#AssocProf, Dept of #Psychiatry, @CUHKMedicine. #President, #ChineseDementiaResearchAssociation. #CouncilMember, #HKCPsych. #DementiaPrevention #HealthyAging
Hong Kong
Joined June 2018
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🚀From RCT to real-world impact
🧠Supported by GovHK’s SIE Fund, CU-SMILE scaled up RCT-proven #ComputerisedCognitiveTraining for late-life #depression
👥2,000+ older adults reached in community
📉>40% fewer depressive symptoms
psychiatry.cuhk.edu.hk/psych…
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🧠Staying cognitively active benefits #BrainHealth even in later life
🔎A new neuroimaging analysis of our RCT reveals broader brain network changes with more #CognitiveActivity engagement
📄 doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2026.1…
#WorldAlzMonth #DementiaPrevention @CUHKMedicine @AllenLeeCUHK
🆕15,000+ older adults followed 16 yrs:
👁️Moderate/severe #VisualImpairment→#Dementia onset 1.5/2.1 yrs earlier
📉#VisualDecline further⬆️risk
📈Improved vision→⬇️risk
Alzheimer’s Dement. 2026;18:e70499
doi.org/10.1002/dad2.70499
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@alzassociation
#DementiaPrevention
Glad to be on RTHK’s Doctors and You 📺 to help raise awareness of #dementia 🧠, how it affects people and their families, and what we can do to prevent and treat it. 💙
▶️ Watch the programme:
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🎉 @CUHKMedicine ranks 2nd globally & 1st in Asia for #Gastroenterology & #Hepatology in the “#BestGlobal Universities Subject Rankings 2025-26” by U.S. News and World Report.
We also have 6 subjects ranked 1st in #HongKong & Top 10 in #Asia.
#CUMedicine #GlobalRankings
ALT 🎉 @CUHKMedicine ranks 2nd globally & 1st in Asia for #Gastroenterology & #Hepatology in the “#BestGlobal Universities Subject Rankings 2025-26” by U.S. News and World Report. We also have 6 subjects ranked 1st in #HongKong & Top 10 in #Asia. #CUMedicine #GlobalRankings
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中大醫學院【部門巡禮 – 精神科學系 】Tour of CU Medicine - Department of Psychiatry youtu.be/t0-jWOsOzyU?si=JIFw… via @YouTube
🧠 Does mental illness have anything to do with me?
Learn more about Psychiatry at CUHK:
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CUHK has achieved its highest ranking ever in the 2026 QS World University Rankings, rising to 32nd globally! This reaffirms CUHK’s leading position in international higher education.
More about CUHK rankings: bit.ly/3BrrdBY
#TheChineseUniversityofHongKong #CUHK #WorldUniversityRankings #cuhkrankings
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In the GRAS 2024 @shanghairanking, @CUHKMedicine ranks 1st in Asia and 14th globally in "Clinical Medicine". In the field of "Nursing", our Nursing School @cuhknursing ranks 2nd in Asia and 23rd globally. CU Medicine ranks 1st in both subjects in HK.
Details: bit.ly/3CmEp0v
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CUHK has been placed 44th in the newly released #THEWorldUniversityRankings2025, its best performance ever, soaring nine spots from last year. This marks the ninth consecutive year in the world’s top 100 universities. Details: bit.ly/3ZSdtj5
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🌏Welcome all 2024/25 #InternationalExchangeStudents to CUHK! This new academic year, over 480 students from 48 different countries/regions will be joining us. We hope all students will actively participate in cross-cultural exchanges and build friendships that transcend borders.
Reunited with old friends, made new ones, and exchanged ideas, while enjoying the beautiful Penang at the 18th International Congress of the #AsianSocietyAgainstDementia
#ASAD2024
Untreated #VisualLoss is now recognized as a #dementia risk factor.
doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(2…
Proud to see that our work was cited, again, by the @TheLancet Commission Report, proving our team's excellence in dementia prevention research.
doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glaa0…
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Allen Lee, MD retweeted
Dementia has substantial health-care and social care costs, estimated at over USD$1 trillion worldwide annually.
A @LancetLongevity paper assessed the cost-effectiveness of population-level interventions for tackling dementia risk factors: buff.ly/4deyacn
ALT Research in context panel. Copyright: 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. CC BY-NC-ND.
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Current projections estimate 153 million people will be living with dementia by 2050.
Nearly half of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by tackling 14 risk factors starting in childhood, suggests new report from a standing Lancet Commission: buff.ly/46nvoPR
ALT Lancet infographic conceptualising risk factors for dementia.
Allen Lee, MD retweeted
New review paper just out today @NEJM on Parkinson's disease by Professors @JillOstremUCSF and Carlie Tanner @UCSFHospitals. Check out the gems they include like this chart of all the current medication options. I added the 'hot' new article sign as we presented in Aspen @movedisorder this morning. A great read.
nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE… #Parkinsons @ParkinsonDotOrg #fixelinstitute
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Members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (@theNASEM) describe the process and rationale for the development of the 2024 definition of persistent Covid-19 symptoms (long Covid). Read the Sounding Board article: nej.md/3SvLlxw
ALT Sounding Board From the National Academy of Medicine Long Covid Defined The disease state of a patient with long Covid, starting with symptoms of acute infection by SARS-CoV-2, diagnosable conditions lasting 3 months or longer, and important features of this condition.
Allen Lee, MD retweeted
A workgroup convened by @alzassociation has published revised criteria for the diagnosis & staging of Alzheimer’s disease, including updated biomarker classification and revised disease staging.
Read more at alz-journals.onlinelibrary.w…
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In the newly announced #QSWorldUniversityRankings 2025, #CUHK has achieved a significant milestone by ranking 36th globally. This is an impressive 11-place leap from last year, marking CUHK’s best performance in the league table since it started in 2010. bit.ly/459OYOQ
