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External, National and International Committees/Advisory Boards

  • Member, NIDDK (AHR) Special Site Visit Review Committee, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, July 13-15, 1987 and February 18-19, 1988
  • Ac Hoc Member, NIH Mammalian Genetics Study Section, 1987
  • Human Gene Mapping Workshop, Co-Chairman of Committee on Chromosome 7,8 and 9, HGM9-1987; Chairman of Committee on Chromosome 7 and 8, HGM9.5-1988, HGM10-1989; Chairman of Committee on Chromosome 7, HGM10.5-1990, HGM11-1991
  • Ac Hoc Member, NIH Neurology Study Section C, 1988
  • Member, NIH Mammalian Genetics Study Section, 1988-1993
  • Member, NIH Special Review Committee, RFA-88-GM-02: Characterization of the genomes of human and model organisms, 1988
  • Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Carrier Screening for Cystic Fibrosis, American Society of Human Genetics, 1989-91
  • Director, Scientific Advisory Board, The Canadian Genetic Diseases Network, 1990-2002
  • International Advisor in Life Sciences, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., 1990-
  • Biological Sciences Ad Hoc Advisory Committee, Seneca College, Toronto, 1990-2002
  • Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Research Development Programs Site Visit Committee, 1990, 1991
  • Member, Strategic Grants Selection Panel, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 1992-93
  • Member, Medical Research Council of Canada, 1992-94
  • Director, The American Society of Human Genetics, 1992-96
  • Member, NIH Ad Hoc Review Committee (RFA-DK-93-05), Core Center for Gene Therapy of Cystic Fibrosis and other Genetic Diseases, 1993
  • Fellowship Review Committee (Life Sciences III), Royal Society of Canada, 1993-96
  • Member, Grants Panel, The Canadian Genome Analysis and Technology Program, 1993-96
  • External Adviser on Cystic Fibrosis Gene Therapy Program, University of California at San Francisco, 1993-98
  • Visiting Examiner in Biology Programs, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994-97
  • Research Subcommittee, Medical and Science Advisory Committee, Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 1994-98
  • Chair, Biology and Medicine subject panel, Research Grant Council, University Grants Committee, Hong Kong, 1994-2003
  • Member, Committee on the Human Genome Diversity Project, National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Washington, 1996-97
  • Chair, Awards Committee, The Third World Academy of Science, 1996-98
  • Chair, Research Project Competition Review Panel, Connaught Student Biotechnology Exhibition, 1996-99
  • Ad hoc Member, Scientific Review Committee, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, 1997
  • Member, Selection Committee, Bowen Medal Award, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, 1997
  • Chair, Canadian Genome Research Task Force Committee, Medical Research Council, 1997-99
  • Member, Advisory Committee of the National Program on Genomic Medicine, Department of Health and Department of Science and Technology, Taiwan, 1997-2001
  • Council Member, Human Genome Organisation, 1997-2003; President-Elect, 1998; President, 2000-2002
  • Member, Advisory Committee for the Graham Boeckh Chair in Schizophrenia Studies, McGill University, 1997-
  • Co-Chair, Program Committee, The North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference, Montreal, October 1998
  • Member, Center for Inherited Disease Research Access Committee, 1998-99
  • Member, Scientific Committee, The First International Congress of Clinical Molecular Biology, Florence, Italy, June 1999
  • Co-Chair (with Dr. Arthur Carty, President, National Research Council of Canada), Genome Canada Interim Board, 1999-2000
  • Member of Canadian Council, The American Society of Gene Therapy, 1999-2002
  • Member, Scientific Advisory Board, National Marfan Syndrome Foundation (USA), 1999-
  • Member, Advisory Committee, Molecular and Genomic Medicine Program, National Health Research Institute, Taiwan, 2000-2012
  • Member, Board of Director, Ontario Genomics Institute, 2000-2002
  • Member, Scientific Program Committee, Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America, Taipei, August 6-10, 2001
  • Member, Advisory Committee, National Genomic Program, National Science Council, Taiwan, May 2001—present
  • Chair, Aventis Biotech Challenge, High School Biotechnology Project Evaluation Committee, 2001 – 2002
  • Chair, Medical/Science Advisory Committee, The Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 2001–2003
  • Chair, Genome Research Centre Steering Committee, University of Hong Kong, November 2001 – present
  • Member, Academic Advisory Committee, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, China, February 2002 – August 2004
  • Member, Advisory Board, HUMGEN (a database consisting of an international bank of policies, guidelines, recommendations, and legislation on human genetics), University of Montreal, Canada, 2002 - 2008
  • Member, External Advisory Board, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford University, 2002 –2008
  • Member, Scientific Steering Committee of the National Institute of Biological Science, Beijing, August 2002 – present
  • Member, Scientific Advisory Committee of the China National Center for Biotechnology Development, August 2002 – present
  • Member, Council for Sustainable Development, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, 2003 – February 2009
  • Member, Shaw Prize Committee in Life Sciences and Medicine, 2003 – present
  • Member, Search Committee for Directorship for the Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, 2003
  • Advisor, China Association (HK) for Science and Society
  • Hong Kong Convention Ambassador, Hong Kong Tourism Board, 2003 – present
  • Member of Council, Association of Commonwealth Universities, November 2003 – present
          Member of Executive Council, ACU, 2008 – present
  • Chair, Scientific Evaluation Committee for the Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Science, April 4 – 8, 2004
  • Member, Advisory Board, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics, The University of Queensland, 2004 – 2007
  • Member, Steering Committee on Innovation and Technology, December 2004 – November 2010
  • Member, the Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission, Hong Kong SAR Government, July 2005 – June 2011
  • Member. Medical Advisory Committee, Gairdner International Award, Gairdner Foundation, Canada, 2006 – 2011
  • Member, Executive Committee, Commission on Strategic Development, Hong Kong SAR Government, 2006 – present
  • Board Member, Public Population Project in Genomics – an international consortium, December 2006 – 2008
  • Justice of the Peace, Hong Kong SAR Government, 1 July 2006 – present
  • Chair, Interview Panel, China Fellows Programme, Cancer Research UK, 2006 – present
  • Member of Advisory Council, National Yang Ming University, Taiwan, 2007 – present
  • Honorary Advisor, Pok Oi Hospital, Hong Kong, 2007 – 2008
  • Director, Board of Directors, Chiang Chen Industrial Charity Foundation Limited, 1 July 2007 – 30 June 2010
  • Honorary Advisor, Hong Kong Hereditary Breast Cancer Family Registry Limited, April 2008 – present
  • Trustee-at-Large, Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), 2009 –2011
  • Member, QS Responsible Employer Rankings Advisory Board, Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd, 2009 – present
  • Member, Advisory Committee on Corruption, Hong Kong SAR Government, January 2010 – December 2011

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