Dr. Alice S. T. Wong (Associate Professor)

B.Sc., M. Phil. (Hong Kong), Ph.D. (British Columbia)

• Telephone: (852) 2299 0865
• Fax: (852) 2559-9114
• E-mail: awong1@hku.hk
• Office: 4S-14, Kadoorie Biological Science Building

Fellowships:

• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York
• University of Virginia

Research Interest:

• Studies of the molecular and cellular mechanisms that regulate normal ovarian function and the development of ovarian cancer.

Awards and Honors

• Outstanding Young Researcher Award, HKU (2007)
• National Cancer Institute of Canada Fellowship (2000-2002)
• Croucher Foundation Fellowship (declined) (2000-2002)
• AACR Bristol-Myers Squibb Young Investigator Award (2000)
• Society for the Study of Reproduction Trainee Award (First Place) (2000)
• Women in Cancer Research – Brigid G. Leventhal Scholar Award (1997)
• Croucher Foundation Studentship (1993-1995)

Current research:

Cancer cell biology and signal transduction

• Identification of genes responsible for the early events in ovarian carcinogenesis
• Cell-cell adhesion and β-catenin signaling in the ovary
• Novel factors/pathways that are involved in cancer invasion and metastasis
• Molecular mechanisms of hormonal carcinogenesis

Selected Recent Publications