Robert was an advisor to the Wellcome Trust funded project, Contagious Cities, which supported art events in New York, Hong Kong and Geneva. In Hong Kong, it sponsored the exhibition Far Away, Too Close at Tai Kwun Contemporary, a collaborative show that explored the emotional and psychological aspects of contagion. As part of the show, he participated in Art After Hours, a public conversation with curator Tina Pang and renowned medical researcher Professor Joseph Sung.