Secretary for Food and Health / Permanent Secretary for
Food and Health (Health)
(Chairperson)
Dr. Felix CHAN Hon-wai
HKWC Service Director
(Primary & Community Health Care)
Chief of Service (Medicine), Consultant Geriatrician
Department of Medicine
TWGHs Fung Yiu King Hospital
Prof. Sophia CHAN Siu-chee
Director of Research and Professor in Nursing
School of Nursing
The University of Hong Kong
Prof. FOK Tai-fai
Dean and Professor of Paediatrics
Faculty of Medicine
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof. Sian Meryl GRIFFITHS
Director and Professor
School of Public Health and Primary Care
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof. Mary IP Sau-man
Mok Hing Yiu Chair Professor in Respiratory Medicine
Associate Dean (Education)
Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
The University of Hong Kong
Prof. Nancy IP Yuk-Yu
Chair Professor of the Division of Life Science
Dean of Science
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Prof. Cindy LAM Lo-kuen
Head and Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care
The University of Hong Kong
Prof. LAU Yu-Lung
Doris Zimmern Professor in Community Child Health
Chair Professor of Paediatrics and
Head of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Associate Dean (Research Affairs)
Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
The University of Hong Kong
Prof. LEE Sum-ping
Dean, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
The University of Hong Kong
Dr. Patrick LI Chung-ki
Chief of Service
Department of Medicine
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Prof. Dennis LO Yuk-ming
Director, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences
Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Medicine
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof. Joseph SUNG Jao-yiu
Mok Hing Yiu Professor of Medicine
Vice-Chancellor / President
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof. Paul TAM Kwong-hang
Chair of Paediatric Surgery
Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Research)
The University of Hong Kong
Dr. Dominic TSANG Ngai-chong
Consultant Medical Microbiologist
Department of Pathology
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Chief Infection Control Officer, Hospital Authority
Prof. Maurice YAP Keng-hung
Chair Professor of Optometry and
Dean of the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Prof. YUEN Kwok-yung
Chair of Infectious Diseases
Department of Microbiology
The University of Hong Kong
Director of Health or representative
Chief Executive of Hospital Authority or representative
Terms of reference
Determine research agenda and funding control mechanism of the Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases and the Health and Health Services Research Fund.
Approve procedures for inviting, and criteria for vetting research applications.
Approve standard terms and conditions for grant-holders.
Approve funding allocation after peer-review process.
Approve processes for the ongoing monitoring and evaluation of approved research projects.
Establish Grant Review Board to carry out the technical work of the Council.