Primary Health Care

Primary Health Care

About the Theme

Members

Ongoing Research Students

Externally Funded Projects

The Primary Health Care (PHC) area of excellence aims at producing impactful researches in the field of primary healthcare through the use of interdisciplinary approaches and cutting-edge technologies. The PHC members focus on identifying vulnerable, high-risk populations and those with potential and early signs of illness, promoting patient empowerment and self-management to maintain optimal health for chronic conditions, and encouraging healthy lifestyle (such as vaccination, exercise, and smoking cessation). With a diverse range of backgrounds, including nursing, public health, engineering, and collaborators from varied disciplines, the PHC members bring a unique perspective to managing health problems, utilizing AI and other advanced technologies to improve health and healthcare for people in the community setting.

Members

Members	Position
Prof. Frances WONG	Co-Leader Chair Professor of Advanced Nursing Practice & Associate Dean (FHSS)
Dr Lin YANG	Co-Leader Associate Professor
Prof. Harry QIN	Professor
Dr Kin CHEUNG	Associate Professor
Dr Janice HO	Associate Professor
Dr Yim Wah MAK	Associate Professor
Dr Vivian NGAI	Associate Professor
Dr Margaret O’DONOGHUE	Associate Professor
Dr Arkers WONG	Associate Professor
Dr Grace XIE	Associate Professor
Dr Vivian HUI	Assistant Professor
Dr Jonathan BAYUO	Research Assistant Professor
Dr Tommy HUNG	Assistant Professor of Practice

Ongoing Research Students

	Position	Office	Contact No.	Email
Mei Chi Jacqueline HO	PhD Student (Part-time)			mc-jacq.ho@connect.polyu.hk
Yeung Yuk KWOK	PhD Student			wilson-yy.kwok@connect.polyu.hk
Ruize CUI	PhD Student	FJ510	+852 2766 4419	ruize.cui@connect.polyu.hk
Bingchen GAO	PhD Student	AG108	+852 3400 2573	bingchen.gao@connect.polyu.hk
Bohan ZHANG	PhD Student	GH168	+852 3400 8169	bohan.zhang@connect.polyu.hk
Yidan FENG	PhD Student	FJ510	+852 2766 6399	yidan.feng@connect.polyu.hk
Reta Tsegaye GAYESA	PhD Student	GH168	+852 3400 8164	reta-tsegaye.gayesa@connect.polyu.hk
Yiliang CHEN	MPhil Student	AG107	+852 2766 6399	yiliang.chen@connect.polyu.hk
Shuya LU	PhD Student (Part-time)			shuya.lu@connect.polyu.hk
Long Ben TIAN	PhD Student (Part-time)			longben.tian@connect.polyu.hk
Xudong KANG	PhD Student (Part-time)			xudong.kang@connect.polyu.hk
Sen DENG	PhD Student	AG108	+852 2766 6394	sendy.deng@connect.polyu.hk
Qingling YANG	PhD Student	GH168	+852 3400 2571	qingl.yang@connect.polyu.hk
Yan ZHANG	PhD Student	A133		yan-belinda.zhang@connect.polyu.hk
Lebeza Alemu TENAW	PhD Student	A133		lebeza.tenaw@connect.polyu.hk
Jun ZHOU	PhD Student	AG108		zachary-jun.zhou@connect.polyu.hk
Jiqiao LU	PhD Student (Part-time)	GH168		jq-george.lu@connect.polyu.hk
Yan ZOU	PhD Student	GH194		yancy.zou@connect.polyu.hk
Chenyu LIAN	PhD Student	AG108		chenyu.lian@connect.polyu.hk
Yijing CHEN	PhD Student	AG108		yijing20.chen@connect.polyu.hk
Xinyu FENG	PhD Student	GH195		xinyu211.feng@connect.polyu.hk
Mingyu CHEN	PhD Student	A131		mingyu.chen@connect.polyu.hk

Externally Funded Projects

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中醫糖尿病個人管理教育方案建構及初步試驗

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yuen Shan HO
Co-I: Dr Wing Fai YEUNG, Mr Hon Fat WONG, Dr Ka Pik Katherine CHANG, Dr Kin CHEUNG, Dr Ka Hei Kenneth LO, Ms Shuk Yee HUNG, Ms Suet Yin LO
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Chinese Medicine Development Fund - Industry Support Programme
Total Grant: HK$1,138,920
Commencement Date: 1-Aug-24

太極與針灸預防陣發性偏頭痛之效果比較及對腦白質微結構變化的作用：一項非劣效性單盲隨機對照試驗

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yaojie XIE
Co-I: Dr Wing Fai YEUNG, Prof. Jing QIN, Dr Yuen Shan HO, Dr Xiaoli LIAO, Dr Xiangyan CHEN, Dr Yang Gao, Prof. Sai-chuen Stanley Hui
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Chinese Medicine Development Fund - Industry Support Programme
Total Grant: HK$1,677,412
Commencement Date: 1-Aug-24

Promoting self-management behaviours among older adults with diabetes mellitus by integrating Just-In-Time Adaptive Interventions in mobile health applications: A randomized controlled trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Kwan Ching WONG
Co-I: Prof. Jing QIN, Prof. Kam Yuet WONG, Dr Jinxiao LIAN, Dr Jimi Huh, Dr Paul Hong Lee, Ms Peggy Bo Bo Cheng, Prof. Martin Chi Sang Wong
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Health and Medical Research Fund – Research Fellowship Scheme
Total Grant: HK$1,196,500
Commencement Date: 1-Mar-24

CMR++: A Software Toolkit for High-Fidelity and Fast 4D Cardiac Cine MRI Reconstruction and Quantification via Advanced Diffusion Models

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof Jing QIN
Co-I: Dr Jun LYU, Prof. Jing CAI

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Innovation and Technology Fund - Innovation and Technology Support Programme (ITF-ITSP)
Total Grant: HK$ 1,398,400
Commencement Date: 1-Jan-24

‘Normal birth’: Perceptions of women, partners, midwives and obstetricians in Hong Kong

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Fei Wan NGAI
Co-I: Dr Yim Wah MAK, Dr Wing Cheong LEUNG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund
Total Grant: HK$ 722,700
Commencement Date: 1-Jan-24

Effectiveness of social virtual-reality on enhancing social interaction skills in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a three-arm pilot randomized controlled trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Jing QIN
Co-I: Dr Yaojie XIE, Dr Yan LI, Dr Chen LI, Dr Yuen Yi Cynthia LAI

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)
Total Grant: HK$ 498,676
Commencement Date: 1-Oct-23

Investigation of electroacupuncture as paramedicine to alleviate cognitive impairment in depression: a pre-clinical study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yuen Shan HO
Co-I: Dr Wing Fai YEUNG, Dr Suk Yu YAU, Dr Raymond Chuen-Chung CHANG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)
Total Grant: HK$1,188,760
Commencement Date: 1-Sep-23

A feasibility study of an mHealth-based healthcare professional-lay health worker partnership program (mHLPP) among community-dwelling impoverished older adults

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Kwan Ching WONG
Co-I: Prof. KamYuet WONG, Dr Jed Ray Gengoba MONTAYRE, Dr Jinxiao LIAN, Dr Ka Yan HO, Dr Kin CHEUNG, Dr Jonathan BAYUO

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Li Ka Shing Foundation
Total Grant: HK$ 11,153,650
Commencement Date: 1-Sep-23

Migration Motivation and Transition Experiences of African Migrant Nurses Working in Europe, Americas, and Australasia: A Mixed-Method Study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr BAYUO Jonathan
Co-I: Dr WONG Kwan Ching, Prof. WONG Kam Yuet

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Sigma Small Grants
Total Grant: HK$ 56,700.87
Commencement Date: 1-Jun-23

Peer support virtual reality-based intervention for AD/HD carers - stress relieving and empathy improving programme

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Jing QIN
Co-I: Dr Yuen Yi Cynthia LAI

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Mental Health Initiatives Funding Scheme
Total Grant: HK$1,975,044
Commencement Date: 15-May-23

Effects of a Video-based Gaming Intervention on Psychosocial Outcomes for Homebound Older Adults: A Pilot Feasibility Study

Investigators Name:
Rep. Co-PI / PC: Dr Kwan Ching WONG
Co-PI: Dr Jonathan BAYUO
Co-I: Prof. Kam Yuet WONG, Ms Kit Sum Karen CHOW

Funding Scheme/Source of Funding: NICHE Research Grant
Total Grant: HK$83,139
Commencement Date: 1-Mar-23

跨專業基層治療膝痺症方案構建研究

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Kwan Ching WONG
Co-I: Dr Huilin CHENG, Dr Yuen Shan HO, Dr Ka Chung Wai, Mr David Chi Ho Lau, Mr Siu Man Wong, Prof. Sheung Mei Shamay NG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Chinese Medicine Development Fund - Industry Support Programme
Total Grant: HK$525,100
Commencement Date: 1-Feb-23

Jockey Club Men’s Space: Development of clinical protocol and related training, and Project Evaluation

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yim Wah MAK
Co-I: Dr Wing Ka Grace HO, Dr Sau Fong LEUNG, Dr Yin Ping LEUNG, Prof. Kam Yuet WONG
Collaborator: Mr Kwok-kai Benson CHAN, Mr Stephen Wong

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Jockey Club Men's Space
Total Grant: HK$1,000,000
Commencement Date: 1-Feb-23

* Institute of Medical Intelligence and XR

Investigators Name:
Rep. Co-PI / PC: Prof. Pheng Ann Heng
Co-PI: Dr Jing QIN, Prof. Kup Sze CHOI, Prof. Ho Keung David SHUM

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: RGC Theme-based Research Scheme
Total Grant: HK$3,869,873
Commencement Date: 1-Jan-23

* Child project of ‘Institute of Medical Intelligence and XR’ (PC: Prof Pheng Ann Heng).

Tai Chi for the prophylaxis of episodic migraine: the efficacy examination and mechanism exploration

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yaojie XIE
Co-I: Dr Xiangyan CHEN, Dr Gemma Yang Gao, Dr Stefanos TYROVOLAS, Dr Wing Fai YEUNG, Prof. Stanley Sai-chuen HUI, Prof. Alexander Yuk-lun Lau

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund
Total Grant: HK$1,227,648
Commencement Date: 1-Jan-23

Improving post-acute stroke follow-up care by adopting telecare consultations in a nurse-led clinic during COVID-19 and beyond: A hybrid type 2 implementation-effectiveness randomized trial.

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Kwan Ching WONG
Co-I: Dr Yin Ping LEUNG, Dr Jinxiao LIAN, Dr Calvin Hoi Kwan Mak, Dr Danny Wah Kun Tong, Mr Man King Kwong, Ms Wai Yan Kwok, Ms Wah Chun Li, Prof. Kam Yuet WONG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)
Total Grant: HK$1,500,000
Commencement Date: 1-Oct-22

基于增强现实的智能精准颧种植手术计划及术中引导关键技术研究

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Jing QIN
Co-I: Prof. Kup Sze CHOI

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Innovation and Technology Fund - Guangdong-Hong Kong Technology Cooperation Funding Scheme (ITF-TCFS)
Total Grant: HK$1,198,200
Commencement Date: 1-Sep-22

面向臨床應用的AI驅動嬰兒先心病診斷系統 Clinically Applicable AI-empowered System for Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disease in Infants

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Jing QIN
Co-I: Prof. PW Alex LEE, Prof. Tin Cheung YING

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Innovation and Technology Fund - Guangdong-Hong Kong Technology Cooperation Funding Scheme (ITF-TCFS)

Total Grant: HK$2,098,600

Commencement Date: 1-Jul-22

Development and Evaluation of an Online Multidimensional Musculoskeletal Health Promotion Program for Low-skilled Workers in the Low-Income Community in Covid-19 Pandemic Situation: A Feasibility Study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Kin CHEUNG
Co-I: Dr Mun Yee Mimi TSE, Mr Siu Kan LEE, Mr Kwan Wai MUI

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: 護協專業發展基金
Total Grant: HK$40,000
Commencement Date: 1-May-22

Health and social needs of persons living in subdivided units: A mixed-method study

Investigators Name:
Rep. Co-PI / PC: Dr Kwan Ching WONG
Co-PI: Dr Kin CHEUNG
Co-I: Mr Wai Mui Kwan, Mr Kelvin Lee, Prof. Kam Yuet WONG
Member: Mr Jonathan BAYUO

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: NICHE Research Grant
Total Grant: HK$120,000
Commencement Date: 1-Feb-22

The effect of a father-involvement breastfeeding telephone support intervention on exclusive and sustained breastfeeding: A randomized controlled trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Fei Wan NGAI
Co-I: Ms Pui Sze CHAN, Ms Chi Oi Christine LAM

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)

Total Grant: HK$1,235,540

Commencement Date: 29-Jan-22

Adopting a health-social partnership program to promote health and self-care management among older adults in the community: an effectiveness-implementation hybrid design

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Kam Yuet WONG
Co-I: Dr Kwan Ching WONG, Dr Ka WU, Ms Karen Kit-sum CHOW, Prof. Martin Chi-sang WONG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)
Total Grant: HK$1,499,960
Commencement Date: 2-Jan-22

Outcomes of a Risk Assessment and Management Program using telecare consultation among patients with diabetes mellitus in general out-patient clinic: A hybrid effectiveness-implementation study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Kwan Ching WONG
Co-I: Dr Man Li CHAN, Dr Tsun Kit CHU, Dr Hong LEE, Dr Jun LIANG, Dr Jinxiao LIAN, Dr Cheuk Wai LO, Dr Danny Wah Kun TANG, Prof. Kam Yuet WONG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)
Total Grant: HK$1,496,704
Commencement Date: 2-Jan-22

Virtual/Augmented Reality Based Planning and Intraoperative Guidance for Precise Laparoscopic Cystectomy via Advanced Human-in-the-loop Image Segmentation, Visualization, and Registration Techniques

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Jing QIN
Co-I: Prof. Kup Sze CHOI, Prof. Jeremy Yuen Chun TEOH

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$848,393

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-22

基於先進深度學習和計算流體力學的個體化腹主動脈瘤破裂風險評估的研究

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Jing QIN

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Innovation and Technology Fund - Mainland-Hong Kong Joint Funding Scheme (ITF-MHKJFS)
Total Grant: HK$2,048,600
Commencement Date: 1-Dec-21

樂齡NET 叻 GO

Investigators Name:
Rep. Co-PI / PC: Dr Kwan Ching WONG
Co-PI: Mr Siu Man Wong
Co-I: Ms Nok Sum Kong, Ms Ka Wing Lam, Ms Po Bonnie Wong, Ms Hiu Hung Vicky Yuen, Ms Shun Ngo Yu

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: The Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund
Total Grant: HK$300,000
Commencement Date: 8-Nov-21

An Automated Urine Cytopathology Reporting System via Advanced Deep Learning Models Driven by Both Data and Human Knowledge

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Jing QIN
Co-I: Dr Cheong-Kin CHAN, Prof. Yuen-Chun TEOH

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Innovation and Technology Fund - Innovation and Technology Support Programme (ITF-ITSP)
Total Grant: HK$2,475,760
Commencement Date: 1-Nov-21

* AID (Assistance, Improvement, Development; 互助互進，齊心抗疫)): A community-based participatory research approach promoting the early detection of, and vaccination against, COVID-19 and enhancing the adoption of self-protective measures in HK

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yaojie XIE
Co-I: Dr Kin CHEUNG, Dr Yan LI, Dr Kit Hang SIU, Dr Lin YANG, Dr Qingpeng ZHANG, Prof. Yee Man Angela LEUNG, Prof. Alexandros MOLASIOTIS

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: HMRF- Commissioned Research on COVID-19
Total Grant: HK$6,260,600
Commencement Date: 1-Nov-21

* Child project of 'A community-based participatory research approach to reduce the COVID-19 risk in Hong Kong: developing and testing social and behavioural interventions' (PI: Prof. Yee Man Angela LEUNG).

* An artificial intelligence based digital contact tracing platform for COVID-19 outbreaks

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Lin YANG
Co-I: Dr Lasm Chloe CHAN, Dr Daihai HE, Dr Man Hin LAM, Dr Yat Wa Justina LIU, Dr Yan LI, Dr Kit Hang SIU, Dr Stefanos TYROVOLAS, Dr Yaojie XIE, Prof. Man Sing WONG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: HMRF- Commissioned Research on COVID-19
Total Grant: HK$4,000,600
Commencement Date: 1-Oct-21

* Child project of 'The 3P (Prevention, Protection and Promotion) approach as a novel and effective strategy to prevent infection and enhance recovery in individuals with COVID-19' (PI: Prof. Ho Keung David SHUM).

Cardiac-Flow: A Precise yet Super-Efficient Diagnosis System for Coronary Artery Disease Based on Deep Learning and Computational Fluid Dynamics

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Jing QIN
Co-I: Dr Qi DOU, Dr Ming Yen NG, Prof. Jing CAI, Prof. Qiang XU
Member: Prof. Xiao KE, Prof. Xiaopei LIU, Prof. Ruqiong NIE

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Innovation and Technology Fund - Midstream Research Programme for Universities (ITF-MRP)

Total Grant: HK$5,655,100

Commencement Date: 1-Jun-21

Effects of a Nurse-led transitional burns rehabilitation programme (4Cs-TBuRP) for adult burn survivors: A randomised controlled trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Kam Yuet WONG
Co-I: Mr Jonathan BAYUO
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Sigma Small Grants
Total Grant: HK$55,824
Commencement Date: 1-Jun-21

Effects of mHealth on promoting self-care health management among older adults in the community: A 3-arm randomized controlled trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Kwan Ching WONG
Co-I: Mr Siu Man WONG, Ms Kit Sum Karen CHOW, Prof. Kam Yuet WONG
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: NICHE Research Grant
Total Grant: HK$169,266
Commencement Date: 4-Jan-21

香港中醫醫院中醫護理培訓研究

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yuen Shan HO
Co-I: Dr Cheuk Wing AU, Dr Huilin CHENG, Dr Cheuk Chi Teris CHEUNG, Dr Ching LAM, Dr Wing Fai YEUNG, Ms Jessica Yuet Ling CHING, Ms Mei Yi HO, Prof. Engle Angela CHAN, Prof. Lorna Kwai Ping SUEN

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Chinese Medicine Development Fund
Total Grant: HK$890,300
Commencement Date: 1-Dec-20

Establishment of testing laboratory and investigation of the trends of quality of filtering facemask during and after the COVID-19

Investigators Name:
Rep. Co-PI / PC: Dr Lin YANG
Co-PI: Prof. Ching LAM
Co-I: Dr Suk Ki HO, Dr Kit Hang SIU, Dr Kwai Ping Lorna SUEN, Miss Ka Yan KO, Prof. Chi Wai KAN, Prof. Lorna Kwai Ping SUEN
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Hip Seng Quality Advancement Centre Company Limited
Total Grant: HK$5,512,500
Commencement Date: 1-Oct-20

Disinfection and Reuse of Face Masks in Community Setting during COVID-19 Epidemic: An Experimental Study Design

Investigators Name:
Rep. Co-PI / PC: Dr Margaret May O'DONOGHUE
Co-PI: Prof. Ching LAM
Co-I: Dr Kit Hang SIU, Prof. Lorna Kwai Ping SUEN
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: New World Construction Company Limited
Total Grant: HK$502,202
Commencement Date: 1-Aug-20

Patient-specific Planning and Intraoperative Guidance System for Precise Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion via Weakly-supervised Deep Learning, Perception-aware Visualization, and Context-driven Touchless Interaction

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Jing QIN
Co-I: Prof. Kup Sze CHOI, Prof. Chi Wing FU, Prof. Pui Wai LEE, Prof. Tien Tsin WONG
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund
Total Grant: HK$528,999
Commencement Date: 1-Jan-20

Effects of a Video-based mHealth Program for the Homebound Older Adults: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Understanding Needs of Paediatric Patients with Life-Limiting Diseases: Towards a Model of Paediatric Palliative Care

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Kam Yuet WONG
Co-I: Ms Mei Chi Jacqueline HO, Dr Stephen Cheong-wai CHAN, Dr Assunta Chi-hang HO, Dr Lilian Po-yee LEE, Dr Rever Chak-ho LI, Dr Kwing-wan TSUI, Ms Susanna Wai-yee LEE, Prof Chi-kong LI
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)
Total Grant: HK$565,725
Commencement Date: 15-Jun-19

A couple-based interpersonal psychotherapy on postnatal depression and family sense of coherence: a randomized controlled trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Fei Wan NGAI
Co-I: Dr Kwok-yin Leung, Prof Ling Ling Gao, Prof. Jean Tak Alice LOKE YUEN
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund
Total Grant: HK$1,104,700
Commencement Date: 1-Jan-19

A longitudinal investigation of migraine features and cardiovascular risk profile: initiatives for establishing a cohort of general Hong Kong Chinese women

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yaojie XIE
Collaborator: Dr Qi Sun
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: RGC Early Career Scheme
Total Grant: HK$913,705
Commencement Date: 1-Jan-19

Effectiveness of a Novel Self-disinfecting Coating for Inactivation of Healthcare-associated Pathogens and Environmental Decontamination in the Healthcare Setting

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Margaret May O'DONOGHUE
Co-I: Dr Kit Hang SIU, Dr Kwai Ping Lorna SUEN, Dr. Christopher LAI, Dr. Dominic NC TSANG
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Ecolab (Donation)
Total Grant: HK$251,348
Commencement Date: 14-Aug-18

SurViTK: Development of a Software Toolkit for Automated Surgical Video Analysis via Advanced Recurrent Neural Networks

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Jing QIN
Co-I: Dr. Jingjing HU, Dr. Liping LIU, Prof. Jeremy Yuen-Chun TEOH, Prof. Kup Sze CHOI
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Innovation and Technology Fund - Innovation and Technology Support Programme - Tier 3 (ITF-ITSP-Tier 3)
Total Grant: HK$1,399,780
Commencement Date: 1-Jul-18

Investigating the Effects of Electroacupuncture on Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction: A Preclinical Study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yuen Shan HO
Co-I: Dr Wing Fai YEUNG, Dr Raymond Chuen-Chung CHANG, Dr Gordon Tin Chun WONG, Prof Hong Qi ZHANG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)
Total Grant: HK$1,198,000
Commencement Date: 2-May-18

Economic Evaluation on an Enhanced Post-discharge Home-based Care Program (EHP) to Improve the Quality of Life for Stroke Survivors in Harbin China

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Kam Yuet WONG
Co-PI: Dr Shao Ling WANG
Co-I: Li Jie Wu
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Hong Kong Nurses Training & Education Foundation Limited (Donation)
Total Grant: HK$160,000
Commencement Date: 1-Mar-18

An Enhanced Post-discharge Home-based Care Program (EHP) to Improve the Quality of Life for Stroke Survivors in Harbin China: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Kam Yuet WONG
Co-PI: Dr Shao Ling WANG
Co-I: Li Jie Wu
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: T.S. Lo Foundation (Donation)
Total Grant: HK$250,000
Commencement Date: 3-Jan-18

Computer-Assisted Precise Partial Nephrectomy Using Advanced Deep Learning, Visualization, and Physically-Based Modeling Techniques

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Jing QIN
Co-I: Mr Hon-Ming Wong, Prof Pheng-Ann HENG, Prof Yuen Chun Jeremy TEOH, Prof. Kup Sze CHOI
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund
Total Grant: HK$550,000
Commencement Date: 1-Jan-18

Development of an Interactive Planning and Prediction System for Patient-Specific Precise Shock Wave Lithotripsy via Advanced Deep Learning and Physically-based Modeling Techniques

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Jing QIN
Co-I: Prof. Chi-Fai NG, Prof. Yuen-Chun Jeremy TEOH, Prof. Kup Sze CHOI, Prof. Tin Cheung YING
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Innovation and Technology Fund - Innovation and Technology Support Programme - Tier 3 (ITF-ITSP-Tier 3)
Total Grant: HK$1,398,998
Commencement Date: 1-Jan-18

High-fidelity and Real-time 3D/4D Ultrasound Visualization System via Advanced Image Denoising and Volume Rendering

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Jing QIN
Co-I: Dr Alex P. W. Lee, Prof. Kup Sze CHOI
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Innovation and Technology Fund - Innovation and Technology Support Programme - Tier 3 (ITF-ITSP-Tier 3)
Total Grant: HK$1,398,032
Commencement Date: 1-Mar-17

Effects of Indoor Environmental Factors on Influenza Like Illness in the Older Population of Hong Kong

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Lin YANG
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: RGC Early Career Scheme
Total Grant: HK$967,594
Commencement Date: 1-Oct-16

Effects of an Aging-in-Place Health-Social Partnership Program Among Community-Dwelling Older People: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Kam Yuet WONG
Co-I: Dr Choi Wan CHAN, Dr Ka Pik Katherine CHANG, Dr Ka Yee Susan CHOW, Dr Hong LEE, Dr Lai Har WU, Mr Hon Fat WONG, Mr Yick Hay Chow, Ms Adela Shuet Fun Lai
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund
Total Grant: HK$1,309,142
Commencement Date: 1-Jan-16

Individual, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in smoking cessation for people with schizophrenia: A randomized control trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yim Wah MAK
Co-I: Prof. Jean Tak Alice LOKE YUEN
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund
Total Grant: HK$1,095,000
Commencement Date: 1-Jan-15

Impact of Increased Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccine Coverage on the Burden of Influenza in the Elderly: A Comparison between Hong Kong and Brisbane

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Lin YANG
Co-I: Dr Shui-seng Susan Chiu, Dr Hak Kan Lai, Dr Ricardo J. Soares Magalhaes, Dr Quoc Thuan Thach, Dr Chit Ming Wong, Prof. Archie C. A. Clements, Prof. Joseph Syrial Malik Peiris
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)
Total Grant: HK$158,824
Commencement Date: 1-Mar-14

Evaluation of a Multidimensional Programme for Reducing Work-related Muscuskeletal Disorders among Nursing Assistants in Nursing Homes: A Cluster Randomized Control Trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Kin CHEUNG
Co-I: Dr Siu Yin CHING, Dr Pui Yuk Grace SZETO, Mr. Kin Bun Godfrey LAI, Ms Linda LAI
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund
Total Grant: HK$930,700
Commencement Date: 1-Jan-14

The Effect of A Father Inclusive Psychoeducation Program On Postnatal Depression: A Randomized Controlled trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Fei Wan NGAI
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund
Total Grant: HK$547,834
Commencement Date: 1-Jan-14

Nurse's Participation on Smoking Cessation: A National Survey

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yim Wah MAK
Co-I: Ms Susie LUM, Prof. Jean Tak Alice LOKE YUEN, Prof. Alexandros MOLASIOTIS, Prof. Kam Yuet WONG
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: The Provisional Hong Kong Academy of Nursing Limited
Total Grant: HK$245,170
Commencement Date: 1-Apr-13

The Experience and Coping of Co-occurrence of Schizophrenia and/or Depression with Smoking: a Qualitative Study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yim Wah MAK
Co-I: Dr Chung Lim Vico CHIANG, Prof. Jean Tak Alice LOKE YUEN
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)
Total Grant: HK$80,000
Commencement Date: 1-Apr-13

Effects of a Transitional Palliative Care Model on Patients with End-stage Heart Failure

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Kam Yuet WONG
Co-I: Dr Ka Yee Susan CHOW, Dr Moon Fai CHAN, Dr Po Tin LAM, Dr Sheung Ching Jeffrey NG, Dr Mau Kwong Michael SHUM, Miss Po Shan KO, Miss Man Wai LEUNG, Ms Faith LIU, Prof. Sarah MCGHEE
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund
Total Grant: HK$597,812
Commencement Date: 1-Jan-13

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