Winnie K.w. So
Associate Professor
Medicine
Nethersole School of Nursing
Hong Kong
Biography
Professor Winnie So is an Associate Professor of the Nethersole School of Nursing at the Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and a Visiting Associate Professor of the Union Hospital, Hong Kong. She received her Bachelor of Nursing from Deakin University, Australia in 1993; Master of Health Administration from the University of New South Wales, Australia in 1995; and Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Colorado, United States in 2007. Professor So's research interest focuses on cancer and palliative care, especially in relation to supportive care needs, symptom experience and quality of life of cancer patients, cancer prevention and early detection of cancer. She has published 4 book chapters and 70 papers in peer reviewed journals such as European Journal of Cancer, Oncology Nursing Forum, Cancer Nursing, European Journal of Oncology Nursing and Preventive Medicine. Currently, Professor So is the President of Asian Oncology Nursing Society (AONS), Board of Director of the International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care (ISNCC), a Council Member of the Hong Kong College of Education and Research in Nursing and the World Association for Chinese Quality of Life (WACQOL).
Research Interest
Cancer prevention, symptom experience and management, supportive care needs and quality of life of cancer patients
Publications
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Chan, D.N.S. and So, W.K.W. (2016) Strategies for recruiting South Asian women to cancer screening research, and the lessons learnt. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 72(11), 2937-2946. doi: 10.1111/jan.13068
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Challinor, J.M., Galassi, A.L., Al-Ruzzieh, M.A., Bigirimana, J.B., Buswell, L., So, W.K.W., Steinberg, A.B., Williams, M.J. Nursing’s potential to address the growing cancer burden in low- and middle-income countries. Journal of Global Oncology, 2(3), 154-163. DOI:10.1200/JGO.2015.001974.
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So, W.K.W., Chan, R.J., Truant, T., Bialous, S.A., Barton-Burke, M. (2016). Global perspectives on cancer health disparities: Impact, utility, and implications for cancer nursing. Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing, 3, 316-23.
