Covid-19: Gabriel Leung reflects on Hong Kong’s devastating fifth wave

BiographyGabriel Leung became the 40th dean of medicine at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) in 2013, a post he held until stepping down in 2021. He was previously professor and head of community medicine at the university and served as Hong Kong’s first undersecretary for food and health and fifth director of the chief executive’s office in government. He was director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control and inaugural chair of the Asia Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies during 2010-14.Leung is one of Asia’s leading public health academics, having authored more than 450 scholarly papers and edited numerous journals. He sits on the editorial advisory board of The BMJ and is a governor for Wellcome Trust, executive director at the Hong Kong Jockey Club, and was recently appointed to WHO’s strategic advisory group on emergencies (SAGE). He regularly advises national…
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