Doctor MA Suk Ling
Assistant Professor (non-Clinical)
Assistant Professor (non-Clinical)
馬淑玲博士
BSc., MPhil., MSc., PhD
Fax: (852) 2667-5464
Email: suklingma@cuhk.edu.hk
ORCID: 0000-0001-6175-5691
TRAINING
- Postdoctoral training at Department of Medicine, Harvard University
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Genetic susceptibility of neurodegenerative disorders, such as mild cognitive impairment and dementia ·
- Development of genetic markers for early detection of cognitive decline
CURRENT PROJECTS
- Examining the genetic link of REM sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) and familial aggregation by whole exome sequencing (WES)
(Funded by CUHK Direct Grant 2021/2022. Capacity: PI) - Mapping the Functional Significance of the Human Oxytocin Receptor Gene.
(Funded by USYD-CUHK Partnership Collaboration Awards. Capacity: PI) - Hong Kong Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Epidemiologic Survey: Age 6 to 17
(Funded by HMRF Commissioned Study 2018; Capacity: Co-I; PI: Prof. SF Hung, Department of Psychiatry, CUHK) - The Hong Kong Mental Morbidity Survey for Older Persons
(Funded by HMRF Commissioned Study 2018; Capacity: Co-I. PI: Prof. Linda Lam, Department of Psychiatry, CUHK) - Health determinants for late onset dementia and its associated mortality in Hong Kong Chinese older adults.
(Funded by HMRF Commissioned Study 2018. Capacity: Co-I. PI: Prof. Linda Lam, Dept of Psychiatry, CUHK)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Ma SL, Chen LH, Lee CC, Lai KYC, Hung SF, Tang CP, Ho TP, Shea C, Mo F, Mak TSH, Sham PC, Leung PWL.
Genetic Overlap Between Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder in SHANK2 Gene.
Front Neurosci. 2021 Apr 27;15:649588. - Ma SL, Wu J, Zhu L, Chan RS, Wang X, Huang D, Tang NL, Woo J.
Peripheral Blood T Cell Gene Expression Responses to Exercise and HMB in Sarcopenia.
Nutrients. 2021 Jul 5;13(7):2313. - Ma SL, Tang NLS, Lam LCW.
Promoter methylation and gene expression of Pin1 is associated to the risk on Alzheimer’s disease in Southern Chinese.
Curr Alz Res.2020, 17 (13):1232-1237. - Lee KY, Leung KS, Ma SL, So HC, Huang D, Tang NLS, Wong MH.
Genome-wide search for SNP interactions in GWAS data: algorithm, feasibility, replication using schizophrenia datasets.
Front. Genet. 2020 Aug 28;11:1003. - Ma SL, Tang NLS, Wat KHY, Tang JHY, Lau KH, Law CB, Chiu J, Tam CCW, Poon TK, Lin KL, Kng CPL, Kong HL, Chan TY, Chan WC, Lam LCW.
Effect of CYP2D6 and CYP3A4 genotypes on the efficacy of cholinesterase inhibitors in Southern Chinese patients with Alzheimer’s Disease.
Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2019, 34(5):302-307. - Lu H, Ma SL, Wong SW, Tam CW, Cheng ST, Chan SS, Lam LC.
Aberrant interhemispheric functional connectivity within default mode network and its relationships with neurocognitive features in cognitively normal APOE ε 4 elderly carriers.
Int Psychogeriatr. 2017;29(5):805-814. - Zhou L, Ma SL*, Yeung PKK , Wong YH, Tsim KWK, So KF, Lam LCW and Chung SK,
Anxiety and depression with neurogenesis defects in Exchange Protein Directly Activated by cAMP (Epac) 2-deficient mice are ameliorated by a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, Prozac.
Transl Psychiatry. 2016, 6:e881. *Co-1st author - Chen HY, Ma SL*, Huang W, Ji L, Leung VH, Jiang H, Yao X, Tang NL.
The mechanism of transactivation regulation due to polymorphic short tandem repeats (STRs) using IGF1 promoter as a model.
Sci Rep. 2016, 2;6:38225. *Co-1st author
