徐國榮教授現為香港中文大學生物醫學學院教授及副院長（研究）。他於1995年在中文大學獲得生物化學系博士學位，於1997年獲任為中文大學生物化學系助理教授，並於2004年晉升為教授。在2003年爆發沙士期間，他的團隊是其中一個最早破解沙士病毒完整基因組的團隊。
徐國榮教授曾在多本國際期刊發表逾240篇學術論文，包括自然期刊、新英格蘭醫學雜誌、柳葉刀雜誌、美國國家科學院院刊、循環醫學雜誌、過敏及臨床免疫學期刊、Genome Biology等。除了傳染病，徐國榮教授的研究興趣還包括，神經發展疾病的診斷以及腸道微生物與人類疾病之間的關係。他於2019年在發展遲緩及學習障礙的基因研究領域上，獲得由食物及衛生局頒發的卓越研究獎。
TSUI Kwok-Wing Stephen is currently a professor and the Associate Director (Research) in the School of Biomedical Sciences of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). In 1995, he received his Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry at CUHK. He was then appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry in 1997 and promoted to the full professorship in 2004. During the SARS outbreak in 2003, his team was one of the earliest teams that cracked the complete genome of the SARS-coronavirus.
Totally, he has published more than 240 scientific papers in international journals, including Nature, New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, PNAS, Circulation, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and Genome Biology. Besides infectious diseases, his research interests also cover the diagnosis of neurodevelopmental diseases and the relationship between gut microbiome and human diseases. In 2019, he got the Excellent Research Award from Food and Health Bureau on his genetic research about developmental delay and learning disabilities.
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