B.Sc., Ph.D. (British Columbia) |
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Title of Prize and Awards for research achievements, including prestigious titles and honours
2017 | Alumni Builder Award, University of British Columbia |
2010 | Research Output Prize, By The University of Hong Kong. |
2007 | Akira Arimura Young Investigator Award: By the international VIP/PACAP society. In memory of Prof Arimura who founded this research area, I was awarded the first Akira Arimura young investigator award in 2007 in recognition of my contributions in understanding the pleiotropic activities of secretin in our body. |
2005 | Grace Pickford Medal: By the International Federation of Comparative Endocrine Societies (IFCE). This is the most prestigious award for comparative endocrinologists, given out once every 4 years in the international comparative endocrinology meeting. I am the first scientist from Hong Kong receiving this honor. |
2005 | Outstanding Researcher Award, By The University of Hong Kong. |
2004 | Croucher Senior Research Fellow by Croucher Foundation. |
1995 | Travel award for young scientist, International congress Neuroscience. |
1992 | Medical Research Council, Canada, Postdoctoral Fellowship. Highly competitive as there were only 30 of these postdoctoral fellows given out in 1992 in Canada. |
1986-1991 | Medical Research Council, Canada, Studentship. |
1989 | Special travel fund for young scientists (International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis). |
1986 | NSERC Summer Studentship, Canada. |
1983-1985 | University of BC Scholarship, UBC. |
1983-1984 | Quan Memorial Scholarship, UBC. |
Special focus on:
Brain-gut peptides and receptors:
1) The neuroactivity of secretin.
2) Pleiotropic functions of secretin in our body.
3) The secretin/VIP/glucagon family of peptides and their receptors.
4) Identification of novel growth hormone-releasing factors
5) Expression regulation of the GnRH/GnRH receptor genes.
Yes, I can be reached:
E-mail: bkcc@hku.hk
Phone: 852-2299-0850
Fax: 852-2559-9114