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Professor Vanessa Barrs recently joined the Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health as Chair Professor of Companion Animal Health and Disease.

Recent research led by Professor Chen Sheng has discovered an easily transmitted DNA piece that can make a new type of hyper-resistant and deadly superbug become hyper-virulent quickly, posing an unprecedented threat to human health.

Professor Julia Beatty recently joined the Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health as Chair Professor of Veterinary Medicine and Infectious Diseases.

The Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences (JCC) at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) recently welcomed the Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University, Prof. Lorin Warnick, for a two-day visit. He was accompanied by Prof. Douglas Antczak, Professor of Equine Medicine at Cornell.

A research team featuring an expert from CityU has developed the first dual stem therapy which gives hope for a new treatment for repairing myocardial infarction heart.

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Terrence Lau, Associate Professor and formerly the Associate Head, has been appointed as Acting Head of the Department of Biomedical Sciences from 1 September 2019 until further notice.

We would like to welcome Professor Sheng Chen, who has just joined the Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health as Professor of Veterinary Bacteriologya

We are pleased to announce that Professor Michael Yang, Yeung Kin Man Chair Professor of Biomedical Sciences and formerly the Head of the Department of Biomedical Sciences, has been announced as the Acting Dean of the Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences from 1 September 2019 until further notice.

“We are committed to promoting innovation and contributing to the well-being of society, and CityU is pleased to share its education and technology achievements with all sectors,” said Professor Way Kuo, President of CityU.

Professor Dirk Pfeiffer (Chair Professor of One Health) attended the Inception Workshop for the Regional Technical Cooperation Programme on African Swine Fever Emergency Preparedness and Response in East and Southeast Asia. The meeting was held by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Regional Office for Asia and Pacific (FAORAP) in August in Bangkok, Thailand.