Four Research Projects Receive Grants

Brian-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Chronic Postsurgical Pain: Mechanisms and Preventive Strategy (AUD$70,000)
Sponsors: Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists—2015 Lennard Travers Professorship
Principal investigator: Prof. Chan Tak-wai (Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care)
Open-source Cloud-based SDK Framework for Location-based Services (HK$1,399,550)
Sponsors: Innovation and Technology Fund — Innovation and Technology Support Programme
Principal investigator: Prof. Irwin King (Department of Computer Science and Engineering)
Prevalence of Thyroid Autoimmunity among the Asymptomatic Chinese Obstetric Population (HK$50,000)
Sponsors: Hong Kong Obstetrical and Gynaecological Trust Fund
Principal investigator: Prof. Cheng Kwun-yue Yvonne (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology)
Fusion between Chinese Cultural Arts and Robotics—Phase II (HK$3,340,730)
Sponsors: Innovation and Technology Fund and Intel China Let. Beijing Branch
Principal investigator: Prof. Wong Kam-fai (Centre for Innovation and Technology)

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