Congratulations! CityU student wins first prize in Shanghai Rehabilitation Medicine Science and Technology Award
The 16th Shanghai Rehabilitation Medicine Science and Technology Award Conference was recently held in Shanghai. Yu Qinyuan, a doctoral student from the Faculty of Health and Wellness (FHW) at City University of Macau (CityU), under the supervision of Professor Sun Pei, executive associate dean of the Faculty, won the first prize for his project “Development and Promotion of a ‘Five-in-One Integrated’ Whole Cycle Rehabilitation system for Adolescent Scoliosis”, demonstrating CityU’s on-going breakthroughs in the interdisciplinary integration of medical engineering and healthcare.
This awarded project developed a whole rehabilitation cycle for practical implementation. The project has published a total of 26 papers, one of which was accepted and published in a core journal for medical science promotion; obtained 19 intellectual property rights and published three monographs. In addition, 53 popular science videos and 386 original articles were produced. This project carried out campus screening, public welfare consultations, and professional training programs, forming a complete chain of research innovation, translation, health science popularization, and social service”, which provided a demonstration for the early screening, early intervention, and standardized management of adolescent scoliosis.
Going forward, Yu and his team will continue deepening the multi-disciplinary collaboration supported by the Faculty, improving the whole cycle rehabilitation system, and contributing to the cause of adolescent spinal health.
The Shanghai Rehabilitation Medicine Science and Technology Award is a significant provincial-ministerial level award filed with the Ministry of Science and Technology of China and approved by the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission. Since its establishment in 2010, it has represented high-level academic and clinical achievements in the field of rehabilitation medicine in Shanghai. The award recognizes individual and teams that have made outstanding contributions in basic research, technological innovations, outcome translation, and social promotion in rehabilitation medicine, making it one of the most representative academic honors in Shnaghai’s rehabilitation medicine.
Source: Faculty of Health and Wellness
