Research Projects and Funding


Principal Investigator

Awards

  • Faculty of Arts (HKU)Faculty Research Award for Junior Tenure-Track Professoriate Staff
  • Faculty of Arts (HKU, 2013)Faculty Knowledge Exchange Award for the project 'Language and Communication in Genetic Counselling Settings in Hong Kong and South Asia', HKD 50 000
  • HKU-Cambridge Hughes Hall FellowshipVisiting Fellow, Hughes Hall, Cambridge University, UK, Doris Zimmern

External Funding

  • Research Grants Council (RGC)A Discourse Analytic Study of Telegenetic Counseling in Hong Kong, HKD 605000Collaborative project with the Clinical Genetic Services of Hong Kong and several public hospitalsCompleted (November 2011 – April 2014)
  • Research Grants Council (RGC)Language, Medicine, and Culture: Using English as a Lingua Franca in Prenatal Genetic Counseling in Hong Kong, HKD 546360 Collaborative project with the Department of Prenatal Diagnosis and Counseling, HKU Queen Mary & Tsan Yuk hospitalsCompleted (November 2009 – March 2012)Project rated 5 out of 5
  • Lee Hysan Foundation GrantFunding Support to Academic Workshops and Conferences, HKD 22000Completed (Summer 2010)
  • 2015 exercise - application under reviewCommunicating Genetic Risk and Uncertainty Across an Individual's Lifespan vis-à-vis Family: A Discourse Analytic Study of Genetic Counseling in Hong Kong

HKU-internal Funding

  • Faculty of Arts Conference Support SchemeTo support the organization of the 13th Communication, Medicine and Ethics (COMET) Conference, HKD 95000On-going
  • Louis Cha Fund –East/West StudiesTo support the organization of the 13th Communication, Medicine and Ethics (COMET) Conference, HKD 20000On-going
  • SEED Funding Programme for Basic Research (HKU)Vicarious Narratives in Talk at Work in Hong Kong, HKD 71800On-going (May 2014 – April 2016)
  • Knowledge Exchange Funding Exercise 2014/15Reaching the Audience, Broadening Resources and Implementing Social Media for the "Language in Healthcare (LiH) Initiative", HKD 80750 On-going (July 2014 – June 2015)
  • SEED Funding Programme for Basic Research (HKU)Exploring the Role of Culture in Leadership Discourse in Hong Kong Workplaces, HKD 61100On-going (May 2012 – April 2014)
  • Knowledge Exchange Funding Exercise 2013/14 (HKU) Language in Healthcare (LiH), HKD 70000Completed (July 2013 – June 2014)
  • Small Project Funding (HKU) Constructing and Negotiating Identities at Work, HKD 71100Completed (December 2009 – March 2012)
  • Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research (HKU) Interactional Triad in Prenatal Genetic Counseling: A Discourse Analytic Study of Paternal Involvement, HKD 120000Collaborative project with the Department of Prenatal Diagnosis and Counseling, HKU & Tsan Yuk Hospital)Completed (November 2008 – October 2010)
  • Constituent Theme Funding (HKU)English as a Lingua Franca in Hong Kong: A Sociolinguistic Study of Prenatal Genetic Counseling, HKD 21000 Completed (Summer 2007)
  • Constituent Theme Funding (HKU)Medical Discourse in Hong Kong: An investigation of Doctor/Nurse – Patient Interaction in Prenatal Consultations, HKD 25000 Completed (Summer 2006)
  • URC/CRCG Conference Grant for Teaching Staff (HKU)June 2014; July 2013; April 2013; June 2012; September 2010; July 2009; June 2009
  • Professional Development Grant (HKU)November 2012; June 2011

Miscellaneous

  • Enhanced CERG Top-Up GrantA Discourse Analytic Study of Telegenetic Counselling in Hong Kong, HKD 25000Completed (November 2011 – April 2014)
  • Enhanced CERG Top-Up GrantLanguage, Medicine, and Culture: Using English as a Lingua Franca in Prenatal Genetic Counselling in Hong Kong, HKD 38000Completed (November 2009 – March 2012)
  • Successful BidThe Visiting Research Professors Scheme (HKU) (2012–2015)
  • Successful BidA central pool PhD position

Co-Investigator

  • Research Grants Council Health Literacy and Clinical Communication: Global Intersections in Asia, HKD 857180 On-going (September 2012 – August 2015)
  • SEED Funding Programme for Basic Research (HKU) Language and Communication in Genetic Counselling for Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes (SADs): An exploratory study, HKD 55950 Collaborative project with Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong.
    Completed (May 2012 – April 2013)
  • City University of Hong Kong Strategic Research Grant An Investigation of the Interaction between Professionals in Medical Laboratory Setting in Hong Kong, HKD 179959 Collaborative project with the Department of Prenatal Diagnosis and Counseling, HKU & Tsan Yuk Hospital Completed (April 2009 – September 2010)
  • Small Project Funding (HKU) Patient-centered Genetic Counseling: Linguistic and Interactional Strategies for Encouraging Patient Participation, HKD 59241 Collaborative project with the Department of Prenatal Diagnosis and Counseling, HKU & Tsan Yuk Hospital Completed (November 2007 – November 2009)
  • Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research (HKU) English as a Lingua Franca in Hong Kong: A Sociolinguistic Study of Prenatal Genetic Counseling, HKD 60000 Collaborative project with the Department of Prenatal Diagnosis and Counseling, HKU & Tsan Yuk hospital Completed (March 2007 – March 2008)

Miscellaneous

  • Parental Experiences of Decision-making following Prenatal Diagnosis of Sex Chromosomes AbnormalitiesCollaborative project with the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Tsan Yuk Hospital & Tuen Mun HospitalOn-going (April 2015 –)
  • Evaluation of Expanded Reproductive Carrier Screening in Hong KongCollaborative project with the Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, HKU, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, HKU, Queen Mary Hospital & Tsan Yuk HospitalOn-going (April 2015 –)