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Twenty-one Research Projects Receive Grants

  1. Women's Health Services for Female Sex Workers in Hong Kong (HK$492,816)
    Sponsors: Health Care and Promotion Fund
    Principal investigator: Prof. Chan Pui-chung Denise (Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Disease)
  2. Developmental and Parenting Program for Parents of Preterm Children (HK$299,832)
    Sponsors: Health Care and Promotion Fund
    Principal investigator: Prof. Chan Fung-ying Dorothy (Department of Paediatrics)
  3. Autism Spectrum Conditions among Primary School Children in Hong Kong: Describing the Unmet Needs of a Vulnerable Group (HK$999,898)
    Sponsors: Health Care and Promotion Fund
    Principal investigator: Prof. Yi Huso (The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care)
  4. A Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating Efficacies of Two Theory-based and Setting-based Interventions in Promoting Influenza Vaccination (IV) among Children of 6 to 23 Months Old (HK$992,370)
    Sponsors: Health and Medical Research Fund
    Principal investigator: Prof. Lau Tak-fai Joseph (The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care)
  5. An Evidence-based Two-tier Urological Treatment and Liver-injury Surveillance Program to Young Ketamine Abusers with Urinary Tract Dysfunction (HK$3,184,876.70)
    Sponsors: Beat Drugs Fund
    Principal investigator: Prof. Tam Yuk-him (Department of Surgery)
  6. Hong Kong Multiple Sclerosis Registry (HKMSR) (HK$50,000)
    Sponsors: Young Investigator Research Grant
    Principal investigator: Dr. Lau Yuk-lun Alexander (Department of Medicine and Therapeutics)
  7. Evaluation on the Implementation of Respiratory Protection Measures among Health Care Workers and Visitors in Residential Care Homes for the Elderly (RCHEs) (HK$550,458)
    Sponsors: Health and Medical Research Fund–Commissioned Programme on Emerging Influenza A Viruses with Epidemic Potential
    Principal investigator: Prof. Lee Tze-fan Diana (The Nethersole School of Nursing)
  8. Impact of China's Social Health Insurance Reform on Medical Expenditures (HK$124,800)
    Sponsors: Fulbright-RGC Hong Kong Research Scholar Award Programme 2014/15
    Principal investigator: Mr. Liu Kai (Department of Social Work)
  9. Tax Reform, the Rule of Law and Representative Government (HK$440,000)
    Sponsors: Fulbright-RGC Hong Kong Research Scholar Award Programme 2014/15
    Principal investigator: Prof. Yan Xu (Faculty of Law)
  10. Late Ming Confucianists On Immorality (HK$124,800)
    Sponsors: Fulbright-RGC Hong Kong Research Scholar Award Programme 2014/15
    Principal investigator: Mr. Chan Chi-keung (Department of Philosophy)
  11. Genetic Susceptibility of Ethnic Chinese to Severe Infections Caused by H7N9 and Other Emerging Influenza Viruses (HK$951,973)
    Sponsors: Health and Medical Research Fund–Commissioned Programme on Emerging Influenza A Viruses with Epidemic Potential
    Principal investigator: Prof. Lee Lai-shun Nelson (Department of Medicine and Therapeutics)
  12. A Study of Impact of Building Envelope on Urban Outdoor Thermal Environment (HK$999,000)
    Sponsors: Construction Industry Council Research Fund
    Principal investigator: Prof. Maing Min-jung (School of Architecture)
  13. Multi-function Chinese Character Database: Extension to all Frequently Used Characters with Functional Enhancement (HK$2,966,400)
    Sponsors: Quality Education Fund
    Principal investigator: Prof. Kwan Tze-wan (Research Centre for Humanities Computing)
  14. The Development of Slow Degrading Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogels for Clinical and Veterinary Applications (HK$943,087)
    Sponsors: Innovation and Technology Fund—Innovation and Technology Support Programme
    Principal investigator: Prof. Bian Liming (Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering)
  15. Assessment of Connectivity of MSM after HIV Diagnosis (HK$279,597)
    Sponsors: AIDS Trust Fund
    Principal investigator: Prof. Lee Shui-shan (Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases)
  16. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring for Optimizing HIV Treatment Phase III (HK$197,210)
    Sponsors: AIDS Trust Fund
    Principal investigator: Prof. Lee Shui-shan (Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases)
  17. Kidney Tubular Dysfunction in Tenofovir-treated HIV-infected Individuals in Hong Kong (HK$336,355)
    Sponsors: AIDS Trust Fund
    Principal investigator: Prof. Lui Chung-yan Grace (Department of Medicine and Therapeutics)
  18. A Platform for the Development of Intelligent Medical Ultrasound Measurement, Diagnosis and Intraoperative Guidance Systems (HK$2,653,970)
    Sponsors: Innovation and Technology Fund—Innovation and Technology Support Programme
    Principal investigator: Prof. Heng Peng-ann (Department of Computer Science and Engineering)
  19. Herbal Tonic to Improve Dementia (HK$587,995)
    Sponsors: Innovation and Technology Fund—Innovation and Technology Support Programme
    Principal investigator: Prof. Kwok Chi-yui Timothy (Department of Medicine and Therapeutics)
  20. Magnesium as Promising Biodegradable Metal for Fixation of Bone Fracture—A Patellar Fracture Repair Model in Rabbits (HK$1,000,000)
    Sponsors: CAS-Croucher Funding Scheme for Joint Laboratories
    Principal investigator: Prof. Qin Ling (Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology)
  21. Functionalization of Carboranes via Five-Membered Metallacycles (HK$1,000,000)
    Sponsors: CAS-Croucher Funding Scheme for Joint Laboratories
    Principal investigator: Prof. Xie Zuo-wei (Department of Chemistry)

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