Major research topics:

• Literacy acquisition, assessment, and instruction
• Developmental dyslexia and learning disabilities
• Genetics of language and literacy development and disabilities
• Mathematics learning and difficulties
• Psycholinguistics 

Recent research projects:

• Reading Development in Chinese and in English:Genetic and Neuroscience Correlates
• Genetic and environmental influences on Chinese language and literacy development
• READ & WRITE: A Jockey Club Learning Support Network
• The connections between specific language impairment and reading disabilities in Cantonese-Chinese children
• A longitudinal examination of late-emerging reading difficulties in Hong Kong Children