Research Projects
Empowering lower limb deformity correction and growth modulation surgery - establishing reference values for typically developing children and patients with pathologies using clinical, radiological, gait, and genomic data

Guided growth, deformity correction, and reconstructive procedures are commonly performed in the paediatric and adolescent skeleton with congenital and developmental disorders. This project aims to establish benchmark reference values for both typically developing and subjects with specific pathologies (skeletal dysplasias, congenital limb deformities, musculoskeletal injuries), taking into account longitudinal clinical parameters, skeletal maturity, radiological measurements, genomic data, gait kinetics and kinematics. With access to access to patients at Hong Kong Children's Hospital, Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital at Sandy Bay, Queen Mary Hospital, and the University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, project findings would have direct clinical impact and translation in determining optimal surgical timing, facilitate 3D surgical planning, and operative execution of growth modulation or corrective surgery.

Professor JSH Wong, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Janus joined the University of Hong Kong as clinical assistant professor in 2019, and completed his higher orthopaedic training in 2022, having passed the Joint Specialty Fellowship Examination by the Hong Kong College of Orthopaedic Surgeons and Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He has attended overseas courses and training in Switzerland, Vienna, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and currently serves as Council Member at the Hong Kong College of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

Janus's research interests include paediatric growth modulation surgeries, hip disroders, skeletal dysplasias, and musculoskeletal infections. Janus has received international recognition for his work, from the application of artificial intelligence in hip fracture prediction, genomic analysis of patients with atypical femur fractures, to prognostication of residual dysplasia among patients with developmental dysplasia of the hip through long term follow-up, and has published in high impact orthopaedic journals. 

Clinically, Janus practices general and paediatric orthopaedics and trauma surgery at Hong Kong Children's Hospital, Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital, Queen Mary Hospital, and The University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Hospital. In addition to performing surgeries, clinical and basic science research, Janus is engaged in teaching doctors, medical students, and secondary school students, with his students having presented in conferences and published in international journals.

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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.  

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