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Leaving Hong Kong today, with huge gratitude to friends at HKU for your hospitality, intellectual partnership, and promise of future possibilities. Sapientia et Virtus.

Thanks Dr richard horton, The Lancet's Editor-in-chief, for a truly inspiring lecture at #HKUSPH ytd on the role of medical journalism, unis & the academia in this age of misinformation. We can be the critical resources to build public trust in science & guide decision making.

At leaders retreat of Association of Schools and Programs in Public Health in Portland today 10 current deans/directors had been faculty Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health prior.

Stop ranking schools of public health on popularity. Ask if they teach and do the work to make their communities healthier. See this week's blog: d1can.blogspot.com/2023/07/stop-s…

Leaders of the alumni society of the School of Public Health came to campus this week for event planning and brainstorming. Ben, a pediatric ICU doc, is holding our helmet wearing mascot.

via @NYTOpinion. We need to work harder on TB, malaria, and polio nytimes.com/2023/08/28/opi…

A calling in philanthropy awaits each of us. Today my blog says why public health has a central role in marshalling micro-philanthropy. HKU Public Health d1can.blogspot.com/2023/09/puttin…

Vijay Dhanasekaran's lab HKU Public Health HKU Medicine published in Nature today showing how H5 flu virus evolved as birds carried it over the silk road in 2015. Need to ask them why they drew spaghetti on the map. nature.com/articles/s4158…

Team HKU Public Health is at American Public Health Association (APHA) Expo in Atlanta today.

Ivy Presidents bombed during their 5 hour grilling in the sound bite studio. Painful lessons for all of us to carefully watch our words and always remember our context. d1can.blogspot.com/2023/12/should…

Academia needs radical change — mothers are ready to pave the way nature.com/articles/d4158…

What is a nowdemic? An immediate threat to health that we can prevent. Example? Summer heat deaths. Today's blog is about how to prevent them. #nowdemic #heatdeaths #publichealth d1can.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-nowd…

【Deadline extended】Application to The HKU-Pasteur Research Pole's 10th Cell Biology Course is now extended to March 15. Act now and join this week-long program featuring world-renowned experts in the realm of cell biology. 📅Course date: July 7-12, 2024 📃Program: shorturl.at/mqU35

Inspired by Sandro Galea 's reflection on self-satisfaction as an erosion of trust, I write about pivoting public health back to its roots in "asset-demiology" =the study of community strengths. HKU Public Health d1can.blogspot.com/2024/04/asset-…

Which governments handled #COVID best and worst? I only looked at countries with solid cumulative excess mortality statistics for 2020-2024. Prepare for a surprise or two. d1can.blogspot.com/2024/04/final-…

"Trust science!!!" is not part of "trust-science": Explanation in this month's blog. d1can.blogspot.com/2024/07/from-t…

A #HKUSPH study led by Prof David Bishai shows past heatwaves in Hong Kong may have caused over 1,600 excess deaths, highlighting its severe impact on public health. He urges the govt to devise a unified action plan to mitigate health risks. 🌍Original source: rb.gy/c6zt4q

Over 30 students and colleagues from #HKUSPH are now in Brisbane attending the OPTIONS XII Conference, organised by the International Society for Influenza and Other Respiratory Virus Diseases. We are excited to meet and exchange ideas with professionals worldwide!

Will Hong Kong do better when next big public health crisis hits? sc.mp/r3i8b?utm_sour… via @scmpnews HKU Public Health notes the need for health in all policies in order to do better.

February 4 is #WorldCancerDay, a day dedicated to raising awareness and inspiring action for cancer prevention and care. This year’s theme, “United by Unique”, emphasises the importance of placing people at the center of cancer care and recognising the unique stories behind every