Dr. Sijing CHEN

Research Area

1. Examine the close associations between sleep disturbances and mental health problems
2. Personalized interventions for sleep and mental health problems
3. Digital mental health

Professional Profile

Dr. Chen’s research focuses on exploring the associations of sleep disturbances with psychiatric disorders, neurodegenerative diseases and physical illnesses, and evaluating the implementation of sleep interventions to prevent and provide early intervention for mental health problems. She has published over 30 peer-reviewed articles, many of which appear in high-impact international journals in sleep medicine, psychiatry, pediatrics, and neuroscience. She has been actively involved in a number of prevention and intervention trials in the field of sleep and mental health, and served as one of the leading researchers in Asia’s first clinical research clinical trial on using digital insomnia intervention to prevent depression in youth (PLoS Med, 2025).