Croucher Foundation News

October 2018

Transformative times 30 October 2018

Energy research by a University of Hong Kong academic is driving forward ways to improve battery performance.

Maternal weight gain linked to child health 25 October 2018

Weight gain during pregnancy might have an adverse impact on child health.

Professor Francis Chan receives award 18 October 2018

Professor Chan is the first Chinese scholar to be selected for the International Leadership Award.

First whole-genome sequencing analyses for rare bowel disease 10 October 2018

Fresh hope for more effective treatment strategies for Hirschsprung disease sufferers.

Croucher scholar discovers first case of rat hepatitis E in humans 3 October 2018

A study has discovered for the first time that rat hepatitis E virus can infect humans.