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InnoStars2022

Mr Ling Kar-kan, Director of the Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation and Associate Director of Research Institute for Smart Ageing, were presented the InnoStars Award 2021 organised by the Our Hong Kong Foundation in the ceremony held yesterday (29 July).   Mr Ling, who has devoted himself to social innovation, believed that the most important element for social innovation is empathy - to profoundly understand the pain and needs of those you serve.   For more details, you could visit the related video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7JFprxVTj0

President's Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Knowledge Transfer

To recognise and reward staff members’ KT endeavours which are underpinned by research and innovation and have created significant impact on industry and society, the President’s Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Knowledge Transfer (KT) has been set up. The Awards will have two sub-categories: “President’s Awards for Outstanding Achievement in KT: Industry” and “President’s Awards for Outstanding Achievement in KT: Society”. Prof. Zheng Yong Ping, DoRISA, has been granted an individual award under the President’s Awards for Outstanding Achievement in KT: Industry category, for his project "Scolioscan: 3D Ultrasound Imaging System for Radiation-free Scoliosis Assessment" The “President’s Awards for Outstanding Achievement in KT: Industry” recognises KT impact cases which can demonstrate contributions in advancing the technological or industry standards, addressing the needs of the industry, or enhancing its competitiveness through application of PolyU’s research and innovations in the form of products, methodologies, systems and/or solutions. The details of the project can be found here , or click here for a video introduction.  

PolyU InnoTech Open Day 2022

PolyU held the PolyU InnoTech Open Day on 16 July 2022 on campus to showcase the University’s latest endeavours in education, interdisciplinary research, knowledge transfer and entrepreneurship which are helping to empower the I&T development of Hong Kong, the GBA and beyond. RISA had set up a booth to showcase members' projects on ageing related topics, with live demostration of products developed by members.   

COVID PTSD study

Prof. David Shum, Dean of Faculty of Health and Social Sciences at PolyU, associate director of RISA, elaborated his team’s study results that revealed over 10% Hong Kong people exhibited post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms one year after the onset of the pandemic on the RTHK programme “Letters to Hong Kong” yesterday (25 June).   The team suggested enhancing the connection between the non-governmental organisations and the elderly to help ensure their good physical and mental health.   Click here for more details. 

TechConnect 2022 Innovation Awards

Prof. Jing Cai, member of RISA, has prestigious global Innovation Awards in the areas of artificial intelligence (AI) at the TechConnect World Innovation Conference and Expo 2022 (TechConnect), with his development in an AI-Empowered Chest X-Ray and CT Quantitative Analysis for COVID-19 Patient Management.  The AI-enhanced techniques for COVID-19 clinical applications provide accurate and low-cost imaging solutions for the diagnosis, severity stratification and prognosis of COVID-19. These applications include AI-empowered chest X-ray imaging, AI-assisted COVID-19 disease segmentation, and multi-view analysis. Their high accessibility will benefit developing countries that do not have the needed resources to accurately diagnose and monitor COVID-19. For details of the TechConnect 2022 Innovation Awardees, please visit the official website: https://www.techconnectworld.com/World2022/participate/innovation/awards.html

Top reviewer award

Dr Kenneth Lo, Member of Research Institute for Smart Ageing (RISA), has been selected as one of the five Top Reviewers for The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition of 2021 by Oxford Academic. Every year, the four American Society for Nutrition Journals, i.e., The Journal of Nutrition, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Advances in Nutrition and Current Developments in Nutrition, identify up to five ad hoc reviewers to be named a Top Reviewer from the previous year. Selections are based on the quality, number, and timeliness of manuscript reviews completed. For more details of the award, please visit: https://academic.oup.com/asn/pages/top_reviewer_awards

Top 2% Scientists

Congratulations to Ir Prof. Zheng Yong Ping, Director of RISA, and Prof. Tao Xiao Ming, member of RISA, who have been recognized on the list of top 2% Scientists internationally,  list complied by Standford University in Oct2021. Click here for the full list. 

Awards at Health Research Symposium 2021

Prof. Angela Leung Yee-man, committee member of RISA win the Excellent Health Promotion Project Awards at Health Promotion and COVID-19 Awards at Health Research Symposium 2021 on 23 Nov 2021.Click here for more details

Public leature on Aging and Cognition

Prof. William Wang, a member of RISA, has published a public lecture with the title of "A Multidisciplinary Look at Aging and Cognition" on YouTube, with Chinese subtitles available.  Click here for the video