Director

 

Professor Helene Hoi Lam, Fung
Chairperson of the Department of Psychology, CUHK
Email: hhlfung@psy.cuhk.edu.hk | Tel: 3943 6464  | Website: Helene Fung
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EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Psychology, Stanford University, U.S.A.

Research Interests

Studying how goals change across adulthood, and their impacts on social relationships, emotional regulation, and cognition.

“I study emotion, social relationships and cognition regarding age and aging. The world’s population is aging. In Hong Kong, the average life expectancy for men is 82 years and that of women is 87 years. We know much less about the last 30 years of life than we know about the first 5. All these arouse my interests in studying ageing, and how older adults are valuable resources to the society.”


Bio

Helene H. Fung is a Professor at the Dept of Psychology and the Executive Director of the Centre for Positive Social Science, at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She obtained her BS from University of Washington, Seattle, and MA and PhD from Stanford University.

Professor Fung examines social motivation and cognition across adulthood. She won the 1998 Margaret Clark Paper Award from the Association of Anthropology and Gerontology, the 1999 Behavioral and Social Science Pre-dissertation Research Award and the 2010 Margret and Paul Baltes award in Behavioral and Social Gerontology from the Gerontological Society of America. She also won the 2006 Young Research Award and the 2013 Research Excellence Award from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She is an associate editor for the Australian Journal of Psychology. She is a fellow of the Gerontological  Society of America, American Psychological Association and Association for Psychological Science. In terms of teaching, Professor Fung received the 2008 Retirement Research Foundation Mentor Award from Division 20 and the 2016 Henry David International Mentoring Award from Division 52, American Psychological Association. She also won the 2007 Exemplary Teaching Award and the 2015-16 Faculty Mentorship Award from Faculty of Social Science, Chinese University of Hong Kong.  In 2021, she is listed on World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University.

Research Awards:

2022 – Elected Member at Large, Division 20 (Adult Development and Aging) American Psychological Association

2021 – Top 10% Most Cited PLOS ONE Papers published in 2016 (“Acculturative stress of Chinese rural-to-urban migrant workers: A qualitative study.”)

2018 – Anne E. Ofstedal Fellow, United Board Higher Education Leadership Development Program, United Board, USA

2018 – Super Reviewer, The Gerontologist

2016 – Most Reviewed Reviewer Award, The Gerontologist

2016 – Henry David International Mentoring Award, American Psychological Association (Div 52)

2016 – Elected Member at Large, Division of behavioural and social science, Gerontological Society of America

2016 – Highly Commended Paper, International Journal of Conflict Management, “Managing Conflict At Work: Comparison Between Younger And Older Managerial Employees”

2013 – Research Excellence Award 2012-13, Chinese University of Hong Kong  (CUHK)

2012 – American Psychological Association (APA) Fellow

2011 – Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Fellow

2010 – Margret M. and Paul B. Baltes Early Career Award in Behavioral and Social Gerontology, GSA

2010 – Association for Psychological Science (APS) Fellow

2007 – Certificate of Exemplary Research Achievements, United College, CUHK

2006 – Young Researcher Award, CUHK

1999 – Behavioral and Social Science Pre-dissertation Research Award, GSA

1998 – Margaret Clark Paper Award, The Association of Anthropology and Gerontology

Teaching Awards:

2016 – Faculty Mentorship Award 2015-16, Faculty of Social Science, Chinese University of Hong Kong

2013 – nominated by a group of former and current postgraduate students to compete for the Raymond D. Fowler Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Professional Development of Graduate Students, offered by the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students

2008 – Retirement Research Foundation Mentor Award, APA Div 20

2007 – Exemplary Teaching Award, Faculty of Social Science ChineseUniversity of Hong Kong

Other Achievements:

2018 – United Board Fellows Program

 

Photo Credit: Communications and Public Relations Office, CUHK 2021