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Faculty of Engineering Distinguished Lecture on Hemorheology in Vascular Diseases

17 Apr 2007

 

Hemorheological changes in blood flow can lead to endothelial dysfunction, resulting in real-time microvascular abnormalities in vascular diseases, including type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and alzheimer's disease (AD). However, a direct correlation between real-time microvascular abnormalities and hemorpheological changes has not been experimentally established. In the Faculty of Engineering Distinguished Lecture held at The University of Hong Kong, Dr. Anthony Tze-wai Cheung, Professor Emeritus and Vice Chair of Medical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Davis School of Medicine, will examine the correlation between real-time microvascular abnormalities and whole blood viscosity in T2DM and AD.

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Date: April 18, 2007
Time: 5.30pm – 7:00pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre C, Chow Yei Ching Building, HKU
Language: English

Dr. Cheung obtained a Master of Art Degree in Endocrinology and Biochemistry in 1971; and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Cell Biology and Physiology in 1973, both from the University of California in Los Angeles. He has a unique multi-disciplinary background with training in physiology, engineering science, biomechanics and fluidmechanics from UCLA and the California Institute of Technology. He has been instrumental in the development of methods to study immunologic deficiencies in premature infants and AIDS. His interest in breast cancer led to the development of an interactive breast cancer database, the North Central California Breast Cancer Registry, which he has directed since its inception in 1973. Recently, he has also extended the application of his intravital technology to study hemorrhagic and septic shock and the therapeutic effectiveness of artificial blood substitutes in shock treatment.