Group Members

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  Prof. Maurice YAP

  Department / Institute:
  School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  Specialisms / Major Research Areas:

  • • Healthcare system governance
  • • Myopia control

  maurice.yap@polyu.edu.hk

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  Prof. Sarah MCGHEE

  Department / Institute:
  School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  Specialisms / Major Research Areas:

  • • Health services research
  • • Health economics

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  Dr Tina Jinxiao LIAN

  Department / Institute:
  School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  Specialisms / Major Research Areas:

  • • Health economics and health services research
    On the following:
    - Systematic screening for diabetic retinopathy
    - Patient empowerment programme for type 2 diabetes mellitus
    - Myopia control

  Ongoing public health-related research projects:

  • • How can we allocate the screening interval for diabetic retinopathy in Hong Kong: towards a personalized approach?
  • • What are the preferred financial incentives to promote preventive care?
  • • Economic burden of myopia in Hong Kong

  jinxiao.lian@polyu.edu.hk

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  Dr Judy Yuen-man SIU

  Department / Institute:
  Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  Specialisms / Major Research Areas:

  • • Medical anthropology
  • • Health inequalities
  • • Health and illness behaviors
  • • Social and cultural studies of health

  Ongoing public health-related research projects:

  • • Promoting Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination to women and men in Hong Kong
  • • Association of green space with quality of life and health status of neighborhood residents
  • • Perception and acceptability of seasonal influenza and pneumococcal vaccines among older adults
  • • A qualitative study on the perceptions and values of blood donation to Hong Kong people

  judy.ym.siu@polyu.edu.hk

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  Dr Rita SUM

  Department / Institute:
  School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  Specialisms / Major Research Areas:

  • • Diabetic eye care
  • • Community eye care

  Ongoing public health-related research projects:

  • • Utilization of health care voucher in vision care service
  • • Elder's preferred financial incentive on preventive care

  rita.sum@polyu.edu.hk

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  Dr Stanley WINSER

  Department / Institute:
  Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  Specialisms / Major Research Areas:

  • • Economic evaluation
  • • Healthcare cost estimation
  • • Balance assessment and treatment for cerebellar ataxia
  • • Stroke and spinal cord injury rehabilitation

  Ongoing public health-related research projects:

  • • Cost-effectiveness of dual-task training among people with cerebellar ataxia
  • • Economic evaluation of self-administered dual-task training among ambulant community-dwelling older adults of Hong Kong

  stanley.j.winser@polyu.edu.hk

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  Dr Lin YANG

  Department / Institute:
  School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  Specialisms / Major Research Areas:

  • • Infectious control
  • • Infectious disease epidemiology
  • • Influenza and respiratory disease control
  • • Time series modeling

  Ongoing public health-related research projects:

  • • Effects of Indoor Environmental Factors on Influenza Like Illness in the Older Population
  • • Respiratory Protection and Comfort of Different Types of N95 Masks during Nursing Procedures
  • • Assessment of In-use Reliability of N95 Respirators for Respiratory Protection of Health Care Workers
  • • Association of green space with quality of life and health status of neighborhood residents

  l.yang@polyu.edu.hk

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  Dr Jing ZHAO

  Department / Institute:
  School of Accounting & Finance, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  Specialisms / Major Research Areas:

  • • Behavioural economics, finance and accounting
  • • Market microstructure
  • • Corporate disclosure
  • • Corporate governance and compensation

  Ongoing public health-related research projects:

  • • Pre-holiday inattention and investment performance

  jingzhao@polyu.edu.hk

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  Miss Ingrid Lau

  Department / Institute:
  School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  Specialisms / Major Research Areas:

  • • Health Psychology
  • • Behavioral Science
  • • Behavioral Economics

  ingrid-wy.lau@connect.polyu.hk

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  Miss Angel Lin

  Department / Institute:
  School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  Specialisms / Major Research Areas:

  • • Public Health
  • • Public Affair Management

  an-qi.lin@polyu.edu.hk

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  Mr Jason So

  Department / Institute:
  School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  Specialisms / Major Research Areas:

  • • Cost-effectiveness Modelling
  • • Statistical Modelling

  ching.so@polyu.edu.hk

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  Miss Xiaoxing Zhang

  Department / Institute:
  School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  Specialisms / Major Research Areas:

  • • Health Care Management
  • • Health Policy

  xiaoxing.zhang@polyu.edu.hk