On 13 May, 2023, a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signing ceremony was held to renew the collaboration for the five partners of the Guangdong – Hong Kong – Macao University Alliance (GHMUA) Public Health Sub-Alliance to deepen academic exchanges and scientific research collaboration in the field of public health.  

Organised by the Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), the signing ceremony was attended by the five partners of the Public Health Sub-Alliance, namely (in alphabetical order of the name of the university) the Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care at CUHK; School of Public Health at the Southern Medical University; School of Public Health at Sun Yat-sen University; School of Public Health at the University of Hong Kong; and Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Macau.

(From left) Professor Xia Min, Dean of School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University; Professor Peng Hongjuan, Deputy Dean of School of Public Health, Southern Medical University; Professor Samuel Wong, Director of the Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Professor David Makram Bishai, Director of School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong and Professor Robert David Smith, Assistant Professor of Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, took a group photo after signing the MOU to renew the collaboration of GHMUA Public Health Sub-Alliance at CUHK on 13 May 2023.