Calendar 2005–06

Faculty and Departmental Research/Consultancy Units 147 Chinese social welfare, the centre disseminates its research findings through publications, seminars, training, and other forms of activities. Statistical Consulting Services Unit Tel.: 2609 7931 Fax.: 2603 5188 E-mail: consult@sta.cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://www.sta.cuhk.edu.hk/dept/scsu/consulting.htm The Statistical Consulting Services Unit is a consulting unit established in 1984 under the Department of Statistics. Its objective is to encourage the proper use of statistical methodology and to provide statistical expertise to colleagues on campus and to outside organizations. Statistical areas in which consultation may be provided include data analysis, design of experiments, analysis of categorical data, medical statistics, multiple logistic regression, social and business statistics, financial risk management, structural equation models, regression analysis, quality control, and time series analysis. Suicide Research Unit E-mail: psychiatry@cuhk.edu.hk The Suicide Research Unit was formally established under the Department of Psychiatry in 2004, four to five years since the department embarked on a series of large-scale epidemiologic research and community suicide prevention programme. The unit’s principal goal is to build the infrastructure required for serving as a regional hub of collaborative suicide research and intervention initiatives. The unit conducts risk factor and epidemiologic research on suicide across the life-span in Hong Kong and mainland China, develops a suicide prevention programme in Hong Kong, and engages in systematic evaluation of programme efficacy, public education, and training of researchers. It is also involved in research collaborations locally, nationally and internationally. The main trust of regular activities includes ongoing suicide research in collaboration with other academic institutions and health bureau in Hong Kong and mainland China. The unit collaborates with the University of Rochester’s Centre for the Study and Prevention of Suicide in an International Clinical, Operational and Health Services Research and Training Award Programme to facilitate training of Chinese researchers on suicidology. It also runs workshops for general practitioners on the management of suicide and common mental health problems in the community. Systems Engineering and Engineering Management Consultancy Unit Tel.: 2609 8215/8313 Fax.: 2603 5505 E-mail: dept@se.cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://www.se.cuhk.edu.hk A Systems Engineering Consultancy Unit was established in 1991 under the