Research Description
Studies on gynaecological cancers
Professor Cheung’s research focuses on tumours of female genital tract aiming at investigating diagnostic and prognostic markers as well as molecular targets for better therapy of cancers of ovary, endometrium and cervix as well as gestational trophoblastic disease.
Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms in endometrial, ovarian and trophoblastic carcinogenesis
Application of novel technical platforms including HPV assays in cervical cytology for cervical cancer screening
Molecular signaling in gynaecological cancers

Awards and Honors
Best Teachers Award (Medical Society, H.K.U.S.U.) (1996)
Faculty Teaching Medal (2002)
University Teaching Fellow (2005)
Sir Patrick Manson Gold Medal 1998-1999 for outstanding M.D. thesis
Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching, Learning & Technology in 17th International Conference on College Teaching and Learning (2006)
Scholar-in-Training Awards for postgraduate students and fellow by the American Association for Cancer Research (2003, 2004, 2006)
Hong Kong West Cluster and Queen Mary Hospital Outstanding Teams Award for “Gynae-Oncology Team, QMH” (2009)
Best RFCID Poster Presentation Award. Health Research Symposium, organised by Food and Health Bureau, HKSAR (2010)
HKU Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award (2011-2012)
Croucher Senior Medical Research Fellowship (2014-2015)
Fellow of the Academy of Medicine of Malaysia (2014)
Fellow of the Academy of Medicine of Singapore (2015)