CUHK Professor Dennis Lo received Future Science Prize

Prof. Dennis Lo, Associate Dean (Research) of the Faculty of Medicine was awarded the first-ever Future Science Prize-Life Science Prize for his seminal contribution to the widely-used non-invasive prenatal test based on the original discovery of fetal DNA in maternal blood which has benefited millions of pregnant women globally.

For more details: CUHK Press Releases

Ovid ebooks now support PDF download

Ovid ebooks now support downloading of chapters in PDF format.
You can use the Book Reader to open the book, select the chapter and then export it to PDF.

Visible Body Mobile Apps Extend Validity Period to 90 Days Now

The Visible Body mobile apps have extended their validity period to 90 days. You now need to validate their access only every 90 days instead of every 30 days. 

To continue using the app after the validity period, open the app with your mobile device connected with CUHK Wi-Fi network or through VPN at least once every 90 days. 

For details of installation procedures, please visit the Visible Body Library Guide.

Medicine and the Future of Health

The BMC Medicine and Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice have jointly published a new cross-journal article collection on the future of health. 

The Medicine and the Future of Health covers recent advances in drug development, medicines use, policy and access, that has both broad interest and high clinical and public health relevance due to their impact on the future of health.

Temporary closing of the Li Ping Medical Library (Dec 18)

The Li Ping Medical Library will be temporarily closed at the time below for carpet cleaning.

Date: 18 December, 2016 (Sunday)
Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

The Library will re-open after 5:00 pm. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

BMJ Open Ophthalmology

BMJ Open Ophthalmology is a new Open Access journal published by BMJ. The journal publishes high-quality peer-reviewed articles on basic, translational and clinical science covering all aspects of ophthalmology and vision science. 

The first issue is now published and new articles will be published online continuously.

Open Access Journal: 3D Printing in Medicine

3D Printing in Medicine is a new open access journal which publishes 3D printing innovation that impact medicine. In addition to publishing techniques and trails that will advance medicine with 3D printing, the journal covers "how to" papers to provide a forum for translating applied imaging science. 

All articles published by 3D Printing in Medicine are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication.