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Dr. Sam S.S. Lau 劉信信博士
Principal Lecturer; Director, Research Management Office
Teaching Areas
Course(s) taught:- You and Your Health
- Microbiology and Laboratory
- General Chemistry
Research Interests
- Environment and Health, Public Health, Sustainability, Environmental Education, Career Education, Nutrition, Health Literacy, STEM, Wetland Conservation
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Professional Qualifications
- Fellow, Higher Education Academy (HEA)
- Associate Member, Association for Learning Technology
- Honorary Member, Institute of Horticulture (HK)
Selected Publications
- Lau SSS (2023) Building Institutional Capacity to Promote Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Higher Education. 2023 AAC&U Conference on Diversity, Equity, and Student Success, 8-11 Mar 2023
- Lau SSS*, Leung SSK, Wong JWC, Lee TCP, Cartwright SR, Wong JTC, Man J, Cheung E and Choi RPW (2023) Brief repeated virtual nature contact for three weeks boosts university students' nature connectedness and psychological and physiological health during the COVID-19 pandemic: A pilot study. Frontiers in Public Health (Impact Factor: 6.461) https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1057020
- Lau SSS*, Shum ENY, Man JOT, Cheung ETH, Amoah PA, Leung AYM, Dadaczynski K, Okan O (2022) Assessing COVID-19-related Health Literacy and Associated Factors Among School Teachers in Hong Kong. Frontiers in Public Health (Impact Factor: 6.461) https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1057782
- Lau SSS*, Shum ENY, Man JOT, Cheung ETH, Amoah PA, Leung AYM, Dadaczynski K, Okan O (2022) A Cross-Sectional Study of the Perceived Stress, Well-Being and Their Relations with Work-Related Behaviours among Hong Kong School Leaders during the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Impact Factor: 4.614). 19(23), 15777. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315777
- Lau SSS*, Ho CCY, Pang RCK, Su S, Kwok H, Fung SF, Ho RC (2022) Measurement of burnout during the prolonged pandemic in the Chinese zero-COVID context: COVID-19 burnout views scale. Frontiers in Public Health (Impact Factor: 6.461). 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1039450
- Lau SSS*, Shum ENY, Man JOT, Cheung ETH, Amoah PA, Leung AYM, Dadaczynski K, Okan O (2022) Teachers’ Well-Being and Associated Factors During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study in Hong Kong, China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Impact Factor: 4.614). 19, 14661. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192214661
- Lau SSS, Shum ENY, Man JOT, Cheung ETH, Amoah PA, Leung AYM, Dadaczynski K, Okan O (2022) Level of Health Literacy and Associated Factors amongst Hong Kong School Leaders. 8th AHLA International Conference, 27-28 Oct 2022
- Zhang EH, Lau SSS (2022) The Impact of Language Ability on Intercultural Skills Development. AAC&U's 2022 Conference on Global Learning, 12-14 Oct 2022
- Lau SSS, Shum ENY, Man JOT, Cheung ETH, Amoah PA, Leung AYM, Dadaczynski K, Okan O (2022) A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study of Health Literacy of Hong Kong School Teachers in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Conference on Environment and Human Health: Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century, 18-19 Aug 2022
- Lau SSS, Shum ENY, Man JOT, Cheung ETH, Amoah PA, Leung AYM, Dadaczynski K, Okan O (2022) Mental Health and Wellbeing among School Leaders in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-sectional Study. International Conference on Environment and Human Health: Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century, 18-19 Aug 2022
- Lau SSS, Fung F (2022) To Declare or Not? Who would choose to Self-report the Positive COVID-19 Results to the Health Authorities? And Why? International Conference on Environment and Human Health: Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century, 18-19 Aug 2022
- Lau SSS*, Ho CCY, Pang RCK, Su S, Kwok H, Fung S-f, Ho RC (2022) COVID-19 Burnout Subject to the Dynamic Zero-COVID Policy in Hong Kong: Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the COVID-19 Burnout Frequency Scale. Sustainability 14(14):8235.
- Lau SSS*, Leung SK, Wong WC, Lee CP, Cartwright SR, Wong TC, Man OT, Cheung TH, Choi PW (2022) Virtual Nature Contact Boosts University Students’ Nature Connectedness and Mental Wellbeing during the COVID-19 Pandemic. FSTE Conference: Cultivating Well-being and Whole Person Development in Higher Education, Hong Kong, 17 Jun 2022
- Lau SSS*, Leung SK, Wong WC, Lee CP, Cartwright SR, Wong TC, Man OT, Cheung TH (2022) Effects of brief virtual nature experience on psycho-physiological health during COVID-19 pandemic. CPCE Health Conference 2022 Long term Care: Financing and Service Delivery in Asia Pacific, Hong Kong, 10 Jan 2022
- Wong KY, Lau SSS* (2022) Parent-reported prevalence of adverse food reactions in Chinese schoolchildren and parental mental well-being. 24th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion, Montreal, Canada, 15-19 May 2022
- Lau SSS, Wong JTC (2022) Dancing with Spotted Dove 與珠頸斑鳩共舞, Hong Kong Baptist University -School of Continuing Education.
- Lau SSS, Wong JTC (2022) Flying Tiger: Common Tiger 會飛的老虎–虎斑蝶, Hong Kong Baptist University -School of Continuing Education.
- Lau SSS, Wong JTC (2022) Chinese Banyan Treasure 榕樹寶盒, Hong Kong Baptist University -School of Continuing Education.
- Hui T, Lau SSS*, Yuen M (2021) Active Learning as a Beyond-the-Classroom Strategy to Improve University Students’ Career Adaptability. Sustainability 13(9):6246
- Lau SSS*, Wan K, Tsui M (2021) Evaluation of a Blended Career Education Course during the COVID-19 Pandemic on Students’ Career Awareness. Sustainability 13(6):3471
*Corresponding Author
Professional / Community Services
- Adjudicator, Proposal Interviewing Scheme of the Joint School Science Exhibition
- Fellow, Higher Education Academy (HEA)
- Associate Member, Association for Learning Technology
- Honorary Member, Institute of Horticulture (HK)
- Associate Editor, international journal Wetlands
- Member, Advisory Committee of Green Power’s Habitat and Biodiversity Conservation Scheme in Sha Lo Tung
- Certificate of Commendation, Secretary for Home Affairs, HKSAR Government
- Certificate of Taiwan’s Wetland Conservation Honorable Advisor, Forestry Bureau, Taiwan
Grants
- Principal Investigator, COVID-19 Health Literacy among Principals and Management Teams of Schools in Hong Kong, PPG, IDS, RGC, $90k, 2021-2022
- Team Leader, ECF Nature Connection: First Steps into Nature, ECF EECA, $1.48M, 2020-2022
- Project Coordinator, One Stop Service for Students with Special Educational Needs, $2.4M, 2020-2022
- Principal Investigator, Environment and Health Promotion, SGFS, SCE, $100k, 2020-2021
- Project Coordinator, Careers and Employability Centre, QESS, EDB, $6.4M, 2019-2021.
- Team Leader, Human Nature Connectedness: Appreciating the Beauty and Benefits of Forest Biodiversity, Subventions for Biodiversity Education, AFCD, HKSAR, $92k, 2019.
- Team Leader, Multidisciplinary Research Centre, IDS, UGC, $6M, 2016-2018.
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