Dr. Nancy K MAN is currently the Chair Professor of Transplant Oncology and Immunology in Department of Surgery, LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong. She is the Director of Clinical and Translational Research Laboratory, Laboratory for Liver Transplantation and Liver Cancer, and Laboratory for Organ Transplantation and Regeneration. Her main research focus is in the areas of transplant oncology and immunology, especially for liver graft injury and cancer recurrence after transplantation utilizing an integrated basic, clinical and translational approach.
Nancy has been ILTS member for more than 20 years with good standing. She was the ILTS President (2018-2019) and Program Chair of ILTS2018. Nancy has the long term service to ILTS including the Committee Chair of Scholarship Committee, member of the Basic Science Committee, Publication Committee, Education Committee, and ILTS Council Member. She was also the Associate Editor of Liver Transplantation and Regional Associate Editor of Transplantation.
Nancy is currently the ILTS Publication Committee member. She has been the Deputy Editor (Basic Science) of Transplantation since 2014as well as the Editorial Board Member of Annals of Surgery (since 2018).
Being the President of Hong Kong Scientist Association (HKSA), Nancy plays critical role for the promotion of collaborations among the scientists in HK, Macau, Taiwan and Mainland of China. She is a visionary leader with extensive experience in the management of international, regional and local academic society and research collaborations. She has successfully established a series of multidisciplinary research platforms under the collaborations with the experts in the fields of hepatology, cancer biology, stem cell, immunology, radiology, molecular imaging, biomaterials, bioengineering and bioinformatics.
She has published more than 200 original articles in international journals including Annals of Surgery, Transplantation, Liver Transplantation, Clinical Cancer Research, Cancer Research, Journal of Hepatology, Hepatology, Gastroenterology, Nature Medicine & New England Journal of Medicine etc with H index 73 (total citation 14980. She is one of the Top 1% Scholars at HKU according to ISI’s Essential Science Indicators (2013-2020) and Top 2% Scientists Worldwide 2023 on Stanford List.
She and her research team have obtained more than 65 international awards in the fields of transplant immunology and oncology, including numerous “Rising Star Awards”, “Young Investigator Awards” in annual congress of ILTS, and “Mentee-Mentor Basic Science Awards”, “Young Investigator Awards” In TTS meetings over the past 16 years. She has also got the “First Class Award of 2013 Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Award from Ministry of Education (MOE)” and “First Class Award for Science and Technology of Chinese Medical Association (CAE) 2014” for her contribution in the area of liver transplantation. She has got the ILTS Basic Science Established Investigator Award in 2022.