Rate My Professor Wai Chen

Professor Wai Chen serves as Adjunct Professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Western Australia, contributing to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Wellbeing Research Clinic. His research specializations encompass ADHD, neurodevelopmental disorders, emotional dysregulation, dissociation, resilience, and social recovery. He holds advanced qualifications including a PhD and MPhil from the University of Cambridge. Professor Chen possesses over 20 years of experience as a clinician and researcher in child, adolescent, and youth mental health. He concurrently holds the position of Professor and Psychiatry Discipline Lead at Curtin Medical School, Curtin University, and Professor of Youth Mental Health and Developmental Neuropsychiatry at Fiona Stanley Hospital. These appointments underscore his expertise in the assessment and management of neurodevelopmental disorders such as ADHD and autism spectrum disorders.

Professor Chen's scholarly impact is evidenced by his extensive publication record, with more than 7,700 citations and an h-index of 42 on Google Scholar. Key publications include genome-wide association studies on ADHD traits, such as "Genome-wide association scan of quantitative traits for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder identifies novel associations and confirms candidate gene associations" (2008, 514 citations) and "Genome-wide association scan of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder" (2008, 351 citations). Earlier influential works feature "The analysis of 51 genes in DSM-IV combined type attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: association signals in DRD4, DAT1 and 16 other genes" (2006, 743 citations) and "Emotional lability in children and adolescents with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): clinical correlates and familial prevalence" (2010, 553 citations). Recent contributions from collaborations at UWA include Thompson et al. (2021) on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in 'Child and Adolescent Mental Health: Theory and Practice'; Fu et al. (2021) exploring RNF219-AS1 association with ADHD phenotypes; Gomez et al. (2021) on the latent structure of ADHD supporting ICD and HiTOP frameworks; Hunter et al. (2021) developing the Perth Adolescent Worry Scale; and Preece et al. (2021) validating the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire. His research advances understanding of psychopathology, treatment, psychological assessment, and developmental psychopathology in pediatric and adolescent populations.