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Professor Jiang Da is a Professor in the Department of Special Education and Counselling within the Faculty of Education and Human Development at The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK). She holds additional roles as Assistant Dean (Research and Postgraduate Studies) and Associate Co-Director of the Academy for Educational Development and Innovation. Jiang Da obtained her PhD in Psychology from The Chinese University of Hong Kong following an MPhil in Social Science from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Prior to joining EdUHK, she served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Research on Ageing, Health and Wellbeing at the Australian National University. Her career at EdUHK has progressed from Assistant Professor to her current professorial position, during which she has contributed significantly to research leadership and postgraduate studies.

Jiang Da's research specializes in the psychology of aging, with a focus on affective and cognitive processes that enhance wellbeing in older adults, including affective processes across adulthood, emotion and emotion regulation, and adult development across cultures. She served as principal investigator for the Research Grants Council Early Career Scheme project (HK$1,063,372, 2019), "Are Older Adults Lonely? Elucidating Age Differences in the Relationship between Solitude and Well-Being," which experimentally tested age differences in solitude's impact and the buffering role of goal prioritization in lifespan wellbeing. Her publications appear in top-tier journals such as American Psychologist, The Lancet Healthy Longevity, and JAMA Network Open. Notable works include "Behavioral activation and mindfulness interventions in reducing loneliness and improving well-being in older adults: The HEAL-HOA randomized clinical trial" (2026, JAMA Network Open), "Identifying the optimal predictors for adolescent mental and physical health using machine learning methods" (2026, Journal of Affective Disorders), and "The mediating role of loneliness between psychosocial and physiological well-being in older adults" (2026, Psychoneuroendocrinology). Jiang Da's contributions to gerontology and psychology have earned her election as a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, the Rising Star award from the Association for Psychological Science, the Seisoh Sukemune/Bruce Bain Encouragement Award from the International Council of Psychologists, the 2024 Research Award from the Hong Kong Psychogeriatric Association, and the President’s Award for Outstanding Research Performance (Early Career Excellence) from EdUHK.