Caregiver-centred research
Current doctoral work focuses on psychological support for dementia caregivers, complemented by research on stigma, care needs and quality of life in older adults.
DEMENTIA CARE & CAREGIVER WELLBEING
Hector Hao
Chong He
QUALIFICATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
- Nurse Practice Qualification, Mainland China
- Health Manager, Level 3
- China Computer Federation (CCF), Member
- Committee Member, Guangdong Home Nursing Association
Former PolyU Research Assistant with Prof. Patrick Pui Kin Kor. Fluent Cantonese. Now researching psychological interventions for dementia caregivers at Macao Polytechnic University.
Guangdong Pharmaceutical UniversityNursing · Bachelor's & master's degrees
Guangdong Jiangmen Chinese Medicine CollegeAssistant Teacher
PolyUFormer Research Assistant
Macao Polytechnic UniversityPhD Student · AI for Smart Health & Elderly Care
01 / PROFILE
Research profile
I bring nursing training, previous research-assistant experience at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and current doctoral research in dementia caregiver support at Macao Polytechnic University.
My research connects older adults' psychosocial care needs, evidence synthesis and practical AI development. I am interested in dementia-focused nursing research where caregiver wellbeing, reliable evidence and real-world study delivery come first.
Seeking research assistant roles and doctoral research opportunities in dementia care and digital health.
Caregiver interviews & data collection
At PolyU, I conducted caregiver interviews, worked with questionnaires and analysed data in dementia-related research. Fluent Cantonese supports communication with local caregivers.
Clinical & residential-care connections
Ongoing relationships with hospital teams and residential care homes, alongside academic and doctoral collaborators.
02 / RESEARCH FOCUS
Dementia caregivers & digital interventions
ONGOING DOCTORAL RESEARCH · MACAO POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY
Digital Twins and Self-Evolving AI Agents for Psychological Interventions for Dementia Caregivers
My doctoral topic explores how caregiver digital twins and adaptive AI agents could support personalised psychological interventions. The focus is dementia caregiving, with causal inference as part of my broader research direction in geriatric health.
- Population
- Caregivers of people living with dementia
- Approach
- Digital twins, AI agents & psychological interventions
- Research interest
- Personalisation, caregiver wellbeing & intervention evaluation
Research foundations
Psychosocial needs
First-author research on stigma, care needs and quality of life in older adults provides a foundation for studying caregiver experiences.
Evidence synthesis
Work on generative AI for dementia caregiver psychological support and AI agents in Alzheimer's disease.
Practical AI development
Knowledge graphs, retrieval-augmented generation and nursing AI tools provide transferable engineering experience for digital intervention research.
03 / EXPERIENCE & COLLABORATION
Education & experience
Current
Macao Polytechnic University
Doctoral Student · AI for Smart Health & Elderly Care
Computing degree pathway. Dementia caregiver digital twins and psychological intervention agents; geriatric health and causal inference.
Aug 2025
Jun 2026
Jun 2026
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Research Assistant · Prof. Patrick Pui Kin Kor
Conducted caregiver interviews, worked with questionnaires and performed data analysis in dementia-related research.
Co-authored a GenAI-assisted nursing simulation study in Nurse Education Today, comparing AI-assisted and facilitator-led debriefing.
Jun 2024
Jun 2025
Jun 2025
Guangdong Jiangmen Chinese Medicine College
Assistant Teacher
Taught human anatomy, gerontological nursing, and physical and psychological health in older adults.
Sep 2017
Jun 2024
Jun 2024
Guangdong Pharmaceutical University
Undergraduate & master's studies in Nursing
Master's research: development and evaluation of a clinical care pathway for older adults with urinary incontinence.
Clinical placements: the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Jiangmen Central Hospital, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital and the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Pharmaceutical University.
04 / RESEARCH OUTPUTS
Publications & research manuscripts
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05 / METHODS & SYSTEMS
Research methods & AI practice
Quantitative & qualitative research
Machine learning, latent profile analysis, network analysis, mixed-methods research, systematic reviews and meta-analysis. Doctoral research interests include causal inference.
AI & research engineering
LLM deployment, RAG development, knowledge graphs and agent workflows.
Implemented nursing AI systems
Nursing knowledge graph & LLM
21 chapters, 13,712 entities and 15,427 relationships. A knowledge foundation for retrieval-augmented nursing question answering.
Live knowledge graphAI question generation & exam practice
Question generation from prompts or study materials, with configurable question types and difficulty, plus mobile exam practice.
Nursing AI question answering
Mobile nursing Q&A, with response comparisons against textbook material and different language models.
06 / CONTACT
Let's connect
Dementia care, caregiver wellbeing
and nursing research opportunities.