Director of RCMI & Professor
Department of Food Science and Nutrition
- +852 3400 8665
- man-sau.wong@polyu.edu.hk
- Bone and Mineral Metabolism, Diet and Diseases ,Osteoporosis ,Phytoestrogens ,Phytochemicals, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Functional Food
Associate Directors
Assoc. Dean(HSS), ADoRCMI & Professor
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
- +852 2766 4889
- shamay.ng@polyu.edu.hk
- Stroke rehabilitation and Movement disorders in patients with stroke
ADoRCMI, Senior Lecturer
Department of Food Science and Nutrition
- +852 3400 8681
- daniel.mok@polyu.edu.hk
- Theoretical Calculations ,Chemometrics,Metabolomics and Chinese Medicine
ADoRCMI, Professor
School of Nursing
- +852 2766 4151
- jerry-wf.yeung@polyu.edu.hk
- Insomnia ,Sleep and mood disorders ,Acupuncture/ Acupressure ,Traditional Chinese Medicine and Psychiatry
Members
Deputy President and Provost & Chair Professor of Chemical Technology
Department of Chemistry
- +852 3400 8789
- w.t.wong@polyu.edu.hk
- Nanotheranostics, Cancer Therapy ,Lanthanide Chemistry ,Molecular Probe and X-Ray Crystallography
DoRCOcean&Chair Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Management Committee member
Department of Food Science and Nutrition
- +852 3400 8834
- simon-my.lee@polyu.edu.hk
- Brain Disorders ,Neurodegenerative Diseases, Oncology ,Cancer, Drug Discovery ,Natural Products and Environmental Health and Toxicology
- +852 2766 4640
- gerhard.bruyns@polyu.edu.hk
- Expertise: Transition Environment Design, Volumetric Morphology, Critical Environments, Systems and Strategies for Regional Design, Gameboarding Spatial Design.
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Technology and Informatics
- +852 3400 8653
- david-yin.cai@polyu.edu.hk
- Medical Laboratory Science
Professor
School of Optometry
- +852 2766 7937
- henryhl.chan@polyu.edu.hk
- Visual electrophysiology (both in human and animal studies, basic and clinical research) ,Visual Neuroscience and psychophysics (basic and clinical research) ,Glaucoma research, Retinal physiology and diseases, Myopia research, Retinitis pigmentosa research ,Diabetic retinopathy research and Age-related maculopathy research
Associate Professor
School of Nursing
- +852 2766 4771
- eileen.cheng@polyu.edu.hk
- Cancer cachexia care, Symptom cluster management and Caregiving support in palliative care
Professor
Department of Health Technology and Informatics
- +852 3400 8912
- kenneth.ky.cheng@polyu.edu.hk
- Obesity and its related metabolic disorders
Associate Professor of Practice
School of Nursing
- +852 2766 6773
- kin.cheung@polyu.edu.hk
- Health and wellness of university students,Support for senior-year admitted students ,Workforce health and wellness, Mental Health ,Occupational health ,Prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders and Infection control Nursing homes
Associate Professor; Associate Director of PolyU-Nanjing Technology and Innovation Research Institute
School of Optometry
- +852 2766 6090
- chi-wai.do@polyu.edu.hk
- Mechanism and regulation of aqueous humor dynamics and intraocular pressure (IOP) ,Pathophysiology of glaucoma ,Traditional Chinese Medicine for managing eye diseases and Advanced technology for vision assessment
Assistant Professor
Department of Food Science and Nutrition
- +852 3400 8825
- renyou.gan@polyu.edu.hk
- Tea ,Microgreens, TCM plants ,Phytochemicals ,Polysaccharides, Microplastics ,Metabolic Syndrome ,Aging Reproductive Toxicity,Gut Microbiome Probiotics ,Biotransformation ,Germination and Fermentation and Functional Food Development
Assistant Professor
Department of Rehabilitation Science
- +852 3400 8966
- philip-wl.ho@polyu.edu.hk
- Pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease ,Aging and neurodegeneration, Environmental toxicity ,Bioassays, Mitochondrial dysfunction ,Autophagy & mitophagy and Animal models
Associate Professor
School of Nursing
- +852 2766 6410
- janice.ys.ho@polyu.edu.hk
- Dementia, Cognitive impairment, Neurodegenerative diseases, Depression, Chinese medicine and Healthy aging
DoCAF & Assoc. Professor
Department of Life Sciences
- +852 3400 8728
- vincent.keng@polyu.edu.hk
- Cancer Research, Drug Discovery and TCM, Genetics ,Molecular Biology and Transposable Elements
Associate Professor
Department of Life Sciences
- +852 3400 8699
- ben.ko@polyu.edu.hk
- Pharmacology of Natural Products, Hepatocellular Carcinoma Nucleocytoplasmic Trafficking of NFAT5, NAADP-mediated Calcium Signaling and Drug discovery
Assoc. Head (Research and Innovation), ADoRCSV & Associate Professor
School of Optometry
- +852 2766 6115
- thomas.c.lam@polyu.edu.hk
- Myopia mechanism, Quantitative proteomics, Bioinformatics, Glaucoma, Tear fluid biomarker ,Dry eye and Clinical trial
Assoc. Head(LS), ADoULS & Professor
Department of Life Sciences
- +852 3400 8799
- terence.kw.lee@polyu.edu.hk
- Cancer Therapy ,Cancer Stemness ,Cell Therapy, Gut Microbiota, Hepatocellular Carcinoma ,Immune Resistance and Immune Therapy
Associate Head of Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
- +852 3400 8663
- kingchifranco.leung@polyu.edu.hk
- Supramolecular Assembly ,Molecular Machinery, Soft Robotic Material ,Biomedical Material andSupramolecular Dynamics
Assistant Professor
School of Nursing
- +852 2766 6388
- yan-nursing.li@polyu.edu.hk
- Mental Health and Psychosocial Support: Psychosocial Interventions of People with Physical Disabilities ,Stigmatization of Mental Illness Mental Health Promotion Digital Health: Artificial Intelligence (e.g., Chatbot), Virtual Reality, Web-based Interventions. Primary Care: Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, Vaccination Promotion in the Community
Assistant Professor
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
- +852 2766 6718
- jx-jessie.lin@polyu.edu.hk
- Neuro-Cognitive deficits in patients with severe mental disorders, Psychopharmacology in Schizophrenia, Psychosocial and mind-body interventions in patients with Psychiatric disorders, Longitudinal outcomes of women with mental disorders and Epidemiological investigation of prevalence & correlates of common mental disorders in community
Honorary Professor
Department of Life Sciences
- +852 3400 8669
- samuel.chun-lap.lo@polyu.edu.hk
- TENS device for dementia and arthritic pain
Assistant Professor
Department of Food Science and Nutrition
- +852 3400 8778
- kenneth.kh.lo@polyu.edu.hk
- Disease Prevention ,Nutrition ,Nutritional Epidemiology and Public Health Nutrition
Associate Professor
Department of Life Sciences
- +852 3400 8810
- cong.ma@polyu.edu.hk
- Medicinal Chemistry, AI-driven Drug Design ,Biotechnology ,Therapeutics and Diagnostics and Organic synthesis of Pharmaceutical Structures
- +852 2766 4510
- david.shum@polyu.edu.hk
- Prospective memory problems in older individuals and patients with brain injury ,Cognitive neuroscience of human memory and executive function ,Cognitive and social cognitive impairments in people with mental health problems
Assistant Professor
Department of Life Sciences
- +852 3400 8722
- william-cs.tai@polyu.edu.hk
- Cancer Therapy ,Probiotics ,Cellular Immunotherapy, Drug Development and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Assistant Professor
School of Nursing
- +852 2766 4135
- naomi.takemura@polyu.edu.hk
Visiting Chair Professor of Experimental Optometry
School of Optometry
- +852 2766 6102
- chi-ho.to@polyu.edu.hk
- Aqueous humour physiology and glaucoma, myopia basic mechanism and treatment, and retinal degenerations
Assistant Professor
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
- +852 3400 8965
- charlotte-sl.tsang@polyu.edu.hk
- Fall Prevention ,Postural Control and Balance, Biomechanics ,Sarcopenia and Frailty Health Promotion
Chair Professor of Rehabilitation Sciences
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
- +852 2766 6750
- hector.tsang@polyu.edu.hk
- Neuropsychiatric and vocational rehabilitation for individuals with mental illness, Mental illness stigma and Psychophysiology of mind-body interventions
Associate Professor
School of Optometry
- +852 2766 6096
- dennis.tse@polyu.edu.hk
- Retinal neuroscience ,Mechanism and treatment of myopia and Role of autophagy and oxidation in retinal degenerations
Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
- +852 3400 8898
- chunyi.wen@polyu.edu.hk
- Cellular Senescence and Skeletal Aging ,Precision Medicine for Skeletal Ageing and Data-driven Community-based Bone and Joint Healthcare Revolution
Associate Professor
School of Nursing
- +852 3400 3805
- arkers.wong@polyu.edu.hk
- Telehealth/ Telemedicine, mHealth ,Health promotion and prevention ,Self-care Interdisciplinary care ,Transitional care, Healthy aging ,Aging-in-place and Community health Telecare
Associate Professor & Programme Leader of BSc (Hons) in Physiotherapy
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
- +852 2766 6717
- thomson.wong@polyu.edu.hk
- Geriatric and falls rehabilitation, Psycho-motor rehabilitation ,Motor control and learning ,Postural control assessment and training and Tele-rehabilitation
Research Professor
Department of Food Science and Nutrition
- +852 3400 8671
- jian-yong.wu@polyu.edu.hk
- Bioprocesses, Food Science and Engineering and Functional Foods (Medicinal Fungi, Bioactive Polysaccharides, Prebiotics and Microbiota)
Associate Professor
School of Nursing
- +852 3400 3798
- grace.yj.xie@polyu.edu.hk
- Neurovascular Epidemiology ,Health Education and Promotion in the Community ,Women's Health (migraine prophylaxis, CVD risk assessment, osteoporosis screening) ,Cardiovascular risk assessment, Migraine-CVD etiology
Assistant Professor
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
- +852 2766 4199
- richard.xu@polyu.edu.hk
- Health economics and policy ,Psychometric evaluations ,Patients’ preferences and decision-making, Patients-reported outcome measure/health-related quality of life and eHealth literacy
Assoc. Head(LS) & Professor
Department of Life Sciences
- +852 3400 8792
- zhongping.yao@polyu.edu.hk
- Mass Spectrometry, Molecular Assembly and Recognition ,Molecular Data Storage P,eptide and Protein Sequencing,, Peptide Drug Discovery Protein Structures, Dynamics and Interactions, Disease Biomarkers, Mechanisms of Biological Processes and Food Safety
Associate Professor
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
- +852 2766 4890
- sonata.yau@polyu.edu.hk
- Non-pharmacological and pharmacological treatments for cognitive impairment in diseased brains and Underlying mechanisms and biomarkers of physical exercise-induced brain plasticity
Associate Professor
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
- +852 3400 3251
- clare-chung-wah.yu@polyu.edu.hk
- Childhood obesity ,Physical fitness assessment in children and adolescents, Physical activity and health and Exercise intervention for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder
Professor
Department of Chemistry
- +852 3400 8725
- wing-yiu.yu@polyu.edu.hk
- Catalysis ,Organic Synthesis ,Organometallic Chemistry and Enantioselective Reactions
Associate Professor
Department of Food Science and Nutrition
- +852 3400 8724
- daisydy.zhao@polyu.edu.hk
- Polyphenols ,Phytonutrients ,Gut Microbiota ,Probiotics, Food Chemistry ,Metabolomics ,Mass Spectrometry and Precision Nutrition
Associate Professor
Department of Life Sciences
- +852 3400 8711
- q.zhao@polyu.edu.hk
- Novel Natural Peptides, Chemical Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Technologies and Bioinformatics and AI
Associate Professor
Department of Food Science and Nutrition
- +852 3400 8678
- yuyan.zhu@polyu.edu.hk
- Functional Food, Nutrition ,Metabolic Disorders, Regulation of Adipose Tissue Expansion and Function, Cholesterol Metabolism and Adipocyte Development
- +852 2766 4753
- manting.au@polyu.edu.hk
- Cellular engineering in osteoarthritis treatment and drug development
Research Assistant Professor
School of Nursing
- +852 2766 4110
- cara-sc.chen@polyu.edu.hk
Senior Research Fellow
Research Centre of Chinese Medicine Innovation
- sibao.chen@polyu.edu.hk
- Quality control of Chinese medicinal herbs; anti-cancer activities of natural products/compounds
- fiona.chen@cpce-polyu.edu.hk
- Cerebral artery disease and stoke
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Food Science and Nutrition
- +852 3400 8819
- guiyi.gong@polyu.edu.hk
- Bioactive peptides ,Neurodegenerative diseases ,Natural products, Cardiovascular diseases ,Drug discovery
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Food Science and Nutrition
- +852 3400 8758
- leo33.leung@polyu.edu.hk
- Mental health,Environmental Health and Toxicology,AI,Omics,Drugs and Chemicals
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
- +852 2766 4202
- kim07.li@polyu.edu.hk
- Traditional Chinese Medicine-based treatmentstrategies for neurodegenerative diseases
Research Assistant Professor
School of Nursing
- +852 3400 3214
- mengqi28.li@polyu.edu.hk
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Food Science and Nutrition
- +852 3400 8746
- qiwen.liao@polyu.edu.hk
- AI-driven marine bioactive peptides discovery ,Structural pharmacology ,GPCR biased agonism and allosteric modulation and Inflammation and immunity
Senior Research Fellow
Department of Applied Social Sciences
- psychosocial benefits of complementary and alternative medicine, positive psychology
Senior Research Fellow
Research Centre of Chinese Medicine Innovation
- +852 3400 8746
- christina.poon@polyu.edu.hk
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Health Technology and Informatics
- +852 3400 8907
- mailjordy-evan.sulaiman@polyu.edu.hk
- Systems microbiology ,Gut microbiota Antibiotic tolerance and resistance, Metabolic diseases, Host-microbe interactions and Novel gut microbiota-derived metabolites
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Food Science and Nutrition
- +852 3400 3004
- andy-bq.tang@polyu.edu.hk
- Natural Products and Traditional Chinese Medicine ,Quality Control of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Drug Discovery ,Neurodegenerative Diseases
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Health Technology and Informatics
- +852 3400 8622
- kelvin-ka-lok.wu@polyu.edu.hk
- Immunometabolism in macrophages, molecular mechanisms of obesity-induced adipose tissue inflammation and its metabolic complications
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Food Science and Nutrition
- +852 3400 8787
- irene-hh.xiao@polyu.edu.hk
- Metabolic diseases; Herbal medicine; phytochemicals; new drug development; supplements development
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Health Technology and Informatics
- +852 3400 8596
- martin-ho-yin.yeung@polyu.edu.hk
- Medical Laboratory Science
Research Fellow
Department of Food Science and Nutrition
- Chinese medicine, mechanistic studies of TCM on metabolic syndromes
Senior Research Fellow
Research Centre of Chinese Medicine Innovation
- +852 2766 6343
- Chinese herbal medicine, Aging-related eye problems, Functional food ,Stem cell therapy
