Research Area 1: Pain Medicine and Dental Sedation
Dental sedation drugs and techniques; safety of intravenous sedation; acute post-operative dental pain; chronic orofacial pain; mechanisms of pain; neuromodulation and pain.
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Research Area 2: Pain Management
Pain and pro-inflammatory markers; genetics and pain; complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS); acute post-operative pain management; chronic and cancer pain management; pain medications and techniques on pain management; effect of pain on patient outcomes.
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Research Area 3: Perioperative Medicine
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Research Area 4: Pharmacokinetic Variations in Various Disease States; Dose Response Characteristic
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Research Area 5: Total Intravenous Anaesthesia
Propofol, remifentanil, dexmedetomidine; patient-controlled and target-controlled infusion.
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Research Area 6: Perioperative Neuroinflammation and Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorders
Investigating the responses of the brain to changes in inflammatory cells and mediators triggered by surgery and their role in post operative cognitive changes.
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Research Area 7: Anaesthetic Drugs and Pain Management
Effect of propofol for acute postoperative pain, analgesic mechanisms of propofol in animal models of chronic regional pain syndrome, regional anaesthesia and postoperative pain.
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Research Area 9: Molecular Understanding of Pain
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Information on selected projects or research areas: Interested candidates are advised to email the relevant supervisors. Please enclose with your email: (i) your CV, (ii) a brief description of your research interest and experience, and (iii) two reference letters (reference letters not required for HKUMed UG students seeking MRes[Med] or URIS projects)
Research studies enquiries specific to the Department/School’s research should be directed to the Departmental Research Postgraduate Advisor: Dr GTC Wong ( gordon@hku.hk)
Information on the research programme, funding support and admission requirements could be found on the RPg Admissions website.
General admission enquiries should be directed to rpgmed@hku.hk.
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