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Session III
Reproduction & Development and Public Health
Seminar Room 7, LG1, Laboratory Block

Chairpersons:
Professor Reinhard Faessler, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany
Professor Jacquelyn White, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA

Moderator:
Dr CM Wong, Department of Community Medicine

Time

Session No.

Presentations

0830-0840

3.01

Fine Mapping on Chromosome 10q24.2 Implicates ADD3 in Biliary Atresia

Cheng Guo, PhD Candidate
Department of Surgery

0840-0850

3.02

MicroRNA Let-7a Attenuates Mouse and Human Blastocyst Implantation via Itgb3 and Vav3

Cheong Wan Yee Ana, PhD Candidate
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

0850-0900

3.03

Bisphenol a Suppresses Spheroids Attachment onto Endometrial Cell through Estrogen Receptor Pathway

Cheung Tsz Yan, PhD Candidate
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

0900-0910

3.04

Public Health Impact and Economic Evaluation of Organized HPV Vaccination Program in Hong Kong

Choi Cheuk Wai, PhD Candidate
Department of Community Medicine

0910-0920

3.05

Differentiation and Progression of Interzone Cells as Progenitors of Articular Chondrocytes in Joint Formation

Feng Chen, PhD Candidate
Department of Biochemistry

0920-0930

3.06

Investigations of Behaviors that Relate to Positive Family Relationships and Family Harmony

Fung Samantha Sze Wan, PhD Candidate
School of Public Health

0930-0940

3.07

Patterns and Rates of Exonic De Novo Mutations in Sporadic Hirschsprung Disease

Gui Hongsheng, PhD Candidate
Department of Psychiatry

0940-0950

3.08

The Role of Sox2 and Sox18 in Mouse Hair Development

Ho Bryan Siu-Yin, PhD Candidate
Department of Biochemistry

0950-1000

3.09

Suppressor of Fused (Su(fu)) Functions Upstream of Notch Pathway and Plays Domain Specific Function in Orchestrating the Maintenance and Differentiation of Hindbrain Neural Progenitor Pools

Hor Hong Huan, PhD Candidate
Department of Biochemistry

1000-1010

3.10

Understanding the Biological Role of UHRF1

Hu Xiaobin, PhD Candidate
Department of Biochemistry

1010-1020

3.11

Sperm Fucosyltransferase-5 is Involved in Spermatozoa-oviductal Epithelial Cell Interaction to Protect Human Spermatozoa from Oxidative Damage

Huang Wenxin, PhD Candidate
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

1020-1030

3.12

Household Transmission in Hong Kong of Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza During the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic

Klick Brendan, PhD Candidate
Department of Community Medicine

1030-1040

Break

1040-1050

3.13

Modified Health Belief Model of Exercise - Chinese Version (HBME-C) for Type II Diabetic Patients: Translation and Cultural Adaptation, with Assessment of Reliability and Validity

Lam Huen Sum, PhD Candidate
School of Nursing

1050-1100

3.14

A Temporal Decomposition of the Evolution of Disparities in Health in a Recently Developed Population Using an Age-period-cohort Model

Lau Wan Ling Elaine, PhD Candidate
School of Public Health

1100-1110

3.15

Systematic Screening for Diabetic Retinopathy in Hong Kong

Lian Jinxiao, PhD Candidate
Department of Community Medicine

1110-1120

3.16

Mode of Delivery and Childhood Obesity: Evidence from Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" Birth Cohort

Lin Shilin, PhD Candidate
Department of Community Medicine

1120-1130

3.17

Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Screening Plus Active-passive Immunisation for Hepatitis B in China

Lu Qiuying, PhD Candidate
Department of Community Medicine

1130-1140

3.18

Regeneration of Nucleus Pulposus Cells for Degenerative Disc Disorder

Ng Ting Ting, PhD Candidate
Department of Pathology

1140-1150

3.19

A Pharmacy-led Bar-code Assisted Medication Administration System - Changes to the Pharmacy Process and User Attitudes

Samaranayake Nithushi Rajitha, PhD Candidate
Department of Medicine

1150-1200

3.20

Extracellular Matrix and Stem Cell Niche in the Regenerating Planarian

Shen Yun, PhD Candidate
Department of Biochemistry

1200-1330

Lunch for Chairpersons and Moderators

1330-1340

3.21

Anxiety Disorders Among a Community Sample of Children and Adolescents in Hong Kong: The Validation of the Screen of Childhood Anxiety Disorders-revised (SCARED-R), and the Relationship Among Anxiety, Negative Affectivity and Effortful Control

Sze Mei Lun Angela, PhD Candidate
Department of Psychiatry

1340-1350

3.22

The Use of a Composite Lifestyle Score to Predict Weight Gain in Hong Kong Children

Tin Sze Pui Pamela, PhD Candidate
Department of Community Medicine

1350-1400

3.23

PDZD2, a Candidate Gene for Brachydactyly Type A1, Encodes a Secreted Protein that Negatively Modulates Hedgehog Signalling

Tsui Michelle Grace, PhD Candidate
Department of Biochemistry

1400-1410

3.24

E3 Ubiquitin Ligase WWP1 - An Intracellular Target for Aptameric Inhibition

Tucker Wesley Owen, PhD Candidate
Department of Biochemistry

1410-1420

3.25

Regulation and Expression of Annexin A2 in the Uterus and Endometrial Cells

Wang Bing, PhD Candidate
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

1420-1430

3.26

Genome-wide Association Study in Human Anorectal Malformations

Wong Hoi Man Emily, PhD Candidate
Department of Psychiatry

1430-1440

3.27

Chronic Back Pain - Time Analysis and Comparative Analysis for Patients with and without Injury-on-duty

Wong Ting, PhD Candidate
Department of Psychiatry

1440-1450

3.28

Joint Estimation of Basic Reproductive Number and Generation Time of On-going Community Outbreaks from Case Incidence Data

Wu Kendra M, PhD Candidate
Department of Community Medicine

1450-1500

3.29

Physical Activity and Cognitive Function in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study

Xu Lin, PhD Candidate
Department of Community Medicine

1500-1510

3.30

Haploshare: Identification of Shared Extended Haplotypes in Association with Diseases

Ying Dingge, PhD Candidate
Department of Psychiatry

1510-1520

3.31

EFIN: Mutation Evaluation Using Sequence Conservation During Evolution

Zeng Shuai, PhD Candidate
Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

1520-1530

3.32

Parent and Teacher Make Different Contribute on the Covariance of Children's and Adolescent's Conduct Problem and Hyperactivity Behavior

Zhang Xiaowei, PhD Candidate
Department of Psychiatry

1530-1540

3.33

Years of Life Lost in the First Wave of 2009 Pandemic (H1N1) in Hong Kong

Zhou Ying, PhD Candidate
Department of Community Medicine

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