鄧惠瓊教授是香港大學婦產科學系名譽臨床教授，是醫學教育表表者，致力推動婦女健康。
鄧教授是從事香港婦女健康科研工作的前驅者，其研究範圍包括婦女在性方面的心理問題，就停經徵狀、骨礦物質密度和華人婦女骨質流失的情況開展長期研究工作，應用中藥治療婦女停經後的毛病，以及預防子宮頸及外陰癌前病變的人類乳頭瘤狀病毒疫苗研究等。
鄧教授畢業於香港大學，獲授内外全科醫學士（1971年）及醫學博士（2006年）學位。她的專業生涯與母校緊緊連繫，並作出重大貢獻。在她擔任港大醫學院院長期間（1998-2001年），鄧教授貫徹其理念：「失敗從不是一個選項」，成功推行了嶄新的醫科課程。
2011年，鄧教授被調任香港大學深圳醫院出任創院院長，致力在内地建立一所實行醫護改革的先導醫院，並且是齊集臨床服務和教研工作的世界級醫院。
鄧教授曾擔任李嘉誠醫學院院務委員會主席，亦是亞洲醫學教育協會創會會長，她同時在香港和海外許多機構肩負領導工作，帶領其發展。她於2005年當選為香港醫學專科學院主席，為醫學專業爭取持續專業發展證書作出了重大貢獻。
鄧教授是香港醫學專科學院院士，新加坡醫學專科學院、愛爾蘭皇家內科醫學院、美國醫師協會、澳洲皇家內科醫學院、香港婦產科學院以及馬來西亞醫學專科學院名譽院士。1991年她獲亞太婦產科聯盟頒授年青科學家獎，2005年獲傑出專業女性及女企業家獎。2017年，鄧教授獲深圳市人民政府提名授予「深圳市榮譽市民」獎，以表彰她對香港大學深圳醫院的傑出貢獻。
鄧教授於2001年獲委任為太平紳士並於2009年獲授銀紫荊星章。
Citation written and delivered by Professor Gabriel LEUNG, Dean of Medicine
’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear sums up many a first impression of the uninitiated of our honorand, yours truly included a score back as a twenty-something-year-old lecturer. Her fearsome outward appearance belies a fierce fair-mindedness and unyielding professionalism that are hallmarks of her leadership style.
And grace my fears reliev’d whenever one runs into trouble because she would invariably bail you out, be it a case of placental rupture in the delivery suite or getting a medical education trial off the ground against a chorus of objections from the senior professoriate.
How precious did that grace appear when the honorand took over responsibility, as dean, to implement the then brand new medical curriculum in 1998, unleashing a wave of similar reforms across many Asian medical campuses. The respect that she commanded for having been a leading light on problem-based learning led to her acclamation as founding chairman of the Asian Medical Education Association.
Thro’ many dangers, toils, and snares just about sums up her tenure in another pioneering initiative of the medical faculty as the first hospital chief executive of HKU-Shenzhen Hospital. With steely determination, she navigated the choppy waters of the Shenzhen River and instigated wholesale operational reforms that overturned decades of entrenched practice, all in the name of the people whose lives we have been entrusted.
The hour I first believ’d that there are some who are naturally blessed with many-splendored fortes was indeed when I came to know our honorand well. Betwixt launching new curricula and hospitals, she managed to summon additional energy taking the helm of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, in an uninterrupted succession line of HKU alumni and faculty. Her talents even extend to the dementia-busting game of mahjong and latterly musical keyboard and singing.
While the President's rallying cry on behalf of the United Nations' "HeforShe" initiative has found echoes in every corner of the campus, I will always remember ’tis grace hath brought me safe thus far since the time she signed my appointment papers that forms a palindromic "SheforHe".
From the Dean of Medicine saluting a former Dean, it remains my honour, Mr Pro-Chancellor, to present "Amazing Grace", Professor Grace Tang Wai King for the Honorary University Fellowship.
