Education Doctor of Philosophy Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong

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1 CHAN, Wallace Chi Ho, PhD, RSW, FT Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Tel: (852) Education Doctor of Philosophy Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong Bachelor of Social Science (Major in Social Work) The Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduated with 1st Class Honours Employment 2016-present Associate Professor, Department of Social Work, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Teaching Consultant, Center on Behavioral Health, The University of Hong Kong Medical Social Worker, Ruttonjee Hospital Senior Service Manager, Enhance Home Care Services, Hong Kong Welfare Council Medical Social Worker, Haven of Hope Hospital Research and Teaching Awards 2015 Exemplary Teaching Award in General Education Senate Committee on General Education, CUHK (Contribution: Developed and conducted a new GE course, Living with grief: Understanding death, dying and bereavement.) 2013 The Young Researcher Award Faculty of Social Science, CUHK 2011 Exemplary Teaching Award Faculty of Social Science, CUHK 2005 Young Investigator Award for the research paper presented at the 12th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress

2 Honorary Appointment 2014 present Honorary Research Fellow, Sau Po Centre on Ageing, The University of Hong Kong 2011 present Honorary Research Fellow, Center on Behavioral Health, The University of Hong Kong Professional Qualifications 2013 present Diplomate of Logotherapy, Viktor Frankl Institute of Logotherapy Academic Associate in Logotherapy, Viktor Frankl Institute of Logotherapy 2009 present Fellow in Thanatology, Association for Death Education and Counseling Certified in Thanatology, Association for Death Education and Counseling 1999 present Registered Social Worker in Hong Kong Peer-reviewed Journals Chan, W. C. H. (2016). Assessing meaning in life in social work practice: Validation of Meaning in Life Questionnaire among clinical samples. British Journal of Social Work, doi: /bjsw/bcv144. To, S. M., & Chan, W. C. H. (2016). Psychometric Evaluation of the Chinese Version of the Existential Anxiety Questionnaire in a Sample of Chinese Adolescents Living in Hong Kong. Child & Youth Care Forum, doi: /s Chan, W. C. H., Tin, F. A., Wong, K. L. Y., Tse, D. M. W., Lau, K. S., & Chan, L. N. (2016). Impact of death work on self: Existential and emotional challenges and coping of palliative care professionals. Health & Social Work, 41(1), Chan, W. C. H., Tin, A. F., Wong, K. L. Y. (2015). Coping with Existential and Emotional Challenges: Development and validation of the Self-Competence in Death Work Scale. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 50(1), Chan, W. C. H., To, S. M., & Wong, K. L. Y. (2015). Intimacy as a distinct construct:

3 Validating the Intimacy Scale among older adults of residential care homes in Hong Kong. The Open Family Studies Journal, 7(Suppl 2: M2), p Chan, W. C. H., Kwan, C. W., & Chi, I. (2015). Moderating effect of communication difficulty on the relationship between depression and pain: A study on community-dwelling older adults in Hong Kong. Aging & Mental Health, 19(9), Chan, W. C. H. (2014a). Factor structure of the Chinese Version of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire in Hong Kong Chinese Caregivers. Health & Social Work, 39(3), Chan, W. C. H. (2014b). Relationships between psychosocial issues and physical symptoms of Hong Kong Chinese palliative care patients: Insights into social workers role in symptoms management. British Journal of Social Work, 44(8), Chan, W. C. H., Kwan, C. W., Chi, I., & Chong, A. M. L. (2014). The impact of loneliness on the relationship between depression and pain of Hong Kong Chinese terminally ill patients. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 17(5), Chan, W. C. H., & Wong, K. L. Y. (2014). Support paradox in caregiving: A focus group study of family caregivers of older adults living in elderly homes (abstract). Asian Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 9(1), 50. Chan, W. C. H., Chan, C. L. F., & Suen, M. (2013). Validation of the Chinese version of the Modified Caregivers Strain Index among Hong Kong caregivers: An initiative of medical social workers. Health and Social Work, 38(4), To, S. M., Tam, C. H. L., & Chan, W. C. H. (2013). Life education for Hong Kong adolescents: Current status and future directions. Journal of Youth Studies, 16(1), Chan, W. C. H. (2012). Losses and gains: A meaning-based framework of working with caregivers of persons with dementia. Asia Health Care Journal, July,

4 Chan, W. C. H., & Tin, A. F. (2012). Beyond knowledge and skills: Self-competence in working with death, dying and bereavement. Death Studies, 36(10), Chan, W. C. H., & Wittkowski, J. (2012). English adaptation versus mother tongue: Reliability of the English version of MODDI-F administered to Hong Kong Chinese college students. Psychological Reports, 110(3), Lalayants, M., Epstein, I., Auslander, G. K., Chan, W. C. H., Fouche, CV., Giles, R., Joubert, L., Rosenne, H., & Vertigan, A. (2012). Clinical data-mining: Learning from practice in international settings. International Social Work, 56(6), Chan, W. C. H., & Epstein, I. ( ). Researching good death in a Hong Kong palliative care program: A clinical data-mining study. Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 64(3), Wittkowski, J., Ho, S. M. Y., & Chan, W. C. H. ( ). The Chinese version of the Multidimensional Orientation toward Dying and Death Inventory (MODDI-F/chin): An introduction. Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 64(1), Chan, W. C. H. (2011). Being aware of the prognosis: How does it relate to palliative care patients anxiety and communication difficulty with family members in the Hong Kong Chinese context? Journal of Palliative Medicine, 14(9), Chan, W. C. H., & Chan, C. L. W. (2011). Acceptance of spousal death: The factor of time in bereaved older adults search for meaning. Death Studies, 35(2), Reese, D., Chan, C. L. W., Chan, W. C. H., & Wiersgalla, D. (2011). A crossnational comparison of Hong Kong and U.S. student beliefs and preferences in end-of-life care: Implications for social work education and hospice practice. Journal of Social Work in End-Of-Life & Palliative Care, 6(3), Wittkowski, J., Ho, S. M. Y., & Chan, W. C. H. (2011). Factor Structure of the Multidimensional Orientation Toward Dying and Death Inventory

5 among Hong Kong college students: A preliminary study. Death Studies, 35(10), Chan, W. C. H., Tin, A. F., Chan, C. H. Y., & Chan, C. L. W. (2010). Introducing the 8A model in death education training: Promoting planning for end-of-life care for Hong Kong Chinese. Illness, Crisis and Loss, 18(1), Chan, W. C. H. (2009). Can personal resources make a difference? An exploratory study of Chinese cancer patients in palliative care. Journal of Social Work in End-Of-Life & Palliative Care, 5(3), Chan, W. C. H., Epstein, I., Reese, D., & Chan, C. L. W. (2009). Family predictors of psychosocial outcomes among Hong Kong Chinese cancer patients in palliative care: Living and dying with the support paradox. Social Work in Health Care, 48(5), Research report Chan, W. C. H., Leung, M. M. M., Lin, M. K. Y., Wong, K. L. Y., Lam, B. C. L. (2015). Views of Medical and Nursing Professionals on Palliative Care for Paediatrics and Adolescents in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: CUHK and Children s Cancer Foundation. Chan, W. C. H., To, S. M., & Wong, K. L. Y. (2013). Enhancing the relationship between the elderly and the family caregiver: Report for the evaluation study on the family support programme organized by the residential care home for the elderly of the Pok Oi Hospital. Hong Kong: The Pok Oi Hospital. Peer-reviewed book chapter Chan, W. C. H., Tse, H. S., & Chan, T. H. Y. (2006). What is good death: Bridging the gap between research and intervention. In C. L. W. Chan & A. M. Y. Chow (Eds.), Death, Dying and Bereavement: A Hong Kong Chinese Experience (pp ). Hong Kong University Press. Published Books 張包意琴 田芳 陳智豪 (2010). 天上人間 香港 : 快樂書房 (Editor of a Chinese book which focuses on grief and bereavement) Chan, C. L. W., Chan, C. H. Y., Tin, A. F., Chan, W. C. H., & Ng, P. O. K. (2009). In

6 Celebration of Life. Hong Kong: Centre on Behavioral Health, University of Hong Kong. Research Grants a) Competitive grants (Principal Investigator) Title Source of grant Year Amount Self-preparation of helping General Research HK$892,941 professionals in working with death, dying and bereavement Fund/Research Grant Council Views of medical and nursing professionals on palliative care for paediatrics and adolescents in Hong Kong Children s Cancer Foundation Oct Aug HK$205,000 b) Other research grants (Principal Investigator) Title Source of grant Year Amount Perspectives of donors and The Board of the HK$315,658 bereaved family members for the Body Donation Program Validation of Scale for Suicide Ideation among Hong Kong Chinese (project no.: ) Evaluation Study on the Family Support Programme Organized by the Residential Care Home for the Elderly of the Pok Oi Hospital Grieving and meaning searching: A qualitative study on the caregiving experience of Chinese caregivers for persons with dementia Management of Chinese Permanent Cemeteries CUHK Research Committee Funding (Direct Grants) HK$39,972 Pok Oi Hospitals HK$156,860 CUHK Research Committee Funding (Direct Grants) Project code: st June, 2010 to 30 th November, 2011) HK$52,788 Teaching grants

7 Title Investigators Source of grant Collaborative PI: Lee, V. W. Y. Teaching Approach to Co-Is: Chau, JPC; Developme improve teaching Leung, AWN; Lau, nt Grant, And Learning ASN; Yan, BPY; Chan, University Yielding Wallace Chi Ho Grants Sustainable and Committee, Translational Hong Kong outcomes (CATALYST) Year Amount 2015 HK$200,000 Life Mentor Scheme for Generation Me A Cross-University Collaboration for Student Excellence in an Ageing Society Reflective-action Learning in the Social Work Undergraduate Program PI: Chong Ming Lin Alice Co-Is: Leung YM Angela; Lou WQ Vivian; Chan Wallace Chi Ho PI: Lam ching Man CO-Is: To Siu Ming; Chan Wallace Chi Ho; Lo Ng Mei Kuen; Tse Kit Yee, Miranda University Grant Council Teaching Award Teaching Developme nt Grant, University Grants Committee, Hong Kong HK$450,000 HK$250,000 Knowledge Transfer Project Fund Title Investigators Source of grant Year Amount Grief detection Coordinating CUHK Knowledge Nov 2013 HK$285,000 and Leader: Transfer Project May 2015 management for caregivers Timothy Kwok Fund/ from the (1 st Feb, 2014 of people with Project Earmarked Fund to 31 st July, dementia Collaborator: for Knowledge 2015) KPF14ICF10 Chan, Transfer Wallace Chi provided by the

8 Ho University Grants Committee Consultation project Title Investigators Source of grant Three-year PI: Dr. Terry Lum Lotteries project on Co PI: Dr. Vivian Fund, Social enhancement Lou Welfare of the Department, infrastructure Co-investigators: HKSAR of long-term Dr. Iris Chi, Government care in Hong Dr. Alice Chong, Kong Dr. Angela Leung, Dr. Justina Liu, Dr. Bai Xue, Prof. Claudia Lai, Dr. Chan, Wallace Chi Ho, Dr. Christopher Chan Year Sept Aug Amount HK$24,676,000 Keynoted and invited conference and symposium presentations 1. Keynote speaker at the 12 th Hong Kong Palliative Care Symposium. (title of presentation: Death is relational: From caregiving, dying and bereavement) (24 th October, 2015) 2. Keynote speaker at the Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) 2015 of the Hong Kong Palliative Nursing Association. (Title of presentation: Meaning of life and meaning of work: What logotherapy may remind us?) (2 October, 2015) 3. Invited speaker at the Paediatric Palliative Care Commissioned Training 2015, organized by the Hospital Authority (title of presentation: Views of doctors and nurses in paediatric palliative care) (Date: 5 th September, 2015) 4. Keynote speaker at the 21st Hong Kong International Cancer Congress Satellite Symposium: The art of palliative social work Research, practice and beyond. (Title of presentation: Walking with death: Self-competence) (2014)

9 5. Keynote speaker at the Symposium on Dialogues on Medical Social Work: From Hong Kong to China, from Theory to Practice, organized by Department of Social Work and Social Administration, the University of Hong Kong). (Title of presentation: When will you think of them: Rethinking the role and identity of medical social workers in Hong Kong) (2014) 6. Keynote speaker at the End-of-Life Care Symposium 2012, organized by the New Territories West Cluster, the Hospital Authority of Hong Kong (Topic: How can hospital staff prepare themselves for facing death, dying and bereavement in work?) 7. Invited Panel Discussant at the Symposium on Bereavement: From treatment to transformation, organized by the Faculty of Social Science, the University of Hong Kong. (2012) 8. Keynote speaker at the Satellite Symposium on New Advances in Hospice Social Work, 17th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress. (Topic: From strength to strength: Further development of social work in palliative and end-of-life care in Hong Kong) (2010) 9. Invited speaker for the pre-conference workshop of the Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development. (Topic: Practice-based research: Workshop on clinical data mining) (2009) 10. Keynote speaker at the 6th Palliative Care Symposium, organized by the Society for Promotion of Hospice Care (Topic: When helping professionals become helpless: Development of Self Competence in working with death, dying and bereavement) (2009) 11. Invited speaker at the Social Work Research and Practice: Diversity and Inequality at End-of-life Colloquium, organized by the Faculty of Education and Social Work, the University of Sydney (2008). Conference papers and presentations Chan, W. C. H. (2003). Bereavement in old age: The meaning of death and meaning in life. Paper presented at the 10th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress, Hong Kong, November

10 Chan, W. C. H. (2003). The meaning in life of bereaved Chinese elders: Can post-traumatic growth be experienced? Paper presented in the Social Work Symposium: Knowledge, Practice, and Research in Chinese Societies Challenges Ahead, Hong Kong, December 2 6. Chan, W. C. H. (2004a). Perception of good death: How does it affect end-of-life care decisions? Paper presented at the 11th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress, Hong Kong, November Chan, W. C. H. (2004b). Search for meaning in life: A temporal perspective of bereaved older adults. Paper presented at the 11th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress, Hong Kong, November Chan, C. L. W., & Chan, W. C. H. (2005). How to assist older adults to face the death of spouses: Research implications for frontline service. Paper published in Live a New Day: A Special Topic on Counseling with Bereaved Older Adults, Hong Kong (6 15). Hong Kong: SAGE. (In Chinese) Chan, W. C. H. (2005). Good death and good life: We need both for good bereavement. Paper presented at the 6th Asia Pacific Hospice Conference, Seoul, Korea, March Chan, W. C. H., Lau, K. S., Chow, A. M. Y., & Yeung, E. W. F. (2005). Patients anxiety in their early days with palliative care: A project of clinical data mining. Paper presented at the 12th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress, Hong Kong, December Chan, W. C. H., Lau, K. S., Yeung, E. W. F., & Chan, C. L. W. (2006). Physical and psychosocial determinants of a good death: A clinical data mining study of Chinese cancer patients in palliative care. Paper presented at the Fifth International Conference of Social Work in Health & Mental Health, Hong Kong, December Chan, W. C. H., & Chan, C. L. W. (2006). Does it hurt to face the reality Insight on prognosis, anxiety, and quality of communication in patients with terminal cancer (abstract). Proceedings of the Research Postgraduate Conference, University of Kong, April 22.

11 Chan, W. C. H., Tse, H. S., Siu, W. Y., and Tse, K. K., Lau, Y. Y., & Chung, W. Y. (2006). Supporting the caregivers of stroke patients: Exploring the emotional distress and the perceived usefulness of medical social work intervention (abstract). Proceedings of the Hong Kong East and Hong Kong West Clusters Joint Rehabilitation Scientific Conference, March 18, Chan, W. C. H., Wong, Y. H., & Ho, K. W. (2006). Retrospection and introspection: The experience of medical social workers in reintegration of patients into the community (abstract). Proceedings of the Symposium on Community Engagement II: Building a Successful Partnership in Community Care. Hong Kong East Cluster, Hospital Authority, September 23. Chan, C. L. W., Chan, W. C. H., Ho, A. H. Y., Leung, E. K. T., & Wong, V. (2008). Dedication to preserve dignity in end-of-life care Transforming illness and death into a healing process of becoming whole for patients and family members (abstract). Paper presented at the conference Frontiers in Medical and Health Sciences Education: Making Doctors Human, Institute of Medical and Health Sciences education, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, December Chan, W. C. H. (2008). When confronted by death and dying: What personal resources can make a difference for Chinese advanced cancer patients in palliative care? Paper presented at the 5th Biennial International Conference on Personal Meaning: Living well and dying well, International Network on Personal Meaning, Toronto, Canada, July 25. Chan, W. C. H., Chan, C. L. W., & Epstein, I. (2008). Universal or culturally specific: The role of family in the psychosocial outcome of Hong Kong Chinese cancer patients in palliative care (abstract). Paper presented at the Social Work Research and Practice: Diversity and Inequality at End of life Colloquium, The University of Sydney, Australia, February 22. Chan, C. L. F., & Chan, W. C. H. (2010). Initial validation of the Chinese version of Spirituality Scale (CSS): Holistic instrument to assess the human spiritual dimension. Paper presented at the 2010 Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Welfare, Hong Kong, June 13.

12 Chan, W. C. H. (2011). Where is Logotherapy? Retrospecting and introspecting the development of Logotherapy in Hong Kong. Paper presented at the Eighteenth World Congress on Viktor Frankl s Logotherapy, Dallas, Texas, June 23. Chan, W. C. H., & Wong, K. L. Y. (2013a). Confronted by death, dying and bereavement: Existential challenges and coping among palliative care professionals in Hong Kong. Paper presented at the Nineteenth World Congress on Viktor Frankl s Logotherapy, Dallas, Texas, June 22. Chan, W. C. H., & Wong, K. L. Y. (2013b). Support paradox in caregiving: A focus group study of family caregivers of older adults living in elderly homes. Paper presented at the Twentieth Annual Congress of Gerontology, Hong Kong, November 23. Chan, W. C. H., & Wong, K. L. Y. (2014a). Changes of attitudes in life and death among college students attending a death education course in Hong Kong. Paper presented at the 10th International Conference on Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society, Hong Kong, June 12. Chan, W. C. H., & Wong, K. L. Y. (2014b). Self-competence in death work: A qualitative study on palliative care professionals in Hong Kong. Paper presented at the 10th International conference on Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society, Hong Kong, June 13. Chan, W. C. H., Leung, M. M. M., Lin, M. K. L., Lam, B. C. L., & Wong, K. L. Y. (2015). Perceived challenges in pediatric palliative care. Paper presented at the 11 th Asia Pacific Hospice Conference, Taipei, May 1. Chan, W. C. H. (2015). Maintaining emotional distance or not: How do physicians, nurses, and social workers in palliative care cope with the emotional challenges in work? Paper presented at the 11 th Asia Pacific Hospice Conference, Taipei, May 1. Chan, W. C. H. (2015). A randomized controlled trial: Examining the effectiveness of a training on enhancing the self-competence of helping professionals in death work. Paper presented at the Joint U.S. Hong Kong International Social Work and Violence Prevention Conference, San Francisco, June 29. Invited training and courses

13 Invited trainer. Invited by the Macau Medical Association, Peace and Hope Center. (Plan to provide end-of-life care training to helping professionals at Macau in mid-march 2015) Invited trainer. Invited by the Society for the Promotion of Hospice Care. (Plan to provide training on Logotherapy and end-of-life care in mid-august 2015) Invited honorary advisor for the Palliative Care Medical Social Work Grand Round 2014/2015, organized by the Hospital Authority of Hong Kong. (Providing feedback to the clinical case presentations conducted by medical social workers.) Invited trainer for the Diploma Course in Applied Gerontology: Quality of life and spiritual care. Organized by the Hong Kong Association of Gerontology) ( ) Invited trainer for the courses of the Postgraduate Diploma in End-of-Life Programme. Organized by the School of Public Health, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. ( ) Invited trainer for the Commissioned Training Program, organized by the Institute of Advanced Allied Health Studies, Hospital Authority. (Topic: Building evidence-informed practice through practice-based research: An empowering workshop for medical social workers). (2012) Invited speaker. Invited by the New Year Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association to conduct training on end-of-life and bereavement care. (2012) Invited trainer for the commissioned training of medical social workers of Hospital Authority. (Topic: Complicated grief management) (2009) Invited trainer. Invited by the Department of Care & Counseling of Tan Tock Seng Hospital in Singapore to conduct training for health care professionals (2008). Contributions and involvement (academic journals, conferences, and research grant council) Consulting Editor of the journal Health and Social Work (Ju1y 1, 2014 June 30, 2017)

14 Member of the Scientific Programme Committee, the 10th International Conference on Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society; Coordinator of the theme: Education perspective of death and dying. (Conference held in June 2014.) Member of the Scientific Committee, the International Conference titled Discovery and Innovation in Social Work Practicum Education. (Conference will be in May 2015.) Invited Reviewer for proposals submitted to the Faculty Development Scheme for the Local Self-financing Degree Sector (2014), Research Grants Council of Hong Kong Invited Paper Reviewer of various journals, including: Aging and Health, Annals of Oncology, British Journal of Social Work, Death Studies, Health and Social Work, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Journal of Clinical Nursing, International of Palliative Nursing, Journal of Palliative Medicine, Psycho-Oncology. Community service External Committee member, Hospital Governing Committee, Caritas Medical Center, Hospital Authority (2010 present) External Advisor for the Higher Diploma in Social Work, Hong Kong College of Technology (2013 present) Board member, The Comfort Care Concern Group (an NGO which provides supportive counseling to terminally ill patients and bereavement counseling to bereaved families) (2013 present) Board member, Lazarus (an NGO which aims to promote end-of-life and bereavement care in the community) (September 2015 present) Honorary supervisor of Helping Hand (providing guidance and support to social workers of this NGO) ( ) Committee member, Professional Development Committee, The Hong Kong Social Workers Association (2009 present)

15 Committee member, Service Quality and Development Subcommittee, Caritas Medical Center, Hospital Authority (2013 present) Committee member, Service Development Committee, the Comfort Care Concern Group (2009 present) Internal (service to department/faculty/college/university) Ambassador, Teaching Excellence Ambassador Programme of CUHK (2013 present) Chairperson and Coordinator, Admissions Committee, Department of Social Work (2011 present) College Coordinator of United College (2011 present) Committee member, Faculty Admissions Committee, Faculty of Social Science (2011 present) Committee member, Selection Committee of Exemplary Teaching Award, Faculty of Social Science (2013) Committee member, the Madam Tan Jen Chiu Fund Committee, Department of Social Work (2014 present) Committee member, Teaching Resource Committee, Department of Social Work (2013 present) Committee member, Selection Committee, Dr Thomas Chen Si Yuan Social Service Admission Scholarship, United College (2012 present) Academic Advice Coordinator, Department of Social Work (2010 present) Committee member, Field Instruction Committee, Department of Social Work ( ) Committee member, Library Committee, Department of Social Work ( )

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