Prof. Justina LIU received the Outstanding IP Commercialisation Awards in the Year

Congratulations to Prof. Justina LIU who has received the “Outstanding IP Commercialisation Awards in the Year” of the “PolyU Patents Achievement Award (PPAA) 2025”! The PPAA is a prestigious university-level accolade that recognises academic departments and faculty members for their exceptional commitment to knowledge transfer. This award celebrates outstanding contributions to innovation and commercialization while encouraging a strong culture of research impact across PolyU.

PolyU School of Nursing won the Gold Award at the eLearning Forum Asia (eLFA) 2026

We are delighted to announce that PolyU School of Nursing’s “V-IMPACT-AI - Student-Staff Co-Developed Virtual Immersive Mentorship Prompt-engineered AI for Communication Training” has won the Gold Award at the eLearning Forum Asia (eLFA) 2026 in the Exemplary Teaching and Learning Award category. This student-staff co-developed initiative, created in collaboration with the PolyU Industrial Centre and our nursing students, pioneers a new pedagogy combining immersive VR simulation, prompt engineering, generative AI, and therapeutic communication training. Through personalised, context-rich learning, nursing students strengthened communication confidence, self-efficacy, and AI literacy — demonstrating a scalable model for future-ready education across healthcare and other professional disciplines. A heartfelt thank you to all our students and staff whose creativity, collaboration, and commitment made this possible! Together, we continue to push the boundaries of technology-enhanced learning and student-centred innovation. Project Team: Project leader: Dr Kitty CHAN Project member (SN): Prof. Vivian HUI Project member (IC): Ms Debbie WONG, Mr Henry CHAN Students: School of Nursing - Mr Ivan CHAN, Ms Mephisto HU Electrical and Electronic Engineering (graduated) – Ms Maggie CHU

PolyU School of Nursing Topped at the 2nd International Competition on AI in Education 2026

PolyU School of Nursing is proud to share that Dr Maggie CHAN, our Associate Professor of Practice, collaborated with our industry partners and won the Champion Award at the 2nd International Competition on AI in Education 2026, hosted by The Artificial Intelligence Research and Education Alliance (AIREA) on 15 July 2026. The team leveraged AI and VR to develop immersive learning scenarios for nursing students, therefore fostering their competence and confidence in managing complex clinical scenarios and clinical handover. The prestigious accolade recognizes the team’s commitment to transform nursing education through innovation. PolyU Nursing extends heartfelt congratulations to Dr Chan and the team on this outstanding achievement. We will continue to work with multisector partners to nurture the next generation of compassionate and innovative nursing leaders.

Prof. Vivian HUI received the Sheth International Young Alumni Achievement Award

Prof. Vivian HUI (2nd from left), Assistant Professor, received a Sheth International Young Alumni Achievement Award from the University of Pittsburgh, the US, in recognition of her technological innovations in health care. She is the first registered nurse to win this award category.

Prof. Naomi TAKEMURA received two awards from the Society of Behavioral Medicine

Prof. Naomi TAKEMURA, Assistant Professor, received the Deborah J. Bowen Early Career Investigator Award and the Best Intervention Abstract Award from the Society of Behavioral Medicine in recognition of her outstanding contributions to behavioural medicine research and practice in patients with advanced cancer.

Dr Lily HO was awarded Distinguished Educator in Gerontological Nursing from NHCGNE

Dr Lily HO, Assistant Professor of Practice, was awarded Distinguished Educator in Gerontological Nursing from National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence (NHCGNE).

9 PolyU School of Nursing Scholars Won Faculty Awards/Prizes for Outstanding Achievement 2025

"PolyU School of Nursing is proud to share that our following members received the Faculty Awards/Prizes for Outstanding Achievement 2025, recognizing their remarkable success in research and teaching: Prof. QIN Jing (Professor): Faculty Award in Research & Scholarly Activities (FHSS) Prof. Justina LIU (Associate Head (Education) & Professor): Knowledge Transfer: Industry (FHSS) Prof. Vivian HUI (Assistant Professor): Faculty Prizes in Teaching (Early Career Teacher -Individual) Dr KO Ka Yan (Assistant Professor of Practice, Team Leader): Faculty Prizes in Teaching (Team) “Navigating the Clinical Learning Landscape: The PRISM Initiative” Dr Timothy LAI (Associate Professor of Practice, Team Member) Mr Harry CHAN (Assistant Professor of Practice, Team Member) Mr Jeff FUNG (Assistant Professor of Practice, Team Member) Ms Evangeline LAM (Assistant Professor of Practice, Team Member) Ms Wendy LEE (Assistant Professor of Practice, Team Member) Congratulation to all recipients and we will remain dedicated to pursuing high-standard research and nurturing future nursing talents.

PolyU Nursing won Bronze Award in the QS Reimagine Education Conference 2025

Following the success of the School’s Virtual Hospital, a team* led by Dr Kitty CHAN, Principal Investigator & Associate Professor of Practice; and Prof. Justina LIU, Co-Investigator; which comprises multidisciplinary experts from the faulty, showcased their vCare Multiplayer Interprofessional Metaverse Game in the QS Reimagine Education Conference and they won the Bronze Award in the Nurturing Values and Ethics category.  This innovation stood out among the more than 1,650 submissions for the QS Reimagine Education Awards. Grounded in the Self-Determination Theory, the innovation is created to enable learners to immerse in the multiplayer scenarios within the metaverse to enhance their ethical decision-making, interprofessional collaboration, and patient management. Virtual Hospital [HK Short-term Patent:HK30083446] was awarded the Wharton-QS Reimagine Education Regional Award in 2022. *Team Members: School of Nursing: Prof. Patrick KOR, Associate Professor; Dr Katherine CHANG, Lecturer. Department of Health Technology and Informatics–Radiography: Dr Vincent LEUNG, Associate Professor of Practice; Mr Edward WONG, Associate Professor of Practice Department of Rehabilitation Sciences - Physiotherapy: Mr Curtis WONG, Associate Professor of Practice. 

Prof. Harry QIN is recognised as a ‘Highly Cited Researchers 2025’

Prof. Harry QIN, Professor, is among the 20 PolyU scholars recognised as ‘Highly Cited Researchers 2025’ by Clarivate Analytics. The selected distinguished researchers have authored numerous highly cited papers, ranking in the top 1% by citations for their fields and publication year over the past 11years. Among the global population of scientists and social scientists, Highly Cited Researchers represent just 1 in 1,000. The School is truly honoured.

Prof. Yan LI received the Reviewer Excellence Certificate from the Journal of Nursing Studies

Prof. Yan LI, Assistant Professor (Presidential Young Scholar), received the Reviewer Excellence Certificate from the Journal of Nursing Studies.