Global Health Policy, Health System & Healthcare Delivery

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1. Provision of Consultancy Services for Conducting Re-Accreditation Assessment and Follow-up Reviews for Healthcare Professional Organisations Accredited under the Accredited Registers Scheme for Healthcare Professions for the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

    • PI: YEOH Eng Kiong
    • Sponsor: Department of Health
    • Duration: Jun 2022 – Feb 2028

2. Provision of Services for patient experience survey in Hospital Authority

    • PI: WONG Lai Yi, Eliza
    • Sponsor: Hospital Authority
    • Duration: Oct 2022 – Jul 2027

3. Making a better baby: An ethnographic study of Preimplantation Genetic Testing in China

    • PI: DONG Dong
    • Sponsor: Research Grants Council (RGC) Early Career Scheme (ECS)
    • Duration: Jan 2023 – Dec 2025

4. After the End: Lived Experiences and Aftermaths of Diseases, Disasters and Drugs in Global Health

    • PI: CHAN Ying Yang, Emily
    • Sponsor: Wellcome Trust
    • Duration: Oct 2023 – Sept 2031

5. Development of an Implementation System for the Primary Healthcare Blueprint to Promote “Family Doctor for All”

    • PI: SUN Kai Sing Tony (Dr.)
    • Sponsor: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)
    • Duration: Sept 2024 – May 2026

6. Tailoring telerehabilitation programmes for middle- and old-age patients with musculoskeletal conditions in Hong Kong: a discrete choice experiment to inform service design and implementation strategy

    • PI: WANG Kailu
    • Sponsor: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)
    • Duration: Sept 2024 – Dec 2025

7. Strategic purchasing for health: developing a framework for the design and simulation of a need-based capitation payment model for community-based primary healthcare in Hong Kong

    • PI: WU Yushan, April
    • Sponsor: Health and Medical Research Fund Research Fellowship Scheme (HMRF RFS)
    • Duration: Sept 2024 – Aug 2026

8. Management of COVID-19 in the post-COVID-19 era: optimizing vaccination strategy for the most vulnerable people

    • PI: YANG Zuyao, Joey
    • Sponsor: Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF)
    • Duration: Jan 2025 – Dec 2025

9. Exploring Innovative Financing Models for Innovative Cancer Drugs in Hong Kong: Addressing Economic Challenges and Patient Access

    • PI: WU Yushan, April
    • Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme (Asia) Ltd
    • Duration: Jan 2025 – Mar 2026

10. Assessing the Performance on Registration, Risk of Bias, and Reporting Quality of Randomized Trials on Acupuncture: A Cross-sectional Study

    • PI: ZHONG Chenwen, Claire
    • Sponsor: Chinese Medicine Development Fund – Chinese Medicine Applied Studies and Research Funding Scheme (B2)
    • Duration: Mar 2025 – Feb 2027

11. ConnectedCare+ An AIoMT-Based Home Health Alert System for Continuous, Multi-Resident Monitoring

    • PI: CHEN Jing
    • Sponsor: Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation
    • Duration: Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

12. Integrating Social Determinants of Health (SDH) into Electronic Health Records (EHRs): Incorporating Area-level SDH to Augment Predictive Model Identifying Elderlies at High Risk of Readmissions

    • PI: WU Yushan, April
    • Sponsor: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)
    • Duration: Sept 2025 – Nov 2026

13. How does use of placebo controls influence the estimate of treatment effects in randomised clinical trials of Traditional Chinese Medicine? A meta-epidemiological study

    • PI: YANG Zuyao, Joey
    • Sponsor: Chinese Medicine Development Fund – Chinese Medicine Applied Studies and Research Funding Scheme (B2)
    • Duration: Oct 2025 – Oct 2027

14. Study on Acupuncture Indications for Oncology in Primary Care in Hong Kong: Based on Evidence and Expert Consensus

    • PI: HUANG Junjie, Jason
    • Sponsor: Chinese Medicine Development Fund – Chinese Medicine Applied Studies and Research Funding Scheme (B2)
    • Duration: Oct 2025 – Sept 2027

15. Acceptance, Attitude, Enablers and Barriers of Screening Programme for Hepatitis B in Hong Kong: A Mixed Qualitative and Quantitative Study

    • PI: WONG Chi Sang, Martin
    • Sponsor: Public Policy Research Funding Scheme (PPRFS)
    • Duration: Nov 2025 – Nov 2026

16. Provision of Consultancy Study on Public and Professional Values on Additional Regulatory Requirement for Primary Care Doctors

    • PI: YEOH Eng Kiong
    • Sponsor: Health Bureau
    • Duration: Nov 2025 – Nov 2026

17. Acupuncture Clinical Practice Guidelines for Gastrointestinal Diseases in Hong Kong Primary Care: Recommendations Based on the GRADE ADOLOPMENT Approach

    • PI: ZHONG Chenwen, Claire
    • Sponsor: Chinese Medicine Development Fund – Chinese Medicine Applied Studies and Research Funding Scheme (B2)
    • Duration: Jan 2026 – Dec 2027

18. “Treat-all” Strategy for Managing Chronic Hepatitis B in Primary Care: An Economic Evaluation

    • PI: CHEN Jing
    • Sponsor: Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF)
    • Duration: Jan 2026 – Dec 2027

19. Using real-world data to enhance clinical management strategies of long COVID

    • PI: CHONG Ka Chun, Marc
    • Sponsor: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
    • Duration: Jan 2026 – Dec 2029

20. Assessing the Performance on Registration, Bias Reduction, Reporting and Statistical Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials of Chinese Herbal Medicine: A Cross-sectional Study

    • PI: ZHONG Chenwen, Claire
    • Sponsor: Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF)
    • Duration: Jan 2026 – Dec 2027

21. Assessing the Impact and Limitations of Advance Directive Legislation in End-of-Life Care: A Mixed-Methods Study in Hong Kong

    • PI: CHUNG Yat Nork, Roger
    • Sponsor: Health and Medical Research Fund
    • Duration: Mar 2026 – March 2028