Academic and Professional Qualifications
MB ChB (CUHK), MRCP (UK), FHKCP, FHKAM (Medicine)
Contact Information

Tel.: (852) 2558 7122
Biography

Dr Au obtained sub-specialty training in cognitive disorder at Baycrest, University of Toronto. Her research focused on utilizing state-of- the-art molecular positron emission tomography (PET) scan and genetic technologies in the study of the mechanisms underlying various cognitive disorders.

Dr Au published the first cohort of early onset dementia in Hong Kong. Her study on the mechanism of poststroke dementia obtained the Young Investigator Research Grant of the Hong Kong College of Physicians (2014) and the Best Dissertation Presentation Award of the Hong Kong Neurological Society Annual Scientific Meeting (2012). She was invited to contribute a review article on mixed dementia for the World Alzheimer Report 2021 in the capacity of first author. She had made 34 publications, six of which were in the capacity of first author. Two of her first author publications were published in the Journal of Neurology with impact factor 8.055. She is the leading clinician overseeing all the research subjects of cognitive disorder and adult neurogenetic studies.
Dr. Lisa WC AU
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Head of Cognitive Disorder Service, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, 2016 – present
    Head of Adult Neurology Genetic Service, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, 2021 – present
    Chief Coordinator, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics in Hong Kong Genome Project (CUHK/ PWH Partnering Centre), 2021 – present
    Executive Committee Member, Therese Pei Fong Chow Research Centre for Prevention of Dementia, 2016 – present
    Investigator, Gerald Choa Neuroscience Institute, 2017 – present
    Investigator, SHKP Kwok Brain Health Research Centre, 2019 – present
    Course Coordinator, Master Programme in Stroke and Clinical Neuroscience, 2016 – present
    Clinical Professional Consultant, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2016 – present
    Consultant, CUHK Medical Centre, 2019 – present


Prince of Wales Hospital
Specialist in Neurology
Research Interests

    Early onset dementia
    Frontotemporal dementia
    Neuroimaging in dementia

Awards

    Young Investigator Research Grant, Hong Kong College of Physicians, 2014
    Best Dissertation Presentation Award, Hong Kong Neurological Society Annual Scientific Meeting, 2012
    Dean’s List of MBChB, 2000 – 2014
    Mr. Tang Shiu Cho Memorial Scholarship, 2003 – 2004
    Cheng Chek Chi Memorial Scholarship, 2003 – 2004
    Ko Ho Ning Scholarship, 2003 – 2004
    JCK Lee Silver Medal in Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, 2002 – 2003
    Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology Examination Prize, 2002 – 2003
    Mr. Tang Shiu Cho Memorial Scholarship, 2002 – 2003
    Tsang Hiu Tim Scholarship, 2002 – 2003

Selected Publications

    Lisa WC Au, Vincent CT Mok. The differential diagnosis between Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia, including the concept of mixed dementia. World Alzheimer Report 2021: Journey through the diagnosis of dementia. London, England: Alzheimer’s Disease International: 262-263.
    Au LWC, Ho K, Li JJX, Mok VCT. Video Neuroimages: A triad of tremor, ataxia and cognitive impairment. Neurology. 2021 Mar 30;96(13)e1802-e1803.
    Au LWC, Lee HHC, Sheng B, Chan KY, Yau EKC, Mak CM, Chan AYW, Chan AYY, Lau CKY, Mok VCT, Lam CW. Movement disorders associated with thiamine pyrophosphokinase deficiency: Intrafamilial variability in the phenotype. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2020 Dec;199:106258.
    Au LWC, Chan AYY, Mok VCT. Teaching NeuroImages: X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy: Spinocerebellar variant. Neurology. 2019 Aug 13;93(7):e731-e732.
    Lisa Wing Chi Au, Adrian Wong, Jill Abrigo, Yuet Ping Yuen, Eric Yim Lung Leung, Vincent Chung Tong Mok. Early-onset dementia in Chinese: Demographic and etiologic characteristics. Neurology Asia 2019;24(2):139-146.
    Au L, Leung H, Kwan P, Zhu XL, Chan DT, Wong HT, Poon WS, Tang VY, Ng SK, Siu D, Cheung TC, Choi PT, Wong KS. Intracranial electroencephalogram to evaluate refractory temporal and frontal lobe epilepsy. Hong Kong Med J. 2011 Dec;17(6):453-9.
    Wong A, Black SE, Yiu SYP, Au LWC, Lau AYL, Soo YOY, Chan AYY, Leung TWH, Wong LKS, Kwok TCY, Cheung TCK, Leung KT, Lam BYK, Kwan JSK, Mok VCT. Converting MMSE to MoCA and MoCA 5-minute protocol in an educationally heterogeneous sample with stroke or transient ischemic attack. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2018 May;33(5):729-734.
    Lam B, Wong A, Wang ZL, Liu WY, Au L, Chan A, Lau A, Shi L, Fan F, Ma SH, Ip V, Soo Y, Leung T, Leng XY, Chen XY, Chu W, Mok V. A 5-Year Longitudinal Study of Cognitive Decline After Stroke/Transient Ischemic Attack (CU-STRIDE). Cerebrovasc Dis. 2017;44(S1):4.
    Mok VCT, Lam BYK, Wang Z, Liu W, Au L, Leung EYL, Chen S, Yang J, Chu WCW, Lau AYL, Chan AYY, Shi L, Fan F, Ma SH, Ip V, Soo YOY, Leung TWH, Kwok TCY, Ho CL, Wong LKS, Wong A. Delayed-onset dementia after stroke or transient ischemic attack. Alzheimers Dement. 2016;12(11):1167-76.
    Leung TW, Wang L, Soo YO, Ip VH, Chan AY, Au LW, Fan FS, Lau AY, Leung H, Abrigo J, Wong A, Mok VC, Ng PW, Tsoi TH, Li SH, Man CB, Fong WC, Wong KS, Yu SC. Evolution of intracranial atherosclerotic disease under modern medical therapy. Ann Neurol. 2015;77(3):478-86.
    Wong A, Nyenhuis D, Black SE, Law LS, Lo ES, Kwan PW, Au L, Chan AY, Wong LK, Nasreddine Z, Mok V. Montreal Cognitive Assessment 5-minute protocol is a brief, valid, reliable, and feasible cognitive screen for telephone administration. Stroke. 2015;46(4):1059-64.