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General Research Fund

Supporting researchers to achieve excellence

The Faculty of Dentistry has secured funding from the Research Grants Council’s General Research Fund (GRF) for eight research projects. Our success in securing these grants demonstrates our research excellence and the calibre of faculty members.

The funded projects encompass a broad spectrum of important areas within the field. They range from clinical trials to treat dental caries in children, to the development of novel technologies such as artificial intelligence-based systems for predicting malignant transformation in oral diseases. Other projects focus on designing personalised and self-adaptive CPAP masks, investigating the genetic architecture of human facial shape, analysing the mechanism of RNA modification in bone remodelling, and discovering prognostic biomarkers for pulpotomy outcomes.

The grant awarded to each project ranges from HKD 1.1 million to 1.6 million. This substantial financial support enables the Faculty to embark on comprehensive research endeavours at hand, and the Faculty can delve deep into investigations, explore new avenues, and contribute to the progress and innovation of dental research.

Professor Chun Hung Chu
Principal Investigator
Professor Chun Hung Chu

Professor, Chair of Family Dentistry

Project Title

Randomised clinical trial to arrest early childhood caries with a silver diamine fluoride gel

Professor Richard Yuxiong Su
Principal Investigator
Professor Richard Yuxiong Su

Clinical Professor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Project Title

OCCRiskNet: A novel artificial intelligence-based system for predicting malignant transformation in oral leukoplakia and oral lichenoid mucositis using multi-input whole-slide images

Professor Gloria Hai Ming Wong
Principal Investigator
Professor Gloria Hai Ming Wong

Clinical Professor in Paediatric Dentistry

Project Title

Deciphering the trans-ancestral genetic architecture of human facial shape: a high-throughput geometric morphometric approach

Professor Chengfei Zhang
Principal Investigator
Professor Chengfei Zhang

Clinical Professor in Endodontics

Project Title

Discovering prognostic biomarkers for pulpotomy outcome in permanent mature teeth with irreversible pulpitis

Professor Katherine Chiu Man Leung
Principal Investigator
Professor Katherine Chiu Man Leung

Clinical Associate Professor in Prosthodontics

Project Title

Root caries prevention using fluoride varnish fortified with strontium-doped bioactive glass-ceramic: a randomised double-blind controlled clinical trial

Professor Yanqi Yang
Principal Investigator
Professor Yanqi Yang

Clinical Associate Professor in Orthodontics

Project Title

A spatiotemporal analysis of the m6A RNA modification mechanism in senescence-associated alveolar bone remodelling

Professor James Kit Hon Tsoi
Principal Investigator
Professor James Kit Hon Tsoi

Associate Professor in Dental Materials Science

Project Title

Design and develop personalised and self-adaptive CPAP masks

Professor Rory Munro Watt
Principal Investigator
Professor Rory Munro Watt

Associate Professor in Oral Biosciences

Project Title

Stressed about fat: establishing mechanisms linking nutrients with survival mechanisms for oral and gut bacteria

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