Health & Innovation Projects Benefit to the Community
Seven academic staff received Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF) from the Food and Health Bureau (FHB) and one granted with Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF) under the Innovation and Technology Commission. The list of successful HMRF and ITF as followings:
Health and Medical Research Fund
Post-doctoral Fellow in Restorative Dental Sciences
Project TitleA novel bioactive glass hydrogel for caries prevention
Clinical Assistant Professor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Project TitleExtracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT) for Myogenous Temporomandibular Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Study
Clinical Assistant Professor in Orthodontics
Project TitleThe efficacy of motivational interviewing to promote a healthy behaviour and lifestyle in periodontitis-susceptible patients: a randomised controlled trial
Post-doctoral Fellow in Applied Oral Sciences & Community Dental Care
Project TitleHealth Belief Model and Family-based Mobile-health Intervention to Promote Oral Health in Adolescents: A Cluster Randomized Control Trial
Clinical Assistant Professor in Applied Oral Sciences & Community Dental Care
Project TitleInvestigation of whitlockite-poly(ethylene glycol) hybrid in situ bioprinting system with multi-stage magnesium ion release profile for immunomodulatory bone regeneration
Principal Clinical Dental Instructor in Periodontology
Project TitleNature of EBV infection in gingival epithelium
Clinical Assistant Professor in Cariology
Project TitlePreventing new caries in adjacent teeth with glass ionomer restoration and silver diamine fluoride conditioning
The HMRF was established by the FHB in 2011 with the aim to provide support for the health promotion projects in addition to the support for health and medical research, research infrastructure, and research capacity building initiatives.
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Associate Professor in Dental Materials Science
Project TitleTooth Smart Modeling and Diagnosis from Multimodal Digital Dental Data for Precision Orthodontics and Restorative Dentistry
Under the Innovation and Technology Commission, Mainland-Hong Kong Joint Funding Scheme of the Innovation and Technology Fund was launched in April 2019 and aims to support and encourage research and development collaboration among universities, research institutes and technology enterprises in Hong Kong and the Mainland.
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