College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
News
2020-05-18
CLASS Awards to Recognise Research and Knowledge Transfer Efforts of Faculty Members

CLASS is pleased to announce the awardees of two CLASS awards of the academic year 2019/20.

The Knowledge Transfer Award is established to honour knowledge transfer projects of high social impact. Award-winning projects should demonstrate clear evidences on innovation, engagement or impact on the community. Details of this academic year's awardees and their projects are as follows:

Award/Merit Name of Awardee Project Title
Excellence in Knowledge Transfer Award Dr Jack PUN (Department of English)Developing effective clinical communication at nursing handover: improving patient safety, experiences and outcomes in Hong Kong
Certificate of Merit Dr Bonnie CHOW Wing-yin (Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences) Catering the needs of diverse learners using interactive dialogue and creative literacy activities in English language education
Dr Annis FUNG Lai-chu (Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences)Omega-3 supplementation to reduce externalizing behavior problems in risk-taking adolescents: A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial

Meanwhile, Dr TSUI Lik-hang of the Department of Chinese and History won the New Researcher Award. The objective of this award is to recognise research excellence at CLASS and only full-time faculty members who are within five years of the award of their Doctor of Philosophy degrees are eligible for consideration.

The College would like to extend a huge congratulations to the awardees, and hope all faculty members will continue to strive for research excellence and contribute their knowledge for the betterment of society.