Research Projects
Scalable and sustainable behavioural intervention for addressing lifestyle risk factors


Programme(s) to which this project applies:
☑ MPhil/PhD ☒ MRes[Med] ☑ URIS

The project focuses on developing, evaluating and implementing scalable and sustainable interventions for modifying lifestyle risk factors, including:

  1. Lifestyle intervention for pregnant women at risk of gestational diabetes
  2. Novel cessation interventions for youth tobacco users
  3. Community-based trial on tobacco cessation intervention
  4. Alcohol reduction for patients with chronic liver diseases
  5. Interventions for addressing vaccine hesitancy
  6. Implementation science studies 

Dr TT Luk, School of Nursing

Dr Kevin Luk is a registered nurse and currently a Research Assistant Professor at the School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong (HKU). He also held a visiting professorship at the University of Toronto. Dr Luk's research focuses on devising, testing, and implementing scalable and sustainable interventions for lifestyle modifications by leveraging digital health technologies. Thus far, he has successfully secured nearly 5 million HKD as a Principal Investigator from external research funding sources.

Dr Luk has published over 45 articles in international, peer-reviewed journals, including in JAMA Internal Medicine, Lancet Digital Health, Journal of Medical Internet Research, and Tobacco Control as a lead author. His research achievements and impact have won him the Faculty Outstanding Research Output Award and the Faculty Knowledge Exchange Award from LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, among other accolades.

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For more information or to express interest for this project, please email the supervisor or the specified contact point in the project description.  Interested candidates are advised to enclose with your email:

  1. your CV,
  2. a brief description of your research interest and experience, and
  3. two reference letters (not required for HKUMed UG students seeking MRes[Med]/URIS projects).

Information on the research programme, funding support and admission documentations could be referenced online at the Research Postgraduate Admissions website. General admission enquiries should be directed to rpgmed@hku.hk.

HKUMed MBBS students interested in the Master of Research in Medicine (MRes[Med]) programme may visit the programme website for more information.  

HKUMed UG students interested in the Undergraduate Research Internship Scheme (URIS) may visit the scheme’s website for more information. 

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