Dr. Joey Wing Yan CHAN
Associate Professor (Clinical)

• Honorary Consultant, New Territories East Cluster, Hospital Authority
• President, The Hong Kong Society of Sleep Medicine (HKSSM)
• Task Force on Chronobiology and Chronotherapy, International Society of Bipolar Disorder (ISBD)
• Subcommittees of Curriculum Structure Design & Teaching and Learning Activities, and Assessment, Asian Society of Sleep Medicine (ASSM)
• Task Force on Sleep Medicine Education, Asian Society of Sleep Medicine (ASSM)

• Circadian rhythm and neuropsychiatric disorders
• Clinical application of chronotherapeutic treatments
• Circadian biomarkers
• Sleep disorders and psychiatric illness

• Distinguished Young Fellow, the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, 2022

1. Machine learning and prediction of major adverse cardiovascular events in patients prescribed second-generation antipsychotics – a territory-wide study. Funded by Direct Grant, CUHK. Capacity: PI. Study duration: 30.6.2024 – 29.6.2025
2. Randomized placebo- and active-controlled trial for assessing the efficacy of bright light therapy for sleep and mood symptoms in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Funded by Health and Medical Research Fund –Food and Health Bureau. Capacity: PI. Study duration: 1/8/2022 – 31/7/2025
3. A randomized placebo-controlled trial for adjunctive bright light therapy in patients with bipolar depression and eveningness. Funded by General Research Fund, Research Grants Council. Capacity: PI. Study duration: 1/1/2022 – 31/12/2023
4. Efficacy of digital cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) with artificial intelligence chatbot for youth with insomnia: An assessor-blind, randomized controlled trial. Funded by General Research Fund, Research Grants Council. Capacity: Co-I. Study duration: 01/01/2024 – 30/06/2026
5. Effects of cognitive behavioural therapy and bright light therapy in youth with unipolar depression and evening chronotype: An assessor-blind, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial. Funded by General Research Fund, Research Grants Council. Capacity: Co-I. Study duration: 1/1/2023 – 30/6/2025.
6. Efficacy of cognitive behaviour therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) in adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: A randomized controlled trial. Funded by Health and Medical Research Fund –Food and Health Bureau. Capacity: Co-I. Study duration: 1/4/2023 – 31/3/2025.
7. Reward processing and eveningness in youth depression: A longitudinal EEG investigation. Funded by Health and Medical Research Fund –Food and Health Bureau. Capacity: Co-I. Study duration: 1/4/2024 – 31/3/2027.

1. Chan, JWY*., Li, CT., Chau, SWH., Chan, NY., Li, TM., Huang, B., Tsoh, J., Li, SX., Chong, KKL., Roecklein, KA., Wing, YK.
   Attenuated melanopsin-mediated post-illumination pupillary response (PIPR) is associated with reduced actigraphic amplitude and mesor in older adults.
   Sleep, 2024, zsae239. Advance online publication.
2. Cheong, HC., Chau, SWH., Chan, NY., Chen, X., Kapczinski, F., Wing, YK., Chan, JWY* et al.
   Chinese self-report version of biological rhythms interview for assessment in neuropsychiatry (C-BRIAN-SR) – psychometric properties and prospective follow-up in patients with non-seasonal depression
   Chronobiology international, 2024, 41(7), 1008–1020.
3. Cheung, MMS., Chau, SWH., Chan, NY., Li, TM., Wing, YK., Chan, JWY* et al.
   Hypersomnolence is associated with non-remission of major depressive disorder.
   Sleep medicine, 2024, 119, 35–43.
4. Lei, B., Tsang, JCC., Chan, NY., Chan, JWY., Merikangas, KR., Zhnag, J., Wing, YK et al.
   Circadian rhythm dysfunction and psychopathology in the offspring of parents with bipolar disorder: a high-risk study in the Chinese population.
   General psychiatry, 2024, 37(3), e101239.
5. Tang JH, Wing YK, Chan JWY*, Lo RSK.
   Bright Light Therapy for Cancer-related Fatigue in a Palliative Care Unit: A Feasibility Study.
   J Pain Symptom Manage.2023;65(3):e237-e40.
6. Chan JWY*, Chan NY, Li SX, Lam SP, Chau SWH, Liu Y, et al.
   Change in circadian preference predicts sustained treatment outcomes in patients with unipolar depression and evening preference.
   J Clin Sleep Med. 2022;18(2):523-31.
7. Chan JWY*, Li SX, Chau SWH, Chan NY, Zhang J, Wing YK.
   Prediction of Dropout in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Adjunctive Light Treatment in Patients with Non-Seasonal Depression and Evening Chronotype.
   Clocks & Sleep. 2022;4(3):346-57.
8. Chan JWY, Lam SP, Li SX, Chau SW, Chan SY, Chan NY, et al.
   Adjunctive bright light treatment with gradual advance in unipolar major depressive disorder with evening chronotype – A randomized controlled trial.
   Psychol Med. 2022;52(8):1448-57.
9. Chan JWY, Lam SP, Li SX, Yu MW, Chan NY, Zhang J, et al.
   Eveningness and insomnia: independent risk factors of nonremission in major depressive disorder.
   Sleep. 2014;37(5):911-7.

Supervisor of:
Ms. GAO, Xingle