With population aging, our Gerontechnology research aims to investigate the best ways to apply the latest technology to support older adults, enabling aging-in-place. In 2022, we were fortunate to receive a donation by Dr Roy Chung Chi-ping, Founder and Chairman of the Bright Future Charitable Foundation. This project aims to prevent frailty in elderly home residents using gerontechnology, with an ultimate goal of applying Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) technologies to build a smart elderly home using an evidence-based approach. In 2023, we were pleased to receive significant funding from RGC's Institutional Development Scheme – Research Infrastructure Grant (IDS-RIG) to establish an Exergaming Research Centre (ERC) for Healthy Aging, which will incubate gamified intervention using gerontechnology to improve the physical health, cognitive abilities, and emotional health of older adults. Through multi-stakeholder engagement, we aim to co-create solutions using smart aging with industry partners to provide evidence-based information, which can be implemented into real-world environments.
| Project Title |
Funding Source |
Project Period |
| Preventing Frailty in Elderly Home Residents by using Gerontechnology |
Donation by Dr Roy Chung Chi-ping, Founder and Chairman of the Bright Future Charitable Foundation and Research Matching Grant Scheme |
2023 – 2024 |
| Establishment of an Exergaming Research Centre (ERC) for Healthy Aging |
Research Grants Council Institutional Development Scheme – Research Infrastructure Grant |
2024 – 2026 |
| Ageing without Children: the Lived experience of Childless Chinese Older Couples |
Research Grants Council Faculty Development Scheme |
2024 – 2025 |
Personalised care is a partnership between an individual and healthcare professionals, to develop a care plan to suit individual holistic needs. Individuals have their own choice over how their care is planned and delivered. Our research focuses on i) person-centred interventions for promoting health and wellness through innovative use of technologies such as mobile apps to promote self-management for chronic diseases, and ii) precision health, in which we employ epidemiological and statistical methods to achieve individualised risk prediction and develop predictive risk models using artificial intelligence approaches, enabling better stratified care. Mobile technologies have the potential to create great impact by enhancing efficiency and facilitating the collection of health-related data, streamlining workflows and fostering collaborations between different healthcare professionals, and between healthcare professionals and patients.
In 2023, the University received HK$20.3 million from The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust to support a project titled “Jockey Club 'BaMa Chill Club' Perinatal Support Project”. This initiative focuses on providing depression screening for pregnant women and their spouses, along with services for parents and caregivers. It aims to offer one-stop, comprehensive and personalised support to enhance their mental health, strengthen the training of healthcare professionals, and promote public education. HKMU School of Nursing and Health Studies, in collaboration with The Mental Health Association of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Young Women's Christian Association, will introduce this three-year project in 2024. It is expected to benefit 10,800 pregnant women, as well as 2,000 spouses, family members and caregivers. The project will train approximately 200 nurses and 2,550 nursing students, with the objective of raising community awareness of the mental health of pregnant women in the pre- and post-natal periods, and the caregiving capacity of professional caregivers.
| Project Title |
Funding Source |
Project Period |
| Peri-natal Mental Health Support for Parents |
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust |
2024 – 2027
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| Building Research Capacity and Facilities in Personalised Care |
Research Impact Fund, HKMU |
2023 – 2025 |
Over the years, our School has invested extensive resources in upgrading its teaching facilities to enrich students' learning experiences, such as the Digital Virtual Dissection System, the VR Cave Learning System, high-fidelity simulators, virtual reality (VR) technology, etc. Engaging learning contents and systems (e.g., VR skills-based training, serious game, simulation, etc.) are actively being co-developed and researched by teachers and students for the nursing and physiotherapy curricula. We are also dedicated to the research and development of interprofessional education (IPE) to equip our students with all-round training. Using qualitative and quantitative data collected via the use of educational tools and platforms, our staff actively engages with scholarships of teaching and learning.
| Project Title |
Funding Source |
Project Period |
| A virtual reality serious game for enhancing interprofessional communication in nursing and physiotherapy undergraduate students |
Quality Enhancement Support Scheme, Self-financing Post-secondary Education Fund |
2024 – 2026
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| Knowledge Overlord – A self-sustaining AI game-based online platform to enhance student's literacy ability and 21st century skills |
e-Learning Ancillary Facilities Programme, Quality Enhancement Fund
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2022 – 2025
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