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Wellcome Trust Workshop

Wellcome Trust Workshop

Posted 22/10/2024

CCOUC Director Professor Emily YY Chan and member Caroline Dubois participated in the launching workshop of the joint international research project funded by Wellcome Trust held in University of ...

CCOUC participated in the 2nd Forum on China

CCOUC participated in the 2nd Forum on China

Posted 22/10/2024

A delegation of three representatives from CCOUC of the School led by CCOUC Co-Director Prof Emily YY Chan participated in the 2nd Forum on China-ASEAN Cooperation in Public Health and the Annual ...

CCOUC Delegation Visited International Programme Office of IRDR in Beijing

CCOUC Delegation Visited International Programme Office of IRDR in Beijing

Posted 11/04/2023

CCOUC Delegation Visited International Programme Office of IRDR in Beijing A delegation of Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC), ...

World NGO Day 2023

World NGO Day 2023

Posted 28/02/2023

World NGO Day 2023 In anticipation of the World NGO Day on 27 February, CCOUC participated in a World NGO Day Event “A Glimpse into The Cataract Blindness Elimination Project” organised by its NGO ...

Media Interview of CCOUC Director on the Centre’s Vision

Media Interview of CCOUC Director on the Centre’s Vision

Posted 28/02/2023

Media Interview of CCOUC Director on the Centre’s Vision CCOUC Director Prof Emily Chan was interviewed to introduce to the public about CCOUC’s vision in cultivating new generations of humanitarian ...

CCOUC & CGH Health-EDRM Lunchtime Seminar Series 2022: Ukraine and Self Care for Humanitarian Workers in War Time: Mental Health in Complex Emergency

CCOUC & CGH Health-EDRM Lunchtime Seminar Series 2022: Ukraine and Self Care for Humanitarian Workers in War Time: Mental Health in Complex Emergency

Posted 20/09/2022

Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC) and Centre for Global Health (CGH) jointly organize a lunchtime seminar on self care for ...

A 4-Continent, 8-Year International Research Project Funded by Wellcome Trust to Investigate the Aftermaths of Humanitarian Crises

Posted 05/09/2022

An international research team with CCOUC as the Asian partner was funded in the very first round of the Wellcome Trust’s new Discovery Award scheme to conduct an 8-year, GBP6.5 million (HK$60 ...

Participating in Chinese Translation of QSAND (Quantifying Sustainability in the Aftermath of Natural Disasters)

Participating in Chinese Translation of QSAND (Quantifying Sustainability in the Aftermath of Natural Disasters)

Posted 26/08/2022

CCOUC was invited as an expert partner to participate in the translation of the Quantifying Sustainability in the Aftermath of Natural Disasters (QSAND) Guidance Manual, a self-assessment tool ...

WMO COVID-19 Research Task Team issues recommendations

WMO COVID-19 Research Task Team issues recommendations

Posted 28/06/2022

World Meteorological Organization (WMO) SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 Research Task Team has issue Meteorological and air quality (MAQ) services for COVID-19 risk reduction and management: recommendations for ...

2022 Asia Pacific Science and Technology Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction

2022 Asia Pacific Science and Technology Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction

Posted 21/04/2022

CCOUC Director Prof Emily Chan participated in the Policy Forum: Sendai Framework and Science and Technology Aspirations in the Asia Pacific Region in the 2022 Asia Pacific Science and Technology ...