Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health (D²4H)

Honours / Awards

Awardees
“HKU Scholars in the Top 1%” 2024

Professor Gabriel M. Leung

Chief Scientific Officer Emeritus

Professor Joseph Wu

Managing Director

Professor Benjamin Cowling

Lead Scientist

Professor Yi Guan

Lead Scientist

Professor Tommy Lam

Lead Scientist

Professor Sheikh Taslim Ali

Assistant Professor (Programme 3)

Professor Kathy Leung

Co-Investigator (Programme 1)

Professor Maria Zhu

Co-Investigator (Programme 2)

Professor Peng Wu

Co-Principal Investigator (Programme 3)
Highly Cited Researchers (HCR) 2024 Award by Clarivate Analytics

Professor Gabriel M. Leung

Chief Scientific Officer Emeritus

Professor Joseph Wu

Managing Director

Professor Benjamin Cowling

Lead Scientist

Professor Ian Wong

Lead Scientist

Professor Tommy Lam

Lead Scientist

Professor Edward Holmes

Co-Principal Investigator (Programme 2)

Professor Heidi Larson

Co-Principal Investigator (Programme 1)

Professor Mark Jit

Co-Investigator (Programme 1 & 4)

Professor Kathy Leung

Co-Investigator (Programme 1)

Professor Peng Wu

Co-Principal Investigator (Programme 3)
Helen and Francis Zimmern Professorship in Population Health

Professor Benjamin Cowling

Lead Scientist
Sir Robert Kotewall Professorship in Public Health

Professor Joseph Wu

Managing Director
World’s Top 2% Most-cited Scientists 2024 by Stanford University

Professor Gabriel M. Leung

Chief Scientific Officer Emeritus

Professor Joseph Wu

Managing Director

Professor Benjamin Cowling

Lead Scientist

Professor Yi Guan

Lead Scientist

Professor Ian Wong

Lead Scientist

Professor Tommy Lam

Lead Scientist

Professor Esther Chan

Co-Principal Investigator (Programme 4)

Professor Eric Wan

Co-Principal Investigator (Programme 4)

Dr Carlos Wong

Senior Research Director (Programme 1)
Co-Principal Investigator (Programme 4)

Professor Celine Chui

Co-Principal Investigator (Programme 4)

Professor Francisco Lai

Co-Principal Investigator (Programme 4)

Professor Kathy Leung

Co-Investigator (Programme 1)

Professor Shirley Li

Co-Principal Investigator (Programme 4)

Professor Michael Ni

Co-Investigator (Programme 1)

Professor Peng Wu

Co-Principal Investigator (Programme 3)

Professor Qingpeng Zhang

Honorary Scientific Advisor (Programme 1)

Dr Zhanwei Du

Research Assistant Professor (Programme 3)
Gold Medal with Congratulations of the Jury at the 49th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva

Professor Joshua Ho

Lead Scientist
Immunology in China Leader Award (2024) by Research.com

Professor Yi Guan

Lead Scientist
Microbiology in Australia Leader Award (2023) by Research.com

Professor Edward Holmes

Co-Principal Investigator (Programme 2)
Medicine in Australia Leader Award (2023) by Research.com

Professor Edward Holmes

Co-Principal Investigator (Programme 2)
Best Scientist Award (2023) by Research.com

Professor Edward Holmes

Co-Principal Investigator (Programme 2)
2023 MJD White Medal by the Genetics Society of Australia

Professor Edward Holmes

Co-Principal Investigator (Programme 2)
“HKU Scholars in the Top 1%” 2023

Professor Gabriel M. Leung

Chief Scientific Officer Emeritus

Professor Joseph Wu

Managing Director

Professor Benjamin Cowling

Lead Scientist

Professor Yi Guan

Lead Scientist

Professor Tommy Lam

Lead Scientist

Professor Sheikh Taslim Ali

Assistant Professor (Programme 3)

Professor Kathy Leung

Co-Investigator (Programme 1)

Professor Maria Zhu

Co-Investigator (Programme 2)

Professor Peng Wu

Co-Principal Investigator (Programme 3)
Highly Cited Researchers (HCR) 2023 Award by Clarivate Analytics

Professor Gabriel M. Leung

Chief Scientific Officer Emeritus

Professor Joseph Wu

Managing Director

Professor Benjamin Cowling

Lead Scientist

Professor Tommy Lam

Lead Scientist

Professor Edward Holmes

Co-Principal Investigator (Programme 2)

Professor Heidi Larson

Co-Principal Investigator (Programme 1)

Professor Mark Jit

Co-Investigator (Programme 1 & 4)

Professor Kathy Leung

Co-Investigator (Programme 1)

Professor Peng Wu

Co-Principal Investigator (Programme 3)
Lo Shiu Kwan Kan Po Ling Professorship in Pharmacy

Professor Ian Wong

Lead Scientist
World’s Top 2% Most-cited Scientists 2023 by Stanford University

Professor Gabriel M. Leung

Chief Scientific Officer Emeritus

Professor Joseph Wu

Managing Director

Professor Benjamin Cowling

Lead Scientist

Professor Yi Guan

Lead Scientist

Professor Ian Wong

Lead Scientist

Professor Tommy Lam

Lead Scientist

Professor Esther Chan

Co-Principal Investigator (Programme 4)

Dr Carlos Wong

Senior Research Director (Programme 1)
Co-Principal Investigator (Programme 4)

Professor Francisco Lai

Co-Principal Investigator (Programme 4)

Professor Kathy Leung

Co-Investigator (Programme 1)

Professor Michael Ni

Co-Investigator (Programme 1)

Professor Peng Wu

Co-Principal Investigator (Programme 3)

Professor Shirley Li

Co-Principal Investigator (Programme 4)

Dr Zhanwei Du

Research Assistant Professor (Programme 3)
Croonian Medal and Lecture 2024 by the Royal Society

Professor Edward Holmes

Co-Principal Investigator (Programme 2)
Zhong Nanshan Youth Science and Technology Innovation Award (鍾南山青年科技創新獎) (2023)

Professor Tommy Lam

Lead Scientist
Ranked top 10 in China on the subject of medicine in the latest “2023 Best Scientists Rankings” compiled by Research.com

Professor Yi Guan

Lead Scientist
Ranked the first in China on the subject of immunology in the latest “2023 Best Scientists Rankings” compiled by Research.com

Professor Yi Guan

Lead Scientist
Profile article issued in the Lancet Psychiatry Journal (July 2023 issue)

Professor Ian Wong

Lead Scientist
Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (2023)

Professor Mark Jit

Co-Investigator (Programme 1 & 4)
“HKU Scholars in the Top 1%” 2022

Professor Gabriel M. Leung

Chief Scientific Officer Emeritus

Professor Joseph Wu

Managing Director

Professor Benjamin Cowling

Lead Scientist

Professor Yi Guan

Lead Scientist

Professor Tommy Lam

Lead Scientist

Professor Maria Zhu

Co-Investigator (Programme 2)

Professor Peng Wu

Co-Principal Investigator (Programme 3)
“11 early-career researchers to watch” featured in The Yearbook by Nature Medicine

Professor Kathy Leung

Co-Investigator (Programme 1)
Highly Cited Researchers (HCR) 2022 Award by Clarivate Analytics

Professor Gabriel M. Leung

Chief Scientific Officer Emeritus

Professor Joseph Wu

Managing Director

Professor Benjamin Cowling

Lead Scientist

Professor Peng Wu

Co-Principal Investigator (Programme 3)
HKU Outstanding Young Researcher Award 2020-21

Professor Michael Ni

Co-Investigator (Programme 1)
“HKU Scholars in the Top 1%” 2021

Professor Gabriel M. Leung

Chief Scientific Officer Emeritus

Professor Joseph Wu

Managing Director

Professor Benjamin Cowling

Lead Scientist

Professor Yi Guan

Lead Scientist

Professor Tommy Lam

Lead Scientist

Professor Maria Zhu

Co-Investigator (Programme 2)

Professor Peng Wu

Co-Principal Investigator (Programme 3)
Highly Cited Researchers (HCR) 2021 Award by Clarivate Analytics

Professor Gabriel M. Leung

Chief Scientific Officer Emeritus

Professor Joseph Wu

Managing Director

Professor Benjamin Cowling

Lead Scientist
“Pitching Score Runner-up” at the MindSpore Challenge 2021 jointly organised by Huawei and the Hong Kong Science Park

Dr Junyi Chen

Postdoctoral Fellow
The 16th China Young Women Scientist Award

Professor Maria Zhu

Co-Investigator (Programme 2)
MBE Award in the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours List

Professor Benjamin Cowling

Lead Scientist
2021 John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award

Professor Yi Guan

Lead Scientist
Appointment to Member of the Board of Governors of Wellcome Trust

Professor Gabriel M. Leung

Chief Scientific Officer Emeritus
RGC Senior Research Fellowship (2020/21)

Professor Benjamin Cowling

Lead Scientist

The Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health (D²4H) sets to play pivotal role in gathering and curating massive, unique data resources and developing new, deep, frontier analytics for protecting global public health and improving individual healthcare through precision medicine.

The Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health (D²4H) sets to play pivotal role in gathering and curating massive, unique data resources and developing new, deep, frontier analytics for protecting global public health and improving individual healthcare through precision medicine.

Honours and Awards