Donor
Tai Hung Fai Charitable Foundation
The Tai Hung Fai Charitable Foundation, founded in 2005 by Dr Edwin Leong Siu-hung, Chairman and Founder of Tai Hung Fai Enterprise Company Ltd., is dedicated to helping disadvantaged elderly and underprivileged children across Hong Kong.
In alignment with Dr Leong's vision of enhancing individual's quality of life, the PolyU-Henry G Leong Mobile Integrative Health Centre was established to offer free health checks to needy elderly individuals. It provides clinical placement opportunities to students while acting as a platform for research and education. The Foundation also generously supported the establishment of Henry G. Leong Endowed Professorship in Elderly Vision Health and Henry G. Leong Endowed Professorship in Biomedical Engineering, aiming to support scientific research in healthcare at PolyU.
Additionally, the Foundation supports various community service programmes, offers scholarships and education funds, and provides healthcare and money aids to those in desperate need. In recent years, the Foundation's initiatives have increasingly focused on medical research. Dr Leong's vision is further exemplified through substantial contributions to support the Edwin SH Leong Centre for Healthy Children at the University of Toronto and the Edwin SH Leong Healthy Aging Centre at the University of British Columbia in Canada, with the ultimate aim to set up a collaborative medical science network of experts worldwide.
Appointee
Professor He Mingguang
Professor He Mingguang is currently the Chair Professor of Experimental Ophthalmology at PolyU, and has been conferred the title "Global STEM Scholar" under Hong Kong Government's Global STEM Professorship Scheme. Previously, he was Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology of Research at Melbourne Accelerator Programme at the University of Melbourne and Centre for Eye Research Australia, and Director of WHO Collaborating Centre for Prevention of Blindness (Australia).
Renowned globally for his expertise in vision-related clinical and epidemiological research, Professor He has led several ground-breaking studies. Noteworthy among these are the first population-based study on myopia in China, the pioneering population-based study on glaucoma in China, a clinical trial published in JAMA 2015 that demonstrates the efficacy of increased outdoor time on myopia prevention, and a prophylactic clinical trial on angle closure glaucoma published in Lancet 2019. His 500-plus published papers have attracted more than 20,000 citations, achieving Google Scholar h-index 75.
Professor He has secured substantial research funding exceeding AUD10 million in Australia, including prestigious grants such as the Investigator Grants of the National Health and Medical Research Council, and the Medical Research Future Fund for his ground-breaking research on artificial intelligence in ophthalmology.
Professor He also played pivotal roles in various ophthalmology organisations. He founded the Asia Pacific Tele-Ophthalmology Society and served as its first President. He was a Founding Council Member of Asia Pacific Myopia Society and held the position of Council Member for Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology.
Professor He was honoured as one of the top 100 most influential ophthalmologists on the esteemed Ophthalmologist Power List in 2023 in recognition of his demonstrating “Ten Years of Excellence and Impact in Ophthalmology".
