Research Grants
1. Improving infection control practices in residential care homes for the elderly in Hong Kong: a lesson from COVID-19
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- PI: KWOK Kin On
- Sponsor: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF) Commissioned Research on COVID-19
- Duration: Aug 2021 – Jul 2026
2. Identifying risks of outbreaks in work settings and the implications for control measures
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- PI: TSE Lap Ah, Shelly
- Sponsor: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF) Commissioned Research on COVID-19
- Duration: Aug 2021 – Jul 2026
3. Population cohort study for evaluating the evolvement of exposure settings for SARS-CoV-2 infection and the risk of community transmission
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- PI: LEE Shui Shan
- Sponsor: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF) Commissioned Research on COVID-19
- Duration: Aug 2021 – Jul 2026
4. Provision of Services for Identification and Assessment of Enhanced Control Equipment for Abatement of Cooking Fume Emissions
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- PI: HO Kin Fai
- Sponsor: Environmental Protection Department
- Duration: Jul 2023 – Mar 2026
5. Quantifying contact patterns of the general population in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond
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- PI: KWOK Kin On
- Sponsor: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)
- Duration: Aug 2023 – Feb 2026
6. Volatile organic compound emissions and the toxicological implications of secondary organic aerosol formation from volatile chemical products
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- PI: HO Kin Fai
- Sponsor: Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF)
- Duration: Jan 2024 – Dec 2026
7. Assessing the mental health impacts of exposures to light at day and night, noise, and green/blue spaces among nurses with different work shifts
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- PI: TSE Lap Ah, Shelly
- Sponsor: Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF)
- Duration: Jan 2024 – Jun 2026
8. The impact of prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke on epigenetic modifications, gut microbiome assembly and metabolic consequences in offspring
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- PI: TUN Hein Min
- Sponsor: Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF)
- Duration: Jan 2024 – Dec 2026
9. Cardiovascular effects of individually experienced temperatures based on changes in cardiac autonomic function and salivary biomarkers among the elderly: a panel study
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- PI: HO Kin Fai
- Sponsor: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)
- Duration: Jul 2024 – Jun 2026
10. Superiority of on-demand pre-exposure prophylaxis in comparison to post-exposure prophylaxis with doxycycline for preventing sexually transmitted infections in men who have sex with men
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- PI: KWAN Tsz Ho, Donald
- Sponsor: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)
- Duration: Nov 2024 – Oct 2027
11. The Use of a Novel ESAT6/CFP10 Skin Test in Diagnosis of Latent Tuberculosis Infection Among Rheumatologic Patients: A Pilot Clinical Trial in an Endemic Area
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- PI: LEE Shui Shan
- Sponsor: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)
- Duration: Mar 2025 – Feb 2028
12. Preclinical Study on Comparing the Specific and Cross-reactive Immunogenicity of Influenza mRNA Vaccines Using Different Lipid Nanoparticles
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- PI: MOK Ka Pun, Chris
- Sponsor: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)
- Duration: May 2025 – Apr 2027
13. Artificial Intelligence Assisted Diagnosis and Risk Prediction of Pneumoconiosis Based on Imaging Genetics
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- PI: TSE Lap Ah, Shelly
- Sponsor: Pneumoconiosis Compensation Fund Board
- Duration: Jun 2025 – May 2027
14. Provision of Services for Refining the Estimation of VOC Emissions from Selected VOC-containing Products using Vocus PTR-ToF-MS
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- PI: HO Kin Fai
- Sponsor: Environmental Protection Department
- Duration: Aug 2025 – Dec 2027
15. Provision of expertise service to generate HIV estimates for Hong Kong (2025-2027)
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- PI: WONG Ngai Sze, Candy
- Sponsor: Department of Health
- Duration: Sept 2025 – Sept 2028
16. Extreme temperatures and preeclampsia incidence in the Asian population
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- PI: WEI Yuchen, Channy
- Sponsor: Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF)
- Duration: Jan 2026 – Dec 2026
17. Exploring the S2 subunit-specific antibodies against the broadspectrum of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern from different COVID-19 vaccination strategies
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- PI: MOK Ka Pun, Chris
- Sponsor: Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF)
- Duration: Jan 2026 – Dec 2027
18. A repeated-measures study on assessing mental health impacts of hot weather among outreach healthcare providers in Hong Kong
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- PI: TSE Lap Ah, Shelly
- Sponsor: Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF)
- Duration: Jan 2026 – Dec 2028
19. The mechanism of miRNA-92a-3p regulating the STAT3-THBS1 signaling pathway to promote oxidative stress in occupational noise exposure induced blood pressure abnormalities
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- PI: LI Wenzhen
- Sponsor: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Young Scientists Fund Category C
- Duration: Jan 2026 – Dec 2028