RISA People

Prof. Chun Liang HSU is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). He is honored as the Kuok Group Young Scholar in Ageing and Neuroimaging and the Presidential Young Scholar. He obtained the Bachelor of Science, Master of Science in Rehabilitation Science and Doctor of Philosophy in Rehabilitation Science at the University of British Columbia.

Prof. Hsu has the research interests of understanding the underlying neural basis of functional impairments and its relationship with cognition and mobility among ageing clinical populations. He applies advanced neuroimaging techniques and CNS-related interventions to study the cognitive function and mobility of clinical populations. He has over 50 ageing-related publications in international journals such as British Journal of Sports Medicine, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, Gerontology Medical Sciences. He is also as an Associate Editor in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. Besides, he has conducted ageing-related research projects and received competitive grants from funders such as Canadian Institute for Health Research and Mitacs. 

By joining RISA, Prof. Hsu endeavors to establish synergetic and multidisciplinary collaborations in ageing-related research, generate innovations and thus promote health ageing in local and global context. 

• Bachelor of Science, University of British Columbia
• Master of Science in Rehabilitation Sciences, University of British Columbia
• Doctor of Philosophy in Rehabilitation Sciences, University of British Columbia

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Mitacs Elevate, University of British Columbia
• Postdoctoral Fellow, CIHR- Institute for Aging Research, Harvard Medical School