The Health Research Symposium, themed “Advancing Health through Research and Technology” organised by the Health Bureau, was held on 26 November (Tuesday). The Symposium provided a networking platform for healthcare experts and relevant personnel to share knowledge and achievements in promoting excellence in health and medical research.

A poster exhibition was set up at the Symposium site to showcase the findings of health and medical research funded by the Health and Medical Research Fund. Among nearly 80 HMRF-funded projects, Professor Yeoh led the project named as “Investigation of Hong Kong’s early detection, assessment and response (S-EDAR) system to the new emerging infectious disease outbreak COVID-19” (Project No.: COVID190105) won the Best Poster Award.