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Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

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Infection Control Course 2025
Concise Course in Infection Control
for Residential Care Homes for the Elderly (May 2025)
CCMM Course 2025
Certificate Course in Medical Microbiology 2025

The 2025 program features both online and face-to-face modules with rich content and interactive formats, including laboratory practical, thematic workshops, group projects, and academic exchange activities

Bioinformatic Course 2025
Bioinformatics Course on Microbial Genomics and Applied Artificial Intelligence
Travel Grant Award from International Conference
Congratulations to Professor Margaret Ip for attaining Excellent Research Award at the Health Research Symposium 2024 for the project entitled “Dissecting human and animal Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus)and its resistance determinants through territory-wide sampling”
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Our emphasis on teaching and research excellence ensures that, through a role in human resource and soft skills development in multiple microbiology-related disciplines

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Best position to safeguard the well-being of the people of Hong Kong against the threat of microbial infections

Clinical management of microbial infections has been complicated by the emergence of novel infectious agents and antibiotic resistance. To meet new challenges on a variety of infection-related issues, the Department of Microbiology adopts a multi-pronged approach to address the increasing health care needs of the society. First, education and training of medical, nursing, research and other types of health care personnel is our pivotal role, with an objective of equipping them with the essential knowledge and skills required to tackle both conventional and new problems concerning bacterial, viral and fungal infections. Second, we perform in-depth research to investigate the origin and nature of specific clinical phenomena, with a hope of improving our understanding on epidemiology and pathogenesis, and leading to advances in diagnosis and treatment. Third, our staffs are also directly involved in the provision of clinical ……

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Covid-19

Does Omicron lower the analytical sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detecting rapid tests (RAT), compared to other VOCs?
Treatment for mild-to-moderate COVID-19
Post-COVID-19 condition
Using CRISPR-Cas technology for detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants