CMEL – Methods Hub Workshop: A Cross-disciplinary Workshop to Address Loneliness as a Global Public Health Concern
Date: 10 April 2025
Time: 8:30am – 5:00pm
Venue: Academic Conference Room, 11/F, Cheng Yu Tung Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
Programme booklet: Click here
8:30am – 9:00am
Registration
9:00am – 9:15am
Opening remarks
Dr Zohar Lederman
Clinical Practitioner, Department of Emergency Medicine & Research Fellow, Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, The University of Hong Kong
Professor Tarani Chandola
Director, Methods Hub and Social Sciences Research Centre, The University of Hong Kong
9:15am – 10:00am
Loneliness- State-of-the-art
Professor Julianne Holt-Lunstad
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Brigham Young University
10:00am – 10:30am
Loneliness and Aging in Hong Kong
Professor Vivian Lou
Director, Sau Po Centre on Ageing, The University of Hong Kong
10:30am – 11:00am
Coffee Break
11:00am – 11:30am
Loneliness Across Borders: A Comparative Study of Hong Kongers in Hong Kong and the UK Diaspora
Professor Edmond Choi
Associate Professor, School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong
11:30am – 12:00nn
Loneliness , Social Isolation and Stress Biomarkers
Professor Tarani Chandola
Director, Methods Hub and Social Sciences Research Centre, The University of Hong Kong
12:00nn – 12:30pm
The Ethics of Loneliness
Dr Zohar Lederman
Clinical Practitioner, Department of Emergency Medicine & Research Fellow, Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, The University of Hong Kong
12:30pm – 1:30pm
Lunch
1:30pm – 2:00pm
Loneliness in Japan
Dr Aaron Hames
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Loneliness is a Universal Human Experience
Dr Chan Kai Tai
Associate Professor in Practice of Psychiatry (by Courtesy), Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2:30pm – 3:30pm
Revisiting Loneliness in Youth Mental Health: Innovative Approaches from the JC LevelMind Initiative
Ms Melissa Chiu
Clinical Supervisor, JC LevelMind – Caritas
3:00pm – 3:30pm
Coffee Break
3:30pm – 4:00pm
Loneliness During COVID-19 and Beyond: Preliminary Insights from the INCLUDE Study in Switzerland (via Zoom)
Ms Gemma María García Calderó
PhD Candidate, Institute for Biomedical Ethics, University of Basel
4:00pm – 5:00pm
Roundtable Discussion
Professor Julianne Holt-Lunstad
Brigham Young University
Professor Tarani Chandola
The University of Hong Kong
Ms Melissa Chiu
Ms Jessie Lin
JC Level Mind – Caritas
Professor Bernice Elger (via Zoom)
University of Basel
Co-organisers:
Faculty of Social Science, HKU
Methods Hub Workshop, HKU
Department of Emergency Medicine, HKUMED
Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, HKU