Our research in Hong Kong is shown below
Current Research Grants
Prof Josette Sin-yee Chor
Centre for Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin, Hong Kong
Project title: Changes in food and supplements consumption before and after diagnosis affecting quality of life in breast cancer survivors (2008/SD11)
Study Population: Breast cancer medical specialists, registered Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners, dietitians, and breast cancer survivors in Hong Kong.
Prof Joseph Lau
School of Public Health
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin, Hong Kong
Project title: A pilot study to investigate attitudes and behaviours towards food avoidance and food preference concerning Chinese cancer patients, patients', general public's, and Traditional Chinese Medicine doctors’ perspectives (2008/54)
Study Population: 150 Chinese cancer patients (with nasopharyngeal cancer or colorectal cancer) aged 18 and over, who are being followed up in the Prince of Wales Hospital or the Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital in Hong Kong.
Dr Judy Ho
Division of Colorectal Surgery, Dept of Surgery
University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Project title: The acceptability and feasibility of a diet and physical activity intervention to prevent recurrence in colorectal cancer survivors (2009/02)
Study Population: Health professionals, colorectal cancer survivors and primary caregivers, recruited from Queen Mary Hospital and Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong.
Prof Suzanne Ho
School of Public Health and Primary Care
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China
Project title: Prospective study of soy intake and breast cancer prognosis in Chinese breast cancer survivors (2010/249)
Study population: A prospective study of 1,350 Chinese women aged 25-70 years with incident, primary histologically confirmed breast cancer recruited from two Regional Cancer Treatment Centres in Hong Kong.
Professor Xiaorong Wang
School of Public Health
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China
Project title: Etiological study of esophageal cancer in Chinese population – With special reference to dietary factors and genetic polymorphisms (2010/240)
Study population: A population-based case-control study of 800 35-80 male and female cases with newly diagnosed primary oesophageal squamous carcinoma, and 800 population-matched controls.
Dr Will Chan
School of Public Health
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China
Project Title: Role of Vitamin D and its Genetic Polymorphisms in Epstein-Barr Virus Activity and the Risk of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (2011/460)
Study Population: A case-control study 1000 patients with NPC and 1000 controls will be recruited over 30 months. The study will investigate whether Vitamin D deficiency is related to NPC and EBV viral activity, and whether Vitamin D-related genetic variants, lifestyle factors, and dietary factors may interact and affect risk of NPC.
