Timothy Rainer is a Clinical Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Emergency Medicine at The University of Hong Kong. Since graduating in 1986 from the University of Wales College of Medicine, he has had senior appointments at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (1996 – 2015), Cardiff University (2015 – 2018) and The University of Hong Kong (2020 – present). At each of these institutions he has established academic emergency medicine facilities.

His practical, translational research includes clinical trials, wet labs and molecular-based diagnostic and risk-stratification markers and pathways in acute illness and injury. He is currently focused on stroke – brain injury, infectious diseases, sepsis and acute kidney injury. He has developed two Masters of Science programmes, two Post-graduate Diploma programmes, an intercalated Bachelor of Science programme, and has supervised and trained over 150 post-graduate PhD/MD/MSc/PgD students. Expertise: Translational Molecular Diagnostics and Prognostics in Emergency Medicine