by admin | May 2, 2025
Urban planning that fails to account for human perceptions often results in environments that disadvantage vulnerable population groups. For instance, if you stand on a tree-lined urban street at lunchtime on a sunny day, the greenery will be a welcome canopy of...
by admin | May 1, 2025
Anyone suspected to have cancer wants to know the situation as soon as possible – is the diagnosis confirmed? Is the treatment working? Has it come back? But getting accurate information can be expensive and time-consuming. Labels, or biomarkers, have to be...
by admin | Oct 23, 2024
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, Professor Doris Yu Sau-fung of the School of Nursing was overseeing a team of nurses working to identify and engage with ‘hidden elders’ – those who live alone – and bring them to community facilities for health...
by admin | Oct 22, 2024
Cities have been associated with many things – more pollution, crime, inequality and traffic congestion. When they are poorly designed,with high population density, they can also increase social isolation and a sense of loneliness.This insight has been...
by admin | Oct 21, 2024
On the surface, determining a person’s sense of loneliness and social isolation should be straightforward: just ask them how they feel and who they are socially connected with. But the reality is much more complicated, says Professor Chen Yu-chih, Assistant Professor...
