Prof. Jun YU receives China’s most prestigious honour in S&T

Professor Jun YU, Choh-Ming Li Professor of Medicine and Therapeutics and Assistant Dean of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)’s Faculty of Medicine (CU Medicine) received the 14th Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology (S&T) Award from the Chinese Academy of Engineering for her distinguished achievements in and contribution to gastrointestinal cancer studies. The biennial award is regarded as the most prestigious award in Chinese engineering science and technology and engineering management. Professor Jun YU is an expert in gastroenterology research. She joined the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics at CU Medicine in 2005, and is currently the Director of the Institute of Digestive Disease, the State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease and the Research Laboratory of the Institute of Digestive Disease.