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Genetics

World Congress on Genetic Counselling, Oct 2019  Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, UK

World Congress on Genetic Counselling

Wellcome Genome Campus

Cambridge, UK, 2019

Intercultural & Multilingual Counselling

‘Talking Genetics’: Intersections of Language, Culture and Genetic Literacy in Intercultural Genetic Testing and Counselling Contexts. (project 37000521). Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Scheme (HSSPFS), RGC. HKD 272000. On-going.

 

Language, medicine, and culture: Using English as a lingua franca in prenatal genetic counseling in Hong Kong. (HKU754609).  Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF) 2009/10 Exercise, Hong Kong. HKD 628 314. Principal Investigator. 10/2009-03/2012.

 

English as a Lingua Franca in Hong Kong: A Sociolinguistic Study of Prenatal Genetic Counseling. Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research, University of Hong Kong. HKD 60 000. Co-investigator. 03/2007-03/2008.

Risk Communication

Communicating genetic risk and uncertainty across an individual's lifespan vis-à-vis family: A discourse analytic study of genetic counselling in Hong Kong. (HKU 17614217). Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF) 2017/18 Exercise, Hong Kong. HKD 496 465. Principal Investigator. 01/2018-06/2021.

 

Communicating genetic risk and uncertainty across an individual's lifespan vis-à-vis family: A discourse analytic study of genetic counselling in Hong Kong. Seed Fund for Basic Research for Resubmission of GRF/ECS Proposals, University of Hong Kong. HKD 39 000. Principal Investigator. 07/2016-11/2016.

Patient-Centered Counselling

Interactional triad in prenatal genetic counseling: A discourse analytic study of paternal involvement. Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research, University of Hong Kong. HKD 120 000. Principal Investigator. 11/2008-10/2010.

 

Patient-centered Genetic Counseling: Linguistic and Interactional Strategies for Encouraging Patient Participation. Small Project Funding, the University of Hong Kong. HKD 59 241. Co-investigator. 11/2007 – 11/2009.

Telegenetic Counselling

A discourse analytic study of telegenetic counseling in Hong Kong. (HKU751211). Research Grants Council (RGC) General Research Fund (GRF) 2011/12 Exercise, Hong Kong. HKD 700 256. Principal Investigator. 11/2011-04/2014.

Specific Areas - Cardiac

Language and Communication in Genetic Counseling for Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes (SADS) in Hong Kong: An Exploratory Study. SEED Funding Programme for Basic Research, University of Hong Kong. HKD 53 950. Co-investigator. 05/2012 – 04/2013.

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