Alvin CH Ma

Dr. Alvin C.H. Ma is currently an Associate Professor in Department of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). He received his MPhil and PhD from The University of Hong Kong (HKU) in 2005 and 2009 before further trained as Research Fellow in Mayo Clinic, Minnesota, United State. He returned to HKU, Department of Medicine and as a Research Assistant Professor in 2013 and joined PolyU in 2016.Dr. Ma research interest is focused on hematopoiesis covering basic and translational research areas including gene regulation in normal vertebrate hematopoiesis, molecular basis of human blood diseases. In particular, through advancing genome editing technologies for zebrafish (Danio rerio) model, he aims to develop zebrafish into a comprehensive in vivo modeling platform for translational medicine, from functional evaluation of disease-related genes to large-scale chemical screening for novel therapeutic agents. His original research findings have been published in leading international journals including Nature, Blood and Leukemia.