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Dr. Arthur D.P. MAK, Associate Professor

Doctor MAK Dun-Ping, Arthur             
Associate Professor (Clinical)

麥敦平醫生

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RESEARCH INTERESTS:

  • psychosomatic medicine
  • affective disorders and anxiety disorders
  • epidemiology and phenomenology of bipolar affective disorders
  • epidemiology of anxiety disorders
  • research on epidemiology, phenomenology, neuroimaging, development and evaluation of treatment modalities for functional gastrointestinal disorders


HONOURS AND AWARDS:

  • American Gastroenterological Association - Digestive Disease Week 2015 -Recognition for Scientific Accomplishment as Early Stage Investigator – “Functional Dyspepsia-Post-Prandial Distress Syndrome is Associated with Increased Glutamate in the Somatosensory Cortex”
  • New York Festivals 2017 World’s Best Radio Programs – Bronze Winner – “Madly Musical” – an RTHK4 radio program on the relationship between musical creativity and mental illnesses. (https://goo.gl/oZgVeZ ) (as guest presenter)


CURRENT PROJECTS:
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  • The WHO World Mental Survey – International College Students project- coordinator of the Hong Kong site.
  • Is GABA deficit the link between functional dyspepsia and major depressive disorder? (Research Grant Council/ General Research Fund, 14100815, 2016-2017.) CREC Ref: 2015.099
  • Energy Metabolism as Biomarker and Pathogenesis of Bipolar II- Concurrent serum measures of Lipid Peroxidation, 1H-Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. (Research Grant Council/ Early Career Scheme, 24100114, 2015-2017) CREC Ref: 2014.168
  • A Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial Comparing an Integrated Electroacupuncture Protocol in Chinese Adults with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Diarrhea-predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome ( Health and Medical Research Fund, 12130671, 2015-2017.) CREC Ref: 2014.559
  • Psychopathology, executive dysfunction and role impairment in Chinese young adults with a previous clinical diagnosis of childhood attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in Hong Kong, (Health and Medical Research Fund, 12130681, 2015-2018.) CREC Ref: 2014.543
  • Randomized controlled trial of augmentative neuro-navigated right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex low frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for antidepressant non-responding bipolar depression (Health and Medical Research Fund, 12130691, Health and Medical Research Fund, 12130691, 2015-2018.) CREC Ref: 2014.542
  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Treatment for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Young Adults (Private donation from “Skyone Logistics (HK) Ltd”, 2017-2018) CREC Ref:-pending
  • Brain Neurochemical and Network Correlates of Gut Microbiota Composition in non-constipation IBS Patients (Department unit fund, 2016- ) CREC Ref: 2016.300


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

  1. Wong KMF, Yuen SSY, Mak ADP. Neurocognitive Characteristics of Individuals with Irritable Bowel Syndrome. East Asian Arch Psychiatry. 2019 Jun;29(2):48-56.
  2. Mak ADP, Wu JCY, Chan Y, Tse YK, Lee S. Associations between Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease, Generalised Anxiety Disorder, Major Depressive Episodes, and Healthcare Utilisation: a Community-based Study. East Asian Arch Psychiatry. 2019 Jun;29(2):41-47.
  3. Wu IXY, Wong CHL, Ho RST, Cheung WKW, Ford AC, Wu JCY, Mak ADP, Cramer H, Chung VCH. Acupuncture and related therapies for treating irritable bowel syndrome: overview of systematic reviews and network meta-analysis. Therap Adv Gastroenterol. 2019 Jan 20;12:1756284818820438.
  4. Chan Y, So SH, Mak ADP, Siah KTH, Chan W, Wu JCY. The temporal relationship of daily life stress, emotions, and bowel symptoms in irritable bowel syndrome-Diarrhea subtype: A smartphone-based experience sampling study. Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2019 Mar;31(3):e13514.
  5. Mak ADP, Chan AKW, Chan PKL, Tang CP, Lai K, Wong S, et al. Diagnostic Outcomes of Childhood ADHD in Chinese Adults. J Atten Disord. 2018:1087054718802015.
  6. Mak ADP, Lau DTY, Chan AKW, et al. Cognitive Impairment In Treatment-Naïve Bipolar II and Unipolar Depression. Scientific Reports 2018;8:1905.
  7. Cheung CKY, Lan LL, Kyaw M, Mak ADP, Chan A, Chan Y, et al. Up-regulation of transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV) and down-regulation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) expression in patients with functional dyspepsia (FD). Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society. 2018;30(2):e13176.
  8. Mak ADP, Northoff G, Yeung DKW, et al. Increased Glutamate in Somatosensory Cortex in Functional Dyspepsia. Scientific reports 2017;7(1):3926. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-04405-1.
  9. Mak ADP, Chan SSM, Lam LCW, Chu WCW, Chan A, Leung CMC, et al. Preliminary results from a randomized sham-controlled trial of augmentative Neuro-navigated right-dorsolateral prefrontal cortex low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for antidepressant non-responding Bipolar depression. Brain Stimulation: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation. 2017;10(2):378-9.
  10. Wu JC, Chan AO, Chan YW, Cheung GC, Cheung TK, Kwan AC, Leung VK, Mak AD et al. The current treatment landscape of irritable bowel syndrome in adults in Hong Kong: consensus statements. Hong Kong medical journal = Xianggang yi xue za zhi / Hong Kong Academy of Medicine. 2017;23(6):641-7.

  11. Chan Y, Cheong PK, Fang FF, Cheung CKY, Lan LL, Yuen KWK, Ching JYL, Mak ADP, Wu JC.A symptom severity questionnaire for patients suffering from functional gastrointestinal disorder: FGI-Checklist.J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 Nov 16.

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ResearcherID:V-6345-2017
http://www.researcherid.com/rid/V-6345-2017
ORCID:
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1627-6434
Google Scholar:
https://goo.gl/MFD45t

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