Chloe Lau PhD
Adjunct Research Professor
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Masters: | Clinical Science and Psychopathology at Western University |
| Doctorate: | Clinical Science and Psychopathology at Western University | |
| Post doc: | Centre for Addiction and Mental Health | |
| Additional Training: | Psychology Residency completed at the Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences | |
| Clinical area of expertise: | Assessment; Personality; Measurement | |
| Contact information: | clau263@uwo.ca |
Profile
Dr. Chloe Lau completed her PhD in Clinical Science and Psychopathology at Western University (supervised by Dr. Donald Saklofske) where she received the Governor General's Gold Medal in 2022. She has received an Early Career Researcher Award from ISSID. She was a Visiting Researcher at the University of Zurich, Switzerland working with Professor Dr. Willibald Ruch and the University of Florence, Italy working with Professor Dr. Francesca Chiesi. She has developed the interRAI Child and Youth Internalizing and Externalizing Scale Algorithms for children/youth seeking mental health services currently used in over 90 mental health agencies. She has also collaborated with international research groups from over 25 countries in cross-cultural collaborations (Heintz et al., 2020; Journal of Happiness Studies). As an advocate for mentorship, she co-developed a mentoring curriculum for psychiatry residents and junior faculty at McMaster University.
Notable Awards:
• AFSP Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Innovation Grant
• ISSID Early Career Researcher Award
• Governor General's Gold Medals
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Postdoctoral Fellowship
• CAMH Womenmind Postdoctoral Fellowship
• CAMH Discovery Fund Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Dr. Robert L. Smith Award of Excellence
• Top Cited Article Certificate of Achievement (Supportive Care in Cancer)
• Marilyn (Pack) McClelland Award in Psychology
• Mental Health Research Canada and Mitacs Accelerate Postdoctoral Fellowship
• First Place in the British Columbia Psychological Association Inaugural Psychology Summit One Minute Thesis
• Canadian Psychological Association Student Research Grant
• Ontario Graduate Scholarship Doctoral Award
• Joseph-Armand Bombardier SSHRC Doctoral Scholarship
• Joseph-Armand Bombardier SSHRC Masters Scholarship
• Canada Graduate Scholarship Michael Smith Foreign Supplement
• Mitacs Globalink Research Award
• Mitacs Research Training Award
• SSHRC Storytellers Contest Honorary Mention Award
• ThinkSwiss Scholarship
• Mary Ann Underwood Small Global Opportunities Award
• Graduate Student Innovation Scholars Award Best Business Plan Award
