Biography
Dr. Chan is a lecturer at the University of New South Wales and a conjoint research fellow at Neuroscience Research Australia. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree from UNSW, a Master's in Epidemiology and Biostatistics with Salutatorian honours from CUHK, and a Bachelor's degree in Physiotherapy with honours from PolyU. In addition to his academic work, Lloyd has extensive experience as a physiotherapist, providing care to people with...view more
Dr. Chan is a lecturer at the University of New South Wales and a conjoint research fellow at Neuroscience Research Australia. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree from UNSW, a Master's in Epidemiology and Biostatistics with Salutatorian honours from CUHK, and a Bachelor's degree in Physiotherapy with honours from PolyU. In addition to his academic work, Lloyd has extensive experience as a physiotherapist, providing care to people with Parkinson's disease and stroke survivors in acute hospitals, rehabilitation centres, and outreach settings.
His studies revolve around two themes: quantifying daily-life walking speed/quality and predicting disease using smartwatches. The resultant innovations have been adopted by fellow researchers and translated into actual clinical practices. Currently, he is working on sensor-based gait abnormality detection in various clinical populations, including people with Parkinson's disease and those with proximal femoral fractures.
My Grants
| Year | Position | Grant title and description |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Lead investigator |
2024 Ageing Futures Institute Seed Grant This research grant supported the project “Beyond Step Counts: Using Wrist-Mount Motion Sensors to Accurately Evaluate Mobility Performance in Clinical Populations Relying on Walking Aids” |
| 2022 | Co-grantee |
Good Seed Fund Appointed by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the Hong Kong government to assess elderly fall risk with smartwatches technologies. Key technology based on PhD project. |
| 2022 | Grantee |
Impact Incubator Fund Appointed by the Hong Kong Council of Social Services and the Hong Kong government to provide screening and referral services for elderly home residents under the Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund. |
| 2022 | Grantee |
The HK Science & Technology Park Ideation Programme This programme funded the knowledge transfer of smartwatch technologies for gait quantification. |
My Qualifications
| PhD |
Population Health & Biomedical Engineering University of New South Wales & Neuroscience Research Australia |
| MSc |
Epidemiology and Biostatistics The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| BSc (Hons) |
Physiotherapy The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
My Awards
| 2023 | NeuRA Publication Excellence Award 2023 |
| 2023 | WILEY Top Cited Article Award, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R), 2021-2022 |
| 2022 | The Michael & Elizabeth Gilbert Postgraduate Award |
| 2020 | The Helen & Emanuel Poteris Award for Dementia Research |
| 2020 | Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship (RTP) |
| 2018 | Best GPA and Class Salutatorian Award, Master of Science in Epidemiology and Biostatistics Programme |
| 2018 | Gold award, Outstanding Poster Presenter, the 11th Pan-Pacific Conference on Rehabilitation, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| 2016 | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Tigers Sports Physiotherapy Scholarship |
Publications
ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8538-950X