Assessing the impact of possible interventions against extended-spectrum beta-lactamases and carbapenemases in Hong Kong communities using a household study and mathematical models Sponsor: Research Grants Council (RGC) Early Career Scheme (ECS) Duration: 2021 – 2023 Health effects of neighbourhood walkability on Chinese adults: analysis of an existing longitudinal cohort PI: Prof LAO Xiangqian Sponsor: Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF) Duration: 2021 – 2023 Internet gaming disorder among Hong Kong adolescents PI: Prof Xue YANG Sponsor: Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF) Duration: 2021-2023 The effects of mindfulness-based intervention for loneliness on older adults PI: Prof Samuel WONG Sponsor: Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF) Duration: 2021-2023 The risk of advanced neoplasia within subcentimetric polyps detected in colorectal cancer screening participants in Chinese Populations PI: Prof Martin WONG Sponsor: Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF) Duration: 2021-2023 Exploring the role of self-compassion in self-management behaviors among Type 2 diabetes patients in Hong Kong PI: Prof Nelson YEUNG Sponsor: Research Grants Council (RGC) Early Career Scheme (ECS) Duration: 2021-2022 Exposure prevention behavior survey and urinary concentrations of short/long half-life chemicals among e-waste recycling workers in Hong Kong PI: Prof TSE Lap Ah Shelly Sponsor: Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF) Duration: 2021 – 2022 School ethnic-racial socialization, ethnic identity, and psychological health in context: Truku indigenous adolescents in Eastern Taiwan PI: Prof Angel LAI Sponsor: Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF) Duration: 2021-2022 Sex differences in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A population-based genetic epidemiological study PI: Prof YIP Hon Kei Benjamin Sponsor: Research Grants Council (RGC) Early Career Scheme (ECS) Duration: 2021 – 2022 Effectiveness of a complex exercise intervention to normalize blood pressure and its nocturnal dipping in patients with hypertension in primary care: a randomized-controlled trial PI: Prof LEE Kam Pui Eric Sponsor: Food and Health Bureau (FHB) Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF) Duration: 2020 – 2023 Personal and ambient exposure to chemical composition of PM2.5 and PMcoarse and change of lung functions and biomarkers for inflammatory and oxidative stress in elderly PI: Prof HO Kin Fai Sponsor: Food and Health Bureau (FHB) Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF) Duration: 2020 – 2023 Recurrence rates in high-risk subjects with baseline advanced colorectal adenomas followed up at different surveillance intervals: a multi-centre randomised controlled trial in four Chinese cities PI: Prof WONG Chi Sang Martin Sponsor: Food and Health Bureau (FHB) Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF) Duration: 2020 – 2023 A randomized controlled trial for evaluating the efficacy of a cognitive behavioral therapy intervention in reducing internet gaming disorder among secondary school students in Hong Kong PI: Prof YANG Xue Sherry Sponsor: Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF) Duration: 2020 – 2022 A randomized controlled trial evaluating an online intervention based on the trans-theorectical model in increasing seasonal influenza vaccination among community dwelling people aged ≥65 years PI: Prof Wang Zixin Johnson Sponsor: Food and Health Bureau (FHB) Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF) Duration: 2020 – 2022 Relationship between outdoor and personal exposure to bioaerosols and their allergic airway inflammation in vitro PI: Prof HO Kin Fai Sponsor: Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF) Duration: 2020 – 2022 Workplace safety towards SARS-CoV-2 among non-healthcare workers in Hong Kong, Nanjing and Wuhan: prevention, response and sustainability PI: Prof TSE Lap Ah Shelly Sponsor: Food and Health Bureau (FHB) Health and Medical Research Fund Commissioned Study on COVID-19 (HMRF-COVID-19) Duration: 2020 – 2022 Joint mortality/morbidity effects of habitual physical activity and long-term exposure to ambient PM2.5 air pollution: Analysis of existing longitudinal data PI: Prof LAO Xiangqian Sponsor: Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF) Duration: 2020 – 2021 Determining meteorologically favourable zones for the activities of seasonal influenza A and B in Hong Kong PI: Prof CHONG Ka Chun Marc Sponsor: Food and Health Bureau (FHB) Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF) Duration: 2020 – 2021 Exposure to alcohol social media marketing and associations with young adult's drinking expectancies and behaviours: A study to inform regulation and health promotion PI: Prof KIM Jean Hee Sponsor: Food and Health Bureau (FHB) Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF) Duration: 2020 – 2021 Innovation surveillance to predict next influenza outbreak and epidemic severity PI: Prof YEOH Eng Kiong Sponsor: Food and Health Bureau (FHB) Health and Medical Research Fund Commissioned Study (HMRF-C) Duration: 2019 – 2022 Acquisition of Multidrug Resistant Organisms among Travelers in Hong Kong: Prevalence, Determinants and Persistence PI: Prof KWOK Kin On Sponsor: Food and Health Bureau (FHB) Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF) Duration: 2019 – 2022 Ethnic identity development for psychological resilience in Yi Orphaned Adolescents: Peer socialisation in rural China school settings PI: Prof LAI Hor Yan Angel Sponsor: Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF) Duration: 2019 – 2021 Inflammatory responses induced by secondary organic aerosols (SOA) generated from NO3- and OH-initiated oxidation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) PI: Prof HO Kin Fai Sponsor: Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF) Duration: 2019 – 2021 A longitudinal study for identifying predictors of incidence/remission of probable depression and developing a predictive index for probable depression among secondary school students PI: Prof YANG Xue Sherry Sponsor: Food and Health Bureau (FHB) Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF) Duration: 2019 – 2021 Data Driven Identification and Classification of Chinese Medicine Syndrome Types among Functional Dyspepsia Patients in Hong Kong and Human: Latent Tree Analysis PI: Prof CHUNG Chi Ho Vincent Sponsor: Food and Health Bureau (FHB) Health and Medical Research Fund Research Fellowship Scheme (HMRF-RFS) Duration: 2019 – 2021 Evaluating the impact of sugar-sweetened beverages tax in Hong Kong: An integrated study PI: Prof CHONG Ka Chun Marc Sponsor: Food and Health Bureau (FHB) Health and Medical Research Fund Research Fellowship Scheme (HMRF-RFS) Duration: 2019 – 2021 Employment Conditions and Health among Female Foreign Domestic Workers in Hong Kong. A Cross-sectional Quantitative Survey PI: Prof CHUNG Yat Nork Roger Sponsor: Research Grants Council (RGC) Early Career Scheme (ECS) Duration: 2019 – 2020 The race between contact tracing and transmission: a framework for resource allocation during an emerging pathogen epidemic PI: Prof KWOK Kin On Sponsor: Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF) Duration: 2019 – 2020 Toxicological effects of fresh and aged gasoline exhaust particles in Hong Kong PI: Prof HO Kin Fai Sponsor: Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF) Duration: 2018 – 2020 A Longitudinal Study of Carriage Prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistance in General Population in Hong Kong PI: Prof KWOK Kin On Sponsor: Food and Health Bureau (FHB) Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF) Duration: 2018 – 2020 Extended Study on Regulatory Framework for Healthcare Professions PI: Prof YEOH Eng Kiong Sponsor: Food and Health Bureau (FHB) Health and Medical Research Fund Commissioned Study (HMRF-C) Duration: 2018 – 2020

MSM aged 21 or below: How they different from their older counterparts in terms of HIV-related behaviours? PI: Prof Wang Zixin Johnson Sponsor: AIDS Trust Fund (ATF) Duration: 2020 – 2022 Understanding the level of perceived social mobility and its association with mental health, pro-social behavior, and social and political trust among youth in Hong Kong PI: Prof MO Kit Han Phoenix Sponsor: Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office (PICO) Public Policy Research (PPR) Funding Scheme (Special Round) Duration: 2020 The feasibility and effects of mindfulness based relapse prevention (MBRP) on reducing craving and addictive behaviour in local adults with substance abuse disorders PI: Prof WONG Yeung Shan Samuel Sponsor: Beat Drugs Fund (BDF) Duration: 2019 – 2021

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