Professor Wendy WT Lam is an Associate Professor and Head of the Division of Behavioural Sciences at the School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, and also serves as the MPH (Master of Public Health) Programme Director. She is the Founding Director of the HKU Jockey Club Institute of Cancer Care (JCICC). She has been appointed as the Interim Deputy Director of the School since June 2026.

Professor Lam is the Past President of the International Psycho-oncology Society (IPOS), becoming the first Asian to lead the organisation. Through IPOS, she has championed the integration of psychosocial care into routine cancer treatment worldwide. In 2018, she led HKU in hosting the 20th IPOS World Congress, which drew over 600 participants from 58 countries. She also contributed to global cancer rehabilitation efforts as a member of the WHO Rehabilitation Programme’s Peer Review Group and currently leads an IPOS initiative to establish an international consensus on core competencies and indicators for psychosocial oncology care. Regionally, she co-founded the Asia-Pacific Psycho-oncology Network to advance evidence-based psychosocial services for individuals with cancer and their caregivers.

Professor Lam’s research focuses on psychosocial adaptation and service optimisation for individuals with cancer. Her studies address fear of cancer recurrence, return-to-work challenges, implementation of symptom distress screening and management, implementation of screening for overweight and weight management, and survivorship care. At the JCICC, she is developing an integrated care model and has launched Hong Kong’s first cancer survivorship clinic, offering post-treatment symptom management and personalised lifestyle guidance. She is also spearheading a community-based survivorship programme in partnership with five NGOs using a social prescription approach.

Her contributions earned her the 2007 Hiroomi Kawano Young Investigator Award from IPOS and the 2023 Distinguished Merit Award from the International Society of Nurses Cancer Care. Professor Lam has published over 200 scholarly outputs, co-edited the 4th edition of the Psycho-oncology textbook, and serves as Associate Editor for Psycho-oncology and Patient Education and Counseling.

1. Lam WWT, Fielding, R. (2003) The evolving experience of illness for Chinese women with breast cancer: a qualitative study. Psycho-oncology,12:127-140. [2019 IF=3.43] (Citation: 182) (Ranked 18 out of 137 under the category of “Psychology, Multidisciplinary”) [link]
2. Lam WWT, Fielding R, Chan M, Chow L, Ho E. (2003) Participation and satisfaction with surgical treatment decision-making in breast cancer among Chinese women. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 80(2): 171-180.   [2019 IF=3.547]  (Citation: 76) (Ranked  60 out of 368 under the category of “Oncology”) [link]
3. Lam WWT, Fielding R, Ho E. Predicting psychological morbidity in Chinese women following surgery for breast cancer. Cancer (2005): 103: 637-46 (2019 IF=6.102) (Citation: 70) (Ranked 19 out of 368 under category of “Oncology”) [link]
4. Lam WWT, Bonanno GA, Mancini AD, Ho S, Chan M, Hung WK, Or A, Fielding R. Trajectories of psychological distress among Chinese women diagnosed with breast cancer. Psycho-oncology (2010) 19: 1044-1051 [2019 IF=3.43] (Citation: 182) (Ranked 18 out of 137 under the category of “Psychology, Multidisciplinary”) [link]
5. Lam WWT, Shing YT, Bonanno GA, Mancini AD, Fielding R. Distress trajectories at the first year diagnosis of breast cancer in relation to 6-years survivorship. Psycho-oncology (2010) 21:90-99  [2019 IF=3.43] (Citation: 128) (Ranked 18 out of 137 under the category of “Psychology, Multidisciplinary”) [link]
6. Lam WWT, Au AHY, Wong JHF, Lehmann C, Koch U, Fielding R, Mehnert A. Unmet support care needs: a cross-cultural comparison between Hong Kong Chinese and German Caucasian women with breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research Treatment (2011) 130:531-541. [2012 IF=4.469]  (Citation: 100) [2019 IF=3.547]  (Ranked  60 out of 368 under the category of “Oncology”) [link]
7. Lam WWT, Li WWY, Bonanno GA, Mancini AD, Chan M, Or A, Fielding R. Trajectories of body image and sexuality in the year following diagnosis of breast cancer and their relationship to 6 years psychosocial outcomes. Breast Cancer Research Treatment (2012) 131:957-967. (Citation: 68) [2019 IF=3.547]  (Ranked  60 out of 368 under the category of “Oncology”) [link]
8. Lam WWT, Chan M, Or A, Kwong A, Suen D, Fielding R. Reducing treatment decision conflict difficulties for breast cancer surgery. A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Clinical Oncology (2013) 31 (23):2879-2885 [2019 IF=28.245] (Citation: 63) (Ranked 4 out of 368 under the category of “Oncology”) [link]
9. Lam WWT, Ng D, Wong S, Lee TMC, Kwong A, Fielding R. The role of cognitive bias in relation to persistent distress among women diagnosed with breast cancer. Psycho-oncology (2018)27:983-989. Citation (5) [2019 IF=3.43] (Ranked 18 out of 137 under the category of “Psychology, Multidisciplinary”) [link]
10. Ng DWL, Foo CC,  Ng SS, Kwong A, Suen D, Chan M, Or A, Fielding BFS, Lam WWT. The role of metacognition and its indirect effect through cognitive attentional syndrome on fear of cancer recurrence trajectories: a longitudinal study. Psycho-oncology (2020) 29:271-279 [2019 IF=3.43] (Ranked 18 out of 137 under the category of “Psychology, Multidisciplinary”) [link]