The Postgraduate Hall Resident Association (PGHRA) held a farewell dinner tonight to formally bid farewell to and express gratitude for the leadership of the 8th Vice-Chancellor and President of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Professor Rocky Tuan.

We all had the pleasure of hearing behind-the-scenes stories of being Vice-Chancellor and President; they were very interesting. Professor Tuan is very proud of what CUHK has achieved through the efforts of all university members in recent years, including the university’s new high in world rankings. He shared his joy at learning of CUHK’s latest US News ranking—number 44—while attending a conference at the University of Manchester. He is proud that CUHK’s ranking is even higher than that of the University of Manchester, a university he considers excellent.

I wished him a happy retirement, but he replied: I only retire from the position of Vice-Chancellor, but will still be doing research. Still, wish his health gets better and all the best in the future.

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Introduction of Professor Rocky S. Tuan

Professor Rocky S. Tuan assumed office as the eighth Vice-Chancellor and President of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) on 1 January 2018. Born and raised in Hong Kong, he pursued further studies in the United States and received his PhD in Life Sciences in 1977 from the Rockefeller University in New York. He is concurrently Lee Quo Wei and Lee Yick Hoi Lun Professor of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine at CUHK.

Prior to joining CUHK in 2016 as a Distinguished Visiting Professor and the Founding Director of the Institute for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Professor Tuan was Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) School of Medicine, where he served from 2009 as the Founding Director of the Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering, and as Arthur J. Rooney, Sr. Chair Professor of Sports Medicine and Executive Vice-Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, with a joint appointment as Professor in the Department of Bioengineering and the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science. In 2012, Professor Tuan was appointed by Pitt as Associate Director of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine and Founding Director of the Center for Military Medicine Research.

Professor Tuan began his academic career in 1980 in the Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. In 1988, Professor Tuan joined Thomas Jefferson University (Jefferson), Philadelphia, to be the Director of Orthopaedic Research and Professor and Vice-Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery with a joint professorial appointment in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. From 1992 to 1995, Professor Tuan was the Academic Director of the MD/PhD programme at Jefferson, and in 1997, he established at Jefferson the first Cell and Tissue Engineering PhD programme in the U.S.A., with the mission of training the next generation of “cross-cultural” biomedical scientists committed to regenerative medicine and the development of functional tissue substitutes. In 2001, Professor Tuan was recruited by the Intramural Research Program of the National Institute of Arthritis, and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), as Chief of the newly created Cartilage Biology and Orthopaedics Branch.

Professor Tuan is an internationally renowned biomedical scientist specializing in musculoskeletal biology and tissue regeneration, whose work covers both basic science and engineering, as well as translational and clinical applications. His research accomplishments are in the areas of cell and developmental biology, stem cells, biomaterials, tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, 3D printing, and tissue chip technologies. He directs a multidisciplinary research programme, focusing on the study of biological activities that are important for the development, growth, function, and health of musculoskeletal tissues, and the translation of this knowledge to develop technologies that will regenerate and/or restore functions to diseased and damaged tissues, particularly those related to trauma, injuries, and aging. Professor Tuan’s significant contributions have been recognized by the Coventry Award of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons in 1996, the Hap Paul Award of the International Society of Technologies in Arthroplasty in 1997, the Marshall Urist Award for Excellence in Tissue Regeneration Research of the Orthopaedic Research Society in 2004, the Carnegie Science Award in Life Sciences in 2016, the Clemson Award of the Society for Biomaterials in 2016, and the Neviaser Award in Basic Science of The Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (JSES) and the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES) in 2020. In 2017, 2018 and 2019, Professor Tuan was elected to the fellowships of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), the Chinese Association of Inventions (CAI) and the American Association for Anatomy (AAA) respectively. In 2021, Professor Tuan was also elected to be the fellowships of the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) and the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS), for his accomplishments in innovation and translational research that bring significant impact on society.

Professor Tuan has authored over 550 research publications and is a Founding Editor of the developmental biology journal Birth Defects Research, and the leading stem cell journal Stem Cell Research and Therapy. Professor Tuan is well acquainted with academic research in Hong Kong, having previously served as a member, then Chairman, of the Biology and Medicine Panel of the Research Grants Council from 2010 to 2016.

(Source: CUHK Web: https://www.cuhk.edu.hk/governance/officers/rocky-tuan/english/biography.html)

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段崇智校长介绍：

段崇智教授于2018年1月1日就任香港中文大学第八任校长。段教授生于香港，其后往美国深造并于1977年获纽约洛克菲勒大学颁授生命科学博士学位。他现兼任香港中文大学利国伟利易海伦组织工程学及再生医学教授。

段教授2016年加入中大担任杰出访问教授，以及组织工程学及再生医学研究所首任所长前，担任匹兹堡大学医学院骨科手术杰出教授。他从2009年起担任匹兹堡大学医学院细胞及分子工程中心首任总监、Arthur J. Rooney, Sr.运动医学讲座教授、骨科手术系常务副系主任，以及生物工程学系及机械工程及材料科学系教授。2012年，他获匹兹堡大学委任为McGowan再生医学研究院助理总监及军事医学研究中心首任总监。

段教授于1980年在费城宾夕凡尼亚大学生物学系开展他的学术事业。1988年，他获费城托马斯杰佛逊大学聘任为骨科研究总监、骨科手术系教授及副系主任，以及生物化学暨分子生物学系教授。1992年至1995年，段教授出任托马斯杰佛逊大学医学博士及哲学博士课程学术总监，1997年于同校设立美国第一个细胞及组织工程学博士课程，旨在培育专精再生医学和研发人造组织的新一代「跨文化」生物医学科学家。段教授2001年受聘于美国国立卫生研究院关节炎和肌肉与骨骼和皮肤病国家学院内部研究计划，任职新设立的软骨生物学及骨科分部主管。

段教授为国际知名生物医学科学家，专注肌肉骨骼生物学及组织再生研究，成果涵盖基本科学、工程学、转化及临床应用。他的研究成果包括细胞和发育生物学、干细胞、生物材料、组织工程、再生医学、3D列印，以及组织晶片技术。他领导一项跨学科研究项目，探讨与肌肉骨骼组织发展、生长、功能、健康等有关连的生物活动，并利用研究成果研发技术，以修复因创伤、衰老受损的骨骼组织。

段教授贡献至钜，获得多项殊荣，例如美国骨外科学院的Coventry Award（1996年）、关节整形技术国际学会的Hap Paul Award（1997年）、骨科研究学会的Marshall Urist Award for Excellence in Tissue Regeneration Research（2004年）、Carnegie Science Award in Life Sciences（2016年）、生物材料学会的Clemson Award（2016年），以及The Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (JSES) and the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES) 期刊颁发的Neviaser Award in Basic Science（2021年）。段教授分别于2017年、2018年及2019年获推选为美国国家发明家学会会士、中国发明协会首届会士及美国解剖学家协会会士，此外，段教授亦于2021年获推选为美国骨科研究学会会士及国际组织工程与再生医学学会会士，以表扬他藉创新和转化研究造福社会的贡献。

段教授迄今发表逾五百五十项研究著作，现任发育生物学期刊Birth Defects Research及著名干细胞期刊Stem Cell Research and Therapy创刊编辑。段教授相当熟悉香港的学术研究，于2010至2016年期间先后出任研究资助局生物学及医学学科小组成员及主席。

（来源：香港中文大学官网 https://translate.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/uniTS/www.cuhk.edu.hk/governance/officers/rocky-tuan/chinese/biography.html）