Members

Dr. HOU Wai Kai

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Director of Centre for Psychosocial Health

About

Room: D1 - 2/F - 19
Tel: (852) 2948 8841
Email: wkhou@eduhk.hk

Research Interests:

Everyday processes and mechanisms pertinent to adaptation and resilience; emotional processes and flexibility; social determinants of mental health; and psychological and social adaptation among people with chronic medical conditions and their caregivers.

Dr HOU Wai Kai

Director of Centre for Psychosocial Health

Associate Director of University Research Facility of Human Behavioral Neuroscience

– Associate Professor, Department of Psychology Eduhk 

 

Room: D1 – 2/F – 19
Tel: (852) 2948 8841
Email: wkhou@eduhk.hk

 

Research Interests:

Everyday processes and mechanisms pertinent to adaptation and resilience; emotional processes and flexibility; social determinants of mental health; and psychological and social adaptation among people with chronic medical conditions and their caregivers.

Dr LAW Wilbert

Co-Director of Centre for Psychosocial Health

– Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology Eduhk

– Member of Psychological Assessment and Clinical Research Unit (PACRU)

 

Room: D1 – 2/F – 28
Tel: (852) 2948 8708
Email: wlaw@eduhk.hk

 

Research Interests:

Human motivation and well-being; the promotion of compassion (toward self and other), and mindfulness.

Dr Emma E. BUCHTEL

Member of Centre for Psychosocial Health

– Associate Head (International Engagement) & Associate Professor, Department of Psychology Eduhk  

Room: D1 – 2/F – 03
Tel: (852) 2948 8756
Email: buchtel@eduhk.hk                                                                               

https://www.emmabuchtel.org/

Research Interests:

Cultural influences on prosocial motivation, morality, and virtue; Social environment, multiculturalism, and well-being.

Dr CHAN Ka Shing, Kevin

Member of Centre for Psychosocial Health

– Head and Associate Professor, Department of Psychology Eduhk

 

Room: D1 – 2/F – 05 
Tel: (852) 2948 8747
Email: kkschan@eduhk.hk

 

Research Interests:

Psychopathology of mental illness (e.g., cognitive and social cognitive impairments in schizophrenia); barriers to recovery from mental illness (e.g., stigma and discrimination); promotion of mental health (e.g., interventions for promoting well-being).

Dr Ho Chun Yip, Henry 

Member of Centre for Psychosocial Health

– Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology Eduhk

Room: D1 – 2/ F- 33
Tel: (852) 2948 8729
Email: hcyho@eduhk.hk

Research Interests:

Psychological capital; Organizational behavior; Work performance; Satisfaction and stress; Interpersonal and intergroup conflict; Positive psychology.

Dr JIANG Da

Member of Centre for Psychosocial Health

– Associate Professor, Department of Special Education and Counselling Eduhk

 

Room: D1 – 2/ F- 36
Tel: (852) 2948 8659
Email: djiang@eduhk.hk

 

Research Interests:

Emotion and emotion regulation; Well-being across the lifespan; The role of culture on lifespan development.

Dr KWAN Lok Yin, Joyce

Member of Centre for Psychosocial Health

– Associate Professor, Department of Psychology Eduhk

– Associate Director of Assessment Research Centre

 

Room: D1 – 2/ F- 25
Tel: (852) 2948 7787
Email: jlykwan@eduhk.hk

 

Research Interests:

Structural equation modeling, mediation and moderation analysis.

Dr LAU Esther Yuet Ying 

Member of Centre for Psychosocial Health

– Associate Professor, Department of Psychology Eduhk

– Member of Psychological Assessment and Clinical Research Unit (PACRU)

 

Room: D1 – 2/F – 22
Tel: (852) 2948 8253
Email: laueyy@eduhk.hk

 

Research Interests:

Interaction between sleep and daytime functioning, neuropsychology of medical and psychiatric disorders, and spirituality and mental health.

Dr LI Man Wai Liman

Member of Centre for Psychosocial Health

– Associate Professor, Department of Psychology Eduhk

– Assistant Dean (Quality Assurance and Enhancement), Faculty of Education and Human Development Eduhk

 

Room: D1 – 2/F – 35
Tel: (852) 2948 8923
Email: mwli@eduhk.hk

 

Research Interests:

Decision-making processes; Social relationships and well-being from a socio-ecological perspectives.

Ms LAU Kam Mei, Kammy

Member of Centre for Psychosocial Health

– Lecturer I, Department of Psychology Eduhk

 

Room: D1 – 1/ F- 01
Tel: (852) 2948 8433
Email: kkmlau@eduhk.hk

 

Research Interests:

The role of self-compassion; heartfulness; meditation; and mindfulness in psychological well-being.

Dr LEUNG Nga Man, Angel

Member of Centre for Psychosocial Health 

– Associate Professor, Department of Psychology Eduhk

Room: D1 – 2/F – 14
Tel: (852) 2948 8765
Email: nmleung@eduhk.hk

Research Interests:

Psychosocial well-being and development of children and adolescents.

Dr Liu Huinan, Nancy

Member of Centre for Psychosocial Health 

– Research Assistant Professor, Department of Special Education and Counselling

– Member of Psychological Assessment and Clinical Research Unit (PACRU) 

Room: D2-2/F-33
Tel: (852) 2948 6795
Email: hliu@eduhk.hk 

Research Interests:

Youth mental health, deviant behaviors, community rehabilitation.

Dr MA Ka Yin, Lawrence

Member of Centre for Psychosocial Health 

– Lecturer I, Department of Psychology Eduhk

Room: D1 – 1/F – 03
Tel: (852) 2948 7640
Email: lkyma@eduhk.hk 

Research Interests:

The assessment of prosocial or cooperative behaviors with the utilization of economic games; The role of emotions, particularly gratitude, combined with other situational factors in contributing to people’s willingness to cooperate.

Dr POON Kai Tak, Ivan

Member of Centre for Psychosocial Health          

– Associate Professor, Department of Psychology Eduhk

Room: D1 – 2/F – 04
Tel: (852) 2948 8873
Email: ktpoon@eduhk.hk

 

Research Interests:

Interpersonal relationships and processes, with an emphasis on the cognitive, emotional, behavioral impacts of ostracism and social rejection.

Dr WAN Lai Yin, Sarah

Member of Centre for Psychosocial Health 

– Senior Lecturer II, Department of Psychology Eduhk

 

Room: D1 – 2/F – 30
Tel: (852) 2948 8105
Email: sarahwan@eduhk.hk

 

Research Interests:

Cross-cultural personality assessment and educational and vocational development in adolescence.

Dr WONG Man Lok Nichol

Member of Centre for Psychosocial Health

– Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology Eduhk

 

 

Room: D1 – 2/F – 10

 

Tel: (852) 2948 7431

 

Email: nmlwong@eduhk.hk

 

Research Interests:

Affective neuroscience, Neuropsychology of loneliness; Depression; Autism.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr WONG Ting Yat

 

Member of Centre for Psychosocial Health 

– Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology Eduhk

 

Room: D1 – 2/F – 29
Tel: (852) 2948 8795
Email: wtingyat@eduhk.hk 

Research Interests:

 

Mental Health; Resilience; Exposome; Trauma; Stress; Developmental Psychopathology; Neuroimaging; MRI; Neurodevelopment; Machine Learning; Network Science; Psychosis; Schizophrenia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr WU Dandan

Member of Centre for Psychosocial Health

– Assistant Professor, Department of Early Childhood Education Eduhk

 

Room: B2-2/F-10
Tel: (852) 2948 7504
Email: ddwu@eduhk.hk

 

Research Interests:

Early development of spatial cognition and language; developmental cognitive neuroscience; formal and informal learning in Early STEM; teacher-child interactions in constructive play; early language acquisition and Early multilingualism

Dr YUM Yen Na Cherry

Member of Centre for Psychosocial Health

– Acting Head and Associate Professor, Department of Special Education and Counselling Eduhk

 

Room: D2-2/F-22
Tel: (852) 2948 8225
Email: yyum@eduhk.hk

 

Research Interests:

Bilingualism; communication support for individuals with special needs; language learning; multimodal reading; visual word processing.

Ms TANG Hau Yu Christine

Associate Member of Centre for Psychosocial Health 

– Senior Lecturer II, Department of Psychology Eduhk

– Member of Psychological Assessment and Clinical Research Unit (PACRU) 

Room: D1 – 1/F – 13
Tel: (852) 2948 7734
Email: tanghyc@eduhk.hk

 

Research Interests:

Multicultural Psychology; mental health counseling for children; adolescents and families.

Dr LI Tianyuan

External Member of Centre for Psychosocial Health

Affiliation:

– The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 

 

Research Interests:

Interpersonal relationships and life span development.

Dr YEE Ting Sum Lydia

External Member of Centre for Psychosocial Health

Affiliation: 

– University of Reading 

 

Research Interests:

Cognitive neuroscience of human memory.

Dr CHEUNG Yuen Man, Rebecca

External Member of Centre for Psychosocial Health

Affiliation:

– University of Reading

 

Research Interests:

Developmental psychopathology; Culture, family process, and child development.

Dr TSO Ricky V. Y. 

External Member of Centre for Psychosocial Health

Affiliation:

– University of Hong Kong

Research Interests:

Reading and language development; Reading difficulties (Dyslexia); Second language learning (English and Chinese); Behavioural and emotional interventions.

Dr CAPIO Catherine Mamaid

External Member of Centre for Psychosocial Health

 

Affliation:

– Hong Kong Metropolitan University 

 

Research Interests:

Intersections of physical and psychosocial health and wellbeing; movement-based strategies to promote wellbeing; implementation science approach for programme design and evaluation.