Professor LI Ho Cheung, WilliamProfessor

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Tel(852) 3943 0889
Email williamli@cuhk.edu.hk
Education &?QualificationsRN, PhD, FAAN, SFHEA, FHKAN (Education & Research)
Research InterestsPaediatric oncology
Non-communicable diseases
Health promotion for multiple health-risk behaviours

Researcher ID/ Publons IDAAN-2048-2020
ORCID0000-0002-2562-769X
Scopus ID8973660200



BiographyProfessor William Li’s research interests focus on two distinct areas. First, he has developed a strong research interest in the field of paediatric oncology. In particular, he has developed a programme of research in working with children who have cancer. His grants and international publications encompass a number of paediatric oncology studies including the impact of cancer and its treatment on children’s physical and psychological well-being, developing and evaluating psychological interventions for children with cancer and those who survived cancer.
Recently, Professor Li and his research team have conducted several studies on resilience, with the aim of understanding the relationships between resilience, psychological well-being, and quality of life in children with cancer and their parents.
The second research area involves health promotion for people with health risk behaviours, such as tobacco use, harmful alcohol use, unhealthy diet, and physical inactivity. Professor Li has also been actively involved in developing and evaluating innovative interventions to help people modify multiple health risk behaviours with the aims of reducing the risk of mortality and mortality from non-communicable diseases.
Professor Li is actively collaborating with local and international renowned scholars to conduct research, teaching, and knowledge exchange. He has published around 150 international peer-reviewed journal articles, a scholarly book and ten book chapters. These publications have been highly cited and referenced worldwide. Additionally, he has obtained research grants totalling over HK$35 million.


Awards, Honours, and Achievements


Teaching Award
Faculty Teaching Medal, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, HKU
Industry Award
Distinguished Alumni Award, The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, CUHK (2021)
Honour
Fellow, The American Academy of Nursing
Fellow, Hong Kong Academy of Nursing (Education and Research)
Senior Fellowship, The Higher Education Academy, UK

External Service


Honourary Appointment
Specialist, Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifica-tions (2017–2024)
Grand Review Board, Health and Medical Research Fund, Research Council, Food and Health Bureau, HKSAR
Editorship
Editorial Board Member, Cancer Nursing
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Health Psychology
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Clinical Nursing
Professional & Community Service
President, College of Education and Research in Nursing, Hong Kong Academy of Nursing
Vice Chairperson, Hong Kong Society for Nursing Education
Advisor, Anne Marden Playright Academy
Specialty Panel Member for the Voluntary Scheme on Advanced and Specialised Nursing Practice, The Nursing Council of Hong Kong

Selected Grants


(in the capacity of Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator)Funding BodyProject Title
Health and Medical Research Fund Effectiveness of an integrated adventure-based training and health education programme in promoting the adoption and maintenance of regular physical activity among childhood cancer survivors
Health and Medical Research Fund Using information communication technology (WhatsApp/WeChat) to deliver Brief Motivational Interviewing (i-BMI) to promote smoking cessation among smokers with chronic diseases
Health and Medical Research Fund Helping in-patients to quit smoking by understanding their risk perception, behaviour, and attitudes related to smoking
Health and Medical Research Fund Effectiveness of a brief, self-determination intervention for smoking cessation (immediate or progressive) among people attending emergency departments: A randomised controlled trial
Health and Medical Research Fund Helping cancer patients quit smoking by increasing improving their risk perception communication between smoking and their own disease: A cluster randomised controlled trial
Health and Medical Research Fund (Commissioned Study) A study for informing and evaluating tobacco control policies in Hong Kong
General Research Fund Personalised support using instant messaging applications to increase smoking cessation in smokers proactively recruited from smoking hotspots in Hong Kong: A pragmatic randomised controlled trial
Beat Drugs Fund Association MedPAC Hotline: A medical peer addiction counselling hotline service for drug-abusing youth and young adults
Tobacco and Alcohol Control Office, Department of Health Provision of service of a youth quitline programme for youth smokers

Selected Publications


Publications
Li, W. H. C., Xia, W., Ho, L. L., Cheung, A. T., Leong, Q. K., & Liang, T. (2021). A medical peer-delivered intervention comprising brief motivational interviewing via instant-messaging interaction to reduce drug misuse among youth in Hong Kong: A pro-tocol for a randomised controlled trial. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 16(1), 1–9.
Cheung, A. T., Li, W. H. C., Ho, L. L. K., Ho, K. Y., Chan, G. C. F., & Chung, J. O. K. (2021). Physical activity for paediatric cancer survivors: A systematic re-view of randomised controlled trials. Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 1–14.
Weng, X., Wu, Y., Luk, T. T., Li, W. H. C., Cheung, D. Y. T., Tong, H. S. C., & Wang, M. P. (2021). Active referral plus a small financial incentive upon cessation services use on smoking abstinence: A community-based, cluster-randomised controlled tri-al. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific, 13, 100189.
Xia, W., Li, H. C. W., Cai, W., Song, P., Zhou, X., Lam, K. W. K., & Ho, K. Y. (2020). Effectiveness of a video-based smoking cessation intervention focusing on maternal and child health in promoting quitting among expectant fathers in China: A ran-domised controlled trial. PLoS Medicine, 17(9), e1003355.
Xia, W., Li, W. H. C., Cai, W., Song, P., Zhou, X., Lam, K. W. K., Ho, L. K., Zeng, C., & Ho, K. Y. (2020). The effectiveness of a video-based smoking cessation intervention focusing on maternal and child health to help Chinese expectant fathers quit smoking: An open-label, single-blind, three-arm, randomised controlled trial. The Lancet, 396, S3.
Cheung, T., Li, W. H. C., Ho, L. K., Chan, G. C. F., & Chung, O. K. J. (2020). Health support to paediatric cancer survivors and their families during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Pediatric Blood & Cancer, e28441.
Li, W. H. C., Ho, K. Y., Wang, M. P., Cheung, D. Y. T., Lam, K. W. K., Xia, W., Cheung, K. Y., Wong, C. K. H., Chan, S. S. C., & Lam, T. H. (2019). Effectiveness of a brief self-determination theory-based smoking cessation intervention for smokers at emergency departments in Hong Kong: A randomised controlled trial. JAMA Internal Medicine, 180(2), 206–214.
Li, W. H. C., Ho, K. Y., Xia, W., Wang, M. P., Lam, K. W. K., Chan, S. S. C., & Lam, T. H. (2019). Helping hospitalised smokers in Hong Kong quit smoking by understanding their risk perception, behaviour, and attitudes related to smoking. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 75(10), 2167–2177.
Cheung, T., Li, W. H. C., Ho, K. Y., Lam, K. W. K., Ho, L. K., Chiu, S. Y., Chan, G. C. F., Chung, O. K. J. (2019). Efficacy of musical training on psychological outcomes and quality of life in Chinese paediatric brain tumor survivors. Psycho-Oncology, 28(1), 174–180.
Wang, M. P., Luk, T. T., Wu, Y., Li, W. H. C., Cheung, Y. T. D., Kwong, A. C. K., Lai, V. W. Y., Chan, S. S. C., & Lam, T. H. (2019). Chat-based instant messaging support integrated with brief interventions for smoking cessation: A community-based, pragmatic, cluster-randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Digital Health, 1(4), e183–e192.






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