Dr Tim Man Ho LI
Assistant Professor (Non-clinical)

• Digital mental health
• Artificial intelligence
• Natural language processing
• Electronic media use

• INFORMS ISS Design Science Award 2020

1. Sleep and circadian rhythm: Potential window for prevention of mental disorders in adolescents
   (Funded by Theme-based Research Scheme, Research Grants Council. Capacity: Co-PI. Project period: 2026-2031)
2. Leveraging multimodal ecological momentary assessment and artificial intelligence to predict depression recurrence: A prospective cohort study
   (Funded by Early Career Scheme, Research Grants Council. Capacity: PI. Project period: 2026-2028)
3. Harnessing machine learning to predict adherence to a fully automated digital cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I)
   (Funded by Health and Medical Research Fund, Health Bureau. Capacity: PI. Project period: 2025-2028)
4. Multimodal digital speech analysis for detection of depressive symptomatology in youth
   (Funded by Health and Medical Research Fund, Health Bureau. Capacity: PI. Project period: 2024-2027)
5. 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: PI. Project period: 2024-2026)
6.  An intelligent coaching system for insomnia: Towards the next-generation digital intervention
   (Funded by Innovation and Technology Support Programme, Innovation and Technology Commission. Capacity: PI. Project period: 2024-2025)

1.  Lam, C., Xian, L., Huang, R., Chen, J., Chan, K. Y., Chan, J. W. Y., Chau, S. W. H., Chan, N. Y., Li, S. X., Wing, Y. K., & Li, T. M. H.* (2026).
   Deep learning for detecting depression in individuals with and without alexithymia.
   Communications Medicine, 6, 123.
2.  So, R. W. L., Chan, K. Y., Cheng, C. C. W., Chan, N. Y., Li, S. X., Chan, J. W. Y., Chau, S. W. H., Wing, Y. K., & Li, T. M. H.* (2026).
   Predicting adherence to fully-automated, chatbot-delivered digital cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (dCBT-I) using machine learning: A pilot real-world study.
   PLOS Digital Health, 5(1), e0001170.
3.  Lam, C., Chen, J., Chan, K. Y., Chan, J. W. Y., Chan, N. Y., Li, S. X., Huang, B., Wing, Y. K., & Li, T. M. H.* (2025).
   Identifying multimodal digital features of insomnia using an app in Hong Kong: An ecological momentary assessment study.
   Sleep Medicine, 136, 106825.
4.  Huang, R., Yi, S., Chen, J., Chan, K. Y., Chan, J. W. Y., Chan, N. Y., Li, S. X., Wing, Y. K., & Li, T. M. H.* (2024).
   Exploring the role of first-person singular pronouns in detecting suicidal ideation: A machine learning analysis of clinical transcripts.
   Behavioral Sciences, 14(3), 225.
5.  Chen, J., Chan, N. Y., Li, C. T., Chan, J. W. Y., Liu, Y., Li, S. X., Chau, S. W. H., Leung, K. S., Heng, P.-A., Lee, T. M. C., Li, T. M. H.*, & Wing, Y. K. (2024).
   Multimodal digital assessment of depression with actigraphy and app in Hong Kong Chinese.
   Translational Psychiatry, 14(1), 150.
6. Yu, D. J., Wing, Y. K., Li, T. M. H.*, Chan, N. Y. (2024).
   The impact of social media use on sleep and mental health in youth: A scoping review.
   Current Psychiatry Reports, 26(3), 104-119.
7. Li, T. M. H.*, Chen, J., Law, F. O. C., Li, C. T., Chan, N. Y., Chan, J. W. Y., Chau, S. W. H., Liu, Y., Li, S. X., Zhang, J., Leung, K. S., & Wing, Y. K. (2023).
   Detection of suicidal ideation in clinical interviews for depression using natural language processing and machine learning: Cross-sectional study.
   JMIR Medical Informatics, 11, e50221.
8. Li, T. M. H.*, Chan, N. Y., Li, C. T., Chen, J., Chan, J. W. Y., Liu, Y., Li, S. X., Li, A. M., Zhang, J., & Wing, Y. K. (2022).
   The associations of electronic media use with sleep and circadian problems, social, emotional and behavioral difficulties in adolescents.
   Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 892583.
9. Li, T. M. H., Chau, M., Yip, P. S. F., & Wong, P. W. C. (2014).
   Temporal and computerized psycholinguistic analysis of the blog of a Chinese adolescent suicide.
   Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 35(3), 168-175.
10. Li, T. M. H., Chau, M., Wong, P. W. C., Lai, E. S. Y., & Yip, P. S. F. (2013).
    Evaluation of a web-based social network electronic game in enhancing mental health literacy for young people.
    Journal of Medical Internet Research, 15(5), e80.

Supervisor of:
Ms. CHAN, Kit Ying
Mr. XIAN, Longdi
Mr. MENG, Xiuyang

Co-Supervisor of:
Ms. HE, Zhixuan
Ms. PAN, Sangqi