2016
March:
- GCMH Research Group Director interviewed on TDM Talk Show, March 31, 2016, on GCMH Domestic Helper Research Initiative – PRIDE: Population Research Initiative for Domestic Employees. https://portugues.tdm.com.mo/ppgm.php?pid=2&vid=1877
- UM-GCMH research team celebrates Easter with Caritas OLS
- UM-GCMH is in the news – Brian J. Hall, PhD presented at the International Women’s Day seminar “Women and Gender Politics: The Contemporary Situations in Europe and Macau”.
Gender Inequality Remains a Pressing Issue – MACAU DAILY TIMES (9 Mar 2016)
Gender education needed to overcome stereotypes (start at 6:40) – TDM (8 Mar 2016)
February:
- The special issue: “Global Mental Health: Trauma and adversity among populations in transition,” co-edited by research group director Prof. Brian Hall and Prof. Miranda Olff, for the European Journal of Psychotraumatology has been released. Please follow this link to access the special issue:
https://www.ejpt.net/index.php/ejpt/pages/view/theme - UM-GCMH Research Group Director, Brian J. Hall, PhD, is awarded the 2016 Theodore Blau Early Career Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Clinical Psychology from the Society of Clinical Psychology, Division 12 of the American Psychological Association! This award:“Honors a clinical psychologist for professional accomplishments in clinical psychology.” Professor Hall will receive the award in Denver, during the American Psychological Association annual convention this August.
January:
- UM-GCMH Director Brian J. Hall, PhD, gave a talk at TEDx University of Macau on “Global Mental Health and Migration”
https://youtu.be/rdBDOk36z8w?list=PLfCWR1PZ9b0_e1Kv4w_lgiGzXrjV8jSVK - UM-GCMH is in the news – Brian J. Hall, PhD presented at the first TEDx event at University of Macau.
TEDx: Criar raízes na sociedade de Macau – PONTO FINAL (25 Jan 2016)
2015
November:
- UM-GCMH is in the news – Brian J. Hall, PhD shows our support for the Caritas Cultural Integration Tour and the 42nd Annual Charity Bazar.
Um impulso à integração dos imigrantes – PONTO FINAL (9 Nov 2015) - Former research team member, Chan Kit Hoi’s undergraduate thesis is published in the Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology:
https://journals.cambridge.org/action/ displayAbstract?fromPage= online&aid=10031107&fileId= S1834490915000124
October:
- UM-GCMH Director Brian J. Hall, PhD, participated in the recent Symposium on Disaster and Community Mental Health at the University of Hong Kong.
Symposium poster│Group photo
July:
- UM-GCMH is in the news – the importance of Public Mental Health for Macau.
https://www.umac.mo/umagazine/issue12/
March:
- Research team member Chan-kit HOI was offered a position at National Changhua University of Education in Taiwan to study his Masters degree in Counselling Psychology. Congratulations!
- Research team members Tat Leong WU and Chan Kit HOI, were selected as student research award finalists at the ARUPS conference in Singapore and both were awarded student research awards for their oral presentations of their thesis work at the conference! Congratulations!
https://news.umac.mo/nrs/faces/pub/viewItem.jspx?id=32460&locale=en_US
February:
- Dr. Hall will serve as a Guest Editor for the The European Journal of Psychotraumatology, Special Issue: Global Mental Health: Trauma and adversity among populations in transition. Due date for submissions is May 31. Please follow this link for the call for papers: https://ow.ly/JAe6u
- Members of the Migrant Health Working Group, Dr. Khoe and Dr. Hall, will have their commentary on the Ebola epidemic and the African Migrant Community in Guangzhou, China, published in the American Journal of Public Health. The piece was coauthored with Professor Adams Bodomo, and led by Lavinia Lin, MPH.
January:
- Research group in the news! Dr. Brian Hall interviewed by Ponto Final about the barriers to accessing healthcare and mental health treatment among Macau’s Domestic Workers: (Em Portuguese) https://pontofinalmacau.wordpress.com/2015/01/06/o-grau-zero-da-saude/#respond
2014
December:
- Research group members Eric Wu, Chan Hoi, Kalon Sou and Dr. Hall had their conference abstracts accepted for presentation at the upcoming 5th ASEAN Regional Union of Psychological Societies (ARUPS) Congress in Singapore (March 2015)!
- Dr. Hall was given the best oral presentation award at the World Psychiatric Association Conference held in December in Hong Kong, China.
October:
- Dr. Hall and his MPH advisee from Sun Yat-sen School of Public Health (PanTeng) had their oral presentation abstracts selected as “Excellent Papers” and both had their abstracts published in the European Journal of Psychotraumatology.
September:
- Dr Brian Hall interviewed by Macau Daily Times: ‘MIGRANTS DO MAKE A GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO MACAU’