Achievements
Nov 2014-Oct 2016 "A temporal spatial analysis of morbidity and mortality for Hong Kong population"; General Research Fund, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, Hong Kong (Project Number 17126014), HK$ 672,837 (co-investigator)
July 2014-June 2016 "The impact of the 2008 global economic crisis on suicide in Hong Kong"; General Research Fund, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, Hong Kong (Project Number 17102814), HK$419,844 (original principal investigator, changed to co-investigator due to relocation from Hong Kong to Taiwan)
Jan 2014-Dec 2016 "Determinants of poverty and potential interventions to alleviate poverty in Hong Kong"; Chief Executive Fund, Hong Kong, HK$ 14,620,000 (co-investigator)
Jan 2014-Dec 2014 "Suicide and self-harm amongst Chinese migrants"; Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research for New Staff, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (Project Code 201311159110), HK$59,900 (principal investigator)
Nov 2012-Oct 2014 "Suicide and employment"; General Research Fund, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, Hong Kong (HKU784012M), HK$628,800 (co-investigator)
Oct 2010-Mar 2014 "A study on Suicide Clusters: Hong Kong and Taiwan experiences"; General Research Fund, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, Hong Kong (HKU784210M), HK$798,648 (co-investigator)
Jan 2006-Dec 2010 "A study on psychopathological progress of early schizophrenia-like disorder"; National Health Research Institute, Taiwan, US$1,276,000 (co-investigator)
Apr 2009-Dec 2009 "Quality maintenance of cause-of-death statistics"; Ministry of Health, Taiwan, US$2,641 (co-investigator)
Awards
2022 National Taiwan University Excellent Teaching Award
2020 Excellent Mentor Award from National Taiwan University
Dec 2014, Social Sciences Outstanding Research Output Awards 2013-2014 (Applied Research), The University of Hong Kong
Nov 2014, Award for Best Poster Presentation, the 53rd Annual Conference of Taiwanese Society of Psychiatry, Taichung, Taiwan
Apr 2014, The University of Hong Kong Top 1% Scientist, based on ISI's Essential Science Indicators
Nov 2013, Award for Best Poster Presentation, the 52nd Annual Conference of Taiwanese Society of Psychiatry, Taipei, Taiwan
Aug-Sep 2013, University of Hong Kong/China Medical Board Grant for advanced training overseas
Jun 2013, The University of Hong Kong Top 1% Scientist, based on ISI's Essential Science Indicators
Oct 2012, Award for Best Poster Presentation, the 51st Annual Conference of Taiwanese Society of Psychiatry, Tainan, Taiwan
Jun 2012, The University of Hong Kong Top 1% Scientist, based on ISI's Essential Science Indicators
Nov 2010- Oct 2011, Postdoctoral Research Abroad Program, National Science Council, Taiwan
Oct 2007-Sep 2010, Studying Abroad on Government Funds Scholarship, Ministry of Education, Taiwan
Oct 2007-Sep 2010, Overseas Research Scholarship, Higher Education Funding Council for England, and University of Bristol Postgraduate Research Scholarship, University of Bristol, UK
Nov 2009, Dr Paul Janssen Schizophrenia Research Award, the 48th Annual Conference of Taiwanese Society of Psychiatry, Taipei, Taiwan
Nov 2009, Award for Best Presentation, the 2nd World Congress of Asian Psychiatry, Taipei, Taiwan
Oct 2008, Award for Best Abstract, the 3rd Asia Pacific Regional Conference of International Association for Suicide Prevention, Hong Kong