With increased interdisciplinary collaboration between medicine, engineering, and other fields, we see this integration trend becoming very important for the future. Professor Walter Seto Wai-kay ‘ ’ Enhancing Community Health and Wellness through Translation ‘Solutions do not necessarily have to focus on products or commercialisation,’ Professor Ho added. ‘HKUMed strongly encourages the use of innovations for community health and wellness, such as the smoking cessation programme in the School of Nursing, which uses chatbots and other technologies, the HKU Stroke’s App, designed for stroke patients and their families, and SUPPORT+, for cancer patients and their families.’ ‘Translation is not only about commercialisation; it is also about supporting community medicine, preventive health, care of older adults, and social well-being,’ he continued. Professor Seto said the wider, long-term aim for their innovation platform is to be a model for others. ‘HKU is ideally positioned to become a trusted hub to lead the development and translation of clinically validated, AI-enabled systems and devices and big data analytics that can improve overall healthcare quality,’ he said. ‘By adopting these tools, we aim to achieve lasting benefits for the healthcare sector locally, regionally, and internationally, and thereby also contribute to the city’s development as a health and medical innovation hub.’ ‘This interdisciplinary collaboration and translation elevates our collective work in data sciences to the next level, providing a platform to strengthen communication and innovation that leads to positive change,’ Professor Chan said. This interdisciplinary collaboration and translation elevates our collective work in data sciences to the next level, providing a platform to strengthen communication and innovation that leads to positive change. Professor Esther Chan Wai-yin ‘ ’ 5 HKUMed News Winter 2025
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