Applied Research Projects

The project aims to develop a wearable speech training device for underprivileged children aged 5 to 6 with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) to enhance their communication skills through real-time feedback during daily interactions.  Read more

The project aims to enhance English learning for underprivileged children through personalised storytelling delivered by a social robot. It will develop tailored English learning activities for kindergarten and primary school students from low-income families.  Read more

The project aims to enhance the early detection and treatment of strabismus using artificial intelligence (AI) technology. By refining the AI Intelligent Strabismus Diagnostic Machine, the team will offer fast, accurate, and cost-effective diagnostic services to financially disadvantaged patients, addressing the challenges posed by expensive and hard-to-access specialised care.  Read more

The project aims to promote physical activity among older adults and prevent age-related fitness decline through a Train-the-Trainer (TTT) approach. The project team will develop and implement TTT training kits and workshops, utilising research-based knowledge and experts’ advice.  Read more

The project aims to develop a mobile health platform with wearable devices to improve medical care for acute heart failure patients from low-income families.  Read more

The project aims to raise awareness about vestibular system health among the elderly, their caregivers and medical staff, expecting to reduce fall accident rates associated with vestibular issues.  Read more

The project aims to enable patients to record their suspected arrhythmia for clinic evaluation using a readily available smart device.  Read more

The project aims to address the resource disparities and uneven access to computational thinking (CT) education by providing free courses for underprivileged youths to develop their mathematical and programming competence.  Read more

This project aims to develop a low-cost and easily accessible mobile app on cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia to deliver evidence-based sleep strategies in both Hindi and English with adapted materials incorporating community values for South Asians in Hong Kong.  Read more

The project aims to identify and support elderly people with depression, potentially improving their mood and overall well-being through a Computerised Cognitive Training (CCT) programme.  Read more

The project aims to offer a technologically enhanced Intensive Lifestyle Intervention (ILI) programme to individuals with diabetes or pre-diabetes, targeting reversion to normal glucose tolerance and achieving weight and exercise targets, thus reducing the incidence of diabetes and associated complications in the long run.  Read more

The project aims to address the double-ageing (ageing of the population and residential buildings) challenges by developing quick-win prototypes in a co-design approach through various engagements of key stakeholders to improve the age-friendliness of a private housing estate.  Read more

The project aims to reduce possible health consequences associated with obesity / underweight situation among children with a holistic approach to educating children, teachers and parents about healthy diet and exercise. It also helps improve the health literacy of parents, teachers, and children, while leveraging a peer coaching approach for sustainable self-support among youth.  Read more

The project aims to address the gaps of people with intellectual disabilities through an innovative e-learning platform, to equip them with the knowledge, skills and attitude required, enhance their life-planning skills, and promote equality and social inclusion.  Read more

The project aims to reduce inequalities in Deaf people during legal proceedings by enhancing their legal awareness and providing equal access to basic legal knowledge, and address the insufficient support of the legal rights and communication needs of Deaf people.  Read more

The project aims to support teachers and train peer ambassadors based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) principles to help students to build better psychological flexibility.  Read more

The project aims to use mobile intervention to screen health-risk behaviours and encourage a healthy lifestyle, as well as to promote primary healthcare in the community.  Read more

The project aims to promote equal access to mental health resources and create a friendly environment for the deaf/hard of hearing in mental health service.  Read more

The project aims to address the issue of insufficient support and awareness for low-income women in cervical screening and promote primary healthcare and health equity in the underprivileged group.  Read more

The project aims to offer a proven, cost-effective app-based Chanwuyi online Lifestyle Medicine Program for older adults to improve their daily habits. This lifestyle intervention programme is important for preventative care for healthy ageing, and supports primary healthcare to help prevent, treat, and manage chronic diseases and conditions.  Read more

This project aims to address the issue of insufficient support for South Asian women in cervical cancer screening, promote health literacy and promote health equity among the South Asians.  Read more

This project aims to develop an innovative rehab platform using augmented reality (AR)-based training to serve more patients, at rehab centres or at home, to support their rehab process of various chronic conditions.  Read more

This project engages volunteers and supports vulnerable patients by utilising a mobile application and integrating a volunteer service to organise medical history to help patients in health professional consultations, so that they can have equal access to healthcare resources and support.  Read more

This project aims to promote equal opportunities in palliative care among South Asia minority groups. Language and cultural-specific health manuals, community roadshows and health talks will be delivered to South Asian communities.  Read more

This project provides evidence-based pediatric massage techniques training for stay-home mothers who have children with autism. Children with autism will benefit while stay-home mothers could work on a part-time basis to earn extra income.  Read more

This project aims to develop web-based resources for children from culturally and linguistically diverse or ethnic minority backgrounds to acquire Cantonese to close the gap in Cantonese proficiency, achieve equal learning opportunities and promote social inclusion.  Read more

This project aims to develop a flexible, low-cost prosthetics system enabling complex tasks to enhance amputees' quality of life and wellbeing.  Read more

This project aims to promote end-of-life planning within the Chinese community to make more people understand, accept and devise their own end-of-life plans.  Read more

This project aims to develop and implement cost-effective screening for mild cognitive impairment, dementia and hearing loss for elderly in the community.  Read more

This project aims to produce “Touchable, Movable & Interactive Audible 3D Chinese Character” (TMIA3D), a toolkit for learning Chinese character components, by people with visual impairment and non-Chinese ethnic minorities.  Read more

This project aims to develop an internet-based mindfulness intervention for reducing stigma stress among children with neurodevelopmental disorders and their parents.  Read more

This project aims to enhance and expand the application of “e-Orch”, a music-making application previously developed by the project team, to participants who are yet to be covered by the current pilot programs, including students in poverty, with special needs and ethnic minorities. Read more

The project aims to offer music playgroups to improve language and neurocognitive development of infants and toddlers who are at risk of slow language development. Read more

The project plans to provide a public seminar, on-site focused cardiac ultrasound examination, frailty assessment and other physical tests for the elderly at each of the 41 District Elderly Community Centres or Neighbourhood Elderly Centres in Hong Kong. Read more

The project implements an evidence-based intervention programme to promote preparation for old age among elderly aged 55 to 70, particularly in social relationship and leisure participation. Read more

The project aims to enable non-Chinese speaking secondary students to enhance their understanding of the city’s culture and history through EduVenture - an innovative, interactive, inquiry-based outdoor learning system. Read more

The project aims to help adults with acquired hearing loss mitigate communication and hearing difficulties in everyday life and improve their quality of life and well-being through a rehabilitation programme with the participation of professionals. Read more

The project provides healthcare services to the elderly through a phone reassurance programme rendered by a cross-disciplinary service-learning team of university students. Read more

The project aims to bring the youngsters (students with special needs) and seniors together and develop their physical literacy with the goal of maintaining health, well-being and self-care ability. Read more

This project aims to develop high-quality audio stories with rich and customizable content to encourage and promote creative reading and enhance interaction between parents and children, helping students from underprivileged families in particular. Read more

By conducting a series of community workshops/labs, this project enhances community leaders' literacy and practical skills in making ecological and people-oriented urban spaces, with the ultimate goal of building sustainable communities and cities and enhancing community psychological well-being. Read more

The project aims to promote elderly shoulder health through an online platform. Apart from information about symptoms and signs of common shoulder conditions, sets of shoulder exercises that can be performed by the older adults and online consultation service will also be provided on the online platform. Read more

This project aims to reach out to the community to improve public knowledge about mental health and empower the community to take actions for better mental health. Read more

This project aims to work with stakeholders and introduce effective and affordable hip protectors in hospitals and nursing homes to facilitate hip fracture prevention for the elderly. Read more

This project introduces the use of wearable wristbands during teacher-student interaction, aiming to understand the mental states of children with special education needs (SEN) and whereby to improve student-teacher interaction. Read more

This project aims to enhance the mental health of hearing-impaired persons in Hong Kong by enhancing mental health literacy of deaf signers and help mental health personnel to learn basic HK Sign Language. It will translate the mental health literacy questionnaire into HK Sign Language and build an online databank containing sign-bilingual mental health information. Read more

The project aims to highlight the quality end-of-life care and debunk some of the misconceptions and misunderstanding towards death-related matters in Hong Kong and disseminate research findings on end-of-life care through seminars. The research findings will be presented in the form of muscial drama later. Read more

A team comprising doctors, architects and urban planners will design an elderly-friendly walkable city. Elderly are encouraged to go out, explore the “treasures” in the city and voice out their views on universal accessibility of the built environment. Read more

The project will devise an AI-based colour blindness correction solution applicable to various platforms such as smart glasses and digital displays. Its real-time, high-quality colour improvement effect will help people with colour vision deficiency to distinguish colours in daily life. Read more

The goal of the project is to document the linguistic diversity of Hong Kong and to create a digital archive which presents the inclusive linguistic profile of non-ethnic Chinese and the deaf community and is easily accessible for use as a teaching and research tool. Read more

The project aims to assess and identify disability in patients with glaucoma for rehabilitation and patient education in a cost-effective and adaptable way with the use of interactive VR environments simulating day-to-day activities in real-world. Read more

The strength-based and resilience-focused family intervention model for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders (ADHD) will be promoted through developing psychoeducational animations and disseminating information on the subject. Read more

Aiming to promote healthy ageing and lifestyle, the project provides a low-cost and high-efficiency pure-tone hearing screening test to help elderly citizens who have hearing loss to regain the abilities and motivation for communication. Read more

This project applies traditional Chinese medicine paediatric massage to enhance the physical and psychological well-being of autistic children. Assistance will also be offered to caregivers to enable them to conduct daily therapy at home. Read more

The project seeks to empower young Muslim women and combat stereotypes against non-ethnic Chinese women. Training will be given to the women so that they can reach out to the local communities to talk about gender equality. Read more

Educational projects are initiated from the ground up and at the neighbourhood level. Women of diverse ethnic backgrounds will co-produce cross-cultural knowledge and experience that will result in long-term community innovation and empowerment. Read more

A new assessment protocol and an evidence-based treatment programme will be implemented for Cantonese-speaking children with speech sound disorders related to speech motor ability. Training for speech therapists to use these tools will also be provided. Read more

Using interactive and evidence-based applications to analyse children’s language development and provides early interventions, the language competency of children at risk, especially those from underprivileged families, will be enhanced. Read more

This project aims to develop a user-friendly software, namely "Oroeasy", on oral exercises for elderly suffering from weakness in oral motor muscles to improve speech and swallowing functions. Read more

Rehabilitation training with a personalised, affordable, multi-functional 3D-printed soft robotic hand will be developed to facilitate hand function recovery for stroke rehabilitation patients so that they can reintegrate into society. Read more

An online databank of 100 descriptions of basic medical concepts in sign language videos and Chinese written explanations will be set up. Apart from allowing the hearing impaired to gain access to health-related information, the project enables them to select the best descriptions of their illness from the databank when consulting the doctor and hence receive more accurate diagnosis, prescription and treatment. Read more

Through robot drama therapy, this project provides early interventions to help autistic children enhance their social and learning skills. Interactive dramas of three stories about social competence will be designed. Read more

Patients with mild neurocognitive disorder are the ultimate beneficiaries. Staff from participating organisations will be trained to deliver interventions covering healthy diet, physical exercises, psychosocial coping and social engagement, etc. Read more