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Professor Chan, King Pui Florence 陳璟珮

Title:
Clinical Assistant Professor

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Professor Chan, King Pui Florence 陳璟珮

Title:
Clinical Assistant Professor

Professional Qualifications
YearAwarding InstitutionQualification
2015The University of Hong KongMBBS
The University of Hong KongPDipID
2025The University of Hong KongMD
Biography

Dr Florence Chan is a Clinical Assistant Professor in Division of Infectious Diseases and the Division of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Hong Kong. She obtained her MBBS degree from the University of Hong Kong in 2015. She completed the requirements for Doctor of Medicine from the University of Hong Kong in 2024. Starting her career at the Hospital Authority, she completed the Respiratory Medicine training in 2022 and was promoted to Associate Consultant in 2023. She is currently a Visiting Researcher at Imperial College, London.
 
Dr Chan’s research interests include respiratory infections, epidemiological studies and the impact of environmental and human behavioural changes on respiratory and infectious diseases. Her research during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong advocated for universal masking as a preventive measure for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation, leading to the subsequent update of “Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD)” guideline in 2022. She has multiple publications on respiratory and infectious diseases in peer-reviewed journals including Pneumonia, Annals of the American Thoracic Society and Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

Dr Chan has been awarded funding from the Health and Medical Research Fund Research Fellowship Scheme 2023 and the Hong Kong Lung Foundation Research Grant 2024-2025. She was a recipient of the Assembly Educational Award at the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology Congress in both 2023 and 2024. She was appointed as a Young Fellow Member of the Specialty Board in Respiratory Medicine in 2025.

 
Honours, Awards & Prizes
AwardeesAward DateHonours / Awards / PrizesCategory
2023-11-17Asian Pacific Society of Respirology Assembly Education Award, 27th Congress of the APSR (2023), Singapore (Environment and Occupational Health and Epidemiology Assembly)
Research Achievement
2023-11-08Asian Pacific Society of Respirology Assembly Education Award, 28th Congress of the APSR (2024), Hong Kong (Bronchoscopy and Interventional Techniques Assembly)
Research Achievement
FANG, Hanshu
TSUI, Wai Kai
Ho, P.L.
2025-10-12Distinguished Research Paper Award for Young Investigator 2025, Hong Kong College of Physicians
Research Achievement
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