Cecilia Lai Wan CHAN is the founder of the Centre on Behavioral Health, has built her career as a social worker for the past twenty-five years. She is currently a Professor at the Department of Social Work and Social Administration, at the University of Hong Kong. She received her B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees from The University of Hong Kong in 1978, 1984 and 1991. Her research area includes empowerment and strength-focused intervention, life, death and bereavement, community mental health, suicide prevention, body-mind-spirit intervention, women and health, practice innovations, and research.