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Thirteen Research Projects Receive Grants

  1. Increase the Parental Knowledge towards Amblyopia and the Awaerness of Importance of the Pre-school Vision Screening Program in Lower Income Class Families Living in Sham Shui Po (HK$138,400)
    Sponsors: Health Care and Promotion Fund—Non-research Health Promotion Projects
    Principal investigator: Dr. Yam Cheuk-sing Jason (Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences)
  2. Multi-Centre Analysis of Immune-Regulatory Mechanisms that Protect from Childhood Asthma in Distinct Rural Environments (RMB200,000)
    Sponsors: National Natural Science Foundation of China International Collaborative Project (NSFC-AF-DFG)
    Principal investigator: Prof. Wong Wing-kin Gary (Department of Paediatrics)
  3. Protein Microarrays with Ultralow Background for Bioanalysis and Clinical Diagnosis (HK$1,055,100)
    Sponsors: Innovation and Technology Fund—Innovation and Technology Support Programme, Beijing Prosperous Biopharm Co., Ltd., Xiamen Multi-dimention Biomedical Technology Co., Ltd.
    Principal investigator: Prof. Zheng Bo (Department of Chemistry)
  4. Metabolism and Pharmacokinetic Analysis of a Small Molecule Modulator of Tumor Suppressor microRNA-34a (HK$1,398,664)
    Sponsors: Innovation and Technology Fund—Innovation and Technology Support Programme
    Principal investigator: Prof. Chen Yangchao (School of Biomedical Sciences)
  5. A Scalable System for Companies to Manage and Analyze Their Temporal Network Data (HK$1,410,550)
    Sponsors: Innovation and Technology Fund—Innovation and Technology Support Programme, Microsoft Research Asia
    Principal investigator: Prof. James Cheng (Department of Computer Science and Engineering)
  6. Semantic Image-Based Cloud Augmentative and Alternative Communication (HK$1,399,172)
    Sponsors: Innovation and Technology Fund—Innovation and Technology Support Programme
    Principal investigator: Prof. Chan Yuen-yan Rosanna (Department of Information Engineering)
  7. Development of a Plasma-based Plant Growth Light for Agricultural Use (HK$1,460,350)
    Sponsors: Innovation and Technology Fund—Innovation and Technology Support Programme, Topanga Asia Ltd., Alphalite Co. Ltd.
    Principal investigator: Prof. Zhong Silin (School of Life Sciences)
  8. 地文新志(一):社區文學體驗計劃 (HK$208,700)
    Sponsors: Hong Kong Arts Development Council—Multi Project Grant 2015–2017
    Principal investigator: Prof. Fan Sin-piu (Hong Kong Literature Research Centre)
  9. Seeing the Truth of Human Body—The Next-generation Glasses-free 3D Visualization Suite for Medical Images (HK$1,782,442)
    Sponsors: Innovation and Technology Fund—Innovation and Technology Support Programme, Hong Kong Shining Cloud Technology Co. Ltd., Chongqing Dromax Photoelectric Co. Ltd.
    Principal investigator: Prof. Shi Lin (Department of Medicine and Therapeutics)
  10. Trial: Development of a Fine Forecast System for Coastal Ocean Dynamic Environment (HK$299,690)
    Sponsors: Innovation and Technology Fund—Innovation and Technology Support Programme—Public Sector Trial Scheme
    Principal investigator: Prof. Pan Jiayi (Institute of Space and Earth Information Science)
  11. Drugs, All Clear (HK$76,800)
    Sponsors: Beat Drugs Fund
    Principal investigator: Prof. David Yew (School of Chinese Medicine)
  12. Baby Boomers at the Gate: Creating a Path to Healthy and Productive Aging Using Information and Communication Technology (HK$499,913)
    Sponsors: Health Care and Promotion Fund—Non-research Health Promotion Projects
    Principal investigator: Prof. Yu San-fung Doris (The Nethersole School of Nursing)
  13. Development of Multimedia Interventions to Promote Breast Cancer Prevention among South Asian Women in Hong Kong (HK$293,514)
    Sponsors: Health Care and Promotion Fund—Non-research Health Promotion Projects
    Principal investigator: Prof. So Kwok-wei Winnie (The Nethersole School of Nursing)

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