News | Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health

Chief Executive Carrie Lam pledged government support for the Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine programme at naming ceremony

2018-08-20

Our college, Hong Kong’s first and only veterinary college, has been named Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences in collaboration with Cornell University in a ceremony attended by the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Mrs Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor.

Network analysis and mathematical modelling of livestock trade network provide new insight into the design of risk-based surveillance on the island of Mayotte

2018-08-07

A new study, titled “Livestock trade network: potential for disease transmission and implications for risk-based surveillance on the island of Mayotte”, has recently been published in Scientific Reports.

Wild buffalos at Mai Po Nature Reserve

2018-08-06

The Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, Prof. Reichel, and Dr Padalino (Assistant Professor in Animal Behaviour and Welfare at the Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health) recently visited the Mai Po Nature Reserve, a designated Ramsar site and protected site of scientific interest managed by WWF Hong Kong.

Welcome Dr Michael Doube

2018-07-31

Dr Michael Doube recently joined the Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health as Associate Professor.

New research makes an important contribution to the global eradication of Peste des Petits Ruminants

2018-07-31

Prof. Dirk Pfeiffer (Chair Professor of One Health at the College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences and Director of the Centre for Applied One Health Research and Policy Advice) is part of an international team of researchers from CityU,

One Health and Outbreak Surveillance Symposium in Singapo

2018-07-30

Prof. Dirk Pfeiffer, Chair Professor of One Health, was a Plenary Speaker at the “One Health and Outbreak Surveillance Symposium– Integrative Strategies against Infectious Disease Outbreaks” in Singapore on July 13, 2018.

Workshop on Outbreak Investigation and Value Chain Analysis in Singapore

2018-07-30

Prof. Dirk Pfeiffer, Chair Professor of One Health, shared his insights on value chain analysis and outbreak investigation by using local case studies at the “Value Chain Analysis for Assessing Veterinary Surveillance Systems & Outbreak Investigation” workshop in Singapore on July 12, 2018.