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57: 499:, he was initially condemned by CUHK students for failing to criticise police excesses, but later won plaudits after an evening-long discussion with them in public and private. On 18 October 2019, Tuan released an open letter in which he detailed some of the alleged police abuses that he had heard from his students. He called these "serious allegations from a human rights point of view" and urged the police to protect the rights of those arrested. He said he would write to Chief Executive 503:
requesting an independent investigation of his students' cases outside existing mechanisms. This earned Tuan the condemnation of several police groups, who wrote that CUHK had "reduced itself to a hub of anti-China, Hong Kong independence forces". He was named as one of the world's most influential
437:, where he held joint appointments in the departments of orthopaedic surgery and biochemistry and molecular biology. He served as the director of orthopaedic research and vice chair of the department, and later took on the role of academic director of the institution's 358:. Despite his position in Hong Kong, he continues to serve as the director of the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering. For the 2018 fiscal year, he was one of the top 25 highest-paid University of Pittsburgh employees. 460:, where Tuan joined the departments of orthopaedic surgery and bioengineering and became the founding director of the newly established Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering. He was appointed the Arthur J. Rooney Sr. Professor of 334:, where he served as distinguished visiting professor and director of the Institute for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine prior to taking up the vice-chancellorship. Previously he was on the faculty at the 791: 1423: 445: 236: 1076: 473: 1368: 508:
in December 2019 as he has reached out to students, called for end to violence, and "stood up for his campus and students... despite being criticised by establishment figures".
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in 2010. Two years later, he assumed the directorship of the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Military Medicine Research and associate directorship of the
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joint degree program. He also worked to develop a Ph.D. program in cell and tissue engineering, launched in 1997 and noted as the first such program in the US.
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Main Programme & Extended Abstracts 1th World Congress of the International Cartilage Repair Society
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Tuan began his independent research career in 1980 when he joined the department of biology at the
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Curriculum vitae of Professor Rocky S. Tuan - CUHK Communications and Public Relations Office
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of the musculoskeletal system. Among their efforts is a research project aimed at using
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Dr. Rocky S. Tuan, successful Life Science Researcher and Alumnus Visited Campus
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In 2017, Tuan was appointed as the eighth vice-chancellor and president of the
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Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology Program, University of Pittsburgh
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In 2001 Tuan left Jefferson to take an intramural research position at the
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Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
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technology to restore function of joints damaged by diseases such as
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National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
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National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
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without sitting the matriculation examination. He received his
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Tuan's research efforts focus on bioengineering applied to the
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Tuan is a founding editor-in-chief of the scientific journal
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veterans, Tuan completed primary and secondary education at
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in his native city. He took up the post in January 2018.
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Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2021–2026
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American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
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American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
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Calcium Binding Protein of Chick Chorioallantoic Membrane
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Vice-chancellors of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Birth Defects Research Part C: Embryo Today: Reviews
1306:, Carnegie Science Center Life Sciences Award, 2016 584:Clemson Award for Contributions to the Literature, 1300:, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, 2013 1039:"Marathon talks turn tears to cheers at Chinese U" 988: 937: 900: 853:"Stem Cell Research & Therapy Editorial Board" 346:and the executive vice chair of the department of 750:Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh 603: 601: 481:. He and Lo co-edited a three-volume book titled 1350: 903:Developmental Biology Protocols : Volume I 1170:"Pitt Researchers to Study Bone Loss in Space" 598: 627:"Narduzzi again Pitt's highest-paid employee" 532:. Tuan's group has expertise in the study of 401:degree in Biochemistry and Cell Biology from 1023:: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( 972:: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( 16:Hong Kong medical researcher and bioengineer 991:Developmental biology protocols. Volume III 479:Birth Defects Research Part C: Embryo Today 466:McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine 450:United States National Institutes of Health 356:McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine 940:Developmental biology protocols. Volume II 55: 987:S., Tuan, Rocky; W., Lo, Cecilia (2000). 936:S., Tuan, Rocky; W., Lo, Cecilia (2000). 826: 660: 658: 656: 654: 652: 650: 648: 646: 561:Elected to the College of Fellows of the 71:8th Vice-Chancellor and President of the 796: 405:in New York City in 1977, supervised by 316: 1137: 899:Tuan, Rocky S.; Lo, Cecilia W. (2000). 350:, and a professor in the department of 1351: 898: 783: 781: 741: 739: 737: 735: 643: 1404:National Institutes of Health faculty 1186: 1074: 1055: 397:in Kentucky in 1972. He received his 1414:Alumni of Queen's College, Hong Kong 1143: 986: 935: 827:Heinrichs, Allison M. 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Tuan, Ph.D." 530:translational research 528:, with an interest in 526:musculoskeletal system 506:Times Higher Education 433:. In 1988 he moved to 411:Harvard Medical School 403:Rockefeller University 379:Republic of China Army 363:musculoskeletal system 188:Rockefeller University 1298:Seminar by Rocky Tuan 1384:Berea College alumni 1243:"Awardees 1997-2016" 1081:Hong Kong Free Press 1062:Hong Kong Free Press 448:(NIAMS), one of the 340:Arthur J. Rooney Sr. 1389:Hong Kong engineers 1194:"Rocky Tuan, Ph.D." 876:"Editorial Board". 522:tissue regeneration 348:Orthopaedic Surgery 300:Rocky Tuan Sung-chi 1045:. 10 October 2019. 524:as applied to the 477:and the editor of 415:Melvin J. Glimcher 214:Tissue engineering 1347: 1346: 1318:Academic offices 808:nihrecord.nih.gov 790:- website of the 669:McGowan Institute 569:Marshall R. 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Index

Hong Kong name
surname
Tuan

Chinese University of Hong Kong
Incumbent
Carrie Lam
John Lee
Joseph Sung
Hong Kong
Cecilia Lo
Alma mater
Berea College
BS
Rockefeller University
PhD
Tissue engineering
University of Pennsylvania
Thomas Jefferson University
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
University of Pittsburgh
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Thesis
Calcium Binding Protein of Chick Chorioallantoic Membrane
Doctoral advisor
Zanvil Cohn
Chinese
Jyutping
pinyin
Chinese University of Hong Kong

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