• Neuropsychology
• Neurocriminology
• Gut-brain connection
• Mental Health in underprivileged individuals
• Antisocial behavior
• Youth mental health 
• Schizophrenia-spectrum disorders

• In Mainland China, she has been working with scholars from the Guangzhou University and the Affiliated Brain Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University on research projects related to mental health and neuropsychology.
• In Australia, she has been working with scholars from the Griffith University on a project related to autism and Monash University on exercise and traumatic brain injury projects.
• In the United States, she has continuous collaboration with scholars from the City University of New York, Duke University and University of Pennsylvania on projects related to the neuroscience of antisocial behaviors, psychopathy and decision making.
• In Hong Kong, she has been working with scholars from the City University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Shue Yan University, the Education University of Hong Kong and the University of Hong Kong on projects related to mental health, aggression and neuropsychology.

Lam, B. Y. H., Wong, C. S., Cheung, V. K. W., Wong, S. M. Y., Lui, S. S. Y., Chan, K. T., ... & Chen, E. Y. H. (2024). Factor analysis of the Chinese version of the Autism Spectrum Quotient 10 and its association with schizotypal traits in adolescents and young adults in Hong Kong. East Asian Archives of Psychiatry, 34(2), 23-28.

Huang, H., Tian, X., Lam, B. Y. H., Lu, W., Li, X., He, S., ... & Lin, K. (2024). The validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the biological rhythms interview of assessment in neuropsychiatry in the community: a large Chinese college student population. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15, 1344850.

Lam, B.Y.H. Psychological Disorders (2024). In Sun, C.T.L. & Chow, J.T.S.(Ed.), Psychology in Asia: An introduction. Taylor and Francis.

Wang, J., Wu, J., Lin, K., Lu, W., Zou, W., Li, X., Tan, Y., Yang, J., Zheng, D., Liu, X., Lam, B.Y.H.,…& So, K.F. (in press). Enhancing Early Diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder in Adolescents through Multimodal Neuroimaging. Biological Psychiatry. 

Lam, B. Y. H. (2023). Neuropsychological Mechanism of Psychological Resilience in Relation to Mental Health Outcomes Across the Lifespan. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1242182.

Lam, B.Y.H. A Chinese version of “Theory of mind in schizotypy: A behavioral and event-related potential (ERP) study” (2023). In Philip D. Harvey. (Ed.), Preface to themed collection: Cognition in China from 2020 to 2022, Elsevier: Schizophrenia Research: Cognition, 2023, 100279, ISSN 2215-0013, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scog.2023.100279.

Lam, B.Y.H.*# & Lei, K.S.# (2023). Reward-Punishment Processing Deficits in Schizotypy with Callous Unemotional Traits. EC Psychology and Psychiatry, 12.8, 01-11.

Wong, M.N.K., Tong, H., Cheung, M.K.T., Ng, Y.M., Yuan, H.L., Lam, B.Y.H., Fu, S.N., & Chan, C.C.H. (in press, 2023). Goal-setting and Personalization under the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health Framework: Community Reintegration Program for Post-stroke Patients. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences.

Proceedings of the Meaning in Life International Conference 2022 - Cultivating, Promoting, and Enhancing Meaning in Life Across Cultures and Life Span (MIL 2022), Volume 704. In Chan, A.C.K., Steger, M.F., Chui, R., Siu, N.Y.F., Wong, S.C.P., & Lam, B.Y.H. (Eds.) (2022), Atlantis Highlights in Social Sciences: Education and Humanities. https://www.atlantis-press.com/proceedings/mil-22

Lam, B.Y.H., Hou, L.#, Wong, N., Lu, W., Zhang, R., Ning, Y., Lin, K. (2022). Integrity of cerebellar tracts associated with the risk of bipolar disorder. Translational Psychiatry,12(1),335.

Lam, B.Y.H. Personality Disorders (2022). In Chen, E.Y.H. & Wong, M. (Eds.), Youth Mental Health. Infolink Publishing Ltd.

Wang, S. M., Lam, B. Y. H., Kuo, L. C., Hsu, H. M., & Ouyang, W. C. (2022). Facial and upper-limb movement abnormalities in individuals with psychotic-like experiences: a motion analysis study. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 1-9. 

Wong, S.M.Y., Lam, B.Y.H., Wong, C.S.M., Lee, H., Wong, G.H.Y., Lui, S., Chan, K.T., Wong, M., Chan, S.K.W., Chang, W.C., Lee, E., Hui, C.L.M., & Chen, E.Y.H. (2022). Impact of restrictive COVID-19 measures on daily momentary affect in an epidemiological youth sample in Hong Kong: An experience sampling study. Current Psychology, 1-10.

Lei, L. K., Lam, B. Y. H., Lai, D. W., Bai, X., Li, J., Zou, Z., & Chan, C. C. (2022). Stability of Montreal Cognitive Assessment in Individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment: Potential Influence of Practice Effect. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 1401-1412. 

Lee, S.Y., Lee, J.C.K., & Lam, B.Y.H. (2022). Does Renaming Improve Public Attitudes toward Vocational Education and Training? Experimental Survey Evidence from Hong Kong. Education + Training, 64 (3), pp. 347-359.

Lam, B.Y.H., Hui, C.H.L., Lui, S.S.Y., Chan, K.T., Wong, M.T.H.,   Chan, S.K.W., Lee. E., Chang, W.C., Wong, G.H.Y., & Chen, E.Y.H. (2021). LevelMind Hubs- A novel community-based youth mental wellness early intervention in Hong Kong: An evaluation of stakeholders’ perceptions and experiences. Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 

Wong, S. M. Y., Lam, B. Y. H., Wong, C. S. M., Lee, H. P. Y., Wong, G. H. Y., Lui, S. S. Y., ... & Chen, E. Y. H. (2021). Measuring subjective stress among young people in Hong Kong: validation and predictive utility of the single-item subjective level of stress (SLS-1) in epidemiological and longitudinal community samples. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 30.

Lam, B.Y.H.*# & Lei, K.S.# (2023). Reward-Punishment Processing Deficits in Schizotypy with Callous Unemotional Traits. EC Psychology and Psychiatry, 12.8, 01-11.

Hui, C.L.M., Lam, B.Y.H., Wong, C.S.M., Lee, H., Wong, G.H.Y., Lui, S., Chan, K.T., Wong, M., Chan, S.K.W., Chang, W.C., Lee, E., Wong, SM.Y., & Chen, E.Y.H. (2021). LevelMind@JC: Development and Evaluation of a Community Early Intervention Program for Young People in Hong Kong. Early Intervention in Psychiatry.    

Ahorsu, D.K., Adjaottor, E.S., & Lam, B.Y.H.* (2021). Intervention effect of non-invasive brain stimulation on cognition among people with traumatic brain injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Brain Sciences, 11(7), 840. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11070840.

Wong, M.N.K., Lai, D.W.L., Chan, H.H.L., & Lam, B.Y.H.* (2021). Neural and retinal characteristics in relation to working memory in older adults with mild cognitive impairment. Current Alzheimer Research. DOI: 10.2174/1567205018666210608114044

Derbie, A., Chau, B., Wong, C., Chen, L., Ting, K.H., Lam, B.Y.H., Chan, C.C.H. (2021). Cortical hemodynamic response associated with spatial coding: A near-infrared spectroscopy study. Brain Topography, 34, 207-220.

Derbie, A., Chau, B., Wong, C., Chen, L., Ting, K.H., Lam, B.Y.H., Lee, T.M.C., Chan, C.C.H. (2021). Common and distinct neural trends of allocentric and egocentric spatial coding. European Journal of Neuroscience, 53(11), 3672-3687.

Lam, B.Y.H. (2021). Social stigma versus social inclusion of the mental disabilities and neurological diseases. In Wong, M. S.,Weiner, L.,Cerniak, J.,& Yee, L.T.S.   (Eds.), Incorporating diversity in classroom settings: Real and engaging examples for various Psychology courses. (Vol 1: Ability, age, culture, ethnicity/race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status) (pp. 15- 19). Society for the Teaching of Psychology. [website] 

Lam, B.Y.H. (in press, 2021). Personality Traits during COVID-19 Pandemic. In Elisa M. Brietzke, Roger S. McIntyre, Rodrigo Grassi-Oliveira & Kanguang Lin (Eds), Mental Health and the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Essentials. United States: Elsevier. 

Liu, T., Zheng, Z., Lam, B.Y.H., McIntyre, R.S., & Lin, K.* (under review, 2020). Occupational Exposure Risk to SARS-CoV-2 Mediates the Psychological Stress of Chinese Non-infectious Obstetrical Staffs During COVID-19 Outbreak.  

Leung, C., Lei, K. S., Wang, S. M., & Lam, B. Y. H.* (2020). Theory of mind in schizotypy: A behavioral and event-related potential (ERP) study. Schizophrenia Research: Cognition, 23, 100190.                                   

Lam, B. Y. H.*, Huang, Y., & Gao, Y. (2020). Gray matter asymmetry in the orbitofrontal cortex in relation to psychopathic traits in adolescents. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 132, 84-96.

Lam, B. Y. H.*, Raine, A., Fung, A. L. C., Gao, Y., & Lee, T.M.C. (2020). Caregivers’ grit moderates the relationship between children’s executive function and aggression. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 636.

Lin, K.*, Stubbs, B., Zou, W., Zheng, W., Lu, W., Gao, Y., Chen, K., Wang, S., Liu, J., Huang, Y., Guan, L., Wong, M.N.K., Wang, C., Lam, B.Y.H.*, & Xu, G. (2020). Aerobic exercise impacts the anterior cingulate cortex in adolescents with subthreshold mood syndromes: a randomized controlled trial study. Translational Psychiatry, 10(1), 1-7.

Fung, L. C. A., Zhou, G., Low, Y.T.A., & Lam, B. Y. H. (2020). The Age and Gender Effect on Four Forms of Peer Victimization among Chinese Children and Adolescents. Applied Research in Quality of Life, (Special Issue).

Lam, B.Y.H., Lai, D.W.L., Li, J., Zou, Z., & Chan, C.C.H. (preprint, 2020). Mild cognitive impairment in older adults: the role of cognitive reserve and resilience. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-29135/v1

Che, C., Cheung, W.Y., Mak, Y., Zhou, J., Lam, B.Y.H.* (in preparation). The effectiveness of dance movement therapy (DMT) interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorder on enhancing social function: A meta-analysis. 

Sun, D.*, Lam, B.Y.H.*, Chan, C.C.H., & Lee, T.M.C. (in preparation). Neural correlates of risky decisions and social decisions: the investigation of grey matter volume (GMV) and graph theory nodal centralities of GMV covariance. 

Yu, Q., Chau, B.K.H., Lam, B.Y.H., Wong, A.W.K., Peng, J., & Chan, C.C.H. (2019). Neural processes of proactive and reactive controls modulated by motor-skill experiences. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 13. 

Lee, L.P., Har, A.W.Y., Ngai, C.H., Lai, D.W.L., Lam, B.Y.H.,* & Chan, C.C.H. (2019). Audiovisual integrative training for augmenting cognitive motor functions in mild cognitive impairment individuals. BMC Geriatrics, 20(1), 1-5.

Fung, A. L. C., Li, X., Ramírez, M. J., Lam, B. Y. H., Millana, L.,& Fares‐Otero, N. E. (2018). A Cross‐regional Study of the Reactive and Proactive Aggression of Youth in Spain, Uruguay, Mainland China, and Hong Kong. Social Development, 27(4), 748-760.

Lam, B. Y. H., Yang, Y., Schug, R. A., Han, C., Liu, J., & Lee, T. M. (2017). Psychopathy moderates the relationship between orbitofrontal and striatal alterations and violence: the investigation of individuals accused of homicide. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11.     

Lam, B. Y. H., Raine, A., & Lee, T. M. (2017). Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (SPQ). In V. Zeigler-Hill & T.Shackelford (Eds), Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. United States: Springer.

Fung, A. L. C., Tsang, E. Y. H., Zhou, G., Low, A. Y. T., Ho, M. Y., & Lam, B. Y. H. (2017). Relationship Between Peer Victimization and Reactive–Proactive Aggression in School Children. Psychology of Violence. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/vio0000125

Lam, B. Y. H., Raine, A., & Lee, T. M. (2016). Effect of theory of mind and peer victimization on the schizotypy–aggression relationship. npj Schizophrenia, 2, 16001.

Tang, D. Y., Liu, A. C., Lui, S. S., Lam, B. Y. H., Siu, B. W., Lee, T. M., & Cheung, E. F. (2016). Facial emotion perception impairments in schizophrenia patients with comorbid antisocial personality disorder. Psychiatry Research, 236, 22-27. 

Lam, B. Y. H., Yang, Y., Raine, A., & Lee, T. M. C. (2015). Neural mediator of the schizotypy–antisocial behavior relationship. Translational Psychiatry, 5(11), e669.

Lam, B. Y. H., Raine, A., & Lee, T. M. C. (2014). The relationship between neurocognition and symptomatology in people with schizophrenia: social cognition as the mediator. BMC Psychiatry, 14, 138-147.

Yau, K.M., Lam, B.Y.H., Cheung, Y.T., Wong, H.W, Fong, M.C., & Lau, P.N. (2014). Recovery in love (Chinese version). Hong Kong: Kam Kwong Church Life Bookstore. 

Raine, A., Fung, A. L. C., & Lam, B. Y. H. (2011). Peer victimization partially mediates the schizotypy – aggression relationship in children and adolescents. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 37(5), 937-945. 

Fung, A. L. C., & Lam, B. Y. H. (2011). Prevention of Homicide by Treating Proactive Aggression in Schoolchildren. In D. J. Christie & J. E. Pim (Eds.), Nonkilling Psychology (pp. 189- 212). United States: Center for Global Nonkilling.

Mak, W. W. S., Lam, B. Y. H., & Yau, S. S. W. (2010). Recovery knowledge and recovery-oriented services in Hong Kong. Psychiatric Services, 61, 1164. 

Lam, J.C.F & Lam, B.Y.H. The Relationship between Light Exposure and Cognitive and Mental Health in Adults. Poster presentation accepted for the Brain and Mental Health Conference in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2024.

Lam, B.Y.H., Lui, S.S.Y., Wong, P.P.Y., & Raine, A. Environmental and brain correlates of antisocial behavior. Oral presentation accepted for the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 2024.

Choi, K.Y., Lam B.Y.H., & Chan, H.H.L. Decrease in visual chromatic sensitivity as a potential biomarker for early detection of mild cognitive impairment- a pilot study. Oral presentation accepted for 30^th Annual Congress of Gerontology, Hong Kong, 2023. 

Lam, B.Y.H., & Raine, A. Relationship between Schizotypy and Psychopathy: Empathy and Selfishness as the Mediator. Oral presentation accepted for the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, 2023.

Lam, B.Y.H. Relationship between Psychopathy and Aggression: A Potential Neural Mediator. Oral presentation accepted for the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, 2023.

Siu, N., Michalska, K., Chan, A., Chui, R., Lam, B.Y.H., Tsui, C., & Yung, E. Developing a Parent-Based Empathy and Compassion Intervention: A pilot study. Poster presentation accepted for the Society for Research in Child Development, Webinar, 2023.

F.W.L. & Lam, B.Y.H. Meaning in life associated with prosociality and empathy in youth. Oral presentation accepted for Meaning in Life International Conference 2022 - Cultivating, Promoting, and Enhancing Meaning in Life Across Cultures and Life Span (MIL 2022), Hong Kong, 2022.

Leung, C., Chan, H.H.L., & Lam, B.Y.H. Meaning in life and the eyes- A retinal imaging study in young adults. Oral presentation accepted for Meaning in Life International Conference 2022 - Cultivating, Promoting, and Enhancing Meaning in Life Across Cultures and Life Span (MIL 2022), Hong Kong, 2022.

Lam, B.Y.H., & Raine, A. Effect of Vitamin A on Aggressive  Behavior in Youth. Oral presentation accepted for the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Washington DC, 2022. 

B.Y.H. Lam, A. Tang & Xiang, Li. The relationship between schizotypy, theory of mind, cyber victimization and cyberbullying behaviors in adolescents and young adults. Poster presentation  accepted for the Schizophrenia International Research Society Congress, 2022.

B.Y.H. Lam, F.W.L. Li, & J. Chan. Effect of fatty acid intake on neuropsychological functions in youth. Poster presentation accepted for the for the Society for Social Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Webinar, 2022. 

B.Y.H. Lam. "Facial motor abnormalities in individuals at risk for psychotic onset." In 2021 Virtual Congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society. 2021.

B.Y.H. Lam*, D. Sun*, C.C.H. Chan, T.M.C Lee. Striatum grey matter volume and network relates to risky decisions and prosocial decisions. Poster presentation accepted for the Society for Social Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Webinar, 2021.

Leung, C., Lei, K.S., Wang, S.M., & Lam, B.Y.H. Theory of mind in schizotypy: A behavioral and event-related potential (ERP) study. Oral presentation accepted for 4th Edition of International Conference on Neurology and Brain Disorders” (INBC 2020), Rome, Italy, 2020. 

Lam, B.Y.H., Wong, M.N.K., Paynter, J., & Neumann, D. Neural Mechanism of Physical Exercise in Enhancing Empathy and Reducing Aggression in Adolescents. Oral presentation accepted for the American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, Washington DC, 2020. 

Lam, B.Y.H., Wong, M.N.K., Xu, G., Lu, W., Gao, Y.,  Chen, K., Wang, S., Xie, L., Xu, X., Liu, J., Zheng, W., Miao, Q., Huang, Y., Guan, L., So, K.F., & Lin, K. Physical activity induces brain and behavioral changes in adolescents with subthreshold mood syndromes: A randomized controlled trial study. Poster presentation accepted for the the Society for Social Neuroscience Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, 2019. 

Lei, K.S., Zhang, W., Naseem, S., Cheung, S.K., Wang, S. M., & Lam, B.Y.H. Brain activities associated with theory of mind and attention in schizotypal adolescents and young adults: an event-related potential study. Poster presentation accepted for the the Society for Social Neuroscience Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, 2019. 

Lei, K.S., Cheung, A., & Lam, B.Y.H. Perseverance is a protective factor of schizotypy in adolescents: MOHO as a frame of reference. Poster presentation accepted for the 6th International Institute on Kielhofner's Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) in Chicago, IL, 2019. 

Lee, L.P., Har, A.W.Y., Ngai, C.H., Lai, D.W.L., Lam, B.Y.H., & Chan, C.C.H. Audiovisual integrative Taiko training program for augmenting cognitive and motor performances in older adults with mild cognitive impairment: A pilot study applying MOHO as a frame of reference. Oral presentation accepted for the 6th International Institute on Kielhofner's Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) in Chicago, IL, 2019. 

Wong, N.K., Lai, D.W.L., CHAN, H.L., Fu, A.S.N., Chan, C.C.H., Lam, B.Y.H. Relationship between working memory and retinal structures in older adults with mild cognitive impairment. Poster presented accepted for the International Alzheimer’s Disease Conference 2019, Hong Kong, 2019. 

Wang, S.M., Lam, B.Y.H., Hsu, H.M., & Cheung, V.K.W. Associations between Motor Abnormalities and Psychotic Symptoms in Non-Help-Seeking Individuals at Risk for Psychosis. Poster presented at the 2019 Congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society, Orlando, FL., 2019

Huang, Y., Lam, B., & Gao, Y. Structural abnormalities in the orbitofrontal cortex and its association with psychopathic traits in adolescents. Poster presentation at the Society for Affective Science Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 2019.

Huang, Y., Lam, B., & Gao, Y. Prenatal maternal stress, gray matter volumes, and externalizing behavior in adolescence. Poster presentation at the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 2019.

Lam, B. Y. H., Huang, Y., & Gao, Y. Childhood psychopathic tendencies and structural brain deficits during adolescence. Oral presentation at the American Society of Criminology Meeting in Atlanta, GA, 2018.

Lam, B. Y. H., Lai, D.W.L, Chan, H. H. L., & Chan, C.C.H. Building a cognitive and brain reserve model for neurodegeneration. Oral presentation at the International Alzheimer's Disease Conference 2018, Hong Kong, 2018

Lam, B. Y. H., Raine, A., Gao, Y., Fung, A.L.C., Zhang, W., Ng, S.M., & Lee, T. M. C. The effect of omega-3 on executive functions and event-related potentials: A randomized, controlled trial. Poster presentation at the 8th Society for Social Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., 2017. 

Lam, B. Y. H., Raine, A., Fung, A. L. C., & Lee, T. M. C. Caregivers’/ Parents’ trait of perseverance moderates the relationship between children’s executive function and aggression. Oral presentation at the PCS 2nd Annual Mental Health Forum, Lisbon, Portugal, 2017.

Lam, B. Y. H., Raine, A., & Lee, T. M. C. Effect of Theory of Mind and Peer Victimization on the Schizotypy-Aggression Relationship. Oral presentation at the Third European Conference on Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences, Brighton, UK, 2016. 

Lam, B. Y. H., Yang, Y., Schug, R., Han, C., Liu, J. & Lee, T. M.C. Orbitofrontal and striatal alterations in violent individuals: psychopathy is the moderator. Poster presentation at the 6th Society for Social Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 2015. 

Lam, B. Y. H., Raine, A., & Lee, T. M. C. The relationship between neurocognition and symptomatology in people with schizophrenia: social cognition as the mediator. Oral presentation at the 8th International Congress of Cognitive Psychotherapy, Hong Kong, 2014. 

Lam, B. Y. H., Yang, Y., Raine, A., & Lee, T. M. C. Neural mediators of the schizotypy-antisocial behavior relationship: Prefrontal and orbitofrontal gray matter. Poster presentation at the 4th Biennial Schizophrenia International Research Society Conference, Italy, 2014.

Lam, B. Y. H., Yang, Y., Raine, A., Schug, R., Han, C., Liu, J. & Lee, T. M. C. Brain structural characteristics of psychopathic traits and antisocial behaviors. Poster presentation at the Organization for Human Brain Mapping Conference, Germany, 2014. 

Lam, B. Y. H., D.Y.Y. Tang & Lee, T. M. C. Facial Emotion Recognition and Reactive-Proactive Aggression in Violent Schizophrenia. Poster presentation at the American Society of Criminology Conference, San Francisco, 2014. 

Mak, W. W. S, Lam, B. Y. H., & Yau, S. Psychiatric staff recovery knowledge and sufficiency of recovery-oriented services in Hong Kong. Oral presentation at the Empowerment and Lifelong Learning Conference, Paris, February 2010. 

Received Quality Enhancement Support Scheme (QESS) grant (2023), Co-leader of the Research Team: Bess Yin Hung Lam. Establishing a Resource Centre for Digital Competence Education (HK$ 2, 387, 000). 

Received Inter-institutional Development Scheme Grant, Competitive Research Funding for the local self-financing degree sector, UGC (2023), PI: Bess Yin Hung Lam. Neuropsychological Underpinnings of Mental Health Across Lifespan: From the Young to the Old in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic (UGC/IIDS15/H02/23) (HK$ 411,225). 12 months

Received Faculty Development Scheme, Competitive Research Funding for the local self-financing degree sector, RGC (2022), PI: Bess Yin Hung Lam. The effect of abnormal structural and functional resting-state connectivity in prefrontal cortex and increased exposure to traffic-related air pollutants on schizotypy (UGC/FDS15/H06/22) (HK$ 1,353,283).

Received Institutional Development Scheme (IDS) Collaborative Research Grant, Competitive Research Funding for the local self-financing degree sector, RGC (2022), Co-Investigator: Bess Yin Hung Lam. Human resilience, life adversity, and adaptation to life course transitions from early adulthood to late middle adulthood (UGC/IDS(C)15/H02/22) (HK$ 5,359,056).

Received Grant from Research Centre for SHARP Vision, Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2022), Co-I: Bess Yin Hung Lam. Multidisciplinary approach in the early detection of neuropsychological performance in children with developmental dyslexia (HK$ 3,000,000)

Received Hong Kong Shue Yan University Research Grant (2021), PI: Bess Yin Hung Lam. The effect of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on theory of mind: a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)study.

Received The University of Hong Kong Research Grant Application- Seed Fund for Basic Research for New Staff (2021), PI: Bess Yin Hung Lam. The effect of diet on the social cognitive and behavioral functions in youth. 

Received Food and Health Bureau Grant, Hong Kong SAR Government (2021), Co-Investigator: Bess Yin Hung Lam. Provision of Evaluation Study Service for the Pilot Scheme on New Service Protocol for Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder with Comorbidity (“ADHD+”).

Received Inter-institutional Development Scheme Grant, Competitive Research Funding for the local self-financing degree sector, UGC (2020), Co- Investigator: Bess Yin Hung Lam. Cultivating, Promoting, and Enhancing Meaning in Life Across Cultures and the Life Span (UGC/IIDS15/H01/20).

Received Faculty Development Scheme, Competitive Research Funding for the local self-financing degree sector, UGC (2019), Coinvestigator: Bess Yin Hung Lam. Enhancing parents’ competency to support the social and emotional needs of young children through a parent-based empathy and compassion intervention (UGC/FDS15/
H03/19).

Received 2018 Griffith University and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Collaborative Research Grants (2018), Principal investigator: Bess Yin Hung Lam. Neural mechanism of physical exercise in enhancing executive functions in adolescents: a crosscultural study.

Received Inter-institutional Development Scheme Grant, Competitive Research Funding for the local self-financing degree sector, UGC (2017), Co- Investigator: Bess Yin Hung Lam. Positive neuroscience: A dialogue between scientists and practitioners (UGC/IIDS15/H01/17).

Dr. Lam is a member of American Psychological Association, a graduate member of the Hong Kong Psychological Society, a member of the American Society of Criminology, an alumnus of the U.S. Fulbright Program and the Lee Hysan Foundation Scholarship Scheme as well as a member of Chinese Neuroscience Society and a regular member of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society.

Bess has been serving as a reviewer of academic journals including Social Neuroscience, Schizophrenia Research, Psychiatric Research, Frontiers in Psychiatry (section Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Rehabilitation), Asian Journal of Criminology, BMC Geriatrics, Neuroimaging, Brain Sciences, European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, and Plos One. She is also the guest associate editor of Frontiers of Psychiatry. 

Thursday 2pm-3:30pm.