DEPT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE
| Researcher : Abdullah ASM |
| Project Title: | Establishment of a pilot anti-smoking telephone hotline for persons who want to quit or to ask questions about smoking and health |
| Investigator(s): | Abdullah ASM, Lam TH |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health Promotion Projects |
| Start Date: | 06/2000 |
| Researcher : Betson CL |
| Project Title: | A study of nurses' knowledge, attitudes and practice of health education activities in the general outpatient departments (GOPDs) in Hong Kong |
| Investigator(s): | Betson CL, Chan SSC, Lam TH |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health Services Research Fund - Full Grants |
| Start Date: | 01/1996 |
| Project Title: | A randomised control trial (RTC) of a health education intervention provided by nurses to mothers or grandmothers of sick children in Hong Kong |
| Investigator(s): | Betson CL, Chan SSC, Lam TH |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health Services Research Fund - Full Grants |
| Start Date: | 03/1996 |
| Researcher : Chan CKW |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Gangwani R.A., McGhee S., Lai J.S.M., Chan C.K.W. and Wong D.S.H., Detection of Glaucoma and Its Association With Diabetic Retinopathy in a Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Program, Journal of Glaucoma. 2014, 1. |
| Researcher : Chan YH |
| Project Title: | Interactions of Genetic Polymorphisms of MicroRNA processing and Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor +1166A/C in Atherosclerosis |
| Investigator(s): | Chan YH, Lam TH |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
| Start Date: | 04/2011 |
| Project Title: | Role of Vitamin D and its Genetic Polymorphisms in Epstein-Barr Virus Activity and the Risk of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma |
| Investigator(s): | Chan YH, Lung ML, Kwong DLW, Lee WMA, Schooling CM, Cowling BJ, Lam TH |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | World Cancer Research Fund - General Award |
| Start Date: | 04/2012 |
| Project Title: | Accelerated Cellular Senescence and Vascular Ageing in Lamin A/C Variation-Induced PR Interval Prolongation: Role of Aldosterone |
| Investigator(s): | Chan YH, Lam TH |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
| Start Date: | 06/2012 |
| Project Title: | PR Interval Prolongation-Induced Abnormal Vascular Function and Cardiovascular Death through Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone Activation: A Mendelian Randomization Study |
| Investigator(s): | Chan YH |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Early Career Scheme (ECS) |
| Start Date: | 09/2012 |
| Researcher : Chau YK |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Thach T.Q., ZHENG Q., Lai P.C., Wong P.Y.P., Chau Y.K., Jahn H.J., Plass D., Katzschner L., Kraemer A. and Wong C.M., Assessing spatial associations between thermal stress and mortality in Hong Kong: a small-area ecological study, Science of the Total Environment. UK, Elsevier, 2015, 502(1): 666-672. |
| Researcher : Cheng YH |
| Project Title: | To identify the pattern of physical exercise and determinants contributing to the engagement in physical exercise among HK older adults |
| Investigator(s): | Cheng YH, Chi I, Macfarlane DJ, Chou KL |
| Department: | Com Med - Behavioural Sci Unit |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health Care and Promotion Fund - Research Grant Projects |
| Start Date: | 12/2001 |
| Researcher : Cowling BJ |
| Project Title: | 1st International Conference on Infectious Disease Dynamics Estimates of the serial interval of influenza using laboratory-confirmed natural infections in households |
| Investigator(s): | Cowling BJ |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff |
| Start Date: | 12/2008 |
| Project Title: | Effectiveness of vaccinating children in reducing influenza among household contacts - a community based, randomized controlled trial |
| Investigator(s): | Cowling BJ, Leung GM, Chiu SSS, Peiris JSM |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Centre for Health Protection |
| Start Date: | 09/2009 |
| Project Title: | A community-based longitudinal seroepidemiological study of influenza virus infections in Hong Kong 2013-14 |
| Investigator(s): | Cowling BJ, Kwok KO, Peiris JSM |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant |
| Start Date: | 11/2013 |
| Project Title: | Influenza virus epidemiology in households of school-age children, 2013-14 |
| Investigator(s): | Cowling BJ, Peiris JSM, Ip DKM |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant |
| Start Date: | 12/2013 |
| Project Title: | Efficacy of Face Masks to Prevent Respiratory Virus Transmission |
| Investigator(s): | Cowling BJ, Ip DKM, Yen H |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant |
| Start Date: | 01/2014 |
| Project Title: | Risk communication, psychological and behavioural responses to avain influenza A (H7N9) in Hong Kong |
| Investigator(s): | Cowling BJ, Fielding R, Liao Q, Wu P |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Commissioned Studies on Emerging Influenza A Viruses with Epidemic Potential |
| Start Date: | 06/2014 |
| Project Title: | Real-time estimation of the severity of influenza viruses |
| Investigator(s): | Cowling BJ, Wu JTK, Lau EHY, Wu P |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant |
| Start Date: | 03/2015 |
| Project Title: | Association between basal leukocyte transcriptome profile and symptom development & disease severity after influenza virus infection in humans |
| Investigator(s): | Cowling BJ, Lee MY, Ip DKM, Peiris JSM |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant |
| Start Date: | 04/2015 |
| List of Research Outputs |
| GAO X., Li Y., Cowling B.J., Chu D.A.N.I.E.L., Cherie H. and Lloyd B., Lack of influenza transmission to an inhaling life-like manikin from naturally influenza-infected human volunteers, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, July 7-12, 2014, Hong Kong, Editors Yuguo Li and Xinyan Yang, vol VI, page 20-27.. 2014. |
| Tang J.W., Gao X., Cowling B.J., Koh G.C., Heilbronn C., Lloyd B., Pantelic J., ... .. and Li Y., Absence of detectable influenza RNA transmitted via aerosol during various human respiratory activities – experiments from Singapore and Hong Kong, PLoS ONE . 2014, 9(9):: e107338. |
| Researcher : Fielding R |
| Project Title: | 18th UICC International Cancer Congress Do Quality of Life (QoL) Scales Have Utility in Predicting Cancer Survival? |
| Investigator(s): | Fielding R |
| Department: | Com Med - Behavioural Sci Unit |
| Source(s) of Funding: | URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff |
| Start Date: | 06/2002 |
| Project Title: | A three phase study on women facing breast cancer |
| Investigator(s): | Fielding R, Lam WWT |
| Department: | Com Med - Behavioural Sci Unit |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Hong Kong Cancer Fund - General Award |
| Start Date: | 09/2007 |
| Project Title: | Longitudinal study of psychosocial needs and distress of Chinese women with advanced breast cancer |
| Investigator(s): | Fielding R, Lam WWT, Tsang JWH, Suen TKD, Epstein R, Kwong A |
| Department: | Com Med - Behavioural Sci Unit |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Hong Kong Cancer Fund - General Award |
| Start Date: | 04/2008 |
| Project Title: | Health promotion knowledge, attitudes, skills and expectations of medical students |
| Investigator(s): | Fielding R, Johnston JM, Lo LS |
| Department: | Com Med - Behavioural Sci Unit |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Leung Kau Kui Research and Teaching Endowment Fund - Teaching Grants |
| Start Date: | 06/2009 |
| Project Title: | Behavioural changes in relation to risk perception and prevention of avian and human influenza in the general population of Hong Kong, 2006 to 2009 |
| Investigator(s): | Fielding R, Cowling BJ, Lam WWT |
| Department: | Com Med - Behavioural Sci Unit |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases - Full Grants |
| Start Date: | 12/2009 |
| Project Title: | Communication of influenza information, parents' decision making and childhood vaccination uptake against seasonal influenza in Hong Kong: a longitudinal survey |
| Investigator(s): | Fielding R, Cowling BJ, Lam WWT |
| Department: | Com Med - Behavioural Sci Unit |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases - Full Grants |
| Start Date: | 09/2012 |
| Completion Date: | 09/2014 |
| Project Title: | Public Health |
| Investigator(s): | Fielding R, Chu CH |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Seed Funding for Strategic Research Theme |
| Start Date: | 09/2013 |
| Project Title: | A Longitudinal Study of Chinese Parental Decision Making on HPV Vaccination for Adolescent Girls |
| Investigator(s): | Fielding R, Lam WWT, Wu JTK, Liao Q |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant |
| Start Date: | 11/2013 |
| Project Title: | Diet after diagnosis: a qualitative study to explore the dietary choices made by newly diagnosed breast cancer patients |
| Investigator(s): | Fielding R, Lam WWT, Tin SPP |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant |
| Start Date: | 05/2015 |
| Researcher : Hirschmann MAR |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Fabrizio C.S., Lam T.H., Hirschmann M.A.R., Pang I., Yu X., Wang X. and Stewart S.M., Parental emotional management benefits family relationships: A randomized controlled trial in Hong Kong, China, Behaviour Research and Therapy. 2015, 71: 115-24. |
| Lam T.H., Stewart S.M., Hirschmann M.A.R., Fabrizio C.S. and Yu X., Can randomized controlled trials be conducted in community social service settings?, Public Health. 2015, 129(5): 601-3. |
| Researcher : Ho DSY |
| Project Title: | Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health (COSH) - youth smoking and health survey 2003 |
| Investigator(s): | Ho DSY |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health - General Award |
| Start Date: | 02/2003 |
| Project Title: | School-based survey on smoking among students 2010/11 |
| Investigator(s): | Ho DSY, Lo WS, Lam TH |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health, Welfare and Food Bureau - General Award |
| Start Date: | 08/2010 |
| Project Title: | Evaluation of anti-smoking theatre performance “Smokefree Superkid” for primary school students in 2010-11 |
| Investigator(s): | Ho DSY |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health - General Award |
| Start Date: | 09/2010 |
| Project Title: | The evaluation of the New Basic Life Skills Training Programme |
| Investigator(s): | Ho DSY, Lo WS, Lam TH |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Department of Health - General Award |
| Start Date: | 08/2011 |
| Project Title: | Provision of Services for Developing Age-specific Education Materials to facilitate parents, teachers and other parties to appropriately communicate with children to prevent underage drinking |
| Investigator(s): | Ho DSY |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Centre for Health Protection |
| Start Date: | 07/2012 |
| Project Title: | School-based Survey on Smoking Among Students 2012/13 |
| Investigator(s): | Ho DSY |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Food and Health Bureau - General Award |
| Start Date: | 07/2012 |
| Project Title: | Evaluation of anti-smoking theatre performance "The Smoke-free Journey of Red Hoodlet" for primary school students in 2012-13 |
| Investigator(s): | Ho DSY, Wang MP |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health - General Award |
| Start Date: | 12/2012 |
| Project Title: | 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health; E-cigarette use, nicotine addiction and intention to quit among adolescent smokers in Hong Kong |
| Investigator(s): | Ho DSY |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff |
| Start Date: | 03/2015 |
| Completion Date: | 03/2015 |
| Project Title: | A cross-sectional survey on passive drinking and forced drinking in Hong Kong adolescents |
| Investigator(s): | Ho DSY, Wang MP, Lam TH |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant |
| Start Date: | 05/2015 |
| Researcher : Hui LL |
| Project Title: | Does formula-feeding increase the risks of type 2 diabetes among Hong Kong adolescents? |
| Investigator(s): | Hui LL, Schooling CM, Kwok MK, Lee SL |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant |
| Start Date: | 10/2012 |
| Project Title: | Prenatal exposure to dioxins and subsequent neurocognitive and developmental function in Hong Kong Chinese children |
| Investigator(s): | Hui LL, Hedley AJ, Lau EYY, Fielding R |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant |
| Start Date: | 02/2013 |
| Project Title: | Sample storage conditions and stability of human gut microbial communities |
| Investigator(s): | Hui LL, Schooling CM |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
| Start Date: | 12/2013 |
| Project Title: | The consequences of in-utero exposure to gestational diabetes on metabolic health in adolescence: does breastfeeding make a difference? |
| Investigator(s): | Hui LL, Schooling CM, Lee SL |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant |
| Start Date: | 02/2015 |
| Project Title: | the Society of Epidemiologic Research 48th Annual Meeting; Duration of puberty in preterm girls in the Chinese birth cohort ‘‘Children of 1997 |
| Investigator(s): | Hui LL |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff |
| Start Date: | 06/2015 |
| Completion Date: | 06/2015 |
| Researcher : Ip DKM |
| Project Title: | Influenza Resistance Information Study (IRIS) |
| Investigator(s): | Ip DKM, Cowling BJ |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | F Hoffmann-La Roche and Co. Ltd. - General Award |
| Start Date: | 10/2009 |
| Project Title: | A Randomised Controlled Trial of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Yu Ping Feng San) for influenza prophylaxis in elderly residential care homes in Hong Kong |
| Investigator(s): | Ip DKM, Cowling BJ, Peiris JSM |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases - Full Grants |
| Start Date: | 10/2011 |
| Completion Date: | 10/2014 |
| Project Title: | Development and evaluation of an electronic school absenteeism system for influenza-like-illness surveillance in Hong Kong |
| Investigator(s): | Ip DKM, Cowling BJ, Ho LM, Lau EHY |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases - Full Grants |
| Start Date: | 11/2011 |
| Project Title: | Workplace productivity losses related to acute upper respiratory tract infections among health care workers in Hong Kong |
| Investigator(s): | Ip DKM, Kwok HKH, Cowling BJ, Johnston JM |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant |
| Start Date: | 02/2013 |
| Project Title: | The effectiveness of seasonal influenza vaccine in Hong Kong |
| Investigator(s): | Ip DKM, Cowling BJ, Tam YH, Peiris JSM |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant |
| Start Date: | 03/2015 |
| Researcher : Johnston J |
| Project Title: | Multi-professional education among undergraduate medical and nursing students: effectiveness and acceptability |
| Investigator(s): | Johnston JM, Leung GM, Chan SSC, Cheng YH, Fielding R |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Leung Kau Kui Research and Teaching Endowment Fund - Teaching Grants |
| Start Date: | 02/2005 |
| Project Title: | Hospital Accreditation Outcomes Research Programme |
| Investigator(s): | Johnston JM |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Queen Mary Hospital Charitable Trust - Training and Research Assistance Scheme |
| Start Date: | 07/2010 |
| Project Title: | Hospital Accreditation Outcomes Research Programme |
| Investigator(s): | Johnston JM |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Faculty Development Fund of Faculty of Medicine |
| Start Date: | 07/2010 |
| Project Title: | Healthcare Manpower Planning and Projection |
| Investigator(s): | Johnston JM, Lam TH |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Commissioned Study: Healthcare Manpower Planning and Projection |
| Start Date: | 02/2012 |
| Researcher : Johnston JM |
| Project Title: | Multi-professional education among undergraduate medical and nursing students: effectiveness and acceptability |
| Investigator(s): | Johnston JM, Leung GM, Chan SSC, Cheng YH, Fielding R |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Leung Kau Kui Research and Teaching Endowment Fund - Teaching Grants |
| Start Date: | 02/2005 |
| Project Title: | Hospital Accreditation Outcomes Research Programme |
| Investigator(s): | Johnston JM |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Queen Mary Hospital Charitable Trust - Training and Research Assistance Scheme |
| Start Date: | 07/2010 |
| Project Title: | Hospital Accreditation Outcomes Research Programme |
| Investigator(s): | Johnston JM |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Faculty Development Fund of Faculty of Medicine |
| Start Date: | 07/2010 |
| Project Title: | Healthcare Manpower Planning and Projection |
| Investigator(s): | Johnston JM, Lam TH |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Commissioned Study: Healthcare Manpower Planning and Projection |
| Start Date: | 02/2012 |
| Researcher : Kwok KO |
| Project Title: | Third International Conference on Infectious Disease Dynamics (Epidemics 3 2011) Self-reported social contacts as risk factors for infection during the main wave of the 2009 pandemic |
| Investigator(s): | Kwok KO |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff |
| Start Date: | 11/2011 |
| Researcher : Kwok NT |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Lam W.W.T., Kwok N.T., Liao Q., Chan M., Or A., Kwong A., Suen T.K.D. and Fielding R., Psychometric assessment of the Chinese version of the decisional conflict scale in Chinese women making decision for breast cancer surgery, Health Expectations. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2015, 18(2): 210-20. |
| Researcher : Lam TH |
| Project Title: | A prospective study on environmental tobacco smoke and hospitalisation due to respiratory illness in a birth cohort in Hong Kong |
| Investigator(s): | Lam TH, Betson CL |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health Care and Promotion Fund - Research Grant Projects |
| Start Date: | 04/1996 |
| Project Title: | A prospective study on environmental tobacco smoke and hospitalisation due to respiratory illness in a birth cohort in Hong Kong |
| Investigator(s): | Lam TH, Betson CL |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health Care and Promotion Fund - Research Grant Projects |
| Start Date: | 04/1996 |
| Project Title: | A mega-case-control study (20,000 deaths and 30,000 controls) on smoking and mortality in Hong Kong |
| Investigator(s): | Lam TH, Hedley AJ, Ho DSY |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health - General Award |
| Start Date: | 12/1997 |
| Project Title: | A study on passive smoking and chromosome damage in lymphocytes in umbilical blood in Guangzhou |
| Investigator(s): | Lam TH |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Asian Consultancy on Tobacco Control - General Award |
| Start Date: | 01/1998 |
| Project Title: | Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health - youth smoking survey |
| Investigator(s): | Lam TH, Ho DSY |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health - General Award |
| Start Date: | 04/1999 |
| Project Title: | Smoke free restaurant survey 1999 |
| Investigator(s): | Lam TH, Ho DSY, Chan BHY |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health - General Award |
| Start Date: | 11/1999 |
| Project Title: | A telephone follow-up survey on self-reported work-related illness and peceived hazards in occupational safety and health in Hong Kong |
| Investigator(s): | Lam TH, Ho DSY |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Occupational Safety and Health Council - Research Grant Projects |
| Start Date: | 01/2000 |
| Project Title: | Life style and molecular epidemiology studies |
| Investigator(s): | Lam TH |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Other Funding Scheme |
| Start Date: | 09/2000 |
| Project Title: | A 3-year follow up study on health-related lifestyle practices and their predictor factors in Hong Kong adults |
| Investigator(s): | Lam TH, Ho DSY, Chan BHY |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Small Project Funding |
| Start Date: | 11/2002 |
| Project Title: | Smoking reduction intervention for smokers not willing to quit smoking: a randomised control trial |
| Investigator(s): | Lam TH, Abdullah ASM |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health and Health Services Research Fund - Full Grants |
| Start Date: | 08/2004 |
| Project Title: | A 3 -year follow-up study of the Hong Kong population health survey cohort on overweight and obesity and its related behavioural factors |
| Investigator(s): | Lam TH, Ho DSY, Thomas GN, Cowling BJ |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health and Health Services Research Fund - Full Grants |
| Start Date: | 10/2006 |
| Project Title: | The Hong Kong Jockey Club Family Project |
| Investigator(s): | Lam TH, Leung GM, Johnston JM, Ho DSY, Chan SSC, Stewart SM |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust |
| Start Date: | 11/2007 |
| Project Title: | Public Health |
| Investigator(s): | Lam TH |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Seed Funding for Strategic Research Theme |
| Start Date: | 11/2008 |
| Project Title: | A randomized controlled trail of a tailored intervention compared to usual care on smoking type 2 diabetic patients to promote smoking cessation and improve glycaemic control |
| Investigator(s): | Lam TH, Leung AYM, Tan KCB, Wong CN, Li WHC |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health and Health Services Research Fund - Full Grants |
| Start Date: | 01/2011 |
| Project Title: | Assessing the corporate environment in promoting tobacco control and evaluation of smoking cessation programme in workplaces in Hong Kong (First Phase) |
| Investigator(s): | Lam TH, Lee KY, Wong CN, Wang MP |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Smoking Cessation Program in Workplace (SCPW) |
| Start Date: | 12/2012 |
| Completion Date: | 12/2014 |
| Project Title: | A long-term follow up for participants in Quit-to-Win Contest 2009 and 2010 |
| Investigator(s): | Lam TH |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health - General Award |
| Start Date: | 03/2013 |
| Project Title: | Developing Health Education Materials for 'Brief Advice' Targeting People at risk of 'Hazardous Drinking' for Use in Primary Care |
| Investigator(s): | Lam TH |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Centre for Health Protection |
| Start Date: | 05/2013 |
| Project Title: | Effectiveness of using social networking service to prevent smoking relapse among self-reported quitters: A pilot randomized control trial |
| Investigator(s): | Lam TH, Cheung YTD, Lam OBC |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Community Services |
| Start Date: | 09/2013 |
| Project Title: | 20th IEA World Congress of Epidemiology; Smoking kills at least 1 out of 2 smokers?--A 10-year follow-up study in Hong Kong, China |
| Investigator(s): | Lam TH |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff |
| Start Date: | 08/2014 |
| Completion Date: | 08/2014 |
| Researcher : Lam WWT |
| Project Title: | A longitudinal study of psychosocial needs, physical and psychological distress of Chinese women with advanced breast cancer: a 2nd year follow-up |
| Investigator(s): | Lam WWT, Fielding R, Tsang JWH, Kwong A, Suen TKD |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Hong Kong Cancer Fund - General Award |
| Start Date: | 06/2010 |
| Project Title: | Assessing unmet needs in different groups of cancer patients once treatment ends |
| Investigator(s): | Lam WWT, Fielding R, Tsang JWH |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Hong Kong Cancer Fund - General Award |
| Start Date: | 06/2010 |
| Project Title: | A longitudinal study of psychosocial needs, physical symptom distress, and psychological distress of Chinese patients with colorectal cancer |
| Investigator(s): | Lam WWT, Fielding R, Law WL, Fong DYT |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health and Health Services Research Fund - Full Grants |
| Start Date: | 01/2011 |
| Completion Date: | 09/2014 |
| Project Title: | Optimizing patient decision making for primary surgical breast cancer treatment: Stage 2: two studies of enhanced physician communication and nurse disclosure of diagnosis |
| Investigator(s): | Lam WWT, Fielding R, Chan S, Chiu AWK |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Hong Kong Cancer Fund - General Award |
| Start Date: | 04/2011 |
| Project Title: | Supportive care needs in cancer patients |
| Investigator(s): | Lam WWT, Fielding R, Tsang JWH, Kwong A, Suen TKD, Law WL, Poon TCJ |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Hong Kong Cancer Fund - General Award |
| Start Date: | 04/2011 |
| Project Title: | Comparison the meanings of living with advanced breast cancer between women resilient to distress and women with persistent distress: A qualitative study |
| Investigator(s): | Lam WWT, Fielding R, Yoon SW, Tsang JWH |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant |
| Start Date: | 01/2014 |
| Project Title: | Development of experimental task for assessing bias in attention among women with breast cancer |
| Investigator(s): | Lam WWT, Fielding R, Tsang JWH |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
| Start Date: | 06/2014 |
| Project Title: | The role of cognitive bias in relation to persistent distress among women diagnosed with breast cancer |
| Investigator(s): | Lam WWT, Fielding R, Lee TMC, Tsang JWH, Yoon SW |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | General Research Fund (GRF) |
| Start Date: | 01/2015 |
| Researcher : Lau EHY |
| Project Title: | Digital dashboard design for public health surveillance |
| Investigator(s): | Lau EHY, Cowling BJ, Ho LM, Leung GM |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases - Full Grants |
| Start Date: | 09/2008 |
| Project Title: | Symptom-specific health-seeking behavior among persons with common infectious diseases in Hong Kong and implications in disease control and surveillance |
| Investigator(s): | Lau EHY, Cowling BJ, Wong OL, Ip DKM, Kwok KO |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant |
| Start Date: | 12/2013 |
| Project Title: | 2014 ISDS conference; Epidemiological inferences using public information, influenza H7N9 epidemic in China/Evaluation of an electronic smart-card based school absenteeism surveillance system |
| Investigator(s): | Lau EHY |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff |
| Start Date: | 12/2014 |
| Completion Date: | 12/2014 |
| Project Title: | Transmission dynamics of hand, foot and mouth disease in children and its implications for school-based control strategies |
| Investigator(s): | Lau EHY |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Early Career Scheme (ECS) |
| Start Date: | 01/2015 |
| Project Title: | Optimizing avian influenza surveillance strategy in live poultry market setting |
| Investigator(s): | Lau EHY, Cowling BJ, Wu JTK, Leung CYH, Peiris JSM |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant |
| Start Date: | 05/2015 |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Cowling B.J., Wu J.T.K., Lau E.H.Y., Ni M.Y., Ip D.K.M. and Fang J., Faculty Outstanding Research Output Award, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong.. 2014. |
| Researcher : Leung GM |
| Project Title: | Evidence-based practice (EBP) learning in the undergraduate medical curriculum - where is the evidence? |
| Investigator(s): | Leung GM, Fielding R, Ho LM, Johnston JM, Lam TH |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Leung Kau Kui Research and Teaching Endowment Fund - Teaching Grants |
| Start Date: | 01/2003 |
| Project Title: | A controlled trial of masks and hand hygiene for reducing influenza transmission |
| Investigator(s): | Leung GM, Cowling BJ, Peiris JSM, Ho LM |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID) |
| Start Date: | 09/2006 |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Ni M.Y., Chan B.H.Y., Leung G.M., Lau E.H.Y. and Pang H.M.H., Transmissibility of the Ice Bucket Challenge among globally influential celebrities: retrospective cohort study, BMJ. 2014, 349: g7185-g7185. |
| Wu J.T.K., Lee C.K., Ho P.L., Hung I.F.N., Lin C.K., Lau Y.L., Leung G.M., Cowling B.J. and Peiris J.S.M., A Detailed Longitudinal Study of Infection Attack Rates Among Healthy Adults in Hong Kong During the Epidemic of the Human Swine Influenza A/H1N1 Virus in 2009, Health Research Symposium 2014, Hong Kong, 15 Nov 2014. (Poster presentation). 2014. |
| Researcher : Lin Q |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Lin Q., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Xu L., Jin Y.L. and Cheng K.K., Past occupational dust exposure, depressive symptoms and anxiety in retired Chinese factory workers: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Journal of Occupational Health. 2014, 56: 444-52. |
| Researcher : Lo CMM |
| Project Title: | Multi-jurisdiction ecological studies on the secular trends of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma incidence rates by histologic subtypes and salted fish/vegetable/cigarette consumption per capita |
| Investigator(s): | Lo CMM, Chan YH, Lam TH |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Small Project Funding |
| Start Date: | 06/2013 |
| Completion Date: | 11/2014 |
| Researcher : McGhee S |
| Project Title: | Evaluation of mobile screening service for older people in Shamshuipo |
| Investigator(s): | McGhee S, Ho LM, Abdullah ASM, Lee ACK |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health Promotion Projects |
| Start Date: | 01/2001 |
| Project Title: | Joint Conference of the Society for Social Medicine and the International Epidemiological Association Exposure to Secondhand Smoke: Economic Issues for Individuals, Population Health and Governments |
| Investigator(s): | McGhee S |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff |
| Start Date: | 09/2001 |
| Project Title: | How stable is exercise type and pattern in those attending the department of Health's Elderly Health centres and how reliable is its reporting? |
| Investigator(s): | McGhee S, Leung GM, Schooling CM, Lam TH |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
| Start Date: | 02/2004 |
| Project Title: | Provision of Services on the Impact of Tobacco Control Policies on Health-related Cost of Tobacco |
| Investigator(s): | McGhee S, Lam TH |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Department of Health - General Award |
| Start Date: | 10/2012 |
| Project Title: | Policy-related survey on tobacco control for COSH |
| Investigator(s): | McGhee S, Lam TH, Wong CN |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health - General Award |
| Start Date: | 11/2012 |
| Project Title: | Provision of Services on the Impact of Tobacco Control Policies on Tobacco-related Morbidity and Morality |
| Investigator(s): | McGhee S, Lam TH |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Department of Health - General Award |
| Start Date: | 12/2012 |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Hui C.L.M., Chang W.C., Chan K.W., Lee H.M.E., Tam W.W.Y., Lai C.D.C., Wong G.H.Y., TANG Y.M., Li F.W., Leung K.F., McGhee S., Sham P.C. and Chen E.Y.H., Early intervention and evaluation for adult-onset psychosis: The JCEP study rationale and design, Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 2014, 8 (3): 261-268. |
| Researcher : McGhee SM |
| Project Title: | Evaluation of mobile screening service for older people in Shamshuipo |
| Investigator(s): | McGhee S, Ho LM, Abdullah ASM, Lee ACK |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health Promotion Projects |
| Start Date: | 01/2001 |
| Project Title: | Joint Conference of the Society for Social Medicine and the International Epidemiological Association Exposure to Secondhand Smoke: Economic Issues for Individuals, Population Health and Governments |
| Investigator(s): | McGhee S |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff |
| Start Date: | 09/2001 |
| Project Title: | How stable is exercise type and pattern in those attending the department of Health's Elderly Health centres and how reliable is its reporting? |
| Investigator(s): | McGhee S, Leung GM, Schooling CM, Lam TH |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
| Start Date: | 02/2004 |
| Project Title: | Provision of Services on the Impact of Tobacco Control Policies on Health-related Cost of Tobacco |
| Investigator(s): | McGhee S, Lam TH |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Department of Health - General Award |
| Start Date: | 10/2012 |
| Project Title: | Policy-related survey on tobacco control for COSH |
| Investigator(s): | McGhee S, Lam TH, Wong CN |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health - General Award |
| Start Date: | 11/2012 |
| Project Title: | Provision of Services on the Impact of Tobacco Control Policies on Tobacco-related Morbidity and Morality |
| Investigator(s): | McGhee S, Lam TH |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Department of Health - General Award |
| Start Date: | 12/2012 |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Researcher : Mcghee SM |
| Project Title: | Evaluation of mobile screening service for older people in Shamshuipo |
| Investigator(s): | McGhee S, Ho LM, Abdullah ASM, Lee ACK |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health Promotion Projects |
| Start Date: | 01/2001 |
| Project Title: | Joint Conference of the Society for Social Medicine and the International Epidemiological Association Exposure to Secondhand Smoke: Economic Issues for Individuals, Population Health and Governments |
| Investigator(s): | McGhee S |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff |
| Start Date: | 09/2001 |
| Project Title: | How stable is exercise type and pattern in those attending the department of Health's Elderly Health centres and how reliable is its reporting? |
| Investigator(s): | McGhee S, Leung GM, Schooling CM, Lam TH |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
| Start Date: | 02/2004 |
| Project Title: | Provision of Services on the Impact of Tobacco Control Policies on Health-related Cost of Tobacco |
| Investigator(s): | McGhee S, Lam TH |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Department of Health - General Award |
| Start Date: | 10/2012 |
| Project Title: | Policy-related survey on tobacco control for COSH |
| Investigator(s): | McGhee S, Lam TH, Wong CN |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health - General Award |
| Start Date: | 11/2012 |
| Project Title: | Provision of Services on the Impact of Tobacco Control Policies on Tobacco-related Morbidity and Morality |
| Investigator(s): | McGhee S, Lam TH |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Department of Health - General Award |
| Start Date: | 12/2012 |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Researcher : Schooling CM |
| Project Title: | Is moderate alcohol use causally protective against cardiorespiratory disease? |
| Investigator(s): | Schooling CM, Cowling BJ, Lam TH, Leung GM |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health and Health Services Research Fund - Full Grants |
| Start Date: | 12/2008 |
| Project Title: | Infant and childhood growth and blood pressure in adolescence |
| Investigator(s): | Schooling CM, Mak KH, Heys M |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health and Health Services Research Fund - Full Grants |
| Start Date: | 02/2010 |
| Researcher : Thach TQ |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Choi C.Y., Thach T.Q., Lai P.C., Wong M.S., ZHENG Q., Wong C.M., Katzschner L. and Kreamer A., Developing a high-resolution Physiological Equivalent Temperature map to assess the spatial variation of thermal stress exposure for an elderly cohort of Chinese in Hong Kong, Oral presentation, ISEE 2014, 26th Annual International Society for Environmental Epidemiology Conference, held in Seattle, Washington, USA on August 24-28th, 2014. |
| Researcher : Thomas GN |
| Project Title: | Investigation of differential impact of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin type 1 receptor antagonists on blood pressure homeostatic mechanisms: a pharmacogenomic approach |
| Investigator(s): | Thomas GN, Lam TH |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research |
| Start Date: | 02/2004 |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Jagielski A.C., Jiang C., Xu L., Taheri S., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H. and Thomas G.N., Glycaemia is associated with cognitive impairment in older adults: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Age and Ageing. 2015, 44(1): 65-71. |
| Researcher : Tinsley HM |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Wong W.H.S., Li S.L., Fu K.W., Tinsley H.M., Chow C.B. and Ip P., The importance of online resources for parents of children with special needs in Hong Kong: South China's experience. Journal of Health and Medical Informatics, 2015. |
| Researcher : Vackova D |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Vackova D., Johnston J.M. and Wu J.T.K., A Novel Way Of How To Assess The Effectiveness Of The Public Health Undergraduate Programme Using The Donabedian Conceptual Model Of Structure-process-outcomes, Hong Kong College Of Communuity Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting 20 September 2014, Poster No 9. 2014. |
| Vackova D., Medical Sciences Judging Panel Chair, The International Undergraduate Awards Programme, Ireland. 2015. |
| Vackova D., Medical Sciences Judging Panel Chair, The International Undergraduate Awards Programme, Ireland. 2014. |
| Vackova D. and Johnston J.M., What Undergraduate Medical Programme Evaluation Data Tell Us About The Effectiveness Of Learning Process: The University Of Hong Kong Mbbs Year 3 Tuberculosis Clerkship Programme, East West Alliance 2014, E-poster Exhibition Under The Theme Of “moocs In Postmodern Asia” On October 27-28, 2014.. 2014. |
| Researcher : Wong CM |
| Project Title: | Short term health impact and costs due to raod traffic-related air pollution |
| Investigator(s): | Wong CM, Hedley AJ, McGhee S, Lam TH |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Environment Protection Department - General Award |
| Start Date: | 02/1998 |
| Project Title: | Impact of the 1990 Hong Kong Legislation for restriction on sulfur content in fuel |
| Investigator(s): | Wong CM, Thach TQ, Cowling BJ, Lam TH, McGhee S, Hedley AJ |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health Effects Institute - General Award |
| Start Date: | 11/2006 |
| Project Title: | A stimulation study for a method to determine life expectancy change due to air pollution from time series data |
| Investigator(s): | Wong CM, Thach TQ |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health and Health Services Research Fund - Full Grants |
| Start Date: | 02/2011 |
| Completion Date: | 08/2014 |
| Project Title: | A cohort study for effects of environmental thermal stress and air pollution on mortality for the older population in Hong Kong |
| Investigator(s): | Wong CM, Lai HK, Lai PC, Lam TH, Thach TQ, Yang L |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | General Research Fund (GRF) |
| Start Date: | 10/2012 |
| Project Title: | Temporal antigenic variation of influenza viruses and its impact on seasonal transmission of influenza: A multidisplinary study linking epidemiology and genetic data in Hong Kong |
| Investigator(s): | Wong CM, Poon LLM, Chan KH, Peiris JSM |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant |
| Start Date: | 01/2013 |
| Project Title: | The Hong Kong D3D Study, A dynamtic three dimensional exposure model for Hong Kong |
| Investigator(s): | Wong CM |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health Effects Institute - General Award |
| Start Date: | 03/2014 |
| Project Title: | International Society of Environmental Epidemiology Conference 2014; Cancer mortality risks from long-term exposure to ambient particulates in a cohort of older population in Hong Kong |
| Investigator(s): | Wong CM |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff |
| Start Date: | 08/2014 |
| Completion Date: | 08/2014 |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Choi C.Y., Thach T.Q., Lai P.C., Wong M.S., ZHENG Q., Wong C.M., Katzschner L. and Kreamer A., Developing a high-resolution Physiological Equivalent Temperature map to assess the spatial variation of thermal stress exposure for an elderly cohort of Chinese in Hong Kong, Oral presentation, ISEE 2014, 26th Annual International Society for Environmental Epidemiology Conference, held in Seattle, Washington, USA on August 24-28th, 2014. |
| Researcher : Wu JTK |
| Project Title: | Modelling the potential impact of HPV vaccination on Hong Kong's cervical cancer burden |
| Investigator(s): | Wu JTK, Riley S, Lam TH, Leung GM |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Centre for Health Protection |
| Start Date: | 05/2008 |
| Project Title: | Modeling the spread and real-time surveillance of antiviral resistance during the next influenza pandemic: local and global considerations |
| Investigator(s): | Wu JTK, Smith GJ |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases - Full Grants |
| Start Date: | 09/2009 |
| Completion Date: | 09/2014 |
| Project Title: | Syndromic Surveillance and Modeling for Infectious Diseases |
| Investigator(s): | Wu JTK, Ho PL |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) - Group Research Project |
| Start Date: | 06/2013 |
| Project Title: | Population-based survey on patterns of social contacts relevant to the spread of infectious diseases in Hong Kong |
| Investigator(s): | Wu JTK |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | General Research Fund (GRF) |
| Start Date: | 12/2013 |
| Project Title: | Evaluating the performance of Hong Kong live poultry import screening against avian influenza A(H7N9) |
| Investigator(s): | Wu JTK, Peiris JSM |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Commissioned Studies on Emerging Influenza A Viruses with Epidemic Potential |
| Start Date: | 07/2014 |
| Project Title: | Outstanding Young Researcher Award 2013-14 |
| Investigator(s): | Wu JTK |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Outstanding Young Researcher Award |
| Start Date: | 12/2014 |
| Researcher : Wu P |
| Project Title: | Impact and severity profiles of respiratory viruses in children in Hong Kong |
| Investigator(s): | Wu P, Cowling BJ, Peiris JSM |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant |
| Start Date: | 03/2014 |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Ip D.K.M., Cowling B.J., Yu H., Wu P., Lau E.H.Y. and Leung G.M., Public Health considerations for influenza A(H7N9) infection., 46th APACPH Conference, Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia, 17-19 October 2014. APACPH. |
| Researcher : Xu J |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Downward G.S. and Xu J., Heterogeneity in coal composition and implications for lung cancer risk in Xuanwei and Fuyuan counties, China, Environment International. 2014, 68: 94-104. |
| Hosgood H.D. and Xu J., The potential role of lung microbiota in lung cancer attributed to household coal burning exposures, Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis. 2014, 55: 643-651. |