Dr. Melody Jia-Qi XU

EDUCATION

• Ph.D in Psychiatry (The University of Hong Kong)
• M.Soc.Sc in Educational Psychology (The University of Hong Kong)
• PGDE  (The Education University of Hong Kong)

Additional Professional Training
Trained teacher certificate (Oxford Mindfulness Foundation)
https://www.oxfordmindfulness.org/acadp_listings/xu-jia-qi-melody/

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Mindfulness for children and adults
Language-related difficulties
Positive Education
Mental Health
Early Psychosis

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Xu, J. Q., Poon, K., & Ho, M. S. (2023). Brief Report: The Impact of COVID-19 on Parental Stress and Learning Challenges for Chinese Children with SpLD. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1-8.

Xu, J. Q., Choy, J. C. P., Tang, J. Y. M., Liu, T. Y., Luo, H., Lou, V. W. Q., Lum, T. Y. S., & Wong, G. H. Y. (2017). Spontaneously reported symptoms by informants are associated with clinical severity in Dementia help-seekers. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. DOI: 10.1111/jgs.14931.

Liu, T. Y., Wong, G. H. Y., Luo, H., Tang, Y. M. J., Xu, J. Q., Choy, C. P. J., & Lum, T. Y. S. (2017). Everyday cognitive functioning and global cognitive performance are differentially associated with physical frailty and chronological age in older Chinese men and women. Aging and Mental Health. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2017.1320700

Hui, C. L. M., Lee, E. H. M., Chang, W. C., Chan, S. K. W., Lin, J., Xu, J. Q., & Chen, E. Y. H. (2015). Delusional disorder and schizophrenia: A comparison of the neurocognitive and clinical characteristics in first-episode patients. Psychological Medicine, 45(3), 1-11.

Xu, J. Q., Hui, C. L. M., Longenecker, J., Lee, E. H. M., Chang, W. C., Chan, S. K. W., & Chen, E. Y. H. (2014). Executive function as predictors of persistent thought disorder in first-episode schizophrenia: A one-year follow-up study. Schizophrenia Research, 159, 465-470.

Wong, G. H. Y., Hui, C. L. M., Tang, J. Y. M., Chang, W. C., Chan, S. K. W., Xu, J. Q., Lin, J. J. X., Lai, D. C., Tam, W., Kok, J., Chung, D., Hung, S. F., & Chen, E. Y. H. (2012). Early intervention for psychotic disorder: Real-life implementation in Hong Kong. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 5(1), 68-72.

Chen, E. Y. H., & Xu, J. Q. (2012). 思覺失調服務計畫新發展. In 啓動、心康－精神健康求助攻略 (pp. 274-pp.275).

Chan, K. K. S., Xu, J. Q., Liu, K. L. M., Hui, C. L. M., Wong, C. H. Y., & Chen, E. Y. H. (2012). Executive function in first-episode schizophrenia: A three-year prospective study of the Hayling Sentence Completion Test. Schizophrenia Research, 135, 62-67.

Xu, J. Q., Hui, C. L. M., Wong, G. H. Y., Tang, J. Y. M., Lam, M. L. M., Chiu, C. P. Y., & Chen, E. Y. H. (2011). Current situation and service for young people suffering from early psychosis in Hong Kong. Journal of Youth Studies, 27, 9-18.

Internship Opportunities
I am currently looking for student research interns who are interested in mental health, positive psychology and mindfulness related projects. Interns will be involved in materials preparation, data collection, preliminary data analysis, and communication with the research participants.

Please contact me if you are:

• Motivated in building research skills in psychology
• Major in psychology or related disciplines
• Speak fluent Cantonese, Mandarin, or both
• Able to comprehend written Chinese
• good communicational skills
• a strong sense of responsibility

If you are interested, please send your CV and transcript to Dr Xu at meloxu@hku.hk.