Projects Overview

Aging is a natural part of life that brings changes to physical, psychological and social health. Despite the changes being irreversible, there are many ways to enhance the quality of life as we age. With a view to promoting healthy aging, our aim is to develop an understanding of the aging process through the science of aging; engage aging research across disciplines with the implementation of comprehensive strategies for tackling population change and foster healthy aging.

ADAPTATION	Improving wellbeing of those in need today
MITIGATION	Improving the current and future condition of people who have already had many aspects of their life-course in train
RESILIENCE	Ensuring the youngest in society age well and can maximise their social and economic potential

Projects

Virtual Life Space Intervention to Slow the Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease and to Speed the Recovery of COVID Brain Fog

Prof Ge Lin Kan

To Investigate How Aging Influences Glaucoma Pathogenesis

Prof Ting Xie

Task-specific Ionic Liquids for Enhanced Capture and Inactivation of Infectious Droplets and Aerosol

Prof King Lun Yeung

XAID: Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis and Progression Quantification from Multi-Modality Data

Prof Hao Chen

Deciphering MAPT Mutation-Induced Aberrant RNA Splicing and Altered Protein Homeostasis in Alzheimer’s Disease by Integrated Proteogenomic Approach

Prof Shaojun Tang

New Technologies to Support the Recovery of Respiratory – Mobile Device Based Lung Function Assessment and Breathing Exercise Mentoring

Prof Qian Zhang

Towards a More Inclusive Hong Kong: COVID-19, Mental Well-being, and Mitigation Strategies for a Multicultural Elderly Community

Prof Naubahar Sharif

The effect of aging on language learning and consolidation: a case study on Cantonese-speaking older adults

Prof Zhen Qin

Preservation of youthfulness at the subcellular level

Prof Ho Yi Mak

A Novel Cancer Drug Discovery Platform Using Single-cell Multi-omic Technology

Prof Angela Wu

Humanoid Robotic Healthcare Assistant

Prof Bert Shi

Screening of Dementia in the Hong Kong Chinese Population

Prof Nancy Ip

*The projects undertaken in HKUST are being supported by the Hong Kong Jockey Club, General Research Fund (GRF), Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) and Strategic Public Policy Research (SPPR) Funding Scheme.