- Location
- Zoom and 155 College St., Room. 507
- Series/Type
- Alumni Event, DLSPH Event, Faculty/Staff Event, Student Event
- Format
- Hybrid
- Dates
- June 27, 2023 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm
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The Dean’s Office would like to invite you to a talk scheduled to take place on June 27, 2023 at noon to be given by Prof Sophia Chan, Professor in Nursing, Senior Advisor to the President’s Office at the University of Hong Kong.
Professor Chan was appointed as the Secretary for Food and Health (SFH) HK SAR Government from 2017-2022. She was the first nurse in Hong Kong appointed in this ministerial position. She has led the Food and Health (FHB) in making remarkable contribution in the formulation and implementation of various major policies on health, food and environmental hygiene and agriculture and fisheries. During her tenure as SFH, not only has she fought the COVID-19 pandemic successfully over 2.5 years, she has also made exemplary efforts and policy initiatives in protecting and promoting the health of the population through major policy initiatives such as embarking on a new journey in primary health care by developing District Health Centres (DHCs) in all 18 districts in Hong Kong, laying a strong foundation of developing the first Chinese Medicine Hospital, opening the first Children Hospital, launched the Hong Kong Cancer Strategy 2019, and banned E-cigarettes and Heated Tobacco Products in Hong Kong, just to name a few. She was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star by the Hong Kong Government for her exemplary contribution to advancing public health in Hong Kong.