Dr. Chris Xie CHEN
Postdoctoral Fellow
Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: xiechen[at]cuhk.edu.hk
Dr. Chris Xie Chen is currently a postdoctoral fellow at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She received her bachelor’s degree in Clinical Medicine and her master’s degree in Psychiatry at Shantou University. She also received the standardized residency training in Department of Psychiatry in Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital and obtained qualification of psychiatrist in Mainland China. Then she received her PhD’s degree in Medical Sciences at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
RESEARCH INTEREST
- Sleep and circadian rhythm in mental resilience.
- Acoustic stimulation for sleep and mental health.
RESEARCH TOPIC
- Mental resilience and sleep macro- and microstructures in adults with insomnia symptoms
- Acoustic stimulation of slow wave sleep for improving sleep quality in adults with insomnia disorder
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Chen CX, Li SX, Ho CS, Chan JWY, Chan LKW, Lee TM, Wing YK, Chan NY.
Associations of psychological resilience with macro- and microstructures in NREM and REM sleep in adolescents.
International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology. 2025 Apr-Jun;25(2):100570. doi: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2025.100570. - Chen CX, Zhang JH, Li SX, Chan KCC, Li AM, Kong APS, Chan JWY, Wing YK, Chan NY.
Secular trends in sleep and circadian problems among adolescents in Hong Kong: From 2011-2012 to 2017-2019.
Sleep Medicine. 2024 May;117:62-70. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2024.03.003. - Chen CX, Li TMH, Zhang J, Li SX, Yu MWM, Tsang CC, Chan KCC, Au CT, Li AM, Kong APS, Chan JWY, Wing YK, Chan NY.
The impact of sleep-corrected social jetlag on mental health, behavioral problems, and daytime sleepiness in adolescents.
Sleep Medicine. 2022 Dec;100:494-500. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2022.09.027. - Chen CX, Wang R, Cheung FTW, Ho AWY, Ho CS, Chan NY, Chan JWY, Hou WK, Yau SY, Liu Y, Lee TMC, Li SX, Wing YK.
A modified at-home methodology for measuring dim light melatonin onset timing in healthy adults.
Chronobiology International. 2025 May;42(5):653-663. doi: 10.1080/07420528.2025.2500404. - Chen SJ, Que JY, Chan NY, Shi L, Li SX, Chan JWY, Huang W, Chen CX, Tsang CC, Ho YL, Morin CM, Zhang JH, Lu L, Wing YK.
Effectiveness of app-based cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia on preventing major depressive disorder in youth with insomnia and subclinical depression: A randomized clinical trial.
PLoS Medcine. 2025 Jan 21;22(1):e1004510. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004510.
