Chief Investigator:

Prof. WU Shiu Sun Rudolf

Project Year:

7/1/2016 - 6/1/2019

Description:

Dean’s Strategic Research Area Fund (2016-17) HK$3,500,000. This proposal seeks to build a coherent multidisciplinary team incorporating our existing strength and expertise in analytical chemistry, ecology, conservation, toxicology, molecular biology, environmental engineering, socioeconomics and education, to embrace the environmental challenges presented to Hong Kong. Our vision is to build our core capability in this important strategic research area through interdisciplinary research, with a view to establish the Education University of Hong Kong as the opinion leaders in environmental issues and education in the local community. Research in the last decade showed that some chemicals (known as endocrine disrupting chemicals, EDCs) used extensively in household and consumer products, albeit occurring in very low concentration (parts per trillion) in the environment and food, can disturb the hormonal balance, leading to major consequence including reproductive impairment, abnormal development and growth retardation of animals (including humans). In this proposal, we will organize ourselves into three interdisciplinary teams working in close collaboration with each other to tackle environmental and public health problems caused by EDCs.

Fund Source:

Dean’s Strategic Research Area Fund (2016-17)

Amount:

HK$3500000