One Health Hub Seminar Series
By the HKU School of Public Health’s Interdisciplinary Collaboration on One Health:
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in the One Health Context: Policies and Evidence
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses one of the most pressing global health threats. Human activities and intensive agriculture exacerbate development and spread of AMR, with increasing multidrug-resistant infections observed in hospitals and communities. The One Health approach recognises the interconnected nature of AMR across human, animal, and environmental sectors, advocating integrated strategies including surveillance, stewardship, and policy alignment to curb AMR issues through shared ecosystems. This seminar convenes experts to highlight these linkages, promote collaborative interventions, and drive actionable insights for policymakers and practitioners, ultimately aiming to safeguard public health in a rapidly evolving ecological landscape.
Date: 30 September (Tuesday)
Time: 4:00-5:30pm
Venue: Seminar Room 3, G/F, The Jockey Club Building for Interdisciplinary Research, 5 Sassoon Road
*Snacks and refreshments will be served.
Speakers:
Dr Edmond Ma, Centre for Health Protection, Department of Health, HKSAR
Dr Ma is the Consultant (Antimicrobial Resistance) responsible for coordinating the territory-wide strategies and actions against antimicrobial resistance in Hong Kong. He is a specialist in Public Health Medicine and he obtained his Master of Medical Science (Public Health) from The University of Hong Kong, and Doctor of Medicine from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He also serves as Clinical Associate Professor (honorary), the Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has been working in the Centre for Health Protection since its establishment in 2004, mainly responsible for surveillance, epidemiological investigation and infection control for various communicable diseases including SARS, pandemic influenza H1N1, COVID-19 and multi-drug resistant organisms. His research interest includes epidemiology of communicable diseases, infection control and prevention of antimicrobial resistance.
Professor Sheng Chen
is currently Chair Professor in Microbiology and the Head at the Department of Food Science and Nutrition, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His research focuses on bacterial antimicrobial resistance, virulence and tolerance in the veterinary, food and medical microbiology fields, bridging clinical and basic science using multi-disciplinary approaches with the ultimate goal of developing novel therapies to combat bacterial antimicrobial resistance. Prof. Chen is engaged in policy making by working with the Department of Food and Environmental Hygiene and Health Bureau of the Hong Kong Government as well as the Shenzhen Government. He was elected as Fellow of American Academy of Microbiology in 2024. He has published high-impact research articles in internationally renowned journals including New Engl J Med, The Lancet series, Nature Microbiology, Science Advance, etc., and obtained many patents on novel antibiotics and vaccines.
Contact: onehealthsph@hku.hk
