Candice Siu, M.A.

Candice Siu, M.A., is a doctoral candidate in Clinical Psychology at St. John’s University and is the Asian Coalition Coordinator of PARTNERS Community Collaborative since 2006.  She obtained her BSc in Psychology from University College London (University of London, UK) and her MA in Clinical Psychology from Teachers College (Columbia University).  Ms. Siu has assisted in research on patient activity levels on acute psychiatric wards across 8 different hospitals in London, UK.  She has also worked as a clinical psychology trainee in the in- and out-patients units of hospitals in Hong Kong.  In Hong Kong, she assisted in research on enhancing adherence to treatment for individuals with schizophrenia through psycho education with patients and their caretakers.  She has also assisted in a multidisciplinary research initiative to engage Chinese youth in substance and mental health services.  Ms. Siu is a native Cantonese speaker, is fluent in English and Mandarin, and is conversant in French.  Ms. Siu’s doctoral dissertation is on the effects of meaning-making in female survivors of sexual assault.  As an international student from Hong Kong, Ms. Siu is also interested in increasing psychological treatment-seeking behavior in the underserved Chinese population in Queens.