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- Qualifications:PhD (Mental Health), PgD (Psychology), MSocSc (Mental Health), Master of Counseling
- Position:Senior Lecturer
- Department:College of Health, Science and Society
- Telephone:+441173282092
- Email:Sunny.Chan@uwe.ac.uk
About me
Before joining UWE as a Senior Lecturer in 2022, Dr Sunny Chan was an Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2018–2021), where he secured multiple competitive research grants from Hong Kong totalling over £4 million. Since moving to the UK, he has continued to actively obtain funding, securing more than £180k over the past three years. To date, he has published nearly 40 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters.
Dr Chan’s research focuses on mental health, sleep, mood disorders, emotion regulation, and mind-body interventions, particularly mindfulness and tai chi. He co-developed the DREAM (Dyadic mind-body intervention for Relieving Enduring sleep disturbances Among older individuals with deMentia and their caregivers) programme with pertinent PPIE and stakeholders, which addresses sleep disturbances in people with mild dementia and their caregivers. More recently, he has expanded his work by developing a new programme, Culturally Adapted Lifestyle Mind-Body Practices for Sleep among Older People with Subjective Cognitive Decline (CALM-SLEEP-SCD), aimed at improving sleep in pre-clinical populations.
Dr Chan has a strong track record of engaging minority ethnic communities in the UK to co-develop culturally adapted interventions, enhancing both accessibility and relevance. In addition to his research, he is an experienced mindfulness teacher and tai chi practitioner, with extensive training across Hong Kong, Beijing, Taiwan, and the USA, and years of experience delivering mindfulness-based programmes.
Area of expertise
Mind-body intervention, Mindfulness, Tai Chi, East meets West rehabilitation, Mood disorders, Emotion regulation, Sleep, Older people, Dementia, Mild Cognitve Impairment, Subjective Cognitive Decline.
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