Dr. Howard Chi Ho Yim
Dr Yim is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the MRC. He completed his PhD in infectious diseases and innate immunity at The University of Hong Kong. He studied the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease, infections and type I diabetes when he worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Australia. In 2013, he was awarded the NHMRC Australia-China Exchange Early Career Fellowship. He acts as a Specialist Advisor for the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) of Australian Government. Dr. Yim’s current research focuses on the investigation of the role of gut microbiota in the development of colorectal cancer. He is interested in understanding the pathogenesis of colorectal cancer and identifying the host or microbial factors leading to this disease. He is also interested in studying the role of gut microbiota in regulating other gastrointestinal diseases. The goal of his research is to translate the research outcomes into therapeutic and preventive strategies to tackle or protect against these diseases.