Date |
Funding Scheme |
Research Focus |
Title |
PI/PC |
Jan 2024 |
MHRC 3rd Mini-seed Fund Scheme |
Psychosocial and cultural aspects of mental health |
Combating the “Depressing” Facebook and Instagram: Examining the Influence of Zero-Sum vs. Win-Win Belief on Social Media-Induced Depression |
Dr Jacky NG (APSS) |
Jan 2024 |
MHRC 3rd Mini-seed Fund Scheme |
Basic and translational neuroscience of mental health and Neuroimaging studies and innovative cognitive rehabilitation of mental disorders |
Dissecting the neural circuit dysfunction of avolition between effortful responses motivated by present vs future affective outcomes in people with schizophrenia by fMRI |
Dr HSU Chun Liang (RS) |
Jan 2024 |
MHRC 3rd Mini-seed Fund Scheme |
Behavioral and psychiatric rehabilitation |
Feasibility of an integrative treatment of brain stimulation and exercise on cognitive function in schizophrenia: A pilot randomized controlled trial |
Dr Jessie LIN (RS) |
Jan 2024 |
MHRC 3rd Mini-seed Fund Scheme |
Neuroimaging studies and innovative cognitive rehabilitation of mental disorders Behavioral and psychiatric rehabilitation |
Intra- and interindividual moderators of prefrontal excitability investigated using simultaneous TMS with neuroimaging |
Dr Georg KRANZ (RS) |
Jan 2024 |
MHRC 3rd Mini-seed Fund Scheme |
Psychosocial and Cultural Aspects of Mental Health |
Leveraging Urban Greenery's Therapeutic Effects to Mitigate Illness Anxiety Disorder by Calming the Hypervigilance of Behavioral Immune System |
Dr Mac MA (APSS) |
Jan 2024 |
MHRC 3rd Mini-seed Fund Scheme |
Basic and translational neuroscience of mental health |
Potential role of SPARCL1 as rejuvenating mediator for the pro-cognitive effects of physical exercise in ageing brains |
Dr Sonata YAU (RS) |
Jan 2024 |
MHRC 3rd Mini-seed Fund Scheme |
Behavioral and psychiatric rehabilitation |
To understand or experience mindfulness? Investigating the "mind" effect of Baduanjin (health qigong) for stress management in comparison with hatha yoga and movements with explicit mindfulness training |
Dr Erin LU (RS) |
Jan 2024 |
MHRC 3rd Mini-seed Fund Scheme |
Psychosocial and Cultural Aspects of Mental Health |
What should the nature of mindfulness be? Investigating the relative effect of discerning and nonjudging mindfulness on nonattachment and mental health. |
Dr Ben YU (APSS) |
Mar 2022 |
MHRC Seed Fund Scheme |
Basic and translational neuroscience of mental health |
Dissecting linkage between sarcopenia and depression from molecular mechanisms to prediction, prevention and rehabilitation: a novel role of myokine apelin in muscle-brain crosstalk |
Dr Sonata YAU (RS) |
Jun 2022 |
MHRC 2nd Mini-seed Fund Scheme |
Psychosocial and cultural aspects of mental health |
Anxiety associated with climate change: Testing an integrated model of climate anxiety |
Dr William CHAN (APSS) |