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Claudia J. Beverly Innovation Award

Dr Daphne CHEUNG, Member of the Research Institute for Smart Ageing (RISA) and the Mental Health Research Centre (MHRC), received the 2023 Claudia J. Beverly Innovation Award by the National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence (NHCGNE). The Award recognises outstanding innovative programmes and projects that have significant positive impact on the nursing care for older adults. Since 2008, Dr Cheung and her team have been developing and testing music interventions for older adults with cognitive impairment. The team worked with engineers, music therapists and users to develop the Standalone Therapeutic Music-with-Movement System, which integrates technology with conventional psychosocial intervention. The system is now being used in more than 50 care institutions in Hong Kong.

3 Nov, 2023

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Health Future Challenge 2023

Dr Ivy ZHAO, Member of the Research Institute for Smart Ageing (RISA), was awarded the 1st Runner Up in the Health Future Challenge 2023 organised by the Knowledge Transfer and Entrepreneurship Office and received Translational Research Grant from the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences for her start-up project “A web-based game-like dual-task hearing-cognitive training system”. The project aims to develop a web-based, game-like, dual-task hearing-cognitive training system for older adults with hearing loss to enhance their hearing efficiency, cognitive functions and social engagement. Prof Zheng Yong Ping, Director of RISA, was also awarded the 1st Runner Up with project "ProRuka — Novel prosthetic hand controlled by wireless wearable ultrasound sensing". The project aims to develop a cutting-edge, lightweight, and affordable prosthetic hand with a novel and precise controlling system. Health Future Challenge is a start-up ideation competition for students, researchers, alumni and industrialists to team up and come up with health-tech ideas and business models.

27 Oct, 2023

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World’s top 2% most-cited scientists

Congratulations to Ir Prof. Zheng Yong Ping, Director of RISA, Prof. Tao Xiao Ming, Prof. Wang Shi Yuan William, and Prof. Cao Jiannong, member of RISA, who have been recognized on the list of top 2% most-cited scientists internationally, list complied by Standford University in Oct2023.

20 Oct, 2023

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Hong Kong Arthritis Day

The first Hong Kong Arthritis Day was organized by BME, PolyU on 15 Oct 2023. RISA's booth showcasted our research product, Sarcopenia Accessment System together with other gadgets from the Jockey Club Smart Ageing Hub. Participants enjoyed the hands-on live demo with all the products shown. 

20 Oct, 2023

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PAIR Conference 2023

PAIR Conference was held successfully from 8May to 11May. Smart Ageing session was held on 10May, which attracted near 100 participants to join on site and also near 100 online participants. A lab tour visiting the Smart Ageing Hub was also organised for the participants. There were 3 posters chosen for the best poster awards among 35 submission. The awardees list as below. 1. Justina YW LIU, Calvin LUK, LING K.K., Jerry WF YEUNG, SUN Yi, Kenneth LO, Patrick PK KOR, Gabriel CH FONG, Thomas KS CHOI, Daphne CHEUNG, ZHENG Yongping"The development of an e-Health system to enhance healthy lifestyles of older adults with sacropenia"2. Wilson Yiu Shun LAM, Elaine KWONG, Huberta Wai Tung CHAN, ZHENG Yongping"Predicting the presence of dysphagia by swallowing sequence variability and event concurrency using linear classification models: a pilot study"3. Aria C.H. YANG, Able C.L. KWOK, Richard LI, WU Yiying Bow, Markus WERNL, Jennifer Yoohyun LEE, Annette VONG, LO Ka Wen, Angela Y.M. LEUNG, Calvin LUK, LING K.K."Designing a sensor-enabled urban green care farm (S-Farm) with older adults in Hong Kong"We would like to thank all speakers and participants for your support to RISA event!

16 May, 2023

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Healthy Longevity Catalyst Awards

Dr WEN Chunyi, Member of the Research Institute for Smart Ageing (RISA), won the Healthy Longevity Catalyst Award (Hong Kong) 2022 in the biology and medicine category of the Healthy Longevity Global Competition for his project “Senolytic uPAR-CAR-T Therapy for Osteoarthritis”.The competition is organised by the National Academy of Medicine of the United States. It is a series of inducement awards and prizes to catalyse breakthrough innovations to promote people’s lifelong physical, mental, and social health and well-being. There are ten awards in the competition. Each winning project will receive a US$50,000 cash prize for a maximum period of 12 months.

11 Jan, 2023

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BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize Health for Life Award

Prof. ZHENG Yongping, Director of the Research Institute for Smart Ageing (RISA), has been awarded the inaugural BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize in the field of “Life and Health” with HKD 2 million cash prize. Prof. Zheng has obtained more than 50 patents and was ranked among the world’s top 2% most-cited scientists in rankings compiled by Stanford University in 2021 and 2022. His main research area includes biomedical ultrasound instrumentation, soft tissue elasticity measurement and imaging, 3D ultrasound imaging and smart aging technologies. The research team led by Prof. Zheng has developed a 3D ultrasound imaging system, “Scolioscan”, which can bring accurate, safe and cost-efficient radiation-free scoliosis assessment. The invention has been applied to clinical assessment in many countries to facilitate early diagnosis and early treatment of scoliosis, and to control the condition using non-surgical intervention. This invention can also be used for the evaluation of ageing spine, including degenerative scoliosis. 

11 Jan, 2023

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Hong Kong ICT Awards 2022

Dr. Daphne Cheung, member of RISA, and her team have received Hong Kong ICT Awards 2022: Smart People (Smart Ageing) Silver Award for their work on the project "Therapeutic music-with-movement programme for elderly with cognitive impairment". Congratulations!

15 Dec, 2022

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Gerontech and Innovation Expo cum Summit 2022

The Gerontech and Innovation Expo cum Summit 2022 was successfully held, attracting thousands of visitors. At the four-day expo, the exhibition booth of the Research Institute for Smart Ageing (RISA) showcased the latest innovations by PolyU faculty members from the Department of Applied Social Sciences, the Department of Biomedical Engineering, the School of Nursing, and the Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation, and demonstrated advanced technologies for elder care to the public. The booth was visited by prestigious guests, including Mrs Carrie Lam, former Chief Executive of the HKSAR, and Prof. Sophia Chan, former Secretary for Food and Health of the HKSAR, academic staff from different higher education institutions, and the general public who were interested in using PolyU’s aged care products. We wish this precious experience can bring new collaboration opportunities to RISA.

11 Nov, 2022

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World’s top 2% most-cited scientists

Congratulations to Ir Prof. Zheng Yong Ping, Director of RISA, Prof. Tao Xiao Ming, Prof. Wang Shi Yuan William, and Prof. Cao Jiannong, member of RISA, who have been recognized on the list of top 2% most-cited scientists internationally,  list complied by Standford University in Oct2022.PolyU has achieved an encouraging milestone of having more than 200 scholars ranked among the world’s top 2% most-cited scientists in the newly released metrics compiled by Stanford University. In addition to the most top 2% scientists globally in the fields of Building and Construction (13 scientists) and Civil Engineering (16), the University has the largest number of top 2% scholars in four other fields in Hong Kong. Overall, PolyU has the second highest number of scientists included in the list among Hong Kong institutions. The University has five and seven scientists who are ranked among the top 10 and top 20 scholars in the world respectively in their own areas of specialty, the highest number among universities in Hong Kong.

11 Nov, 2022

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