Prof. David MAN DoMHRC & Professor
PDOT, MSc, PhD (HKU)

Location QT509
Phone +852 2766 6711
mail david.man@polyu.edu.hk

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Biography Prof. Man obtained his occupational therapy qualification in Hong Kong, a Master of Sciences in Rehabilitation Studies at Southampton University, UK, and a PhD from The University of Hong Kong. He received neurorehabilitation and cognitive therapy training in the USA and the UK. Prof. Man's specialties are in memory research and innovative cognitive rehabilitation for ultimate community reintegration. Use of tele-rehabilitation, virtual reality systems and computer-assisted platforms for persons with acquired brain injury, mild cognitive impairment and schizophrenia are recent research foci. He has been the grant holder of many competitive grants including the General Research Grant (Research Grant Council), the Health Services Research Grant, Health Care and Promotion Fund and the IGARD grant (Product Development). Prof. Man has published widely in journals in SCI and SCCI,and in the areas of neurorehabilitation, geriatrics, rehabilitation psychology, occupational therapy and quality of life. He also developed two patented projects, an expert system in memory rehabilitation, Empowerment Questionnaires (EQ) in persons with brain injury and family caretakers, an online Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test, a Chinese version of the Cambridge Prospective Memory Test and three licensing virtual-reality based softwares. He is now the coordinator of the Neuroscience and Neurological Rehabilitation research group in the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences.



Education and Academic Qualifications Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Hong Kong
Master of Science, University of Southampton
Professional Diploma in Occupational Therapy, Hong Kong Polytechnic




Research Interests
Cognitive rehabilitation and virtual reality
Neuroscience of memory and decision making
Prospective memory study
Errorless learning-based study for dementia



Research Output

Publications
Hogan, C., Cornwell, P., Fleming, J., Man, D. W.K., Shum, D.H.K. (2020, in press). Self-reported Prospective Memory After Stroke. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation.
Man, D.W.K., Tsang, W.S.F., Lu, E., Tsang, H.W.H. (2019). Bibliometric study of research productivity in occupational therapy and physical therapy/physiotherapy in four Western countries and five Asian countries/regions. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal. https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1630.12608
Man, D. W.K (2018). Virtual reality-based cognitive training in drug abusers: a randomized controlled trial. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 30(8), 1-18. DOI: 10.1080/09602011.2018.1468271
Zhou FC, Wang CY, Ungvari GS, Ng CH, Zhou Y, Zhang L., Zhong, J., Shum, D.H.K., Man, D., Liu D.T., Xiang, Y.T. (2017). Longitudinal changes in prospective memory and their clinical correlates at 1-year follow-up in first-episode schizophrenia. PLOS ONE 12(2): e0172114. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172114
Au, R., Xiang, Y.T., Gabor, U., Lee, E., Shum, D., Man, D., Tang, W.K. (2016). Prospective memory performance in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and healthy controls. Perspective in Psychiatric Care. DOI: 10.1111/ppc.12172.