Professor LAM Chiu Wa, Linda             Professor (Clinical) 林翠華教授 MBChB, MD, FRCPsych, FRCPsych(Hon), FHKAM(Psychiatry), FHKCPsych Fax: (852) 2667-5464 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

OTHER POSITIONS:

• Past President, The Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists
• Past Chief Editor, East Asia Archives of Psychiatrists
• Council Member, The Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists
• Founding President, The Chinese Dementia Research Association
• Associate Editor, Editorial Board of International Psychogeriatrics

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Early detection and intervention for Mild Cognitive Impairment and dementia
• Biomarker evaluation for Mild Cognitive Impairment and dementia
• Determinants of Health Aging
• Epidemiology of mental disorders in Hong Kong

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

1. Lu H, Ni X, Fung AWT, Lam LCW. Mapping the Proxies of Memory and Learning Function in Senior Adults with High-performing, Normal Aging and Neurocognitive Disorders. J Alzheimers Dis. 2018;64(3):815-826.

2. Lee ATC, Richards M, Chan WC, Chiu HFK, Lee RSY, Lam LCW. Association of Daily Intellectual Activities With Lower Risk of Incident Dementia Among Older Chinese Adults. JAMA Psychiatry. 2018 Jul 1;75(7):697-703.

3. Ho RTH, Fong TCT, Hon T, Chan WC, Kwan JSK, Chiu PKC, Lam LCW. Psychometric validation of Fuld Object Memory Evaluation in older adults with cognitive impairments. Aging Ment Health. 2018 Mar 8:1-7.

4. Fung AWT, Lee JSW, Lee ATC, Lam LCW. Anxiety symptoms predicted decline in episodic memory in cognitively healthy older adults: A 3-year prospective study. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2018 May;33(5):748-754.

5. Lu H, Lam LCW. Associations between intra-individual variability and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in cognitive ageing and prodromal dementia: A domain-specific perspective. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2018 Mar;48:102-103.

6. Chang WC, Wong CSM, Chen EYH, Lam LCW, Chan WC, Ng RMK, Hung SF, Cheung EFC, Sham PC, Chiu HFK, Lam M, Lee EHM, Chiang TP, Chan LK, Lau GKW, Lee ATC, Leung GTY, Leung JSY, Lau JTF, van Os J, Lewis G, Bebbington P. Lifetime Prevalence and Correlates of Schizophrenia-Spectrum, Affective, and Other Non-affective Psychotic Disorders in the Chinese Adult Population. Schizophr Bull. 2017 Oct 21;43(6):1280-1290.

7. Lu H, Chan SSM, Fung AWT, Lam LCW. Beyond a Differential Diagnosis: Cognitive and Morphometric Decoding of Information Processing Speed in Senior Adults with DSM-5 Mild Neurocognitive Disorders. J Alzheimers Dis. 2017;58(3):927-937.

8. Lu H, Ma SL, Wong SW, Tam CW, Cheng ST, Chan SS, Lam LC. Aberrant interhemispheric functional connectivity within default mode network and its relationships with neurocognitive features in cognitively normal APOE ε 4 elderly
   carriers. Int Psychogeriatr. 2017 May;29(5):805-814.

9. Lee ATC, Richards M, Chan WC, Chiu HFK, Lee RSY, Lam LCW. Lower risk of  incident dementia among Chinese older adults having three servings of vegetables and two servings of fruits a day. Age Ageing. 2017 Sep 1;46(5):773-779.

10. Fung AW, Chan WC, Wong CS, Chen EY, Ng RM, Lee EH, Chang WC, Hung SF, Cheung EF, Sham PC, Chiu HF, Lam M, Chiang TP, van Os J, Lau JT, Lewis G, Bebbington P,  Lam LC; Hong Kong Mental Morbidity Survey Team. Prevalence of anxiety disorders in community dwelling older adults in Hong Kong. Int Psychogeriatr. 2017 Feb;29(2):259-267.