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Dr. MOK Ka Pun, Chris
BSc (Chem) (HKUST), MPhil (HKU), PhD (HKU)

Deputy Director, S.H. Ho Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, CUHK
Assistant Professor, Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, CUHK

Email: kapunmok@cuhk.edu.hk
Tel: (852) 2252 8862
ORCID: 0000-0002-0525-6772

Biography

Dr. Mok is currently the Assistant Professor in The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. His group focuses on the virology and immunology of emerging infectious diseases including influenza and coronavirus. He particularly interested to understand how the adaptive immunity is regulated and sharpen by the evolution of respiratory viruses which will help to further improve the design of new vaccines. Dr. Mok has over 10 years of experience to perform in vitro and in vivo experiments under biosafety level 3 containment. He is now the associate editor of Virology Journal and Frontier of Immunology.

Research Interests

• Pathogenicity of zoonotic viruses in human
• Viral immunology on respiratory diseases
• Prophylactic and treatment options for respiratory infection

Selected Publications