Chair Prof. Yu Huang (FISHR, FIUPS, FBPS)

City University of Hong Kong

Yu HUANG received his BSc from Fudan University Shanghai Medical College and a PhD from University of Cambridge. He served as the Chair Professor of Biomedical Sciences (2010-2021) in Chinese University of Hong Kong until October 2021. He is the Jeanie Hu Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Chair Professor and Head of the Department of Biomedical Sciences at City University of Hong Kong. He is the Vice President of Chinese Section of International Society for Heart Research (ISHR) and Chinese Association for Physiological Sciences. He is an elected Fellow of ISHR, International Union for Physiological Sciences Academy of Physiology, and British Pharmacological Society. He received the Inaugural Hong Kong Research Grants Council - Senior Research Fellow Award (2020). He is the first Chinese scholar to receive the Peter Harris Distinguished Scientist Award from ISHR (2024). He is an Associate Editor of Circulation Research. His team aims to elucidate cellular and molecular events in the initiation and progression of endothelial cell dysfunction in hypertension and diabetes, to uncover novel biomarkers of vascular pathogenesis, and to develop ways to reverse vascular dysfunction in animal models of cardiometabolic disease. He has co-authored 524 SCI publications including Nature, Science, Circulation Research, European Heart Journal, Cell Metabolism, PNAS, Diabetes, Hypertension, Cardiovascular Research, Kidney International etc. with over 37,250 Google scholar citations and an h-index of 99.

Speech titile: "Mechanobiology in Drug Discovery"

INVITED SPEAKER

Assoc. Prof. Goh Choon Hian

Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR)

Ir. Dr. Goh Choon Hian is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Mechatronics and Biomedical Engineering at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Malaysia. He is a Professional Engineer registered with the Board of Engineers Malaysia. Dr. Goh obtained his Bachelor of Biomedical Engineering (Hons) in 2013 and his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Biomedical Engineering in 2018, both from Universiti Malaya. His research expertise lies at the intersection of biomedical engineering and clinical medicine, with a particular focus on understanding and addressing falls and syncope in the older population. He is actively involved in the development of advanced algorithms for early detection, risk assessment, and classification of these conditions. Beyond this, his broader research interests encompass machine learning, data mining, artificial intelligence, and bioinformatics, with a strong emphasis on healthcare applications. Dr. Goh is passionate about leveraging interdisciplinary approaches to improve patient outcomes and enhance the delivery of medical services. He continues to collaborate across engineering and healthcare domains, contributing to both academic advancement and practical innovations in biomedical technologies.

PREVIOUS SPEAKERS

Prof. Yudong Zhang University of Leicester, UK	Prof. Dong Sun City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong	Prof. Nicola Mulder University of Cape Town, South Africa	Prof. Stephen Kwok-Wing Tsui The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Prof. Dong Ming Tianjin University, China	Prof. Tetsuo Shibuya The University of Tokyo, Japan	Assoc. Prof. Lin Meng Tianjin University, China	Assoc. Prof. Jie Luo Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Prof. Mitsuhiro Ogawa Teikyo University, Japan	Prof. Hao Jiang Renmin University of China, China	Assoc. Prof. Xingwei An Tianjin University, China	Asst. Prof. Faez Iqbal Khan Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
Prof. Chenjie Xu (H-index: 60) City University of Hong Kong	Prof. Yasukazu Nakamura (H-index: 65) National Institute of Genetics	Prof. Keiji Nakajima Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan	Assoc. Prof. Marwan El Rich Khalifa University