Prof. Phoenix Kit-han Mo

Associate Professor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Dr. Phoenix Mo is the Associate Professor and director of the Centre for Health Behaviours Research of the School of Public Health and Primary Care, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She is a chartered psychologist of the British Psychological Society, a chartered scientist of the UK Science Council, and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and the Hong Kong Psychological Society. She is also the chairpersion of the Hong Kong Coalition of AIDS Service Organisations. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Social Sciences (majoring in Psychology) at the University of Hong Kong, followed by an MSc in Health Psychology and Ph.D. at the University of Nottingham, UK. Phoenix has an active interest in Health Psychology and Behavioral Health and her research interests are to explore the cognitive, social, and psychological aspects of disease prevention and management, mental health research and promotion among vulnerable or diseased populations, and the development of theory-based and evidence-based digital health interventions. She has published more than 160 papers in peer-reviewed academic journals. She has obtained research grants from local government (e.g. Research Grants Council and Food and Health Bureau), mainland China (e.g. National Science of Foundation of