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The workshop focused on developing tools to aid the collaboration between the animal and human health sectors when dealing with risk assessment for avian influenza and other zoonotic disease threats occurring at the animal-human interface。
Prof. Reichel (Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, Chair Professor of Veterinary Medicine and Deputy Director of the Centre for Applied One Health Research and Policy Advice) was invited to give a presentation in ‘The President’s Lecture Series: Excellence in Academia’ in November 2017。
Prof. Dirk Pfeiffer (Chair Professor of One Health and Associate Dean (Research)) was invited to visit the Animal Disease Prevention and Control Centre (ACDC) in Beijing in August 2017 to discuss opportunities for research collaboration and postgraduate training by City University of Hong Kong.
A signing ceremony was held on 8 December 2017 at Chang Gung University, Taiwan for an agreement on student exchange between Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong and College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taiwan. Student exchange shall last around six weeks long,
CityU’s veterinary people deal with all creatures great and small. They need to prepare themselves to face any challenge associated with animals of any kind. The latest challenge was to walk, without fear, on the back of a dragon.
The City University of Hong Kong has invested $25 million to set up the CityU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (CityU VDL), which is one of the most comprehensive and advanced veterinary diagnostic laboratories currently in Asia.
Profs Sophie St-Hilaire, Dirk Pfeiffer, and Michael Reichel from the Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences visited the Shenzhen Aquatic Animal Diseases Laboratory run by the Shenzhen Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of the People’s Republic of China (SZCIQ).
Question: What similarities do Hong Kong and Greenland have?
Answer: They both have red and white flags, neither has much by way of livestock, and that’s about it.
Our first cohort of BSc BMS students and 3 of our PhD BMS students graduated in November 2017! Prof. Michael Reichel conducted the first graduation ceremony of the newly formed CVMLS. Congratulations graduates! We wish you the best of success in the future!
Prof. Michael Reichel (Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences) recently published an article in the Australian Veterinary Journal titled ‘An international accredited veterinary school for Hong Kong’.