The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is committed to promoting interdisciplinary research and transforming scientific achievements into impactful inventions to meet the rapidly changing demands in areas such as healthcare. 16 PolyU projects have received support from the Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF) in its latest funding exercise, with a total funding amount of HK$14.3 million. These projects cover various research areas related to health technology and biomedical engineering, showcasing PolyU’s interdisciplinary proficiency in medical and healthcare research.
The funded projects span multiple disciplines, including nursing care, rehabilitation sciences, health technology and informatics, optometry, biomedical engineering, and biology and chemical technology. They have developed innovative solutions to address the ever-evolving global healthcare challenges, aiming not only to benefit individuals’ physical health but also to take into account the overall well-being of patients, medical professionals and caregivers.
In the field of nursing, PolyU’s funded projects are diverse. Research topics include music-with-movement training for people with cognitive frailty, mountain craft training to improve the psychological well-being of children with cancer, mindfulness-based intervention for caregivers of people with dementia, as well as robot-mediated interactive intervention for the elderly living alone.
Health technology and informatics research focuses on improving disease diagnosis and management by integrating advanced technology and artificial intelligence (AI). The projects cover various areas, including thyroid dysfunctions, the transmission of foodborne antimicrobial resistance in Hong Kong, type 2 diabetes, early-pregnancy prediction of preeclampsia and an AI-empowered pulmonary perfusion imaging technique for lung cancer.
In rehabilitation sciences, the funded projects explore topics including diabetic management, online exercise programmes for older people with chronic low back pain, addressing insomnia in the older population, and specific dance intervention to reduce the risk of falls in older adults. The research outcomes intend to help overcome the pressing healthcare challenges brought on by a rapidly ageing population.
Projects in other health science and engineering areas also encompass a wide range of pioneering research and invention, involving drug development for biofilm infections, biosensors for dysphagia screening, myopia control for school children and more. For more details about the 16 PolyU projects funded by HMRF, please refer to the Appendix.
Established by the Health Bureau in 2011, the HMRF aims to build research capacity and to encourage, facilitate and support health and medical research to inform health policies, improve population health, strengthen the health system, enhance healthcare practices, advance the standard and quality of care, and promote clinical excellence, through the generation and application of evidence-based scientific knowledge in health and medicine. In addition to health and medical research, the HMRF also provides support for health promotion projects, research infrastructure and research capacity building initiatives.
The funded projects span multiple disciplines, including nursing care, rehabilitation sciences, health technology and informatics, optometry, biomedical engineering, and biology and chemical technology. They have developed innovative solutions to address the ever-evolving global healthcare challenges, aiming not only to benefit individuals’ physical health but also to take into account the overall well-being of patients, medical professionals and caregivers.
In the field of nursing, PolyU’s funded projects are diverse. Research topics include music-with-movement training for people with cognitive frailty, mountain craft training to improve the psychological well-being of children with cancer, mindfulness-based intervention for caregivers of people with dementia, as well as robot-mediated interactive intervention for the elderly living alone.
Health technology and informatics research focuses on improving disease diagnosis and management by integrating advanced technology and artificial intelligence (AI). The projects cover various areas, including thyroid dysfunctions, the transmission of foodborne antimicrobial resistance in Hong Kong, type 2 diabetes, early-pregnancy prediction of preeclampsia and an AI-empowered pulmonary perfusion imaging technique for lung cancer.
In rehabilitation sciences, the funded projects explore topics including diabetic management, online exercise programmes for older people with chronic low back pain, addressing insomnia in the older population, and specific dance intervention to reduce the risk of falls in older adults. The research outcomes intend to help overcome the pressing healthcare challenges brought on by a rapidly ageing population.
Projects in other health science and engineering areas also encompass a wide range of pioneering research and invention, involving drug development for biofilm infections, biosensors for dysphagia screening, myopia control for school children and more. For more details about the 16 PolyU projects funded by HMRF, please refer to the Appendix.
Established by the Health Bureau in 2011, the HMRF aims to build research capacity and to encourage, facilitate and support health and medical research to inform health policies, improve population health, strengthen the health system, enhance healthcare practices, advance the standard and quality of care, and promote clinical excellence, through the generation and application of evidence-based scientific knowledge in health and medicine. In addition to health and medical research, the HMRF also provides support for health promotion projects, research infrastructure and research capacity building initiatives.
