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Dr Cheung, Yu Yan 張語殷

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Research Assistant Professor

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Dr Cheung, Yu Yan 張語殷

Title:
Research Assistant Professor

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Also Cited As:
Chloe Yu Yan Cheung

Short Biography:

Dr. Cheung obtained her PhD degree (2011) and MPH degree (2017) from the University of Hong Kong. She is currently a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong.

Professional Qualifications
YearAwarding InstitutionQualification
2011The University of Hong KongPhD
2006University College LondonBSc
2007Imperial College LondonMSc
2017The University of Hong KongMPH
Biography

Since PhD training, Dr. Cheung has been focused on the genetic studies of cardiometabolic diseases in Southern Chinese, the findings of which have been published in various international peer-reviewed journals, including Nature Communications, Diabetes, Diabetologia and the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. She is currently a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, where she is continuing her research on the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases, obesity, type 2 diabetes and its related complications, as part of a large team including expertise in epidemiology, genetics, biostatistics, biomarker discovery and bioinformatics.

 
Honours, Awards & Prizes
AwardeesAward DateHonours / Awards / PrizesCategory
2019-02-01Faculty of Medicine research output prize (2018-2019) - Exome chip meta-analysis identifies novel loci and East Asian-specific coding variants: LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU
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