Twenty SPH faculty members are listed as the world’s top 1% scholars. Out of all academic units in the University, our School has topped the list five years in a row, accounting for 20 out of 167 scholars in HKU in the top 1% list in 2023.

The Top 1% Scholars at SPH are*:

• Dr Sheikh Taslim Ali, Assistant Professor
• Professor David Bishai, Director of School of Public Health and Clinical Professor
• Professor Ben Cowling, Chair Professor of Epidemiology and Head of Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
• Professor Yi Guan, Daniel CK Yu Professor in Virology, Chair Professor of Emerging Viral Diseases and Cluster Leader (Influenza and Infections of Public Health Significance)
• Dr Daniel Ho, Associate Professor
• Dr Tommy Lam, Associate Professor
• Dr Kathy Leung, Assistant Professor
• Dr Julie Liao, Assistant Professor
• Professor Malik Peiris, Tam Wah-Ching Professor in Medical Science and Chair Professor of Virology
• Professor Leo Poon, Chair Professor of Public Health Virology and Head of Division of Public Health Laboratory Sciences
• Dr Catherine Mary Schooling, Honorary Associate Professor and Cluster Leader (Non-communicable Diseases in Global Health)
• Professor Parco Siu, Professor and Head of Division of Kinesiology 
• Dr Linwei Tian, Associate Professor
• Dr Tim Tsang, Assistant Professor
• Dr Sook San Wong, Assistant Professor
• Dr Jessica Wong, Research Assistant Professor
• Professor Joseph Wu, Professor
• Dr Peng Wu, Assistant Professor
• Dr Hui-ling Yen, Associate Professor
• Dr Maria Zhu, Associate Professor

*In alphabetical order of surname

This list recognises HKU researchers ranked by Clarivate Analytics in the top 1% worldwide by citations in at least one of the 22 research fields. Data is drawn from Essential Science Indicators (ESI). 

The School extends our heartfelt congratulations to our top scholars.