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    Prof. Maurice YAP

    Department / Institute:
    School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    Specialisms / Major Research Areas:

    • • Healthcare system governance
    • • Myopia control

    maurice.yap@polyu.edu.hk

  • Post

    Prof. Sarah MCGHEE

    Department / Institute:
    School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    Specialisms / Major Research Areas:

    • • Health services research
    • • Health economics

  • Post

    Dr Tina Jinxiao LIAN

    Department / Institute:
    School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    Specialisms / Major Research Areas:

    • • Health economics and health services research
      On the following:
      - Systematic screening for diabetic retinopathy
      - Patient empowerment programme for type 2 diabetes mellitus
      - Myopia control

    Ongoing public health-related research projects:

    • • How can we allocate the screening interval for diabetic retinopathy in Hong Kong: towards a personalized approach?
    • • What are the preferred financial incentives to promote preventive care?
    • • Economic burden of myopia in Hong Kong

    jinxiao.lian@polyu.edu.hk

  • Dr Judy Yuen-man SIU

    Dr Judy Yuen-man SIU

    Department / Institute:
    Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    Specialisms / Major Research Areas:

    • • Medical anthropology
    • • Health inequalities
    • • Health and illness behaviors
    • • Social and cultural studies of health

    Ongoing public health-related research projects:

    • • Promoting Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination to women and men in Hong Kong
    • • Association of green space with quality of life and health status of neighborhood residents
    • • Perception and acceptability of seasonal influenza and pneumococcal vaccines among older adults
    • • A qualitative study on the perceptions and values of blood donation to Hong Kong people

    judy.ym.siu@polyu.edu.hk

  • Ms Rita SUM

    Dr Rita SUM

    Department / Institute:
    School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    Specialisms / Major Research Areas:

    • • Diabetic eye care
    • • Community eye care

    Ongoing public health-related research projects:

    • • Utilization of health care voucher in vision care service
    • • Elder's preferred financial incentive on preventive care

    rita.sum@polyu.edu.hk

  • Dr Stanley Winser

    Dr Stanley WINSER

    Department / Institute:
    Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    Specialisms / Major Research Areas:

    • • Economic evaluation
    • • Healthcare cost estimation
    • • Balance assessment and treatment for cerebellar ataxia
    • • Stroke and spinal cord injury rehabilitation

    Ongoing public health-related research projects:

    • • Cost-effectiveness of dual-task training among people with cerebellar ataxia
    • • Economic evaluation of self-administered dual-task training among ambulant community-dwelling older adults of Hong Kong

    stanley.j.winser@polyu.edu.hk

  • Dr Lin YANG

    Dr Lin YANG

    Department / Institute:
    School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    Specialisms / Major Research Areas:

    • • Infectious control
    • • Infectious disease epidemiology
    • • Influenza and respiratory disease control
    • • Time series modeling

    Ongoing public health-related research projects:

    • • Effects of Indoor Environmental Factors on Influenza Like Illness in the Older Population
    • • Respiratory Protection and Comfort of Different Types of N95 Masks during Nursing Procedures
    • • Assessment of In-use Reliability of N95 Respirators for Respiratory Protection of Health Care Workers
    • • Association of green space with quality of life and health status of neighborhood residents

    l.yang@polyu.edu.hk

  • Dr Richard Xu

    Dr Richard Xu

    Department / Institute:
    Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    Specialisms / Major Research Areas:

    • • Patient-reported outcome measure;
    • • health preference research;
    • • health-related quality of life

    Ongoing public health-related research projects:

    • • Estimation of a Valuation Function for the Health and Self-Management in Diabetes Questionnaire

    richard.xu@polyu.edu.hk

  • Miss Ingrid Lau

    Miss Ingrid Lau

    Department / Institute:
    School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    Specialisms / Major Research Areas:

    • • Health Psychology
    • • Behavioral Science
    • • Behavioral Economics

    ingrid-wy.lau@connect.polyu.hk

  • Miss Yu Mengke

    Miss Yu Mengke

    Department / Institute:
    School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    Specialisms / Major Research Areas:

    • • Public Health
    • • Cost-effectiveness Modelling

     mengke.yu@connect.polyu.hk

  • Miss Liang Leyi

    Miss Liang Leyi

    Department / Institute:
    School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    Specialisms / Major Research Areas:

    • • Pharmacoeconomics
    • • Health service research

     lexyi.liang@connect.polyu.hk

  • Mr Jason So

    Mr Jason So

    Department / Institute:
    School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    Specialisms / Major Research Areas:

    • • Cost-effectiveness Modelling
    • • Statistical Modelling

    ching.so@polyu.edu.hk