HKUST president Nancy Ip wins Unesco prize for Alzheimer’s research
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Hong Kong University of Science and Technology president Nancy Ip Yuk-yu received the UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences in Paris on Friday for her neuroscience work enabling earlier diagnosis and better monitoring of Alzheimer's disease.
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Nancy Ip Yuk-yu is president of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and a neuroscientist whose work has advanced understanding of brain function and Alzheimer's disease.
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) president Nancy Ip Yuk-yu has been awarded a United Nations prize for her “outstanding contributions” in neuroscience, which have enabled the earlier diagnosis and better monitoring of Alzheimer’s disease.
Ip was presented with the Unesco-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences on Friday in Paris.
“Dr Nancy Yuk-yu Ip, president of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, is a world-renowned neuroscientist recognised for her outstanding contributions to neuroscience, which have advanced understanding of brain function and Alzheimer’s disease,” Unesco said in a statement.
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