Dr Sam CHAN Associate Professor
PhD (HKPU), MPhil (HKPU), PDip Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CUHK), BSc (OT) (HKPU), BSc (Kinesiology) (SFU), ATP (RESNA)

Location ST533
Phone +852 2766 4310
mail samcc.chan@polyu.edu.hk

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Biography Dr. Sam Chan received training as a kinesiologist at Simon Fraser University, Canada and as an occupational therapist at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He worked as an occupational therapist in a rehabilitation hospital nearly ten years, providing treatments to patients with spinal cord injury, orthopedic conditions and stroke. During his clinical practice, he has obtained a number of clinical accreditations including credited Assistive Technology Practitioner (RESNA, US) and certified Life Coach (the Institution for Life Coach Training, US). He completed an MPhil project on psychological factors determining behavioral changes of participants in a chronic disease self-management program. As part of his PhD study, he had an attachment as a Research Fellow and became involved in neuroscience projects at the Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest, Toronto. His PhD project focused on the neural processes of self-regulation of nociceptive perception among people with chronic pain. He has published academic articles in a number of international journals, including PLoS ONE, Rehabilitation Psychology and Spinal Cord. He has also been invited as an article reviewer for a number of international journals, including NeuroRehabilitation, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Disability and Rehabilitation. In 2009, he was awarded a Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fellowship.



Education and Academic Qualifications Doctor of Philosophy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Master of Philosophy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Postgraduate Diploma in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University




Research Interests
Readiness to Change in Self-management
Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
Chronic Pain Management
Cognitive Strategies for Pain Modulation
Frontal Lobe Function Rehabilitation



Research Output

Publications
Chan, S. C. C., & Chan, A. P. S. (2013). One-year follow-up of Chinese people with spinal cord injury: A preliminary study. Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 36(1), 12-23.
Chan, S. C. C, Chan, C. C. H., Kwan, A. S. K., Ting, K.-H., Chui, T.-Y. (2012). Orienting attention modulates pain perception: An ERP study. PLoS ONE, 7(6), e40215.
Chan, S. C. C., & Chan, C. C. H. (2011). Attitude, descriptive norm and self-efficacy among Chinese participants of chronic disease self-management program: A latent growth curve modeling study. Rehabilitation Psychology, 56(3), 191-199.
Vallesi, A., McIntosh, A. R., Kovacevic, N., Chan, S. C. C., & Stuss, D. T. (2010). Age effects on the asymmetry of the motor system: evidence from cortical oscillatory activity, Biological Psychology, 85(2), 213-218.
Chan, S.C.C., & Chan, A.P.S. (2007). User satisfaction, community participation and quality of life among Chinese wheelchair users with spinal cord injury: A preliminary study. Occupational Therapy International, 14(3), 123-143.