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Prizes, honors and travel awards received by team members

Yu HUANG received 2020-2021 Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC) Senior Research Fellow Award (2020 - 2021年度香港研究資助局高級研究學者獎)

(24 November 2020)

Yu HUANG received the Scholar Award in the 14th annual WuXi PharmaTech Life Science and Chemistry Awards (2020年度藥明康德生命化學研究獎學者獎) (19 December 2020). 

Yu Huang together with Drs. Heping Chen, Rui-ping Xiao, Huangtian Yang, Bin Zhou and Yi Zhu are the first group of Chinese scientists who were elected as a Fellow of The International Society for Heart Research (ISHR) on 11 September 2018. All newly-elected Fellows were inducted at the XXIII ISHR World Congress in Beijing, 3-6 June 2019.

Yu HUANG, Dr. Li WANG and Dr. Jiang-Yun LUO received a first-class award in natural sciences of Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Award (Science and Technology) 2019 from the Ministry of Education (2019 年度高等學校科學研究优秀成果獎 - 自然科學一等獎) (October 2020).

Prof. Huang Yu (left) and his team (Tian Xiaoyu, Jack WT Wong, Christine SL Wong, Liu Limei, Dong Jinghui, Anna WS Cheang, Liu Jian, Zhang Yang) received the second-class award (in Natural Sciences) certificate of Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards (Science and Technology) 2017 from Mr. Chen Baosheng (2nd left), Minister of Education of the People’s Republic of China (14 April 2018)

Yu Huang presented the 9th Asian Lecture on Vascular Biology at 8th Scientific Meeting of  The Asian Society for Vascular Biology (ASVB) in Shanghai, China on 3 November 2018. Professor Paul M Vanhoutte, the founding President of the ASVB presented the certificate to Yu Huang

Huang Yu was awarded the 2014 State Natural Science Awards (second-class award) in recognition of his collaborative research on the critical role of transient receptor potential against metabolic vascular dysfunction, which has been conducted with Professors Zhu Zhiming, Liu Daoyan and Yan Zhencheng from the Third Military Medical University, China. The award presentation ceremony was held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on 9 January 2015.

Tian Xiaoyu and other team members received Paul Dudley White International Science Team Award from the American Heart Association (AHA) at the AHA Scientific Meeting in Anaheim, California, USA on 12 November 2017. Ms HUO Mingyu is the first author of the conference abstract under supervision of Tian Xiaoyu and Huang Yu. Other award winning authors include Lau Chi-Wai, Zhang Hongsong.

Yu Huang received Croucher Senior Research fellowship Award 2014-2015. Mrs. Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, Chief Secretary for Administration of the HKSAR Government  presents the award of Senior Research Fellowships to Yu Huang on 3 April 2014

Yu Huang presented the 7th Robert F. Furchgott Lecture at 11th International Symposium on Mechanisms of Vasodilatation in Zurich, Switzerland on 5 October 2013

Jack Wing Tak Wong, received the New Investigator Award on 4 November 2012, from the Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism, American Heart Association (AHA) for his novel work on “melamine impairs renal and vascular function in rats” which was funded by Hong Kong Food and health Bureau. After spending over two years as the AHA postdoctoral research fellow at Stanford University Medical School, Jack is currently the scientist at the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, Texas and the Assistant Professor of Vascular and Stem Cell Biology, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, USA

Jack Wing Tak Wong received the ATVB Early Career Investigator Award on 15 November 2011 from American Heart Association Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
Wai San Cheang received the first prize for the Young Investigator Awards Competition at the 5th Scientific Meeting of the Asian Society for Vascular Biology at Xi’an, China on 28 October 2012
Xiaoyu Tian received the Postgraduate Research Output Award 2011 from Chinese University of Hong Kong
Siu Ling Wong received the Postgraduate Research Output Award 2009 from Chinese University of Hong Kong Yu Huang presented the Office of Life Sciences Distinguished Lecture at National University of Singapore, Singapore on 26 April 2007

 

Wai San CHEANG (Ph.D., 2009-2013, currently the lecturer in Macau University)

    • 2017 Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Award (second-class award), Ministry of Education, People Republic of China (2017年度高等學校科學研究优秀成果獎 - 自然科學二等獎, 2018)
    • 1st Prize of Chaired Poster Presentation for Young Investigator Awards, at the 18th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Hong Kong (1 November 2014)
    • EMBL Advanced Training Centre Corporate Partnership Programme Fellowship (fee waiver), EMBO|EMBL Symposium: Translaing Diabetes, Heidelberg, Germany (April 2014)
    • 1st Prize for Outstanding Poster Presentation, at the 17th Annual Scientific Meeting Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Hong Kong (November 2013)
    • Best Poster Award, at 15th Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk Factors East Meets West Symposium, Hong Kong (1 October 2013)
    • 3rd Place for Young Scientist Award, at the 9th Scientific Conference on Cardiovascular Sciences Across the Strait, the 1st Southern Taiwan International Scientific Conference on Cardiac-Cerebral Vascular Sciences, Taiwan (16-20 August 2013)
    • Winner of Outstanding Oral Presentation Award of Young Scientist, at the 12th Meeting of the Asia Pacific Federation of Pharmacologists, Shanghai, China (9-13 July 2013)
    • Outstanding Poster Presentation Award, at the 12th Meeting of the Asia Pacific Federation of Pharmacologists, Shanghai, China (9-13 July 2013)
    • World Congress Early Career Investigator Travel Awards, International Society of Heart Research, San Diego, USA (July 2013)
    • The Talent Development Scholarship, Hong Kong Special Administration Region Government Scholarship Fund, Hong Kong (2013, 2014)
    • 3rd Prize of Oral Presentation for Young Investigator Awards, at the 16th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Hong Kong (17 November 2012)
    • Outstanding Oral Presentation Award (1st Prize) in the 14th Scientific Meeting of Hong Kong Pharmacology Society, Hong Kong (3 November 2012)
    • 1st Prize for Young Investigator Award Competition (Oral Presentation), at 5th Scientific Meeting of the Asian Society for Vascular Biology, Xi’an, China (27--29 October 2012)
    • 1st Prize of Young Investigator Award Competition (Oral), 8th Scientific Conference on Cardiovascular Sciences Across the Strait, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China (15-18 August 2011)
    • 2nd Prize for Young Investigator Award Competition (Oral), The 13th Hong Kong Diabetes & Cardiovascular Risk Factors EMW Symposium, Hong Kong (1-2 October 2011)
    • Postgraduate Scholarships, Comissao Tecnica de Atribuicao de Bolsas para Estudos Pos-Graduados, Macau 澳門 研究生資助發放技術委員會 研究生獎學金 (2010, 2011, 2012)

Zhen GAO (Ph.D., 2011-2014)

    • EMBL Advanced Training Centre Corporate Partnership Programme Fellowship (fee waiver), EMBO|EMBL Symposium: Translaing Diabetes, Heidelberg, Germany (April 2014)

Weining HU (Ph.D 2012-)

    • Young Scholars Thesis Award 2016, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2017
    • 2nd Prize of Oral Presentation for Young Investigator Awards, at the 19th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine and the 10th Across the Strait Conference on Cardiovascular Science, Hong Kong (21 November 2015)
    • Young Investigator Award, International Conference on Endothelium-Dependent Hyperpolarizations in Health and Disease (EDH 2015), Nyborg, Denmark, 14-17 2015
    • The Talent Development Scholarship, Hong Kong Special Administration Region Government Scholarship Fund, Hong Kong (2015)
    • Second Best Prize, Young Investigator Award (Oral Presentation), Asian Society for Vascular Biology (ASVB) – Vascular Neuroeffective Mechanisms, USA (VNEM) at Pharmacology & Physiology International Scientific Congress 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (22-24 August 2014)
    • Best Poster Presentation Award in Basic Science, at the 2013 Annual Scientific Meeting and Annual General Meeting of the Hong Kong Society of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Reproduction, Hong Kong (24 November 2013)

Jian LIU (Ph.D, 2009-2013, currently the postdoctoral fellow at The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

    • 2017 Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Award (second-class award), Ministry of Education, People Republic of China (2017年度高等學校科學研究优秀成果獎 - 自然科學二等獎, 2018)
    • Podium Presentation Award at 2013 AAPS (American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists)@China Symposium, Hong Kong (17-18 August 2013)
    • 3rd Prize for Young Investigator Award Competition (Chaired Poster Presentation), at 5th Scientific Meeting of the Asian Society for Vascular Biology, Xi’an, China (27- 29 October 2012)
    • 1st Prize of Oral Presentation for Young Investigator Awards, at the 16th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Hong Kong (17 September 2011)
    • 2nd Prize of Oral Presentation for Young Investigator Awards, at the National Conference of Chinese Pharmacological Society, Jiana, China (24 September 2011)

Limei LIU (Ph.D, 2008-2011, currently the Associate Professor at Peking University Health Science Center)

    • 2017 Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Award (second-class award), Ministry of Education, People Republic of China (2017年度高等學校科學研究优秀成果獎 - 自然科學二等獎, 2018)
    • Excellent Poster Presentation Competition Award at 4” at Scientific Meeting of Chinese Section of International Society for Heart Research and Chinese Society of Cardiovascular Pathophysiology. Guangzhou, China, 20-24 November 2012)
    • 3rd Prize for Young Investigator Award Competition (Oral Presentation) at 5th Scientific Meeting of the Asian Society for Vascular Biology, Xi’an, China (27--29 October 2012)
    • Excellent Poster Presentation Award at 2012 China Postgraduate Forum on Translational Medicine of Cardiovascular Diseases, Beijing, China (September 2012)
    • 3rd Prize of Oral Presentation for Young Investigator Awards, at the 14st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Hong Kong (18 December 2010)
    • 2nd Prize of Oral Presentation for Young Investigator Awards at the 10th National Conference of Chinese Society of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Chongqing, China (22-25 October 2010)
    • 2nd Prize of Chaired Poster Presentation for Young Investigator Awards, at the 13th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Hong Kong (12 December 2009)

Yahan LIU (Ph.D., 2009-2012, Co-supervisor, currently the postdoctoral fellow at Peking Universuty)

    • 1st Prize for Young Investigator Award Competition (Chaired Poster Presentation) at 5th Scientific Meeting of the Asian Society for Vascular Biology, Xi’an, China (27--29 October 2012)
    • Excellent Poster Presentation Competition Award at 4” at Scientific Meeting of Chinese Section of International Society for Heart Research and Chinese Society of Cardiovascular Pathophysiology, Guangzhou, China (20-24 Novermber 2012)

Dan QU (Ph.D., 2012-2016)

    • The First Prize, Young Investigator Presentation Award, NSFC/RGC Conference on Cardiovascular Calcium Signaling Pathway: Role in Health and Disease, Hong Kong, 7-8 December 2017.
    • Gold Prize of Oral Presentation for the Young Investigator Award at the 21th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Hong Kong (11 November 2017)
    • The Talent Development Scholarship 2013-2014, Hong Kong Special Administration Region Government Scholarhsip Fund, Hong Kong (May 2014)
    • 2nd Place of Poster Presentation Award at the 9th Scientific Conference on Cardiovascular Sciences Across the Strait, the 1st Southern Taiwan International Scientific Conference on Cardiac-Cerebral Vascular Sciences, Taiwan (16-20 August 2013)
    • 1st Prize of Oral Presentation for the Young Investigator Award at the 20th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Hong Kong (19 November 2016)

Lei ZHAO (Ph.D., 2013-2016)

    • The Young Investigator Award (Oral Presentation) at the 19th Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk Factors East Meets West Symposium, Hong Kong, 30 September - 1 October 2017
    • EMBO Meeting 2015 Travel Grant for a meeting at Birmingham, UK, 6-9 September 2015
    • 1st Prize of Chaired Poster Presentation for the Young Investigator Award at the 20th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Hong Kong (19 November 2016)

Xiao Yu TIAN (Ph.D, 2008-2011, CUHK; Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, USA, 2012-2013; Postdoctoral Fellow, Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, Texas, USA, 2013-2015; Currently the Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, CUHK)

    • 2017 Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Award (second-class award), Ministry of Education, People Republic of China (2017年度高等學校科學研究优秀成果獎 - 自然科學二等獎, 2018)
    • The Paul Dudley White International Science Team Award from American Heart Association, United States, 12 November 2017 (under supervision of Dr. Xiaoyu Tian)
    • Health and Medical Research Fund – Research Fellowship, Food and Health Bureau, Hong Kong SAR (2016-2018, HK$1,018,032)
    • Best Presentation Award, 2016 Research Day, School of Biomedical Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 03 June 2016
    • ATVB Young Investigator Travel Award, Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, at the ATVB/PVD 2016 Scientific Sessions, Nashville, Tennessee, USA (6 May 2016)
    • The Postgraduate Research Output Award 2011, Chinese University of Hong Kong (July 2012)
    • Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Chinese University of Hong Kong (2011-2012)
    • 1st Prize of Chaired Poster Presentation for Young Investigator Awards, at the 14st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Hong Kong (18 December 2010)
    • 2nd Prize for Young Investigator Award Competition at 4th Scientific Meeting of the Asian Society for Vascular Biology, Hong Kong (20--21 November 2010)
    • 2nd Prize for Young Investigator Award Competition (Oral) at 12th Hong Kong Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk Factors, East Meets West Symposium, Hong Kong (1-2 October 2010)
    • 2nd Prize of Young Investigator Awards Competition at The International Forum of Cardiovascular Committee of Integrative Medicine, China (Jiangmen), (6-9 August 2010)
    • 1st Prize of Young Investigator Award Competition (Oral Presentation), 7th Scientific Conference on Cardiovascular Sciences Across the Strait, Kunming, Yunna, China (14-17 August 2009)
    • 1st Prize of Chaired Poster Presentation for Young Investigator Awards, at the 12th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Hong Kong (13-14 December 2008)
    • Outstanding Postgraduate Student Oral Presentation Award in the 10th Scientific Meeting of Hong Kong Pharmacology Society, Hong Kong (8 December 2008)
    • Postgraduate Oral Presentation Award, Medical Faculty Research Day 2008, Chinese University of Hong Kong (5 July 2008)
    • Outstanding Abstract Prize (for the oral category) at the Third International Symposium on Helathy Aging, Hong Kong (1-2 March 2008)

Suk-Ying TSANG (Ph.D, 1999-2003, currently the Associate Professor at School of Life Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong)

    • Recepient of the Sir Edward Youde Memorial Scholarship (1999 – 2001)
    • The Physiological Society (London) International Bursary Fund (2002)
    • Recepient of the Croucher Postdoctoral Fellowship (2004-2006)

Siu Ling WONG (Ph.D, 2006-2010, currently the postdoctoral fellow at Children’s Hospital, Harvard University)

    • 2017 Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Award (second-class award), Ministry of Education, People Republic of China (2017年度高等學校科學研究优秀成果獎 - 自然科學二等獎, 2018)
    • GlaxoSmithKline/Immune Disease Institute Alliance Fellowship, USA (Jan 2012)
    • 1st Chaired Poster Prize for the Young Investigator Award Competition at 4th Scientific Meeting of the Asian Society for Vascular Biology, Hong Kong (20-21 November 2010)
    • British Pharmacology Society Bain Memorial Fund Bursary in connection with WorldPharma 2010 (July 2010)
    • The Postgraduate Research Output Award 2009, Chinese University of Hong Kong (June 2010)
    • Outstanding Prize for the Young Investigator Award at the Fourth International Symposium on Helathy Aging, Hong Kong, 7-8 March 2009.
    • 1st Prize of Oral Presentation for Young Investigator Awards, at the 12th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Hong Kong (13-14 December 2008)
    • First Prize, APSAVD Awards for Best Paper (Oral) Presentations at 6th Asian Pacific Society of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Disease & 10th HK Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk Factors, East Meets West Symposium (25-28 September 2008)
    • Joint Winner (one of two top prizes) of Young Investigator Award at 5th International EDHF Symposium – Endothelium, Vasoactive Factors and Inflammation, Tampere, Finland (24-27 June 2008)
    • 1st Prize of Outstanding Poster Presentation at the 11th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (8 December 2007)
    • Outstanding Postgraduate Student Oral Presentation Award in the 9th Scientific Meeting of Hong Kong Pharmacology Society (16 December 2006)
    • Outstanding Poster Presentation at the 10th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (10 December 2006)
    • 3rd Prize of Oral Presentation for Young Investigator Awards, at the 9th Annual Scientific Meeting (Metabolic Syndromes) of the Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, incorporating the 5th Scientific Conference on Cardiovascular Sciences across the Strait (4 December 2005)

Wing Tak WONG (Ph.D, 2005-2009, current the Scientist at Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Texas, and Assistant Professor of Vascular and Stem Cell Biology, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, USA)

    • 2017 Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Award (second-class award), Ministry of Education, People Republic of China (2017年度高等學校科學研究优秀成果獎 - 自然科學二等獎, 2018)
    • 2013 NHLBI Progenitor Cell Biology Consortium (PCBC) Jump Start Award from National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institute of Health, USA (April 2013)
    • 2012 Young Investigator Award finalist, the American Heart Association’s Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism (NPAM) on melamin-related study (November 2012)
    • The American Heart Association (AHA) Award of the WSA Summer 2011 Postdoctoral Fellowship (January 2012 – December 2013)
    • 2011 ATVB Early Career Investigator Award presented by the American Heart Association’s Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology (ATVB) (November 2011)
    • 2nd Prize for Young Investigator Award Competition (Oral) at 11th Hong Kong Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk Factors, East Meets West Symposium, Hong Kong (30 September-1 October 2009)
    • Outstanding Award (Oral) of the 5th Hong Kong-Macau Postgraduate Symposium on Chinese Medicine (13 August 2009)
    • Young Excellent Paper Winner, Symposium between Mainland and Hong Kong on Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Shenyang, China (10-13 October 2008)
    • Second Best (Oral) Presentation Prize, Young Investigators’ Award Competition at 3rd Scientific Meeting of the Asian Society for Vascular Biology, Singapore (4-5 August 2008)
    • Outstanding Postgraduate Student Oral Presentation Award in the 10th Scientific Meeting of Hong Kong Pharmacology Society (15 December 2007)
    • 3rd Prize of Outstanding Poster Presentation at the 11th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (8 December 2007)
    • Outstanding Award (Oral) of the 3rd Hong Kong-Macau Postgraduate Symposium on Chinese Medicine (16 August 2007)
    • 2nd Prize of Young Investigator Award Competition (Oral Presentation), 6th Scientific Conference on Cardiovascular Sciences Across the Strait, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China (29 July 2007)

Lai Hang YUNG (M.Phil, 2007-2009)

    • 2nd Prize of Chaired Poster Presentation for Young Investigator Awards, at the 11th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Hong Kong (13-14 December 2008)
    • Outstanding Postgraduate Student Oral Presentation Award in the 10th Scientific Meeting of Hong Kong Pharmacology Society, Hong Kong (8 December 2008)

Lai Ming YUNG (Ph.D, 2004-2008, currently the postdoctoral fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School)

    • Outstanding Postgraduate Student Oral Presentation Award in the 10th Scientific Meeting of Hong Kong Pharmacology Society (15 December 2007)
    • 2nd Prize of Outstanding Oral Presentation at the 11th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (8 December 2007)
    • Abstract was selected by the Scientific Committee of Life Science 2007 in Glasgow, United Kingdom to form the part of a Symposium on “Oxidative Stress and Endothelium”, and he was invited to present his new findings to Young Life Scientists’ Symposium at the same meeting (July 2007)
    • LM Yung was invited by Life Sciences 2007 organizers to contribute a short article which appeared in Physiology News (winter 2007 / number 69, page 7) published by The Physiology Society, London, UK.
    • Young Physiologists Bursary Scheme from The Physiology Society, United Kingdom (July 2007)

Kobe Chi Yung YUEN (final year project undergraduate student, 2009-2010; research assistance 2010-2011)

    • 1st Prize of Chaired Poster Presentation for Young Investigator Awards, at the 13th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Hong Kong (12 December 2009)

Huina ZHANG (2012-2014, Postdoctoral Fellow)

    • 1st Prize, Young Investigator Award Competition at the 1st Scientific Meeting of Chinese Society for Vascular Medicine, Chinese Association of Pathophysiology, Beijing, China, 20-22 May 2016
    • 2nd Prize of English Speech Competition at the 25th Great Wall International Congress of Cardiology, Beijing, China, 16-19 October 2014.
    • 1st Prize of Young Investigator Award at 12th Scientific Meeting of International Society for Heart Research – Chinese Section and 15th Scientific Meeting of Chinese Association of Pathophysiology – Cardiovascular Society, China (14-17 August 2014)
    • Excellent Oral Presentation Award at the 10th Young Physiologists Conference, Chinese Association for Physiological Sciences, Changsha, China (13 October 2013)
    • Recipient of Hong Kong Scholar Award (2012-2014)

Yang ZHANG (Ph.D, 2010-2013, currently the postdoctoral fellow at The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

    • 2017 Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Award (second-class award), Ministry of Education, People Republic of China (2017年度高等學校科學研究优秀成果獎 - 自然科學二等獎, 2018)
    • 1st Runner-up for Young Investigator Award (Oral presentation) at Physiology Symposium 2014, Hong Kong (12 June 2014)
    • 3rd Prize for Young Investigator Award Competition (Chaired Poster Presentation) at 5th Scientific Meeting of the Asian Society for Vascular Biology, Xi’an, China (27--29 October 2012)

Jiang-Yun LOU (Ph.D, 2012-2015, currently the postdoctoral fellow at The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

    • 2019 Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Award (first-class award), Ministry of Education, People Republic of China (2019年度高等學校科學研究优秀成果獎 - 自然科學一等獎)
    • 2016 XXII International Society for Heart Research (ISHR) World Congress Travel Award (Argentina, April 2016)

Li WANG (currently the postdoctoral fellow at The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

    • 2019 Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Award (first-class award), Ministry of Education, People Republic of China (2019年度高等學校科學研究优秀成果獎 - 自然科學一等獎)
    • Research Excellence Award 2017 (based on his Nature paper in December 2016), Chinese University of Hong Kong (August 2017)

Yuhong HUANG (PhD, 2014-2017, currently the postdoctoral fellow)

    • The Top Ten Award, SBS Postgraduate Research Day 2015, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 12-13 November 2015

Mingyu HUO (PhD., 2015-2018)

    • 1st Prize of Young Investigator Award Competition (Oral Presentation) at 22th Annual Scientific Meeting of Hong Kong Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Hong Kong, 10 November 2018
    • 1st Prize of Young Investigator Award Competition (Oral Presentation), The 17th Conference of The Cardiovascular Society of Chinese Association of Pathophysiology and The 14th China Congress of the International Society for Heart Research, Nanjing, China, 19-22 September 2018
    • 18th World Congress of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (WCP2018) Congress Bursary Award, Kyoto, Japan, 1-6 July 2018
    • The Paul Dudley White International Science Team Award from American Heart Association, United States, 12 November 2017 (Mingyu Huo as the first author of the abstract) 
    • Best Poster Award at SBS Postgraduate Research Day, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 9-10 November 2017
    • Finalist of Young Investigator Award Competition, 7th Scienfic Meeting of the Asian Society for Vascular Biology, Hualien, Taiwan, 27-29 October 2016

Hongsong ZHANG(PhD., 2015-2018)

    • The Paul Dudley White International Science Team Award from American Heart Association, United States, 12 November 2017 (Hongsong Zhang as the co-author of the abstract) 

Andy Chak Kwong CHENG(PhD., 2015-2018)

    • Young Investigator Award (Second Place) at the 2022 ACRE/CAAC/CNAHA joint symposium, USA, 19 November 2022
    • Outstanding Presentation Award (Best Award Oral) at the 10th Biennial Meeting of Society for Free Radical Research – Asia, Seoul, Korea, 5 November 2022
    • Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC) – Postdoctoral Fellowship Award (2022-2024), May 2022
    • Young Investigator Oral Presentation Award (First Runner-up), 23rd Diabetes & Cardiovascular Risk Factors - East Meets West Symposium 2021
    • CUHK 2020 Outstanding Students Award (September 2020)
    • The Talent Development Scholarship 2019-2020, Hong Kong Special Administration Region Government Scholarship Fund, Hong Kong (May 2020)
    • 1st Prize of Young Investigator Award Competition (Chaired Poster Presentation) at 23th Scientific Meeting of Hong Kong Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Hong Kong, 9 November 2019
    • The Talent Development Scholarship 2018-2019, Hong Kong Special Administration Region Government Scholarship Fund, Hong Kong (May 2019)
    • 1st Prize of Young Investigator Award Competition (Oral Presentation) at 22th Annual Scientific Meeting of Hong Kong Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Hong Kong, 10 November 2018
    • Best Poster Award at SBS Postgraduate Research Day, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 9-10 November 2017
    • Mr Ch'ien Mu Postgraduate Scholarship from CUHK New Asia College (July 2017)

Wenbin SHANG (PhD., 2016-2020)

    • Bronze Prize of Oral Presentation for the Young Investigator Award at the 21th  Annual Scientific Meeting of the Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Hong Kong (11 November 2017)
    • Best Poster Award at SBS Postgraduate Research Day, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 9-10 November 2017

Yifan WANG (Echo) (PhD., 2016-2020)

    • 1st Prize of Oral Presentation for the Young Investigator Award at SBS Postgraduate Research Day, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 8-9 November 2018
    • Silver Prize of Oral Presentation for the Young Investigator Award at the 21th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Hong Kong (11 November 2017)
    • Second Prize for Oral Presentation Award at SBS Postgraduate Research Day, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 10 November 2017

Chi-Wai LAU (SBS staff)

    • The Paul Dudley White International Science Team Award from American Heart Association, United States, 12 November 2017 (Chi-Wai Lau as the co-author of the abstract) 

Danyang TIAN (Junior Research Assistant, 2017-2018)

    • The Paul Dudley White International Science Team Award from American Heart Association, United States, 12 November 2017 (Danyang Tian as the co-author of the abstract) 

Chunhua XU (PhD, 2015-2018)

    • The Second Prize for Oral Presentation in the Guangdong-Hong Kong Postgraduate Symposium on Regenerative Medicine, Guangzhou, 6 December 2017
    • The Top Ten Award, SBS Postgraduate Research Day 2017, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 9-10 November 2017

Chenglin ZHANG (Research Associate, 2017-))

    • 3rd Prize of Young Investigator Award Competition (Oral Presentation) at 23th Scientific Meeting of Hong Kong Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Hong Kong, 9 November 2019
    • The Second Prize, Young Investigator Presentation Award, NSFC/RGC Conference on Cardiovascular Calcium Signaling Pathway: Role in Health and Disease, Hong Kong, 7-8 December 2017.

Jinghui DONG (Ph.D, 2008-2011, currently the professor at Hebei Medical University, China)

    • 2017 Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Award (second-class award), Ministry of Education, People Republic of China (2017年度高等學校科學研究优秀成果獎 - 自然科學二等獎, 2018)

Juan HUANG (Ph.D., 2017-2020)

    • Outstanding Young Investigator Award at 14th International Symposium on Mechanisms of VasoDilatation (MOVD2021), 29 November 2021
    • 3rd Prize of Young Investigator Award Competition (Chaired Poster Presentation) at 23th Scientific Meeting of Hong Kong Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Hong Kong, 9 November 2019
    • 3rd Prize of Young Investigator Award Competition (Oral Presentation) at 22th Annual Scientific Meeting of Hong Kong Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Hong Kong, 10 November 2018

Minchun JIANG (Ph.D, 2019-2022, Postdoctoral Fellow 2022-)

    • CUHK Vice-Chancellor HKPFS Scholarship (2019)
    • Hong Kong Ph.D. Fellowship, Hong Kong SAR (2019-2022)

Lei HE (Ph.D, 2019 – 2022, Postdoctoral Fellow in Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2021-)

    • Best Poster Presentation for Young Investigator Award at 14th International Symposium on Mechanisms of VasoDilatation (MOVD2021), 29 November 2021.
    • Best Oral Presentation Award for the Young Investigator Award at the 24th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Hong Kong (8 November 2021)

Min YI (Hong Kong Scholar 2021-2023)

    • Best Oral Presentation Award, Hong Kong Scholar Annual Symposium, 19 June 2022   
    • Recipient of Hong Kong Scholar Award (2021-2023)

Yujie PU (Ph.D, 2019-2022, Postdoctoral Fellow in Department of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2021-)

    • Sun Chieh Yeh Heart Foundation Young Investigator Award (1st Prize, oral presentation) at the 25th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Hong Kong (5 November 2022)

Huanyu DING (PhD, 2020-2023), PhD candidate, School of Biomedical Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong

    • Sun Chieh Yeh Heart Foundation Young Investigator Award (3rd Prize, oral presentation) at the 25th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Hong Kong (5 November 2022)

Yuanyuan ZUO (PhD, 2020-2023)

  • Sun Chieh Yeh Heart Foundation Young Investigator Award (2nd Prize, poster presentation) at the 25th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Hong Kong (5 November 2022)

Yandi WU (Postdoctoral Fellow 2022-)

    • Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC) – Postdoctoral Fellowship Award (2023-2026), 1 May 2023

Leying LI (PhD student, 2023-)

    • The recipient of Hong Kong PhD Fellowship, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong SAR Government (2023)