The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)’s Faculty of Medicine (CU Medicine) hosted the annual meeting of the Asia Pacific Academic Primary Care Group (AAPCG) on 11 July 2025. The meeting gathered more than 30 primary care scholars from leading universities across the region, both in person and online, to exchange research updates, reinforce collaborative partnerships, and forge strategies for the group’s future development.
The full-day event was highlighted by the keynote speeches delivered by Professor Andrew Farmer, Professor of General Practice at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Science, University of Oxford, and Professor Martin Roland, Emeritus Professor of Health Services Research at the Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge on the topics of “Digital Technology of Primary Care” and “Measuring Quality in Healthcare: Challenges and the Road Ahead” respectively.
Scholars from AAPCG, including Dr. Regina Sit, Associate Professor (Clinical) at JCSPHPC, Dr. Sabrina Wong, Assistant Professor (Clinical Practice) at Nanyang Technological University, Dr. Eric Lee, Associate Professor (Clinical) at JCSPHPC, and Dr. Wei Leik Ng, senior lecturer at Universiti Malaya, followed to share the latest developments of their research projects in various areas of primary care. Professor Benjamin Yip, Associate Professor at JCSPHPC, provided a cost-effective analysis workshop for the AAPCG scholars, while the academic leads convened to steer the direction of the Group’s major developments, including the nurturing of young talents and efficient information sharing.
Initiated in 2017 and inaugurated in 2018, AAPCG is a regional network of academic and research leaders in primary care who share similar research interests in healthcare challenges faced by the populations in the Asia Pacific. AAPCG members consist of scholars from nine universities across the region, including Fudan University, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the University of Hong Kong, Universiti Malaya, Universiti Putra Malaysia, the National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Duke-NUS Medical School, and the University of Melbourne. AAPCG aspires to develop primary care research capacity through mentorship, collaboration, and the sharing of data, best practices, and expertise.
