Professor Beng Chong

Professor Beng Hock Chong, MBBS (Malaya), PhD(Sydney), FRCP, FRACP, FRCPA.

Professor Chong graduated with MBBS from the University of Malaya in 1972, and subsequently completed a PhD in Medicine at the University of Sydney in 1987.

He has dual specialist qualifications in Clinical Haematology /Internal Medicine (FRACP) and Pathology (Laboratory Haematology) and over the past 20 years he has built up a program of research in Thrombosis and Haemostasis, with a focus on both basic science and clinical aspects of platelets (basic research: gene regulation of platelet production from marrow stem cells; translation / clinical research: mechanisms, diagnosis and treatment of immune platelet disorders).

He currently holds over $3 million per annum in NHMRC Program (shared with other investigators) and ARC grants, as well as $200,000 in other grant funding. Professor Chong has 136 publications in peer-reviewed journals, book/book chapters and invited reviews and has served on the editorial board of the Journal of Thrombosis and Hemostasis (2001-2003) and Thrombosis and Haemostasis (1997-2001).

In addition, Professor Chong has served on various boards and committees (past and present), including –

• Foundation President, Australasian Society of Thrombosis & Haemostasis (1995-1997);
• Chair, Scientific and Standardisation Committee Meeting (2005),
• Chairman, Platelet Immunology Subcommittee (2001-2004), & Co-Chair, Platelet Immunology Subcommittee (1997-2001, 2004- present), of the International Society on Thrombosis & Haemostasis (ISTH);
• Member, Organizing Committee, ISTH Congress, Sydney August 6-12, 2005; Member, Haemophilia Advisory Council, NSW Health (1998-2001);
• Member of Scientific Advisory Committee and Publication Committee (2002-present),
• International Medical Prevention Registry on Venous Thromboembolism, based at the Centre for Outcomes Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA; Member of Australia and NZ Experts Working Party on Prevention and Treatment on Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) (national VTE treatment guidelines),
• International Experts Panel on Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP).

He has served on the Grant Review and Interviewing panel for NH&MRC (1992) and has been a reviewer of research grants for NHMRC, National Heart Foundation, NSW Cancer Council, and other Funding bodies overseas.

Professor Chong is frequently invited to speak on his research at international and national scientific meetings, hospitals, universities and research institutes in USA, Europe and Asia including visiting professorships at universities overseas. His other research interests include epidemiology and clinical trials of novel therapies for thrombotic and bleeding disorders, in particular Deep Vein Thrombosis, Pulmonary Embolism and ITP.