Health@INNOHK
Centre for
Immunology & Infection
Healthy Human Global Project – Hong Kong
Defining the boundaries of a healthy immune system
Public health capacity and basic research on virus pathogenesis - major emphasis on emerging infectious diseases
Including Mosquito-Borne Viruses
Season Influenza
And Emerging Respiratory Viruses
C2i advances health by improving the effectiveness of future public health
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Health@INNOHK
Centre for Immunology & Infection
Centre for Immunology & Infection (C2i) addresses significant public healthcare challenges through the establishment of a novel technology platform for biomarker discovery and the development of new vaccine and therapeutic strategies. The Centre enhances Hong Kong’s knowledge-based economy and provides state-of-the-art training for the local population.
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MANAGING DIRECTOR
Professor Leo POON
  • Professor and Division Head, Division of Public Health Laboratory Sciences, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
  • Co-Director of the HKU-Pasteur Research Pole
  • Principal Investigator, Centre for Immunology & Infection
  • Expert in various Working Groups of the World Health Organisation for emerging viruses
  • BSc(HKBU), MPhil(CUHK), DPhil(Oxon), FFPH (UK)
CO-Director
Professor Malik PEIRIS
  • 2021 Future Science Prize in Life Sciences
  • Tam Wah-Ching Professor in Medical Science
  • Professor, Chair of Virology, Division of Public Health Laboratory Sciences, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
  • Honorary Director of the HKU-Pasteur Research Pole 
  • MBBS, FRCPath, D Phil (Oxon), FHKAM (Path), FRCP, FRS
Co-Director
Professor Roberto BRUZZONE
  • Professor, The Institut Pasteur
  • Visiting Professor, Division of Public Health Laboratory Sciences, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
  • Co-Director of the HKU-Pasteur Research Pole
  • Chair of the International Severe Acute Respiratory & Emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC)
  • MD