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Prof Chan King Pui, Florence

Prof Chan King-Pui Florence

Clinical Assistant Professor

  • MBBS (HK), MRCP (UK), PDipID (HK), FHKCP, FHKAM (Medicine)
email kpfchan@hku.hk
email 2255 3111
Biography
Dr Florence Chan is a Clinical Assistant Professor in Division of Infectious Diseases and the Division of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Hong Kong. She obtained her MBBS degree from the University of Hong Kong in 2015. She completed the requirements for Doctor of Medicine from the University of Hong Kong in 2024. Starting her career at the Hospital Authority, she completed the Respiratory Medicine training in 2022 and was promoted to Associate Consultant in 2023. She is currently a Visiting Researcher at Imperial College, London.
 
Dr Chan’s research interests include respiratory infections, epidemiological studies and the impact of environmental and human behavioural changes on respiratory and infectious diseases. Her research during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong advocated for universal masking as a preventive measure for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation, leading to the subsequent update of “Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD)” guideline in 2022. She has multiple publications on respiratory and infectious diseases in peer-reviewed journals including Pneumonia, Annals of the American Thoracic Society and Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

Dr Chan has been awarded funding from the Health and Medical Research Fund Research Fellowship Scheme 2023 and the Hong Kong Lung Foundation Research Grant 2024-2025. She was a recipient of the Assembly Educational Award at the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology Congress in both 2023 and 2024. She was appointed as a Young Fellow Member of the Specialty Board in Respiratory Medicine in 2025.
 

Selected Publications
  1. Chan, K.-P. F., Ma, T.-F., Fang, H., Tsui, W.-K., Ho, J. C.-M., Ip, M. S.-M., & Ho, P.-L. (2025). Changes in the incidence, viral coinfection pattern and outcomes of pneumococcal hospitalizations during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Pneumonia, 17(1), 9.
  2. Chan, K. F., Ting-Fung, M., Sridhar, S., Lui, M. M., Ho, J. C., Lam, D. C., Ip, M. S., & Ho, P. L. (2024). Changes in the incidence, clinical features and outcomes of tuberculosis during COVID-19 pandemic. J Infect Public Health, 17(9), 102511.
  3. Chan, K. F., Fung, K. K., & Ho, P. L. (2024). Plastic Bronchitis in an Adult After COVID-19 Infection. Mayo Clin Proc, 99(8), 1337-1338.
  4. Chan, K. F., Ma, T. F., Sridhar, S., Lam, D. C., Ip, M. S., & Ho, P. L. (2023). Changes in Etiology and Clinical Outcomes of Pleural empyema during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Microorganisms, 11(2).
  5. Chan, K. F., Ma, T. F., Ip, M. S., & Ho, P. L. (2021). Invasive pneumococcal disease, pneumococcal pneumonia and all-cause pneumonia in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with the preceding 5 years: a retrospective observational study. BMJ Open, 11(10), e055575.
  6. Chan, K. F., Kwok, W. C., Ma, T. F., Hui, C. H., Tam, T. C., Wang, J. K., Ho, J. C., Lam, D. C., Sau-Man Ip, M., & Ho, P. L. (2021). Territory-Wide Study on Hospital Admissions for Asthma Exacerbations in the COVID-19 Pandemic. Ann Am Thorac Soc, 18(10), 1624-1633.
  7. Chan, K. P. F., Ma, T. F., Kwok, W. C., Leung, J. K. C., Chiang, K. Y., Ho, J. C. M., Lam, D. C. L., Tam, T. C. C., Ip, M. S. M., & Ho, P. L. (2020). Significant reduction in hospital admissions for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Hong Kong during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Respir Med, 171, 106085.
  8. Liu, X., Lam, D. C., Lee, T. M., Kwan, J., Teo, K. C., Chan, K. P. F., Leung, W. C. Y., Ip, M. S., & Lau, K. K. (2024). Impact of sleep disturbance on longitudinal cognitive performance in patients with transient ischemic attack or mild stroke. Sleep Med, 124, 134-140.
  9. Kwok, W. C., Wong, C. K., Ma, T. F., Ho, K. W., Fan, L. W., Chan, K. F., Chan, S. S., Tam, T. C., & Ho, P. L. (2021). Modelling the impact of travel restrictions on COVID-19 cases in Hong Kong in early 2020. BMC Public Health, 21(1), 1878.
  10. Liu, X., Lam, D. C., Chan, K. P. F., Chan, H. Y., Ip, M. S., & Lau, K. K.Prevalence and Determinants of Sleep Apnea in Patients with Stroke: A Meta-Analysis. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2021 Dec;30(12):106129.

Awards
  1. Asian Pacific Society of Respirology Assembly Education Award, 28th Congress of the APSR (2024), Hong Kong (Bronchoscopy and Interventional Techniques Assembly)
  2. Asian Pacific Society of Respirology Assembly Education Award, 27th Congress of the APSR (2023), Singapore (Environment and Occupational Health and Epidemiology Assembly)

Grant Record
  1. Health and Medical Research Fund (Fellowship) 2023 ( Ref. No.: 09230017) entitled “Role of exercise in functional capacity of smokers and subsequent development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease” (HKD 835,200): Principal Investigator
  2. The Hong Kong Lung Foundation Research Grant Award 2024-25 entitled “Determination of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid chyle and triglyceride levels” (HKD 189,996): Principal Investigator



Key Offices
  1. Appointed Young Fellow Member, Specialty Board in Respiratory Medicine, Hong Kong College of Physicians, 2025-2027.
  2. Committee member, Hong Kong Thoracic Society, CHEST Delegation Hong Kong & Macau & Hong Kong Lung Foundation joint newsletter & website, 2025-2027