Honorary Professor

Professor, Department of Social Work and Social Administration

Director, Sau Po Centre on Ageing

The University of Hong Kong

 

Biography

Professor Lou is a Professor in the Department of Social Work and Social Administration at The University of Hong Kong, serving as the Director of the Sau Po Centre on Ageing and the Master of Social Sciences (Gerontology) program. Her research interests focus on family gerontology, in particular family caregiving for dementia, stroke, end-of-life older adults, and social adaptation and mental health of Chinese older adults and family caregivers. She is now teaching social gerontology, comprehensive geriatric assessments, and human development for both undergraduate and postgraduate students.

She has committed to cross-sector collaboration with community partners, social enterprises, and the market. Prof. Lou has been appointed as a member of Statistics Advisory Board, Community Investment and Inclusion Fund, Senior Police Call Central Advisory Board, and Elderly Academy Development Foundation of the HKSAR Government. She is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, and a Council member of Hong Kong Association of Gerontology and Consortium of Institutes of Family Limited (CIFA). Professor Lou is recognized as Smart Ageing Gold Award – Social & Community Engagement, Golden Age Foundation (2021); Senior Fellowship of Advance HE (2022); Healthy Ageing 50 leaders transforming the world to be a better place in which to grow older in 2022; Woman Change Maker in STEM in 2023; and Smart Ageing Champion (Academic) of the Smart Ageing Leader Award 2024.