教授

茹柏鴻教授擁有多元化的學術背景，涵蓋多個學科領域。他畢業於香港科技大學，取得化學及生物產品工程學士學位，其科研生涯始於香港理工大學，並獲得主修肌肉生理學的哲學碩士學位。其後，他於香港中文大學獲頒基因組學及生物資訊學理學碩士學位。

在完成香港大學公共衞生學院的博士培訓後，茹柏鴻教授獲得哲學博士學位。配合其跨學科教育背景，他的研究成果涵蓋多個領域，包括分子生物學、新陳代謝健康、睡眠與腦部健康。

• 探討不同運動模式對心理健康、認知健康及代謝健康的影響，特別著重於身心運動與傳統運動的比較。
• 闡明身體活動與久坐行為在健康方面的作用機制。

1. Wong, P., Wan, K., Dai, Z., Yu, A. P., Wong, S. H., & Poon, E. T.* (2025). Effect of 8-Hour Time-Restricted Eating (16/8 TRE) on Glucose Metabolism and Lipid Profile in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Nutrition Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1093/nutrit/nuaf206
2. Dai, Z., Miyashita, M., Poon, E. T., Tian, X. Y., Yu, A. P., Sit, C. H., & Wong, S. H.* (2025). Flexible time-restricted eating combined with exercise in a free-living setting for middle-aged women with overweight/obesity: a randomized controlled trial. Nature communications, 16(1), 10659. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-65678-z
3. Siu, P. M.*^#, Yu, D. J.^#, Yu, A. P.^#, Recchia, F., Li, S. X., Chan, R. N., Fong, D. Y., Chan, D. K., Hui, S. S., Chung, K. F., Woo, J., Wang, C., & Irwin, M. R. (2025). Tai chi or cognitive behavioural therapy for treating insomnia in middle aged and older adults: randomised non-inferiority trial. BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 391, e084320. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2025-084320
4. Leung, C. K., Yu, A. P., Bernal, J. D., Recchia, F., Fong, D. Y., Wong, S. H., Chan, D. K., Capio, C. M., Yu, C. C., Wong, S. W., Sit, C. H., Cheng, C. P., Chen, Y. J., Thompson, W. R., & Siu, P. M.* (2025). Dose-response effects of aerobic exercise on reducing depression in patients with chronic illness and comorbid depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis. British journal of sports medicine, bjsports-2025-110371. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2025-110371
5. Dai, Z. H., Wan, K. W., Wong, P. S., Huang, W. Y., Yu, A. P., & Wong, S. H.* (2025). Additional Effect of Exercise to Intermittent Fasting on Body Composition and Cardiometabolic Health in Adults With Overweight/obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Current obesity reports, 14(1), 54. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13679-025-00645-9
6. Recchia, F., Leung, C. K., Yu, A. P., Leung, W., Yu, D. J., Fong, D. Y., Montero, D., Lee, C. H., Wong, S. H. S., & Siu, P. M.* (2023). Dose-response effects of exercise and caloric restriction on visceral adiposity in overweight and obese adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. British journal of sports medicine, 57(16), 1035–1041. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2022-106304
7. Yu, A. P., Chin, E. C., Yu, D. J., Fong, D. Y., Cheng, C. P., Hu, X., Wei, G. X., & Siu, P. M.* (2022). Tai Chi versus conventional exercise for improving cognitive function in older adults: a pilot randomized controlled trial. Scientific reports, 12(1), 8868. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12526-5
8. Siu, P. M.*^#, Yu, A. P.^#, Chin, E. C., Yu, D. S., Hui, S. S., Woo, J., Fong, D. Y., Wei, G. X., & Irwin, M. R. (2021). Effects of Tai Chi or Conventional Exercise on Central Obesity in Middle-Aged and Older Adults : A Three-Group Randomized Controlled Trial. Annals of internal medicine, 174(8), 1050–1057. https://doi.org/10.7326/M20-7014
9. Siu, P. M.*^#, Yu, A. P.^#, Tam, B. T., Chin, E. C., Yu, D. S., Chung, K. F., Hui, S. S., Woo, J., Fong, D. Y., Lee, P. H., Wei, G. X., & Irwin, M. R. (2021). Effects of Tai Chi or Exercise on Sleep in Older Adults With Insomnia: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA network open, 4(2), e2037199. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.37199
10. Yu, A. P.^#, Tam, B. T. ^#, Lai, C. W., Yu, D. S., Woo, J., Chung, K. F., Hui, S. S., Liu, J. Y., Wei, G. X., & Siu, P. M.* (2018). Revealing the Neural Mechanisms Underlying the Beneficial Effects of Tai Chi: A Neuroimaging Perspective. The American journal of Chinese medicine, 46(2), 231–259. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0192415X18500131

• 評估方法
• 統計分析
• 計算演算法
• 運動科學與健康資訊科技

• 傳統醫學高影響力研究前五十名，《針灸與草藥醫學期刊》，由中國中醫藥協會支持，2023 年
• 香港大學院系傑出研究成果獎，2022 年
• 《Acta Physiologica》獎項決賽入圍者，斯堪的納維亞生理學會，2018 年
• 最佳口頭報告獎，第四屆運動科學、醫學與復康學生研討會，香港運動醫學與運動科學學會，2013 年

• 香港體適能總會研究與出版委員會委員
• 聖雅各福群會「香港教師身心康健支援服務」服務顧問