Honours & Awards

Honours & Awards of Professor Irene Ng

(2023) Ranked 23 in Best Scientists in the field of Medicine in China; Ranked 3006 Best Scientists in the World
(2022) Ranked 8 in Best Female Scientists in China; Ranked 517 Best Female Scientists in the World
(2014) The World Academy of Science TWAS 2014 prize (Medical Science)
(2014 - present) Elected Fellow, American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (FAASLD)
(2012 - present) Expert, the ‘National Science and Technology Plan Expert Database Service System’, of Ministry of Science and Technology, China
(2010 - present) Director, State Key Laboratory for Liver Research (approved by Ministry of Science and Technology of China) (ranked ‘Outstanding’ by MOST in 2017/18 re-assessment exercise)
(2008 - present) Loke Yew Professorship in Pathology, HKU
(2021, 2019 and 2012) Faculty Outstanding Research Output Awards (as corresponding authors)
(2018 - 2019) Author, 5th edition of the World Health Organization (WHO) Classification of Tumors: Digestive System "WHO Blue Books”
(2017 - 2018) Chair, Special Interest Group “Molecular classification and signaling pathways”, International Liver Cancer Association (ILCA)
(2017 - 2018) Member, Regional Advisory Committee on China, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
(2014) The World Academy of Science TWAS 2014 prize (Medical Science)
(2012 - 2017) Director, Croucher Summer Course in Cancer Biology, from Croucher Foundation
(2012 and 2004) Croucher Senior Medical Research Fellowship by Croucher Foundation Hong Kong; a prestigious award to distinguished scientists in Hong Kong
(2009) Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award 2007-2008, HKU
(2008 and 1998) Mrs. Gordon Wu Exchange Professorship, The University of Hong Kong
(2005) Outstanding Research Award 2004-2005, HKU

Awards of Staff and Student

(Selected in recent years)

2023 - Chan Tao Hann Prize for Research Postgraduate Students in Pathology (Lucy Lu TIAN)
2023 - Travel Award, The Liver Week 2023 (Goofy Yu-Man Tsui)
2022 - Hong Kong PhD Fellowship (Tiffany Yu)
2022 - HKU Presidential PhD Scholarship (Tiffany Yu)
2021 - Hong Kong PhD Fellowship (Anna Jingyi LU)
2021 - HKU Presidential PhD Scholarship (Anna Jingyi LU)
2021 - Foreign Investigator Award, KASL, KLCA, KAHBPS and KLTS (Lucy Lu TIAN)
2018 - Best Presentation Award, Research Postgraduate Students Retreat, Department of Pathology, HKU (Abdullah HUSAIN)
2018 - Best Oral Presentation Winner, HK Scholars Annual Meeting (Luqing ZHAO)
2018 - Young Investigator Award, The 9th Asia-Pacific Primary Liver Cancer Expert Meeting (Daniel Wai-Hung HO, Lo-Kong CHAN)
2017 - The Butterfield-Croucher Studentship , Croucher Foundation (Bowie Yik-Ling CHENG)
2016 - Li Ka Shing Prize for Best MPhil Thesis Award, Graduate School, HKU (Bowie Yik-Ling CHENG)
2016 - Tigris Educational Fund - Graduate Student Travel Scholarship, Tech Dragon Limited (Kin Fai MA)