Professor Wong is a scholar and specialist in Family Medicine, and a researcher in the field of cancer screening and prevention of chronic diseases. He is currently a Professor and Director of the Centre for Health Education and Health Promotion, Faculty of Medicine, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is also the Associate Head and Dean of Students of the United College, CUHK. He has over 600 publications in international peer-reviewed journals, and has received over 15 international and local research awards for his studies. His expertise of “Colorectal Neoplasm”, “Mass Screening”, “Early Detection of Cancer” ranks in the top 0.055%, 0.095%, and 0.14% in the world, respectively. He ranks as the top number 1 researcher in China in the field of disease screening [from expertscape: https://www.expertscape.com/; on 10/9/2022]. He is a leader of an international research group which is a global organization jointly participated by various Universities in the world. He has been co-chairman of the APRU Global Programme [NCD] for many years. In 2024, he was selected as a “Highly Cited Researcher” by Clarivate, an award which recognizes awardees as the pioneer in his field over the last decade, demonstrating significant and broad influence in one’s field of research.

He is currently the Chairman of the Association of the Pacific Rim Universities, NCD stream; Co-Chairman of the Grant Review Board, Health and Medical Research Fund, the Health Bureau; a member of the Medical Council of Hong Kong and its Education and Accreditation Committee; Editor-in-Chief in the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine; Convener of the Advisory Group on Hong Kong Reference Framework for Care of Diabetes and Hypertension in Primary Care Settings; Convener of the Advisory Group on Hong Kong Reference Framework for Preventive Care for Older Adults in Primary Care Settings; Convener of the Advisory Group on Hong Kong Reference Framework for Preventive Care for Children in Primary Care Settings ; Convener of Hong Kong Reference Framework for Life Course Preventive Care in Primary Healthcare; Convenor of the Hong Kong Reference Framework for common musculoskeletal problems; a member of the Expert Advisory Panel in Implementation Science of the Hong Kong SAR Government, a member of the Research Council of the Food and Health Bureau, and a member of the Health Promoting School Advisory Committee.

He is a reviewer of the Medical Research Council, United Kingdom; expert reviewer of the National Medical Research Council, Singapore; external examiners of doctoral thesis in the University of Malaya; and an external reviewer of the Public Policy Research Funding Scheme, Research Grant Council of Hong Kong. His enthusiasm to teaching has been well received by students and has been selected for the “Master Teacher” and the “Annual Teacher of the Year Award” for 7 years.

In 2016, he was conferred an Honorary Fellow by the Hong Kong Academy of Nursing to recognise his achievements in the profession and contributions to primary care. He has served as Editor of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine since December 2016; a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology; a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology; a Fellow and expert panel of the Academy of Translational Medicine, European Society of Translational Medicine; a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health in 2018; and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 2019. He was appointed as an Adjunct Professor of Peking Union Medical College in March 2019; Adjunct Professor of Global Health by Peking University; and Adjunct Professor of Public Health, Fudan University.