CV

Reseasrch Officer (Part-time)

Jockey Club “Peace and Awareness” Mindfulness Culture in Schools Initiative, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Hong Kong

Moving to Toronto, I switch to a remote position continuing to support the JC PandA project.

• Data analyses, results reporting, and manuscript writing
• Provide statistical assistance for intervention evaluation and data-driven recommendations for the services provided by the team of school psychologist
• Prepare a fMRI study investigating neural correlates of mindfulness mechanism

Assistant Reseasrch Officer

Jockey Club “Peace and Awareness” Mindfulness Culture in Schools Initiative, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Hong Kong

Promoted to a senior position, I managed the research team to provide support to the professional team.

• Designed experiment protocol of longitudinal fMRI study investigating the mechanism of mindfulness-based intervention on helping professionals
• Manage a team of research assistants and provide needed training for data collection or behavioral assessment
• Assist the development of psychological assessment measuring preschoolers' empathy as an outcome of mindfulness-based intervention
• Perform quantitative analysis (linear mixed model) and qualitative analysis (thematic analysis) of existing data and write journal manuscript (submitted, under review)
• Helping the administration to prepare progress reports for the funding body

Research Assistant I

Jockey Club “Peace and Awareness” Mindfulness Culture in Schools Initiative, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Hong Kong

Finishing my MPhil, I joined the JC PandA to use my expertise in EEG to help investigating the mechanism of mindfulness.

• Design and conduct longitudinal EEG experiment assessing emotion regulation after mindfulness-based intervention
• Online survey data management (Qualtrics), processing (cleaning, scoring, merging), analyses, and results reporting
• Assist a team of school psychologists in delivering an 8-week mindfulness course to local school teachers
• Prepare promotion materials for subject recruitment (webpage, mass e-mail, invitation letter, poster and leaflet)
• Social media page management (Facebook & Instagram) of the project

Junior Research Assistant

Cognitive Neuroscience of Language Laboratory, Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

I joined the Prof. Urs Maurer's laboratory to assist the execution of a longitudinal intervention study for dyslexia. During this time, I received extensive training of EEG technique.

• Prepared stimuli and create experiment program with E-Prime for EEG study
• Administrated over 100 EEG sessions and standardized behavioral tests on children with dyslexia
• Scheduled assessment and intervention sessions for children with dyslexia
• Publicity for recruitment (design advertisement, conduct briefing sessions, meetings with stakeholders, and handle enquiry)
• Daily operation of laboratory (maintenance of EEG equipment, supply of consumables)

Research Assistant

Han Andersen Club (Non-profit Organization) in collaboration with Department of Applied Social Science, City University of Hong Kong

I worked for Prof. Annis Fung on multiple projects related to children's aggressive behavior. The main focus was in a cross-cultural RCT study investigating the effect of Omega-3 supplement. Other projects included the evaluation of a storytelling intervention and a Chinese martial art training.

• Conduct computerized neuropsychological assessment and EEG experiment
• Collaborate with teachers and social workers to arrange data collection
• Literature review, quantitative data analyses and results writing
• Prepare manuscript for journal submission
• Prepare proposals and progress reports for funding body and collaborating schools

Master of Philosophy (MPhil)

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Education (Educational Psychology)

Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honors)

City University of Hong Kong

Psychology