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Our team
Principal Investigator

Prof. Grace Yao-jie XIE, RN, BM, MM, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
謝瑤潔 副教授
香港理工大學,醫療及社會科學院,護理學院
Email:
grace.yj.xie@polyu.edu.hk
Office:
GH520, PolyU
PolyU Research Page:
https://research.polyu.edu.hk/en/persons/yaojie-xie
RN, PRC
Postdoc training at HKU & CUHK
PhD in Public Health, CUHK
Master of Medicine, PUMC
Bachelor of Medicine, TMU
Research Interests
Neurovascular Epidemiology
Health Education and Promotion in the Community
Women's Health (migraine prophylaxis, CVD risk assessment, osteoporosis screening)
Selected Awards
2020 Paul Dudley White International Scholar Award, American Heart Association
2019 Paul Dudley White International Scholar Award, American Heart Association
2015 Early Investigator Travel Award, American Heart Association
2012 Young Investigator Travel Support, 9th IDF-WPR Congress& 4th AASD Scientific Meeting
2011 Young Investigator Award, China Heart Congress
2011 Young Investigator Travel Award, Asian-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health Conference
2011 Young Investigator Fellowship, Asian Pacific Society of Hypertension
(In alphabetical order for each category)
Research Staff

Dr. Jingbo LIANG 梁靜泊 博士
PolyU Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD in Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong
Master of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Bachelor of Biostatistics, Southern Medical University

Jing LIAO 廖靖
Research Assistant
Master of Data Science and Analytics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Bachelor of Information Management and Information Systems, Shanxi University

Kirin LIU 劉麒麟
Research Assistant
Master of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Xiamen University

Shengnan WANG 王晟楠
Research Assistant
Master of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Hong Kong
Bachelor of Nursing, Capital Medical University

Olivia Xianyi ZHONG 鍾賢毅
Research Assistant
Bachelor of English (interpretation), South China Agricultural University
Bachelor of accounting and auditing, South China Agricultural University
Research Student

Erics Mingyu CHEN 陳鳴禹
PhD Student
Master of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Sun Yat-Sen University
Master of Medicine,Sun Yat-Sen University

Reta Tsegaye GAYESA (co-supervised)
PhD Candidate
MSc in Reproductive and Maternal Health, Addis Ababa University
BSc in Nursing, Mada walabu University

Ben Longben TIAN 田龍奔
PhD Student
Master of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Bachelor of Medicine, Xiamen University

Qingling YANG 陽慶玲
PhD Candidate
Master of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Sun Yat-sen University
Bachelor of Medicine, Harbin Medical University

Belinda Yan ZHANG 張艷
PhD Candidate
Master of Nursing, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College
Bachelor of Nursing, Qingdao Medical University

Linnan ZHANG 張立南
DHSc Student
Master of Nursing
Bachelor of Nursing

Tin Shing CHOW 周天成
MSc Student
Bachelor of Mental Health Nursing, The Kong Kong Polytechnic University
Student Assistant
Fan Tsz Yu MSc Nursing student Year 2
Au Kai Long General Nursing Year 2
Chow Yau Ching General Nursing Year 1
Lee Sing Yee General Nursing Year 1
Lina General Nursing Year 1
Tai Kit Man General Nursing Year 1
Tan Hug Wing General Nursing Year 1
Tsoi Cheuk Hang General Nursing Year 1
Chan Kam Keung Mental Health Nursing Year 2
Leung Ting Wai Mental Health Nursing Year 2
Chui Kwan Lu Nursing Year 2
Liu Yan Tung Nursing Year 4
Chan King Hei Radiography Year 2
Chen Man Siu Electronic and Information Engineering Year 4
Choi King Yip Computer Science Year 5
Alumni
Xuan XIA, Research assistant 2024-2025
Jiajun MA, Research assistant 2024-2025,currently working at The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Dr Yunyang DENG, Postdoctoral Fellow 2023-2024, currently Postdoctoral Researcher at the Karolinska Institutet
Linjia YAN, MSc student 2018-2020, currently PhD student at The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Minjin ZHANG, Research assistant 2019-2020, currently PhD candidate at the University of Hong Kong
Shuting WANG, Research assistant 2019-2020, currently PhD candidate at The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Tonghui SUO, MSc student 2017-2019
Xiao GU, MSc student 2016-2018
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