Hiu Yee KWAN, Prof

Academic and Professional Qualifications

• B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in Biology, Hong Kong University.
• PhD degree in Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
• Postdoctoral training, Department of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
• MA degree in Language Studies, The City University of Hong Kong.
• MCIL, Chartered Institute of Linguistics, UK
• FHEA, HE Advance Fellow
• MRSB, Royal Society of Biology

Research Works

Dr. Kwan has published over 120 research papers, review articles, editorials, and book chapter in the areas of oncology, obesity, nutrition, and vascular biology in prestigious journals like Nature Communications, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), Cell, Circulation Research, Cell Death and Disease, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, FASEB Journal, Journal of Proteome Research and Molecular Cell. She is ranked among the world’s top 2% most-cited scientists by Stanford University.

個人簡介
學術及專業資格

• 香港大學生物學理學士(榮譽)學位
• 香港中文大學醫學院生理學博士學位
• 美國加州大學柏克萊分校營養科學與毒理學系博士後
• 香港城市大學語言研究碩士學位
• MCIL，英國特許語言學學會註冊會員
• FHEA，英國高等教育院會員
• MRSB，英國皇家生物學會會員

教學經驗

關博士已有十多年教授分子生物學、生物化學和免疫學的經驗。

研究成果

關博士已在 Nature Communications, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), Cell, Circulation Research, Cell Death and Disease, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, FASEB Journal, Journal of Proteome Research and Molecular Cell 等期刊上發表了120多篇研究論文。她被史丹福大學評為全球被引用最多的前 2% 科學家之一。

Dr. Kwan is actively involved in developing multiple research platforms dedicated to investigating the roles of small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) in disease development, as well as exploring the intricate relationship between obesity and cancer. Additionally, she has made significant contributions in discovering innovative sEV-based therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, obesity, and related comorbid conditions. 

Awards & Recognition

Dr. Kwan has been ranked among the world's top 2% most-cited scientists by Stanford University in the year 2024. Her remarkable achievements have also been recognized through several prestigious awards. These include the 中华医学科技奖二等奖 (2020), the HKBU School Performance Award for Young Researcher (2019), as well as Travel Awards to various international conferences in 2015 and 2005. Furthermore, Dr. Kwan was one of the four finalists for the Young Scientist Awards (Life Science) presented by the Institute of Science, Hong Kong in 2005.