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Orientation for Research Postgraduate Students
Dr Danny Chan
Assistant Dean (Research Postgraduate Students)
HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
Welcome to the Medical Faculty !
Your home base … The place to be for your quest of
knowledge … Where discoveries and inventions are born …
Where the next generation of scientists and clinicians is
nurtured …
Your Faculty at a glance
Founded in 1887 (Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese)
Over 125 years of medical education
17 departments, School of Chinese Medicine, School of Nursing, School of Public Health, AIDS Institute, Centre for Genomic Sciences and HKU-Pasteur Research Pole
Around 290 full-time teaching staff and 680 research staff
Medical Faculty Research Strategy Map
Centre for Genomic Sciences and Core Facilities
Heart, Brain, Hormone &
Healthy Aging
Cancer
Infection & Immunology
Reproduction, Development
& Growth
Public Health
Discipline-based Research
Other Relevant Strategic Research Themes
Biomedical engineering
Drug
Genomics & genetics
Nano-biotechnology
Stem cell & regenerative medicine
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General ResearchGrants(HK$841.3M)
CollaborativeResearch Grants(HK$99.9M)
Area of Excellence(HK$253.62M)
Theme-basedResearch Scheme(HK$174.55M)
Major Funding from Research Grants Council & University Grants Committee (97/98 – 13/14)
Total:
HK$1369.37M
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Year
Proud achievements of your Faculty Infection and Immunology
Discovered the SARS coronavirus in 2003; pivotal in the fight against SARS
Public health Research on chronic Hepatitis B; revolutionary changes in the goals and modalities of treatment Defined the risk and predictors of relapse in patients with early psychosis in remission; ensuring favorable clinical outcome
Cancer Developed an oral arsenic preparation to treat leukaemia, a first patented prescription drug developed entirely in Hong Kong Identified and characterised cancer stem cells responsible for metastasis in colorectal cancer, and the development of liver cancer Disease mechanisms of cancers through genetic studies
Heart, Brain, Hormone & Healthy Aging Leading research on adipokines and adipose-derived hormones, and developed new drugs for the treatment of obesity and diabetes mellitus
Reproduction, Development and Growth Critical insights into the disease mechanisms of premature ageing, deafness, and digit development, through functional genomics and genetics
RPG in the Medical Faculty
Total: 741 students
As at September 17, 2013
Part-Time PhD 52 (7%)
Part-Time MPhil 11 (1%)
Full-Time PhD 466 (63%)
Full-Time MPhil 212 (29%)
Support for your research
Yu Chun Keung Medical Library
Support for your research State-of-the-art laboratories in the Faculty of Medicine
Building and Queen Mary Hospital
Support for your research Faculty Core Facility: Live Cell Imaging and Flow cytometry
technologies
Live Cell Imaging – Carl Zeiss LSM710
Flow cytometry technologies - BD FACSAria SORP
Support for your research Centre for Genomic Sciences – core facilities in microarray,
genotyping and proteomics
Laboratory Animal Unit State Key Lab of Emerging Infection Diseases
Support for your research State Key Labs, Laboratory Animal Unit & Transgenic Core Facility
State Key Lab of Brain & Cognitive Science
Transgenic Technology Centre
State Key Lab for Liver Research
Your supervisor and co-supervisors Departmental Research Postgraduate Committee (DRPC) Faculty Higher Degrees Committee (FHDC) Graduate School Centre of Development and Resources for Students (CEDARS) Laboratory and research staff in your Department Your fellow RPg students Expertise in the Centre for Genomic Sciences, other Departments and other Faculties
Support for your research
Graduate School [serving the Board of Graduate Studies (BoGS)]
Faculty Higher Degrees Committee (FHDC)
Departmental Research Postgraduate Committee (DRPC) Chairman
Research Postgraduate Co-ordinator
Supervisor, together with Co-supervisors/Counsellor
Research Postgraduate (RPG) students
Your Keys to Success
Know the expectations of the University
Familiarize yourself with the degree regulations, procedures and guidelines (Graduate School Handbook / website) which were drawn up by the University to guide you through your study
Monitoring of progress
Reading and project planning
• Progress report for confirmation of probation
• Thesis • RPS
24 18 12 6
Enrolment
36/48
M.Phil
PhD
End of probation period
• Thesis • RPS
Progress report • qualifying research seminar • detailed scheme of research
1 (month)
Probation & Confirmation of Candidature
Probationary period and confirmation of candidature:
MPhil and PhD (3-yr) - FT: 12 months PT: 18 months PhD (4-yr) - FT: 18 months PT: 24 months
Probation & Confirmation of Candidature
Criteria for confirmation of your candidature: passed all the Graduate School core courses and
at least 2 out of 3 Research Postgraduate
courses
demonstrated capability in research
submitted a detailed scheme of research to your
supervisors
given a qualifying research seminar
passed the safety quiz
Work closely with your supervisors and DRPC
Regular meetings with your supervisors, preferably weekly
Establish an agreed manner of work with your supervisors
Seek help from supervisors, counsellor and DRPC once you have identified any problems
Report your Progress
Submit your 6-monthly progress report on time Progress reports are not extra work - they facilitate your supervisors, DRPC, FHDC and BoGS to evaluate your progress and help you complete your study Renewal of Postgraduate Scholarship (PGS) is subject to satisfactory progress as indicated in the reports
Report your Progress Present the progress of your work at the annual Research Postgraduate Symposium (December 11 & 12, 2013)
at least once for MPhil (poster presentation) at least twice for PhD (1 poster and 1 oral presentation)
Presenting your research progress = ½ of your role Another ½ of your role: ask your fellow students questions! Don’t just keep silent! Silence ≠Research spirit
Research Postgraduate Symposium 2012
Plagiarism = Failure + Penalty decided by Disciplinary Committee (e.g. Penalty – reprimand, suspension, expulsion, etc.) You must learn to make proper references in your written work, be it your thesis or publications
Use Turnitin to check your thesis before
submission
Responsible conduct of Research Attention
Familiarize yourself with research ethics and intellectual property rights Honesty in the conduct of research, reporting of findings, and attribution of ideas and their source Read the booklet “Plagiarism and How to avoid it” Attend the Graduate School’s compulsory core course on GRSC6031 Research Ethics for Graduate Students (Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Dentistry)
Responsible conduct of Research
Students are required to:
Attend a compulsory introductory session (Jan 21, 2014)
Attend at least 4 compulsory and 1 elective workshop on research integrity
Submit a completion report of a web-based CITI modules (Apr 30, 2014)
Attend a compulsory wrap-up session (Apr 22, 2014)
Submit a 500-word essay on research ethics after the wrap-up session (details to be announced later)
Graduate School Core Course GRSC6031 Research Ethics for Graduate Students
1st Workshop1: What Constitute Research Misconduct, Falsification,
Fabrication and Plagiarization? (Feb 11, 2014)
2nd Workshop1: Management, Ownership and the Legal Aspects of your
Research Data (Feb 18, 2014)
3rd workshop2: Animal Research Ethics: Laboratory Animal Welfare
Compliance (Feb 25, 2014) 4th Workshop1: Publication, Contribution and Justification of Authorship
(Mar 11, 2014) 5th Workshop2: Clinical Research Ethics: The Rights of the Human
Research Subjects (Mar 25, 2014) 6th workshop1: Conflict of Interest: Declare and Beware! (Apr 22, 2014) 1 Compulsory workshops 2 Students may choose to attend either one of the workshops
GRSC6031 Research Ethics for Graduate Students
For enquiries, please contact • Medical Faculty: Ms Helen Chan Tel: 2819 9312 • Email: [email protected]
GRSC6031 Research Ethics for Graduate Students
Seek approval for experiments involving human subjects and animals from the HKU/HA HKW IRB and the Committee on the Use of Live Animals in Teaching and Research (CULATR) respectively well in advance
Acknowledge in your thesis the assistance and contributions by others
(e.g. PDFs, Research Officers, Technicians, RAs, etc.)
Research Integrity
Get to know the departmental safety representative and read the departmental safety manual/guidelines (available from the Faculty Research website)
Strictly follow laboratory regulations
Conduct your research in a safe and ethical manner to protect yourself and others
Safety Better be safe than sorry!
Research is No Spectator Sport
Initiative
Active participation
Collaboration, academic exchange
Share research findings and gain “community” experience, e.g. through seminar presentations
Aim to publish the results of your research in international journals
Attend conferences and seminars to increase your exposure – watch out for the e-mail announcements via the intranet, e.g. Frontiers in Biomedical Research, HKU 2013 (December 13 & 14, 2013)
Help out with event organization of your Department and Faculty
Research is No Spectator Sport
Transfer of Candidature from MPhil to PhD
May be considered if: candidature is confirmed
all coursework completed
substantial results have been achieved for the MPhil project (e.g. a paper accepted by international journal) application made at least 4 months before expiry of MPhil candidature
Not as a rescue for those unable to finish the MPhil on time
Opportunities for Overseas Exchange
Research Postgraduate Students Exchange Scheme
To gain international exposure
To acquire advanced knowledge and research techniques complementary to those available at HKU
Opportunities for Overseas Exchange
Duration: Maximum 12 months for MPhil students; 18 months for 3-year PhD students and 24 months for 4-year PhD students
Travel/subsistence allowances are available for application
Travel & medical insurance will be covered by HKU
Students on exchange will be conferred their degrees by HKU
Points to Note:
Opportunities for Overseas Exchange
North America University of Toronto, Canada Harvard Medical School, USA Columbia University, USA The John Hopkins University, USA
Europe University of Oxford, UK Institut Pasteur, France Leiden University Medical Centre, the Netherlands
Asia Kyoto University, Japan National University of Singapore Queensland University of Technology, Australia
And many more…
Scholarships and Awards Faculty-wide
The Hong Kong Cancer Fund Scholarship in Psycho-Oncology HKU Postgraduate Fellowships in Integrative Medicine The Hui Pun Hing Scholarship for Postgraduate Research Johnson & Johnson Asia Outstanding Graduate Thesis Award in Bio-tech Joseph Shuk-Cho Lung Memorial Scholarships Kan Shin Yu Chinese Medicine Postgraduate Research Prizes Mary Sun Medical Scholarships Serena Yang Postgraduate Scholarship in Nursing Studies Wong Ching Yee Medical Postgraduate Scholarships YS & Christabel Lung Postgraduate Scholarship Yu To Sang and Yu Shing Keung Memorial Fund Scholarship
Applications are invited via bulk email throughout the academic year.
University-wide Conference/Travel Grants for Research Students from the Committee on Research and Conference Grants (CRCG) Doris Zimmern HKU-Cambridge Hughes Hall Scholarships Dr Lo Kwee Seong Education Foundation Travel and Conference Grants Eurasia-Pacific Uninet Scholarships HKSAR Government Scholarships Li Po Chun Postgraduate Scholarship Pursuit Award Swire Graduate Studentships Swire Scholarships Swire Travel Grants
Applications are invited via bulk email throughout the academic year.
Scholarships and Awards
Prizes
Dr KP Stephen Chang Gold Medal – Best PhD thesis in the Medical Faculty
Li Ka Shing Prizes (University-wide) – Best MPhil/PhD theses
Awards for Outstanding Research Postgraduate Student (University-wide) - Best MPhil/PhD theses
Submission of Thesis Submit your thesis within your period of study Give your supervisors sufficient notice and time to comment on your research findings and the draft thesis Submit Notice of Intent to Submit a Thesis to the DRPC at least 3 months before the expected date of submission Your thesis must be checked by Turnitin software which helps detect plagiarism
Extension of candidature will cost you continuation fee
affect your supervisor’s track record
involve penalty to the Faculty
be subject to approval by the FHDC and BoGS
Submission of Thesis
Thesis Examination
MPhil: 1 internal and 1 external examiners PhD: 2 internal and 1 external examiners Oral examination – compulsory for PhD students
Where can I obtain further information?
Faculty homepage http://www.med.hku.hk
Graduate School http://www.gradsch.hku.hk/
CEDARS
http://cedars.hku.hk
Supervisors
DRPC
You can be the next one
to make wonders at the frontiers of science.
Thank you!