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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

2021 · grant · HMRF - Advanced Medical Research

Understanding the genetic factors underlying clinical heterogeneity for systemic lupus erythematosus and development of a prediction model for disease progress

Wanling Yang · University of Hong Kong

HKD 1.5M

2021 · grant · HMRF - Infectious Disease (including RFCID)

Functional investigation of the novel oncogenic bacterium Peptostreptococcus stomatis in colorectal carcinogenesis and chemoresistance

Chi Chun Wong · Chinese University of Hong Kong

HKD 1.5M

2021 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

Unsupervised trajectory clustering of monitoring biomarkers for predicting risk of liver-related complications in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A territory-wide cohort study

Cheuk Fung Yip · Medicine And Therapeutics, The Chinese University Of Hong Kong

HKD 863.4k

2021 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

Revisiting the starting age of colorectal cancer screening for average-risk population in Hong Kong: A cost-effectiveness analysis and mixed-method study

Junjie Huang · Chinese University of Hong Kong

HKD 751.5k

2021 · grant · HMRF - Infectious Disease (including RFCID)

Photo-induced zinc-doped graphite-crystalline phase carbon nitride-based (CN-Zn/BiS) nanostructures on titanium surface enabling in situ bacterial killing and implant-to-bone integration

Kelvin Yeung · Department Of Orthopaeidcs And Traumatology, The University Of Hong Kong

HKD 1.4M

2021 · grant · HMRF - Infectious Disease (including RFCID)

The impact of higher-order interactions in human mobility networks on the transmission of COVID-19 in Hong Kong and mainland China

Dong Wang · School Of Public Health, The University Of Hong Kong

HKD 551.4k

2021 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

Can honokiol, a Sirt3 activator, enhance the effect of vitamin D on age-related bone and muscle loss?

Wayne Lee · Chinese University of Hong Kong

HKD 1.1M

2021 · grant · Commissioned Research on the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

Novel strategies to facilitate early detection, prevention and Intervention for long-Term Health problems related to COVID-19 (NovITor-COVID study)

Chan Ka-Leung Francis · Chinese University of Hong Kong

HKD 45.5M

2021 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

Development of Implementation Strategies for the Policy of Direct Access (Patient Self-Referral) to Physiotherapists in Primary Care

Eng-Kiong Yeoh · Chinese University of Hong Kong

HKD 840.5k

2021 · grant · HMRF - Advanced Medical Research

Characterization of CASC11, a long noncoding RNA (LncRNA) as a new generation of RNA therapeutics in hepatocellular carcinoma

Lok Sze Wong · University of Hong Kong

HKD 1.5M

2021 · grant · HMRF - Infectious Disease (including RFCID)

Post-pandemic annual COVID-19 vaccination for older people in Hong Kong: A health economic analysis

Wai-Kit Ming · City University of Hong Kong

HKD 192.5k

2021 · grant · HMRF - Infectious Disease (including RFCID)

Estimation of real-time clinical severity of COVID-19 and its impact on time-varying distributions of epidemiological characteristics using syndromic and viral load data in Hong Kong

Sheikh Taslim Ali · Division Of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School Of Public Health, The University Of Hong Kong

HKD 1M

2021 · grant · Commissioned Research on the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

Psychobehavioural responses to COVID-19 and vaccine confidence in Hong Kong

Ni Yuxuan Michael · University of Hong Kong

HKD 10M

2021 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

Investigation on etiology and potential prognosis marker for recurrent pregnancy loss

Luhan Jiang · Department Of Obstetrics And Gynaecology , The University Of Hong Kong

HKD 1.2M

2021 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

Modified Gan-Mai-Da-Zao Decoction for the treatment of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia: Preclinical evaluations on its efficacy, safety and molecular mechanisms

Zhi-Xiu Lin · Chinese University of Hong Kong

HKD 1.2M

2021 · grant · HMRF - Advanced Medical Research

MOBILE health intervention in IntraCerebral Hemorrhage survivors (MOBILE-ICH)

Kay Cheong Teo · Queen Mary Hospital

HKD 696.2k

2021 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

Rational design of oral drug delivery system for celastrol as a novel catechol-O-methyltransferase inhibitor to treat Parkinson’s disease

Xiaoli Dong · Hong Kong Polytechnic University

HKD 1.2M

2021 · grant · HMRF - Advanced Medical Research

Microbiome and metabolomic profiling in children with obstructive sleep apnoea

Kate Ching-Ching Chan · Chinese University of Hong Kong

HKD 1.5M

2021 · grant · HMRF - Advanced Medical Research

Phenotypic characterization and prediction value of endometrial NK cell subsets during the window of implantation in women with repeated implantation failure

Tao Zhang · Chinese University of Hong Kong

HKD 792.2k

2021 · grant · HMRF - Advanced Medical Research

The role of embryonic microRNAs in extracellular vesicles for enhancing in-vitro fertilization success rate

Chun Hang Chen · University of Hong Kong

HKD 492k

2021 · grant · HMRF - Infectious Disease (including RFCID)

Development of bithionol analogues as β-Lactamase inhibitor for clinical treatment of infections caused by Enterobacteriaceae strains carrying Class B1 Metallo-β-Lactamases

Sheng Chen · Hong Kong Polytechnic University

HKD 1.5M

2021 · grant · HMRF - Infectious Disease (including RFCID)

Investigation and development of the antisense oligonucleotides targeting plasmid-encoded RNA binding protein as the adjuvant to reduce the fitness of drug resistant bacteria

Chi Kong Terrence Lau · City University of Hong Kong

HKD 1.5M

2021 · grant · HMRF - Advanced Medical Research

Nanostring nCounter expression profiling of endogenous transposable elements as a biomarker of prognosis in colorectal cancer

Jason Wing Hon Wong · University of Hong Kong

HKD 1.5M

2021 · grant · HMRF - Infectious Disease (including RFCID)

Impact of hepatitis E virus variants on persons living with HIV in Hong Kong

Siddharth Sridhar · University of Hong Kong

HKD 724k

2021 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

Cost of disease and falls among individuals with Parkinson’s disease living in Hong Kong: A prospective cost-of-illness analysis

Stanley John Winser · Hong Kong Polytechnic University

HKD 423.6k

2021 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

Development of typology-based smoking relapse prevention intervention: A Q-methodology and a pilot randomized controlled trial

Yee Tak Derek Cheung · University of Hong Kong

HKD 500k

2021 · grant · HMRF - Infectious Disease (including RFCID)

The anti-viral and anti-inflammatory roles of a modified anti-SARS herbal formula against SARS-CoV-2: Preparation for a pilot clinical study for high-risk individuals against COVID-19

Chun-Kwok Wong · Chinese University of Hong Kong

HKD 1.1M

2021 · grant · HMRF - Research Fellowship Scheme

Estimating the causal protective effects of correlates of protection against influenza

Nancy Hiu Lan Leung · University of Hong Kong

HKD 1.2M

2021 · grant · HMRF - Infectious Disease (including RFCID)

Suppression of Host Innate Immune Response by severe respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ORF3a protein via Induction of IKKε dependent autophagy

Sin-Yee Fung · University of Hong Kong

HKD 1.4M

2021 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

The immediate and sustained effect of 4-week combined volitional and reactive step training in reducing falls risk in community-dwelling older fallers: a randomised controlled trial

Man Hin Lam · Hong Kong Polytechnic University

HKD 498.4k

2021 · grant · HMRF - Advanced Medical Research

RANK-ligand inhibition to combat sarcopenia with underlying osteoporosis: a randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, active-controlled trial

Ronald Man Yeung Wong · Orthopaedics & Traumatology, The Chinese University Of Hong Kong

HKD 1.3M

2021 · grant · HMRF - Advanced Medical Research

A study on the epidemiology and genetic basis of adverse effects of valproate

Hon-Cheong So · Chinese University of Hong Kong

HKD 1.5M

2021 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

Estimating Hong Kong utility weights for the recovering quality of life measure

Huan Xu · Hong Kong Polytechnic University

HKD 478k

2021 · grant · HMRF - Advanced Medical Research

RNA sequencing as diagnostic tool for unresolved and severe forms of drug-resistant epilepsies - Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies (DEE)

Ka Yee Kwong · University of Hong Kong

HKD 495.7k

2021 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

Self-harm prediction in patients with first-episode psychosis receiving the early intervention for psychosis service: a three-year follow up study

Kit Wa Chan · University of Hong Kong

HKD 1.1M

2021 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

Developing a novel embryo recognition system for better IVF treatment outcome

Bo Wah Leung · Chinese University of Hong Kong

HKD 582.4k

2021 · grant · HMRF - Research Fellowship Scheme

Preclinical evaluation of an orally-available and clofazimine-based cocktail regimen for COVID-19

Shuofeng Yuan · University of Hong Kong

HKD 1M

2021 · grant · HMRF - Research Fellowship Scheme

Instant message-delivered personalised lifestyle modification intervention for pre-hypertension management among community dwelling adults: a randomised controlled trial [Unhealthy diet and physical inactivity]

Jung Jae Lee · School Of Nursing, The Univeristy Of Hong Kong

HKD 1M

2021 · grant · HMRF - Advanced Medical Research

Stem cell senescence in skeletal muscle ageing: mechanism and treatment for sarcopenia

Huating Wang · Chinese University of Hong Kong

HKD 1.5M

2021 · grant · HMRF - Health and Health Services (including HHSRF)

Effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy versus active controls in improving psychological functions of parents and children with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: A randomized controlled trial

Arnold Yu Lok Wong · Hong Kong Polytechnic University

HKD 1.5M