Prof. Ting Fan LEUNG

Research Area

1. Novel diagnostics and therapeutics for allergic diseases (eczema, food allergy, asthma, allergic rhinitis, chronic urticaria)
2. Modulation of microbiomes for treating allergy

Professional Profile

Professor Leung graduated from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1992, and obtained Doctor of Medicine degree at his alma mater in 2004. He received Immunology and Allergy subspecialty training in The Hospital For Sick Children in Toronto, Canada in 1997-98. Professor Leung is currently a professor in Department of Paediatrics at The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Head of the Paediatric Allergy team at the Prince of Wales Hospital. Professor Leung is a Co-Chair of Microbiome and Biodiversity Committee of Asia Pacific Association of Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology and Past President of Hong Kong Society for Paediatric Immunology, Allergy and Infectious Diseases. He has published more than 450 articles in peer-reviewed journals with an H-index of 50. His main research interests include natural history, novel diagnostics, genetics and host-microbe interactions of allergic diseases.