Cheung, Yee Tak Derek

 

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Professor Cheung, Yee Tak Derek 張懿德

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Professor Cheung, Yee Tak Derek 張懿德

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Assistant Professor

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Dr Derek Cheung is currently an Assistant Professor at the School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong (HKU). He received his Bachelor of Social Sciences (Major in Statistics) and M.Phil. from HKU; and Ph.D. from the Melbourne School of Population Health in the University of Melbourne. 

 

Before joining the School of Nursing, he has received post-doctoral training in the School of Public Health of HKU, where he studied the effectiveness of various smoking cessation interventions including medication, counseling, brief advice, financial incentives and social media. He is experienced in designing and conducting randomized controlled trials in various community and clinical settings. He is currently the key investigator of several tobacco-related projects including opinion survey on tobacco control policy, use of smartphone Apps and exercise for smoking cessation, health promotion at smoking hotspots, and physician-delivered smoking cessation advice in the Guangdong province of China.

 

His research interests also include suicidal epidemiology and spatial analysis. His PhD thesis looked into the spatial-temporal clustering of suicides in Australia, suicide hotspots and the associated factors. He is now studying youth risk behaviors including non-suicidal self-harm, suicidal behaviour and substance use with in-school survey data. He has published more than 31 articles in peer-reviewed journals including The Journal of Pediatrics, Journal of Medical Internet Research, Social Science and Medicine, and Addictive Behavior.

Professional Qualifications
YearAwarding InstitutionQualification
2013The University of MelbournePhD
2008The University of Hong KongMPhil
2005The University of Hong KongBSocSci
Honours, Awards & Prizes
AwardeesAward DateHonours / Awards / PrizesCategory
Lam, OBC
2015-12-01Best Poster Award, Incentive-Based Smoking Cessation via Quit to Win Contest (2009) in Hong Kong: The 6th Hong Kong International Nursing Forum, 10-11 December
Others
Zhang, G
ZHANG, Minjin
Chan, MMK
2022-12-02People's Choice E-poster Awardby the 12th Hong Kong International Nursing Forum cum 1st Asia-Pacific Qualitative Health Research Network Conference, HKU School of Nursing
Teaching Accomplishment
2023-04-28Faculty Knowledge Exchange Award 2022
Research Achievement
2021-11-01Best Poster Award: Food and Health Bureau
Research Achievement
2019-06-01Excellent Health Promotion Project Award: Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF), Food and Health Bureau
Research Achievement
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