Past Projects Supported by Project Fund

Past Projects Supported By Project Fund - The Hong Kong Society of Rheumatology
2022-2023
Dr. So Ho - The Immunogenic of recombinant zoster vaccine in patients with rheumatoid arthritis with or without JAK inhibitor: a proof of concept trial
Dr. Cheng Tsz Ho Isaac - Early identification of axial psoriatic arthritis among patients with psoriasis: a screening study using low-dose computed tomography
2021-2022
Dr. Chan Chiu Wai Shirley - Development of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms in MRI of the spine and SI joints in axial spondyloarthritis
Dr. Li Philip Hei - PULSE - Personalizing and Understanding Lupus with Subphenotype Exploration
Dr. Mok Chi Chiu - Safety and immunogenicity of a subunit herpes zoster vaccine (Shingrix) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial
Ms. Zhao Jin Ying - Profiling of Serum Protein Biomarkers in Psoriatic Arthritis-Associated Disease Activity Assessment and Bone Damage
2020-2021
Dr. Cheng Tsz Ho Isaac - Axial involvement in patients with Psoriatic Arthritis in Hong Kong - a cross-sectional pilot study
Dr. Chung Ho Yin - Cost effectiveness of a universal pneumococcal vaccination programme for patients with spondyloarthritis
Dr. Chui Tsz Fung Eva - Circulating plasma microRNA as potential biomarkers of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC)-measured disease activity in axial spondyloarthritis: a preliminary test
Dr. Chan Chiu Wai Shirley - Examining the associations among adipokines, gut microbiota and disease activities in spondyloarthropathy
2019-2020
Dr. Mok Chi Chiu - Long-term immunogenicity of a live attenuated herpes zoster vaccine (Zostavax) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
Dr. So Ho - The Hong Kong Myositis Registry (MyoHK)
Dr. So Jacqueline - Subclinical gut inflammation and microbiome in axial spondyloarthritis patients in Hong Kong
Dr. Wong Ching Han Priscilla - Characterising Right Ventricular Fibrosis and Abnormal Strain in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with Pulmonary Hypertension – A Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Echocardiographic Correlation Study
2018-2019
Prof. Tam Lai Shan - Vascular effect of treat-to-target strategy in early rheumatoid arthritis patients - a 5-year prospective study
Dr. Chung Ho Yin - Diffusion weighted imaging as an imaging biomarker in axial spondyloarthritis
Dr. Chan Chiu Wai Shirley - Cerebral atherosclerosis in axial spondyloarthritis
Dr. Mok Chi Chiu - The predictive role of serum PCSK9 protein for vascular events in Chinese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
2016-2017
Prof. Tam Lai Shan - Assessment of structure changes after 4 years on the second metacarpophalangeal joint in patients with psoriatic arthritis - a follow-up study using High-resolution peripheral quantitative CT (HR-pQCT)
Dr. Mok Chi Chiu Effect of urate lowering therapy on blood pressure and renal function in patients with lupus nephritis: a randomized controlled trial
Dr. Wong Tak Lung Victor - Myositis-specific and Myositis-associated Autoantibody Profiles and Their Clinical Utilities in Hong Kong Chinese Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
Dr. Mok Chi Chiu - The predictive role of serum PCSK9 protein for vascular events in Chinese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
2015-2016
Dr. Lau Hon Wai, Dr. Mok Chi Chiu, Dr. Chan Wun Cheung Samuel. et al - Intercorrelation between MRI disease activity scores of the sacroiliac joints and the spine, and clinical disease activity indices in patients with axial spondyloarthritis
Dr. Yeung Wan Yin Winnie, Dr. Mok Chi Chiu, Dr. Lee Ka Lai - Capillaroscopic abnormalities correlate with organ damage in Chinese patients with systemic sclerosis
Ms. Shen Jia Yun, Prof. Tam Lai Shan - Plasma microRNA targeting IL-33 gene as biomarker to predict subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis
2014-2015
Dr. Ho Yan Sze Candy - Prevalence and risk factors of osteoporosis and low bone mineral density in patients with ankylosing spondylitis in Hong Kong: a cross-sectional study
Dr. Kam Ngar Woon, Dr. Liu Dehau, Dr. Zhe Cai. et al - Synoviocytes-derived Interleukin 35 Potentiates B Cell Response in Patients with Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis
2013-2014
Dr. Chung Ho Yin - Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in Chinese Spondyloarthritis (SpA) patients
Dr. Mok Chi Chiu - Gene Copy Number Variations, Serum Complement C4 Protein Levels in Chinese patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Dr. Mok Chi Chiu, Dr. Ho Lin Yin, Dr. Ma Kwok Man - Switching of oral bisphosphonates to denosumab in chronic glucocorticoid users: A 12-month randomized controlled trial
Dr. Mok Chi Chiu, Dr. Chan KL, Betty Diamond - Relationship between IgG anti-NR2 glutamate receptor antibodies and depressive/anxiety symptoms in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus