Calendar 2006–07

Research Institutes and Centres 329 • provide a platform for supporting and stimulating faculty members to carry out public policy research. • offer a venue for faculty members interested in public policy research to exchange ideas and findings. • disseminate widely the findings to the general public and scholarly community and raise public awareness of policy issues. • act as a bridge between the University and the wider community in the understanding and deliberation of policy issues. The PPRC sponsors and organizes policy forums, conferences and seminars. It also publishes research reports in the form of policy research paper and prepares policy briefs that provide the public with the background information of major current issues. Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity (HKIDO) Tel.: 2632 5752 Fax.: 2637 3929 E-mail: hkfrdd@med.cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://hkfrdd.med.cuhk.edu.hk/ The institute was founded in March 2005 to integrate the basic and clinical scientific research programme in diabetes, metabolic syndrome and related diseases conducted by the CUHK Diabetes Care and Research Group since 1990. Supported by the Hong Kong Foundation for Research and Development in Diabetes, donations and a large number of research grants, the HKIDO encompasses five centres, all led by clinicians and basic scientists with extensive experience in the respective fields. The institute serves as a platform promoting local and international collaboration and strives to achieve academic excellence in the prevention of diabetes and its complications through innovation and development of human resources. Its five centres are: Diabetes and Endocinology Clinical Pharmacology Trial Centre, Diabetes Applied Genomics and Bioinformatics Centre, Diabetes Epidemiology and Outcome Research Centre, Diabetes Drug Discovery and Cell Replacement Centre, and Diabetes Education and Professional Development Centre. Hong Kong Institute of Educational Research (HKIER) Tel.: 2609 6999 Fax.: 2603 6850 E-mail: hkier@cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://www.fed.cuhk.edu.hk/~hkier Funded by a donation from the Tin Ka Ping Foundation, the HKIER was established in 1993. It helps the University perform its role as a leading centre of educational research, a responsible institution that addresses the needs of the teaching profession, and an active consulting agent for international organizations and local educational bodies, public and private. It also helps strengthen the University’s ties with local schools and overseas institutions. Projects initiated by the institute aim to facilitate educational planning, and inform policy-makers and members of the educational profession on crucial issues.