Prof. Cheng Shuk Han

Biography

Prof. Shuk Han Cheng received her BSc (Hons) from the University of Hong Kong, majoring in Zoology. She received her PhD from the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, which is now part of the Imperial College, University of London. Her PhD work was on the cellular immune response of BCG vaccination, under the supervision of Prof. Denny Mitchison in the Department of Bacteriology, Hammersmith Hospital. She did postdoctoral training under the supervision of Prof. Tak Mak on molecular immune response of T cells, at the Ontario Cancer Institute in Toronto. Before joining CityU in 1997, she worked in the Departments of Paediatrics, and Orthopaedics and Traumatology, at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She has won many innovation awards at international exhibitions, including Grand Prix and Gold Medal as a co-inventor for the invention “in vivo testing without animal experimentation” at the 43rd International Exhibition of Inventions in 2015 and WIPO Medal for Inventors, “A World-leading Non-animal in Vivo Testing Method” presented by World Intellectual Property Organization at the 8th International Invention Fair in 2015. In addition, she has been awarded the Gold Medal at the 35th International Exhibition of Inventions, New Techniques and Products of Geneva in 2007, 2 gold awards from the Korean International Women’s invention Expositions in 2009 and 2010, Gold Award and also a Special Prize from the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland, for the invention of “Rapid-identification Kit for Meat Ingredients in Processed Food” and a Bronze Award for the invention “Transgenic fish for high-throughput biomonitoring of Toxicants” in 2011. She is the recipient of the 2015 CityU Outstanding Research Award.

Research Interest

Nature or nurture: molecular and chemical regulation of vertebrate embryonic development and adult organ regeneration