Dr Cheung, Yu Yan 張語殷
Dr Cheung, Yu Yan 張語殷
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.
Year | Awarding Institution | Qualification |
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2011 | The University of Hong Kong | PhD |
2006 | University College London | BSc |
2007 | Imperial College London | MSc |
2017 | The University of Hong Kong | MPH |
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.
Awardees | Award Date | Honours / Awards / Prizes | Category |
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2019-02-01 | Faculty 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 | Research Achievement |
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