HKBU honours distinguished scholars at Outstanding Research Output Awards Presentation Ceremony
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On 19 January 2026, the Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) research community gathered to celebrate excellence and foster connections at the 2024/2025 Outstanding Research Output Awards (OROA) Presentation Ceremony. Hosted by the Research Office, the event honored 17 researchers for the significant impact of their work. It also provided a vibrant platform for faculty to mingle and exchange ideas, paving the way for future interdisciplinary collaboration.
Professor Lyu Aiping, Vice-President (Research and Development), thanks the awardees and “Rising Stars” for their contributions to academia and the HKBU research environment. He also shares his research and work principles, encouraging all researchers and colleagues to pursue high-quality work and a collaborative spirit.
The 17 awardees of the OROA represent a multitude of expertise, hailing from six different faculties and schools. Award recipients were drawn from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, the School of Business, the School of Chinese Medicine, the School of Communication, the School of Creative Arts, and the Faculty of Science. This broad representation underscores HKBU's commitment to fostering all-round research talent across its academic community.
Professor Lyu Aiping, Vice-President (Research and Development) (seated, 3rd from right), Professor Liu Jiming, Associate Vice-President (Research Development) (seated, 3rd from left), Professor Johnny M Poon, Associate Vice-President (Interdisciplinary Research) (seated, 2nd from right), Professor Cheung Yiu Ming, Dean of Institute for Research and Continuing Education (IRACE) (seated, 2nd from left), Professor Christy Cheung, Director of Research Office (seated, left) and Professor Cheung King Ho, Executive Associate Dean of Graduate School (seated, right) with the OROA awardees.
The event venue was transformed into an immersive showcase of innovation, highlighting a diverse array of research projects: from AI models to analyse electronic health records to research uncovers new organic pollutants posing major health risks in urban areas that define HKBU’s strategic research clusters.
The showcase also featured large-scale collaborations such as the "1+1+1" Joint Research Collaboration Scheme, an initiative launched by the Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province (GDSTC), Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) and Beijing Normal - Hong Kong Baptist University (BNBU).
Looking ahead, 2026 will be a fruitful year for our research endeavours. It will also be a meaningful year as we celebrate HKBU’s 70th anniversary, marking our continued commitment to excellence and impact.
Full list of OROA awardees (alphabetically by Faculty/ School and awardee surname)
| Faculty/School | Awardee & Awarded Project |
|---|---|
| Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences | Professor Carl James Thermal and Biomechanical Responses of Amateur, Elite and World Cup Athletes During a World Cup Sprint Triathlon in the Heat https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40279-025-02193-7
[Book Chapter] Allied Military Competition in South China and the Rise of American Power
Effectiveness of Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy With Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Hong Kong https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165032725006755?via%3Dihub
Professor Benedict Rowlett Pride in Asia: Negotiating Ideologies, Localness, and Alternative Futures https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/abs/pride-in-asia/4EDE19D94A6D71DBF440F503E366125D
Dr Zhou Jiajia Typologies of Informal Care Networks for Middle-Aged and Older Adults With Functional Difficulties in China: A Multidimensional Perspective |
| School of Business | Professor Deng Huan Structural Analysis of Xenophobia Professor Huang Yunhui Fast Fashion Consumption Signals Low Self‐Control Professor Zhang Jian Credit Information Sharing and Firm Innovation: Evidence from the Establishment of Public Credit Registries |
| School of Chinese Medicine | Professor Liu Jin Targeting osteoblastic 11β-HSD1 to combat high-fat diet-induced bone loss and obesity https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-52965-4
Professor Tan Hor Yue Macrophage-Mediated Transport of Insoluble Indirubin Induces Hepatic Injury During Intestinal Inflammation https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/advs.202502993 |
| School of Communication | Professor Luqiu Luwei Rose Reporting Sexual Violence and hashtag#MeToo in Asia: The View from Hong Kong, Mainland China, and Taiwan Professor Stephanie Jean Tsang Misinformation, Disinformation, and Fake News? Proposing a Typology Framework of False Information |
| School of Creative Arts | Professor Zeng Hong Commoning Art for Sustainable Engagement with Hong Kong’s Existential Crises: A Case Study of Tak Cheong Lane Vegetarian Cooperative https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09502386.2024.2442447 |
| Faculty of Science | Professor David Parker Mechanistic Investigation of Sensitized Europium Luminescence: Excited State Dynamics and Luminescence Lifetime Thermometry https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.4c06899 Professor Tian Liang DeSide: A unified deep learning approach for cellular deconvolution of tumor microenvironment https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2407096121 Professor Wan Renjie The NeRF Signature: Codebook-Aided Watermarking for Neural Radiance Fields https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10922145/ Professor Zhao Zhongying A newborn F-box gene blocks gene flow by selectively degrading phosphoglucomutase in species hybrids |
