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 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 Fund 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 Fund 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 |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Lau C.P., Siu D.C.W., Yiu K.H., Lee K.L.F., Chan Y.H. and Tse H.F., Subclinical atrial fibrillation and stroke: insights from continuous monitoring by implanted cardiac electronic devices, Europace. 2015, 17: ii40-ii46. |
| 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: | Outstanding Young Researcher Award 2010-11 |
| Investigator(s): | Cowling BJ |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Outstanding Young Researcher Award |
| Start Date: | 12/2011 |
| 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 |
| Completion Date: | 09/2016 |
| 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 |
| Completion Date: | 03/2016 |
| Project Title: | Real-time estimation of the severity of influenza viruses |
| Investigator(s): | Cowling BJ, Wu JTK, Lau EHY, Wu P, Ip DKM |
| 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 |
| Project Title: | Modelling the Spread and Impact of Antimicrobial Resistence in the Western Pacific Region |
| Investigator(s): | Cowling BJ, Wu P |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | World Health Organization (WHO) - General Award |
| Start Date: | 07/2015 |
| Project Title: | Influenza Epidemiology and Control in Hong Kong |
| Investigator(s): | Cowling BJ |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Croucher Senior Research Fellowships in Natural Sciences, Technology and Medicine |
| Start Date: | 01/2016 |
| Project Title: | Research Output Prize (Faculty of Medicine) |
| Investigator(s): | Cowling BJ, Wu JTK, Wu P, Lau EHY, Ni MY, Leung GM |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Research Output Prize (in Faculty) |
| Start Date: | 02/2016 |
| 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 WHJ, 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: | 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 |
| Project Title: | Asian Oncology Summit; Key unmet supportive care needs in Asian women with breast cancer in eight Asian countries |
| Investigator(s): | Fielding R |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff |
| Start Date: | 03/2016 |
| Completion Date: | 03/2016 |
| 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: | 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 |
| Project Title: | 13th International Congress on Obesity; Obesity and underweight trends in Hong Kong primary school children |
| Investigator(s): | Ho DSY |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff |
| Start Date: | 05/2016 |
| Completion Date: | 05/2016 |
| Project Title: | Sugar-sweetened beverage intake in Hong Kong primary school children: prevalence, risk factors and prospective effects on weight change |
| Investigator(s): | Ho DSY, Wang MP, Chen J, Lam TH |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Seed Fund for Basic Research |
| Start Date: | 06/2016 |
| 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 |
| Completion Date: | 05/2016 |
| Project Title: | Doris Zimmern HKU-Cambridge Hughes Hall Fellowships 2014-15 (Second Round) |
| Investigator(s): | Hui LL |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Doris Zimmern HKU-Cambridge Hughes Hall Fellowships |
| Start Date: | 09/2014 |
| 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: | 9th World Congress Developmental Origin of Health and Disease; Late prematurity and adiposity in adolescents: evidence from "Children of 1997" Birth Cohort |
| Investigator(s): | Hui LL |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff |
| Start Date: | 11/2015 |
| Completion Date: | 11/2015 |
| Project Title: | Serum interleukin 6 and insulin resistance - a Mendelian randomization study |
| Investigator(s): | Hui LL, Schooling CM, Au Yeung SLR |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant |
| Start Date: | 04/2016 |
| Project Title: | Cardiovascular disease risk factors in late adolescence of late preterm and early term births: a prospective observation from the "Children of 1997" birth cohort |
| Investigator(s): | Hui LL, Schooling CM |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant |
| Start Date: | 04/2016 |
| 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: | 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 |
| Completion Date: | 03/2016 |
| 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 |
| Project Title: | Effect of host genetic polymorphism on transmission of influenza virus infection in a household setting |
| Investigator(s): | Ip DKM, Cherny SS, Cowling BJ |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | General Research Fund (GRF) |
| Start Date: | 09/2015 |
| Project Title: | A Randomized Controlled Trial on the Effect of Fever Suppression by Antipyretics on Influenza |
| Investigator(s): | Ip DKM, Cowling BJ, Peiris JSM |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant |
| Start Date: | 03/2016 |
| Project Title: | Development and evaluation of a smartphone apps-based school absenteeism reporting system for infectious disease surveillance among local schools in Hong Kong |
| Investigator(s): | Ip DKM, Cowling BJ, Lau EHY |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant |
| Start Date: | 04/2016 |
| Project Title: | Fight the Flu: Health promotion in Primary Schools and Kindergartens in Hong Kong |
| Investigator(s): | Ip DKM, Cowling BJ, Tam YH, Lau EHY, Wong YT, So HC, Au CYJ |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health Care and Promotion Fund - Research Grant Projects |
| Start Date: | 06/2016 |
| 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: | Faculty Development Fund of Faculty of Medicine |
| Start Date: | 07/2010 |
| 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: | 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: | Faculty Development Fund of Faculty of Medicine |
| Start Date: | 07/2010 |
| 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: | 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 : 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: | 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: | Efficacy of a short-bout handgrip exercise intervention for smoking cessation: a pilot randomized controlled trial |
| Investigator(s): | Lam TH, Cheung YTD, Wang MP, Li WHC |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Community Services |
| Start Date: | 05/2016 |
| Project Title: | FPH Annual Conference and Public Health Exhibition 2016 "Public health in a cold climate: Melting hearts and minds with evidence"; Zero-time exercises (ZTEx), a new approach to promote physical activity and mental health: a pilot study under Hong Kong Jockey Club FAMILY project |
| Investigator(s): | Lam TH |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff |
| Start Date: | 06/2016 |
| Completion Date: | 06/2016 |
| 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 WHJ, 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 WHJ |
| Department: | Community Medicine |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Hong Kong Cancer Fund - General Award |
| Start Date: | 06/2010 |
| Project Title: | Supportive care needs in cancer patients |
| Investigator(s): | Lam WWT, Fielding R, Tsang WHJ, 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: | 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: | 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 WHJ |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant |
| Start Date: | 01/2014 |
| Completion Date: | 03/2016 |
| 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 WHJ, Yoon SW |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | General Research Fund (GRF) |
| Start Date: | 01/2015 |
| Project Title: | Developing and testing a decision aid to support Chinese parents’ HPV vaccination decision-making for adolescent girls: a randomised controlled trial |
| Investigator(s): | Lam WWT, Fielding R, Liao Q |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant |
| Start Date: | 07/2015 |
| Project Title: | 17th World Congress of Psycho-oncology and psychosocial academy; Health information needs of Chinese patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer: a longitudinal study/Cancer survivorship: Chinese women in Hong Kong |
| Investigator(s): | Lam WWT |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff |
| Start Date: | 07/2015 |
| Completion Date: | 08/2015 |
| Project Title: | Pregnant women’s health information needs and information seeking behaviour and their influence on postpartum adjustment in Hong Kong: a longitudinal study |
| Investigator(s): | Lam WWT, Tarrant AM, Liao Q, Fielding R, Yoon SW |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant |
| Start Date: | 09/2015 |
| Project Title: | The role of metacognition and cognitive attentional syndrome on fear of cancer recurrence: a longitudinal study |
| Investigator(s): | Lam WWT, Fielding R, Fong DYT, Foo CC, Law WL, Tsang WHJ, Kwong A |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | General Research Fund (GRF) |
| Start Date: | 01/2016 |
| Project Title: | 2015-2017 Documenting Plan - related symptoms in Chinese Cancer Patients: Hong Kong, Beijing, Tianjin and Taipei |
| Investigator(s): | Lam WWT |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Hong Kong Cancer Fund - General Award |
| Start Date: | 03/2016 |
| 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 |
| Completion Date: | 11/2016 |
| 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 |
| Project Title: | 2015 International Society for Disease Surveillance Annual Conference; Impact of Interventions on Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Activity in Live Poultry Markets/Using health-seeking pattern to estimate disease burden from sentinel surveillance |
| Investigator(s): | Lau EHY |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff |
| Start Date: | 12/2015 |
| Completion Date: | 12/2015 |
| 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 |
| Project Title: | 11th World Congress "Health Economics and Nutrition; Valuing diabetes care in Hong Kong: implications for developing health services in mainland China |
| Investigator(s): | Leung GM |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff |
| Start Date: | 07/2015 |
| Completion Date: | 07/2015 |
| Project Title: | Preventing breast cancer in Hong Kong Chinese women through personalised risk stratification and characterisation: an epidemiologic modelling study and the development of a biorepository of cases and controls |
| Investigator(s): | Leung GM, Kwong A, Wong OL, Lam WWT, Khoo US |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Commissioned Study on Risk of Breast Cancer in Hong Kong |
| Start Date: | 10/2015 |
| Project Title: | Evaluating the health and health care impact of Hong Kong’s pilot colorectal cancer screening programme |
| Investigator(s): | Leung GM, Law WL, Leung WK |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Commissioned Study on Evaluation of Government's Colorectal Cancer Screening Pilot Programme |
| Start Date: | 12/2015 |
| 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 Fund 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 |
| Lam C.L.K., Law W.L., Poon T.C.J., Chan P., Wong C.K.H., McGhee S. and Fong D.Y.T., Health-related quality of life in patients with colorectal neoplasm and cost-effectiveness of colorectal cancer screening in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Medical Journal. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, 2015, 21(Suppl 6): S4–8. |
| 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 Fund 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 Fund 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 : Ng S |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Xu C., Perera R.A.P.M., Chan K.H., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Ng S., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Effect of serum 25-hydroxyitamin Don influenza infection in Hong Kong, The Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Hong Kong, 19 September 2015.. 2015. |
| 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 : 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 Fund for Basic Research |
| Start Date: | 02/2004 |
| Researcher : Wong CM |
| 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 LML, Chan KH, Peiris JSM |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant |
| Start Date: | 01/2013 |
| Completion Date: | 06/2016 |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Leung S.S., Lee A.M., Wong D.F., Wong C.M., Leung K.Y., Chiang V.C., Yung W.K., Chan S.W. and Chung K.F., A brief group intervention using a cognitive behavioural approach to reduce postnatal depressive symptoms: a randomised controlled trial, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2016, 22 Suppl 2: 4-8. |
| 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: | 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 |
| Completion Date: | 06/2016 |
| 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 |
| Project Title: | MIDAS Network Meeting; The dynamic underlying global spread of emerging infectious diseases |
| Investigator(s): | Wu JTK |
| Department: | School of Public Health |
| Source(s) of Funding: | URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff |
| Start Date: | 05/2016 |
| Completion Date: | 05/2016 |