Rate My Professor Timothy Rainer

Professor Timothy Hudson Rainer is the Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine and Department Chairperson in the Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong, appointed on 1st October 2020. He graduated in 1986 from the University of Wales College of Medicine with an intercalated BSc (Hons) in Medical Biochemistry, MBBCh, and later earned his MD from the same institution. His professional qualifications include MRCP (UK), FHKCEM, FHKAM, FRCEM, FRCP, and FIFEM. From 1996 to 2015, Rainer held positions at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Prince of Wales Hospital, serving as Consultant (2003–2015), Chief of Service (2003–2010), and Director of the Accident and Emergency Medicine Academic Unit (2004–2015). He established the Emergency Medicine Academic Unit at Cardiff University School of Medicine (2015–2018) and was Vice-President of the International Federation for Emergency Medicine (2016–2018). Over more than 30 years in clinical and academic emergency medicine, he has developed two Masters of Science programmes, two Postgraduate Diploma programmes, and an intercalated Bachelors of Science programme, supervising and training over 150 postgraduate students including PhD and MD candidates.

Rainer's research specializes in practical, translational studies encompassing clinical and molecular-based diagnostic and risk-stratification markers and pathways, applied haemodynamics, clinical trials, and systems analysis in acute critical illness and injury. He continues to investigate the roles of circulating nucleic acids and non-invasive haemodynamics in acute conditions, with a focus on sepsis, infectious diseases, and stroke. Notable publications include 'Oral Prednisolone in the Treatment of Acute Gout: A Pragmatic, Multicenter, Double-Blind, Randomized Trial' (Ann Intern Med, 2016), 'Plasma DNA as a prognostic marker in trauma patients' (Clin Chem, 2000), 'The spectrum of severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus infection' (Ann Intern Med, 2004), 'Evaluation of the WHO Criteria for identifying Patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Pneumonia Out of Hospital' (BMJ, 2003), and 'Prognostic use of circulating plasma nucleic acid concentrations in patients with acute stroke' (Clin Chem, 2003). His work has contributed to advancements in emergency diagnostics, prognosis, and management.