• PSYC3740- Evidence-based Mental Health Practice
• PSYC3730- Professional Issues and Development in Mental Health Practice

• PSYC3740- Evidence-based Mental Health Practice

• PSYC3740- Evidence-based Mental Health Practice

External

Principal Investigator

General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council: “Associations between Actigraphy-Derived Sleep-Wake Patterns and Illness Trajectories and Treatment Response in Major Depressive Disorder” (Project no.: 14611823) 01/01/2024 – 30/06/2026, HK$ 1,082,285.

General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council: “Effects of Multicomponent Lifestyle Intervention for Depression Supported with Digital Health Technologies to Promote Adherence: A Randomized Controlled Trial and a Process Evaluation” (Project no.: 14601021) 01/01/2022 – 30/06/2024, HK$ 850,504.

Innovation and Technology Fund for Better Living (FBL), Innovation and Technology Bureau, Hong Kong: “The Development and Implementation of Digital Mental Health Services for the Community in Hong Kong” 01/11/2020 – 31/10/2023, HK$ 4,498,010.

Early Career Scheme (ECS), Research Grants Council: “A Transdiagnostic Sleep and Circadian Treatment for Major Depressive Disorder: A Randomised Controlled Trial” (Project no.: 24604518) 01/01/2019 – 30/06/2021, HK$ 541,090.

Co-Investigator

Faculty Development Scheme (FDS), University Grant Committee: “A Proactive Patient-centered Interactive Smartphone-based Self-management Support Program to Enhance Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial with Mixed-method Evaluation” (Project no.: UGC/FDS16/M25/24) 01/04/2025 – 30/09/2027, HK$ 993,439. 

General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council: “Prosociality as a Natural Sleeping Pill? Examining the Reciprocal Relationship between Acting Kindly and Sleeping Well” (Project no.: 15601324) 01/01/2025 – 31/10/2027, HK$ 976,776. 

Departmental General Research Grant, Hong Kong Polytechnic University: “A Pilot Study for a Dynamic Approach to Promote Mental Health: Developing and Testing an App-based Ecological Momentary Intervention in a Randomized Controlled Trial” (Project no.: N/A)15/07/2024 – 14/72025, HK$ 300,000. 

Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF): “Self-administered Acupressure for Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial” (Project no.: 19200171) 27/11/2022 – 26/05/2025, HK$ 1,263,440. 

Introduction of Chinese Medicine Applied Studies and Research Funding Scheme (B2), Chinese Medicine Development Fund (CMDF): “中醫情志養生治療抑鬱症- 課程建構及初步試驗” (Project no.: 21B2/004A_R1) 1/4/2022 – 31/3/2024, HK$ 992,576. 

Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF): “Online Integrated Mindfulness-meaning Programme for Depression and Anxiety during COVID-19: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial” (Project no.: 18190881) 29/11/2021 – 28/11/2022, HK$ 95,000.

Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF): “A Stepped Care, eHealth Sleep Intervention for High-School Teachers with Sleep Disturbances and Psychological Distress” (Project no.: 18191811) 01/09/2021 – 31/10/2023, HK$ 1,197,089.

General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council: “A brief mobile SMART Exercise Support Program to improve fatigue in patients with advanced lung cancer - A pragmatic randomized controlled trial with outcome and process evaluation” (Project no.: 17111721) 01/01/2021 – 30/09/2023, HK$ 1,056,910.

General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council: “Zero-time Exercise - Integrating Exercise into Daily Life Activity at No Extra Time and Cost to Improve Sleep in Physically Inactive Adults with Insomnia Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial with Mixed-method Process Evaluation” (Project no.: 15100419) 01/01/2020 – 31/12/2021, HK$ 817,372.

Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF): “Self-administered Acupressure for Knee Osteoarthritis in Middle- and Older Aged Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial” (Project no.: 16172441) 01/09/2019 – 28/02/2022, HK$ 1,194,640.

Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF): “Self-administered Acupressure for Insomnia Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial” (Project no.: 15161181) 01/08/2018 – 31/07/2020, HK$ 836,360. 

Internal

Direct Grant for Research, The Chinese University of Hong Kong: “Stepped Care Treatment for Common Mental Disorder among Foreign Domestic Helpers: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial” 01/06/2023 – 31/05/2025, HK$ 100,000.

Direct Grant for Research, The Chinese University of Hong Kong: “Understanding Circadian Rest-Activity Rhythm Phenotyping in Depressive Symptomatology Using Cluster Analysis” 30/06/2022 – 29/06/2024, HK$ 99,933.

Direct Grant for Research, The Chinese University of Hong Kong: “Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes and Mental Health: A Randomised Controlled Trial of Lifestyle Medicine for the Treatment of Depressive Symptoms” 22/05/2020 – 21/05/2022, HK$ 90,446.

Principal Investigator

Knowledge Transfer Project Fund (KPF), The Chinese University of Hong Kong: “Harnessing Just-in-Time Adaptive Forest Bathing Interventions for Enhancing Mental Health and Well-being” (Project no.: KPF25GWP50) 01/04/2025 – 31/03/2027, HK$ 400,000.00. 

Strategic Impact Enhancement Fund (SIEF) (2^nd Round), The Chinese University of Hong Kong: “Lifestyle is Medicine: Improving mental health and cognitive disorders through multicomponent lifestyle medicine interventions” (Project no.: 3135528) 08/05/2024 – 15/12/2025, HK$ 499,932.

Strengthening Impact Cases for RAE (2^nd Round), The Chinese University of Hong Kong: “Lifestyle is Medicine: Mental Health Reimagined” (Project no.: 3134381) 02/11/2023 – 31/12/2025, HK$ 200,000.

Strategic Impact Enhancement Fund (SIEF) (1^st Round), The Chinese University of Hong Kong: “Lifestyle is Medicine: Improving mental health and cognitive disorders through multicomponent lifestyle medicine interventions” (Project no.: 3135505) 01/07/2023 – 30/09/2025, HK$ 500,000.

Strengthening Impact Cases for RAE (1^st Round), The Chinese University of Hong Kong: “Lifestyle is Medicine: Mental Health Reimagined” (Project no.: 3134358) 01/05/2023 – 31/12/2025, HK$ 200,000.

The Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund (SIE Fund): “心理健康普及計劃 – 個人心靈之旅” 01/04/2022 – 31/03/2024, HK$ 496,960.

Knowledge Transfer Project Fund (KPF), The Chinese University of Hong Kong: “Sleep Innovation and Technology: Improving Community Access to Evidence-based, Real-time, Adaptive Intervention using Commercial Smartwatches to Improve Sleep Quality” (Project no.: KPF21GWP21) 01/04/2021 – 31/05/2023, HK$ 399,727.50.

Sustainable Knowledge Transfer Project Fund (S-KPF), The Chinese University of Hong Kong: “Wellness Travellers” (a social enterprise) (Project no.: SKPF21GWF11) 01/04/2021 – 31/03/2022, HK$ 200,000.

Knowledge Transfer Project Fund (KPF), Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund: “Reaching Out to the Unreached Community: Delivering Mental Health Outside the Box through Whole-of-Community Campaigns” (Project no.: KPF20GWP05) 01/04/2020 – 31/03/2022, HK$ 399,058.

Sustainable Knowledge Transfer Project Fund (S-KPF), The Chinese University of Hong Kong: “Wellness Travellers” (a social enterprise) (Project no.: SKPF20GWF04) 01/04/2020 – 31/03/2021, HK$ 400,000.

Knowledge Transfer Project Fund (KPF), The Chinese University of Hong Kong: “Smartphone-based Culturally Adapted Lifestyle Medicine for Improving Mental Health” (Project no.: KPF19HLF33) 01/03/2019 – 28/02/2021, HK$ 399,878.

Knowledge Transfer Project Fund (KPF), The Chinese University of Hong Kong: “Improving Access to Psychological Interventions: Developing and Disseminating an E-Mental Health Portal in Hong Kong” (Project no.: KPF18HLF34) 01/03/2018 – 31/08/2020, HK$ 399,878.

Co-Investigator

Knowledge Exchange (KE), University of Hong Kong “Mental Health Reaching Out: Accessible Online Psychiatrist-based Support and Whole-of-Community Campaign” (Project no.: KE-SI-2024/25-51) 25/09/2024 – 30/06/2025, HK$ 499,288.

Principal Investigator

CU-ASK Social Innovation Grant, The Chinese University of Hong Kong: “Optimizing the stepped-care approach for common mental disorders via low-intensity lifestyle-based interventions” (Project no.: N/A) – 01/09/2023 – 31/08/2025, HK$ 200,000.

Courseware Development Grant Scheme (CDGS), The Chinese University of Hong Kong: “Working with Diversity: Mental Health of the Hearing-Impaired Community in Hong Kong” (Project no.: N/A) 04/11/2020 – 30/09/2021, HK$ 100,000. 

Co-Investigator

Fund for Innovative Technology-in-Education (FITE), University Grants Council: “Enhancing Digital Competency and Using Generative AI for Social Science” (Project no.: N/A) 01/10/2023 – 31/10/2025, HK$ 798,824.