Ting-fan Leung MBChB, MD, MRCP, FRCPCH, FHKCPaed, FHKAM

Professor Leung graduated from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1992, and he received subspecialty training on Immunology and Allergy in the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada in 1997-1998. He was awarded Doctor of Medicine degree by The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2004 for his research works on immunogenetics of childhood asthma. In addition to being a Fellow of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Professor Leung was elected as an International Fellow of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology in 2011. He was conferred as a First Fellow in Paediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases subspecialty by the Hong Kong College of Paediatricians in 2012. Professor Leung is a professor in Department of Paediatrics of The Chinese University of Hong Kong since 2009. He is also honorary consultant paediatrician in both the New Territories East Cluster Hospitals and Kwong Wah Hospital of the Hospital Authority. Professor Leung is a member of the Grant Review Board of Health and Medical Research Fund in Hong Kong. He is also an overseas member of the review board for nationwide research grants in the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China. Professor Leung is Secretary-General of the Asia Pacific Association of Pediatric Allergy, Respirology and Immunology, Vice President of the Hong Kong Society for Paediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases and a fellow or member of over 10 other international and regional subspecialty organizations. Professor Leung published more than 280 refereed journal articles and supervised one post-doctoral fellow and 22 master and doctoral students. Professor Leung serves as editor, editorial board member or reviewer for over 60 international journals in the fields of allergy, immunology, infectious diseases, pulmonology, dermatology and genetics.