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The CityU University Farm saw the arrival yesterday of 24 elite health status pregnant Jersey heifers flown in from Melbourne, Australia. From some of Australia’s top dairy herds they mark the culmination of years of planning and development of Hong Kong’s only teaching dairy farm.

Congratulations to our BVM student, Audrey Wong, awardee of the HSBC Greater Bay Area (Hong Kong) Scholarship 2021/22. The Scholarship intends to broaden horizons and help students reach new heights in the fields of science and technology, education, entrepreneurship, and more.

A research project led by Professor Chen Sheng, titled "Multi-disciplinary approaches to tackling the global public health threat of hypervirulent and multidrug-resistant (MDR) Klebsiella pneumoniae" received HK$38 million in research funding in the 12th round of the Theme-based Research Scheme (TRS) under the Research Grants Council (RGC) of the University Grants Committee (UGC) for a five-year project.

The Jockey Club College of veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences wishes to congratulate Professor Olivier Sparagano and his fellow researchers for their paper; Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Spark a Public Interest in Pet Adoption?”

Congratulations to the CityU Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine (JCC) and all of our 5th Year Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine Students, as they mark the beginning of their clinical training with JCC’s first ever White Coat Ceremony.

Large-scale Covid-19 testing for small mammals is the focus of an exciting new partnership between City University of Hong Kong (CityU) and the major global diagnostics and genetic testing company Prenetics. Inspired by our One Health initiative, the tests will be conducted by trained staff from the CityU Veterinary Medical Centre (VMC) and the Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences (JCC) on site at the VMC, the largest veterinary clinic in Asia.

Dr Sean Yuan Hsiang-yu, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at CityU, and his team developed a mathematical model earlier that combined age-specific susceptibility to Covid-19 infections and social contact data, among others.

Dr Katie Chan has been granted the Paul Dudley White International Scholar Award presented by the American Heart Association for an abstract submitted to the EPI | Lifestyle Scientific Sessions 2022.

We are proud to share the news that our Chair Professor Vanessa Barrs has been named the Recipient of The President's Award 2021 along with other 6 outstanding faculty at the City University of Hong Kong, in recognition of their remarkable achievements in their respective academic arena in support of the University's enhancement and development. A big congratulations to Prof Barrs on this well-deserved Award!

The Croucher Foundation granted the Croucher Innovation Award 2019 to Dr Kwan Ting Chow for her excellent scientific research achievement. Due to COVID-19, the Croucher Awards Presentation Ceremony was postponed until this year and was held at The Landmark Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong on 8 December 2021 to present awards to the recipients of the Croucher Innovation Awards 2019–2021 and Croucher Senior Fellowships 2020–2021.