Projects Funded by External Funding

Date	Funding Scheme	Research Focus	Title	PI/PC
Jan 2024	Strategic Theme Grant/RGC	Psychosocial and cultural aspects of mental health and Behavioral and psychiatric rehabilitation	Integrated innovative artificial intelligence, genomic, and biomedical technologies in healthcare: Objective diagnosis, personalized therapy, and determining the etiology of major mental disorders	Co-PI: Dr Sonata YAU (RS); Co-Is: Dr Jessie LIN (RS) and Dr Georg KRANZ (RS)
Jan 2024	Early Career Scheme - RGC	Psychosocial and cultural aspects of mental health	Effect Conservation in Process Analysis: The Reason, Solution, and Promotion	Dr NG Chi Kit Jacky (APSS)
Nov 2023	Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)	Basic and translational neuroscience of mental health	Digital mindfulness-based eating awareness training for obesity management: A randomised controlled trial	Dr Dalinda Isabel SANCHEZ VIDANA (RS)
Nov 2023	ITF	Psychosocial and cultural aspects of mental health	Mindverse: A Platform for Remote Counselling and Psychoeducational Interventions in the Metaverse	Dr Richard LI (APSS)
Oct 2023	Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)	Behavioral and psychiatric rehabilitation	Intermittent theta-burst stimulation for major depression: an intensity-response study	Dr Georg KRANZ (RS)
Oct 2023	Quality Education Fund - e-Learning Ancillary Facilities Programme	Behavioral and psychiatric rehabilitation	Digital Physical Quotient and Learning Platform	Dr Cynthia LAI (RS) and Prof. Shamay NG (RS)
Sep 2023	The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust	Service use and social policy of mental health	Changing the Trajectory of Children and Youth in Residential Care - Phase One in Small Group Homes	Prof. Eric CHUI (APSS)
Mar 2023	Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)	Behavioral and psychiatric rehabilitation	A mobile application for early detection and symptoms trajectories of postpartum depression using Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA): a prospective cohort validation study	Dr Jessie LIN (RS)
Feb 2023	Phase 2 of the Mental Health Initiatives Funding Scheme of the Health Bureau HKSAR	Behavioral and psychiatric rehabilitation	Enhancing the Mental Health of Carers of Persons with Disabilities with Support Services Delivered by Trained Carer Support Ambassadors	Prof. Hector TSANG (RS)
Feb 2023	Phase 2 of the Mental Health Initiatives Funding Scheme of the Health Bureau HKSAR	Psychosocial and cultural aspects of mental health	Reducing Social Avoidance and Enhancing Prosocial Behaviour among Adolescents with Special Educational Needs	Prof. Sylvia CHEN (APSS)