Our Mission
We strive to better understand what causes stroke, how to better prevent and manage it,
advance stroke advocacy, training healthcare professionals and nurturing the next generation.
We are passionate in improving the well-being of stroke patients and their caregivers.
Objectives
Preventing Stroke
Prevention is always better than cure. Our group researches the causes of stroke and how to improve prevention. Our past research informs us that hypertensive patients with large fluctuations in blood pressure are at higher risk of stroke and have a poorer prognosis if stroke occurs.
We have shown that various diets, in particular the Mediterranean diet, as well as foods rich in isoflavones and garlic help protect against stroke.
Our group has also shown that diastolic blood pressure may be an under-estimated risk factor for occurrence of stroke and cognitive disorders at older age.
Compared with Caucasians, Chinese have a higher burden of cerebral small vessel disease (an important cause of stroke and dementia) and much of our current research focuses on understanding the reasons behind this observation as well as the treatment implications for cerebral small vessel disease.
Director
Team
Research Academic Team
Dr. William C.Y. LEUNG
Resident
Dr. Debbie WONG
Senior Research and Analysis Officer
Ms. Crystal LEE
Research Assistant
Ms. Ada TSE
Project Manager
Mr. Marco HUI
Technical Officer (Multimedia)
Dr. Man Sum CHI
Associate Consultant
Ms. Roxanna LIU
Research Nurse
Ms. Zhixuan Ren
Research Assistant
Ms. Olivia CHOI
Research Officer
Dr. Michael Tang
Resident
Ms. Linda LAU
Research Nurse (Part-time)
Dr. Preeti VIRWANI
Research Associate (Part-time)
Ms. Joyce TUET
Assistant Manager (Multimedia)
Graduate Students
Ms. Bernice LEUNG
Graduate Student
Ms. Angelina CHENG
Graduate Student
Ms. Abby YEUNG
Graduate Student