The Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy at The University of Hong Kong excels in big data- and artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled health and medical research, harnessing large-scale real-world and biomedical data to advance pharmacoepidemiology, medication safety, drug effectiveness, and precision medicine. This line of work integrates population-based electronic health records, multinational databases, omics data, and advanced computational tools to generate actionable insights for clinical practice and public health.

Key integrated research areas include:

• Real-world data-driven pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacovigilance.
• AI and machine learning methodology and applications.
• Real-world data-driven pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacovigilance.
• Big-data-enabled precision and personalized medicine.

This multidisciplinary portfolio positions the department as a leader in data-driven pharmacology, translating vast healthcare datasets and AI innovations into improved therapeutic strategies, enhanced patient outcomes, and policy-relevant evidence in an era of AI and digital health transformation.

Professor Francisco LAI
Assistant Professor

✉ fttlai@hku.hk