Prof. Ben Fong, a Specialist in Community Medicine, is the Professor of Practice (Health Studies) and Associate Division Head of the Division of Science, Engineering and Health Studies (SEHS), the Programme Leader of the BSc (Hons) in Applied Sciences (Health Studies), and the Director of the Centre for Ageing and Healthcare Management Research at HK PolyU. He has honorary appointments in Family Medicine at both The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and The University of Hong Kong, as well as in the School of Chinese Medicine, the Hong Kong Institute of Integrative Medicine, and Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at CUHK. He is also Adjunct Professor in Public Health & Tropical Medicine in the College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences at James Cook University, Queensland, Australia, the President of Hong Kong College of Community Health Practitioners, and the Vice-Chair of the Clinical Governance Committee of the Jockey Club Home for Hospice. Dr Fong had his medical training at the University of Sydney, where he had also completed a Master's in Public Health. He had his clinical training in Sydney, and has held a senior management position at Prince Henry Hospital, a teaching hospital of the University of New South Wales. He has contributed to publications, including Gaps and Actions in Health Improvement from Hong Kong and Beyond: All for Health (2023), Disaster Management and Emergency Medicine in the Asia-Pacific Region: Current Practices and Future Directions (2023), Ageing with Dignity in Hong Kong and Asia – Holistic and Humanistic Care (2022), Routledge Handbook of Public Health and the Community (2021), Primary Care Revisited: Interdisciplinary Perspectives for a New Era (2020), a training manual for general practitioners in China published by the People's Medical Publishing House in Beijing, China (2020), over 30 health books in Chinese, and 70 journal papers.
方玉辉教授是一位社会医学专科医生,现为科学、工程及健康学部实务教授(健康科)和学部副主任、健康及生命科学学科统筹、应用科学(荣誉)理学士(健康科)课程统筹,以及「老龄化和医疗管理研究中心」总监。他先后担任香港中文大学(中大)和香港大学家庭医学系,以及中大中医学院、香港中西医结合医学研究所和香港亚太研究所的荣誉教席。他也是澳大利亚昆士兰州詹姆斯库克大学公共卫生与热带医学学院的兼职教授、香港社区健康学院院长,以及赛马会善宁之家临床治理委员会副主席。
方教授在悉尼大学接受医学培训,并获得公共卫生硕士学位。他在悉尼完成了临床培训,并曾在新南威尔士大学教学医院亨利王子医院担任高级管理职位。他参与撰写超过30本中文健康书籍以及70篇期刊论文。