Seminars
To integrate social sciences and public health, we have been periodically inviting prominent and experienced professionals to speak at our seminars. Previous seminars organized by our Centre are listed below:
2015
Working with correctional populations: People not prisoners
13 January 2015
Prof. David SEAL, Professor and Vice-Chair, Doctoral Programs Director, Department of Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
2011
Behavioural theories & health promotion
March
Professor Joseph LAU, School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Workshop on motivational interviewing
January
Mr Andrew Shing-Fai LIU, HKPS, MAPS, Clinical Psychologist, Society of Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention, Hong Kong
2010
Updates on NGO development in mainland China
September
Mr Ma Tie Cheng, Director, Ai Zhi Yuan Zhu Center for Health and Education, Liaoning, China
The WHO Network for HIV and Health - Current strategies to address the HIV epidemic in the Asian Pacific region
August
Prof Julian GOLD, Director, Senior Specialist and Professor, Albion Street Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney
Workshop on motivational interviewing
March
Mr Andrew LIU Shing-Fai, HKPS, MAPS, Clinical Psychologist, Society of Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention, Hong Kong
2009
Mad Cow Disease and beef consumption in Canada - A case study of the cultural relevance in food choices
December
Prof. Josephine SMART, Ph.D, Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Calgary, Canada
Introduction to social marketing
November
Professor Joseph LAU and Ms. Janice YUE, School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Use of Confirmatory Factor Analyses and Structural Equation Model in Behavioural and Medical Research
October
Prof. Kit-tai HAU, Ph.D, Chair Professor, Educational Psychology Department, Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
HIV incidence measurements now and the way forward in Mainland China
August
Dr. Jinkou ZHAO, Senior Advisor, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Beijing, China
Megacity health: Conceptual framework
March
Prof. Alexander KRAMER, Professor and Head, Department of Public Health Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Bielefeld, Germany
Applying Social Learning Theory to Develop and to Evaluate a Female Condom Promotion Program
Februrary
Prof. Kyung-Hee CHOI, Professor, Department of Medicine, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco
2008
How medical anthropology contributes to public health
October
Prof. Eleanor HOLROYD, Professor, Asian and Gender Nursing, Head, Division of Nursing and Midwifery, School of Health Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne
Preliminary results of population-based survey of pathological internet use and internet addiction in Hong Kong
May
Prof. J KIM, Assistant Professor, School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong