Calendar 2002–03

Faculty andDepartmentalResearch/ConsultancyUnits 105 re- engineer ing, and system deployment. In addition, AECT will o rgan ize workshops and certificate programmes to help business professionals acquire the relevant skills in e-commerce. A cross-d isciplinary MSc in E-commerce Technologies Progr amme was launched by the University in the fall of 2000. AECT’s research and training missions will provide real-world projects to enrich the educational experience of students in the programme. Centre for Clinical Trials and Epidemiological Research Tel.:2637 4755 Fax.:2645 3098 E-mail: ccter@cuhk.edu.hk Website :http://www.ccter.cuhk.edu.hk/index.htm Thecentre was established in 1988 under the Faculty ofMedicine to pool resources and expertise to develop biostatistics, clinical trials and epidemiological research in Hong Kong. In 2002, it became a constituent centre of the School of Public Health. The centre currently runs four programmes. The Biostatistics Programme offers free consultation services to faculty members and contracted services to non-f aculty members, wh ich cover research design, preparation of research protocols and proposals, project implementation, data analyses, and review of research pap ers for p ublicatio n. It teaches undergrad uate cour ses and also organizes diploma and master’s degree courses jointly with other departments, and conducts research on biostatistical methods. The Epidemiology Programme develo ps exten siv e co llab orative research with diff eren t d epar tmen ts and institutions on adolescent health,substance abuse,utilization of traditional Chinese medicine, eye diseases, psychiatric diseases, cardiac diseases, gerontology, bone mineral content and osteoporosis, quality of life studies, and health needs studies. Besides supporting clinical trials and the Clinical Research Ethics Committee of the faculty,the Clinical Trial Programme promotes clinical trials in Hong Kong by serving as a contractresearch organization for academic and pharmaceutical in stitutions. Activ ities include training and con sultation for clinical trials researchers, data monitoring,and data analysis of clinical trials. The Community Research Programme on AIDS is supported by the HongKong AIDS Trust Fund to study HIV/AIDS r elated issues, including programme ev aluation, patients’ quality of life, surveillance of trends in attitudes and risk behaviours. The centre also manages the Hong Kong Branch of the Chinese Cochrane Centre, which was set up in early 2002 under the auspices of the international Cochrane Centre. The centre h as been involved in supp orting other research centres at the University such as the Centre for Pharmacoeconomic Research and the Centre forAtherosclerosis Studies at the Faculty of Medicine,and the Institute of Chinese Medicine.