Dr Rachel Ngan Yin CHAN
Assistant Professor (Non-clinical)

• Sleep and Psychopathology 
• Psychotherapy for Sleep and Mood Problems 
• Transdiagnostic Approach 
• Digital Mental Health 
• Stepped Care Model 
• Long covid 

• Travel Grant Award for Young Investigators in 2nd Congress of Asian Society of Sleep Medicine, Seoul, Korea, 2018 
• International Pediatric Sleep Association Online Young or New Investigator Poster Award, 2021 
• 3rd Congress of Asian Society of Sleep Medicine Young Investigator Award, 2021

• Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers

1. Title: Advancing adolescent bedtime by using motivational interviewing and text reminders – A randomized controlled trial. Project period: 1/7/2018 – 30/6/2020
   Funding source: Health and Medical Research Fund
   Position: PI
2. Title: Effects of group-based and digitally delivered cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) in youth: a randomised controlled trial.
   Project period: 01/01/2021 – 31/12/2022
   Funding source: GRF
   Position: Co-I 
3. Title: Randomised controlled study to examine the efficacy of sleep education on extending sleep duration of preschool children. 
   Project period: 01/01/2021 – 31/12/2022
   Funding source: GRF
   Position: Co-I
4. Title: Prevention of insomnia in at-risk youth: A randomized controlled trial comparing cognitive behavioral prevention program for insomnia with active control condition.  
   Study period: 01/01/2022 -31/12-2023
   Funding source: GRF
   Capacity: PI
5. Title: understanding the relationship between stress, resilience and sleep problems in adolescents
   Study period: 30/06/2021 – 29/06/2022
   Funding source: Direct grant
   Capacity: PI
6. Title: Efficacy of group cognitive behavioural therapy for youth anxiety and insomnia: A randomised, assessor blind, parallel-group trial
   Project period: 01/01/2022 – 31/12/2023
   Funding source: GRF
   Position: Co-I
7. Title: Novel strategies to facilitate early detection, prevention and Intervention for long-Term Health problems related to COVID-19 (NovITor-COVID study)
   Project period: 01/04/2021 – 31/03/2026
   Funding source: HMRF Commission research
   Position: Co-I
8. Title: Neuropsychiatric ‘Long COVID’ in adult patients
   Project period: 05/2022 – 05/2023
   Funding source: CRF
   Position: Co-PI  
9. Title: Sleep intervention – A brief online sleep intervention tailored to South Asian population in Hong Kong.
   Project period, 1/4/2024 to 30/09/2025
   Funding source: Knowledge transfer fund ($400,000)
   Position: PI

1. Chen CX, Li TMH, Zhang J, Li SX, Yu MWM, Tsang CC, Chan KCC, Au TC, 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, 2022:100, 494-500.
2. Chan NY, Lam SP, Zhang J, Chan JWY, Yu MWM, Suh S, Yang CM, Okajima I, Li AM, Wing YK, Li SX.
   Efficacy of Email-delivered vs. Face-to-face Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in Youths: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
   Journal of Adolescent Health, 2022;70: 763-773
3. Chan NY, Li SX, Zhang J, Lam SP, Kwok APL, YU MWM, Chan JWY, Li AM, Morin CM, Wing YK.
   A prevention program for insomnia in at-risk adolescents: a randomized controlled study.
   Pediatrics. 2021;147(3):e2020006833
4. Chan NY, Zhang J, Tsang CC, Li AM, Chan JWY, Wing YK, Li SX.
   The associations of insomnia symptoms and chronotype with daytime sleepiness, mood symptoms and suicide risk in adolescents.
   Sleep Medicine 2020;74:124-31.
5. Liu Y, Zhang J, Li SX, Chan NY, Yu MWM, Lam SP, Chan JWY, Li AM, Wing YK.
   Excessive daytime sleepiness among children and adolescents: prevalence, correlates, and pubertal effects.
   Sleep Medicine. 2019; 53: 1-8.
6. Li SX, Chan NY, Man Yu MW, Lam SP, Zhang J, Yan Chan JW, Li AM, Wing YK.
   Eveningness chronotype, insomnia symptoms, and emotional and behavioural problems in adolescents.
   Sleep Medicine. 2018; 47: 93-9
7. Chan NY, Zhang J, Yu MWM, Lam SP, Li SX, Kong APS, Li AM, Wing YK.
   Impact of a modest delay in school start time in Hong Kong school adolescents.
   Sleep Medicine. 2017; 30: 164-70.
8. Zhang J, Chan NY, Lam SP, Li SX, Liu Y, Chan JW, Kong AP, Ma RC, Chan KC, Li AM, Wing YK.
   Emergence of Sex Differences in Insomnia Symptoms in Adolescents: A Large-Scale School-Based Study.
   Sleep. 2015; 39: 1563-70.
9. Chan NY, Lam SP, Zhang J, Yu MWM, Li SX, Li AM, & Wing YK.
   Sleep education in Hong Kong.
   Sleep Biological Rhythm. 2015; 14: 21-5.
10. Wing YK, Chan NY, Yu MWM, Lam SP, Zhang J, Li SX, Kong AP, Li AM.
    A school-based sleep education program for adolescents: a cluster randomized trial.
    Pediatrics. 2015; 13: e635-43.

Supervisor of:
Mr. NGAN, Cho Lam
Ms. YONG, Wei
Ms. LI, Wai Tung

Co-Supervisor of:
Ms. AO, Weng Ian
Ms. SUN, Wai Han