Congratulations to Dr Chiou Jiachi, Amber and Dr Wong Sze-chuen, Cesar on receiving the President’s Awards for Outstanding Achievement 2022 in Service: Establishment of COVID-19 diagnostic laboratory to safeguard the PolyU community and beyond.
Under the endeavor of the project team, PolyU Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory (PU-MDL) was set up via the cornerstone of a research project of Dr Amber Chiou. The PU-MDL received the Hong Kong Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (HOKLAS) accreditation in May 2021 and became one of the Hong Kong government recognized COVID-19 testing centers in July 2021, which is the first University-based COVID-19 testing center in Hong Kong.
Dr Chiou serves the role as the internal coordinator and is responsible for supervision of laboratory setup, logistics of testing, liaison of various tasks with different parties within and outside PolyU. Dr Cesar Wong serves the role as the Lab Director of PU-MDL and is responsible for supervising the application of HOKLAS accreditation via Hong Kong Accreditation Service and enrolling in the list of Hong Kong government recognized COVID-19 testing centers via Department of Health.
Our warmest congratulations again to Dr Chiou and Dr Wong for their contribution!
