Gabriel Leung, MD, GBS
Dean of Medicine and Helen & Francis Zimmern Professor in Population Health, University of Hong Kong
Gabriel Leung is the fortieth Dean of Medicine and inaugural Helen and Francis Zimmern Professor in Population Health at The University of Hong Kong.
His career has straddled academe and public service. Formerly, he was Head of Community Medicine at the University as well as Hong Kong's first Under Secretary for Food and Health and fifth Director of the Chief Executive's Office in government.
A specialist in public health medicine by training, Gabriel is one of the region’s leading epidemiologists and global health experts. His research defined the epidemiology of three novel viral epidemics, namely SARS in 2003, H7N9 influenza in 2013, and, most recently, COVID-19. As undersecretary, he led Hong Kong government's response against the 2009 influenza pandemic. He was founding co-director of HKU's World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control and currently directs the Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health at the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park.
In addition to serving as a Governor of The Wellcome Trust, Gabriel regularly advises national and international agencies including the WHO, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Boao Forum for Asia, Institut Pasteur, Japan Center for International Exchange, National Centre for Infectious Diseases of Singapore and China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
He co-edited the Journal of Public Health (2007-14), was inaugural co-editor of Epidemics, associate editor of Health Policy and is founding deputy editor-in-chief of China CDC Weekly. He currently serves on the editorial boards of nine journals, including the British Medical Journal. He is also an elected member of the US National Academy of Medicine (NAM).
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