SEP 2021 ISSUE 48

Research Grants Awards

Local and International Funding Bodies Principal Investigator Project Name
Innovation and Technology Fund Dr Celine Chui Sze-ling Cardiovascular risk prediction model for patients on lipid modifying drugs
Teaching Development Grants Ms Cecilia Sit Tin-yan Use of conversation-oriented chatbot via semi-humanoid robot to enhance competence in performing clinical assessment interviews for clients by undergraduate nursing students
The Lok Sin Tong Benevolent Society, Kowloon Dr Kelvin Wang Man-ping Evaluation of a smoking cessation programme in workplaces in Hong Kong
Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Dr Kevin Luk Tzu-tsun Developing and evaluating a chatbot for increasing accessibility of smoking cessation services
General Research Fund Dr Edmond Choi Pui-hang Understand technology-facilitated sexual abuse among men who have sex with men: a mixed method study
General Research Fund Dr Agnes Lai Yuen-kwan A brief mobile SMART Exercise Support Program to improve fatigue in patients with advanced lung cancer - a pragmatic randomized controlled trial with outcome and process evaluation
General Research Fund Dr Kelvin Wang Man-ping Nurse-led post-discharge cessation support for smoking patients using mobile-based intervention: a randomized controlled trial
Early Career Scheme Dr Derek Cheung Yee-tak Normalization of alcohol drinking due to exposure to alcohol marketing in young adults: a prospective study with ecological momentary assessment
Early Career Scheme Dr Jojo Kwok Yan-yan Effects of a Home-based Exercise Programme Incorporating Mindfulness and Yoga Practice on Balance and Mobility for People with Parkinson’s Disease: A Randomised Controlled Trial
Early Career Scheme Dr Denise Cheung Shuk-ting Effects of Self-administered Acupressure versus Aerobic Exercise for Treating Cancer-related Fatigue in Cancer Patients undergoing Chemotherapy: A Randomized Controlled Equivalence Trial
Early Career Scheme Dr Jay Lee Jung-Jae Instant message-delivered brief Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) for post-stroke depression: a mixed method study