黄仰山教授
MD (U. of Toronto), MD (CUHK), MPH (Johns Hopkins), CCFP, FRACGP, FHKCCM,
FFPH (UK), FCFP, FHKAM (Community Medicine), FHKAM (Family Medicine)
School Director
Email: yeungshanwong@cuhk.edu.hk
ORCID:0000-0003-0934-6385
Scopus Author ID: 21741577200
ResearcherID: D-7311-2013
Academic Appointments
Associate Dean (Education), Faculty of Medicine;
Director, CUHK Thomas Jing Centre for Mindfulness Research and Training;
Professor (by courtesy), CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing
Biography
Professor Samuel Wong is a clinician with training in both Family Medicine and Public Health. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Toronto and completed his Family Medicine residency training in Canada. He completed the Master of Public Health at the Johns Hopkins University, USA and the Doctor of Medicine (MD) research degree at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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He is the Director of the School of Public Health and Primary Care. At the same time, he is the Director of the Master of Public Health Programme and Thomas Jing Centre for Mindfulness Research and Training. He has been appointed as the Associate Dean (Education) of the Faculty of Medicine since July 2019.
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Professor Wong’s research interests include evaluating and developing mindfulness- based and mental health interventions in primary care; evaluating primary care services and developing primary care service models as well as multimorbidity.
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He has published more than 263 original peer-reviewed papers in international journals including the British Journal of General Practice and the Annals of Family Medicine (top journal in Primary Care Medicine; impact factor: 5.38 & 5.16 respectively), Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics (impact factor: 17.65), British Journal of Psychiatry (9.31) and JAMA Internal Medicine (impact factor: 21.87). He was the Principal Investigator of 17 external competitive research grants (10 from the Health and Medical Research Fund, 3 from the General Research Fund, 1 from the Beat Drug Fund, 3 from commissioned research grants and research contracts) amounting to HK$ 25 million. He has also been awarded HK$ 125 million in donation for developing primary care models for older adults with multiple chronic condition, integrating exercise programmes among primary care patients with diabetes and hypertension, developing mindfulness interventions for common health conditions as well as developing e-health for older adults and providing support for older adult living alone during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2018, he was supported by a donation of 12 million HK dollars for setting up the Thomas Jing Centre of Mindfulness Research and Training, which serves as a regional hub for mindfulness training and research. Since its inception, the Centre has served 15000 people with various mental health issues and needs and has provided training in mindfulness for local and regional professionals. Other donations received over the past 8 years in mindfulness and primary care service and research included donations from the D. H. Chen Foundation (HK$ 2.7 million), Tsz Shan Monastery (HK$ 1 million) and the Hong Kong Charities Trust (a total of HK$ 110 million). He has supervised/co-supervised 10 PhD students to completion and has contributed 5 book chapters and co-edited the Oxford Textbook of Public Mental Health by the Oxford University Press published in 2018 which won the Best Book Award by the British Medical Association Medical Book Awards 2019 (First Prize in Category: Psychiatry).
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He is an Editorial/Advisory board Member/Section Editor of 3 international scientific journals including the British Journal of General Practice (since 2011), PLOS-One (since 2018) and BMC Family Practice (since 2014). He has been an External Examiner in Family Medicine for the National University of Singapore, University of Malaya and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and have also been an External Assessor (for promotion and substantiation) in Family Medicine for the University of Malaya, Univeresiti Kebangsaan Malaysia as well as the National University of Singapore. He reviewed grants for both international and local research funding bodies including the UK Medical Research Council, UK National Institute of Health Research Fellowships Program, National Health Service and the General Research Council of Hong Kong and was appointed as External Examiner for PhD candidates of the University of Hong Kong (Family Medicine, Pediatrics & Psychology) and Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Rehabilitation Sciences & Nursing).
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For public services, he has been serving the Hong Kong SAR Government in various capacities including as a Member of the Steering Committee of the Primary Care Development (since 2017), Member of the Expert Panel in Primary Healthcare and Non-communicable Disease (since 2018), Advisory Council on Food and Environmental Hygiene (2015-2021) and Advisory Committee on Primary Care Directory, Advisory Group on Hong Kong Reference Framework for Preventive Care for Children and for Older Adults in Primary Care Settings of the Department of Health (since 2016). He also served as the Chairman of the Diploma of Secondary Education, Health Management and Social Care (HMSC) Subject Committee from 2012-2018 and was responsible for reviewing and improving the quality and standard of the HMSC subject examinations with other committee members from both secondary schools and tertiary institutions. Other public service appointments included being appointed by the Government as a Council Member of the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health (COSH) from 2014-2020. In addition to teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate students in Public Health and Family Medicine, he also provides clinical services in Family Medicine for the Hospital Authority as an Honorary Consultant in Family Medicine.
Research Interests
Mental health and primary care interventions
Mindfulness related interventions
Multimorbidity
Health Services Research
Men’s health
Recent Funded Research Projects
The effects of mindfulness-based intervention for loneliness on older adults: a randomised controlled trial. General Research Fund
Online holistic wellness programme for children with special educational needs and their families. The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust
Combining mind body physical exercise, cognitive training, and nurse-led risk factor modification to enhance cognition among older adults with mild cognitive impairment: a randomized controlled trial. Health and Medical Research Fund
The feasibility and effects of mindfulness based relapse prevention (MBRP) on reducing craving and addictive behaviour in local adults with substance abuse disorders. Beat Drug Fund
Integrated primary care service model for older adults in primary care. The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust
Exercise is medicine: a pilot project at general out-patient clinics in NTEC and related training programme. The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust
The effects of a mindfulness-based intervention - MYmind - for children with ADHD and their parents: a randomised controlled trial. General Research Fund
Cultivating Resilience in Youth: The Mindful Awareness Project for Youth and their Families (MAP for Youth & Families). The D. H. Chen Foundation
Improving well-being of children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their families with mindfulness training in Hong Kong. Health Care Promotional Fund
Feasibility and effectiveness of a mindfulness-based intervention for bereaved parents of children with cancer related death: a pilot study. Children’s Cancer Foundation Fund
Community primary care programme for older people with multiple chronic conditions. The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust
Selected Publications
Wong SYS, Sun YY, Chan AT, Leung MK, Chao DV, Li CC, Chan KK, Tang WK, Mazzucchelli T, Au AM. Treating Subthreshold Depression in Primary Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Behavioral Activation With Mindfulness.Annals of Family Medicine2018, 16(2):111-119. doi: 10.1370/afm.2206
Wong SY, Zou D, Chung RY, Sit RW, Zhang D, Chan D, Yeoh EK, Woo JW. Regular Source of Care for the Elderly: A Cross-National Comparative Study of Hong Kong With 11 Developed Countries.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2017 Jun 21.
Wong SYS, Zhang D, Li CC, Yip BH, Chan DC, Ling Y, Lo CS, Woo DM, Sun Y, Ma H, Mak WW, Gao T, Lee TM, Wing Y. Comparing the Effects of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and Sleep Psycho-Education with Exercise on Chronic Insomnia: A Randomised Controlled Trial.Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics2017;86(4):241-253. doi: 10.1159/000470847. Epub 2017 Jun 24.
Tsoi KKF, Chan JYC, Hirai HW, Wong SYS. Comparison of diagnostic performance of Two-Question screen and 15 depression screening instruments for older adults: systematic review and meta-analysis.British Journal of Psychiatry2017; doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.116.186932.
Wong SYS, Yip BHK, Mak WWS, Mercer S, Cheung EYL, Ling CYM, Lui WWS, Tang WK, Lo HHM, Wu JCY, Lee TMC, Gao T, Griffiths SM, Chan PHS, Ma HSW. Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy versus Group Psychoeducation for People with Generalized Anxiety Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial.British Journal of Psychiatry2016,209(1)68-75;doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.115.1661245
Chung RY, Mercer SW, Yip BH, Chan SW, Lai FT, Wang HH, Wong MC, Wong CK, Sit RW, Yeoh EK, Wong SY. The association between types of regular primary care and hospitalization among people with and without multimorbidity: a household survey on 25,780 Chinese.Scientific Reports2016; 6:29758. doi: 10.1038/srep29758.
Wei XL, Li HT, Yang N, Wong SYS, Chong MCS, Shi L, Wong MCS, Xu J, Zhang D, Tang J, Li DKT, Meng Q, Griffiths SM. Changes in the perceived quality of primary care in Shanghai and Shenzhen, China: a difference-in-difference analysis.Bulletin of the World Health Organization2015; 93(6):407-416.
Wang HHX,Wong SYS*, Wong MCS,Wei XL, Wang JJ, Li DKT, Tang JL, Gao GY, Griffiths SM. Patients’ experiences in different models of community health centers in southern China.Annals of Family Medicine2013; 517-526. doi:10.1370/afm.1545.
Hou J, Wong SYS*, Yip, BHK, Lo HHM, Chan, PHS, Lo, CSL, Kwok, TCY, Tang, WK, Mak, WWS, Mercer, SW, Ma, HSW.: Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Program Improves Family Caregivers’ Mental Well-being: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Psychotherapy & Psychosomatics2013; 83:45-53
Wong SY, Chan FW, Wong RL, Chu MC, Lam KYY, Mercer SW, and Ma SH: Comparing the Effectiveness of Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction and Multidisciplinary Intervention Programs for Chronic Pain A Randomized Comparative Trial.Clinical Journal of Pain.2011; 27(8):724-734
Last Updated: 28 July 2021
