| Name | Prof HUNG Shuk Yu Maria |  |
| Post | Professor | |
| Office | Room A527 | |
| Telephone | 3702 4249 | |
| syhung@sfu.edu.hk | ||
| School | S.K. Yee School of Health Sciences |
| Name | Prof HUNG Shuk Yu Maria | |
| Post | Professor | |
| Office | Room A527 | |
| Telephone | 3702 4249 | |
| syhung@sfu.edu.hk | ||
| School | S.K. Yee School of Health Sciences |
Dr. Maria Hung is currently a Professor at the School of Health Sciences, the Caritas Institute of Higher Education. She has more than 20 years of experience as a teaching faculty in several tertiary education institutions, including The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and Tung Wah College. Dr. Hung has a solid teaching record, principally teaching undergraduate and postgraduate nursing programs.
Before working as teaching faculty in tertiary education institutions, she had around 15 years of clinical nursing experience. Besides, she has attended local and overseas disaster, emergency, and trauma nursing training, virtual reality, and simulation courses. Dr. Hung actively participates in various professional training and community volunteer services locally.
Dr. Hung's research interests originated from her rich emergency nursing experience, focusing on the end-of-life and bereavement care provided by professional nurses in the emergency department. She has extended her research interests to explore the effectiveness of disaster education and psychological wellbeing among healthcare professionals and the general public. To enhance future professional nurses' competency in responding to public health emergencies and disaster events and provide psychological and life support for the general public.
Doctor of Health Science, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Master of Nursing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Post-experience Diploma in Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Advanced Practice Nurse (Education and Research in Nursing), Nursing Council of Hong Kong
Fellow of Hong Kong Academy of Nursing (Education & Research – Education)
Indicative Register of Teachers of Nurses, Nursing Board Hong Kong
Registered Nurse (General), Nursing Council of Hong Kong
Teaching undergraduate and postgraduate nursing programmes in tertiary education institutions for more than 25 years, including Bachelor of Nursing, Master of Nursing, and Master of Disaster Nursing.
Dr. Hung's research interests include disaster education, emergency nursing and life support, end-of-life and bereavement care, psychological wellbeing of healthcare professionals and the general public, etc.
Institutional Development Grant, Saint Francis University. Exploring and Understanding the Challenges and Impacts of the Advance Decision on Life-sustaining Treatment Bill on Hospital Nurses in Hong Kong (Phase 2 – Qualitative Study) (PI, 2025-2027)
Institutional Development Grant, Saint Francis University. Exploring and Understanding the Challenges and Impacts of the Advance Decision on Life-sustaining Treatment Bill on Hospital Nurses in Hong Kong (Phase 1 – Quantitative Study) (PI, 2025-2027)
Mental Health Initiatives Funding Scheme (Phase 2). Age with good mood: a volunteer network-based medical-social collaborative programme for supporting underprivileged older adults. (Co-I, 2023-2025)
Institutional Development Grant, Caritas Institute of Higher Education. Effects of a health promotion programme for female caregivers during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, a mixed-methods feasibility study. (PI, 2023)
Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust. Jockey Club Smart Navigation Portal for Carers. (Co-I, 2022 – 2023)
Faculty Development Scheme, Competitive Research Funding Schemes for the Local Self-financing Degree Sector 2020/21, The Research Grants Council. The loneliness of older adult being cared for by live-in migrant worker and their dyadic relationship: A mixed-methods study. (PI, 2021 - 2024)
College Research Grant, Tung Wah College. Effects of laughter exercises and Mental Health First Aid in promoting the health and wellbeing of healthcare students: a feasibility study. (PI, 2021 –2022)
Professional Development Fund, Association of Hong Kong Nursing Staff. The effects of Laughter yoga exercises and leader training on mental health and wellbeing of nursing students in times of pandemic. (PI, 2021 –2022)
School Research Grant, Tung Wah College. The psychological and life impacts on females in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic. (PI, 2020 - 2021)
Faculty Development Scheme, Competitive Research Funding Schemes for the Local Self-financing Degree Sector 2016/17, The Research Grants Council. Effectiveness of the Mental Health First Aid Programme for nursing students in Hong Kong. (PI, 2017 - 2019)
School Research Grant, Tung Wah College. The impacts of the Mental Health First-aid Training Course: An exploratory qualitative study. (PI, 2017 - 2018)
School Research Grant, Tung Wah College. Effectiveness of the Mental Health First Aid Programme for nursing students in Hong Kong: a pilot study. (PI, 2017 - 2018)
School Research Grant, Tung Wah College. Knowledge, willingness and perceived ability in disaster management among nursing students in Hong Kong: an evaluation study. (PI, 2017 - 2018)
Faculty Development Scheme, Competitive Research Funding Schemes for the Local Self-financing Degree Sector 2015/16, The Research Grants Council. The effectiveness of learning field triage skills in a web 3D game-based virtual world. (Co-I, 2016 - 2019)
Internal Research Funding of School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Differentiating Clinical Objectives in Various Stages of Learning. (Co-I, 2011-2013)
Internal Research Funding of The Nethersole School of Nursing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. A telephone survey on the attitude and knowledge of the Hong Kong public towards cardiopulmonary resuscitation. (PI, 2010)
Hung, M. S. Y., Li, M. M. H., & Ho, K. H. M. (2025). Should I Stay at Home Alone? Lived Experiences of Loneliness Among Older Adults: A Qualitative Study. Healthcare, 13(17), p. 2101. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13172101.
Hung, S.Y.M., Ho, K.H.M., Li, M.M.H., & Choi, E.K.Y. (2024). Loneliness and social isolation of older adults and quality of dyadic relationships with migrant domestic workers: a mixed-method study. Healthcare 12(24), 2496. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12242496.
Hung, M. S. Y., Ng, W. W. M., & Choi, E. K. Y. (2024). Effects of Online Health Promotion Program to Improve the Health and Wellbeing of Healthcare Students: A Feasibility Study. Healthcare, 12(6), p. 682. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12060682.
Hung, M. S. Y., Ng, W. W. M., & Choi, E. K. Y. (2022). The Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Hong Kong Nursing Students' Mental Health and Quality of Life. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(22), 15117. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192215117
Hung, M. S. Y., Chan, L. C. K., Liu, S. P. S. (2022). The Health Impacts and Life Challenges caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic on Hong Kong Chinese Women. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(9), 5115. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095115.
Hung, M. S. Y., Lam, S. K. K., & Chow, M. C. M., Ng, W. W. M., & Pau, O.K. (2021). The Effectiveness of Disaster Education on Undergraduate Nursing Students' Knowledge, Willingness, and Perceived Ability: an evaluation study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(19), 10545. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph181910545
Hung, M. S. Y., Chow, M. C. M., Chien, W. T., & Wong, P. Y. K. (2021). Effectiveness of the Mental Health First Aid Programme for general nursing students in Hong Kong: A randomized controlled trial. Collegian, 28(1), 106-113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2020.04.006
Hung, M. S. Y., Lam, S. K. K., & Chow, M. C. M. (2020). Nursing students' experiences and perceptions of learner-centred education in a disaster nursing course: A qualitative study. Nurse Education in Practice, 47, 102829. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2020.102829
Dr. Hung participated in various professional training for healthcare professionals and community services for the general public. She has the roles below:
2018 – 2019 Research Excellence Award of Tung Wah College
2015 – 2016 Teaching Excellence Award of Tung Wah College
2003 – 2008 Master Teacher Award, Faculty of Medicine, CUHK
2008 – 2009 Teacher of the Years Awards, Faculty of Medicine, CUHK
2007 – 2008 Teacher of the Years Awards, Faculty of Medicine, CUHK
2005 – 2006 Teacher of the Years Awards, Faculty of Medicine, CUHK
2004 – 2005 Teacher of the Years Awards, Faculty of Medicine, CUHK
2003 – 2004 Teacher of the Years Awards, Faculty of Medicine, CUHK