Research Projects

Efficacy of mountain craft training at improving resilience and psychological well-being and reducing fatigue in childhood cancer survivors: A pilot randomised controlled trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr CHUNG Oi Kwan
Co-I: Dr LIN Jingxia, Dr LEUNG Sau Fong, Prof. Li William, Dr LIU Anthony Pak-Yin, Dr LEUNG Yin Ping, Ms Ho Wai Ming Scarlett, Prof. Chan Godfrey
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)
Total Grant: HK$ 462,260
Commencement Date: 29-Oct-2024

探討香港年青人的中醫求助行為和網上健康資訊求助行為

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr HUI Chi Ching Vivian
Co-I: Dr HO Yuen Shan, Prof. CHAN Engle Angela, Dr ABU-ODAH Hammoda M.M., Dr PUN Jack
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Chinese Medicine Development Fund - Industry Support Programme (B2)
Total Grant: HK$ 1,007,309.2
Commencement Date: 1-Oct-2024

Implementation of the WHO Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) model and personalized care plan in primary health care services in Christian Family Service Centre (CFSC)

Investigators Name:
Rep. Co-PI: Dr ZHAO Yan
Co-PI: Prof. LEUNG Yee Man Angela, Ms CHAN Angel Fung-man
Co-I: Ms LI Wendy Tip Yan, Mr LAU Pak Fai, Mr KONG Gary Ching Yue
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Christian Family Service Centre (Collaborative)
Total Grant: HK$ 291,000
Commencement Date: 24-Sep-2024

Stand By Me: Anti-Drug Elite Adventure-Based Training Program

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr LAM Ka Wai Katherine
Co-I: Dr WU Sau Ting Cynthia, Dr MAK Yim Wah, Ms HO Mei Chi Jacqueline, Dr HO Ka Yan, Mr Chan Siu Wing Alex
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Beat Drugs Fund Regular Funding Scheme
Total Grant: HK$ 610,483
Commencement Date: 9-Sep-2024

Preliminary effectiveness and feasibility of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation on chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in Hong Kong Adolescents undergoing consolidation chemotherapy: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr HO Ka Yan
Co-I: Prof. YORKE Janelle Lyn, Prof. WONG Kam Yuet, Dr WANG Mian, Dr LAM Ka Wai Katherine, Dr ABU-ODAH Hammoda M.M., MAO Ting
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: One-line Budget
Total Grant: HK$ 350,000
Commencement Date: 1-Sep-2024

Development and validation of an electronic patient-reported outcome of the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events in lung cancer patients (ePRO-CTCAE-L)

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr LAM Ka Wai Katherine
Co-I: Prof. YORKE Janelle Lyn, Dr HO Ka Yan, Dr ABU-ODAH Hammoda M.M.
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: One-line Budget
Total Grant: HK$ 350,000
Commencement Date: 1-Sep-2024

Integrating Generalist and Specialist in Cancer Survivorship Care: Framework Development and Stakeholder Consultation

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. WONG Kam Yuet
Co-I: Dr WANG Mian, Dr HO Ka Yan, Prof. Chan Sophia
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: One-line Budget
Total Grant: HK$ 300,000
Commencement Date: 1-Sep-2024

Empowering caregivers in the digital age: A pilot randomized controlled trial on the effects of online Meaning Centered Psychotherapy (e-MCP) for caregivers of patients with advanced cancer

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr TAKEMURA Naomi
Co-I: Prof. YU Sau Fung Doris, Prof. LOU W.Q. Vivian, Prof. LIN Chia-Chin, Dr FONG Yee Tak Daniel, Dr Chan Wing Lok Wendy
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: NICHE Research Grant
Total Grant: HK$ 97,620
Commencement Date: 1-Sep-2024

Combining Machine Learning and Ecological Momentary Assessment of Depression, Cognitive Function and Daily Activity Behaviour to Support Self-Management for Post-stroke Patients: A Feasibility Study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr WONG Kwan Ching
Co-I: Prof. WONG Kam Yuet, Dr SHI Nuo, Prof. QIN Jing, Dr HUI Chi Ching Vivian
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: One-line Budget
Total Grant: HK$ 350,000
Commencement Date: 1-Sep-2024

Development and Evaluation of a Home-based Action Observation and Motor Imagery Intervention on Cognitive Function and Depression among Adults with Spinal Cord Injury: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr LI Yan
Co-I: Dr TAO Ran, Dr CHEN Luhua, Miss HU Yule
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: One-line Budget
Total Grant: HK$ 350,000
Commencement Date: 1-Sep-2024

Development and validation of a new scale to assess sexual problems in people with prostate cancer and to design an electronic patient-reported outcome measure for this population (ePROM-SexPCare)

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. YORKE Janelle Lyn
Co-I: Dr LAM Ka Wai Katherine, Dr HO Ka Yan, Dr ABU-ODAH Hammoda M.M., Prof. Ng Chi FAi
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: One-line Budget
Total Grant: HK$ 350,000
Commencement Date: 30-Aug-2024

Enhancing Diet Management in Older Adults with Sarcopenic Obesity Through the EatWelLog App with Family Support: A Pilot RCT

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. LIU Yat Wa Justina
Co-I: Dr WEN Chunyi, Dr MONTAYRE Jed Ray Gengoba, Dr LO Ka Hei Kenneth
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Financial Support for Non-PAIR Research Centres
Total Grant: HK$ 500,000
Commencement Date: 19-Aug-2024

Effects of a single-session mindfulness-based intervention for reducing stress in family caregivers of people with dementia: a randomized controlled trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr KOR Pui Kin
Co-I: Prof. LIU Yat Wa Justina, Dr CHEUNG Sze Ki, Prof. ZARIT Steven, Dr LAI Daniel Lok Lam, Dr HO Hok Man, Dr GALANTE Julieta, Prof. CHOU Kee Lee, Dr CHAN Wai Chi
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)
Total Grant: HK$ 1,021,000
Commencement Date: 1-Aug-2024

Development of a Chinese Medicine Literacy Scale for the Chinese-speaking population

Investigators Name:
Rep. Co-PI: Prof. LEUNG Yee Man Angela
Co-PI: Dr HO Yuen Shan
Co-I: Prof. YORKE Janelle Lyn, Mr Ip Ryan, Mr Chow Dicky
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Our Hong Kong Foundation (Collaborative)
Total Grant: HK$ 1,113,970
Commencement Date: 1-Aug-2024

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

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

Robot Assistance to Home-based Care, Cognitive Training and Home Safety

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. LEUNG Yee Man Angela
Co-I: Dr ZHAO Yan
Member: Mr LAU Terence Kenneth, Miss LIU Yaqian, Dr HUANG Yaqi, Miss REN Lily Haopu
Collaborator: Dr Lilian Hung
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: FU TAK IAM FOUNDATION LIMITED (Donation)
Total Grant: HK$ 4,275,000
Commencement Date: 1-Jul-2024

Feasibility of using graphics in delivering health interventions: experiences of dementia caregivers participating in a bibliotherapy study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr WANG Shanshan
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: RGC Direct Allocation Grant - Funding Support to Small Projects
Total Grant: HK$ 62,000
Commencement Date: 1-Jul-2024

Strategies to Combat Migraine-Related Misinformation in the AI Era: A Modeling Study in Hong Kong

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr XIE Yaojie
Co-I: Dr LIANG Jingbo
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: One-line Budget
Total Grant: HK$ 200,000
Commencement Date: 1-Jul-2024

Development and effects of AI-Chatbot to reduce the fear of cancer recurrence among adolescents and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors - A feasibility study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr HUI Chi Ching Vivian
Co-I: Prof. YORKE Janelle Lyn, Prof. QIN Jing, Dr Mccabe Matin, Dr LAW Kate
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: One-line Budget
Total Grant: HK$ 350,000
Commencement Date: 1-Jul-2024

The impact of technology-enabled screening interventions to healthy ageing practices among older adults: a pilot mixed-method study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr MONTAYRE Jed Ray Gengoba
Co-I: Dr ZHAO Yan, Prof. LIU Yat Wa Justina, Prof. LEUNG Yee Man Angela
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: One-line Budget
Total Grant: HK$ 300,000
Commencement Date: 1-Jul-2024

DemensANSYS: Development of an MR Brain Image Analysis Platform for Dementia Research, Diagnosis, and Treatment Based on Advanced Deep Learning Models

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. QIN Jing
Co-I: Prof. WONG Kam Yuet, Prof. CAI Jing, Prof. HU Zhanli, Prof. ZHANG Na
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Collaborative Research with World-leading Research Groups
Total Grant: HK$ 2,000,000
Commencement Date: 1-Jul-2024

Clinical Implications of Large Language Models in Diabetes Patient Education and Management in Primary Healthcare: A mixed-method study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr YANG Lin
Co-I: Dr LI Chen
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: One-line Budget
Total Grant: HK$ 350,000
Commencement Date: 10-Jun-2024

Promoting emotional awareness and help-seeking in breast cancer patients with the Electronic Painting for Breast Cancer (EPBC) Platform

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. LEUNG Yee Man Angela
Co-I: Dr ZHAO Yan, Dr HUANG Yaqi
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Global Chinese Breast Cancer Organizations Alliance Limited (GCBCOA) (Collaborative)
Total Grant: HK$ 100,000
Commencement Date: 3-Jun-2024

Effects of a mindfulness-based physical exercise program for community-dwelling older people with sarcopenia: a randomized controlled trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr KOR Pui Kin
Co-I: Prof. LIU Yat Wa Justina, Ms LI Mengli
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Sigma Small Grants
Total Grant: HK$ 39,040
Commencement Date: 1-Jun-2024

基于轻量适配大模型的多模态智能成像肺癌早期诊断和预后评估

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. QIN Jing
Co-I: Dr REN Ge, Prof. SO Tiffany Y. T.
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: 深港澳科技計劃項目(C類項目)
Total Grant: HK$ 3,237,600
Commencement Date: 24-May-2024

Using mindfulness with immersive virtual reality cave experience in promoting mental well-being: a feasibility study

Investigators Name:
Rep. Co-PI: Dr KOR Pui Kin
Co-PI: Dr TSANG Pak Lik
Co-I: Miss TSANG Yim Kwan
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Eteam Entertainment Limited (Donation)
Total Grant: HK$ 90,000
Commencement Date: 1-May-2024

An AI robot-assisted tailored activity programme for improving the physical inactivity of people with dementia and their informal caregivers: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Shanshan WANG
Co-I: Prof. Yee Man Angela LEUNG, Dr Yat Wa Justina LIU, Dr Sze Ki CHEUNG, Dr Meizhen HUANG, Dr Sze Him Isaac Leung
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Health and Medical Research Fund – Research Fellowship Scheme
Total Grant: HK$935,000
Commencement Date: 16-May-24

Development and feasibility study of AI-assisted Cognitive-motor Dual-task (AI-CMDT) training system for people with mild cognitive impairment

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. LEUNG Yee Man Angela
Co-I: Dr ZHAO Yan, Dr WONG Yu Lok, Dr KODUAH Adwoa Owusuaa, Dr HUANG Yaqi, Prof. Laurence Parial
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Projects of RISA
Total Grant: HK$ 600,000
Commencement Date: 30-Apr-2024

Using smart-home technologies to assist older adults to reduce loneliness: a feasibility study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr ZHAO Yan
Co-I: Ir Prof. ZHENG Yongping, Dr MONTAYRE Jed Ray Gengoba, Dr LI Yan, Prof. LEUNG Yee Man Angela
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Projects of RISA
Total Grant: HK$ 100,000
Commencement Date: 15-Apr-2024

Supporting Current Home Care Services with a Robot-mediated Interactive Intervention (RMII) to Reduce Loneliness in Older Adults: A Feasibility and Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yan ZHAO
Co-I: Prof. Yee Man Angela LEUNG , Dr Yan LI , Dr Jed Ray Gengoba MONTAYRE, Dr Wai Man YUEN, Ir Prof. Yongping ZHENG, Dr James LUK,  Mr Ka Shing Jacky FUNG, Prof. Alex MOLASSIOTIS

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)
Total Grant: HK$500,000
Commencement Date: 1-Apr-24

Post-burn Recovery Experiences of Paediatric Burn Survivors and Their Caregivers: A Qualitative Study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Jonathan BAYUO
Co-I: Dr Kwan Ching WONG, Prof. Kam Yuet WONG
Collaborator: Ms Kyei-Baffour Prince
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Start-up Fund for RAPs under the Strategic Hiring Scheme
Total Grant: HK$ 300,000
Commencement Date: 15-Mar-24

Exploring the determinants of health-seeking behavior among South Asian residents in Hong Kong: A exploratory qualitative study

Investigators Name:
PI:  Dr Mian WANG
Co-I: Dr Kwan Ching WONG, Prof. Kam Yuet WONG, Dr Jed Ray Gengoba MONTAYRE, Dr Hammoda M.M. ABU-ODAH, Mr Yeung Yuk KWOK, Dr Yin Chiu CHAN
Member: Mr Rinzin CHODOR

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: NICHE Research Grant
Total Grant: HK$108,000
Commencement Date: 4-Mar-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

Optimal acute adult psychiatric in-patient care in Hong Kong: A mixed-method study

Investigators Name:
PI: Mr Chak Fai MA
Co-I: Dr Sau Fong LEUNG, Dr Kit Wa Sherry Chan
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: NICHE Research Grant
Total Grant: HK$108,000
Commencement Date: 1-Mar-2024

Effectiveness of antimicrobial socks on mobility and infection risks in institutionalized older adults: a pilot cluster randomized controlled trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Lin YANG
Co-I: Dr Yat Wa Justina LIU, Prof. Xiaoming TAO
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Projects of RCTFF
Total Grant: HK$500,000
Commencement Date: 1-Feb-24

Joint Research Centre for Primary Health Care

Investigators Name:
Rep. Co-PI / PC: Prof. Kam Yuet WONG
Co-PI: Dr Kin CHEUNG,Dr Ka Yan HO, Dr Wing Ka Grace HO, Dr Mian WANG, Dr Kwan Ching WONG, Prof. Jing QIN, Prof. Ho Keung David SHUM
Collaborator: Prof. Yan HU, Prof. Jun'e ZHANG, Prof. Yue ZHAO
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Mainland / GBA Research Funding Scheme
Total Grant: HK$6,000,000
Commencement Date: 15-Jan-24

Digital Oncology Care Enhancement (DOCE)

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Janelle YORKE
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Global STEM Professorship Scheme (PolyU)
Total Grant: HK$7,685,000
Commencement Date: 2-Jan-24

Validation of a Pulse Taking System Device: A Mixed-method Research

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Wing Fai YEUNG
Co-I: Dr Yuen Shan HO
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Logistics and Supply Chain MultiTech R&D Centre (Contract Research)
Total Grant: HK$498,065
Commencement Date: 1-Jan-24

Effects of a coping-based interactive psychosocial intervention for teenagers with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: a Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yan LI
Co-I: Dr Yuan Cao, Prof. Jason Pui Yin Cheung, Dr Lu YU
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Faculty Reserve
Total Grant: HK$247,064
Commencement Date: 1-Jan-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

Telephone-coached "graphic narrative" bibliotherapy for informal caregivers of people with dementia: A cluster randomized controlled trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Shanshan WANG
Co-I: Prof. Chau Wai Elsie YAN, Prof. Yee Man Angela LEUNG, Dr Sze Ki CHEUNG, Dr Isaac Sze Him LEUNG, Prof. Patricia Mary Davidson, Dr Banerjee Bidisha

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$1,507,926

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-24

The effects of an Individualized Music Playlist based on the ISO-Principle for the immediate de-escalation of agitation in people with dementia: a randomized controlled trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Sze Ki CHEUNG
Co-I: Dr Shanshan WANG, Ms Gucki Reissenberger, Dr Jennifer MacRitchie, Dr Paul Hong LEE, Prof. Kam Yuk LAI, Prof. Ken Hok-man HO, Prof. Buckwalter Kathleen Coen, Prof. Bressington Daniel

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$1,502,248

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-24

Effects of a technology-enhanced horticultural program for the people with dementia and their family caregivers

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Pui Kin KOR
Co-I: Dr Kwan Ching WONG, Prof. Kam Yuet WONG, Dr Yat Wa Justina LIU, Dr Sze Ki CHEUNG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Bright Future Charitable Foundation
Total Grant: HK$3,000,000
Commencement Date: 1-Dec-23

A web-based game-like dual-task hearing-cognitive training system

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yan ZHAO
Co-I: Dr Ho Yee NG, Dr Chen LI, Prof. Yee Man Angela LEUNG, Prof. Engle Angela CHAN

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Faculty Reserve
Total Grant: HK$500,000
Commencement Date: 6-Nov-23

Refinement, pilot implementation, and testing of the Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool intervention (CSNAT-I) in Hong Kong palliative care settings

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Huilin CHENG
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)
Total Grant: HK$422,200
Commencement Date: 1-Nov-2023

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

Effects of e-bibliotherapy on the psychological wellbeing of informal caregivers of people with dementia: A randomized controlled trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Shanshan WANG
Co-I: Dr Stefanos TYROVOLAS, Prof. Jing QIN, Prof. Yee Man Angela LEUNG, Dr Sze Ki CHEUNG, Prof. Patricia Davidson

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)
Total Grant: HK$1,421,700
Commencement Date: 18-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 WONG Kwan Ching
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

An integrated program led by nursing students as peer role models with robots to promote anti-cannabis messages in parents and their children

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Ka Wai Katherine LAM
Co-I: Dr Sau Ting Cynthia WU, Mr Tak Fai TONG, Dr Yim Wah MAK, Dr Ka Yan HO, Ms Pik Yuk Shara HO

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Beat Drugs Fund Regular Funding Scheme
Total Grant: HK$482,655
Commencement Date: 1-Sep-2023

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-2023

Developing a Co-Designed Intervention to Address Subjective Cognitive Decline and Social Frailty as Precursors of Mild Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Jed Ray Gengoba MONTAYRE
Co-I: Dr Yan ZHAO, Prof. Yee Man Angela LEUNG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Start-up Fund for New Recruits
Total Grant: HK$400,000
Commencement Date: 15-Aug-23

Learning while serving: Training secondary school students as anti-smoke ambassadors using the service-learning model

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Ka Wai Katherine LAM
Co-I: Dr Kwan Ching WONG, Dr Yim Wah MAK, Dr Yin Ping LEUNG, Dr Ka Yan HO, Dr Cynthia WU

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)
Total Grant: HK$727,400
Commencement Date: 1-Aug-23

Digital preventive healthcare for people with physical disabilities: a programme of research

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yan LI

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Strategic Hiring Scheme - Assistant Professor to Professor

Total Grant: HK$1,711,000

Commencement Date: 1-Aug-23

Virtual-reality based mindfulness practice for promoting mental health among older people with chronic illness and their family caregivers: a feasibility study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Pui Kin KOR
Co-I: Dr Yat Wa Justina LIU, Dr Yan LI, Dr Cheuk Chi Teris CHEUNG
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental General Research Fund
Total Grant: HK$135,030
Commencement Date: 31-Jul-23

Developing an fMRI paradigm to explore functional brain network engagement in relationship to changes in loneliness and cognitive performance after a robot-mediated interactive intervention: a pilot single-arm trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yan ZHAO
Co-I: Dr Wai Man YUEN, Dr Jed Ray Gengoba MONTAYRE, Prof. Yee Man Angela LEUNG, Dr Mei DONG, Prof. Hoi-Chung LEUNG
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental General Research Fund
Total Grant: HK$135,030
Commencement Date: 20-Jul-23

Taiko Drum-playing for older adults with potentially reversible cognitive frailty for improving cognitive and physical functions: a randomised controlled feasibility study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Sze Ki CHEUNG
Co-I: Dr Wai Chi WONG, Dr Yat Wa Justina LIU, Dr Yaqi HUANG, Dr Chung Wai James CHEUNG, Dr Lap Sun CHAN, Prof Ken HO
Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental General Research Fund
Total Grant: HK$135,030
Commencement Date: 1-Jul-23

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

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

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Sigma Small Grants

Total Grant: HK$39,255

Commencement Date: 1-Jun-23

家長操作的小兒推拿改善學齡兒童注意力缺陷多動障礙的睡眠質量及食欲：先導性隨機對照試驗

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Shucheng CHEN
Co-I:  Dr Wing Fai YEUNG, Mr To Ming Stanley WU, Dr Oi Kwan CHUNG, Dr Juan YU

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Chinese Medicine Development Fund - Industry Support Programme

Total Grant: HK$797,608

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

Mindfulness-based eHealth cardiac rehabilitation for patients with coronary heart disease: Program development and feasibility testing

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Jingjing SU
Co-I: Dr Yin Ping LEUNG, Dr Pui Kin KOR, Dr Hammoda M.M. ABU-ODAH, Dr Rose S.Y. LIN, Dr Ladislav BATALIK

Funding Scheme/Source of Funding: Start-up Fund for RAPs under the Strategic Hiring Scheme

Total Grant: HK$250,000

Commencement Date: 15-May-23

Efficacy of mountain craft training at enhancing the resilience and physical and psychological well-being of children from low-income families: A pilot randomised controlled trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Oi Kwan CHUNG
Co-I:  Dr Sau Fong LEUNG, Mr Ling Tat Tsang, Mr Wing Choi Tiu, Dr Michael Lam, Ms Yuk Yu Chun 

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: NICHE Research Grant

Total Grant: HK$54,598

Commencement Date: 2-May-23

Increasing mental health literacy and peer support among caregivers: An Electronic Painting and Peer Supportive (EPPS) Platform

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Yee Man Angela LEUNG
Co-I: Prof. Wing Hong Hector TSANG, Dr Pui Kin KOR, Dr Cheuk Chi Teris CHEUNG 

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Mental Health Initiatives Funding Scheme

Total Grant: HK$1,976,900

Commencement Date: 1-May-23

Healthy Ageing and risk factors among the oldest old: A big-dataset analysis including china

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Stefanos TYROVOLAS
Co-I:  Prof. Yee Man Angela LEUNG, Dr Yaqi HUANG, Prof. Josep Maria Haro, Dr Iago Gine Vazquez, Dr Daniel Fernandez 

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Start-up Fund for New Recruits

Total Grant: HK$200,000

Commencement Date: 1-May-23

Auditory-Cognitive Dual-Task Intervention for Older Adults with Hearing Loss: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yan ZHAO
Co-I: Dr Ho Yee NG, Dr Jed Ray Gengoba MONTAYRE, Prof. Yee Man Angela LEUNG, Prof. Engle Angela CHAN, Prof. Margaret Wallhagen, Prof. Robert Sweetow, Dr S. Justin Golub, Dr Lloyd Laurence Parial 

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Start-up Fund for RAPs under the Strategic Hiring Scheme

Total Grant: HK$250,000

Commencement Date: 28-Apr-23

Pain and stress detection and relief in people with dementia using portable EEG headband: A feasibility study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Shanshan WANG
Co-I: Dr Ningning HOU, Dr Sze Him Isaac Leung, Prof. Yee Man Angela LEUNG  

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Start-up Fund for RAPs under the Strategic Hiring Scheme

Total Grant: HK$250,000

Commencement Date: 3-Apr-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

Perception of a ‘good death’ and associating factors in the views of patients with advanced cancer and their family members in Hong Kong: a concurrent mixed method study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Hammoda M.M. ABU-ODAH
Co-I:  Dr Huilin CHENG, Dr Ka Yan HO, Dr JuanJuan Zhao, Ms Angela Kwok, Prof. Alex Molassiotis, Prof. Kam Yuet WONG  

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: NICHE Research Grant

Total Grant: HK$108,810

Commencement Date: 1-Mar-23

Resilient Students Training Hub (ReST Hub): Creating a strengths-based, trauma-informed mental health promotive ecosystem and enhancing student resilience in tertiary education settings

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Wing Ka Grace HO

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Donation for Research (MHRC)

Total Grant: HK$12,999,600

Commencement Date: 1-Mar-23

Real-time 3D motion analysis feedback for home-based Tai Chi training for people with metabolic syndrome: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Jingjing SU
Co-I: Prof. Qiang XU
Collaborator: Dr Ladislav BATALIK, Dr Rose LIN, Dr Wing Fai YEUNG, Ms Kartian CHEUNG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Projects of RCMI

Total Grant: HK$120,000

Commencement Date: 1-Mar-23

Around the turn: A feasibility cluster randomized controlled trial of using auricular acupressure to abstain from drug abuse through training nursing students

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Ka Wai Katherine LAM
Co-I:  Dr Shucheng CHEN, Dr Ka Yan HO, Dr Yuen Shan HO, Dr Jingxia LIN, Dr Yim Wah MAK
Collaborator: Mr Chris NGAI

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Projects of RCMI

Total Grant: HK$120,000

Commencement Date: 1-Mar-23

Self-acupressure with or without Tai Chi Zhan-Zhuang for pain, fatigue, and sleep disturbance in breast cancer survivors: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Huilin CHENG
Co-I: Dr Chun Lung SO, Dr Yaojie XIE, Mr Hon Fat WONG
Collaborator: Prof. Alex MOLASSIOTIS

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Projects of RCMI

Total Grant: HK$150,000

Commencement Date: 1-Mar-23

The Hong kong beyond 90s (HKB90) study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Stefanos TYROVOLAS
Co-I:  Dr Martin John CHRISTENSEN, Dr Ka Yan HO, Dr Pui Kin KOR, Dr Yat Wa Justina LIU  

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Start-up Fund for RAPs under the Strategic Hiring Scheme

Total Grant: HK$240,000

Commencement Date: 6-Feb-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

Exploring the online help-seeking and health information-seeking behavior among people with domestic violence experiences in Hong Kong

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Chi Ching Vivian HUI 

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Start-up Fund for New Recruits

Total Grant: HK$400,000

Commencement Date: 30-Jan-23

I'm a super‐ager – what’s your super power? The lived experience of Hong Kong’s oldest‐old

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Martin John CHRISTENSEN

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Centrally Funded Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme (for current Postdoctoral Fellows)

Total Grant: HK$854,760

Commencement Date: 20-Jan-23

Effects of an Individualized Dietary Behavioural Change (IDBC) Programme and Exercise Training in combination or separately on managing Sarcopenic Obesity in Community-dwelling older adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yat Wa Justina LIU
Co-I:  Dr Pui Kin KOR, Dr Paul Hong Lee, Dr Ka Hei Kenneth LO, Prof. Claudia Kam Yuk Lai, Prof. Sheung Mei Shamay NG, Prof. Jean Woo 

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$1,288,407

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-23

* Institute of Medical Intelligence and XR

Investigators Name:
PI: Rep. Co-PI / PC: Prof. Pheng Ann Heng
Co-I:  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).

Listening to the patient’s cancer journey: A randomised controlled trial of digital storytelling (DST) in reducing depressive symptoms, enhancing self-esteem, and promoting quality of life among Hong Kong Chinese childhood cancer survivors

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Ka Yan HO
Co-I:  Dr Ka Wai Katherine LAM, Dr Yim Wah MAK, Dr Stefanos TYROVOLAS, Ms Sau Ying Chiu, Prof. Daniel Bressington, Prof. Godfrey Chi-fung Chan, Prof. Kam Yuet WONG  

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$1,192,520

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-23

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

Is nurse parental support using a proactive mobile health application more effective than usual community care in enhancing parental self-efficacy in symptom management for the children with medical complexity in communities? A randomized control trial.

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yuk Yin LAM
Co-I:  Dr Kitty CHAN, Dr Yin Ping LEUNG, Dr Kwan Ching WONG, Ms Mei Chi Jacqueline HO, Prof. Cathrine Fowler, Prof. Kam Yuet WONG  

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$1,218,370

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-23

Psychological distress and quality of life in palliative care patients with cancer cachexia and their primary family caregivers: Does dyadic symptom appraisal matter?

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Huilin CHENG
Co-I:  Dr Yin Ping LEUNG, Dr Raymond, See-Kit Lo, Dr Sheung Ching Jeffrey NG, Prof. Alexandros MOLASIOTIS 

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$975,734

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-23

Self-administered Acupressure for Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Wing Fai YEUNG
Co-I: Dr Huilin CHENG, Dr Denise Shuk Ting CHEUNG, Dr Ka Fai CHUNG, Dr Fiona Yan Yee HO, Dr Lai Ming HO, Dr Yuen Shan HO, Prof. Zhang Jin ZHANG 

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

Total Grant: HK$1,263,440

Commencement Date: 27-Nov-22

A randomised controlled study on feasibility of tele-group cognitive behavioural family intervention (tgCBFI) for people with schizophrenia and their families

Investigators Name:
PI: Mr Chak Fai MA
Co-I: Dr Kit Wa Sherry Chan, Dr Wing Ka Grace HO, Dr Sau Fong LEUNG 

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: NICHE Research Grant

Total Grant: HK$102,598

Commencement Date: 21-Nov-22

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

Can nurse parental support using a parent-child interactive mobile application enhance parental self-efficacy in nutritional management related to balance diet, optimal energy and protein consumption for their children with cancer? A pilot randomized control study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yuk Yin LAM
Co-I: Prof Kam Yuet WONG, Dr Ka Wai Katherine LAM, Dr Ka Yan HO, Dr Oi Kwan CHUNG, Dr Huilin CHENG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  Start-up Fund for New Recruits

Total Grant: HK$400,000

Commencement Date: 1-Oct-22

Empowering family members of older adults with multi-morbidity in advance care planning conversations: Development and feasibility testing of the Chit-Chat educational intervention

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yin Ping LEUNG
Co-I: Dr Jingjing SU, Dr Yim Wah MAK, Dr Sau Fong LEUNG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  Start-up Fund for New Recruits

Total Grant: HK$400,000

Commencement Date: 1-Oct-22

Supporting family caregivers of people with dementia and identifying an effective adaptive intervention to reduce their depressive symptoms: a sequential multiple assignment randomized trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Pui Kin KOR
Co-I: Prof. Yee Man Angela LEUNG, Dr Sze Ki CHEUNG, Prof. Steven ZARIT, Prof. Yeung Shan WONG, Prof. Gallagher THOMPSON, Dr Galante JULIETA, Prof. Kee Lee CHOU, Prof. Leung Wing CHIU

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

Total Grant: HK$1,462,200

Commencement Date: 30-Sep-22

Pilot evaluation of technology-enhanced horticultural activities among the people with dementia and their family caregivers

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Pui Kin KOR
Co-I: Dr Sze Ki CHEUNG, Dr Yat Wa Justina LIU, Dr Kwan Ching WONG, Prof. Kam Yuet WONG
Member: Ir Dr Humphrey Kwong-wai Leung

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Bright Future Charitable Foundation

Total Grant: HK$174,550

Commencement Date: 1-Sep-22

Intelligent planning and intraoperative guidance system for precise zygomatic implant via advanced augmented reality techniques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$1,148,200

Commencement Date: 1-Sep-22

Development and pilot testing of a tailored WeChat mini program based intervention to improve adherence to multiple dietary behaviours for gastric cancer survivors: A user-centered design study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Huilin CHENG
Co-I: Dr Jing QIN, Dr Yin Ping LEUNG, Dr Nan HE

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$150,000

Commencement Date: 1-Sep-22

RISA Healthy Aging Blockchain Ecosystem with Person-centred Care Approach for People with Cognitive Impairment: A pilot pragmatic-controlled trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Yee Man Angela LEUNG
Co-I: Dr Yan ZHAO, Dr Yu Lok WONG, Dr Ka Hei LO, Dr Yee Lan Elaine KWONG, Dr Shan JIANG, Dr Wai Tung FUNG, Prof. Linda LAM

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  Projects of RISA

Total Grant: HK$1,000,000

Commencement Date: 1-Sep-22

Needs assessment to guide the development of a paediatric survivorship programme in Hong Kong to promote physical and psychological well-being of children after cancer treatment

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Oi Kwan CHUNG
Co-I: Dr Siu Yin CHING, Ms Shuk Yan MAK, Dr Ho Cheung William LI, Ms Sau Ying CHIU, Prof. Chi-Fung Godfrey CHAN

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

Total Grant: HK$115,000

Commencement Date: 13-Aug-22

I'm a super-ager – what’s your super power? The lived experience of the Hong Kong oldest-old

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Martin John CHRISTENSEN
Co-I: Dr Stefanos TYROVOLAS, Dr Haixia MA

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  Start-up Fund for New Recruits

Total Grant: HK$400,000

Commencement Date: 1-Aug-22

Optimizing the health-related functions of wearable monitoring device in daily lives among community-dwelling older adults: A randomized pilot study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Kwan Ching WONG
Co-I: Prof. Kam Yuet WONG, Mr Siu Man WONG, Ms Kit Sum Karen CHOW

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$150,000

Commencement Date: 4-Jul-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. Tin Cheung YING, Prof. PW Alex LEE

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

Total Grant: HK$2,048,600

Commencement Date: 1-Jul-22

An Integrated Smoking Cessation and Alcohol Intervention Among Hong Kong Chinese Young People: A Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Ka Yan HO
Co-I: Dr Yim Wah MAK, Dr Yin Ping LEUNG, Dr Ka Wai Katherine LAM

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

Total Grant: HK$100,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jul-22

The use of nursing-students-led bCBTMI for internet addiction among adolescents: a feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Ka Wai Katherine LAM
Co-I: Dr Sau Ting Cynthia WU, Dr Yim Wah MAK, Dr Jingxia LIN, Dr Ka Yan HO

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$150,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jul-22

A randomized, double-blinded, sham-controlled clinical trial to evaluate the effect of Electrical Vestibular Stimulation (VeNS) on Insomnia- The Modius Sleep Study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Cheuk Chi Teris CHEUNG
Co-I: Prof. Yu Tao XIANG, Dr Julie SITTLINGTON, Dr Man-Ho LI, Dr Pak-wing CHENG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  NEUROVALENS (Donation)

Total Grant: HK$387,450

Commencement Date: 1-Jun-22

A randomized, double-blinded, sham-controlled clinical trial to evaluate the effect of Electrical Vestibular Stimulation (VeNS) on Anxiety- The Modius Stress Study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Cheuk Chi Teris CHEUNG
Co-I: Prof. Yu Tao XIANG, Dr Julie SITTLINGTON, Dr Man-Ho LI, Dr Pak-wing CHENG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  NEUROVALENS (Donation)

Total Grant: HK$387,450

Commencement Date: 1-Jun-22

Coolminds, a Mind HK and KELY Support Group Initiative: A Service Evaluation

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Wing Ka Grace HO

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  Mind Mental Health Hong Kong Limited

Total Grant: HK$75,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jun-22

Feasibility of Telephone-based Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Hong Kong Chinese Young Adults with Alcohol Use Disorder: A Pilot Study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Ka Yan HO
Co-I: Dr Sau Ting Cynthia WU, Dr Stefanos TYROVOLAS, Dr Yim Wah MAK, Dr Ka Wai Katherine LAM

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$150,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jun-22

Immune profiles in young adults following adverse and benevolent childhood experiences: comparing two approaches to conceptualize early-life stressors and their consequences

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Wing Ka Grace HO
Co-I: Prof. Kay Yan Benjamin YEE, Dr Chi Shing TAI, Dr Kin Ming Camilla LO, Dr Keng Ting SUN, Prof. Karatzias THANOS

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  Projects of MHRC

Total Grant: HK$250,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jun-22

Evaluating the efficacy and safety of Transcranial Pulse Stimulation on young adolescents with ADHD-a double-blind, randomized, sham-controlled trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Cheuk Chi Teris CHEUNG
Co-I: Prof. Kay Yan Benjamin YEE, Prof. Lei SUN, Dr Hay Ming LO, Dr Ka Hung Bolton CHAU, Prof. Beisteiner RONALD, Dr Man Ho LI, Prof. Man Chim Albert Martin LI, Dr Calvin CHENG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  Projects of MHRC

Total Grant: HK$100,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jun-22

Evaluating the safety and efficacy of Transcranial Pulse Stimulation (TPS) on young adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) – a double-blinded, randomized, sham-controlled trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Cheuk Chi Teris CHEUNG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  Start-up Fund for New Recruits

Total Grant: HK$400,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jun-22

An AI-based AR training and monitoring system for hand hygiene

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Lin YANG
Co-I: Dr Yaojie XIE, Dr Margaret May O'DONOGHUE, Dr Yim Wah MAK, Dr Chen LI, Mr Kam Hung LAI, Prof. Jiannong CAO

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$150,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jun-22

Evaluating the efficacy and safety of Transcranial Pulse Stimulation on young adolescents with Attention-Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder- a pilot randomized, double-blinded, sham-controlled trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Cheuk Chi Teris CHEUNG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  Associated Medical Supplies Co. Ltd.

Total Grant: HK$430,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jun-22

A pilot neuroimaging -based experimental study to explore the effect of Tai Chi on the alleviation of white matter lesions among migraine with aura women

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yaojie XIE
Co-I: Dr Yuen Shan HO, Dr Xiangyan CHEN, Prof. Stanley HUI

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  Projects of RCMI

Total Grant: HK$200,000

Commencement Date: 16-May-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 Kwan Wai MUI, Mr Siu Kan LEE

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  護協專業發展基金

Total Grant: HK$40,000

Commencement Date: 1-May-22

穴位按壓對居於社區的脊髓損傷患者便秘的成效研究：一項隨機對照試驗 Effectiveness of caregiver-administrated acupressure intervention for community-dwelling spinal cord patients with constipation A randomized controlled trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yan LI
Co-I: Dr Wing Fai YEUNG, Dr Yu Lok WONG, Dr Yuen Shan HO, Dr Shi Ping ZHANG, Dr Wai Kit WONG, Dr Yiu Cho KWAN

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  Chinese Medicine Development Fund - Industry Support Programme

Total Grant: HK$810,590

Commencement Date: 1-Apr-22

中醫情志養生治療抑鬱症- 課程建構及初步試驗 Emotional Health Preservation in Chinese Medicine for Depression: Course Development and Pilot Testing

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Wing Fai YEUNG
Co-I: Dr Yuen Shan HO, Dr Cheuk Chi Teris CHEUNG, Dr Wing Yan LEE, Dr Fiona Yan Yee HO, Dr Hai Yong CHEN, Dr Wai Chi CHAN, Dr Cheuk Wing AU

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  Chinese Medicine Development Fund - Industry Support Programme

Total Grant: HK$992,576

Commencement Date: 1-Apr-22

Acupoint Herbal Plasters for Insomnia in Peri-menopausal Women

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Wing Fai YEUNG
Co-I: Dr Sai Wang SZETO, Dr Huan ZHANG, Dr Yuen Shan HO, Dr Huihui XIAO

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  Projects of RCMI

Total Grant: HK$958,739

Commencement Date: 1-Apr-22

The Presence of Humanoid Robot with Older Adults at Homes

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Yee Man Angela LEUNG
Co-I: Dr Yan ZHAO

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  Research Matching Grant Scheme (RMGS)

Total Grant: HK$100,000

Commencement Date: 1-Apr-22

Using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to Assess the Effects of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Smoking Cessation and Reduction of Psychotic Symptoms in Patients with Schizophrenia

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  Projects of MHRC

Total Grant: HK$210,000

Commencement Date: 1-Mar-22

Evaluating the efficacy of Transcranial Pulse Stimulation (TPS) on individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)- A double-blinded, randomized, sham-controlled trial

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  Associated Medical Supplies Co. Ltd.

Total Grant: HK$600,000

Commencement Date: 1-Mar-22

The secrets of healthy near-centenarians and centenarians in Hong Kong: how well are they ageing – one year follow up

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  Sik Sik Yuen (Donation)

Total Grant: HK$57,291

Commencement Date: 28-Feb-22

Effects of Facebook-based bibliotherapy on improving the wellbeing of informal caregivers of people with dementia: a pilot randomized controlled trial

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  NICHE Research Grant

Total Grant: HK$120,000

Commencement Date: 14-Feb-22

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

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

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

Total Grant: HK$1,235,540

Commencement Date: 29-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

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

Total Grant: HK$1,496,704

Commencement Date: 2-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

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

Total Grant: HK$1,499,960

Commencement Date: 2-Jan-22

Chatbot-based mindfulness interventions for young adults with symptoms of depression: a feasibility study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yan LI
Co-I: Dr Ying Wai Bryan HO, Dr Pui Kin KOR, Dr Jing LI, Mr Rong XIANG, Prof. Bressington Dan

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Start-up Fund for RAPs under the Strategic Hiring Scheme

Total Grant: HK$250,000

Commencement Date: 1-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

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$838,393

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-22

The Effects of a Hybrid Face-To-Face and Online Mode of Delivering a Mindfulness-Based Dementia Caregiving Programme for Family Caregivers of Persons with Dementia: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  RGC Early Career Scheme

Total Grant: HK$785,120

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-22

Feasibility study of a musical training program in improving the neurocognitive functioning of children surviving brain tumours

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Oi Kwan CHUNG
Co-I: Dr Yin Ping LEUNG, Dr William Ho Cheung LI, Mr Theodore Ching Kong CHEUNG, Ms Sau Ying CHIU, Ms Monique Sin Yu PONG, Prof. Chi Fung Godfrey CHAN 

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

Total Grant: HK$100,000

Commencement Date: 3-Dec-21

Effectiveness of a dyadic pain management program for community-dwelling older adults with chronic pain: a cluster randomized controlled trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Mun Yee Mimi TSE
Co-I: Prof. Sheung Mei NG, Dr Vivian LOU

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

Total Grant: HK$1,499,254

Commencement Date: 1-Dec-21

Patient-Specific Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Rupture Risk Assessment via Advanced Deep Learning and Computational Fluid Dynamics

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  Innovation and Technology Fund - Mainland-Hong Kong Joint Funding Scheme (ITF-MHKJFS)

Total Grant: HK$1,764,000

Commencement Date: 1-Dec-21

The effects of a tele-health program to facilitate the usage of internet of things among community-dwelling older adults: a randomized controlled trial

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  The Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund

Total Grant: HK$300,000

Commencement Date: 8-Nov-21

The use of a positive psychology intervention (PPI) to promote the psychological well-being of children living in poverty: a feasibility randomised controlled trial

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  Health and Medical Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$100,000

Commencement Date: 8-Nov-21

*Digital Health Literacy on COVID-19 for All: Co-creation and evaluation of interventions for ethnic minorities and Chinese people with chronic illnesses in Hong Kong

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Yee Man Angela LEUNG
Co-I: Dr Chung Ho Karrie CHAN, Dr Sau Yi Windy CHAN, Dr Pui Kin KOR, Dr Yin Ping LEUNG, Dr Yat Wa Justina LIU, Dr Jingjing SU, Dr Bernadette Maria WATSON, Prof. Alexandros MOLASIOTIS 

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: HMRF- Commissioned Research on COVID-19

Total Grant: HK$5,380,600

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).

*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).

*[AI-driven Vaccine Communicator智能疫苗助理]: The impact of a Web-based psychoeducation programme with a motivational AI-based digital assistant on Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy in Hong Kong’s population

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yan LI
Co-I: Dr Dan BRESSINGTON, Dr Sau Fong LEUNG, Dr Jing LI, Dr Jing QIN, Dr Yaojie XIE, Dr Lin YANG, Prof. Alexandros MOLASIOTIS 

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: HMRF- Commissioned Research on COVID-19

Total Grant: HK$4,804,683

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).

* #StayOkayHK: A universal public health initiative to promote stay-at-home during COVID-19 

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Wing Ka Grace HO
Co-I: Dr Chung Lim Vico CHIANG, Dr Sau Fong LEUNG, Dr Yim Wah MAK, Prof. Alexandros MOLASIOTIS, Prof. LOKE Alice YUEN 

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: HMRF- Commissioned Research on COVID-19

Total Grant: HK$5,243,600

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. LEUNG Yee Man Angela).

A community-based participatory research approach to reduce the COVID-19 risk in Hong Kong: developing and testing social and behavioural interventions

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  Commissioned Research on the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) under the Health and Medical Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$27,605,783

Commencement Date: 1-Nov-21

The Development of a Smart Health System to Enhance Healthy Lifestyles of Older Adults with Musculoskeletal Ageing Problems (Sarcopenia)

Investigators Name:
Rep. Co-PI / PC: Dr Yat Wa Justina LIU
Co-PI: Dr Calvin Wing Hong LUK, Mr Kar Kan LING
Co-I: Dr Sze Ki CHEUNG, Dr Ching Hang FONG, Dr Pui Kin KOR, Dr Ka Hei Kenneth LO, Dr Yi SUN, Dr Wing Fai YEUNG, Ir Prof. Yongping ZHENG, Prof. Kup Sze CHOI

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Projects of RISA

Total Grant: HK$1,600,000

Commencement Date: 15-Oct-21

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

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Lin YANG
Co-I: Dr Lam 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).

*A Smart Health 3P (Prevention, Protection, Progression) platform for people with physiological and psychosocial distress under the influence of COVID-19 

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yat Wa Justina LIU
Co-I: Dr Cheuk Chi Teris CHEUNG, Dr Sze Ki CHEUNG, Dr Ching Hang FONG, Dr Yiu Cho KWAN, Dr Ho Yin Frank LAI, Dr Lin YANG, Prof. Kup Sze CHOI, Prof. Ching Simon LAM, Prof. Wai Kwong MAN, Prof. Ho Keung David SHUM 

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: HMRF- Commissioned Research on COVID-19

Total Grant: HK$6,912,000

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).

Generalizable, Robust, and Interpretable Deep Learning for Clinically Applicable AI-empowered Diagnosis and Intervention systems: Methodologies & Clinical Applications

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  Project of Strategic Importance

Total Grant: HK$2,050,000

Commencement Date: 1-Oct-21

GAmified HOme-based COgnitive-Nutritional training (GAHOCON) for older people with cognitive frailty: A feasibility study

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$150,155

Commencement Date: 1-Oct-21

Effectiveness of a telecare-based intervention in supporting the informal caregiver of community-dwelling older adults: A pilot study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Kwan Ching WONG
Co-I: Ping Nga NG 

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Undergraduate Research and Innovation Scheme (URIS)

Total Grant: HK$30,000

Commencement Date: 1-Sep-21

Traditional Chinese Medicine Life-preservation for Depression: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$149,882

Commencement Date: 1-Sep-21

Effects of a Physical-Psychological Integrative (PPI) intervention on Physical inactivity, Depression and Chronic pain for Community-Dwelling Spinal Cord Injury Survivors: a Pilot Randomized Controlled trial

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  HMRF Research Fellowship Scheme

Total Grant: HK$952,685

Commencement Date: 1-Sep-21

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

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  Innovation and Technology Fund - Innovation and Technology Support Programme (ITF-ITSP)

Total Grant: HK$2,425,760

Commencement Date: 1-Sep-21

Effects of transcranial pulse stimulation (TPS) on young adults with symptoms of depression 1 – a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$177,462

Commencement Date: 2-Aug-21

Perception towards mental health among PolyU nursing students (who have participated in the “5Win5As mental health ambassadors training program”)

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yim Wah MAK
Co-I: Lam Yeuk LAW 

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Undergraduate Research and Innovation Scheme (URIS)

Total Grant: HK$30,000

Commencement Date: 1-Aug-21

Using a web-based mind-body intervention program for reducing stress in family caregiver of frail older people in mainland China: an intervention protocol development

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  鄭州悅來蘋果酒店有限公司

Total Grant: HK$20,000

Commencement Date: 1-Aug-21

Development and evaluation of the social participation intervention program for retirees

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yim Wah MAK
Co-I: Prof. JUN-E LIU, Ms Jiagui LIANG 

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Joint Supervision Scheme with the Chinese Mainland, Taiwan and Macao Universities - Other Chinese Mainland, Taiwan and Macao Universities

Total Grant: HK$180,600

Commencement Date: 26-Jul-21 

The Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Hypnosis in Reducing Chemotherapy-induced Nausea and Vomiting (CINV) among Hong Kong Chinese Children with Cancer: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  RGC Direct Allocation Grant - Funding Support to Small Projects

Total Grant: HK$200,000

Commencement Date: 2-Jul-21

An evidence-based clinical protocol for the detection, triage and management of fatigue-anorexia-cachexia symptoms clustering in advanced cancer patients: Protocol development

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  Start-up Fund for New Recruits

Total Grant: HK$400,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jul-21

Adverse and benevolent childhood experiences and health: a population-based telephone survey of Hong Kong adults

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$150,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jul-21

NEUROLITH Transcranial Pulse Stimulation System (SN-1)

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  Large Equipment Fund

Total Grant: HK$960,000

Commencement Date: 21-Jun-21

Time to Change Hong Kong: Reducing Stigma Around Mental Health in Hong Kong – A Service Evaluation

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  Mind Mental Health Hong Kong Limited

Total Grant: HK$73,238

Commencement Date: 1-Jun-21

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: Prof. Jing CAI, Prof. Qiang XU, Prof. Ruqiong NIE , Prof. Xiaopei LIU, Prof. Xiao KE, Dr Ming Yen NG, Dr Qi DOU

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Innovation and Technology Fund - Midstream Research

Total Grant: HK$5,655,100

Commencement Date: 1-Jun-21 

Effects of using a consumer-grade wearable device with biofeedback and brief mindfulness training for stress reduction in family caregivers of people with dementia: a pilot randomized controlled trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Pui Kin KOR
Co-I: Dr Yat Wa Justina LIU, Dr Yee Man Angela LEUNG, Dr Sze Ki CHEUNG, Dr Yuen Tung LAM, Dr Gary CHEUNG 

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Start-up Fund for New Recruits

Total Grant: HK$400,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jun-21

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

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Kam Yuet WONG 
Co-I: Jonathan BAYUO 

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Sigma Small Grants

Total Grant: HK$34,677.32

Commencement Date: 1-Jun-21 

Effects of a structured, family-supported, and patient-centred advance care planning on end-of-life decision making among palliative patients and their family members: A randomized controlled trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yin Ping LEUNG
Co-I: Dr Siu Yin CHING, Dr Raymond S.K. LO, Prof. Helen Yue-lai CHAN

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$911,220

Commencement Date: 1-Jun-21

Effectiveness of the professional-led support programme using a mobile application versus phone advice on patients at risk of coronary heart disease – A randomized controlled trial (Phase 2)

Investigators Name:
Rep. Co-PI/PC: Dr Yin Ping LEUNG 
Co-PI: Dr Mi Ling Eliza WONG
Co-I: Dr Shuk Yee KO, Dr Ching LAM, Dr Lap Yip Larry LEE, Prof. Yee Man Angela LEUNG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding:  Nam Kee Noodle Foundation Ltd

Total Grant: HK$270,000

Commencement Date: 3-May-21

*Effective Ventilation Strategies for Mitigating Infection Risks in Hospitals (SN) 

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Wai Man YUEN
Co-I: Ir Prof. Kwok Wai MUI 

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: RGC Collaborative Research Fund COVID-19 and NID Research Exercise

Total Grant: HK$296,100

Commencement Date: 1-May-21

* Child project of 'Effective Ventilation Strategies for Mitigating Infection Risks in Hospitals' (Rep. Co-PI / PC: Ir Prof. Kwok Wai MUI)

A pilot study to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of telecare consultation in nurse-led post-acute stroke clinic

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Kwan Ching WONG
Co-I: Prof. Kam Yuet WONG, Dr Wah Kuen TONG, Ms Wah Chun LI, Mr Man King KWONG, Ms Wai Yan KWOK

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Start-up Fund for New Recruits

Total Grant: HK$400,000

Commencement Date: 1-May-21

Data-Driven Intelligence towards Early Diagnosis and Treatment for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Project of Strategic Importance

Total Grant: HK$2,050,000

Commencement Date: 1-Mar-21

An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy – Caregiver Support Program (ACT-CSP) for Family Caregivers of Patients Receiving Palliative Care: A Feasibility Study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yin Ping LEUNG
Co-I: Dr Huilin CHENG, Dr See-kit LO, Dr Yim Wah MAK, Ms Wai Yin Ellen KU

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$146,000

Commencement Date: 1-Feb-21

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

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: NICHE Research Grant

Total Grant: HK$137,844

Commencement Date: 4-Jan-21

Exploring the feasibility of simulation-based education on undergraduate students’ palliative care communication: Innovating a practice-based theory approach

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Engle Angela CHAN
Co-I: Dr Ka Pik Katherine CHANG, Dr Pui Man CHUNG, Dr Eleni SIOUTA, Dr Yuen Man SIU, Ms Ping Kit Kitty WONG, Prof. Ann Marie RAFFERTY, Prof. Diana SLADE

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$631,984

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-21

Development and validation of a holistic health literacy scale for family caregivers of older people

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: NICHE Research Grant

Total Grant: HK$142,591

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-21

Evaluation of a 25-day Home-based, Multisensory Cognitive Stimulation Program for the People with Dementia and Their Family Caregivers

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Pui Kin KOR
Co-I: Dr Sze Ki CHEUNG, Dr Yiu Cho KWAN, Dr Yee Man Angela LEUNG, Dr Yat Wa Justina LIU, Dr Yan LI, Miss Tsz Kiu Clare YU, Ms Mo King Joan HON

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Mr Ma Kam Wah

Total Grant: HK$60,000

Commencement Date: 1-Dec-20

香港中醫醫院中醫護理培訓研究

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Chinese Medicine Development Fund

Total Grant: HK$890,300

Commencement Date: 1-Dec-20

Evaluation of the filtering efficiency, fit rate and mask usability of two newly developed N95 respirators

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Ching LAM
Co-I: Ms Suk Ki HO, Miss Ka Yan KO, Mr Kam Hung LAI, Ms Wing Yee NG, Dr Kwai Ping Lorna SUEN, Dr Yiu Wan YIP

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Vannex International Ltd

Total Grant: HK$543,720

Commencement Date: 5-Nov-20

A Stand-alone Therapeutic Music-with-Movement Programme for People with Cognitive Impairment

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Innovation and Technology Fund for Better Living

Total Grant: HK$5,362,643

Commencement Date: 1-Nov-20

Blended Gaming COVID-19 Training System (BGCTS) with WHO Guidelines for Staff in Residential Care Homes: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yee Man Angela LEUNG
Co-I: Dr Sze Ki CHEUNG, Dr Ching LAM, Dr Yin Ping LEUNG, Dr Yat Wa Justina LIU, Prof. Alexandros MOLASIOTIS, Dr Kwai Ping Lorna SUEN, Dr Mun Yee Mimi TSE, Dr Mi Ling Eliza WONG

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

Total Grant: HK$1,276,732

Commencement Date: 1-Oct-20

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

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Hip Seng Quality Advancement Centre Company Limited

Total Grant: HK$4,722,000

Commencement Date: 1-Oct-20

Development and Validation of the Exercise Fit Test (EFT) for Adolescents with Cancer

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Ka Wai Katherine LAM
Co-I: Prof. Chi Fung Godfrey CHAN, Ms Sau Ying CHIU, Dr Ka Yan HO

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$122,000

Commencement Date: 7-Sep-20

Reach out the drug abusers-establishing a community-based network through training Anti-Drug Ambassadors

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Beat Drugs Fund Regular Funding Scheme

Total Grant: HK$498,137

Commencement Date: 1-Sep-20

A Health-social Partnership Programme for Improving Health Self-management of Community-dwelling Older Adults: A Hybrid Effectiveness-implementation Pilot Study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Kwan Ching WONG
Co-I: Ms Karen CHOW, Prof. Kam Yuet WONG, Prof. Martin Chi Sang WONG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$146,000

Commencement Date: 1-Sep-20

A Brief Hope Intervention to Increase Hope Level and Decrease Stress Level of Parents with Children with Medical Complexity in the Community? A Feasibility Study

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$129,410

Commencement Date: 1-Sep-20

The Secrets of Healthy Near-centenarians and Centenarians in Hong Kong: How Well are They Ageing

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yat Wa Justina LIU
Co-I: Dr Sze Ki CHEUNG, Dr Chung Lim Vico CHIANG, Dr Pui Kin KOR, Dr Yiu Cho KWAN, Dr LEE Hong, Dr Ka Lai Shirley LO

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Sik Sik Yuen

Total Grant: HK$600,000

Commencement Date: 1-Aug-20

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

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: New World Construction Company Limited

Total Grant: HK$502,202

Commencement Date: 1-Aug-20

Symptom Clusters in Hong Kong Chinese Children with Blood Cancer: A Longitudinal Study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Ka Yan HO
Co-I: Prof. Godfrey Chi Fung CHAN, Ms Sau Ying CHIU, Dr Ka Wai Katherine LAM

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Start-up Fund for New Recruits

Total Grant: HK$400,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jun-20

Investigation of Happiness Index and its Explanatory Model in Hong Kong: Repeated Cross-sectional Studies

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Wofoo Foundation Limited (Collaborative)

Total Grant: HK$300,000

Commencement Date: 31-Mar-20

Assessing Agitation in Individuals with Dementia Using Wearable Multimodal Physiological Sensors: A Feasibility Study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Sze Ki CHEUNG
Co-I: Prof. Frank Youhua CHEN, Dr Theo FORTIS, Dr Yiu Cho KWAN, Dr Ching LAM, Prof. Chou Kee LEE, Dr Leonard Kin-Man POON

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Start-up Fund for New Recruits

Total Grant: HK$400,000

Commencement Date: 1-Mar-20

Effectiveness of the Nurse-led Support Programme Using a Mobile Application Versus Telephone Advice on Patients at Risk of Coronary Heart Disease - A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Nam Kee Noodle Foundation Ltd

Total Grant: HK$270,000

Commencement Date: 1-Mar-20

Investigation of Happiness Index in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area in Southern China: Three Phases Study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Ching LAM
Co-I: Dr Sze Ki CHEUNG, Dr Yun GAO, Dr Ning LAU, Dr Yim Wah MAK, Dr Mun Yee Mimi TSE, Ms Janny XIE, Prof. Ying ZHOU

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Shih Wing Ching Foundation Limited (Donation)

Total Grant: HK$75,000

Commencement Date: 1-Mar-20

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

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: NICHE Research Grant

Total Grant: HK$119,865

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-20

Intelligent Recognition of Movement Intention with Brain-Computer Interface for Lower-limb Rehabilitation

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Kup Sze CHOI
Co-I: Dr Zhaohong DENG, Dr Nai Kuen FONG, Dr Shuang LIANG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$528,999

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-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:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$528,999

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-20

Virtual Reality Motor-cognitive Training for Older People with Cognitive Frailty

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yiu Cho KWAN
Co-I: Dr Nai Kuen FONG, Prof. Kam Yuk Claudia LAI, Dr Yat Wa Justina LIU, Ms Shuk Kan Olive SIN, Dr Jing QIN

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Innovation and Technology Fund for Better Living

Total Grant: HK$2,537,500

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-20

Zero-time Exercise - Integrating Exercise into Daily Life Activity at No Extra Time and Cost to Improve Sleep in Physically Inactive Adults with Insomnia Disorder: a Randomized Controlled Trial with Mixed-method Process Evaluation

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$827,372

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-20

Culture, Langnage Competence and Mental Health Literacy: A Qualitative Study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yee Man Angela LEUNG
Co-I: Dr Amoah Padmore A., Ms Karrie C. H. CHAN, Prof. Wing Leung LAI

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Dean's Reserve

Total Grant: HK $236,589

Commencement Date: 1-Dec-19

Effects of mHealth on Promoting Self-care Health Management among Older Adults in the Community: A 3-arm Randomized Controlled Trial

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Dean's Reserve

Total Grant: HK $100,000

Commencement Date: 11-Nov-19

Enhancing the Resilience of Parents by Understanding their Perceptions, Behaviour, Attitudes, and Experiences related to Cancer and its Treatment of their Child

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Oi Kwan CHUNG
Co-I: Prof. Godfrey CHAN, Dr Ho Cheung William LI

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Start-up Fund for New Recruits

Total Grant: HK $400,000

Commencement Date: 1-Nov-19

Good Dyadic Relationship between Couple with One Having Mild Cognitive Impairment: a Q-methodology

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: NICHE Research Grant

Total Grant: HK $111,000

Commencement Date: 1-Oct-19

Electromoxibustion and Knee Health Education for Knee Osteoarthritis in Older Adults

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Wing Fai YEUNG
Co-I: Dr Cheuk Chi Teris CHEUNG, Dr Yuen Shan HO, Dr Doris Y LEUNG, Dr Chun Lung SO, Dr Kwai Ping Lorna SUEN

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Yan Chai Hospital

Total Grant: HK $77,080

Commencement Date: 15-Sep-19

Individualized Music Playlist Based on ISO-Principle for De-escalating Agitation of People Living with Dementia: a Randomized Controlled Feasibility Study

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Dean's Reserve

Total Grant: HK $250,000

Commencement Date: 1-Sep-19

Self-Administered Acupressure for Knee Osteoarthritis in Middle- and Older-aged Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Wing Fai YEUNG
Co-I: Dr Shuk-ting Denise CHEUNG, Mr Tsz-chung CHONG, Dr Lai-ming HO, Dr Yuen Shan HO, Prof Li-xing LAO, Dr Kwai Ping Lorna SUEN, Dr King-ho Carlos WONG

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

Total Grant: HK $1,194,640

Commencement Date: 1-Sep-19

A Multicentre Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effectiveness of a Lifestyle Intervention Programme Using Mobile Application Vs Booklet for Adults with Metabolic Syndrome

Investigators Name:

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

Total Grant: HK $1,254,142

Commencement Date: 1-Jul-19

Validation and Acceptability of the Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool: A Holistic Needs Screening Scale for Routine use in Hong Kong Palliative Care Settings

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Huilin CHENG
Co-I: Dr Ching LAM, Dr Yin Ping LEUNG, Dr Andrew Luk LEUNG, Ms Ko Po SHAN

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Nethersole Institute of Continuing Holistic Health Education (NICHE)

Total Grant: HK $101,464

Commencement Date: 1-Jul-19

Self-applied Acupressure for Arthralgia-fatigue-sleep Disturbance Symptom Cluster in Breast Cancer Survivors Receiving Aromatase Inhibitors: a Preliminary Randomized Controlled Trial

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK $164,300

Commencement Date: 30-Jun-19

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: Dr Cheong-wai Stephen CHAN, Dr Chi-hang Assunta HO, Ms Mei Chi Jacqueline HO, Dr Po-yee Lilian LEE, Ms Wai-yee Susanna LEE, Dr Chak-ho Rever LI, Prof Chi-kong LI, Dr Kwing-wan TSUI

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

Total Grant: HK $565,725

Commencement Date: 15-Jun-19

“Mind Space 精神健康體驗館” - The Castle Peak Hospital Mental Health Experience Museum - An Initial Service Evaluation

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK $149,764

Commencement Date: 1-Jun-19

The Effectiveness on Healthy Eating and Weight Management by Body Composition Assessment and Smart-phone Based Counselling Among Middle-aged Hong Kong Chinese: A 6-month Randomized Controlled Trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yaojie XIE
Co-I: Prof. Jean Tak Alice LOKE YUEN, Dr Qianling ZHOU

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Start-up Fund for New Recruits

Total Grant: HK $400,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jun-19

Could Graduating Nurses of the Undergraduate Programme Embrace Caring Communication in Palliative Care? A Mixed-methods Study

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Nethersole Institute of Continuing Holistic Health Education (NICHE)

Total Grant: HK $120,000

Commencement Date: 1-May-19

Development and Validation of the Typologies of Response to Adversities Questionnaire (TRAQ)

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Wing Ka Grace HO
Co-I: Dr Daniel Thomas BRESSINGTON, Dr Yim Wah MAK, Prof. Ko Ling Edward CHAN, Prof. Thanos KARATZIAS, Dr Philip HYLAND

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK $132,300

Commencement Date: 1-Apr-19

A Study on the Multiple-disciplinary Team Management Model of Upper Limb Lymphedema in Post-operative Breast Cancer Survivors

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yim Wah MAK
Co-I: Prof. Jun-E LIU

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Joint Supervision Scheme with the Chinese Mainland, Taiwan and Macao Universities - Other Chinese Mainland, Taiwan and Macao Universities

Total Grant: HK$167,377

Commencement Date: 15-Mar-19

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

Investigators Name:

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

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: RGC Early Career Scheme

Total Grant: HK $913,705

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-19

Feasibility of Using Smartphone to Measure Gait and Life-space in Older People With Mild Cognitive Impairment

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Fund for GRF Project Rated 3.5 (CRG)

Total Grant: HK $200,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-19

Intelligent Dementia Risk Prediction System with Community Health Profile of Elderly

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Kup Sze CHOI
Co-I: Dr Yiu Cho KWAN, Dr Jing QIN, Dr Guanjin WANG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: ITF-MRP

Total Grant: HK$3,607,120

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-19

The Impact of Video Gaming on Cognitive Functioning of People with Schizophrenia (GAME-S)

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$1,161,999

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-19

Towards Patient-specific Planning and Intraoperative Guidance for Ultrasound-guided Interventions via Deep Learning, Visualization, and Physically-based Modeling Techniques

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Jing QIN

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Fund for GRF Project Rated 3.5 (CRG)

Total Grant: HK $200,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-19

Mobility, Well-being and Community Participation Among People with Depression: Geographically-explicit Ecological Momentary Assessment (GEMA)

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Maritta Anneli VAELIMAEKI
Co-I: Dr Kup Sze CHOI, Dr Yiu Cho KWAN, Dr Hong LEE, Dr Sau Fong LEUNG, Dr Man Sing WONG, Dr Lin YANG, Nina GAREVIK, Mathilda HEDLUND LINBERG, Mr Man Hon CHUNG, Mats Owe SAMUELSSON, Maria WILANDER

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental Earnings, SN

Total Grant: HK $108, 557

Commencement Date: 21-Dec-18

Predictors of Adherence to Infection Control Practice of Health Care Workers in Residential Care Homes: a Sequential Exploratory Mixed Methods Design

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Start-up Fund for New Recruits

Total Grant: HK $400,000

Commencement Date: 1-Dec-18

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. Christopher LAI, Dr Kit Hang SIU, Dr Kwai Ping Lorna SUEN, Dr. Dominic NC TSANG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Ecolab Healthcare ANZ

Total Grant: HK $177,608

Commencement Date: 14-Aug-18

An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Professional-supported Problem-solving-based Self-learning Program for Family Carers of People with Recent-onset Psychosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Investigators Name:

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

Total Grant: HK $697,060

Commencement Date: 1-Aug-18

Self-administered Acupressure for Insomnia Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Wing Fai YEUNG
Co-I: Dr Ka-Fai CHUNG, Dr Fiona Yan-Yee HO, Dr Lai-Ming HO, Dr Kwai Ping Lorna SUEN, Prof Li-Xing LAO, Prof Zhang-Jin ZHANG

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

Total Grant: HK $836,360

Commencement Date: 1-Aug-18

Effectiveness of a Peer-Led Pain Management Program in Relieving Chronic Pain and Enhancing Pain Self-Efficacy Among Older Adults: Clustered Randomized Controlled Trial

Investigators Name:

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

Total Grant: HK $1,044,390

Commencement Date: 3-Jul-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 Kup Sze CHOI, Dr. Jingjing HU, Dr. Liping LIU, Prof. Jeremy Yuen-Chun TEOH

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: ITF - ITSP - Tier 3

Total Grant: HK$1,854,956

Commencement Date: 1-Jul-18

Effects of a Modified Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for Family Caregivers of People with Dementia in Stress Reduction: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Sigma Theta Tau International

Total Grant: HK $39,150

Commencement Date: 1-Jun-18

What is a "Good Parent" in Hong Kong? A Q-Study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Wing Ka Grace HO

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK $150,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jun-18

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

Investigators Name:

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

Total Grant: HK$1,198,000

Commencement Date: 2-May-18

Enhancing the Physical Activity Levels of Community-dwelling Older People with Frailty through an Exercise Intervention with or without a Wearable Activity Tracker (WAT)-based Intervention: a Feasibility and Pilot Study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yat Wa Justina LIU
Co-PI: Dr Xue BAI
Co-I: Dr Yiu Cho KWAN, Dr Hong LEE, Dr Yuen Man SIU

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Dean's Reserve

Total Grant: HK $239,600

Commencement Date: 16-Apr-18

Psychometric Evaluation of the Chinese Version of the Resilience Scale for Children

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Oi Kwan CHUNG
Co-I: Dr Ka Yan HO, Dr Ho Cheung LI, Ms Sau Ying CHIU, Prof Chi Fung CHAN

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

Total Grant: HK$100,000

Commencement Date: 1-Apr-18

Feasibility of Self-Administered Auricular Acupressure Integrated with Mobile Device Reminders for Weight Reduction

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK $139,120

Commencement Date: 1-Apr-18

Building Resilience Among Nursing Students: A Pilot Study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Siu Yin CHING
Co-I: Dr Kin CHEUNG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK $148,230

Commencement Date: 1-Mar-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:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Hong Kong Nurses Training & Education Foundation Limited

Total Grant: HK $160,000

Commencement Date: 1-Mar-18

Effects of Indoor Environmental Factors on Influenza Like Illness in the Older
Population of Hong Kong - Phase II Study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Lin YANG
Co-I: Dr Yim Wah MAK, Dr Kwai Ping Lorna SUEN

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK $122,450

Commencement Date: 1-Feb-18

Integrating e-Health Technology into a Life Style Intervention Programme on Exercise Behavior, Depression and Quality of Life in Soon-To-Be Aged Adult with Metabolic Syndrome -A Feasibility Study

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Start-up Fund for New Recruits

Total Grant: HK $400,000

Commencement Date: 1-Feb-18

Partnership with the Community to Improve the Psychosocial Well-being of People with Dementia or Mild Cognitive Impairment, and their Caregivers with Music Interventions: an Effectiveness-Implementation Cluster Randomized Clinical Trials

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Sze Ki CHEUNG
Co-I: Mr Daniel LAI, Miss Yuen Wah HO, Prof. Claudia Kam Yuk LAI

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Ho Cheung Shuk Yuen Charitable Foundation

Total Grant: HK $1,354,502

Commencement Date: 1-Feb-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:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: T.S. Lo Foundation

Total Grant: HK $250,000

Commencement Date: 3-Jan-18

A couple-based Interpersonal Psychotherapy on Postnatal Depression and Family Sense of Coherence: A Pilot Study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Fei Wan NGAI
Co-I: Dr Ling Ling GAO, Prof. Jean Tak Alice LOKE YUEN

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Fund for GRF Project Rated 3.5 (CRG)

Total Grant: HK $105,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-18

Alleviating Caregivers' Stress through an E-painting Mobile Application: A Feasibility Study

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Fund for GRF Project Rated 3.5 (CRG)

Total Grant: HK $105,000

Commencement Date: 1-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: Dr Kup Sze CHOI, Mr Hon-Ming WONG, Prof. Pheng-Ann HENG, Prof. Yuen Chun Jeremy TEOH

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK $550,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-18

Determining the Role of Acupuncture in the Modulation of Peripheral Oxidative Stress in Patients with Insomnia: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: RGC Early Career Scheme

Total Grant: HK $735,971

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: Dr Kup Sze CHOI, Dr Tin Cheung YING, Prof. Chi-Fai NG, Prof. Yuen-Chun Jeremy TEOH

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: ITF - ITSP - Tier 3

Total Grant: HK $1,718,198

Commencement Date: 1-Feb-18

Evaluation of an Individualized Exercise Programme Plus Behavioural Change Enhancement Strategies for Managing General Fatigue in Community-Dwelling Frail Older People: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK $853,463

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-18

Migraine Features and Cardiovascular Risk Profile in Hong Kong Chinese Women: a Prospective Cohort Study: a Pilot Study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yaojie XIE
Co-I: Prof. Jean Tak Alice LOKE YUEN, Dr Qi SUN

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Fund for ECS Project Rated 3.5 (CRG)

Total Grant: HK $105,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-18

Neuroprotective Effects of Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 on Air-pollutant Induced Cytotoxicity

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Fund for GRF Project Rated 3.5 (CRG)

Total Grant: HK $105,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-18

Post-chemotherapy Symptom and Management on Cancer Survivors

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Choi Wan CHAN

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Fund for ECS Project Rated 3.5 (CRG)

Total Grant: HK $105,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-18

Stress Alleviating Mobile Application for Caregivers (SAMAC): A Feasibility Study

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental Earnings

Total Grant: HK $207,600

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-18

Dyadic Intervention for People with Dementia and Caregivers

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Sze Ki CHEUNG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Fund for ECS Project Rated 3.5 (CRG)

Total Grant: HK $105,000

Commencement Date: 18-Dec-17

Effects of A Video-Supported Nurse-Led Advance Care Planning on End-Of-Life Decision Making Among Frail Geriatric Patients: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yin Ping LEUNG
Co-I: Dr Helen Yue-lai Chan, Dr Patrick Ka-chun Chiu, Dr Shiu Kwong Joseph Kwan, Dr Raymond See-kit Lo, Dr Fiona Wing-ki Tang

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$821,848

Commencement Date: 1-Dec-17

The Use of Persuasive Technology to Promote Moderate-vigorous Physical Activity (MVPA) through Habitual Brisk Walking in the Free-living Environment of the Older People with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI): A Feasibility Study

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Start-up Fund for New Recruits

Total Grant: HK $400,000

Commencement Date: 1-Dec-17

Proteome Signature of Intervertebral Disc in Mice with Normal Lumbar Development and Age-dependent Degeneration

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Wai Man YUEN
Co-I: Dr Chuen LAM, Dr Shing Shun Tony TO, Dr Wai Nam TSANG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Fund for GRF Project Rated 3.5 (CRG)

Total Grant: HK $105,000

Commencement Date:15-Nov-17

The Habits and Attitudes of Video Gaming and Information Technology Use Among Persons with Schizophrenia in Hong Kong: a Survey and Feasibility study

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Fund for GRF Project Rated 3.5 (CRG)

Total Grant: HK $105,000

Commencement Date: 15-Nov-17

Understanding Positive Youth Development among the Ethnic Minority Adolescents in Hong Kong: Using a Mixed-method Approach

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Chung Yee Zenobia CHAN
Co-I: Dr Man Sze MA

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Dean's Reserve

Total Grant: HK $300,000

Commencement Date: 18-Oct-17

Project on Medication Adherence and Health Literacy - Part 2

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Hong Kong Housing Society

Total Grant: HK $100,000

Commencement Date: 18-Sep-17

Collaborative Learning in the Global Classroom - Widening the Horizon

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Engle Angela CHAN
Co-I: Prof. Christine KUMLIEN, Prof. Elisabeth CARLSON, Ms Marie STENBERG, Mr Kam Hung LAI, Mr Kwan Ching WONG, Ms Pui Sze CHAN, Ms Suk Ki HO, Dr Doris Y LEUNG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Dean's Reserve

Total Grant: HK $181,572

Commencement Date: 4-Sep-17

Developing User-centered Treatment Culture to Prevent Patient Aggressive Events in Psychiatric Hospitals

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Start-up Fund for New Recruits

Total Grant: HK $400,000

Commencement Date: 1-Sep-17

Teaching and Learning Experiences of an Interprofessional Education Programme for Undergraduate Students in Health and Social Care Disciplines

Investigators Name:
Rep Co-PI: Prof. Kam Yuet WONG
Co-PI: Prof.Yuk Chung CHAN
Co-I: Dr Kitty CHAN, Dr Shu Kei CHENG, Dr Wing Sze Josephine LAU, Dr Sze Ming Samuel LEUNG, Dr Chung-Ying LIN, Dr Veronika SCHOEB MEZZANOTTE AMAT, Dr Shing Shun Tony TO, Dr Yu Lok WONG, Mr Ho Ming CHUNG, Mr Yip Kuen Eddie HAI, Mr Shu Po SHIU, Mr Kwan Ching WONG, Ms Wai Shan CHAN, Ms Mei Chi Jacqueline HO

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Dean's Reserve

Total Grant: HK $114,254

Commencement Date: 1-Sep-17

Sensor-based Stress Monitoring and Alleviating (SbSMA) System for Enhancing Caregiving in Dementia: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Start-up Fund for New Recruits

Total Grant: HK $400,000

Commencement Date: 15-Aug-17

Validation Study of the Chinese Version of Children's ChronoType Questionnaire and Agreement Rates Between Different Measures for Children's Sleep Patterns

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Wing Fai YEUNG
Co-I: Dr Ka-Fai CHUNG, Dr Yuen Shan HO, Dr Regina Lai Tong LEE

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Start-up Fund for New Recruits

Total Grant: HK $399,975

Commencement Date: 1-Jun-17

Towards Precise Planning and Prediction of Shock Wave Lithotripsy via Advanced Causality Discovery Modelling, Machine Learning and Virtual Reality

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Start-up Fund for New Recruits

Total Grant: HK $400,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jun-17

Association of Green Space with Quality of Life and Health Status of Neighborhood Residents: A Mix-method Research Project

Investigators Name:
Rep Co-PI: Dr Lin YANG
Co-PI: Dr Yuen Man SIU, Prof. Kam Yuet WONG
Co-I: Dr Ka Pik Katherine CHANG, Dr Yuen Shan HO, Dr Man Sing WONG, Dr Yan Yan Fiona WONG, Dr Lai Har WU, Dr Wai Man YUEN, Dr Linwei TIAN

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Dean's Reserve

Total Grant: HK $1,000,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jun-17

Promoting Mental Health Literacy in Aging: Identifying Depressive Symptoms Through Photos

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Health Care & Promotion Fund (Seed Funding)

Total Grant: HK $493,863

Commencement Date: 1-May-17

Healthy Families Healthy Minds

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Chung Lim Vico CHIANG
Co-I: Dr Wing Ka Grace HO, Dr Yim Wah MAK, Mr Kwok Kai Benson CHAN, Ms Sin Yee Petsy CHOW, Ms Siu Ling Ivy LEUNG, Prof. Jean Tak Alice LOKE YUEN

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Health Care and Promotion Fund

Total Grant: HK $267,000

Commencement Date: 1-May-17

Clustering Clinical Profile, Exploring Patient-reported Symptoms and their Relationships with Inflammatory Biomarkers and Clinical Prognostic Data in Febrile Neutropenic Patients with Hematological Disorders

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Start-up Fund for New Recruits

Total Grant: HK $400,000

Commencement Date: 1-May-17

Relationship between Physical Fitness, Cardio-vascular Risk, Recovery of Mental Illness and Quality of Life among People with Severe Mental Illness in Hong Kong

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yim Wah MAK
Co-I: Dr Daniel Thomas BRESSINGTON

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Central Research Grant

Total Grant: HK $150,000

Commencement Date: 1-Apr-17

Laughter Yoga for Improving Depression, Anxiety and Stress in People Diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder: A Feasibility Study

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Central Research Grant

Total Grant: HK $149,969

Commencement Date: 1-Apr-17

*Genetic Analysis of Alzheimer's Disease in Hong Kong (Sub-account of 5-ZJL7)

Investigators Name:
Rep Co-PI: Dr Yee Man Angela LEUNG
Co-PI: Dr Lok Ting LAU, Co-I: Dr David DAI, Dr Yiu Cho KWAN

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Donation from Individuals

Total Grant: HK $165,663

Commencement Date: 6-Mar-17

* Child project of ‘Genetic Analysis of Alzheimer's Disease in Hong Kong’ (PI: Dr Lok Ting LAU).

Couples' Family Sense of Coherence during Parental Transition

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Start-up Fund for New Recruits

Total Grant: HK $395,030

Commencement Date: 1-Mar-17

Effects of Mode of Delivery and Type of Infant Feeding on Gastrointestinal Microbiota Compositions, and Atopic Manifestations in Early Infancy: A Prospective Cohort Study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Lai Har WU
Co-I: Dr Hang Mei Polly LEUNG, Dr Wai Man YUEN, Ms Chi Oi Christine LAM, Prof. Jean Tak Alice LOKE YUEN

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Central Research Grant

Total Grant: HK $150,000

Commencement Date: 1-Mar-17

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

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: ITF - ITSP - Tier 3

Total Grant: HK $1,917,782

Commencement Date: 1-Mar-17

The Effects of Community-based Health-social Partnership Program for Discharged Community-living Non-frail Older Adults: A Pilot Study

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Central Research Grant

Total Grant: HK $150,000

Commencement Date: 14-Feb-17

Resilience in the Face of Childhood Adversity: A Mixed Methods Study of Young Adults in Hong Kong

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Wing Ka Grace HO
Co-I: Dr Janet Y.H. WONG, Dr Chau Wai Elsie YAN, Prof. Karatzias THANOS

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Start-up Fund for New Recruits

Total Grant: HK $400,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-17

The Use of Oyster Extract in Enhancing Fatigue, Cognitive Function and Sleep Quality in Adult Population

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Angel SP Chan Lau Endowed Professorship in Health and Longevity (PJTD)

Total Grant: HK $238,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-17

Virtual BCI-Based Rehabilitation Leveraging Haptics and Harnessing Insights from Healthy People Using Transfer Learning

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Kup Sze CHOI
Co-PI: Dr Zhaohong DENG, Mr King Hung LO

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK $321,737

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-17

Temporal Association Between Objectively-Measured Smartphone Usage, Sleeping Quality, and Physical Activity in Hong Kong Adolescents and Young Adults

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: RGC Early Career Scheme

Total Grant: HK $513,340

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-17

Evaluation of an Individualized Exercise Programme Plus Behavioural Change Enhancement Strategies for Managing General Fatigue in Community-dwelling Frail Older People: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yat Wa Justina LIU

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Central Research Grant

Total Grant: HK $105,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-17

Elucidating the Role of JNK3 as Major Player in Cigarette Smoking-induced Pre-Alzheimer's Pathophysiology-lmplication for the Risk for Alzheimer Dementia

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Central Research Grant

Total Grant: HK $105,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-17

Determining the Role of Acupuncture in Modulation of Peripheral Oxidative Stress in Patients with Insomnia: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Wing Fai YEUNG
Co-I: Dr Yuen Shan HO, Dr Wai Man YUEN

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Central Research Grant

Total Grant: HK$105,000

Commencement Date: 1-Dec-16

Mental Health Literacy and Health Seeking Behavior in the Western Pacific

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: World Health Organization

Total Grant: HK$170,757

Commencement Date: 25-Nov-16

A Language Analysis of Speak-up Strategies in an Intensive Care Unit Using Existing Data of Audio-recorded Clinician-to-clinician Interactions

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Engle Angela CHAN
Co-I: Dr Kang Yiu LAI, Dr Wing Yiu George NG, Dr Hang Kwong Eric SO

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Hong Kong Hospital Authority

Total Grant: HK$184,000

Commencement Date:1-Oct-16

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

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: RGC Early Career Scheme

Total Grant: HK$814,662

Commencement Date: 1-Oct-16

Evaluation of the Efficacy of a 12-month, Simplified 5-step Hand Hygiene Program Extended to a Home-based Program via eHealth Edutainment Versus the Conventional Face-to-face Alone Teaching Method for Preschoolers: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Regina Lai Tong LEE
Co-I: Dr Hong CHEN, Dr Hong LEE, Prof. Man Cynthia LEUNG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Central Research Grant

Total Grant: HK$105,000

Commencement Date: 1-Oct-16

Frailty, Vitamin D and Biomarkers in Chinese Older Adults: A Pilot Study

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Central Research Grant

Total Grant: HK$105,000

Commencement Date: 1-Oct-16

Project on Medication Adherence and Health Literacy

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yee Man Angela LEUNG
Co-I: Dr Yat Wa Justina LIU

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Hong Kong Housing Society

Total Grant: HK$99,475

Commencement Date: 15-Sep-16

Develop a Clinical Risk Assessment Tool for Osteoporosis Screening in Hong Kong Chinese Adults

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental Earnings, SN

Total Grant: HK$200,000

Commencement Date: 1-Sep-16

Collaboration Proposal for Pain and Related Situations among Frail Older Adults in Yan Chai Hospital: a Cross-sectional Study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Mun Yee Mimi TSE
Co-I: Mr Yiu Cho KWAN

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Yan Chai Hospital

Total Grant: HK$120,000

Commencement Date: 24-Aug-16

The Effects of a Simplified 10-step Tai-chi Programme on the Motor Performance and Fall Prevention of Community-dwelling Older People with Dementia (PWD): a Pilot Cluster RCT Study

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental Earnings, SN

Total Grant: HK$196,800

Commencement Date: 15-Aug-16

A Longitudinal Cohort Study On Physical And Mental Health Of Hidden Youths And Adults Living With Hikikomori (Hermetic) Lifestyle

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Wai Man YUEN
Co-I: Dr Wai San Wilson TAM, Ms Ka Wing SO, Prof. Wai Tong CHIEN, Prof. Cheong Wing Victor WONG

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

Total Grant: HK$950,834

Commencement Date: 15-Aug-16

Evaluation of Personal Protective Equipment for Preventing Ebola Transmission in Terms of Degree of Contamination during Doffing, Protocol Violations, and Perceived Usability Level

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Centre for Infection Control

Total Grant: HK$185,000

Commencement Date: 4-Jul-16

Play Intervention for Enhancing Cognitive Functions of People with Dementia: a Feasibility Study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Sze Ki CHEUNG
Co-I: Dr Yee Man Angela LEUNG, Prof. Wing Leung LAI, Prof. Ka Tat TSANG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental Earnings, SN

Total Grant: HK$194,368

Commencement Date: 2-Jul-16

Health and Social Impact of the Green Deck Project on the Population Living in the Neighborhood

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Green Deck Project (FHSS)

Total Grant: HK$378,353

Commencement Date: 15-Jun-16

Effectiveness of Ultraviolet-C (UV-C) Irradiation for Inactivation of Multi-drug Resistant Organisms

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Margaret May O'DONOGHUE
Co-I: Dr Maureen Valerie BOOST, Dr Kwok Wai MUI, Dr Kit Hang SIU, Dr Kwai Ping Lorna SUEN, Mr Wai Kong WONG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Centre for Infection Control

Total Grant: HK$60,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jun-16

Raising Awareness Of Disaster Risk And Personal Protection Among Teenagers In Hong Kong

Investigators Name:

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

Total Grant: HK$99,399

Commencement Date: 1-Jun-16

Uncovering the Meanings of Psychosocial Care Experience of Cancer Patients and/or their Informal Care-givers at Maggie's Cancer Caring Centre

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Engle Angela CHAN
Co-I: Dr Siu Yin CHING, Mrs Helen LUI, Ms Jacobi SHING

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Maggie's Cancer Caring Centre

Total Grant: HK$388,088

Commencement Date: 3-May-16

Effectiveness Of Auriculotherapy On Older People With Insomnia

Investigators Name:

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

Total Grant: HK$1,016,414

Commencement Date: 3-May-16

Evaluation on the Effects of a Brief Hope Intervention to the Symptoms in the Chinese Cancer Rehabilitating Patients

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Kitty CHAN
Co-PI: Dr Hong LEE, Dr Shao Ling WANG, Dr Ka WU, Prof. Kam Yuet WONG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$150,000

Commencement Date: 1-May-16

Changing The Way We Prevent Diabetes: The Use of Mobile Application

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Health Care and Promotion Fund

Total Grant: HK$281,720

Commencement Date: 15-Apr-16

Smart Device Usage, Lifestyles Behaviors, Physical Fitness, and Eye Problems: A Prospective Study in Hong Kong Adolescents

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Hong LEE
Co-I: Dr Chi Wai DO, Dr Regina Lai Tong LEE, Dr Chun Lung SO, Dr Pui Yuk Grace SZETO

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

Total Grant: HK$1,166,500

Commencement Date: 1-Apr-16

Investigating the Pathological Changes in the Brains of Mice Suffering from Chronic Kidney Disease Developed by Unilateral Ureteral Obstruction

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Start-up Fund for New Recruits

Total Grant: HK$353,564

Commencement Date: 1-Mar-16

Time-varying Predictors of All-cause Mortality in Chinese Long-term Dialysis Patients

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$150,000

Commencement Date: 1-Mar-16

A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial to Test the Complementary Therapeutic Efficacy of Tai Chi for the Prophylaxis of Episodic Migraine in Chinese Women

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yaojie XIE
Co-I: Dr Kwai Ping Lorna SUEN, Prof. Suzanne Sut-ying HO, Prof. Stanley Sai-chuen HUI

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$150,050

Commencement Date: 1-Feb-16

Speaking Up for Patient Safety in ICU - A Pilot Study

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Hong Kong Hospital Authority

Total Grant: HK$95,400

Commencement Date: 1-Feb-16

A Contextualized Understanding of Nurse-Patient Communication and its Impact on Nurses' Learning and Patient Satisfaction

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Engle Angela CHAN
Co-I:  Prof. Martin Christian Mat MATTHIESSEN, Prof. Diana SLADE, Dr Siu Yin CHING, Dr Wah Kun TONG, Dr Fiona Yan Yan WONG, Miss Yuk Yin LAM

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$646,008

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-16

Power Dynamics in the Student-Teacher Relationship: the Voices of Nursing Students

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$205,440

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-16

A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effectiveness of a Mindfulness-Based Psycho-Education Program for People with Recent-onset Psychosis

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Wai Tong CHIEN
Co-I: Prof. Sally W.C. CHAN, Prof. Terence V. McCANN, Prof. David Robert THOMPSON, Mr Eric F.C. CHEUNG, Ms Lai King YIP

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Central Research Grant

Total Grant: HK$688,222

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-16

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

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Central Research Grant

Total Grant: HK$1,309,142

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-16

Evaluation of the Efficacy of a Simplified 5-Step Hand Washing Intervention Program Versus the Conventional Hand Washing (7-Step) Program for Students with Mild Grade Intellectual Disability: A Clustered Randomized Controlled Non-inferior Trial

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$668,688

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-16

Advancing Brain-computer Interfaces with Machine Learning, Haptics and Virtual Reality

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Kup Sze CHOI

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Central Research Grant

Total Grant: HK$150,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-16

Partnering with Families to Promote Nutrition in Cancer Care: The PICNIC Feasibility Study

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Griffith University, Australia

Total Grant: HK$42,930

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-16

Use of a Mindfulness-based Intervention for Family Carers of People with Dementia in the Community: A Feasibility Study

Investigators Name:
Rep Co-PI: Prof. Wai Tong CHIEN
Co-PI:Dr Sze Ki CHEUNG
PI: Prof. Kam Yuk LAI, Prof. Suzanne CHAMBERS, Dr Nathan DAVIES, Dr Cindy JONES, Prof. Wendy MOYLE, Mr Pui Kin KOR, Ms Lai King YIP

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Dean's Reserve

Total Grant: HK$337,800

Commencement Date: 1-Dec-15

Improving Continuity of Care for Patient Safety through Effective Nursing Handover Communication

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital Nurses Alumni Association

Total Grant: HK$20,000

Commencement Date: 1-Dec-15

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: Central Research Grant

Total Grant: HK$252,000

Commencement Date:15-Nov-15

Effects of a Multiple-component Program to Reduce Sedentary Behaviors Among Young Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Central Research Grant

Total Grant: HK$105,000

Commencement Date: 1-Nov-15

Investigation of Sleep Quality and Executive Functioning in Hong Kong Adolescents

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yuen Shan HO
Co-I: Dr Chuen Chung Raymond CHANG, Dr Yuet-Ying Esther LAU, Dr Hong LEE, Dr Regina Lai Tong LEE, Dr Ka-Chun Andrew SUEN

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Start-up Fund for New Recruits

Total Grant: HK$290,400

Commencement Date: 1-Sep-15

Learning from and with Each Other: Seminars in the Global Classroom

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Dean's Reserve

Total Grant: HK$153,600

Commencement Date: 1-Sep-15

A Cross-cultural Study of Comparison of the Burden of Caring for People with Dementia

Investigators Name:
Rep Co-PI: Dr Sze Ki CHEUNG
Co-PI: Prof. Alexandros MOLASIOTIS
Co-I: Prof. Kam Yuk LAI, Mr Lok Lam Daniel LAI, Kai Yee Kalista YUEN

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental Earnings, SN

Total Grant: HK$455,734

Commencement Date: 1-Sep-15

A Biometeorological Indices-based Spatiotemporal System for Forecasting weather-related Disasters and Demands for Accident and Emergency Services

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. YUEN Jean Tak Alice LOKE
Co-I: Dr Chung Lim Vico CHIANG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Postdoctoral Fellowships Scheme

Total Grant: HK$700,000

Commencement Date: 20-Aug-15

Existential Loneliness of the Frail Older Adults and Their Caregivers: A Cross-cultural Study

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Dean's Reserve

Total Grant: HK$203,913

Commencement Date: 1-Aug-15

Work Engagement of Nurse Aides at Long-term Care Institutions: its Relationship with Work Stress, Job Satisfaction and Intension to Leave

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Kin CHEUNG
Co-I: Mr Lai Kit LEUNG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: One-line Budget, SN

Total Grant: HK$130,104

Commencement Date: 1-Aug-15

Comparison of Respiratory Protection and Comfort of Different Types of N95 Masks during Nursing Procedures in a Simulated Clinical Setting

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: One-line Budget, SN

Total Grant: HK$150,000

Commencement Date: 1-Aug-15

Associations between Lifestyle Behaviors and Psychosocial Health Conditions in Hong Kong Adolescents: A cross-sectional and Cross-cultural study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Regina Lai Tong LEE
Co-I: Prof. Wai Tong CHIEN, Dr Angela DAWSON, Dr Hong LEE

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental Earnings, SN

Total Grant: HK$300,000

Commencement Date: 6-Jul-15

Preliminary Studies to Determine Acceptability and Feasibility of Use of Alcohol Products for Hand Hygiene and Evaluation of an Education Programme for Improving Hand Hygiene Compliance and Reducing Hand and Near-patient Environmental Contamination in Elderly Subjects in Long Term Care

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: One-line Budget, SN

Total Grant: HK$101,956

Commencement Date: 1-Jul-15

An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Mindfulness-based Illness Management Program for Chinese People with Schizophrenia: A Randomised Controlled Trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Wai Tong CHIEN
Co-I: Prof. Sally W.C. CHAN, Prof. Thanos KARATZIAS, Ms Shuk Yi CHAN, Ms Jolene H.C. MUI, Ms Lai King YIP

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

Total Grant: HK$653,270

Commencement Date: 1-Jul-15

Electroacupuncture for Tapering Off Long-Term Benzodiazepine Use: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Investigators Name:

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

Total Grant: HK$756,607

Commencement Date: 1-Jul-15

The Process of Decision Making on Mode of Delivery among Women Living in Hong Kong

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Jean Tak Alice LOKE YUEN
Co-I: Dr Yim Wah MAK

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$136,930

Commencement Date: 1-Jun-15

Building Resilience in the Nursing Student Workforce: Qualitative Study among Nursing Students in Hong Kong

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Sigma Theta Tau International

Total Grant: HK$38,773

Commencement Date: 1-Jun-15

Experience of post-discharge community life of patients with mental illness from the Integrated Community Centre for Mental Wellness (ICCMW): A qualitative exploration

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Chung Lim Vico CHIANG
Co-I: Prof. Wai Tong CHIEN, Mr Siu Ling Ivy LEUNG, Mr Ming Chi WAN, Ms Yuen Ha Sally CHEUNG

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

Total Grant: HK$79,920

Commencement Date: 18-May-15

A Study to Review Clinical Practice Issues of the Aged Homes of the Yuen Yuen Institute to Enhance Quality Residential Care

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: The Yuen Yuen Institute Social Service Department

Total Grant: HK$496,447

Commencement Date: 15-May-15

The effectiveness of a pressure ulcer prevention programme for older people in for-profit private nursing homes: A cluster randomised controlled trail

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Hong LEE
Co-I: Dr Wai Yung KWONG, Dr Kwan Mo YEUNG, Ms Siu Ming Susan LAW, Mr Yiu Cho KWAN

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

Total Grant: HK$875,000

Commencement Date: 15-May-15

Assessment of In-use Reliability of N95 Respirators for Respiratory Protection of Health Care Workers

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Hong Kong Infection Control Nurses' Association

Total Grant: HK$93,500

Commencement Date: 1-Apr-15

A Randomised Controlled Trial to Assess the Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness of Acupuncture in the Management of Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Alexandros MOLASIOTIS
Co-I: Prof. Tony MOK, Prof. Winnie YEO, Dr Howan LEUNG, Dr Kwai Ping Lorna SUEN

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

Total Grant: HK$969,700

Commencement Date: 16-Mar-15

Building Resilience in Nursing and Health Care Student Workforce

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$149,235

Commencement Date: 2-Mar-15

Evaluation of a Conceptual Framework for Identifying of a Disaster Resilience Workforce

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$315,724

Commencement Date: 1-Mar-15

Can the wActiSleep-BT Accelerometer Accurately Measure Total Sleep Time, Awake Time After Sleep, and Sleep Efficiency?

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Hong LEE
Co-I: Dr Kwai Ping Lorna SUEN

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

Total Grant: HK$80,000

Commencement Date: 1-Mar-15

The Development of the Chinese Health Improvement Profile (CHIP) and its Efficacy in Improving the Physical Health of People Diagnosed with Severe Mental Illness

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Start-up Fund for New Recruits

Total Grant: HK$269,400

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-15

Randomized Controlled Trial of Problem-solving Based Bibliotherapy Program for Family Caregivers of People with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Wai Tong CHIEN
Co-I: Prof. Dan I. LUBMAN, Prof. David Robert THOMPSON, Prof. Eric F.C. CHEUNG, Prof. Terence V. McCANN, Ms Lai King YIP

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$537,662

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-15

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

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$1,095,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-15

The Experiences for Receiving Auriculotherapy for Osteoarthritis Knee: A Randomised Controlled Feasibility Study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Kwai Ping Lorna SUEN
Co-I: Prof. Alexandros MOLASIOTIS, Dr Hsing Yeh CHAO

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Central Research Grant

Total Grant: HK$105,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-15

Effects of a Multiple-component Program to Reduce Sedentary Behaviors among Young Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Central Research Grant

Total Grant: HK$105,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-15

Using orthotopic MB49/C57 mice model to delineate the prophylactic activity of Ganoderma lucidum in bladder transitional cell carcinoma

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Wai Man YUEN
Co-I: Dr Eddie Shu Yin CHAN, Dr Ka Wai Helen LAW, Prof. Mayur Danny Indulal GOHEL, Prof. Chi-fai Anthony NG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$641,413

Commencement Date: 22-Dec-14

Effectiveness of school-based weight management program for overweight and obese students with mild intellectual disability in a special school: A randomized controlled trial

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$446,870

Commencement Date: 16-Dec-14

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 Ka Pik Katherine CHANG, Dr Hong LEE, Dr Lai Har WU, Mr Yick Hay CHOW, Mr Hon Fat WONG, Ms Adela LAI

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Central Research Grant

Total Grant: HK$105,000

Commencement Date: 15-Dec-14

Healthy Living Programme (HLP): Diet, Drug and Fall Prevention for Community-dwelling Frail Older Adults

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Pentecostal Church of Hong Kong

Total Grant: HK$150,000

Commencement Date: 15-Dec-14

Implementing Patient Navigation for Dying ICU Patients: A Pilot Study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Pui Man CHUNG
Co-I: Ms Chung Ling LAM, Ms Rowlina LEUNG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: One-line Budget, SN

Total Grant: HK$149,869

Commencement Date: 1-Nov-14

Effectiveness of Auriculotherapy on Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Elderly Men: A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Study

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: One-line Budget, SN

Total Grant: HK$150,000

Commencement Date: 1-Sep-14

Combined Psycho-education and Individualized Exercise Programme for Managing Fatigue in Community-dwelling Frail Older People: A Pilot Study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yat Wa Justina LIU
Co-I: Dr Ming Fai Parco SIU, Prof. Kam Yuk LAI

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$166,500

Commencement Date: 1-Sep-14

Feasibility and Acceptability of an Online Self-help Programme for Managing Eating Disorders in Health Clinics

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: One-line Budget, SN

Total Grant: HK$149,303

Commencement Date: 25-Aug-14

Burden of Influenza-like Illness and Healthcare Utilization of the Hong Kong General Population

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Lin YANG
Co-I: Dr Chit-ming WONG, Dr Margaret May O'DONOGHUE, Dr Qiuyan LIAO, Dr Kwai Ping Lorna SUEN

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Centre for Infection Control

Total Grant: HK$98,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jul-14

The Effect of Horticultural Therapy (HT) for Frail Older People in Residential Care

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Pok Oi Hospital

Total Grant: HK$376,908

Commencement Date: 1-Jul-14

Influenza Vaccination in Household Contacts of Community-dwelling Elderly Diabetic Patients: A Pilot Study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Lin YANG
Co-I: Dr Hairong NAN, Dr Kwai Ping Lorna SUEN, Ms Wing Man Rita SUM

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$155,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jul-14

Acceptability and Potential Efficacy of a Randomised, Double-blinded, Sham-controlled Trial of Auricular Acupressure for Smoking Cessation: A Pilot Study

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$150,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jul-14

Intuitive Design System for Accurate Placement Bone Fracture Fixation Plates

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Kup Sze CHOI
Co-I: Dr Beat SCHMUTZ, Dr Michael SCHUETZ, Dr Wing-leung CHAN

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$148,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jul-14

Prevalence of Carriage and Characterisation of Strains of Staphylococcus Aureus from Elderly Living in the Community

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Centre for Infection Control

Total Grant: HK$100,000

Commencement Date: 16-Jun-14

A Project of Music Intervention for People with Dementia and Their Family Caregivers

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Kam Yuk LAI
Co-I: Dr Daphne S.K. CHEUNG, Dr Jacqueline HO

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Ho Cheung Shuk Yuen Charitable Foundation

Total Grant: HK$1,093,455

Commencement Date: 15-May-14

A Pilot Study for Testing an Exercise Intervention for Pre-frail and Frail Older People in the Community to Promote Active Ageing

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Kam Yuk LAI
Co-I: Dr Yat Wa Justina LIU, Dr Anthony Siu Wo WONG, Dr Anthony WONG, Prof. Yin Fat NG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Institute of Active Ageing

Total Grant: HK$149,994

Commencement Date: 1-May-14

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:

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

Total Grant: HK$158,824

Commencement Date: 1-Mar-14

Examining the Effectiveness of a Mindfulness-based Illness Management Program for Chinese Patients with Schizophrenia: A Pilot Study

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Wai Tong CHIEN
Co-I: Ms Lai King YIP, Prof. David R. THOMPSON, Prof. Sally Wai-chi CHAN

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Central Research Grant

Total Grant: HK$105,000

Commencement Date: 1-May-14

Counseling Service and Research Study in End of Life Care and Advance Care Planning

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Haven of Hope Christian Service

Total Grant: HK$312,000

Commencement Date: 10-Apr-14

Adoption of Health Promoting Lifestyle among Chinese Breast and Colorectal Cancer Survivors during the First 5 Years after Completion of Treatment

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Siu Yin CHING
Co-I: Prof. Esther MOK

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

Total Grant: HK$80,000

Commencement Date: 20-Jan-14

Testing the Psychometric Properties of a Chinese Version of Dementia Management Strategies Scale among Family Caregivers in Hong Kong

Investigators Name:

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

Total Grant: HK$79,992

Commencement Date: 2-Jan-14

An Evaluation of a Simplified 5-step Hand Hygiene Intervention Program for Students with Mild Grade Intellectual Disability in a Special School

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Regina Lai Tong LEE
Co-I: Dr Hong CHEN, Dr Wah Kun TONG, Prof. Man Cynthia LEUNG

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

Total Grant: HK$80,000

Commencement Date: 2-Jan-14

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

Investigators Name:

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:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Central Research Grant

Total Grant: HK$547,834

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-14

Implementation of Observational Pain Management Protocol to Improve Pain Management for Long-term Institutionalized Older Care Home Residents with Dementia: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yat Wa Justina LIU

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: RGC Early Career Scheme

Total Grant: HK$669,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-14

Evaluating Effects of Theater Production Advocating Smoke-free Life by School Health Ambassadors

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Central Research Grant

Total Grant: HK$105,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-14

Critical Thinking and Creativity: An Exploration of an Undergraduate Nursing Education and Health Management and Social Care (HMSC) Subject in the New Senior Secondary (NSS) Education

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Chung Yee Zenobia CHAN

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Central Research Grant

Total Grant: HK$105,000

Commencement Date: 1-Oct-13

In Vivo Live Imaging Mice Bladder Cancer Model for Testing Anti-cancer Agents

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Central Research Grant

Total Grant: HK$105,000

Commencement Date: 1-Oct-13

Effectiveness of Non-pharmacological Interventions for Residents with Sleep Disturbance in Nursing Homes: A Systematic Review

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Wai Yung KWONG
Co-I: Prof. Xiaoying JIANG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Mainland University Joint Supervision Scheme

Total Grant: HK$188,000

Commencement Date: 1-Sep-13

Developing a Brotherhood Team-approached Health Promotion Programme for Firefighters: A Pilot Study

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$200,000

Commencement Date: 1-Sep-13

Investigating the Progression and Risk Factors for Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Alexandros MOLASIOTIS
Co-I: Dr Anthony Kwun To LEUNG, Dr Choi Wan CHAN, Dr Kam Hung WONG, Dr Siu-Kie AU, Dr Kwai Ping Lorna SUEN, Dr Yu Chung LI

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$275,090

Commencement Date: 1-Sep-13

The Predictive Value of Auricular Reflective Points and the Metabolic Syndrome (MS) in Chinese Population

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$150,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jul-13

An Exploratory Study on the Effect of Horticultural Therapy for Mentally Handicapped Adults

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Kam Yuk LAI
Co-I: Dr Yim Wah MAK, Mr Yiu Cho KWAN, Ms Connie FUNG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Hong Kong Association of Therapeutic Horticulture Limited

Total Grant: HK$50,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jul-13

The Spending Habits of Silver Market Population

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Senior Citizen Home Safety Association

Total Grant: HK$385,200

Commencement Date: 15-Jun-13

Standardization of an Acupressure Protocol for Managing Agitation in Nursing Home Residents with Dementia: A Pilot Study

Investigators Name:
PI: Mr Yiu Cho KWAN
Co-I: Prof. Kam Yuk LAI

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Sigma Theta Tau International

Total Grant: HK$38,031

Commencement Date: 1-May-13

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

Investigators Name:

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

Total Grant: HK$80,000

Commencement Date: 1-Apr-13

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

An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Adherence Therapy for Patients with Schizophrenia: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Investigators Name:

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

Total Grant: HK$611,120

Commencement Date: 1-Mar-13

Theater Production Advocating Smoke-free Life by School Health Ambassadors: A Controlled Trial Study

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Jean Tak Alice LOKE YUEN
Co-I: Dr Yim Wah MAK, Dr Sau Ting Cynthia WU

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Central Research Grant

Total Grant: HK$105,000

Commencement Date: 1-Feb-13

Validation of the Chinese Version of the Chronic Illness Resources Survey for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Investigators Name:

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

Total Grant: HK$79,830

Commencement Date: 15-Jan-13

The Characteristics of Students who Influence their School Peers' Health Risk Behaviors

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Jean Tak Alice LOKE YUEN
Co-I: Dr Yim Wah MAK, Dr Sau Ting Cynthia WU

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

Total Grant: HK$79,934

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-13

Flight Simulator in Modern Nursing Education: An Intelligent Training System for Nasogastric Tube Placement

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$725,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-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 Moon Fai CHAN, Dr Ka Yee Susan CHOW, 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

Quality of Life among Frail Nursing Home Residents: An Exploratory Study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yat Wa Justina LIU
Co-I:Dr Anthony WONG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Sik Sik Yuen

Total Grant: HK$164,250

Commencement Date: 1-Dec-12

Design and Evaluation of Effects of Peer Education Intervention Program on Healthy Eating in Elementary Schools

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

Total Grant: HK$517,300

Commencement Date: 1-Dec-12

A Palliative Care Training Program for Personal Care Workers Working in Nursing Homes for the Elderly

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Suk Bing Esther MOK SUEN
Co-I: Dr Pui Man CHUNG, Dr Kam-shing LAU, Ms Ellen Wai-fong YEUNG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Central Research Grant

Total Grant: HK$104,630

Commencement Date:1-Sep-12

Association of Auricular Reflective Points and the Status of Diabetes Mellitus

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental Earnings, SN

Total Grant: HK$150,000

Commencement Date: 1-Aug-12

The Effects of Drawing, Composing Songs, Writing Poems, and Using Role-play within a Problem-based Learning Context on the Development of Artistry

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Chung Yee Zenobia CHAN

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Newly Recruited Junior Academic Staff

Total Grant: HK$148,850

Commencement Date: 1-Aug-12

Healthy Living in Sheltered Home: Integrated Programme for Oral Care, Healthy Eating and Healthy Lifestyle (IOHL)

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Pentecostal Church of Hong Kong Sheltered Workshop Cum Hostel

Total Grant: HK$90,000

Commencement Date: 1-Aug-12

Studying the Effectiveness and Efficacy of Using JUC Antimicrobial Spray for Controlling the Infection Transmission

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Wai Man YUEN

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: NMS Technologies Co. Ltd.

Total Grant: HK$50,000

Commencement Date: 1-Aug-12

Risk and Protective Factors of Adolescents Mental Health in Hong Kong: A Community-based Screening Survey

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Internal Competitive Research Grant (CRG)

Total Grant: HK$240,821

Commencement Date: 20-Jul-12

The Effect of Horticulture Therapy for Patients with Terminal Illness

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Kam Yuk LAI
Co-I: Dr Wai Man LAM, Ms Lai Ngor CHAN, Ms Connie FUNG, Ms Polly KO

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Central Research Grant

Total Grant: HK$103,785

Commencement Date: 1-Jul-12

Depression, Psychosocial Support and Health-related Quality of Life of End-stage Renal Failure Patients

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$145,500

Commencement Date: 30-Jun-12

Developing a Competency Based Model for Palliative Care Team in Integrated Home-based Case Management

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Pui Man CHUNG
Co-I: Prof. Esther MOK

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$51,500

Commencement Date: 30-Jun-12

Factors Affecting Breast and Prostate Cancer Survivors' Work Ability: A Pilot Study

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$51,500

Commencement Date: 30-Jun-12

Adoption of Health Promoting Lifestyle among Chinese Cancer Survivors

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Siu Yin CHING

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$51,500

Commencement Date: 30-Jun-12

Testing the Holistic Health Status of Chronically Ill Patients: A mixed-method Approach

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: The Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Charity Foundation

Total Grant: HK$90,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jun-12

Determination of Levels of Vancomycin Non-susceptibility in MRSA Colonizing or Infecting Patients in Hong Kong and Molecular Characterization of Strains Displaying such Non-susceptibility

Investigators Name:
Rep Co-PI: Dr Margaret May O'DONOGHUE
Co-PI: Dr Maureen Valerie BOOST
Co-I: Dr Dominic TSANG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Internal Competitive Research Grant (CRG)

Total Grant: HK$311,150

Commencement Date: 25-May-12

Individual, Telephone-delivered Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Smoking Cessation in the Primary Healthcare Settings: Feasibility and Potential Efficacy

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Health and Health Services Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$671,200

Commencement Date: 10-Apr-12

Validation of Hong Kong (HK) Version of InterRAI Community Health Assessment (InterRAI CHA)

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yat Wa Justina LIU
Co-I: Dr Christopher CHAN, Dr Angela LEUNG, Dr Kin-sun CHAN, Dr Vivian W.Q. LOU, Prof. Iris CHI, Prof. Kam Yuk LAI

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Hong Kong Christian Service

Total Grant: HK$96,923

Commencement Date: 22-Nov-11

Testing the Psychometric Properties of a Chinese Version of the Level of Expressed Emotion Scale and Assessing Families' Expressed Emotion in Severe Mental Illness

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Health and Health Services Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$79,754

Commencement Date: 1-Nov-11

A Randomized, Controlled Trial of a Cognitive-behavioural Approach Intervention (CBAI) and Tai Chi Exercises to Reduce Fear of Falling and Improve Compliance on Exercise Regime in Community-dwelling Elderly People

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yat Wa Justina LIU
Co-I: Dr Tak Yin LAU, Mr Chi Man TSUI, Ms Shuk Man Sylvia TING, Ms Lai King YIP

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Newly Recruited Junior Academic Staff

Total Grant: HK$199,000

Commencement Date: 15-Sep-11

Brief Cognitive-behavioral Education Programme for Main Family Carers of Patients in Intensive Care Units: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Newly Recruited Junior Academic Staff

Total Grant: HK$195,780

Commencement Date: 1-Aug-11

A Feasibility Study on a Nurse-Led, Cognitive-Behavioural-Based Programme for Adults with Depression

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Wai Tong CHIEN
Co-I: Mr Kwok Kuen YUEN, Ms Kit Ping CHAN, Ms Lai King YIP

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Internal Competitive Research Grant (CRG)

Total Grant: HK$224,975

Commencement Date: 1-Aug-11

To Enhance Indoor Environmental Quality and Health Status among Older Persons Living in Nursing Homes

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Internal Competitive Research Grant (DA)

Total Grant: HK$17,971

Commencement Date: 1-Jul-11

A Cross-sectional Study of Psychological Morbidity among University Teachers and Potential Modifiable Coping Strategies in their Lifestyle

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Wai Man YUEN
Co-I: Dr Danny GOHEL, Prof. Jean Tak Alice LOKE YUEN

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$150,000

Commencement Date: 30-Jun-11

Improvement of Pressure Ulcer Prevention in Private Nursing Homes : A Participatory Action Research

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Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$682,540

Commencement Date: 15-Jun-11

Biomonitoring of Stress-related Psychological Morbidity and Infection Risk in Student Nurses during the Study Programme - A Pilot Study

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Wai Man YUEN
Co-I: Dr Danny GOHEL, Prof. Jean Tak Alice LOKE YUEN

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant: HK$150,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jun-11

Parenting Young Child in a Digital World

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Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

Total Grant: HK$75,750

Commencement Date: 30-May-11

Prompted Voiding Programs to Manage Urinary Incontinence in Nursing Home Residents. Can it be Sustained?

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Kam Yuk LAI

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust

Total Grant: HK$1,151,171

Commencement Date: 3-Jan-11

Examining the Quality of Life of Residents in the YYI Homes: The Basis for Developing a Model Nursing Home

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Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: The Yuen Yuen Institute Social Service Department

Total Grant: HK$280 000

Commencement Date: 3-Jan-11

An Observational Study of School Policy and Practices in relation to Prevention of Childhood Obesity in Primary and Secondary School Students

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Regina Lai Tong LEE
Co-PI: Ms Pui Sze Queenie LAW, Mr Tui Shui FUNG, Prof. Wai Tong CHIEN

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Hong Kong Paediatric Foundation

Total Grant (Duration): HK$150,000

Commencement Date: 1-Dec-10

A Randomised Controlled Trial of a Brief Intervention by Parents to Prevent their Children from Experimenting with Health Risk Behaviour: A Pilot Study

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Newly Recruited Junior Academic Staff

Total Grant (Duration): HK$131,709

Commencement Date: 1-Sep-10

A Survey of Doctors' Awareness and Management of Patients with Dementia

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Kam Yuk LAI
Co-I: Dr Kin CHOI, Dr Yat Wa Justina LIU, Mr David DAI, Ms Shuk Man Sylvia TING

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Eisai (Hong Kong) Company Limited

Total Grant (Duration): HK$80,000

Commencement Date: 1-Sep-10

Community-based Family Assessment on Family Life and Adolescents' Health Risk Behaviors: Implications for Family-based Intervention

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Internal Competitive Research Grant (CRG)

Total Grant (Duration): HK$238,435

Commencement Date: 1-Sep-10

Promoting Smoke-free Homes in Hong Kong

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Jean Tak Alice LOKE YUEN
Co-I: Dr Yim Wah MAK

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Health Care and Promotion Fund

Total Grant (Duration): HK$300,000

Commencement Date: 1-Jul-10

A Review of Medical Errors in Hong Kong Hospitals from 2000 to 2009: Ethical Implications for Healthcare Ethics

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Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant (Duration): HK$100,100

Commencement Date: 1-May-10

An Evaluation of Post-triage Nurse-led Clinic for Clients with Mental Health Problems Newly Referred to Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Wai Tong CHIEN
Co-I: Dr Sau Fong LEUNG, Ms S.K. Cecilia CHU

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Internal Competitive Research Grant (CRG)

Total Grant (Duration): HK$207,316

Commencement Date: 1-May-10

Observational Pain Assessment to Improve Management in Cognitively Impaired Elderly People: A Pilot Study

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Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant (Duration): HK$143,100

Commencement Date: 1-May-10

A Prospective Cohort Study on Perceived Stigmatisation of Patients with Mental Illness and Its Psychosocial Correlates

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Wai Tong CHIEN
Co-I: Mr Bacon F.L. NG, Mr Kin Keung Frederick YEUNG, Prof. Helen F. K. CHIU, Prof. Sally W.C. CHAN

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Special Call from the Food and Health Bureau (Mental Health)

Total Grant (Duration): HK$880,300

Commencement Date: 26-Apr-10

Evaluation of Health Outcomes, Community Resources for Health and Support Strategies for Persons with Severe Mental Illness over a Period of 12 Months after Discharge

Investigators Name:

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Special Call from the Food and Health Bureau (Mental Health)

Total Grant (Duration): HK$1,336,350

Commencement Date: 1-Apr-10

Susceptibility and Vulnerability of Health of Hong Kong Adolescents towards Smoking

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Yim Wah MAK
Co-I: Prof. Jean Tak Alice LOKE YUEN

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: Departmental General Research Fund

Total Grant (Duration): HK$103,000

Commencement Date: 1-Apr-10

Interacting with the Sense of Touch in Cyberspace

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Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: RGC Direct Allocation

Total Grant (Duration): HK$149,900

Commencement Date: 15-Jan-10

Rehabilitative Training through Networked Interactive Gameplay with the Sense of Touch

Investigators Name:
PI: Dr Kup Sze CHOI

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: One-line Budget, SN

Total Grant (Duration): HK$104,960

Commencement Date: 15-Jan-10

A Meaning-centred Psychosocial Intervention for Terminally Ill Patients in Hong Kong

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Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund

Total Grant (Duration): HK$336,083

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-10

Effects of An Enhanced Transitional Care Program on Hospital Readmission: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Investigators Name:
PI: Prof. Kam Yuet WONG
Co-I: Dr Ka Pik Katherine CHANG, Dr Moon Fai Tony CHAN, Dr Ka Yee Susan CHOW, Dr Kui Fu Stanley TAM, Dr Wai Lin WONG, Miss Wai Ying Janet LEUNG, Ms Wai Shan CHAN, Ms Siu Fun LI, Ms Ting Yan Bernadette NG, Ms Po Man WONG

Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund

Total Grant (Duration): HK$1,024,040

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-10

Life Story Work for Seniors in the Community: Issues and Challenges

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Funding Scheme/ Source of Funding: General Research Fund

Total Grant (Duration): HK$650,600

Commencement Date: 1-Jan-10