Shum Sau Wun Alisa
Associate Professor
School of Biomedical Sciences
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Biography
Dr. SHUM Sau Wun Alisa is affiliated to School of Biomedical Sciences, CUHK , where Dr. SHUM Sau Wun Alisa is currently working as Associate Professor. Dr. SHUM Sau Wun Alisa has numerous publications within the specialty and published in reputed national and international peer-reviewed journals. Dr. SHUM Sau Wun Alisa is actively associated with different national and international societies and academies. Dr. SHUM Sau Wun Alisa gain recognition among the honourable subject experts with the contributions made. Dr. SHUM Sau Wun Alisa is been appreciated by several reputed awards and funding support. Dr. SHUM Sau Wun Alisa major research interest is in studies related to Development of drugs for prevention and treatment of metabesity (obesity, type 2 diabetes and related metabolic disorders) and neurodegenerative diseases,Mechanisms underlying fetal programming of obesity, diabetes, hypertension and neurologic disorders,In utero therapeutic interventions to combat against the adverse effects of maternal diabetes and obesity on embryo development.
Research Interest
Development of drugs for prevention and treatment of metabesity (obesity, type 2 diabetes and related metabolic disorders) and neurodegenerative diseases,Mechanisms underlying fetal programming of obesity, diabetes, hypertension and neurologic disorders,In utero therapeutic interventions to combat against the adverse effects of maternal diabetes and obesity on embryo development
Publications
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Shum, A.S.W., Tang, L.S.C., Copp, A.J. & Roelink, H. (2010). Lack of motor neuron differentiation is an intrinsic property of the mouse secondary neural tube. Developmental Dynamics, 239, 3192-3203.
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Lee, L.M.Y., Leung, C.Y., Tang, W.W.C., Choi, H.L., Leung, Y.C., McCaffery, P.J., Wang, C.C., Woolf, A.S. & Shum, A.S.W.(2012). A paradoxical teratogenic mechanism for retinoic acid. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109, 13668-13673.
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Lee, L.M.Y., Leung, M.B.W., Kwok, R.C.Y., Leung, Y.C., Wang, C.C., McCaffery, P.J., Copp, A.J. & Shum, A.S.W. (2017). Perturbation of retinoid homeostasis increases malformation risk in embryos exposed to pregestational diabetes. Diabetes 66: 1041-1051.
