Shirley Ngai

Dr. Shirley Ngai is an Associate Professor of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Her basic training is in Physiotherapy with later focus on Cardiopulmonary Physiotherapy. Her teaching specialty is the area of Cardiopulmonary Physiotherapy, Exercise Science, Research Methods & Statistics. Her research interests include management of airway obstructive disease, cardiopulmonary physiotherapy, exercise physiology and medical simulation. Shirley has led several teaching and learning projects to develop teaching innovation such as Mobile Apps, online resources, Flipped Classroom, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) to address students’ learning needs and to enhance their learning experience. She was the recipient of 2013/14 RS Outstanding teaching award, 2013/14 Faculty award for outstanding performance in teaching (FHSS), 2016 UGC Teaching Award (Early Career Faculty Member) and Second Prize of 2018 National Teaching Achievement Award (Higher Education).