Chris Lo

Chris Lo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at James Cook University. His expertise spans medical/health psychology, cross-cultural/social psychology, and organizational/business psychology. He holds a PhD in Psychology and focuses on research areas including quality of life and care, life course and aging, scale development, supportive care interventions, technology and emotion, and competition and personality. His skills include quantitative/qualitative/mixed methods, psychometrics, and clinical trials/program evaluation.

His research emphasizes psychological interventions for patients with advanced illnesses, particularly in palliative care contexts. Key themes include existential distress, death-related anxieties, and the impact of innovative therapeutic approaches like CALM psychotherapy and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. Recent work explores the use of predictive technologies in healthcare and their effects on professional empathy, as well as loneliness in breast cancer patients with early life trauma.

Dr. Lo has contributed to the development of validated scales such as the Death and Dying Distress Scale and the Existential Distress Scale. His publications often address psychosocial dimensions of chronic and terminal illnesses, with a focus on improving patient-centered care through evidence-based interventions.

While no formal awards are listed, his extensive research output (35+ publications) reflects significant contributions to medical psychology and palliative care. He has advised on multiple clinical projects and chairs accreditation roles in academic research. His work is disseminated through platforms like ResearchOnline@JCU and Open Access journals.