Active Research Projects
Neurodevelopmental Disorders & Cognition
Psychopathology, executive dysfunction and role impairment in Chinese young adults with a previous clinical diagnosis of childhood attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in Hong Kong. (HMRF)
PI: Dr. A. MAK
Neurodevelopmental Disorders & Phenomena and Epidemiology
Psychopathology, executive dysfunction and role impairment in Chinese young adults with a previous clinical diagnosis of childhood attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in Hong Kong. (HMRF)
PI: Dr. A. MAK
The WHO World Mental Survey – International College Students project.
Coordinator: Dr. A. MAK
Neurodevelopmental Disorders & Neuro Modulation
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Treatment for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Young Adults
PI: Dr. A. MAK
Schizophrenia and Psychoses & Phenomena and Epidemiology
The WHO World Mental Survey – International College Students project.
Coordinator: Dr. A. MAK
Neurocognitive Disorders & Genes – Molecules
Mitochondrial heteroplasmy and cognitive decline
PI: Dr. S.L. MA
Affective Disorders & Imaging
Is GABA deficit the link between functional dyspepsia and major depressive disorder? (RGC/GRF)
PI: Dr. A. MAK
Energy Metabolism as Biomarker and Pathogenesis of Bipolar II- Concurrent serum measures of Lipid Peroxidation, 1H-Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy.(RGC/ECS)
PI: Dr. A. MAK
Brain Neurochemical and Network Correlates of Gut Microbiota Composition in non-constipation IBS Patients
PI: Dr. A. MAK
Affective Disorders & Cognition
Is GABA deficit the link between functional dyspepsia and major depressive disorder? (RGC/GRF)
PI: Dr. A. MAK
Energy Metabolism as Biomarker and Pathogenesis of Bipolar II- Concurrent serum measures of Lipid Peroxidation, 1H-Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy.(RGC/ECS)
PI: Dr. A. MAK
Affective Disorders & Phenomena and Epidemiology
The WHO World Mental Survey – International College Students project.
Coordinator: Dr. A. MAK
Energy Metabolism as Biomarker and Pathogenesis of Bipolar II- Concurrent serum measures of Lipid Peroxidation, 1H-Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy.(RGC/ECS)
PI: Dr. A. MAK
Affective Disorders & Neuro modulation
Pre-treatment biomarker for clinical response to neuronavigated repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in the acute phase treatment of refractory major depressive episode- role of intrinsic functional connectivity
PI: Dr. S. CHAN
Randomized controlled trial of augmentative neuro-navigated right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex low frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for antidepressant non-responding bipolar depression.(HMRF)
PI: Dr. A. MAK
Sleep and Circadian Medicine & Imaging
Striatal dopamine transmission in individuals with isolated rapid eye movement sleep without atonia: a search for precursor biomarker for neurodegeneration. Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)
PI: Prof. Y.K. WING
Sleep and Circadian Medicine & Phenomena and Epidemiology
Circadian rhythms dysregulation in the unaffected adolescent offspring of parents with bipolar I disorder. Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF);
PI: Dr. J. ZHANG
Mechanisms of circadian rhythms in the progression of rem sleep behavior disorder towards neurodegeneration. The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC);
PI: Dr. J. ZHANG
Familial Aggregation and Biomarkers in REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder: A Case-control Family Study. Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)
PI: Dr. J. ZHANG
REM sleep behavior disorder in psychiatric populations - a prospective study searching for early neurodegenerative biomarkers and clinical outcome. Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF);
PI: Prof. Y.K. WING
Prodromal markers of α-synucleinopathy neurodegeneration in the first-degree relatives of patients with psychiatric disorders comorbid with REM sleep behavior disorder. RGC General Research Fund (GRF);
PI: Prof. Y.K. WING
Sleep and Circadian Medicine & Behavioral and Other Interventions
Can we prevent insomnia? -- A randomized controlled trial of brief cognitive-behavioral insomnia prevention program for high-risk adolescents. RGC General Research Fund (GRF);
PI: Prof. Y.K. WING
Adjunctive light treatment in major depressive disorder patients with evening chronotype - A randomized controlled trial. Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF)
PI: Prof. Y.K. WING
Psychosomatic Medicine & Imaging
Is GABA deficit the link between functional dyspepsia and major depressive disorder?(RGC/GRF)
PI: Dr. A. MAK
Brain Neurochemical and Network Correlates of Gut Microbiota Composition in non-constipation IBS Patients.
PI: Dr. A. MAK
Psychosomatic Medicine & Cognition
Is GABA deficit the link between functional dyspepsia and major depressive disorder? (RGC/GRF)
PI: Dr. A. MAK
Brain Neurochemical and Network Correlates of Gut Microbiota Composition in non-constipation IBS Patients.
PI: Dr. A. MAK
Psychosomatic Medicine & Phenomena and Epidemiology
Is GABA deficit the link between functional dyspepsia and major depressive disorder? (RGC/GRF)
PI: Dr. A. MAK
Brain Neurochemical and Network Correlates of Gut Microbiota Composition in non-constipation IBS Patients.
PI: Dr. A. MAK
Psychosomatic Medicine & Behavioral and Other Interventions
Neuropsychiatric Registry at Acute Stroke Unit at Prince of Wales Hospital
PI: Prof. W.K. TANG
Default mode network in poststroke depression: A functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging study
PI: Prof. W.K. TANG
Regional Brain Structural and Function al Changes in Poststroke Depression
PI: Prof. W.K. TANG
Behavioural Dysexecutive Syndrome after Stroke (DES)
PI: Prof. W.K. TANG
Irritability in Stroke
PI: Prof. W.K. TANG
Enlarged perivascular spaces in poststroke depression (EPVS)
PI: Prof. W.K. TANG
Behavioural Disinhibition in Stroke (BIS)
PI: Prof. W.K. TANG
Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders & Cognition
Change in cognitive function and biomarkers of neurotoxicity following abstinence of ketamine: A prospective longitudinal study
PI: Prof. W.K. TANG
Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders & Behavioral and Other Intervention
Ice Induced Psychosis: A Literature Review and a Prevalence Study in Local Ice Abusers
PI: Prof. W.K. TANG