CUHK Institute of Health Equity

30/04/2026

The Department of Sociology, CUHK is pleased to announce a webinar entitled “Did Health Inequalities Fall when Life Expectancy Went Up? Data from 82 Million Digitised Records.” The webinar is scheduled for May 7, 2026 (Thursday), from 03:00 p.m. to 04:30 p.m. (Hong Kong Time) and will be conducted via Zoom. Honorable speaker, Prof. Aaron REEVES from the London School of Economics and Political Science, will deliver the webinar.

For further information, kindly refer to the poster below. If you wish to participate in the webinar, please register at https://cuhk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qJjZnKyiQk-W6WVh0q8fGg by May 4, 2026 (Monday) to receive the Zoom meeting details via email.

Should you have any questions, please contact at (852) 3943 6225 / [email protected].

23/09/2024

CUHK Institute of Health Equity is pleased to host a colloquium, titled “Rich people have better health than the poor: Health equity in an unequal world” with three sessions of discussions, details can be found below.

Date: 15 November 2024 (Friday)
Time: 2:00pm – 5:30pm (HK Time)
Venue: Auditorium, 10/F, CUHK Medical Centre (with live streaming on ZOOM)
Language: English

More Details: https://www.ihe.cuhk.edu.hk/colloquium-15-nov-2024/
Free Registration: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13695013
CME / CNE/ CPD (Application in progress)

25/07/2024

💡新書發佈📖
“Take Charge of Your Own Ageing”中文版

胡令芳 著．李衛棠 譯

(請按以下詳閱)
https://cup.cuhk.edu.hk/TakeChargeofYourOwnAgeingChi_tc

08/03/2024

We are pleased to announce that the Third Health Equity Report “The Environment and Health Inequalities in Hong Kong” has been published, welcome to reading!

https://www.ihe.cuhk.edu.hk/wp-content/uploads/The-Environment-and-Health-Inequalities-in-Hong-Kong-report_final-digital-v2.pdf

07/02/2024

Book launch of “Take Charge of Your Own Ageing” by Professor Jean Woo

Details: https://cup.cuhk.edu.hk/TakeChargeofYourOwnAgeing_tc

22/12/2023

Wishing you and your family peace, health, happiness, and prosperity in the coming year. Merry Christmas!

14/11/2023

CUHK study shows Hong Kong people live longer but have increasing disability problems in old age, with significant socio-economic inequalities
中大研究顯示香港人雖長壽但老年殘疾問題嚴重 地區間存在顯著社會經濟不平等狀況

Press release:
https://www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk/en/press/cuhk-study-shows-hong-kong-people-live-longer-but-have-increasing-disability-problems-in-old-age-with-significant-socio-economic-inequalities/

新聞稿:
https://www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk/tc/press/cuhk-study-shows-hong-kong-people-live-longer-but-have-increasing-disability-problems-in-old-age-with-significant-socio-economic-inequalities/

31/10/2023

The JC School of Public Health and Primary Care and CUHK Institute of Health Equity are pleased to co-host a seminar, titled “Primary Care Interventions to Address Patients’ Unmet Economic Needs and Promote Health Equity” presented by Dr. Jane Parry, Public Health and Development Analyst and Writer based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and Hong Kong.

Date: 17 November 2023 (Friday)
Time: 2:30 – 3:30pm (HK Time)
Venue: Tutorial Room, 3/F, School of Public Health Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong (with live streaming on ZOOM)
Speaker: Dr. Jane Parry, Health and Development Analyst and Writer, Canada/Hong Kong
Moderator: Prof. Roger Chung, Associate Professor, Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care; Associate Director, Institute of Health Equity; Co-Director, Centre for Bioethics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

More Details: https://www.sphpc.cuhk.edu.hk/post/primary-care-interventions-to-address-patients-unmet-economic-needs-and-promote-health-equity
Free Registration: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13676762
CME accreditation (non-specialist) is applied for this seminar.

31/10/2023

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14/09/2023

Ready to regain the world ‘s awareness on ? The Global Conference on Sustainable Development features a series of issues that closely connected to our daily lives:

🧓 Building an Age-friendly City in Hong Kong

Synopsis:
The Sustainable Development Goals are intertwined and have differential impacts on the health of people. The session will discuss the impact of climate change to older people in Hong Kong, how physical and social environment affects their unequal healthy aging and why such environment is important to building an age-friendly city in Hong Kong.

Speakers:
Professor Helene Fung
Professor, Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Deputy Director, CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing
Presentation title: How older people in Hong Kong can cope with hot temperature

Dr Eric Lai
Research Assistant Professor, CUHK Institute of Heath Equity
Presentation title: Environment and equity in healthy aging

Panelist:
Professor Jean Woo
Director, CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing; Co‐Director, CUHK Institute of Health Equity

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🪸 Building Resilience through Biodiversity Conservation

Date: 4–5 October 2023 (Wednesday–Thursday)
Venue: Lau Chor Tak Lecture Theatre (LT1) & CMA Lecture Theatre (LT2), Yasumoto International Academic Park G/F, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Format: Hybrid (in-person at CUHK and live-streaming)
Language: English
Conference Website: https://www.gcsd2023.sdsn-hk.org/
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