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Department of Educational Psychology










TANG Yee-Man, Jennifer, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, BSocSc, MPhil (Cantab), MSocSc (HKU), PhD (HKU), RCP (HKPS)


Jennifer is a registered clinical psychologist and a scientist-practitioner who is devoted to promote and examines factors contributing to mental health and wellbeing of people across the lifespan. She obtained her bachelor degree in psychology, master degree in clinical psychology, and PhD in psychiatry in the University of Hong Kong. She also received a master degree in epidemiology in University of Cambridge. She had served as research assistant professor in Sau Po Centre on Ageing, The University of Hong Kong.
Preventive interventions for psychological wellbeing; Inter-relationship between physical and mental health; Personalized psychological interventions informed by big data; parenting and grandparenting
  1. Chui, C. H.-K., Lu, S., Chan, O. F., Cheung, J. C.-S., Guo, Y., Liu, Y., Chan, S. W., Tang, J. Y. M. , Au, A., Wen, Z. V., Yu, R., Bai, X., Mok, K. H. J., Woo, J., & Lum, T. Y. S. (2022). Changes in older adults' perceptions of age-friendliness in Hong Kong: A three-year mixed-methods study. Cities, 127, 103748. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2022.103748
  2. Liu, T., Leung, D. K. Y., Lu, S., Kwok, W.-W, Sze, L. C. Y., Tse, S. S. K., Ng, S. M.,Wong, P. W. C., Lou, V. W. Q., Tang, J. Y. M. , Wong, D. F. K., Chan, W. C., Kwok, R. Y. K., Lum, T. Y. S., & Wong, G. H. Y. (2022). Collaborative community mental health and aged care services with peer support to prevent late-life depression: study protocol for a non-randomised controlled trial. Trials, 23, 280. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06122-1
  3. Tang, J. Y. M. , Luo, H., Tse, M., Lum, T. Y. S., & Wong, G. H. Y., & Li, S. X. (2021). The relationship between insomnia symptoms and frailty in community-dwelling older persons: A path analysis. Sleep Medicine, 84, 237-243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2021.05.039
  4. Tang, J. Y. M. , Chui, C. H. K., Lou, V. W. Q., Chiu, R. L. H., Kwok, R., Tse, M., Leung, A. Y. M., Chau, P. H., & Lum, T. Y. S. (2021). The contribution of sense of community to the association between age-friendly built environment and health in a high-density city: a cross-sectional study of middle-aged and older adults in Hong Kong. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 40, 1687-1696. https://doi.org/10.1177/0733464821991298
  5. Lou, V. W., Tang, J. Y. M. , Lau, G. K. K., Lum, T. Y. S., Fong, K., Ko, R. W. T., Cheng, C. Y. M., Fu, J. Y., Chow, E. S. L., Chu, A. C. K., Hui, E., Ng, W. W. L., Chan, F. H. W., Luk, C. C., & Kwok, T. K. (2021). Effectiveness of a Two-Tier Family-Oriented Intervention in Enhancing the Family Functioning and Care Capacity of the Family Caregivers of Stroke Survivors: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 10(5):e16703. https://doi.org/10.2196/16703
  6. Chai, Y., Luo, H., Wong, G. H. Y., Tang, J. Y. M. , Lam, T. C., Wong, I. C. K., & Yip, P. S. F. (2020). Risk of self-harm after the diagnosis of psychiatric disorders in Hong Kong, 2000–10: a nested case-control study. Lancet Psychiatry, 7, P135-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30004-3
  7. Tang, J. Y. M. , Wong, G. H. Y., Luo, H., Liu, T., & Lum, T. Y. S. (2019). Cognitive changes associated with mentally active lifestyle and structured cognitive programs: a 2-year longitudinal study. Aging and Mental Health, 24, 1781-1788. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2019.1636204
  8. Tang, J. Y. M. , Luo H, Wong, G. H. Y., Lau, M. M. Y., Joe, G. M., Tse, M. A., Ip, P., Wong, I. C. K., & Lum, T. Y. S. (2019). Bone mineral density from early to middle adulthood in persons with Down syndrome. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 63, 936-946. https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12608
  9. Luo, H., Bjorn, A., Tang, J. Y. M. , & Wong, G. H. Y. (2019). Applying item-response theory analysis to cognitive screening test in low-education older population. Assessment, 27, 1416-1428. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191118821733
  10. Chang, W. C., Ho, R. W. H., Tang, J. Y. M. , Wong, C. S. M., Hui, C. L. M., Chan, S. K. W., Lee, E. M. H., Suen, Y. N., & Chen, E. Y. H. (2018). Early-stage negative symptom trajectories and relationships with 13-year outcomes in first-episode non-affective psychosis. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 45, 610-619. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sby115