Primary Health Care

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

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

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

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

* 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

* 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* 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

* 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

* 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

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

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$154,798
Commencement Date: 1-Jan-20

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

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