Research Faculty

Professor Denise Cheung is currently an Assistant Professor at School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong (HKU). She is a registered nurse who obtained her BNurs and PhD degrees in School of Nursing from the University of Hong Kong. She has been a tutor from 2013 to 2017 in the School primarily involved in undergraduate teaching in certain clinical and research subjects. Her research work is in the area of complementary and alternative therapy, with particular focus on populations in need of symptom management, such as survivors of intimate partner violence, cancer patients, and caregivers. Denise has successfully accomplished large randomized controlled trials to improve telomerase activity of abused women and stress of caregivers of elderly family members, with main findings published in JAMA Network Open and Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. She also works with community agencies to organize workshops to disseminate the findings as she takes great joy in seeing her work creating a positive impact in the community. She looks forward to informing students not only how to conduct research, but also how their work can echo the School’s motto--“Vision to lead, Mission to serve.”