Hello, I am an immunology and allergy specialist working at Queen Mary Hospital. I am currently undertaking the EB concentration of the MPH course. Working full-time really forces you to prioritize your limited time on things you want to do outside of work (very envious of the full-time students here!) Personally, I feel many areas in immunology and allergy should best be explored from a public health angle. Epidemiological studies are lacking in Hong Kong, especially in the adult population. Such studies are needed for physicians and policy makers to have a more comprehensive understanding of disease prevalence and burden, changes over time, disease etiology, identify high-risk groups, impact of interventions and so on. Through the MPH, I hope I will be armed with the necessary tools and skills to design more meaningful, epidemiological studies missing in Hong Kong.
I am incredibly grateful to be granted the UGC Targeted Taught Postgraduate Programmes Fellowships subsidy and encouraged to pursue this endeavor. I am thankful for the scheme to have granted this on a merit basis and to have recognized the importance of continued education. Being an alumni from HKU, it feels incredibly full circle to be undertaking the MPH programme at my alma mater. Being back on campus brings back a lot of memories I relish the privilege of learning something new every week! So far, the course has been very fruitful. I have particularly enjoyed and appreciated the step-by-step tutorials on R, especially as someone with no coding background. It’s incredibly satisfying to instantly apply these new skills using data from my own cohorts, making much prettier graphs than SPSS, and designing specific codes to run my analysis repeatedly without having to press so many buttons! I look forward to what semester 2 has to offer!
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