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Professor CHAN King Pui, Florence

Prof Chan King-Pui Florence

Clinical Assistant Professor

  • MBBS (HK), MD (HK), MRCP (UK), PDipID (HK), FHKCP, FHKAM (Medicine)
email kpfchan@hku.hk
email 2255 3741
Biography
Prof 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 obtained her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Hong Kong in 2025. Starting her career at the Hospital Authority, she completed the Respiratory Medicine training in 2022 and was promoted to Associate Consultant in 2023. She joined the Department of Medicine as Clinical Assistant Professor in 2025. She is a Visiting Researcher at Imperial College, London in 2024-2025.
 
Prof 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.

Prof Chan has been awarded funding from the Health and Medical Research Fund Research Fellowship Scheme 2023, the Hong Kong Lung Foundation Research Grant 2024-2025, the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology Young Investigator Research Project Fund 2025 and the Hong Kong College of Physicians Young Investigator Research Grant 2025. She was a recipient of the Assembly Educational Award at the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology Congress in both 2023, 2024 and 2025. She received the Hong Kong College of Physicians Distinguished Research Paper Award for Young Investigator 2025. 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., Ho, J. C.-M., Hung, I. F.-N., Ip, M. S.-M., & Ho, P.-L. (2025). Pneumococcal Vaccine Uptake in Adults Before and After Hospitalization for Pneumococcal Infections in Hong Kong, 2015 to 2024. Vaccines, 13(5), 541.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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).
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Chua, F., Nyanti, L. E., Tan, S., Syakirin Sirol Aflah, S., Kho, S. S., Chai, G. T., Wangkarnjana, A., Low, S. Y., Andarini, S., Beckert, L., Campomanes, C. M., Chan, F. K., De Boer, S., Disayabutr, S., Diaz, D., Fachrucha, F., Goh, N., Handa, T., Jee, A.,Song, J. W. (2025). Pharmacoeconomic inequalities in access to antifibrotic treatment for interstitial lung disease in the Asia-Pacific region. Tuberc Respir Dis (Seoul).
  10. Chiu, E. K., Ma, T. F., Chan, K. F., Li, X., Chiu, K. H., So, S. Y., Cheng, V. C., & Ho, P. L. (2025). Clinical utility of direct disk diffusion testing in guiding antibiotic therapy for Gram-negative bacteremia. Int J Infect Dis, 108127.

Awards
  1. Asian Pacific Society of Respirology Assembly Education Award, 29th Congress of the APSR (2025), Manila (Interstitial Lung Disease Assembly)
  2. Distinguished Research Paper Award for Young Investigator 2025, Hong Kong College of Physicians
  3. Asian Pacific Society of Respirology Assembly Education Award, 28th Congress of the APSR (2024), Hong Kong (Bronchoscopy and Interventional Techniques Assembly)
  4. 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”: Principal Investigator 
  2. The Hong Kong Lung Foundation Research Grant Award 2024-25 entitled “Determination of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid chyle and triglyceride levels”: Principal Investigator
  3. The Asian Pacific Society of Respiratory Young Investigator Research Project Fund 2025 entitled “How small is small – pleurodesis in small-bore chest tube”: Principal Investigator
  4. Young Investigator Research Grant 2025, Hong Kong College of Physicians entitled “Plasma surfactant protein D levels in non-invasive ventilation clinical outcomes- a prospective study”: 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