Vincent W.S. Leung

Hong Kong (SAR) China

Biography

Dr LEUNG Wan-shun Vincent is an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Department of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is also an Honorary Consultant (Therapeutic Radiographer) in the Department of Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital of Hong Kong. He has worked for over ten years as a Radiation Therapist (RT) at Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong. His areas of clinical expertise include radiotherapy dosimetry, planning, treatment delivery, simulation and mould making. He has joined the Hong Kong Polytechnic University since 2018 and is now responsible for teaching undergraduate programme in Radiography, and master degree programmes in Medical Physics, Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences. Dr LEUNG is actively developing new teaching pedagogies in online virtual teaching, clinical blended learning and emotional intelligence training. He has received two HTI Teaching Awards (Individual & Team) in 2021 for his teaching achievements. Dr LEUNG completed his PhD specializing in a topic related to Radiation Therapy dosimetry and model building. His research interests include radiation therapy dosimetry, bioinformatics and clinical trials related to patient management in radiotherapy. Dr LEUNG is an awardee of the 2020 HMRF Research Fellowship Scheme. He was invited to be a Visiting Research Scholar at Duke University in 2021 - 2022. Dr LEUNG is elected as the chairman of the Hong Kong Association of Radiation Therapists (2021-2023), in which he has been serving as an Academic Convenor since 2011. He took part in organizing conferences and scientific meetings for radiographers and radiation therapists in the Asia-Australasia region, using online virtual and hybrid format.