Representative Publications
*indicates correspondence authorship; student authors are underlined
Sleep and Eating
Cheng, W. Y., & Chan, W. S.* (2025). A Narrative review on sleep and eating behavior. Current Diabetes Reports, 25(1), 50. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11892-025-01611-4
Chan, W. S.* (2024). Effects of sleep deprivation on food-related Pavlovian-instrumental transfer: A randomized crossover experiment. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 10029.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-60223-2
Chan, W. S.* (2018). Daily associations between objective sleep and consumption of highly palatable food in free-living conditions. Obesity Science & Practice, 4(4), 379-386.
https://doi.org/10.1002/osp4.281
Chan, W. S.*, Levsen, M. P., & McCrae, C. S. (2018). A meta-analysis of associations between obesity and insomnia diagnosis and symptoms. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 40, 170-182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smrv.2017.12.004
Chan, T. W. S.*, Bates, J. E., Lansford, J. E., Dodge, K. A., Pettit, G. S., Dick, D. M., & Latendresse, S. J. (2014). Impulsivity and genetic variants in DRD2 and ANKK1 moderate longitudinal associations between sleep problems and overweight from ages 5 to 11. International Journal of Obesity, 38(3), 404-410. https://doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2013.123
Behavioral Sleep Medicine
Chan, W. S.*, Cheng, W. Y., Lok, S. H. C., Cheah, A. K. M., Lee, A. K. W., Ng, A. S. Y., & Kowatsch, T. (2024). Assessing the short-term efficacy of digital cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia with different types of coaching: Randomized controlled comparative trial. JMIR Mental Health, 11(1), e51716.
Ng, A. S., & Chan, W. S.* (2025). Sleep and arousal in adults who recall chronic childhood trauma. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine: Official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 21(8), 1487–1490.
https://doi.org/10.5664/jcsm.11684
Chan, W. S., Dautovich, N. D., McNamara, J. P., Stripling, A., Dzierzewski, J. M., McCoy, K., & McCrae, C. S. (2021). Sleep discrepancy in a randomized controlled trial of brief behavioral therapy for chronic insomnia in older adults. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 19(2), 221-231. https://doi.org/10.1080/15402002.2020.1726750
Chan, W.S.*, McCrae, C.S., & Ng, A.S.Y. (2023). Is cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia effective for improving sleep duration in individuals with insomnia? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 57(6), 428-441. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaac061
McCrae, C. S., Curtis, A. F., Williams, J. M., Dautovich, N. D., McNamara, J. P., Stripling, A., Dzierzewski, J. M., Chan, W. S., Berry, R. B., McCoy, K. J. M., & Marsiske, M. (2018). Efficacy of brief behavioral treatment for insomnia in older adults: Examination of sleep, mood, and cognitive outcomes. Sleep Medicine, 51, 153-166.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2018.05.018
Chan, W. S., Williams, J., Dautovich, N. D., McNamara, J. P., Stripling, A., Dzierzewski, J. M., Berry, R. B., McCoy, K., & McCrae, C. S. (2017). Night-to-night sleep variability in older adults with chronic insomnia: Mediators and moderators in a randomized controlled trial of brief behavioral therapy (BBT-I). Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 13(11), 1243-1254. https://doi.org/10.5664/jcsm.6790
Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating
Chan, W. S.* & Cheng, W.Y. (2025). Study protocol for a parallel-group, randomized controlled trial of enhanced cue exposure therapy for negative emotional eating. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 107955. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2025.107955
Chan, W. S.*, Po, S. K., & Ng, A. S. Y. (2024). Stigma of binge-eating disorder in Hong Kong Chinese adults: Effects of weight status, diagnostic labeling, and etiological explanations. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 57(9):1969-1981.
https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.24251
Chan, W. S.*, & Lai, T. T. (2023). Pavlovian-instrumental transfer effects in individuals with binge eating. Journal of Eating Disorders, 11(1), 113.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-023-00824-w
Chan, T. W. S.*, Ahn, W. -Y., Bates, J. E., Busemeyer, J. R., Guillaume, S., Redgrave, G. W., Danner, U. N., & Courtet, P. (2014). Differential impairments underlying decision making in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa: A cognitive modeling analysis. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 47(2), 157-167. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.22223