Dr. Ong, Elsie L C (王麗貞博士)

B.Sc. (Hons), Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

MSc (Applied Cognitive Neurosciences), University of London, UK

PhD (Mental Health), University of Salford, UK

Research Assistant Professor of Education and Psychology,

 Academy of Wellness and Human Development, FASS

ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1676-4913

Academic & Professional Experience

2023 – 2025

Project Manager, School of Nursing and Health Studies, Hong Kong Metropolitan University

2021-

Lecturer/Dissertation Supervisor in Psychology, UCL Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL

2020-2023

Lecturer in Biological Psychology, Faculty of Health, Education, and Society, University of Northampton, UK

2017-2020

Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Education, Division of Information and Technology Studies, The University of Hong Kong

2013-2017

Psychology Lecturer, Dept of Arts and Social Sciences, Open University, Hong Kong

2012-2013

Research Associate, Dept of Rehabilitation Sciences PTEC, Polytechnic University, Hung Hom Hong Kong

2010-2012

Visiting Professor, Dept of Psychology, Rue de Londres, University of St Joseph Macau, HK

Research Interests

  • Mental Health
  • Digital intervention
  • Big Data and Learning Analytics
  • AI in Education
  • Gamified learning
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Research Projects and Funding

  1. Social Enterprise Funding for ‘AI-Powered Behavioural Matching and Gamified Learning Platform for Pet Care and Adoption Ecosystem’ (2025-2026)
  2. Internal fund from University of Northampton for Knowledge Exchange in Netherlands on the Attentional Bias Modification Project using Eye Tracker (2022-2023)
  3. Best Dissertation Award in the Faculty of University of Salford (2018)
  4. Santander Travel award from University of Salford (2017)
  5. Sino-British Fellowship Trust (2015)

 Selected Publications

  1. Ong, E. (2024). Becoming Human in a Digital World? Springer Nature, (in print for 2026)
  1. He, C., & Ong, E. (2025). Students’ Motivation and Engagement in Online Learning During the Pandemic, Educational Research and Evaluation, DOI: 10.1080/13803611.2025.2482618
  1. Ong, E. (2025). The impact of Covid-19 on university students living in Residential Halls, Journal of Intercultural Communication Research, 53:5-6, 218-233, DOI:10.1080/17475759.2024.2446452
  1. Ong, E. (2024). The emergence of the digital world: friend or foe to the young adults in the post-pandemic Era? Springer Nature, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-3098-8
  1. Finch, B., & Ong, E. (2024). Exploring coping resiliency and depression among university students in a post-pandemic context. Advances in Mental Health, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/18387357.2024.2323507
  1. Poon, Y., Lee, J. S. Y., Lam, Y. Y., Suen, W. L., Ong, E., & Chu, S. K. W. (2024). Few-shot question generation for reading comprehension. In Proceedings of the 2024 Workshop on Chinese Language Processing [SIGHAN] (p. 21).. https://aclanthology.org/2024.sighan-1.3/
  1. Ong, E., Au, E., & Chu, S, (2022). Examining intercultural interaction in Hong Kong residential halls. Journal of Student Affairs and Research Practice, https://doi.org/10.1080/19496591.2021.1997756
  1. Ong, E., & Chu, S, (2022). Student perceptions of the impact of the social unrest in Hong Kong, Journal of Intercultural Communication Research. http://doi.org/1080/17475759.2022.2102058
  1. Ong, E. (2021). Early Identification and Intervention of Suicide Risk in Chinese Young Adults, Springers Nature, 1st ed. ISBN 978-981-16-7641-3, http://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7641-3
  1. Chu, S., Conn, K., Yu, K., Yue, C., Au, E., Ong, E., Cheng, M., Fu, D., & Sze, C. (2021), Evolving landscape of Residential Education. Springers Nature, http://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8906-2
  1. Ong, E., & Chu, S. (2021) Hit or miss – Does living in residential halls impact university students’ development? Higher Education Quarterly https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12352
  1. Ong, E., Chau, A., Chung, R., & Chu, S. (2020). The Impact of Relationships with Hall Mates, Tutors, and Wardens on Residential Hall Experience, Journal of College & University Student Housing . 2020, Vol. 47 Issue 1, p86-101. 16p. ISSN: ISSN-0161-827X
  1. Ong, E. (2020). Can digital games serve as potential intervention or suicide risk? International Journal of Serious Games, 7(1), 127-132. http://doi.org/10.17083/ijsg.v7i1.303
  1. Ong, E. (2019). Processing emotional information: The association between attentional control biases and suicidal behavior in Chinese-English bilingual students. Cognition, Brain, Behavior. An Interdisciplinary Journal, 24(1), 13-34. DOI: http://doi.org/10.24193/cbb.2020.24.02
  1. Chu, S., Chau, A., Chung, R., Chong, E., Ong, E., & Tam, A. (2019). A Comparison of Residence Hall Experience for Students of Different Backgrounds. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 56(3), 326-339. http://doi:10.1080/19496591.2019.1582428
  1. Ong, E., & Thompson, C. (2018). The Importance of Coping and Emotion Regulation in the Occurrence of Suicidal Behavior. Psychological Reports, 122(4), 1192-1210. http://doi.org/10.1177/0033294118781855
  1. Thompson, C., & Ong, E. (2018). The Association Between Suicidal Behavior, Attentional Control, and Frontal Asymmetry. Frontiers In Psychiatry, 9. http://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00079
  1. Lam, Y. Y., Chu, S. K. W., Ong, E. L. C., Suen, W. W. L., Xu, L., Lam, L. C. L., & Wong, S. M. Y. (2024). Comparative Study of GenAI (ChatGPT) vs. Human in Generating Multiple Choice Questions Based on the PIRLS Reading Assessment Framework. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 61(1), 537-540. doi:10.1002/pra2.1054
  1. Elsie Ong Samara Hussain · Yvonne Chow · Catherine Thompson. Variations in bilingual processing of positive and negative information. 7th Annual International Conference on Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology (CBP), March 2017
  1. Elsie Ong, Catherine Thompson, Executive function in relation to suicidal thinking. 6th Annual International Conference on Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology (CBP), February, 2016
  1. Elsie Ong, Peter Eachus, Andrew Tang, Catherine Thompson. Suicide Ideation is Predicted by Deficits in Executive Function. The European Conference on Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences 2015, Brighton, UK; 07/2015
  1. Elsie Ong, Catherine Thompson, Andrew Tang, Peter Eachus. Cross-cultural study of suicide ideation in relation to coping, well-being, and executive function. International Conference on Social Sciences, Tokyo, Japan; 12/2014