Professor Phoenix Kit-han Mo

Biography

\Dr. Phoenix Mo is a chartered psychologist and a chartered scientist who joined the school as a Research Assistant Professor in August 2011. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Social Sciences (majoring in Psychology) at the University of Hong Kong, followed by an MSc in Health Psychology and Ph.D. at the University of Nottingham, UK. Before joining the school Phoenix worked on a UK National Institute of Health Research - funded project in examining the role of online patient experience as a resource for choice and decision making in health care at the Northumbria University, UK. Phoenix is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and the Hong Kong Psychological Society, as well as the Associate Director of the Centre for Health Behaviours Research. Within the school, Phoenix is the academic coordinator of the BSc in Community Health Practice. She has an active interest in Health Psychology and Behavioral Health and her research interests are in the area of ehealth, addiction, health and illness behaviours, mental health, and stigma among social minorities.

Research Interest

Internet on health and patient empowerment Mental health in social minorities and disease populations Health literacy Stigma and health HIV Prevention Health promoting behaviours