About

We are a group of researchers in the School of Biomedical Sciences at the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong.

Principal Investigator

David J. H. Shih
Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences & School of Biomedical Engineering, HKU
Honorary Scientific Advisor, Centre for Oncology and Immunology Ltd
BSc, Pathobiology, University of Toronto
MSc, Cancer Molecular Biology, University of Toronto
PhD, Cancer Genomics, University of Toronto
Research interests: cancer genomics, computational medicine, Bayesian modelling, deep learning

Postdoctoral Fellows

Carrie Lap Hang Tse (2024–present)
BSc, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, HKU
PhD, Molecular Medicine, HKUST

Research Postgraduate Students

Recruiting

Jonathan W.T. Tse (RA, 2022-2023; PhD Student, 2023–present)
BSc & MSc, Applied Mathematics, University College London

Shengzhi Jason Chen (MPhil Student, 2025–present)
BSc, Bioinformatics, Zhejiang University

Boxiang Hal Wu (MPhil Student, 2025–present)
BSc, Bioinformatics, Zhejiang University

Research Assistants

Recruiting

Sumedha Saxena (Research Assistant, 2024–present)
BSc, Computer Science, Uttar Pradesh Technical University
MSc, Information Technology, HKUST
MSc, Biomedical Engineering, CUHK

Moyukh Shabon Khan (Research Assistant, 2024–present)
BSc, Applied Biology, PolyU

Rui Zhang (Research Assistant, 2025–present)
BSc, Applied Mathematics, University of California Santa Barbara
MPS, Applied Statistics, Cornell University

Master Students

  • Parker Jim Li (MMedSc Student, 2025–present)
  • Jeffrey Yaoyu Cai (MMedSc Student, 2025–present)

Undergraduate Students

Recruiting

  • Alex Tai (FYP Student, 2025–2026, Biomedical Engineering at HKU)

Alumni

  • Amy Jiafan Luo (SP Student, 2025; Bioinformatics at HKU)
  • Katrina Wong (SP Student, 2025; Biomedical Sciences at HKU)
  • Hadrien Ng (SP Student, 2025; Biochemistry at HKU)
  • Zack Guo (SP Student, 2025; Cancer Biomedicine at UCL)
  • George Yan Ho Ng (FYP Student, 2023–2024, Biomedical Engineering at HKU)
  • Yerim Rho (FYP Student, 2023–2024, Biochemistry at HKU) → RA in biotech
  • Nicole Wong Ching Man (Internship Student, 2023; Biomedical Sciences at HKU)
  • Nicholas Lau (SP Student, 2023; Biochemistry at HKU) → Medical Student, HKU
  • Ye Ri Han (FYP Student, 2022-2023; Biomedical Sciences at HKU)
  • Sum Yi Wong (EYP Student, 2023; Medicine at HKU)

  • Mun Kay Ho (SP Student, 2022; Biomedical Sciences at HKU) → MPhil Student, HKU

  • Tian Tan (MMedSc Student, 2022–2024) → Investment Analyst

  • Celine Zhilin Chen (FYP Student, 2023–2024; PhD Student, 2024–2025)
  • Bingqing Yang (PhD Student, 2023–2024)

  • Noel Yue (PhD Student, 2023–2024)

  • Yaofu Liu (RA, 2023–2024)
  • Wenhao Gou (RA, 2023–2024)
  • Hanning Chen (RA, 2023) → PhD Student, University of Melbourne
  • Yiran Yang (RA, 2023)

Abbreviations

EYP, Enrichment Year Project (medical student)
FYP, Final Year Project (undergraduate student)
RA, Research Assistant
SP, Summer Project (undergraduate student)
MMedSc, Master of Medical Science
MPhil, Master of Philosophy (research postgraduate)

HKU, University of Hong Kong
CUHK, Chinese University of Hong Kong
HKUST, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
PolyU, Hong Kong Polytechnic University