Professor Shelly Lap Ah TSE (謝立亞教授)

MB, PhD, Dip (Acup & Moxib), Dip (Occup Hyg)
 
Assistant Professor, School of Public Health and Primary Care
Assistant Professor, Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health Studies

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Professor Lap Ah TSE (Shelly) has been serving as Assistant Professor of the Department of Community and Family Medicine and School of Public Health and Primary Care in the Chinese University of Hong Kong since May 2007. She is the National Academic Working Group Member of the Chinese Society of Occupational Epidemiology and qualified as an occupational epidemiologist. Dr. TSE is also a peer-reviewer of several international journals, the External Reviewer of Research Committee of Queen Elisabeth Hospital, and the External Examiner of Research Postgraduate Student of Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong.

Prof. TSE received her Bachelor of Medicine from Shanghai Medical University (currently renamed Fudan University) of China in 1991 and worked at the Institute of Neurology of Huashan Hospital of Shanghai Medicine University for 5 years as a public health doctor. During this period she received postgraduate training in Acupuncture and Moxibustion in Shanghai Continuing Education College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Dr. TSE obtained her PhD degree from CUHK in 2003. After completing post-doctoral training in Cancer Epidemiology and Biostatistics at CUHK in August 2005, she was offered Instructor I and promoted to the current academic appointment by the university in 2007. She was received professional training in Occupational Hygiene and Environmental Protection and successfully obtained the Postgraduate Diploma in Occupational Hygiene in 2007. She is now qualified also as an Occupational Health and Safety Specialist.

Since joining CUHK, Dr. TSE is the principal or co-investigator of four research projects funded by Research Grants Council, Pneumoconiosis Compensation Fund Board, Direct Grant, and Occupational Safety and Health Council.

Dr. TSE received two Best Project Awards for the Academic Year 2002/2003 (cancer epidemiology and occupational health) and Academic Year 2006/2007 (walkie-talkie earphone and hearing impairment) by Occupational Safety & Health Council in Hong Kong, honor certificate (National Stroke Prevention) by China Medical Science College in 1998, and WHO Awards for Chinese young professional in the mental health and Neuroscience in 1997.

In addition, Prof. TSE has some local and international academic links including the important link with Shanghai CDC.

• Cancer and occupational epidemiology;
• Occupational and environmental health;
• Occupational hygiene and injuries;
• Cerebrovascular diseases