Advisor, CUHK Centre for Bioethics
Clinical Professional Consultant (honorary), CUHK Medicine
Dr Derrick Au is Ex-Director of the CUHK Centre for Bioethics (2017-2022) and current Centre Advisor. He received medical education at Brown University and postgraduate training in geriatric medicine in Hong Kong. He served in clinical services in public hospitals then executive positions in the Hong Kong Hospital Authority (HA) for three decades before joining CUHK. Dr Au is current Convenor of the Ethics Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Genome Institute and has served in ethics committees of HA and the Medical Council of Hong Kong. Dr Au is also a writer and columnist, writing on bioethics and medical humanities.