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    The Big Picture in Laboratory Diagnostics

    7min
    Justus Krüger
    Published on July 26, 2019
    Rossa Chiu, Professor of Chemical Pathology, Associate Dean (Development), Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong

    My interest has always been the process by which we reverse-deduce what is happening with the patient.

    Rossa Chiu, Professor of Chemical Pathology, Associate Dean (Development), Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Collaboration between medical disciplines contributes to a more comprehensive picture of the patient.

    Rossa Chiu paints a bigger picture of the collaboration between the different diagnostic and therapeutic specialties.

    Rossa Chiu, Professor of Chemical Pathology, Associate Dean (Development), Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong

    If we can utilize data to adopt preventive medicine, I hope we will increasingly be able to keep patients out of hospitals. So hopefully a lot of healthcare would happen in the community rather than in the hospital.

    Rossa Chiu, Professor of Chemical Pathology, Associate Dean (Development), Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Rossa Chiu, Professor of Chemical Pathology, Associate Dean (Development), Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Instead of having diagnostic research and therapeutic research competing against each other, they are actually complementary.

    Rossa Chiu, Professor of Chemical Pathology, Associate Dean (Development), Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Companion diagnostics brings diagnostic and therapeutic research closer together.
    Rossa Chiu, Professor of Chemical Pathology, Associate Dean (Development), Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Rossa Chiu, Professor of Chemical Pathology, Associate Dean (Development), Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong
    By Justus Krüger
    Based in Hong Kong, independent journalist Justus Krueger is a frequent contributor to Stern, Berliner Zeitung, Spiegel, NZZ, and many other publications. His experience as writer extends to business, society, health, and technology.