Dr FUNG Mo Chi Ita

Prof. FUNG Mo Chi Ita

Professor of Practice | Associate Dean (Planning and Development)

S.K. Yee School of Health Sciences

Key Research Areas

• Community and primary healthcare models
• Pharmaceutical care in elderly and long‑term care settings
• Interprofessional collaboration between pharmacists and nurses
• Health services governance and comparative health systems (Hong Kong vs. Mainland China)
• Workforce education and training in health sciences

Core Areas of Expertise

 Recent Publications

• Universal Health Coverage through Community Nursing Services: China vs. Hong Kong

• Health services: governing body vs care receiver – a comparison between China and Hong Kong

  
Awards & Patents

Conference Presentations

• 冯慕至. 实践夕养 - 照顾社区老人的挑战与临床药师的机遇.海峡两岸医院药学大会.); 长沙, 中国. 2025年4月9-12日.
• Fung, IM. Exploration of Better Primary Care Service in Hong Kong – A Proposal [Oral Presentation]. Healthcare Research: From the Laboratory to the Community. Hong Kong, China. 11 Dec 2025.
• 冯慕至. 圆桌讨论：产教研医（药）协同发展之道. 第三届沪港澳台医院药学管理论坛; 深圳, 中国. 2025年11月15日.
• Chan, C.W.Y., Fung, I., Lai, T.T.K., & Chee, N.H. Development and Validation of the Spiritual Needs and Nurse Spiritual Therapeutics Tool for Patients with Cancer at Different Stages [Poster Presentation]. 9^th European Conference on Religion, Spirituality and Health, Salzburg, Austria. 16-18 May 2024.
• Keynote speech: "Challenges and opportunities of interdisciplinary collaboration to promote community health in the post-COVID-19 Era", "Embrace Healthy Hong Kong", Celebrating the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (IDERD) 2023, 19 Mar 2023.
• Press Release: "忽視失眠眼光光等天光"研究報告分享會, 17 Dec 2022.
• 2022 天主教生命倫理講座:面對臨終的抉擇 "預設醫療指示問卷調查報告 Catholic Laities' Attitude towards Principles concerning End-of-Life Care Decision in Hong Kong", 17 Sep 2022.
• Li, C.C., Fung, I.M.C., and Chan L.S.E. (September 2020, Poster presentation) Health Seeking Behaviors among Community-dwelling People in Hong Kong: Implications for Community Health Services. In 2020 Taiwan International Nursing Conference Endorsed by ICN, Taipei, Taiwan.
• Lui D, Fung IM, Yip CSC (November 2018; Oral presentation). Catholic Laities' Attitude towards Principles concerning End-of-Life Care Decision in Hong Kong. In The 13^th World Conference on Bioethics, Medical Ethics and Health Law, Israel.
• Lee YY, Fung IM. (October, 2017; Poster presentation) Current Review of the Influence of Chinese Tradition and Catholic Church Teaching on Advance Directives. In The 18^th Asian Bioethics Conference (18th ABC), Seoul, Korea.
• Lui D, Chan E, Fung IM, Lee YY. (2017, December; Oral presentation) Views on Advance Directives of Laity in Catholic Churches. In the 5^th Bioethics Conference of Bioethics Resource Centre (HSSC), Hong Kong, China.
• Fung IM. (2015, August). The Impact of the Collaboration between Pharmacist and Out-reach Nurses on the Community-dwelling Older People in Hong Kong. In the 6^th International Conference on Community Health Nursing Research, Seoul, South Korea.
• Fung IM. (2015, May). "Collaboration Between Pharmacist and Nurses to Care for the Elderly". In the Scientific Meeting cum AGM, Hong Kong of the Hong Kong College of Gertonology Nursing, Hong Kong, China

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Research Grants and Funded Projects

• Principal Investigator, Exploration for Better Primary Care Service in Hong Kong, Nov 2025 – Oct 2028, HK$1,973,500
• Co-Investigator, Development and Validation of the Spiritual Needs and Nurse Spiritual Therapeutics Tool for Patients with Cancer at Different Stages, Nov 2021 – May 2024, HK$98,500
• Co-Investigator, Newly graduated nurses' perception of using clinical simulation training to aid for role transition to a professional nurse: A qualitative inquiry, Jul 2021 – Oct 2024, HK$50,000
• Co-Investigator, An exploratory study on the use of sedative-hypnotics by people with insomnia, Jul 2021 – Dec 2022, HK$150,000
• Director of Healthcare Research Centre, Establishment of CIHE Lions Club Diabetes Service Station, Jan 2021 – Sep 2022, HK$1,390,000
• Director of Healthcare Research Centre, Wofoo Integrated Community Health Programme, Apr 2019 – ongoing, HK$3,446,965
• Conference Chairperson, Community Health Conference 2018: A Commitment to a Health Community, Aug 30, 2018
• Co-Investigator, An exploratory study of the views on advance directives of laity in Catholic churches (3-phase study), Jun 2017 – Sep 2022, HK$112,640
• Project Team Member / Director of Healthcare Research Centre, Establishment of Healthcare Research Centre, Jan 2016 - Mar 2020, HK$7,999,040

Invited Talks