Prof. Grace Wong

Prof. Grace Wong
Hong Kong SAR

Professor Grace Wong is Professor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2001 with honors and distinctions in Medicine. In 2010, she received the Doctorial Degree of Medicine of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Professor Grace Wong’s main research interest includes big data research in medicine, chronic viral hepatitis, and risk prediction and risk reduction of hepatocellular carcinoma, and non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis. She has published over 380 articles in peer-reviewed journals including Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Gastroenterology, Gut and Journal of Hepatology. She is currently the Editor-In-Chief of Hepatology (Hong Kong edition), the Associate Editor of Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics and Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

She has been awarded for the Young Investigator Award of the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver in 2009, the Distinguished Research Paper Award for Young Investigators of the Hong Kong College of Physicians in 2010, 2013, 2014 and 2015, the Ten Outstanding Young Persons (TOYP) of Hong Kong in 2014, Sir David Todd Lectureship of Hong Kong College of Physicians in 2016, the Distinguished Young Fellow of Hong Kong Academy of Medicine in 2017, the Emerging Leader Lectureship of the Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Foundation (JGHF), the Presidential Awards in the Global Hepatitis Summit 2021, the Richard Yu Lectureship of Hong Kong College of Physicians in 2021, and Best Reviewer Award of the Journal of Hepatology in 2022.