The Department has an active research program and has dedicated laboratory facilities. Some of the main areas of research are applied clinical pharmacology and pharmacokinetics, obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia, cardiovascular and respiratory physiology, neuro-anaesthesia, post-operative analgesia, quality improvement and anaesthetic procedures for managing the airway. There is a diversity of research interests producing some 50 publications per year and consistent research awards from the ANZCA.
Prizes and Awards
Year 2023
| Prizes / Award | Society of Anaesthetists of Hong Kong 2023 Best Research Award (3rd Prize) “Diagnostic test accuracy of preoperative nutritional screening tools in adults for malnutrition: a systematic review and network meta-analysis” |
| Name of Awardee | Prof. LEE Anna |
| Prizes / Award | American Society for Nutrition 2023 Emerging Leaders in Nutrition Science Poster Competition (2nd Prize) “Association of frailty with preoperative malnutrition on quality of recovery after surgery” Authors: Cheung HHT, Chiu SLC, Joynt G, Lee A |
| Name of Awardee | CHEUNG Helen H.T. |
Year 2022
| Prizes / Award | First-class Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Award (Natural Science) from the Ministry of Education (MoE) of China |
| Name of Awardee | Prof. WU William K.K. |
| Prizes / Award | Young Investigator Award (2022) |
| Name of Awardee | Prof ZHANG Lin |
Year 2021
| Prizes / Award | Young Researcher Award by The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Name of Awardee | Prof. WU William K.K. |
| Prizes / Award | Cochrane Complementary Medicine Field Bursary, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health, USA |
| Title | Stimulation of the wrist acupuncture point P6 for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting |
| Name of Awardee | Prof. LEE Anna |
Year 2020
| Prizes / Award | Best Original Research by Trainees – Gold Medal, the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine |
| Name of Awardee | Dr. LING Lowell |
| Prizes / Award | Critical Care Society of Southern Africa. Best publication in the Southern African Journal of Critical Care (SAJCC) by South African author(s) |
| Name of Awardee | Joynt GM, Gopalan DP, Argent AA, Chetty S, Wise R, Lai VKW, Hodgson E, Lee A, Joubert I, Mokgokong S, Tshukutsoane S, Richards GA, Menezes C, Mathivha RL, Espen B, Levy B, Asante K, Paruk F. |
Year 2017
| Prizes / Award | Hong Kong Food and Health Bureau Excellent Research Award Title: Anaesthesia-related complications in adult passive smokers |
| Name of Awardee | Prof. LEE Anna |
Year 2016
| Prizes / Award | Second-class State Natural Science Award (2016) People’s Republic of China (2016年度国家自然科学奖二等奖) |
| Name of Awardee | Prof. WU William K.K. |
| Prizes / Award | The Harry Daly Research Award from the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) |
| Name of Awardee | Prof. Matthew Chan |
Year 2015
| Prizes / Award | Young Researcher Award (2015) by The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Name of Awardee | Prof. WU William K.K. |
| Prizes / Award | College Medal – College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand |
| Name of Awardee | Prof. Charles Gomersall |
| Prizes / Award | The CCSSA Presidents Award for Outstanding Career Contribution to Critical Care in Southern Africa (2015), Southern African Society of Critical Care Medicine. |
| Name of Awardee | Prof. Gavin M JOYNT |
Year 2014
| Prizes / Award | First-class Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Award (Natural Science) from the Ministry of Education (MoE) of China |
| Title | Integrative research on molecular basis and potential diagnostic and therapeutic targets for colorectal cancer |
| Name of Awardee | Prof. WU William K.K. |
| Prizes / Award | The Harry Daly Research Award from the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) |
| Title | Epigenetic: regulation of chronic postsurgical pain with nitrous oxide |
| Name of Awardee | Prof. Matthew Chan |
| Prizes / Award | Cochrane Complementary Medicine Field Bursary, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health, USA |
| Title | Stimulation of the wrist acupuncture point P6 for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting |
| Name of Awardee | Prof. LEE Anna |
Year 2013
| Prizes / Award | The Mundipharma ANZCA Research Award from the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) |
| Title | Vascular events in noncardiac surgery patients cohort evaluation (VISION): Ntpro-BNP study |
| Name of Awardee | Prof. Matthew Chan |
Year 2011
| Prizes / Award | Asmund S Laerdal Memorial Prize from the Scandinavian Society of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care |
| Name of Awardee | Prof. Charles Gomersall |
Year 2010
| Prizes / Award | The Pfizer ANZCA Research Fellowship from the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) |
| Title | Genetic determinants of persistent pain after surgery |
| Name of Awardee | Prof. Matthew Chan |
Year 2009
| Prizes / Award | St Judes Medical Research Award from the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) |
| Name of Awardee | Prof. Matthew Chan |
Year 2008
| Prizes / Award | Cochrane Complementary Medicine Field Bursary, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health, USA |
| Title | Stimulation of the wrist acupuncture point P6 for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting |
| Name of Awardee | Prof. LEE Anna |
Year 2007
| Prizes / Award | Hong Kong Academy of Medicine. Hong Kong Medical Journal Best Original Paper Award |
| Name of Awardee | Yap HY, Li TS, Tan KS, Cheung YS, Chui PT, Lam PK, Lam DW, Tong YF, Chu MC, Leung PN and Joynt GM |
Conference Prizes
Year 2022
| Prizes / Award | KASID Best Oral Presentation Award (2022) |
| Name of Awardee | Prof ZHANG Lin |
| Prizes / Award | Best Presenter Award (Dec 2021) Title: A Population Study on Diagnosis, Treatment and Outcomes of Critically Ill Patients With Tuberculosis in Hong Kong Between 2008‐2019 |
| Name of Awardee | Prof LING Lo Well Lowell, Prof WONG Wai Tat, Prof JOYNT Gavin Matthew, Dr SO Hiu Yi Christina, Dr SO Hiu Yi Christina Dr HO Wing Sze, Mr ZHANG Zhenhe |
| Prizes / Award | World Physiotherapy-AWP Regional Congress 2022 Best Oral Presentation Title: The potential of rectus femoris muscle ultrasound in assessing preoperative frailty in patients awaiting cardiac surgery |
| Name of Awardee | Derek King Wai YAU, James Francis GRIFFITH, Malcolm John UNDERWOOD, Gavin Matthew JOYNT, LEE Anna. |
Year 2019
| Prizes / Award | ANZICS Datathon Highly Commended Prize |
| Name of Awardee | Dr. LING, Lowell |
| Prizes / Award | Best Presentation Award, Free Papers, 20th Congress of Asia Pacific Association of Critical Care Medicine, 2018 |
| Name of Awardee | Prof JOYNT Gavin, Dr CHOI Gordon Yuk Sang, Prof ROBERTS JA (The University of Queensland, Australia), Prof LIPMAN Jeff, Prof LEE Anna |
| Prizes / Award | Felicity Reynolds Prize – 1st Prize, Obstetric Anaesthesia 2019 Meeting |
| Name of Awardee | Prof NGAN KEE Warwick Dean, Dr LEE SWY (Hong Kong Polytechnic University), Ms NG FF, Prof LEE Anna |
| Prizes / Award | 2019 Annual National Congress of the Critical Care Society of Southern Africa. Best Paper Prize. SMARRT study group Association between antibiotic trough concentrations and estimated total renal clearance in critically ill patients receiving renal replacement therapy: a pragmatic, multi-national observational study. Southern African Journal of Critical Care 2019, Vol. 35 No. 1, 28. |
| Name of Awardee | Joynt GM, Choi GYS, Roberts JA, Lipman J, Lee A |
Year 2018
| Prizes / Award | Best Abstract ESICM EURO ASIA | HK |
| Name of Awardee | TSE Ho Wai Andrew, LEE Anna, LING Lowell, JOYNT Gavin |
| Prizes / Award | Top 3 poster prize award in the 5th SG-ANZICS Asia Pacific Intensive Care Forum, Singapore |
| Name of Awardee | Miss Lai Ka Wai Veronica, Prof. LEE Anna, Miss Leung Pui Nga, Prof. Wong Wai Tat, Dr. Ho KM, Prof. Charles Gomersall, Prof. Joynt Gavin Matthew |
| Prizes / Award | Best trainee presentation prize in Annual Scientific Meeting in Anaesthesiology, Hong Kong |
| Name of Awardee | Lau LLN, Dr. Li Cheuk Yin Ara, Prof. LEE Anna, Dr. CHAN Simon Kin Cheong |
| Prizes / Award | 20th Congress of the Asia Pacific Association of Critical Care Medicine, 2018, Free Papers. Best Presentation Award |
| Topic | SMARRT study group. Variability of antibiotic trough concentrations in critically ill patients receiving renal replacement therapy: A pragmatic, multi-national observational study. Crit Care Shock 2019 Vol. 22 No. 1, 69 |
| Name of Awardee | Joynt GM, Choi GYS, Roberts JA, Lipman J, Lee A; |
| Prizes / Award | European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) EURO ASIA, Hong Kong, 2018. Best Abstract Award |
| Topic | Survival of patients requiring invasive mechanical ventilation outside the intensive or high-care unit. |
| Name of Awardee | Wong WT, Ling L, Lee A, Joynt GM, Chan YF, Wu H, Tang WM, Shek LH, So SO, Sinn M, Gomersall CD. |
| Prizes / Award | 5th SG-ANZICS Asia Pacific Intensive Care Forum, Singapore, 2018. Top 3 poster prize award. |
| Topic | Preoperative multimedia patient education on patient and family satisfaction levels in the intensive care unit after elective cardiac surgery: a randomized controlled trial. |
| Name of Awardee | Lai VKW, Lee A, Leung P, Wong WT, Ho KM, Gomersall CD, Underwood MJ, Joynt GM. |
Year 2017
| Prizes / Award | Food and Health Bureau Excellent Research Award for project |
| Topic | Anaesthesia-related complications in adult passive smokers |
| Name of Awardee | Prof. LEE Anna, Prof. Tony GIN |
| Prizes / Award | 1st prize at World Congress in Anaesthesiologists 2016 under Research and Publications Track |
| Topic | The quality of reporting in pharmacokinetic studies of analgesics and sedatives delivered for more than 24 hours in adult intensive care patients: a systematic review |
| Name of Awardee | Prof. LEE Anna, Mr Andrew TSE |
| Prizes / Award | 2017 Annual National Congress of the Critical Care Society of Southern Africa. Best Paper Prize. |
| Topic | Low-molecular-weight Heparin dosing in critically ill patients: are we getting it right? Southern African Journal of Critical Care 2017; 33: 68. |
| Name of Awardee | I Chausse, G Joynt, N Mojaki, M Karodia, J Vlok, S Mootilall, F Paruk. |
Year 2016
| Prizes / Award | Best Abstract 16th World Congress Anaesthesiologists | HK | 2016 |
| Name of Awardee | TSE Ho Wai Andrew, LEE Anna, LING Lowell, JOYNT Gavin |
| Prizes / Award | 16th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists, Hong Kong, 2016 Best Poster Prize. |
| Topic | The quality of reporting in pharmacokinetic studies of analgesics and sedatives delivered for more than 24 hours in adult intensive care patients: a systematic review. |
| Name of Awardee | Tse AHW, Ling L, Joynt GM, LEE Anna. |
Year 2014
| Prizes / Award | First prize for oral presentation, 11th Evidence Based Peri-Operative Medicine (EBPOM) Congress, London, United Kingdom |
| Title | The Effect of the Patient’s Age on the Quality of Supra-sternal Doppler Measurements Performed During Anaesthesia |
| Name of Awardee | Prof. Lester Critchley |
Year 2013
| Prizes / Award | Second prize for Best paper of the meeting, Obstetric Anaesthesia 2013, Bournemouth, United Kingdom |
| Title | Determination and quantification of the interaction of local anaesthetics and lipophilic opioids administered intrathecally for labour analgesia |
| Name of Awardee | Prof. Warwick Ngan Kee, Kim Khaw, FF Ng, LEE Anna |
Year 2009
| Prizes / Award | Australasian Visitor for the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) Annual Scientific Meeting in Auckland |
| Name of Awardee | Prof. Matthew Chan |
Year 2005
| Prizes / Award | Australasian Visitor for the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) Annual Scientific Meeting in Auckland |
| Name of Awardee | Prof. Warwick Ngan Kee |
Year 2004
| Prizes / Award | Best Conference Paper Prize, 11th International Symposium on Shock and Critical Care Indonesia |
| Title | Very High Dose Vasopressors Should Not be Deemed Futile – A Retrospective Observational Study |
| Name of Awardee | Prof. CR Jenkins, Charles Gomersall, Gavin Joynt |
| Prizes / Award | Best Presentation OBSTETRIC ANAESTHETIST’S ASSOCIATION (O.A.A.) and Club d’Anesthesie et de Reanimation en Obstetrique (C.A.R.O.) Combined Meeting 2004, Versailles, France |
| Name of Awardee | Prof. Kim Khaw |
Year 2003
| Prizes / Award | Discovery Health Clinical Excellence Award for Best Poster Presentation. South African Society of Anaesthesiologists Congress 2003, Sun City, South Africa |
| Name of Awardee | Prof. Kim Khaw |
Year 2002
| Prizes / Award | Bronze medal, Best Original Research by Trainees in the HKAM Fellowship Ceremony |
| Title | Alfentanil versus Fentanyl Co-induction with Propofol for Laryngeal Mask Airway insertion |
| Name of Awardee | Jacqueline Hui |
Year 1998
| Prizes / Award | Best Medical Paper Prize.The Eighth Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Critical Care Conference, Queensland, Australia, June 1998. |
| Topic | Resuscitation of critically ill patients based on the results of intramucosal gastric pH. A prospective, randomised controlled trial. |
| Name of Awardee | Joynt G, Gomersall C, Freebairn R, Hung V, Buckley T, Oh T. |
Year 1997
| Prizes / Award | Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists and Faculty of Intensive Care Formal Project Prize (May 1997) |
| Topic | A comparison of common iliac vein pressure and superior vena cava pressure in mechanically ventilated patients |
| Name of Awardee | Ho KM, Joynt GM, Tan P. |
| Prizes / Award | Gabler prize for Best Free Paper. 19th Annual Congress of the Critical Care Society of Southern Africa, May 1997, South Africa. |
| Topic | Deep venous thrombosis caused by femoral venous catheters in critically ill patients. |
| Name of Awardee | Joynt G, Kew J, Gomersall C, Leung V, Calcroft R. |
Year 1996
| Prizes / Award | The 1996 International federation of clinical chemistry – AVL award. National winner. |
| Name of Awardee | Young RJ, Lipman J, Gin T, Gomersall CD, Joynt GM, Oh TE. |