorary Research Fellow (Emerging Infectious Diseases and Emergency Preparedness) of Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine at the University of Oxford. Professor Chan has been engaged in teaching and research on disasters and health topics including medical disaster relief, global health, climate change and health. Professor Chan has a wealth of experience in public health. She joined Médecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) in 1998 and participated in front-line rescue and assessment and management of various projects. While with MSF, she visited many countries and areas with humanitarian crisis including Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Indonesia and Zimbabwe. In addition to participating actively in the international humanitarian medical relief work, Prof. Chan established CCOUC in 2011 and acted as its Director. The centre is committed to the study of disasters and public health topics in collaboration with the University of Oxford and other regional organizations. Since 2009, a five-year program named “Ethnic Minority Health Project in China” was launched to promote disaster preparedness and response plans in China’s disaster-prone areas. The program encourages undergraduates in different disciplines to actively participate in the voluntary work and fully utilize their knowledge to promote health and disaster preparedness in resource-deficit areas. In this lecture, Professor Chan will share her personal experience and the challenges in voluntary medical work in disaster and poverty-stricken communities.
-in Cantonese
