Seminars
To integrate social sciences and public health, we periodically invite prominent and experienced professionals to speak at our seminars. Previous seminars organized by our Centre are listed below:
2020
Behaviour Health with Natural Language Processing
January 17, 2020
Dr Josiah Poon
***This workshop was co-organized by the Centre for Health Behaviours Research and the Hong Kong Society of Behavioral Health.
2019
Digital mental health - Evidence and current challenges
April 12, 2019
Professor Winnie Mak
***his workshop was co-organized by the Centre for Health Behaviours Research and the Hong Kong Society of Behavioral Health.
2018
Walking through the 4 processes in Motivational Interivewing with William Miller
December 17, 2018 Pictures >>
Professor William Miller
***Centre for Health Behaviours Research and the Hong Kong Society of Behavioral Health as supporting organisation with CAMI.
Perspectives from Medical Anthropology on Behavioral Health
November 14, 2018 Pictures >>
Professor Jeanne L. Shea
***This workshop was co-organized by the Centre for Health Behaviours Research and the Hong Kong Society of Behavioral Health.
Motivation Interviewing 2-day workshop
September 22 & 29, 2018 Pictures >>
Mr. Tse Ka Wo, Chairman of The Chinese Association of Motivational Interviewing (CAMI) & Member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers
***This workshop was co-organized by the Centre for Health Behaviours Research and the Hong Kong Society of Behavioral Health.
Application of Big Data & AI in Behavioral and Public Health
June 22, 2018 Pictures >>
Dr Chen Tong, Chief Health Officer, IBM Greater China
***This workshop was co-organized by the Centre for Health Behaviours Research and the Hong Kong Society of Behavioral Health.
Incentives for Behavioral Health: Insights from Behavioral Economics
June 26, 2018 Pictures >>
Prof. Jaimie Lien, Department of Decision Sciences and Managerial Economics, CUHK Business School
***This workshop was co-organized by the Centre for Health Behaviours Research and the Hong Kong Society of Behavioral Health.
2017
Cerebral small vessel disease, cognitive decline, and dementia: community-based studies
November 24, 2017
Prof. QIU Chengxuan
Cognitive-behavioral Approach to Coping
November 11, 2017
***This workshop was co-organized by the Centre for Health Behaviours Research and Division of Clinical Psychology of Hong Kong Psychological Society
Screening tools, evaluation exercise and research support on secondary intervention program on adolescents’ resilience and mental health
June 30, 2017
Honorary consultants of “Share Respect for Life, Walk Together in Adversity Project”
303 secondary schools and more than 15 NGOs attended at Lok Sin Tong Wong Chung Ming Secondary School, Hong Kong
Secondary intervention program (pilot scheme) on adolescents’ resilience and mental health
June 30, 2017
Honorary consultants of “Share Respect for Life, Walk Together in Adversity Project”
(14 secondary schools and 4 NGOs attended at Lok Sin Tong Wong Chung Ming Secondary School, Hong Kong.
Introduction to Behavioral Health and Behavioral Interventions
July 17-21, 2017
***This workshop was co-organized by the Centre for Health Behaviours Research and the Hong Kong Society of Behavioral Health.
2016
Behavior change in chronic disease - The need to take biomedical knowledge into account
2 December 2016
Prof. Joost DEKKER, Professor of Allied Health Care, Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, VU University Medical Center; Chair, Research Theme Soma & Psyche, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research; Leader of research program Quality of Life, Cancer Center Amsterdam
***JCSPHPC 15th Anniversary Distinguished Lecture Series
14-15 November 2016 Pictures >>
Prof. Brian OLDENBURG, Professor and Chair, Non-Communicable Disease Control; Director of the Centre for Health Equity, University of Melbourne
***This workshop was co-organized by the Centre for Health Behaviours Research and the Hong Kong Society of Behavioral Health.
Grantsmanship for getting research funding: Do’s and don’ts
14 November 2016 Pictures >>
Prof. Brian OLDENBURG, Professor and Chair, Non-Communicable Disease Control; Director of the Centre for Health Equity, University of Melbourne
Human papillomavirus infection in teenage men who have sex with men: an observational cohort study
10 November 2016 Pictures >>
Dr. Huachun ZOU, Research Fellow, The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales
HIV/STI partner notification—Procedures, potentials and pitfalls
4 October 2016 Pictures >>
Prof. Kai JONAS, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Social Psychology, Maastricht University
Situation of NCDs in Mainland China
18 January 2016 Pictures >>
Prof Linhong WANG, Director of National Center for Chronic and Non-Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
***JCSPHPC 15th Anniversary Distinguished Lecture Series
The Limits of volitional factors in controlling behaviour: Insights from smoking cessation
18 January 2016 Pictures >>
Prof. Ron BORLAND, Nigel Gray Distinguished Fellow in Cancer Prevention, Cancer Council Victoria; Professorial Fellow in the School of Population Health and Department of Information Systems, University of Melbourne
***JCSPHPC 15th Anniversary Distinguished Lecture Series
Pre-conference workshop: Program evaluation in the ‘real world’: Dissemination and implementation Science
15 January 2016
Prof. Brian OLDENBURG, Professor and Chair, Non-Communicable Disease Control; Director of the Centre for Health Equity, University of Melbourne
Dr. Konstadina GRIVA, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, National University of Singapore
Dr. Xuefeng ZHONG, Director & Associate Chief Physician, Health Education Institute of Anhui Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), China
***The following workshop was co-organized by the Centre for Health Behaviours Research and the Hong Kong Society of Behavioral Health.