Summary CV
| Name: | Gillian Kew | |
| Date of Birth: | 3/5/1959 | |
| Address: | 7A, Begonia Court, World Wide Gardens, Tai Wai, NT, Hong Kong |
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| Telephone: | (852) 2603-5829 / 9231-1724 | |
| E-mail: | ||
| Professional Qualifications: | ||
| State Registered Nurse (SRN); Registered Mental Nurse (RMN) Bachelor of Arts (General Studies) - Open University of Hong Kong Master of Arts (Gender Studies) Chinese University of Hong Kong |
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| Nursing Experience – brief review: | ||
| General | Staff Nurse (Gynaecology and Intensive Care) | |
| Psychiatric | Staff Nurse in Acute Psychiatry and Psychogeriatric Nursing Acting Sister in Psychogeriatric Nursing |
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| Brief Review of Editing experience: | ||
| Copy Editor | 4 years (1992-1996) at WINDOW Magazine (bi-lingual news-magazine) | |
| Freelance Editor | Academic, medical and scientific papers since 1986. Experienced in a wide variety of academic disciplines and specializing in medical and related texts. Clients include major universities and teaching hospitals in Hong Kong, and international academic authors. | |
| Examples of recent editing work: | ||
| MPhil & PhD theses | Medical Sciences; Nursing; History; Music; Business and Marketing | |
| Research papers | Neurosciences; Geographic Sciences, Political Science; Nursing | |
| Books | Settling in and Finding Out – the CUWO Guide to Local living History of Hong Kong Neurosurgery “Shopping for Allies” – Taiwan’s Foreign Policy towards Eastern Europe “Control + Shift - Public and Private Usages of the Russian Internet” |
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| Course materials | Health education course materials for secondary students. Video Script for Chinese University of Hong Kong Health Centre. |
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| Voluntary positions in Hong Kong: | ||
| 1987 to 1990 | Librarian - Bookworms Children’s Library, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) | |
| 1999 to 2000 | Secretary; Student Internet Association, Open University of Hong Kong | |
| 1987 to 1996 | Secretary; Campus Community News (CCN), CUHK | |
| 1991 to 1994 | Secretary; Chinese University Women’s Organization (CUWO), CUHK | |
| 1993 to 1998 | Publicity Director, CUWO, CUHK | |
| 1994 to 1997 | Chairperson, CUWO, CUHK | |
| 1998 to 2000 | Activities Coordinator, CUWO, CUHK | |
| Current | Advisor, ex-officio, CUWO, CUHK (Since 2000) Writer (Since 1986) and Chief Editor (Since 2006), CCN, CUHK Editor (Since 2009), Friends of the Art Museum, The CUHK |
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| Personal information: | ||
| I am married with three children (all now grown). I am an avid reader and have read extensively in the area of political science, international studies (the primary focus of my arts degree) and nutritional sciences. My hobbies include volunteer work, personal healthcare activities and more reading. I also work as a personal consultant for Cambridge Weight Plan (HK) in my spare time. | ||
