CU NURSING 360 Issue 24 OCTOBER 2022

HIGHLIGHTS & UPDATES

OCTOBER 2022

GRANTS & AWARDS

RESEARCH GRANTS

Our School received six new research grants in the past two months with a total amount of over HKD14 million.

Funding Source	Key Investigator	Project Title
Health and Medical Research Fund Research Fellowship Scheme	Dr. Ankie CHEUNG	Development and evaluation of a symptom management mobile health application with personalised support for children at the early stage of cancer survivorship and their caregivers
Health and Medical Research Fund Research Fellowship Scheme	Dr. Laurie HO	Effect of an internet-based dialectical behaviour therapy-informed skills training for reducing alcohol consumption and improving psychological distress of adult drinkers: A pilot randomised controlled trial
Start-up Fund under PolyU Strategic Hiring Scheme	Prof. Wai Tong CHIEN	Longitudinal brain age and language changes in mild cognitive impairment (MCI): The influence of genetic factors
Japanese Hospice Palliative Care Foundation	Prof. Helen CHAN	Prognostic communication at the end of life in Asia
National Natural Science Foundation of China	Prof. Helen CHAN	Research on basic medical insurance payment strategies of advance care planning under value orientation
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust	Prof. Helen CHAN	An empowerment-based participatory programme to reduce social isolation and promote healthy ageing (EMPATHY)

SPOTLIGHT on Project with Funding over HKD 11 Million


	This three-year project adopts an empowerment-based participatory approach to strengthen capacity of both the public and healthcare professionals on promoting the psychosocial wellbeing of older adults through intergenerational relationship building. The Tung Wah Group of Hospitals and Caritas Hong Kong are collaborators of this project. The main study outcomes are to enhance older adults’ self-efficacy in self-care planning and health maintenance and digital literacy, thereby improving their health-related quality of life.

AWARDS & HONOURS


	PhD in Nursing Year 1 student Adugna Oluma AYANA received the Belt and Road Scholarship under the HKSAR Government Scholarship Fund 2021/22. PhD in Nursing Year 1 student Sini LI received the CUHK Vice-Chancellor's PhD Scholarship 2022. Master of Nursing Science (Pre-registration) Year 2 students Yan Yi CHAN, Yu Yee CHENG and Wing Yin LAM received the Excellent Clinical Performance Award 2021/22.

RESEARCH CENTRES

COCHRANE HONG KONG


	Prof. Wai Tong CHIEN, Co-Chair of Cochrane China Network and Co-Director of Cochrane Hong Kong, called an online Executive Committee meeting of Cochrane China Network in August, with Ms. Tiffany Duque, Cochrane US Network Senior Officer, as an invited attendee. During the meeting, it was decided that an evidence-based healthcare forum, namely Cochrane Network Symposium cum Beijing GRADE Annual Meeting, will be jointly held with the Evidence-based Medicine Centre of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine in January 2023.

In August and September 2022, Cochrane Hong Kong translated a total of 15 Cochrane Reviews (both abstracts and plain language summaries) into Simplified Chinese and three plain language summaries into Traditional Chinese, with all the translations now available in the Cochrane Library. The Simplified Chinese translations are also published on Cochrane China Network website. In addition, the Centre actively posted 49 tweets (25 Cochrane Reviews, 20 Cochrane Clinical Answers, and 4 Chinese translations) via Twitter @CochraneNursing.

A Cochrane Review protocol ‘Behavioural family interventions versus structural family interventions for people with schizophrenia’ co-authored by Prof. Wai Tong CHIEN and Prof. Cho Lee WONG was published in August 2022.

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ASIA-PACIFIC GENOMIC AND GENETIC NURSING CENTRE

In the pilot study exploring the genetic variants for identifying children with autism spectrum disorder, subject recruitment and genetic analyses will be conducted in collaboration with Department of Paediatrics and School of Life Sciences at CUHK, respectively.

Another study examining the potential use of decision aids to facilitate genetic counselling is project-end approaching. Literature search and data extraction were completed; and a manuscript reporting its findings is currently under preparation.

Regarding the study with PolyU on Alzheimer’s disease, more brain-age models have been constructed and analysed. The study recruited around 100 participants with Alzheimer’s disease; and data pertaining to their brain activities and behavioural outcomes is also going to be collected and analysed.

Having a follow-up study, Prof. Wai Tong CHIEN and Prof. Mary WAYE are now working together with the PolyU researchers on a new project to examine the genetic factors influencing brain-ageing and development of language difficulties among older adults with mild cognitive impairment.

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ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS

Advance Care Planning Seminar (8 July)

Prof. Helen CHAN was invited as a speaker at the 'Live to Love' Live Journey seminar series by Tung Wah Group of Hospitals to share about factors to consider during the advance care planning process.

RTHK Interview (12 August)

Prof. Dorothy Chan was interviewed by RTHK’s ‘Hong Kong United’ programme to share the findings of her study on HPV vaccination among South Asian minorities in Hong Kong, discuss the reasons behind their low uptake rates and offer suggestions for improving the situation.

Orientation Camp 2022 (17-19 August)

This year’s Orientation Camp comprising a one-day Zoom meeting and a two-day day-camp was successfully held, helping our Nursing freshmen to familiarise themselves with the School, meet new friends and develop a sense of belonging!

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