Dr. Lam Mei Ling, May

Dr Lam is a Psychiatry Specialist, Founder and President of The Hong Kong Mental Wellness Association, currently the Director of The Alpha Clinic & The Alpha Wellbeing Centre. She is also Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, United Kingdom. Dr Lam serves as Honorary Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Family Medicine at the HKU Faculty of Medicine; Clinical Associate Professor (Honorary) at Department of Psychiatry, CUHK; and Adjunct Associate Professor at Department of Social Work and Social Administrations, HKU. Dr Lam graduated from the University of New South Wales, Australia. Dr Lam was the Visiting Scholar at Harvard Medical School Department of Social Medicine, Harvard University in 2003 – 2004. She has obtained International Clinical, Operational and Health Services Research and Training Award and the Forgarty Research Grant at the Harvard Medical School. Academically, she has published various papers in international and local peer-reviewed journals.

Dr Lam has been working in the field of mental health for years, in particular child and youth mental wellbeing and development. She is currently the Course Coordinator of Master of Social Work Children and Youth Mental Health Programme at the HKU Department of Social Work and Social Administration, Course Coordinator of Professional Diploma Course on Understanding and Supporting Students and Youths with Neurodiversity at The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong; and has served as Course Coordinator of the Master of and Postgraduate Diploma in Psychological Medicine at the HKU Psychiatry Department. She is also passionate in providing mental health professional training at schools for teachers, parents and the general public by delivering educational talks and workshops, promoting mental health and mental health education at the local Hong Kong community and at mainland China including the Greater Bay Area. She is also involved in leading various community projects in helping young people and adults with emotional problems.

Dr Lam is the Honorary Consultant of the Greater Bay Area Medical Professional Development Association, executive committee member of the Mental Health Association Executive Committee, co-chair of its Integrated Community Centre for Mental Wellness Sub-committee, and Honorary Consultant (Social Work Services Division) of Caritas HK. She also serves as a member of the Service Development Sub-Committee of the Richmond Fellowship. Dr Lam founded the Variety Butterfly Programme under Variety-The Children’s Charity HK, and is currently their Life Advisor and Co-chair. She is passionate in helping underprivileged young people to maximize their potential given their strengths and interests.

Dr Lam has served as the Vice-President (Censor/ Education) of the Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists, Board Member and Committee Member of various Government Departments, such as Board Member of The Mental Health Review Tribunal. She is currently the Committee Member of the Task Group on Evaluation of the Expert Group on New Service Protocol for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Member of the Council on Human Reproductive Technology of the Health Bureau and its Ethics Committee; she is also the Advisory Committee Member for Regulatory Standards for Private Healthcare Facilities at the Department of Health, Honorary Consultant (Psychiatry) of the HKSAR Government Police Negotiation Cadre, actively participating in government and society service.