OAL The Chinese University of Hong Kong eNewsletter

A. WUN News

Call for Applications – WUN Research Development Fund 2012
The Office of Academic Links (OAL) is now inviting applications for the WUN Research Development Fund (RDF) 2012. RDF offers seeding fund to kick-start research projects under four key areas of research identified as the Global Challenges, including "Adapting to Climate Change", "Globalisation of Higher Education and Research", "Public Health and Non-Communicable Diseases", and "Understanding Cultures". Grants are offered to selected international research collaborations which demonstrate potential in the longer term to become self-sustaining by securing external funding.

TERMS OF AWARD:

An award of up to £15,000 will be offered to each selected project from an overall fund of over £200,000 in 2012.
CUHK will support the project (of successful applicants) with a funding amount up to the value of the award provided by WUN.

All applications will be internally reviewed and approved by the University prior to submission to WUN. A maximum of three submissions will be accepted from each WUN member university as the lead university; however a university may be involved in any number of applications as a co-investigator.

For more information on the scheme please refer to www.cuhk.edu.hk/oal/linkage/fellowships/11025.html. Interested applicants are advised to contact Ms. Yvonne Heung, Office of Academic Links, before making an application.

B. Research Collaboration Opportunities

WUN's member, the University of Sydney, is looking for researchers who are interested in collaborating in the following research projects:

The following table summarises details of each project. CUHK faculty who are interested in participating in these projects are welcome to email the local contact or Ms. Yvonne Heung, Office of Academic Links.

Project	Aim	USyd PIs	Local Contact
Evaluation and supporting of breast cancer screening programs and diagnostic tests	To establish and develop research collaboration in the following areas: - Perception of medical imaging - Eye-tracking - Medical image processing & analysis - Developing a statistical learning machine based algorithm - Modeling radiological error in terms of behavioral data & image features - Evaluation of radiologists' performance in diagnostic test	- Dr. Mariusz Pietrzyk, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Discipline of Medical Radiation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences - Dr. Warren Reed, Lecturer, Discipline of Medical Radiation Sciences - Prof. Patrick Brennan, Professor of Diagnostic Radiography and Associate Dean, International Research Development, Faculty of Health Sciences	Dr. Mariusz Pietrzyk
WUN Musculoskeletal Research Network	To build an international network of musculoskeletal researchers for developing a critical mass to determine a new approach to the resolution of chronic musculoskeletal disease	- Prof. Kathryn Refshauge, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences - Dr. Claire Hiller, Post-Doctoral Fellow - Dr. Andrew Leaver, Lecturer, Discipline of Physiotherapy - Prof. Patrick Brennan, Professor of Diagnostic Radiography and Associate Dean, International Research Development, Faculty of Health Sciences	Prof. Kathryn Refshauge
WUN Indigenous Research Group	To bring scholars in the field of indigenous research together, deepening and extending existing research, as well as fostering new projects in the following areas: - Politics & self-determination - Social policy & social indicators - Self-determining communities - Indigenous justice - Indigenous knowledge production & methodologies - Indigeneity & the University sector - Indigeneity & the Arts - Indigenous well-being - Indigenous families - Global indigeneity - Indigeneity & identity	- Prof. Shane Houston, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Strategy & Services) - Dr. Victoria Grieves, Indigenous Research Fellow, Gender & Cultural Studies - Dr. Deirdre Howard-Wagner, DECRA Fellow, Department of Sociology & Social Policy - Prof. Catriona Elder, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology & Social Policy	Prof. Catriona Elder

C. Visits from WUN member universities

CUHK will receive the following visitors from WUN member universities in September and October 2012.

Date	WUN Member	Delegate(s)
17 Sept 2012	University of Alberta, Canada	Prof. H. A. Quinney, Professor Emeritus and Senior Advisor to the Provost
26 Sept 2012	University of Leeds, UK	Prof. Dawn Freshwater, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Staff and Organisational Effectiveness Dr. Judith Lamie, International Director
27 Sept 2012	University of Leeds, UK	Prof. Dwayne E. Heard, Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry, School of Chemistry
31 Oct 2012	Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) / University of Sydney (USyd), Australia	Prof. John Hearn, Chief Executive Officer of WUN and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International) of USyd Prof. Bruce Robinson, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, USyd Prof. Duncan Ivison, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, USyd

For more information on WUN and collaboration opportunities with WUN member universities, please contact the CUHK WUN Coordinator:

Ms. Shally Fan, Director of Academic Links, Office of Academic Links
Tel: +852 3943 7586, Email: shallyfan@cuhk.edu.hk