Prof. Annie Wai Chee KUNG (Hong Kong)

Dr Annie Wai-Chee Kung is the Sir David Todd Professor in Medicine at the University of Hong Kong and the Director of the Osteoporosis Centre and Consultant at Queen Mary Hospital.

Professor Kung holds numerous professional memberships and sits on a number of committees. She is a Board member of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry in 2002-2005, and currently the chairperson of the Asia-Pacific Panel of ISCD. She is also a member of the National Society Committee of the International Osteoporosis Foundation. Her other associations include the Hong Kong Society of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Reproduction (Past President), The Osteoporosis Society of Hong Kong (Founding President), The Hong Kong Osteoporosis Foundation (Chairman of Scientific Committee), and Endocrine Society, USA (Member since 1989). She is also an Honorary Professor of Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, PR China.

Professor Kung holds positions as a reviewer of health research funding proposals in Hong Kong and a licensed examiner of the Royal Colleges of United Kingdom.

Professor Kung has published widely in the international peer-reviewed literature with over 150 papers and she has made over 210 conference paper presentations. She sits on a number of journal editorials boards including Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Osteoporosis International, Chinese Medical Journal, China Osteoporosis Journal and Chinese Journal of Osteoporosis and Bone Mineral Research. She is also a reviewer for a number of journals including Bone, Journal of Human Genetics, Endocrinology, European Journal of Endocrinology, Thyroid, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, International Journal of Obesity, and Clinical Chemistry.