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Bristol-Myers Squibb to award grant to Hepatitis B expert at HKU

26 Feb 2001

 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation is to present Professor Lai Ching-lung at the Department of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong with an unrestricted biomedical research grant of US$500,000 at a ceremony which will be held on Wednesday, February 28, 2001.

Professor Lai has been selected to receive this grant because of his research which has made him one of the world's leading experts in the area of chronic hepatitis B virus infections.

The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation is a non-profit corporation that administers most of the philanthropic activities of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. The unrestricted biomedical research grants, which is one of the several programmes funded by the Foundation, gives Professor Lai the freedom to pursue any directions in which his work takes him.

Dr Richard Colonno, Chairman of Bristol-Myers Squibb Unrestricted Grant Programme in Infectious Diseases will attend the ceremony and present the award to Professor Lai Ching-lung. Professor Ian Davies, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong, will give a welcoming address while Professor Lai will give a presentation on his recent research on hepatitis B virus.

Details of the award ceremony are as follows:
Date: February 28, 2001
Time: 11:00am
Venue: Convocation Room, Room 218, Main Building, HKU

A shuttle bus (EV5960) will be available at Queen's Pier, Central at 10:30am transport press members to the ceremony. It will leave at 10:40am sharp.

Reporters/photographers are cordially invited to attend. For further enquiries, please contact Miss Leung at HKU's External Relations Office at 2859 2600.