Professor CHIEN Wai Tong
Director, The Nethersole School of Nursing
CUHK Employment
- Director and Professor, The Nethersole School of Nursing
- Co-Director, Cochrane Hong Kong, The Nethersole School of Nursing
- Director, Asia-Pacific Genomic and Genetic Nursing Centre, The Nethersole School of Nursing
Expertise
- Mental health and psychiatric nursing care
- Community- and family-based psychosocial intervention for psychosis
Education & Qualifications
BN (Hons.) (CUHK), MPhil (Nursing) (CUHK), PGDip (Nurs Edu) (PolyU), PhD (KCL), RMN, FHKAN, FAAN
Research Interests
- Community care and family intervention for people with psychosis
- Development and testing of psychosocial intervention for severe mental illness
Additional Information
Award & Honour
- Excellent Research Award, Health and Medical Research Fund, Food and Health Bureau, The Government of the HKSAR, 2019
- Visiting Professor, La Trobe University, Australia; National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taiwan; Schools of Nursing, Guangzhou Medical University and Zhejiang University City College, China
- Fellowship, American Academy of Nursing, USA, 2018
- Outstanding Nursing Alumni Award, School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2017
- Distinguished Alumni Award, The Nethersole School of Nursing 25th Anniversary Outstanding Alumni Awards, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2016
- Postgraduate Research Sponsorship, Pi Iota Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, USA, 2014
- Grandfather Fellowship, Hong Kong College of Education and Research in Nursing, The Hong Kong Academy of Nursing, 2012
- Research Scholarship Award 2008-09 (Community Leader), Pi Iota Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, USA, 2009
Professional Service
- Associate Editor for Trials, Frontiers in Psychiatry, and Frontiers in Public Health; and editorial board member for several international nursing and psychiatry journals
- Member, Assessment Panel of the Public Policy Research (PPR) Funding Scheme & Strategic Public Policy Research (SPPR) Funding Scheme, Chief Executive’s Policy Unit, The Government of HKSAR
- Member, Biology and Medicine Panel (Joint research Schemes), the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong, University Grants Committee, The Government of HKSAR
- Member, Research Committee, Nethersole Institute of Continuing Holistic Health Education (NICHE)
- Expert Advisor, Office of the Ombudsman, Hong Kong
- External examiner, Professional Diploma of Nursing programmes, Schools of General Nursing, Hospital Authority Hong Kong
- External Member, Hospital Authority Basic Nursing Education Quality Assurance Committee (HA BNE QAC)
Academic Engagement in CUHK
- Member, Senate Committee on Sub-degree, Professional and Continuing Education Programmes (SPCEP)
- Member, Committee on Re-approval of Sub-degree, Professional and Continuing Education Programmes (as the member representing the Senate Committee on Sub-degree, Professional and Continuing Education Programmes, 2020 – 2021)
- Director, Asia-Pacific Genomic and Genetic Nursing Centre, The Nethersole School of Nursing
- Chairperson, Steering Committee, The Croucher Laboratory for Human Genomics, The Nethersole School of Nursing
- Co-Director, Cochrane Hong Kong (an affiliate of Cochrane), The Nethersole School of Nursing
- Member, Faculty Board, Faculty of Medicine
- School representative for the East Asian Forum of Nursing Scholars (EAFONS)
Selected Publications
Researcher ID:
- Chien, W.T., Cheng, H.Y., McMaster, T.W., Yip, A.L.K., & Wong, J.C.L. (2019). Effectiveness of a mindfulness-based psychoeducation group programme for early-stage schizophrenia: An 18-month randomised controlled trial. Schizophrenia Research, 212, 140-149. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2019.07.053
- Chien, W.T., Clifton, A.V., Zhao, S., & Lui, S. (2019). Peer support for people with schizophrenia or other serious mental illness. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (4), CD010880. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010880.pub2
- Chien, W.T., Bressington, D., & Chan, S.W.C. (2018). A randomised controlled trial on mutual support group intervention for families of people with recent-onset psychosis: A four-year follow-up. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 9, 710. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00710
- Chien, W.T., Bressington, D., Yip, A., & Karatzias, T. (2017). An international multi-site, randomized controlled trial of a mindfulness-based psycho-education group program for people with schizophrenia. Psychological Medicine, 47(12), 2081-2096. doi: 10.1017/S0033291717000526
- Chien, W.T., Thompson, D.R., Lubman, D.I., & McCann, T.V. (2016). A randomized controlled trial of clinician-supported problem-solving bibliotherapy for family caregivers of people with first-episode psychosis. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 42(6), 1457-1466. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbw054
- Chien, W.T., Mui, J.H.C., Cheung, E.F.C., & Gray, R. (2016). Adherence therapy versus routine psychiatric care for people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: A randomised controlled trial. BMC Psychiatry, 16, 42. doi: 10.1186/s12888-016
- Chien, W.T., & Thompson, D.R. (2014). Effects of a mindfulness-based psycho-education programme for Chinese patients with schizophrenia: Two-year follow-up. British Journal of Psychiatry, 205, 52-59. doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.113.134635
- Chien, W.T., Yeung, F.K.K., & Chan, A.H.L. (2014). Perceived stigma of patients with severe mental illness in Hong Kong: Relationships with patients’ psychosocial conditions and attitudes of family caregivers and health professionals. Administration and Policy in Mental Health & Mental Health Services Research, 41(2), 237-251. doi: 10.1007/s10488-012-0463-3
- Chien, W.T., & Norman, I. (2009). The effectiveness and active ingredients of mutual support groups for family caregivers of people with psychotic disorders: A literature review. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 46 (12), 1604-1623. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.04.003
- Chien, W.T., Chan, W.C.S., & Thompson, D. R. (2006). Effects of a mutual support group for families of Chinese people with schizophrenia: 18-month follow-up. British Journal of Psychiatry, 189, 41-49. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.105.008375