Prof. Louis Chow is Executive Director of the Organization for Oncology and Translational Research in Hong Kong; a distinguished professor of Macau Science Technology; a Medical Director of the Comprehensive Centre for Breast Diseases at the UNIMED Medical Institute in Hong Kong, an honorary professor of the Third Military Medical University; an honorary professor at Ningxia Medical College School of Clinical Medicine in Ningxia, China; an honorary professor at Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan; visiting professor at Wuhan University of Science and Technology; and an honorary consultant of Kiang Wu Hospital in Macau. Professor Chow was the immediate past honorary clinical professor of the clinical trials centre at The University of Hong Kong, past president of the Asian Breast Cancer Society, and former honorary secretary of The Hong Kong Academy of Medicine.
Professor Chow is an expert in cancer research and has obtained a patent on a mouse cell line derived from human malignant cystosarcoma phylloides. In the past few years, he has obtained various research and professional grants for cancer research purposes in the university and contributed as Principal Investigator/Co-investigator of several international clinical trials. Professor Chow has published more than 190 articles in peer-reviewed journals. His key research interests are breast cancer molecular therapy, chemoresistance, chemoprevention and translational research in breast cancer.
Professor Chow was awarded The Kim Hyun-Jib Breast Cancer Research Memorial Award in 2012
