In Oct., 2014, Hong Kong Baptist University received a generous donation of HK$5 million from Mr. and Mrs. Ko Chi Ming in support of the establishment of a research centre for Parkinson's disease. In recognition of the donors' generosity, the research centre located at 807 Room in the Jockey Club School of Chinese Medicine Building was named the "Mr. and Mrs. Ko Chi Ming Centre for Parkinson's Disease Research (CPDR) ".

By integrating clinical, basic and translational research, our mission is aim to advance our investigation and analysis on pathogenic factors of neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson's Diseases (PD) and to discovery of novel agents from Chinese medicine for the prevention and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.