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Our Team Members

Principal Investigator

  • Ph.D. (Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Contact information:

        Office: Office 5635 at LI Building 

        Phone: 34429436

        Fax: 34420283

        Email: nancy.yu@cityu.edu.hk

Professor

Dr. YU Xiaonan Nancy

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Ph.D. Students

Ms. WANG Chenxi

Ph.D. Student

Ms. WANG Chenxi

Research Focus:
(a) Health psychology
(b) Dyadic illness management
(c) Development of children living with HIV
(d) Well-being of families affected by HIV

Education:
• 2012-2016 Beijing Normal University, Special education, BS
• 2016-2020 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Psychology, MS
• 2023-2027 City University of Hong Kong, Psychology, Ph.D. student

Mr. KOU Yilin

Ph.D. Student

Mr. KOU Yilin

Research Focus:
(a) Human-Machine Interaction
(b) Autonomous Vehicles
(c) Automated Text Analysis

Education:
• 2015-2019 Beijing Normal University, Environmental Science, BS,
• 2020-2023 Beijing Normal University, Psychology, MS,
• 2023-2027 City University of Hong Kong, Psychology, Ph.D. student

Mr. WANG Qifan

Ph.D. Student (HKPFS Awardee)

Mr. WANG Qifan

Research Focus:
(a) emotion regulation
(b) resilience
(c) the relationship between the two within family systems

Education:
• 2018–2021 Emory University, Psychology and Linguistics, BA
• 2021–2023 University of Pennsylvania, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, MSEd
• 2025–2029 City University of Hong Kong, Psychology, Ph.D. student (Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme Awardee)

Mr. ZHOU Tianji

Ph.D. Student

Mr. ZHOU Tianji

Research Focus:
(a) Mental health nursing
(b) Depressive symptoms and problem-solving skills among parents of children with cancer
(c) Adaptation in families of children with cancer.

Education:
2017-2021 Central South University, Nursing, BS
2021-2026 Central South University, Nursing, PhD candidate
2024-2026 City University of Hong Kong, Joint PhD program, Psychology, Ph.D. student

Ms. YAN Yifei

Ph.D. Student

Ms. YAN Yifei

Research Focus:
(a) Incorporate the concept of resilience into suicide research by examining effective resilience factors against suicide-related outcomes.
(b) Utilizes meta-analysis to address related research questions.

Education:
• 2017-2019 Central China Normal University, Geography, BS
• 2019-2022 Central China Normal University, Psychology, BS
• 2022-2026 City University of Hong Kong, Psychology, Ph.D. student

Ms. TANG Changyuan

Ph.D. Student

Ms. TANG Changyuan

Research Focus:
(a) Resilience and Dyadic Coping
(b) Adaptive Processes of Families with Pediatric Cancer Patients

Education:
• 2017-2020 The University of Melbourne, Psychology, BS
• 2020-2021 The University of Melbourne, Applied Psychology, MS

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Ph.D.

Dr. TSAI Wan-Yu

Post-Doctoral Fellow (The University of Hong Kong, School of Public Health)

Dr. CHEN Bowen

Ph.D.

Dr. HU Jinghan

Assistant Professor (Central China Normal University, School of Psychology)

Dr. Liu Xingyun

Ph.D.

Dr. JI Shiyun

Ph.D.

Dr. Chen Xueli

Assistant Professor (Soochow University)

Dr. CHEN Chen

Assistant Professor (East China University of Science and Technology)

Dr. BU He

Post-Doctoral Fellow (The University of Hong Kong, School of Public Health)

Dr. HOU Jianhua

Ph.D.

Dr. FU Rong

Post-Doctoral Fellow (Tsinghua University, Vanke School of Public Health)

Dr. QU Diyang

Associate Professor (Sun Yat-Sen University)

Dr. HUANG Jiasheng

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