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Prof. Chan Chor Kiu, Raymond 陳楚僑

PhD (HKU)

Professor



Email: rckchan@hku.hk
 

ORCID: 0000-0002-3414-450X

Biography:

  • Full Professor, Department of Psychiatry, the University of Hong Kong

  • Executive Board Member, the Schizophrenia International Research Society

  • Global Engagement Committee Member, the International Neuropsychological Society

  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (Medicine)

  • Fellow of Association for Psychological Sciences (Biological Sciences)

  • Global Schizophrenia Award (Society for International Research for Schizophrenia)

  • Arthur-Benton Mid-Career Award (International Neuropsychological Society)

  • Elsevier Highly Cited Chinese Researchers since 2020 onwards

  • World’s Top 2% Scientists since 2020 onwards (Career-long and Single-year Impact)

  • Annual Top 1% Highly Cited Scholar 2019 (Cross Field) (Web of Science)

  • Distinguished Young Scientist Award (National Natural Science Foundation China)

  • Griffith Health Distinguished Visiting Research Award

  • Senior Investigator Award (biennial Winter Workshop)

  • Young Investigator Award (the International Congress for Schizophrenia Research)

  • Young Investigator Award (Brain and Behaviour Research Foundation, formerly known as NASARD)

Research Interests

Prof. Raymond Chan has long been interested in individuals at risk for mental disorders and in schizophrenia and related disorders, and a combination methodology of neuropsychology, experimental psychology, affective and cognitive neuroscience, as well as digital phenotyping. His main research interests include

  • Identification of biomarkers or endophenotypes of schizophrenia and related disorders

  • Developmental and experimental psychopathology of schizophrenia and related disorders, especially negative symptoms such as anhedonia and amotivation

  • Transdiagnostic approach of psychopathologies across clinical groups and their subclinical counterparts

  • Development of sensitive and ecologically valid tests for clinical assessments and non-psychopharmacological interventions for precision and translational psychiatry and medicine

  • Behavioural genetics and digital psychiatry

 

Prof. Chan’s recent work has extended to a transdiagnostic approach to mental disorders. He is particularly focusing on the important role of the cerebellum and its related neuroanatomical and functional connectivity contributing to the development of psychopathologies and neurocognitive impairments in neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders.

Research Laboratory

Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory

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​https://nacnlab.com/

Recent Publications

  • Zhou, H. Y., Cui, X. L., Yang, B. R., Shi, L. J., Luo, X. R., Cheung, E. F. C., Lui, S. S. Y., Chan, R. C. K.* (2021). Audiovisual temporal processing in children and adolescents with schizophrenia and autism: Evidence from simultaneity judgement tasks and eye-tracking data. Clinical Psychological Science, 10(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/216770262110315

  • Zhou, H. Y., Yang, H. X., Shi, L. J., Lui, S. S. Y., Cheung, E. F. C., Lui, S. S. Y., Chan, R. C. K. * (2021). Correlations between audiovisusal temporal processing and sensory responsiveness in adolescents with autistic traits. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51(7), 2450-2460. DOI 10.1007/s10803-020-04724-9

  • Zhou, H. Y., Wang, Y. M., Zhang, R. T., Cheung, E. F. C., Pantelis, C., Chan, R. C. K.* (2021). Neural correlates of audiovisual temporal binding window in individuals with schizotypal and autistic traits: Evidence from resting-state functional connectivity. Autism Research, 14: 668–680. DOI: 10.1002/aur.2456 

  • Chan, R. C. K.*, Wang, L. L., Lui, S. S. Y. (2022). Theories and models of negative symptoms in schizophrenia and clinical implications. Nature Reviews Psychology, 1, 454–467 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s44159-022-00065-9

  • Yang, H. X., Zhou, H. Y., Li, Y., Cui, Y. H., Xiang, Y., Yuan, R. M., Lui, S. S. Y., Chan, R. C. K.* (2022). Decreased interoceptive accuracy in children with autism spectrum disorder and with comorbid attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Autism Research, 15(4), 729-739.

  • Yang, H. X., Zhou, H. Y., Wei, Z., Wan, G. B., Wang, Y., Wang, Y. Y., Yang, T. X., Lui, S. S. Y., Chan, R. C. K.* (2022). Multidimensional interoception and autistic traits across life sages: Evidence from a novel eye-tracking task. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 52, 2644-2655, DOI: 10.1007/s10803-021-05155-w

  • Hu, H. X., Liu, C., Zhang, J. B., Wang, L. L., Chu, M. Y., Li, S. B., Lv, Q. Y., Lui, S. S. Y., Hui, L., Yi, Z. H.*, Chan, R. C. K.* (2023). A transdiagnostic network analysis of motivation and pleasure, expressivity and social functioning. Nature Mental Health, 1, 586-595. 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-023-00102-3

  • Wang, X#. Yan, C.#*, Yang P. Y., Xia, Z., Cai, X. L., Wang, Y., Kwok, S. C., Chan, R. C. K. (2024).  Unveiling the potential of machine learning in schizophrenia diagnosis: A meta-analytic study of task-based neuroimaging data. Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 78: 157-168. DOI: 10.1111/pcn.13625.

  • Chan, R.C.K.*, Wang, L.L., Huang, J., Wang, Y., Lui, S. S. Y. (2025). Anhedonia across and beyond the schizophrenia spectrum. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 51(2), 293-308. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbae165

  • Huang, Y. H., Liu, C., Zhang, J. B., Li, S. B., Wang, L. L., Hu, H. X., Cai, Y., Zhu, Z., Chu, M. Y., Wang, Y., Lv, Q. Y., Lui, S. S. Y., Yi, Z. H.*, Hui, L.*, Chan, R. C. K.* (2025). A transdiagnostic network analysis of childhood trauma and psychopathology. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 51(3), 792-803. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbae137

  • Kong, L.*#, Wang, X#, Chen, G.#, Zhu, Y.#, Wang, L., Yan, M., Zeng, J., Zhou, X., Lui, S. S. Y., Chan, R. C. K. (2025). Gut microbiome characteristics in individuals across different stages of schizophrenia spectrum disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 173, 106167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106167

  • Wang, X., Guo, X. D., Cai. X. L., Huang, B. J., Wang, Y., Pu, C. C. Yu, X., Lui, S.S. Y., Chan, R. C. K.* (2025). Cerebellar-basal ganglia dysconnectivity in schizophrenia: Insights into motivational deficits. Schizophrenia Bulletin, sbaf087, https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbaf087

  • Wang X., Yu, J. T., Wang, L. L., Huang, J., Wang, Y., Lui, S. S. Y., Chan, R. C. K.* (2025) Cerebellar stimulation modulates reward processing: A high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation study. Cerebellum. 24: 153, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12311-025-01902-2

  • Li, K., Yuan, X., Zhang, K., Li, R., Zhang, C., Jia, Z., Feng, Y., Mi, S., Chen, A., Wang, Y., Lui, S.S.Y., Zhou, C.*, Chan, R.C.K.* (2026). Association of increased grey matter with obsession and anhedonia in adolescent obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of Asian Psychiatry, 118: 104915. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2026.104915

  • Xie, Y., Li, Y.Q., Wang, Y.Y., Wang, Y.*, Chan, R.C.K. (2026). The relationship between childhood trauma, inhibitory dysfunction, and emotion processing: Exploring differences across social anhedonia levels. Journal of Affective Disorders, 401: 121312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2026.121312

  • Chu MY, Zhu NJ, Li SB, Wang Y, Yi ZH, Zhang Y, Lv QY, Lui SSY, Wang Z*, Chan RCK*. (2026).  Characterizing executive dysfunctions in patients with schizo-obsessive comorbidity: Comparing schizophrenia with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Psychological Medicine, 56, e116, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291726104061

  • Yu XC, Ran WT, Chen GF, Chen T, Cui JF, Wang Y*, Chan RCK (2026). Neural correlates of autobiographical memory deficits across psychiatric disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis. NeuroImage: 333, 121948. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2026.121948

  • Kirschner, M., Hodzic-Santor, B., Kennedy, L., Hansen, J. Y., Antoniades, M., Nenadić, I., Kircher, T., Krug, A., Meller, T., Dannlowski, U., Grotegerd, D., Flinkenflügel, K., Meinert, S., Borgers, T., Goltermann, J., Hahn, T., Böhnlein, J., Leehr, E. J., Barkhau, C., Fornito, A., Arnatkeviciute, A., Bellgrove, M. A., Tiego, J., DeRosse, P., Green, M., Quidé, Y., Pantelis, C., Chan, R. C. K., Wang, Y., Ettinger, U., Debbané, M., Derome, M., Gaser, C., Besteher, B., Diederen, K., Spencer, T. J., Houenou, J., Pomarol-Clotet, E., Salvador, R., Rössler, W., Smigielski, L., Kumari, V., Premkumar, P., Park, H. R. P., Wiebels, K., Jansen, I., Gilleen, J., Allen, P., Marsman, J. B., Lebedeva, I., Tomyshev, A., Fett, A. K., Sommer, I., Koops, S., Grant, P., Ferrari, A., Wan, B., Bègue, I., Hernaus, D., Jalbrzikowski, M., Paquola, C., Larivière, S., Bernhardt, B., Valk, S. L., Misic, B., van Erp, T. G. M., Turner, J. A., Thompson, P. M., Aleman, A., Dagher, A., Kaiser, S., & Modinos, G. (2026). Multiscale characterization of cortical signatures in positive and negative schizotypy: a worldwide ENIGMA study. Mol Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-026-03547-x     

  • Shek, A. K.-F., Lui, S. S. Y., Lai, E. C. L., Wong, R. W. K., Chan, J. L. F., Choi, L.-Y., Lam, K. H. Y., Lok, E. Y. C., Lam, S.-M., Yi, W., & Chan, R. C. K. (2026). A Network Analysis of Alexithymia, Interoception, Empathy, Self-Awareness and Psychopathological Symptoms in Young People With Autism Spectrum Disorder. Autism Research, e70265. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.70265

Patents/Software programming:

  • 用于测量人体部位动作的数据设备及其对应的系统 (ELE12130076)

Data devices used to measure the movements of body parts and their corresponding systems

 

  • 一种基于智能移动设备的前瞻认知功能评估系统和方法 (YZDI-160017)

A forward-looking cognitive function assessment system and method based on smart mobile devices

 

  • 一种可以与心理学实验操作平台相连接的金属握力测量系统 (10803471)

A metal grip strength measurement system that can be connected to a psychological experimental platform

 

  • 一种用于筛选高危进食障碍的检测系统 (ZL 2018 1 0854708.1)

A detection system for screening high-risk eating disorders

 

  • 软著登记证书-内外感觉整合反馈训练软件V1.0 (2021SR0205903)

Software copyright registration certificate: Integrated internal and external sensory feedback training software V1.0

 

  • 软著登记证书-反馈式视听同步判断训练软件V1.0 (2021SR0205902)

Software copyright registration certificate: Feedback audiovisual synchronous judgement training software V1.0

 

  • 一种心率内感觉测量方法 (202112061497750)

A method for measuring intra-sensory heart-rate

 

  • 沉浸式虚拟现实环境下的共情准确性任务 (2023SR0554763)

Empathy accuracy tasks in immersive virtual reality environments

 

  • 一种调节视听时间整合窗的方法 (ZL 2020 1 1640303.1)

A method for adjusting the audiovisual temporal binding window

Academic Journal Editorial Services

  • PsyCh Journal (Editor-in-Chief)

  • Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science (Board Member)

  • Cognitive Neuropsychiatry (Board Member)

  • Neuropsychology (Board Member)

  • Neuropsychological Rehabilitation (Board Member)

  • Personality Neuroscience (Board Member)

  • Progress in Neuropsychopharmacological and Biological Psychiatry (Board Member)

  • Psychological Medicine (Board Member)

  • Schizophrenia Research (Board Member)

  • Schizophrenia Research Cognition (Board Member)

  • Acta Psychologica Sinica (Chinese) (Board Member)

  • Journal of Psychological Science (Chinese) (Board Member)

Prospective Students And Job Opportunities

Prof. Chan is currently accepting PhD students and recruiting postdoctoral fellow/research assistant. Please contact him at rckchan@hku.hk if you are interested

Research Internship And Voluntary Helper Opportunities

Intern Selection

  • Strong research ethics

  • Academic excellence

  • Effective communication skills in both Chinese and English

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Prof. Chan’s group welcomes students for research internship and voluntary helpers for research participation. Those who are interested in understanding the relationship between brain and health, and the development of psychopathologies and translational psychiatry, please send your CV and academic transcripts to rckchan@hku.hk.

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