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Dr. Adrian WONG
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics Executive Committee Member, Therese Pei Fong Chow Research Centre for Prevention of Dementia Programme Co-Director, Master of Science Programme in Stroke and Clinical Neurosciences (MCNS) Deputy Programme Director, Professional Certificate Programme in Promoting Well-being in Informal Caregivers of Dementia (GIFTCare) Clinical Psychologist
Academic and Professional Qualifications
BSc (Hon), MSocSc Clinical Psychology (Distinction), PhD, AFHKPSContact Information
Tel.: (852) 2558 7122
Biography
Dr. Adrian Wong received clinical training in clinical psychology and research training in clinical neurology. He serves as the Programme Co-Director for the Master of Sciences Programme in Stroke and Clinical Neurosciences. He is also an Executive Committee member of the Therese Pei Fong Chow Research Centre for Prevention of Dementia at CUHK. Dr. Wong is a clinical psychologist at the Division of Clinical Psychology at the Hong Kong Psychological Society.
Dr. Adrian WONG
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics Executive Committee Member, Therese Pei Fong Chow Research Centre for Prevention of Dementia Programme Co-Director, Master of Science Programme in Stroke and Clinical Neurosciences (MCNS) Deputy Programme Director, Professional Certificate Programme in Promoting Well-being in Informal Caregivers of Dementia (GIFTCare) Clinical Psychologist
Research Interests
- Dementia prevention
- Lifestyle modification and motivation enhancement
- Technology in assessment and management in cognitive and psychological disorders in ageing
- Psychological assessment
- Dementia, stroke, cerebral small vessel disease, vascular cognitive impairment, early onset dementias, frontal lobar degeneration, primary progressive aphasias
- Caregiver psychological well-being
- Knowledge transfer of research into professional practice and general public
Awards
- Best Paper Award on study titled Relations between recent past leisure activities with risks of dementia and cognitive functions after stroke, 2015 Annual Scientific Meeting of the Hong Kong Neurological Society (2015)
- Best Poster Award on study title Neuropsychiatric symptom clusters in stroke by cognitive status and stroke subtype, 2015 Annual Scientific Meeting of the Hong Kong Neurological Society (2015)
- Tse Cheuk Ng Tai Prize in Dementia Research, Chinese Dementia Research Association (2015)
- Best Dementia Care Programme Award on Intervention Programme with Music Therapy Elements for People with Mild Cognitive Impairment. 2nd Eldercare Innovation Award 2014, with collaboration with Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Welfare Council (2014)
- EURASIA-PACIFIC-UNINET Scholarship (2008)
Selected Publications
- Mok VCT, Pendlebury S, Wong A, Alladi S, Au L, Bath P, GJ, Chen C, Cordonnier C, Dichgans M, Dominguez J, Gorelick PB, Kim SY, Kwok T, Greenberg SM, Jia J, Kalaria R, Kivipelto M, Naegandran K, Lam LCW, Lam BYK, Lee ATC, Markus HS, O’Brien J, Pai MC, Pantoni L, Sachdev P, Skoog I, Smith EE, Srikanth V, Suh GH, Wardlaw J, Ko H, Black SE, Scheltens P. Tackling challenges in care of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias amid the COVID-19 pandemic, now and in the future. Alzheimer's & Dementia. 2020 Aug 12;doi:10.1002/alz.12143.
- Wong A, Mok V. Post-stroke cognitive impairment: What are we measuring? Nat Rev Neurol. 2015 Sep;11(9):487-8.
- Mok V, Lam BYK, Wong A, Ko H, Markus HS, Wong LKS. Early-onset and delayed-onset poststroke dementia — revisiting the mechanisms. Nat Rev Neurol. 2017 Mar;13(3):148-159.
- Wong A, Yip S, Nasreddine Z, Leung KT, Lau A, Soo Y, Wong KS, Mok V. Validity and reliability of two alternate versions of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (Hong Kong version) for screening of Mild Neurocognitive Disorder. PLOS One. (in press)
- Wong A, Black SE, Yiu SYP, Au LWC, Lau AYL, Soo YOY, Chan AYY, Leung TWH, Wong LKS, Kwok TCY, Cheung TCK, Leung KT, Lam BYK, Kwan JSK, Mok VCT. Converting MMSE to MoCA and MoCA 5-minute protocol in an educationally heterogeneous sample with stroke or transient ischemic attack. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2018 May;33(5):729-734.
- Wong A, Fong C, Mok V, KT Leung, RK Tong. CoCoSc: A self-administered computerized test for screening for cognitive impairment in community social centers. J Alzheimers Dis. 2017;59(4):1299-1306. doi: 10.3233/JAD-170196.
- Wong A, Lau AYL, Yang J, Wang Z, Liu W, Lam BYK, Au L, Shi L, Wang D, Chu WCW, Xiong Y, Lo ESK, Law LSN, Leung TWH, Lam LCW, Chan AYY, Soo YOY, Leung EYL, Wong LSK, Mok VCT. Neuropsychiatric symptom clusters in stroke and transient ischemic attack by cognitive status and stroke subtype: Frequency and relationships with vascular lesions, brain atrophy and amyloid. PLoS One. 2016 Sep 15;11(9):e0162846. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0162846.
- Wong A, Lau AYL, Lo E, Tang M, Wang Z, Liu W, Tanner N, Chau N, Law L, Shi L, Chu WCW, Yang J, Xiong X, Lam BYK, Au L, Chan AYY, Soo Y, Leung TWH, Wong LKS, Lam LCW, Mok VCT. Relations between recent past leisure activities with risks of dementia and cognitive functions after stroke. PLOS One. 2016, 25;11(7):e0159952. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159952.
- Mok VCT, Lam BYK, Wang Z, Liu W, Au L, Leung EYL, Chen S, Yang J, Chu WCW, Lau AYL, Chan AYY, Shi L, Fan F, Ma SH, Ip V, Soo YOY, Leung TWH, Kwok TCY, Ho CL, Wong LKS, Wong A. Delayed-onset dementia after stroke or transient ischemic attack. Alzheimers Dement. 2016 Nov;12(11):1167-1176.
- Liu W, Wong A, Au L, Yang J, Wang Z, Leung EYL, Chen S, Ho CL, Mok VCT. Influence of Amyloid-β upon cognitive decline after stroke/ transient ischemic attack - A 3-year longitudinal study. Stroke. 2015 Nov;46(11):3074-80.
- Wong A, Nyenhuis D, Black SE, Law LSN, Lo ESK, Kwan PWL, Au L, Chan AYY, Wong LKS, Nasreddine Z, Mok V. Montreal Cognitive Assessment 5-minute protocol is a brief, valid, reliable, and feasible cognitive screen for telephone administration. Stroke 2015;46(4):1059-64.
- Wong A, Law LSN, Liu W, Wang Z, Lo ESK, Lau A, Wong LKS, Mok VCT. Montreal Cognitive Assessment: One cutoff never fits all. Stroke. 2015 Dec;46(12):3547-50.
- Liu W, Wong A, Law A, Mok V. Cerebrovascular Disease, Amyloid Plaques and Dementia. Stroke 2015; 46: 1402-1407.
- Yang J, Wong A, Wang Z, Liu W, Au L, Xiong Y, Chu, WWC, Leung EYL, Chen S, Lau C, Chan AYY, Lau AYL, Fan F, Ip V, Soo Y, Leung T, Ho CL, Wong LKS, Mok V. Risk factors for incident dementia after stroke and transient ischemic attack. Alzheimers Dement. 2015 Jan;11(1):16-23.
- Wong A, Xiong YY, Wang D, Lin S, Chu WCW, Kwan P, Nyenhuis D, Black SE, Wong KSL, Mok V. The NINDS-Canadian Stroke Network Vascular Cognitive Impairment Neuropsychology Protocols in Chinese. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry.2013;84(5):499-504.
- Wong A, Xiong YY, Kwan WL, Chan YY, Lam WM, Wang K, Chu CW, Nyenhuis DL, Nasreddine Z, Wong KS, Mok VC. The validity, reliability and clinical utility of the Hong Kong Montreal Cognitive Assessment (HK-MoCA) in patients with cerebral small vessel disease. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders.2009;28: 81-87.