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Prof. Chan Chor Kiu 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)

  • Distinguished Young Scientist Award, National Natural Science Foundation China

  • 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

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). The important role of motivation and pleasure deficits on social functioning in patients with psychiatric disorders: A transdiagnostic network analysis. Nature Mental Health, 1, 586-595. 1https://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

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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