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Joseph Lau
Psychiatry
Wenzhou Medical University
Zhejiang
Language: English, Chinese
Behavioral Health
Mental Health
Public Health
Adolescent Health
Student Health
Mental Disorders
Depression
Addiction
Intervention
Prevention
Areas of Focus
- Behavioral and Mental Health
- Public Health
- Adolescent and Student Mental Health
- Mental Health of Patients with Mental Disorders
Work Experience
- Lifetime Professor: Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Doctoral Supervisor: Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Founding Director: Health Behavior Research Center, Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Vice Dean: School of Public Health, Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Visiting Professor: Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Overseas Reviewer and Consultant: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements
- Master's and Doctorate: University of California, Berkeley
- Guangbiao Chair Professor: Zhejiang University
- Leader: School of Psychiatry, Wenzhou Medical University
- Founding Director: Public Mental Health Center, Wenzhou Medical University
- Chief Scientist: Public Mental Health, Wenzhou Medical University Affiliated Kangning Hospital
Publications
- The Intention to Get COVID-19 Booster Vaccination and Its Association with Cognitive and Emotional Factors: a Survey of Chinese COVID-19 Infected People in Hong Kong, Yu, Y., Zhang, X., Lau, M. M. C., Lau, J. T. F., 2023
- The Independent Impacts of Perceived Immediate and Future Benefits of Internet Gaming on Internet Gaming Disorder among Adolescent Internet gamers in China: Mediation via Internet Gaming Time, Yu, Y., Fong, V.W.I., Li, J., Zhang, J., Lau, J. T. F., 2023
- Illness representation of COVID-19 affected responses to the Living with the Virus Policy: A cross-sectional study conducted in a Chinese general population, Yu, Y., Ling, R.H.Y., Ng, J.H.Y., Lau, M. M. C., Ip, T.K.M., Lau, J. T. F., 2023
- Prevalence and factors of COVID-19 vaccine refusal among solid cancer patients in China: an application of the health belief model, Xie, Z., Lau, J. T. F., Liang, Y., Ouyang, Q., Chen, J., Lin, S., Yao, K., Hu, X., Lin, H., Yu, Y., Zeng, De., 2023
- Levels and determinants of COVID-19 vaccination at a later phase among Chinese older people aged 60 years or older: a population-based survey, Yu, Y., Yen, S.H.Y., Jiang, L.C., Ming, W.K., Lau, M. M. C., Lau, J. T. F., 2023
Awards
- 2023: Best Scientist Award
- 2022: Ranked first in public health in China by Stanford University
- Outstanding Scientist Award and International Collaboration Award: International Society of Behavioral Medicine
- Best Health Promotion Award: Hong Kong Government
