Four Research Projects Receive Grants

Enhancing Professional Knowledge of Primary Care Doctors with Practical Evidence-based Guide to Improve Patient Care in the Community (HK$225,000)
Sponsor: Professional Services Development Assistance Scheme
Principal investigator: Prof. Carmen Wong, The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care
Scaling Up HIV Testing among MSM in Collaboration with an NGO by Applying the 5A Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR) Intervention Model (HK$580,000)
Sponsor: AIDS Trust Fund
Principal investigator: Prof. Yi Huso, The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care
Electroacupuncture for Elder Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI): A Randomized Patient and Assessor-build Sham-controlled Trial (HK$837,768)
Sponsor: Health and Health Services Research Fund
Principal investigator: Prof. Leung Wing-nang Albert, School of Chinese Medicine
Development of a Pneumoconiosis Job Exposure Matrix (JEM) for Hong Kong Workers Exposed to Silica and/or Asbestos Dust (HK$1,127,929)
Sponsor: Pneumoconiosis Compensation Fund Board Research Fund
Principal investigator: Prof. Lao Xiang-qian, The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care