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External competitive grants

RGC Strategic Topics Grant [Co-Principle Investigator] 

Project Title: Integration of innovative artificial intelligence, genomic, and biomedical technologies in healthcare for the objective diagnosis, personalised therapy, and determining the aetiology of major mental disorders

Funding Period: 01/01/2024 - 31/12/2028

RGC Theme-based Research Scheme [Co-Principle Investigator]

Funding Period: 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2027

Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF) [Co- Investigator]

Funding Period: 01/09/2023 - 28/2/2026

Innovation Technology Fund -Mainland-Hong Kong Joint Fund Scheme (2021) [Principle Investigator]

Project Title: Advancing application of the active compounds of Chinese Herbal Medicine formulas on counteracting depression: Investigation of the synergistic activation on PACAP-mediated rapid and lasting antidepressant effects

Funding Period: 01/09/2022 - 31/1/2026

Health Medical Research Fund 2021 [Co- Investigator] 

Project Title: The effects of a mindful yoga program on mood symptoms and stress for postpartum women with depressive symptoms: a randomized controlled clinical trial 

Funding Period: 08/01/2021 - 07/01/2025

Research Grants Council - General Research Fund 2021/2022 [Co- Investigator]

Project Title: Unpacking the “mind” and “body” pathways of the antidepressant effect of qigong in older adults with chronic diseases

Funding Period: 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2024

National Natural Science Foundation of China 2020/2021 [Co-Investigator]

Project Title: Investigation of how adiponectin mediates physical exercise to improve tau hyperphosphorylation and cognitive impairment via modulating hippocampal protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) activity in chronic stressed animal model

Funding Period: 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2024

State Key Laboratory Open Research Fund of State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognition

Project Title: Effects of chronic maternal consumption of high linoleic acid diet on inducing autistic-like behavior in offspring and its neuroinflammation mechanisms  

Funding Period: 1/10/2020 - 31/5/2023

Research Grants Council - General Research Fund 2020/2021 [Principle Investigator]

Project Title: Maternal exposure to PM2.5 as a risk factor for developing autism-like behavior in offspring: the role of impaired hippocampal plasticity

Funding Period: 1/1/2021 - 31/12/2023

RGC- Collaborative Research Fund 2019/2020 [Co-Principle Investigator]

Project Title: Psychological resilience and mental health: Effects of internal neurobiological affective and external social support systems

Funding Period: 1/7/2020 – 30/6/2023

Research Grants Council - General Research Fund 2019/2020 [Principle Investigator]

Project Title: Maternal exercise enhances stress resilience in offspring by up-regulating hippocampal neuroplasticity

Funding Period: 1/1/2020 - 31/12/2022

粤港澳大湾区脑科学与类脑研究中心开放课题 2019 [Principle Investigator]

Project Title: 探究母代运动是否可以抵消长期PM2.5暴露诱发子代的自闭症样行为

Funding Period: 1/12/2019-31/4/2022

National Natural Science Foundation of China (Young Investigator Scheme) 2018/2019 [Principle Investigator]

Project Title: Adiponectin receptor agonist: AdipoRon acts a rapid antidepressant via enhancing hippocampal synaptic plasticity

Funding Period: 1/1/2019 – 31/12/2021   

Research Grants Council - General Research Fund 2018/2019 [Principle Investigator]

Project Title: Mechanism of Action of Adiponectin as a Novel and Rapid antidepressant   

Funding Period: 1/1/2019 – 31/12/2021   

Research Grants Council - Early Career Scheme 2017/2018 [Principle Investigator]

Project Title: AdipoRon as a potential exercise-mimetic to ameliorate diabetes-associated cognitive impairment 

Funding Period: 1/1/2018 - 30/6/2020      

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