Date Details
14 May 2021 (Friday)

Topic: Social inequalities in healthy ageing of older adults

 
Speakers:

  • Prof. Jean Woo, Co-Director of CUHK Institute of Health Equity; Director of CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing
  • Prof. Angelique Chan, Associate Professor of Health Services & Systems Research, Duke-NUS Medical School; Executive Director of the Centre for Ageing Research & Education, Duke-NUS Medical School

 

Moderator:
Dr. Eric Lai, Postdoctoral Fellow of CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing
 

Date: 14 May 2021 (Friday)
Time: 12:30 – 2:00pm (HKT)
(Virtual waiting room will start at 12:15pm)

Venue: Online via Zoom

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Date Details
23 April 2021 (Friday)

Topic: Social protection, income and health inequalities

 
Speakers:

  • Dr. Kitty STEWART, Associate Professor, Department of Social Policy; Associate Director, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE); London School of Economics and Political Science
  • Prof. Matt SUTTON, Chair in Health Economics, The University of Manchester

 

Moderator:
Prof. Hung WONG, Associate Director of CUHK Institute of Health Equity
 

Date: 23 April 2021 (Friday)
Time: 4:30pm – 6:00pm (HKT)
(Virtual waiting room will start at 4:15pm)

Venue: Online via Zoom

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Date Details
26 Mar 2021 (Friday)

Topic: Contributing to Global Health Equity

 

Welcoming Remarks
Prof. Roger Chung, Associate Director of CUHK Institute of Health Equity

 
Speakers:

  • Dr. Helen Yaffe, Lecturer (Economic & Social History), School of Social & Political Sciences, University of Glasgow
  • Prof. Tony Nelson, Clinical Professional Consultant and Professor of Practice in Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

 

Moderator:
Prof. Eng Kiong Yeoh, Co-Director of CUHK Institute of Health Equity
 

Date: 26 Mar 2021 (Friday)
Time: 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm (HKT)
(Virtual waiting room will start at 5:15pm)

Venue: Online via Zoom

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Date Details
5 Mar 2021 (Friday)

Topic: Gender, empowerment and health policy: how to achieve health equity in HK?

 
Speakers:

  • Prof. Yiu Tung SUEN, Founding Director of the Sexualities Research Programme, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Assistant Professor of the Gender Studies Programme, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Prof. Winnie SO, Professor of the Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Dr. Kira FORTUNE, Coordinator of Social Determinants of Health, Division of Healthy Environments and Populations, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific

 
Moderator:
Prof. Fanny CHEUNG, Senior Advisor, Faculty of Social Science and Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

 

Date: 5 Mar 2021 (Friday)
Time: 11:00 am -12:30 pm (HKT)
(Virtual waiting room will start at 10:45am)

Venue: Online via Zoom

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Date Details
5 Feb 2021 (Friday)

Topic: The social determinants of mental health – moving beyond individual plight

 

Speakers:

  • Prof. Paul Yip, Director of Hong Kong Jockey Club Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention; Chair Professor of Population Health, Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong
  • Prof. Crick Lund, Professor of Alan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town; Professor of Global Mental Health and Development, Centre for Global Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London

 

Moderator:
Prof. Samuel Wong, Director of the School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Senior Research Fellow of CUHK Institute of Health Equity

 

Date: 5 Feb 2021 (Friday)
Time: 5:30 pm -7:00 pm (HKT)
(Virtual waiting room will start at 5:15pm)

Venue: Online via Zoom

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Date Details
18 Jan 2021 (Monday)

Topic: The role of private sector and equity in access to care in public-private mixed health
system

 
Speakers:

  • Prof. Eng Kiong Yeoh (Director of Centre for Health Systems and Policy Research, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Co-Director of CUHK Institute of Health Equity)
  • Prof. Chiu Wan NG (Professor of Public Health, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya)

Discussant:
Prof. Chi Tim Hung (Professor of Practice in Health Services Management, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
 
Moderator:
Dr. April Wu (Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Health Systems and Policy Research, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
 
Date: 18 Jan 2021 (Monday)
Time: 5:30 pm -7:00 pm (HKT)
(Virtual waiting room will start at 5:15pm)

Venue: Online via Zoom

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Date Details
11 Dec 2020 (Friday)

Topic: The detrimental impact of housing deprivation and affordability stress on health and well-being

 
Speakers:

  • Prof. Rebecca Bentley, Professor of Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne
  • Dr. Mandy Lau, Associate Professor of Department of Urban Planning and Design, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong

 
Moderator:
Prof. Roger Chung Yat Nork, Associate Director of CUHK Institute of Health Equity
 
Date: 11 Dec 2020 (Friday)
Time: 12:30-1:30pm (HKT)
(Virtual waiting room will start at 12:15pm)

Venue: Online via Zoom

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Date Details
20 Nov 2020 (Friday)

Topic: How does the COVID-19 pandemic induce health inequalities?

 
Welcoming Remark:

Prof. Rocky Tuan, Vice-Chancellor and President of The Chinese University of Hong Kong
 
Speakers:

  • Prof. Sir Michael Marmot, Co-Director of CUHK Institute of Health Equity and Director of the University College London Institute of Health Equity
  • Prof. Roger Chung, Associate Director of CUHK Institute of Health Equity

 
Moderator:
Dr. Gary Chung, Postdoctoral Fellow of CUHK Institute of Health Equity
 
Date: 20 Nov 2020 (Friday)
Time: 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm (HKT)
(Virtual waiting room will start at 5:15pm)

Venue: Online via Zoom

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