30 ● Two Faculty members received support of HK$56M in total for Commissioned Research on Control of Infectious Diseases (Phase IV) under the Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF) by Food and Health Bureau, HKSAR Government, in October 2020: — Professor Benjamin John Cowling (Public Health) Project: Control of emerging, epidemic and endemic infectious diseases (HK$28M) — Professor Yuen Kwok-yung (Microbiology ) Project: Research for the control of emerging or important acute microbial infections with public health threat to HKSAR (HK$28M) ● The following Faculty members have been granted a total of $91.02M for commissioned research projects on Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) under the Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF) by Food and Health Bureau, HKSAR Government: — Professor Benjamin John Cowling (Public Health) Project: Comprehensive assessment of longitudinal vaccine-induced immune responses, safety and potential effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines (HK$44.99M) — Dr Philip Li Hei (Medicine ) Project: HKU optimizing protection and effectiveness (HOPE) of COVID-19 Vaccines (HK$12.51M) — Professor Yuen Kwok-yung (Microbiology ) with Professor Ivan Hung Fan-ngai, Dr Michael Cheung Ka-shing, Dr Lee Chi-ho (Medicine ) , Professor Chen Honglin, Professor Chen Zhiwei, Dr Kelvin To Kai-wang, Dr Jasper Chan Fuk-woo, Dr Chu Hin, Dr Richard Kao Yi-tsun, Dr Kok Kin-hang, Dr Siddharth Sridhar, Dr Yeung Man-lung, Dr Yuan Shuofeng, Dr Zhao Hanjun, Dr Zhou Jie (Microbiology ) and Professor Huang Jiandong (Biomedical Sciences ) Project: Preparing for COVID-19 upcoming challenges by clinical and virological investigations (HK$33.52M)
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