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Research funder · Hong Kong

Health and Medical Research Fund

Bureau of the Hong Kong Government

fhb.gov.hk

Grants since 2016
1 727
Awarded, last 5 years (where amounts are published)
HKD 797.7M
Funded works, last 5 years
3 174
Funded works, all time
6 356

Grants

2022 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

A randomized, placebo-controlled crossover trial of intranasal dexmedetomidine and zolpidem for treatment of primary insomnia

Michael Garnet Irwin · University of Hong Kong

HKD 570.7k

2022 · grant · HMRF - Research Fellowship Scheme

Promoting self-management behaviours among older adults with diabetes mellitus by integrating Just-In-Time Adaptive Interventions in mobile health applications: A randomized controlled trial

Arkers Kwan-Ching Wong · Hong Kong Polytechnic University

HKD 1.2M

2022 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

mHealth-based motivational counselling integrated a sampling of nicotine replacement therapy for fathers of sick children who smoke cigarettes: a pilot randomized controlled trial

Sheng Zhi Zhao · University of Hong Kong

HKD 498.9k

2022 · grant · HMRF - Advanced Medical Research

A multiomics artificial intelligence model to optimise the radiotherapy treatment regimen for patients with non-small-cell lung cancer

Eva Yi-Wah Cheung · School Of Medical And Health Sciences, Tung Wah College Limited

HKD 499k

2022 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

Multimodal digital speech analysis for detection of depressive symptomatology in youth

Man-Ho Li · Chinese University of Hong Kong

HKD 1.4M

2022 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

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

Yushan Wu · Chinese University of Hong Kong

HKD 500k

2022 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

Understanding professional help-seeking behaviors for insomnia and the associated factors in the community-dwelling older population having insomnia symptoms

Meiqi Xin · Hong Kong Polytechnic University

HKD 499.5k

2022 · grant · HMRF - Health Promotion

Effectiveness of self-health assessment mobile application to promote health awareness, empower patients and improve linkage-to-care amongst young-to-midlife adults in Hong Kong: a randomised controlled trial

William Chi-Wai Wong · University of Hong Kong

HKD 1.3M

2022 · grant · HMRF - Advanced Medical Research

A pilot study comparing the clinical efficacy and bleeding risk between low dose and standard dose intrapleural tissue plasminogen activator for pleural infection

Ka Pang Chan · Chinese University of Hong Kong

HKD 470k

2022 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

Enhancing reflective parenting in parents with mental illness: a feasibility study of an app-based intervention

Jennifer Yee-Man Tang · Chinese University of Hong Kong

HKD 499.7k

2022 · grant · HMRF - Research Fellowship Scheme

Increasing physical activity through personalised motivational messaging to improve cognitive function in lung cancer survivors with cancer-related cognitive impairment: a randomised controlled trial

Mu-Hsing Ho · University of Hong Kong

HKD 937.1k

2022 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

Motivational interviewing intervention to enhance self-learning and practicing of Tai Chi in patients with advanced lung cancer: a feasibility randomized controlled trial

Naomi Takemura · University of Hong Kong

HKD 491.4k

2022 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

Cardiovascular effects of individually experienced temperatures based on changes in cardiac autonomic function and salivary biomarkers among the elderly: a panel study

Kin-Fai Ho · Chinese University of Hong Kong

HKD 498.2k

2022 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

Determining risk factors for post-maturity curve progression for effective follow-up protocol in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Wing Hang Prudence Cheung · University of Hong Kong

HKD 476.9k

2022 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

Feasibility, effectiveness, and patient experience of an online acceptance and commitment therapy plus exercises versus online education plus exercises for older people with chronic low back pain: a pilot randomized controlled trial

Arnold Yu Lok Wong · Hong Kong Polytechnic University

HKD 499.5k

2022 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

Validation of four measures on infant mental health in Hong Kong - ITSEA, BITSEA, CBCL/1.5-5, ASQ:SE-2

Krystal Chi-Kei Lee · University of Hong Kong

HKD 498.3k

2022 · grant · HMRF - Advanced Medical Research

Detecting gum inflammation using artificial intelligence-powered smartphone photography among older adults in Hong Kong

Yu Hang Walter Lam · University of Hong Kong

HKD 1.1M

2022 · grant · HMRF - Infectious Disease (including RFCID)

The roles of AMP-activating protein kinase at the intersection of Enterovirus A71 (EV-A71) replication and lipid metabolism

Ziwei Ye · University of Hong Kong

HKD 1.5M

2022 · grant · HMRF - Infectious Disease (including RFCID)

Developing Juglone as a novel antivirulence agent to eliminate biofilm infections

Song Lin Chua · Applied Biology And Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

HKD 500k

2022 · grant · HMRF - Advanced Medical Research

Efficacy and Safety of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors in Adults with Sepsis: A Feasibility Study for a Multicenter Double-Blind Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial

Pauline Pui Ning Yeung · Critical Care Medicine Unit, The University Of Hong Kong

HKD 499.2k

2022 · grant · HMRF - Advanced Medical Research

Advancing clinical differentiation between constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome and functional constipation using machine learning models

Lu Zhang · Hong Kong Baptist University

HKD 487.8k

2022 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

Integrated acoustic and carbon nanotube biosensors with deep-learning algorithms for dysphagia screening: a pilot study

James Chung-Wai Cheung · Biomedical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

HKD 496.9k

2022 · grant · HMRF - Health Promotion

Enhancing usage of counselling services for promotion of mental health with experience sampling method for self-financed sector of higher education (LSFSHE) in Hong Kong

Nigel Thompson · Hong Kong Shue Yan University

HKD 499.4k

2022 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

Establishing normovolemia in heart failure according to the measurement of blood volume and the Frank-Starling Law of the heart

Barril David Montero · School Of Public Health / Department Of Medicine, The University Of Hong Kong

HKD 1.4M

2022 · grant · HMRF - Advanced Medical Research

Genome-to-genome analysis of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and host with EBV-associated lymphoproliferative diseases

Alan Kwok Shing Chiang · University of Hong Kong

HKD 1.5M

2022 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

Epidemiological trends and future prediction of colorectal cancer burden in Hong Kong population: a territory-wide analysis and modelling study

Junjie Huang · Chinese University of Hong Kong

HKD 864k

2022 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

Investigation of the anti-obesity effect and mechanism of Tung Choi, a common vegetable

Pang Chui Shaw · Chinese University of Hong Kong

HKD 1.5M

2022 · grant · HMRF - Research Fellowship Scheme

A Brief and Blended Mindfulness-based Lifestyle counselling programme (B-Mindful-Life) for behavioural risk modification among caregivers of people with neurodegenerative disorders: A pilot randomised controlled trial

Jojo Yan-Yan Kwok · University of Hong Kong

HKD 998.8k

2022 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

Effects of a single-session mindfulness-based intervention for reducing stress in family caregivers of people with dementia: a randomized controlled trial

Patrick Pui-Kin Kor · Hong Kong Polytechnic University

HKD 1M

2022 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

Reward processing and eveningness in youth depression: a longitudinal EEG investigation

Shirley Xin Li · University of Hong Kong

HKD 1.1M

2022 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

Assessing the sex-specific, lipid- and lipoprotein-lowering effects of berberine using randomized, placebo-controlled, double-masked trial

Jie Zhao · University of Hong Kong

HKD 1.3M

2022 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

Developing a new age-sensitive measure of loneliness for young people in Hong Kong

Patrick Wing-Leung Leung · Chinese University of Hong Kong

HKD 1.1M

2022 · grant · HMRF - Infectious Disease (including RFCID)

Multicentre study on the emerging resistance of Clostridioides difficile to metronidazole in Hong Kong

Xin Li · University of Hong Kong

HKD 1M

2022 · grant · HMRF - Infectious Disease (including RFCID)

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

Shui-Shan Lee · Chinese University of Hong Kong

HKD 498.4k

2022 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

Targeting adipose browning with rhein: an innovative Chinese Medicine-based approach to treating obesity and metabolic syndrome

Xiaoyan Hui · Chinese University of Hong Kong

HKD 1.3M

2022 · grant · HMRF - Advanced Medical Research

Does comprehensive measurement of endometrial immune cells predict the clinical outcomes in women undergoing euploid embryo transfer?

Tao Zhang · Chinese University of Hong Kong

HKD 1.3M

2022 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

Batatasin I, an active component from tonic Chinese medicine Dioscoreae Rhizoma, mitigates inflammation-related muscle and adipose wasting in pancreatic cancer-associated cachexia

Ning Wang · University of Hong Kong

HKD 1.5M

2022 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

Development of an implementation system for the primary healthcare blueprint to promote “Family Doctor for All”

Kai Sing Sun · Chinese University of Hong Kong

HKD 933.8k

2022 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

Self-harm risk evaluation and prediction in people with mental disorders: a population-based health-record study in Hong Kong

Wing Chung Chang · University of Hong Kong

HKD 854k

2022 · grant · HMRF - Infectious Disease (including RFCID)

Novel engineered ultrasound-responsive titanium-carbide based antibacterial nanostructures on titanium surface enabling efficient sonodynamic bactericidal capability and superior bone-to-implant integration

Congyang Mao · University of Hong Kong

HKD 1.3M