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28 th InTErnaTIonal ConfErEnCE ProgrammE Hong Kong
Professor Ong’s research interests are in neuroepidemiology and
neuroimmunology. He has done work on headache disorders,
myasthenia and continues to have active collaborations with
colleagues in the Asia Pacific area in the study of demyelinating
Central Nervous System diseases. He is active in Neurology
Specialist Training and has been applying Information Technology
and process improvement in hospital-based patient care delivery
since 1998.
Professor Ong received the National Day Public Administration
Medal for his leadership contributions in 2009.
laurent Degos
Laurent Degos, Professor of Medicine at Paris
VII University, former chairman of the Board
of the Haute Autorité de santé, previously
head of the clinical blood disease department
at Saint-Louis Hospital, and director of
the Biology and Biotechnology Graduate
School. Laurent Degos has published several
scientific articles in hematology, genetics, immunology, cancer
and public health. In particular, he discovered how to transform
a leukemic cell into a normal cell, thereby opening up a new
approach to cancer treatment.
Prof Degos is a member of the French Academy of Science and
a Knight of the Legion of Honour. He has received a number
of international prizes including the General Motors Prize
(Washington), the Brupbacher (Zurich), and the Gagna and Von
Hoeck Prize (Brussels). Laurent was the chairman of Programme
and Planning Committee for ISQua’s 2010 conference in Paris
2010.
richard grol
Professor Grol is Director of the Centre for
Quality of Care Research in The Netherlands.
He studied law and psychology and was
trained as a psychotherapist before entering
health services research. He is emeritus
professor of Quality of Care at the Radboud
University Nijmegen and Maastricht University.
Prof. Grol was Director of IQ Healthcare, one of the leading
International scientific institutes in the field of quality and safety in
healthcare. He founded, and was director of, the Nijmegen Centre
for Evidence Based Practice (NCEBP). Currently he works as an
independent policy advisor.
Prof. Grol has published over 500 scientific papers and contributed
to over 25 books. He has successfully supervised almost 70 PhD
theses.
Prof. Grol was founder and president of the European Association
for Quality in Primary Care, as well as advisor to the Dutch College
of General Practitioners for many years. He received a Honorary
Fellowship and Lifetime Career Award from the World Organization
of Family Doctors in 2004, and a Honorary Fellowship of the Royal
College of General Practitioners in the UK in 2005. In 2006 he
received a Royal Award: Order of the Dutch Lion (Ridder in de
Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw) for his unique scientific work on
quality in health care. In 2009 he received the ‘Universiteitspenning’
(University Award) of Radboud University Nijmegen. In 2010 he
received the highest award of the Dutch College of GPs.
P Y leung
Dr Leung began his career in 1985 in public
health and administrative medicine. He was
appointed Deputy Director of Food and
Environmental Hygiene in 2000, Deputy
Director of Health in 2002 and the first
Controller of Centre for Health Protection
in 2004. Dr Leung joined the Hong Kong
Hospital Authority as Director of Quality and Safety in 2007 and is
currently Chief Executive of the Hospital Authority, responsible for
41 public hospitals and institutions and 58,000 staff.
Thomas Tsang
Dr Tsang obtained his medical degree at
the University of Hong Kong in 1990. He
graduated with a Masters of Public Health
degree from Johns Hopkins University (USA)
in 1992. Dr. Tsang obtained a Fellowship in
Community Medicine under the Hong Kong
Academy of Medicine in 1999. During 1998-
2000, he underwent a two year training program under the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention at Atlanta, USA.
Dr Tsang joined the Department of Health, HKSAR Government
in 1992. His work experience and publications have mainly been
on the prevention and control of infectious diseases. He took an
active role in managing several major epidemics, including avian
influenza A(H5N1) in 1997, SARS in 2003, and pandemic influenza
A(H1N1) in 2009, during which he contributed to bringing about
mechanisms for quality infection control and crises management
in healthcare institutions and the general community. He is now
Controller of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of
Health.
Joanna groves
Joanna is the Chief Executive Officer
of the International Alliance of Patients’
Organizations (IAPO). IAPO is the global
group representing patients from all disease
areas and all regions of the world. IAPO’s
members are patients’ organizations and
non profit health-related organizations.
Joanna is responsible for managing and implementing the overall
strategy of the organization as defined by IAPO’s international
Governing Board. She takes a leading role in communicating
IAPO position on healthcare issues which represent the views of
IAPO’s member patients’ organizations, and building productive
partnerships with international health-related organizations.
Driven by its membership, IAPO focuses on issues that are of
importance to patients’ organizations regardless of their disease
area or geographical location. Ongoing policy priorities include
access to healthcare, patient safety, patient information and patient
involvement. Joanna has a science policy background holding a
Masters degree in Science and Technology Policy Studies. She
joined IAPO in March 2004 as Policy & External Affairs Director
before becoming Chief Executive Officer in March 2007. Prior to
joining IAPO, she worked in other nonprofit health organizations
including in a policy and research capacity building role for The
Welcome Trust’s Biomedical Ethics Section. She has particular
interest in how policy is formulated, supporting a stronger role for
patient engagement and social and ethical considerations in health
policymaking.