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Professor Lam, Wendy Wing Tak 藍詠德

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Associate Professor

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Professor Lam, Wendy Wing Tak 藍詠德

Title:
Associate Professor

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Also Cited As:
Lam, Wing Tak
Lam, Wing-tak, Wendy
Lam, WT

Biography

Dr. Wendy Lam joined School of Public Health in September, 2007. She completed her Ph.D. specialized in Psycho-oncology in 2002. She’s the foundation recipient of The Hong Kong Cancer Fund Scholarship in Psycho-oncology for 2001-2002. She is also the recipient of Hiroomi Kawano New Investigator Award, International Psycho-oncology Society (IPOS), for 2007. The award, in memory of Dr. Hiroomi Kawano, the founder of the Japanese Psycho-Oncology Society and the Japanese Society for Death and Dying, is presented to a new investigator for outstanding research contributions in psycho-oncology within five-years of completing a PhD.

Her research interests areas are two-fold: psycho-oncology and research methodology. She promotes mixed-methods approaches to increase the overall validity of studies. She has broad experience in quantitative and various qualitative research methods. She has been exploring novel applications of various quantitative methods derived from Structural Equation Modeling for analyzing longitudinal data. She has become very experienced in applying Linear Mixed Modeling, Latent Growth Modeling and Growth Mixture Modeling to address new questions and refine existing hypotheses enabling our group to overturn some previously established theoretical positions and build more robust evidence and theory. Her second research interest is in psycho-oncology, particularly focusing on psychosocial adaptation patterns and service optimization in women with breast cancer. Currently, she is exploring how personal factors (such as personality and information processing) and consultation factors influence psychosocial adaption to cancer (and hence related health care demand). She has made significant novel contributions to the literature resulting from applying my methodological interests to questions in psycho-oncology.

She has produced 130 outputs, comprising 62 publications, including one book chapter and 56 international peer-reviewed co-authored articles, most in high impact international journals, including Cancer, Psycho-oncology, Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, and Journal of Clinical Oncology. She has received 24 research grants, 14 as principal investigator. She has also implemented an international collaboration with psycho-oncology teams in Australia, Germany, Japan, Mainland China and Taiwan to extend the study of supportive care needs of Chinese cancer patients. She was a Foundation Member of the East Asian Psycho-Oncology Network in 2008. She is an appointed member of the Grant Review Boards for the Research Fund for Health and Medical Research Fund, the Hong Kong SAR Government. She reviews manuscripts for various international peer-review journals including Psycho-oncology, Cancer, Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, and Social Science Medicine and she is an Academic Editor by invitation for PLoS One.

 
Honours, Awards & Prizes
AwardeesAward DateHonours / Awards / PrizesCategory
2007-09-16Hiroomi Kawano New Investigator Award, International Psycho-oncology Society: Hiroomi Kawano New Investigator Award, International Psycho-oncology Society
Research Achievement
2011-10-20P2-82: Targeted screening for distress: Identifying who is at risk (poster presentation): "Honorable Mention" for the IPOS 13th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology
Research Achievement
Au, GKH
Cheung, TK
Li, VWK
Yung, ST
2009-11-01Young Investigator Award In Psychosocial Oncology : Higher Education And Younger Age Are Associated With Better Understanding Of Clinical Trials Among Hong Kong Cancer Patients: 16th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress & 6th Annual Meeting Centre For Cancer Research
Research Achievement
2023-09-29International Society of Nurses Cancer Care 2023 Distinguished Merit Award
Research Achievement
2016-06-01Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health: Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom
Research Achievement
2017-06-01Excellent Research Awards: A longitudinal study of psychosocial needs, physical symptom distress, and psychological distress of Chinese patients with colorectal cancer: Health Research Symposium 2017
Research Achievement
Professional Societies
Term PeriodPositionProfessional Societies
2009 - 2015MemberInternational Psycho-oncology Society
2012 - presentMember, Research committeeInternational Psycho-oncology Soceity
2021-2022Vice PresdientInternational Psycho-oncology Society
2023-2025PresidentInternational Psycho-oncology Society
2014 - 2019Board of DirectorInternational Psycho-oncology Society
2014 - 2019Chair, Liaison CommitteeInternational Psycho-oncology Society
2012 - presentMember, Early Career Professional committeeInternational Psycho-oncology Soceity
2019-2021Treasurer, IPOS Executive BoardInternational Psycho-oncology Society
2018-2020DirectorJockey Club Institute of Cancer Care
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