Calendar 2001–02

118 Part 3 • Research Units and University Extensions The Practice and Research Centre Tel.: 2609 7507 Fax.: 2603 5018 E-mail: socialwork@cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/swk The Practice and Research Centre was established in 2000 at the Department of Social Work. The overall goal of the centre is promoting practice-based research and developing social work knowledge with a Chinese perspective. The centre pursues its overall goal through conducting intervention research and empirical research of Chinese social welfare, and forging a university-agency partnership to advance practice knowledge, technology, and evidence-based practice. Other than carrying out practice-based research or empirical research of Chinese social welfare, the centre disseminates its research findings through publications, seminars, training, and other forms of activities deemed appropriate. The Psychiatric Genetics Research Unit Tel.: 2632 3646 Fax.: 2646 2284 E-mail: psychiatry@cuhk.edu.hk The Psychiatric Genetics Research Unit was established in January 1998 in the Department of Psychiatry. The focus of research has been the ethnic differences in genetic factors determining the metabolism of drugs used in psychiatry, as well as in genetic factors contributing to the development of various mental illnesses including schizophrenia and affective disorders. Research Laboratory for Food Protein Production Tel.: 2609 6389 Fax.: 2603 5745 E-mail: bio@cuhk.edu.hk The Research Laboratory for Food Protein Production, established under the Department of Biology, aims at using biochemical and biotechnological approaches to improve existing food proteins and to explore new sources of food protein for human and animal consumption. Major research areas include the evaluation of the quality of some underutilized legume seeds and the assessment of their potential use; bioconversion of agricultural and food-industrial wastes to fungal proteins; genetically engineering plant proteins for improved nutritional quality and nutraceutical property; and the use of plants as bioreactors to produce specialty food proteins. Research Laboratory for Food Science Tel.: 2609 6285 Fax.: 2603 5646 E-mail: bio@cuhk.edu.hk Established in 1991 under the Department of Biology, the Research Laboratory for Food Science aims to serve the food industries in Hong Kong and mainland