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Bachelor’s Degree Programmes

Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Early Childhood Education

Bachelor of Health Information and Services Management (Honours)

Bachelor of Health Science (Honours) in Nursing

Bachelor of Management (Honours) in Social and Business Sustainability

Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Applied Gerontology

Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Biomedical Science

Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Forensic Biomedical Science

Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Medical Imaging

Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Medical Laboratory Science

Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Occupational Therapy

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内地生入学计划

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Research & Impact

Translational Research Centre for Digital Mental Health (TRC-DMH)

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School of Medical and Health Sciences

Ms. Deejay Suen Yui MAK

Senior Lecturer

Office: Room 1001A, 10/F, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Ma Kam Chan Memorial Building, 31 Wylie Road, Homantin, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Tel : 3468 6877

Fax: (852) 2783 8635

Email : [email protected]

Biography:

Deejay Mak is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Medical and Health Sciences, Tung Wah College. Deejay Mak’s research interests include environmental toxicology, mass spectrometry applications in detection of analytes (heavy metals, drugs and their metabolites), as well as fingerprint development and analysis in the field of forensic science.

Author Identifications

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8501-6770

Education:

Ph.D. Student, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology (ABCT), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Master of Science (Food Safety and Toxicology), The University of Hong Kong

Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Forensic Science (Chemistry Specialist), University of Toronto, Canada

Teaching Areas:

Applied Chemistry

Chemical skills in Forensic Science

Analytical Chemistry

Toxicology

Techniques in Human Identification

Criminal and Crime Scene Investigation

Biomedical Criminalistics

Physical Evidence Analysis

Research project supervision

Research Interests:

Environmental toxicology

Detection of analytes (heavy metals, drugs and their metabolites)

Mass spectrometry applications

Fingerprint development and analysis

Forensic analysis of trace evidence

Funded Projects (Selected)

Principal Investigator; 2023-2025

"An investigation into chloroxylenol, a popular antimicrobial ingredient in hygiene and disinfection products, in Hong Kong through wastewater analysis”

Faculty Development Scheme (FDS), Competitive Research Funding Schemes for the Local Self-financing Degree Sector 2022/23, UGC.

(Project Reference: UGC/FDS17/P01/22; HK$ 878,823)

Principal Investigator; 2021-2023

“An investigation into the use of fire extinguisher dry powder to develop latent fingerprints”

Faculty Development Scheme (FDS), Competitive Research Funding Schemes for the Local Self-financing Degree Sector 2020/21, UGC.

(Project Reference: UGC/FDS17/P01/20; HK$ 903,770)

Publications (Selected)

Mak S. Y.; Lai K. W. (2022). Preliminary Forensic Study of Hair Morphology and Micrometry of Small-Sized Dog Breeds, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology. 9(2):170-178.

Yeung W.F.; Yu B.Y.; Yuen J.W.; Ho J.Y.S.; Chung K.F.; Zhang Z.J.; Mak S. Y. ; Suen L.K.; Ho L.M. (2021). Semi-Individualized Acupuncture for Insomnia Disorder and Oxidative Stress: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Sham-Controlled Trial, Nat. Sci. Sleep, 13:1195-1207.

Yuen Y. M.; Mak S. Y.; Chan E. S.; Gohel D.; Ng C. F. (2018). Tumor inhibitory effects of intravesical Ganoderma lucidum instillation in the syngeneic orthotopic MB49/C57 bladder cancer mice model, J Ethnopharmacology, 223:113-121.

Fu K. Y.; Hung K.W.; Yuen Y. F.; Zhou X.P.; Mak S. Y.; Chan C. W.; Cheung H.; Zhang B. R.; Fu W. Y.; Liew F. Y.; Ip Y. Y. (2016). IL-33 ameliorates Alzheimer’s disease-like pathology and cognitive decline, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 113(19):2705-2713.

Community/ Professional Contributions (Selected)

Affiliate, The Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences

Member, Hong Kong Society of Mass Spectrometry (HKSMS)

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