Ka Chun Chong received his BSc degree in Statistics and PhD degree in Public Health from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in 2006 and 2011, respectively. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor in the Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care (SPHPC), Assistant Professor (by courtesy) in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine in CUHK, and Associate Researcher (by courtesy) in Shenzhen Research Institute, CUHK. His research interests include biostatistics, infectious disease modeling, environmental epidemiology, and applied research of artificial intelligence. He has published more than 160 publications in peer-reviewed journals with an h-index of 24 (Scopus, May 2024). He was a principal/co-principal investigator for eight external competitive grants. He was awarded the Health and Medical Research Fund Research Fellowship in 2019, supporting training in health economics at Business School, Imperial College London, United Kingdom. He was appointed as the Statistical Advisor of Hong Kong Medical Journal in 2017. He also served as Senior Associate Editor of BMC Infectious Diseases (since 2023), Associate Editor of BMC Public Health (Biostatistics and Methods section) (since 2019), Academic Editor of PLOS ONE (since 2019), and PLOS Climate (since 2021).
Albert Lee is an Emeritus Professor of Public Health and Primary Care and the Founding Director of the Centre for Health Education and Health Promotion at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He obtained a Medical Degree (MB BS) from the University of London (UCL-Middlesex) in 1984 and a Law Degree (LLB) from the University of London in 2015. His research fields are family medicine, community-based care development and health equity, public health and health promotion, medico-legal and conflict resolution, healthcare law, and ethics. He is a pioneer in investigating the impact of the living environment on health and well-being. He has published over 260 papers and over 200 invited conference or seminar papers. His contributions are recognized by his election to the US National Academy of Medicine in 2012, his election as an Honorary Fellow of the UK Faculty of Public Health (the highest accolade of the Faculty), and his appointment as a WHO advisor on many occasions. He received an AFHC Award for Pioneers in Healthy City Research in 2014. He received the Jonathan Davies Award (2nd Place) for his presentation at the 2022 World Congress in Medical Law on “Equitable Access to Mental Health for Children and Adolescents in the Post-COVID Era".
