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Dr Yu, Yee Tak Esther 余懿德
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Honorary Clin Assistant Professor
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Dr Yu, Yee Tak Esther 余懿德
Title:
Honorary Clin Assistant Professor
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Also Cited As:
Yu, EYT
Biography
Dr. Esther Yu obtained her bachelor’s degree in physiotherapy from McGill University and medical degree from the University of Hong Kong. She became a Family Medicine Specialist of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine since 2014. Currently, Dr. Yu is a clinical assistant professor of Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care at the University of Hong Kong. Her research interests include non-communicable disease management and primary health services, particularly multi-disciplinary and lifestyle intervention.
Honours, Awards & Prizes
| Awardees | Award Date | Honours / Awards / Prizes | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-08-21 | Diabetes Risk Score smartphone application (DRS app): its application in diabetes prevention and health education: Knowledge Exchange (KE) Fund Exercise 2013/14 – Impact Project, UGC | Research Achievement | |
DONG, Weinan WU, Tingting Tang, HM Bedford, LE | 2021-07-01 | Award Winning Posters for "Unintentional Injury and Its Associated factors Among the Hong Kong General Population": 8th Asia Pacific Primary Care Research Conference 2021 | Research Achievement |
Tang, HM Mak, IL | 2021-07-01 | Best Oral Presentation Award for the paper titled "Estimated lifetime cost-effectiveness of the Risk Assessment and Management Programme for primary care patients with Hypertension (RAMP-HT)": Hong Kong Primary Care Conference 2021 | Research Achievement |
Chan, KS Wang, Y Fung, WT Mak, IL | 2020-09-01 | Best Research Paper Award for "Is chronic kidney disease equally important as cardiovascular disease in 3 million
adults? A 10-year retrospective cohort study.": Hong Kong Primary Care Conference 2020 | Research Achievement |
Tang, HM | 2019-06-01 | Best Poster Presentation Award 1st Prize for "Impact of lifestyle on Allostatic Load of the Hong Kong Population": 7th Asia Pacific Primary Care Research Conference | Research Achievement |
Chan, KH Jiao, F Chan, KC | 2019-08-01 | Outstanding Research Output Award for "5-year effectiveness of the multi-disciplinary Risk Assessment and Management Programme for primary care patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (RAMP-DM) on DM-related complications and health service utilization - A population-based and propensity-matched cohort study": LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU | Research Achievement |
Chan, KH Jiao, F | 2018-10-01 | Distinguished Research Making Family Medicine Shine Award and Best Contribution to Family Medicine Award, for paper: “E.Y.F. Wan, C.S.C. Fung, F.F. Jiao, E.Y.T. Yu*, W.Y.Chin, D.Y.T. Fong, C.K.H. Wong, A.K.C. Chan, K.H.Y. Chan, R.L.P. Kwok, C.L.K. Lam. 5-year effectiveness of the Multi-disciplinary Risk Assessment and Management Programme for primary care patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (RAMP-DM) on DM-related complications and health service utilizations – A Population-based and Propensity-matched Cohort Study. Diabetes Care. 2018; 41:49-59: WONCA World Conference 2018 | Research Achievement |
Guo, Y Ho, SY | 2017-06-01 | The Best Poster: "Association between moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and cardiovascular disease risk in Chinese primary care patients with impaired fasting glucose": 22nd WONCA Europe Conference 2017 | Research Achievement |
Guo, Y Ho, SY | 2016-06-01 | Best Oral Presentation Award: "Not all patients with impaired fasting glucoase require the same management - development of a nomogram for predicting regression from impaired fasting glucose to normoglycaemia for primary care patients in Hong Kong": Hong Kong Primary Care Conference 2016 | Research Achievement |
| 2015-05-01 | Best Research Paper Award 2014: "Can HbA1c replace OGTT for the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus among Chinese patients with impaired fasting glucose?": Hong Kong College of Family Physicians | Research Achievement | |
| 2015-06-01 | Best Trainee Research Paper Award: "Which test to pick for detecting diabetes mellitus among Chinese patients with impaired fasting glucose: OGTT, FG or HbA1c?": Hong Kong Primary Care Conference 2015 | Research Achievement | |
| 2013-06-01 | Best Poster Presentation Award: "The Use of HbA1c Improved Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus among At-Risk
Individuals in the Community Setting in Hong Kong": Hong Kong Primary Care Conference 2013 | Research Achievement | |
Chao, VKD Tsui, WSW Chan, KC Tang, HM Liu, SNK Chan, KH | 2019-06-01 | The HKCFP Best Research Award 2018 for "5-year effectiveness of the multi-disciplinary Risk Assessment and Management Programme for primary care patients with hypertension (RAMP-HT) on HT-related complications and health service utilization - A population-based matched cohort study": The Hong Kong College of Family Physicians | Research Achievement |
| 2012-05-01 | HKCFP research fellowship 2012: Hong Kong College of Family Physicians | Research Achievement | |
LIU, Sze Nga Yeung, CHN Mak, IL | 2021-07-01 | Outstanding Poster Presentation Award for the paper titled "Relationship between perceived stress, health-related quality of life and physiological dysregulations among Hong Kong parents from low-income families": Hong Kong Primary Care Conference 2021 | Research Achievement |
LIU, Sze Nga Yeung, CHN Mak, IL | 2021-06-01 | HKCFP Best Research Award 2020 For the paper titled "Parental depression mediates the relationship between parental stress and child health among low-income families": Hong Kong College of Family Physicians | Research Achievement |
Liu, SNK WONG, Cho Ting Tang, HW | 2023-06-25 | The Hong Kong College Of Family Physicians Outstanding Poster Presentation Award | Research Achievement |
DONG, Weinan TANG, Ho Man Bedford, LE Mak, IL | 2022-03-01 | The HKCFP Best Research Award 2021. Project title ' Non‐laboratory‐based Risk Assessment Model for Case Detection of Diabetes Mellitus and Pre‐diabetes in Primary Care '.: Journal of Diabetes Investigation ISSN: 2040-1116 ; eISSN: 2040-1124 | Research Achievement |
LIU, Sze Nga Au, CH Bedford, LE | 2020-09-01 | Best Poster Presentation Award for "Adolescents Follow the Healthy Dietary Habit of Parents.": Hong Kong Primary Care Conference | Research Achievement |
Wang, Y Chung, PPW Fung, WT | 2020-06-01 | HKCFP Best Research Award 2019 for the paper " Relative importance, healthy life-year lost and population attributable risk of modifiable risk factors on cardiovascular disease in a 10-year Diabetes Cohort.: Hong Kong College of Family Physicians (HKCFP) | Research Achievement |
Liu, SNK Yeung, CHN Mak, IL | 2021-07-01 | Outstanding Poster Award for "Relationship between parental stress, health-related quality of life and physiological dysregulation among Hong Kong parents from low-income families": Hong Kong College of Family Physicians | Research Achievement |
Tang, HM | 2019-12-01 | Full Research Paper Competition – Best Research Paper Award for "Burden of chronic kidney and cardiovascular diseases on life expectancy and health service utilization - A cohort study of Hong Kong Chinese hypertensive patients": 4th AMM-AMS-HKAM Tripartite Congress cum 53rd Singapore-Malaysia Congress of Medicine & Hong Kong Primary Care Conference 2019 | Research Achievement |
Professional Societies
| Term Period | Position | Professional Societies |
|---|---|---|
| 12/2019-present | Scientific committee coordinator | Hong Kong Primary Care Conference |
| 02/2020-present | Board of Education member | Hong Kong College of Family Physicians |
| 12/2019-present | Council Member | Hong Kong College of Family Physicians |
| 2014-present | Research Committee Member | Hong Kong College of Family Physician |
| 2015-03/2019 | Trainee Examiner (Exit examination, research segment) | Hong Kong College of Family Physicians |
| 2012-present | Fellow | Hong Kong College of Family Physicians |
| 2012-present | Fellow | Royal Australian College of General Practitioners |
| 2014-present | Fellow | Hong Kong Academy of Medicine |
| 2017-present | Honorary clinical supervisor for basic and higher vocational training | Hong Kong College of Family Physicians |
| 02/2018-present | Clinical Research Ethics Committee Member | Gleneagles Hospital |
| 07/2018-present | Specialty Board, Research Segment Subcommittee Memeber | Hong Kong College of Family Physicians |
| 04/2019-present | Examiner (Exit examination, research segment) | Hong Kong College of Family Physicians |
| 08/2018-present | Editorial Board Advisor on Clinical Epidemiology | Hong Kong Medical Journal |
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