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Prof. Margaret IP
BM (Soton), MSc (LSHTM), DTM&H (Lond), MRCP(UK), FRCPath (UK), FRCPA, FHKCPath, FHKAM, FRCP (Glasg, Lond)

Deputy Director, S.H. Ho Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, CUHK
Chairperson and Clinical Professor, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, CUHK
Honorary Consultant of Clinical Microbiology and Infection, Prince of Wales Hospital and the New Territories East Cluster Hospitals, Hospital Authority

Tel: (852) 3505 1265
Email: margaretip@cuhk.edu.hk

Biography

Margaret Ip is a Professor at the Department of Microbiology, Chinese University of Hong Kong and Honorary Consultant at the New Territories East Cluster of Hospitals of Hospital Authority of Hong Kong. She received her medical training at the University of Southampton and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom. She has over 30 years of experience as a clinical microbiologist and is a Fellow of respective Colleges of Pathologists in Australasia, U.K, and of Hong Kong. Her research interests focus on molecular epidemiology of drug-resistant pathogens, inc. MRSA, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus agalactiae and other multidrug-resistant organisms. She has published over 300 international peer-reviewed papers and 5 book chapters. She serves as an Advisor and Member of Scientific Committees on antimicrobial resistance and infection control and in Expert groups on GBS with WHO and FAO.

Research Interests

• Molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae; Group B Streptococcus, MRSA
• Antimicrobial resistance of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) and resistome
• Application of new diagnostics and treatment, modulation of microbiota

Selected Publications