Professor Samuel Wong is a clinician with training and experience in both Family Medicine and Public Health. He earned his Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree from the University of Toronto and completed his Family Medicine residency in Canada. Furthering his education, he obtained a Master of Public Health (MPH) from Johns Hopkins University in the USA and a Doctor of Medicine (MD) research degree from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).

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Currently, Professor Wong serves as the Director of the School of Public Health and Primary Care at CUHK, where he also directs the Master of Public Health Programme and the Thomas Jing Centre for Mindfulness Research and Training. Since July 2019, he has held the position of Associate Dean (Education) at the Faculty of Medicine at CUHK. His international roles include being a Global Faculty Member of the Stanford Medicine Centre for Asian Health Research and Education (CARE) since 2022. In recognition of his contributions, Professor Wong was awarded the Faculty of Medicine Outstanding Fellowship in 2021. His research interests are primarily focused on the evaluation and development of mindfulness-based and mental health interventions in primary care, as well as the evaluation and development of primary care services and models, particularly in the context of multimorbidity.

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Professor Wong has published over 300 peer-reviewed papers in international journals such as the British Journal of General Practice, Annals of Family Medicine, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, British Journal of Psychiatry, and JAMA Internal Medicine. He has also been successful in securing substantial research funding, with more than 160 million Hong Kong dollars (approximately 20.5 million US dollars, given the exchange rate of 1 US$ = 7.8 HK$) in external competitive research grants and donations for various community interventions aimed at improving mental health and primary care. He played a pivotal role in establishing the Thomas Jing Centre for Mindfulness Research and Training in 2018. The Centre has since served 15,000 individuals with various mental health issues and provided mindfulness training for professionals in the region.

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Professor Wong has also contributed to academia through the supervision of 10 PhD students to completion and has authored 5 book chapters. He co-edited the Oxford Textbook of Public Mental Health, which won the Best Book Award by the British Medical Association Medical Book Awards 2019 (First Prize in Psychiatry category). His editorial roles include serving on the boards of several international scientific journals, such as the British Journal of General Practice, PLOS-One, and BMC Primary Care. He has also been an External Examiner in Family Medicine for various universities and has reviewed grants for international and local research funding bodies.

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In terms of public service, Professor Wong has served the Hong Kong SAR Government in various capacities, including as a member of the Steering Committee of the Primary Care Development and other advisory councils and committees related to health and environmental hygiene. He has also been involved in education and accreditation committees for medical and dental councils in Hong Kong. In addition to his academic and research responsibilities, Professor Wong provides clinical services in Family Medicine for the Hospital Authority as an Honorary Consultant in Family Medicine.