Mental Well-Being, Social & Health Behavior, Addiction

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Research Grants

1. Validation Study of International Social and Emotional Learning Assessment (ISELA) in Hong Kong

    • PI: DONG Dong
    • Sponsor: Save The Children Hong Kong
    • Duration: Jun 2023 – May 2025

2. Investigating the gut microbiota associated depression and its modifiable effect

    • PI: TUN Hein Min
    • Sponsor: Research Grants Council (RGC) Early Career Scheme (ECS)
    • Duration: Jun 2023 – Dec 2025

3. A randomized controlled trial evaluating a Trans-Theoretical-Model-based online intervention delivered by fully-automated Chatbot in increasing physical activity among inactive community-dwelling people aged 65 years

    • PI: WANG Zixin, Johnson
    • Sponsor: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)
    • Duration: Sept 2023 – Aug 2025

4. Mitigating loneliness of older adults through cognitive behavioral approach and peer and family support: A randomized controlled trial

    • PI: MO Kit Han, Phoenix
    • Sponsor: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)
    • Duration: Oct 2023 – Dec 2025

5. Developing and evaluating a low-intensity secondary theory-based Chatbot intervention to reduce common digital addictions among adolescents: A randomized controlled trial

    • PI: YANG Xue, Sherry
    • Sponsor: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)
    • Duration: Oct 2023 – Sept 2025

6. “My heart is sinking”: Exploring emotional struggling among South Asian women in Hong Kong through photovoice

    • PI: DONG Dong
    • Sponsor: Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF)
    • Duration: Jan 2024 – Dec 2025

7. The efficacy of an online exercise intervention for improving depressive symptoms among patients with subthreshold depression in primary care: a randomized controlled trial

    • PI: WONG Yeung Shan, Samuel
    • Sponsor: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)
    • Duration: Jul 2024 – Dec 2026

8. Psychometric properties comparison of the Hong Kong version EQ-5D-Y-3L between proxy-report and self-report in children and adolescents

    • PI: WONG Lai Yi, Eliza
    • Sponsor: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)
    • Duration: Oct 2024 – Apr 2026

9. Development and evaluation of the supportive care needs inventory among women having experienced pregnancy loss in Hong Kong

    • PI: YEUNG Chun Yiu, Nelson
    • Sponsor: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)
    • Duration: Oct 2024 – Oct 2026

10. Sleep hygiene in Hong Kong adults: a mediational analysis to inform health promotion and sleep hygiene literacy interventions

    • PI: KIM Jean Hee
    • Sponsor: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)
    • Duration: Dec 2024 – Jan 2026

11. Well-being of Chinese university students in times of change: Development and validation of a measurement tool and baseline assessment

    • PI: KIM Jean Hee
    • Sponsor: Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF)
    • Duration: Feb 2025 – Nov 2026