Carmen W H Chan
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Biography
Carmen W H Chan has complete BSN, MPhil, RN and PhD. Dr. Carmen has won University Education Award, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, November, 2016 and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing Excellence in Research Award, April 7, 2014.She is a pioneered biological nursing study on lung disease to identify biomarkers for early detection of the inflammation process and symptom control and successfully obtained an external competitive grant to pursue the study. Professor Carmen Chan has demonstrated integrated scholarship in pediatric, cancer and palliative care research which has broadly impacted on the profession, patients, families, community, and nursing education. Her main fields of research specialization include symptom management, psychosocial care, sexuality, advance care planning, pediatric care and cancer screening.
As 'symptom cluster' has been acknowledged to be at the cutting edge of science in symptom management, Professor Chan’s early PhD work on the identification and management of 'symptom cluster' in patients with cancer was novel and contributed to the international development of nursing knowledge. It also laid a foundation for her subsequent studies on symptom management including the treatment of oral mucositis, skin rash, breathlessness, fatigue, nausea and vomiting, pain, anxiety and sexual function.
Professor Chan's palliative care research focuses on the promotion of advance care planning and advance directives, and targets on cancer patients, pediatric patients, older adults and the general public. Her research initiatives on this area have demonstrated excellence in design and innovation, and a great impact on the health care profession and the society. Professor Chan and her team conducted several community roadshows and surveys to promote advance care planning and advance directives in Hong Kong. Subsequently, they developed and published a health manual for advance care planning, which has been widely distributed to the public via community roadshows and to elderly centers and hospitals. In 2016, Professor Chan will launch another GRF project to carry out a large-scale population survey on the acceptance and completion of advance directive among the general public in Hong Kong
Abstract
Abstract : Profiling silica-induced molecular events in human lung cells using the RNA-Seq approach