A project that looks at the use of language by healthcare professionals during genetic counselling sessions with patients, on such things as Down's Syndrome, G6PD and Sudden Arrhythmia Syndrome, was one of the winners of the 2013 Faculty KE awards. Dr Olga Zayts (left) of the School of English is leading the project together with Dr Brian Chung, Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine. They are conducting research and training with linguists from HK, the UK and the US and healthcare professionals from Hong Kong. Dr Zayts said: "We are trying to make medical professionals aware that the language they use can make a difference in helping patients to make an informed choice."

Children aged below six fall outside the government's school-based dental programme, a situation that Dr Yang Yanqi and her students and colleagues in the Faculty of Dentistry are trying to address. Their Faculty KE Award-winning project teaches the importance of childhood oral healthcare and how to look after children's teeth to pregnant women, new parents of infants, and the caregivers and teachers of kindergarten children "We want to teach prevention so children can avoid problems in later life that may be painful or expensive to treat," Dr Yang said.