Ching-Lung Cheung

Dr Ching-Lung Cheung obtained his PhD in genetic epidemiology of osteoporosis at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). He received post-doctoral training in the Institue For Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Harvard Medical School under the supervisior of Prof. Doug Kiel and Dr. David Karasik; Genome Institute of Singapore, A*STAR, Singapore, and HKU. In 2013, Dr. Cheung took up his post as Research Assistant Professor at HKU. In 2013, he was appointed as honorary research fellow in the Institute of Translational Medicine, The University of Liverpool, UK, and worked with Prof. Sir Munir Pirmohamed. He is the principal investigator of a number of research projects funded by RGC and HMRF.

Education

• Ph.D. The University of Hong Kong (2005 — 2007)
• B.Sc The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2001 — 2004)

Memberships & Editorships

Memberships:

• Editorial Board Member, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (Since 2021)
• Committee Member of American Society of Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR), United States (2016-2019)
• Honorary treasurer of Osteoporosis Society of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (Since 2018)
• Honorary treasurer of Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Hong Kong (Since 2018)
• Committee Member of Hong Kong Pharmacology Society, Hong Kong (Since 2016)
  

Honours and Awards

• Early Career Award, Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee, Hong Kong, 2016
• Research Output Prize: Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, 2013
• New Investigator Award: 2011 Joint conference of European Calcified Tissue Society and International Bone and Mineral Society, 2011, and
• Poster and Oral Presentation Awards from:
  • Plenary oral presentation award, the 4th Seoul International Congress of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Seoul, Korea (2016)
  • The 21st Medical Research Conference, the University of Hong Kong (2016);
  • 9th Metabolic Syndrome, Type 2 Diabetes and Atherosclerosis Congress, Kyoto, Japan (2014);
  • APSAVD-EMW Young Investigator Oral Award – Winner: 9th Congress of the Asian Pacific Society of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Diseases and 16th Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk Factors – East Meets West Symposium, Hong Kong (2014);
  • 19th Medical Research Conference, the University of Hong Kong (2014);
  • 16th Annual Scientific Meeting of Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine (2012);
  • 2010 Annual Meeting of the Hong Kong Society of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Reproduction (2010)