Professor Dorothy Chan’s research interests focus on cancer prevention and screening, model development, and symptom management for cancer patients after surgery and other related treatments. She has participated in several projects related to ethnic minority health, aiming to explore factors associated with their screening behaviours, develop health education materials, and promote cancer screening and prevention among ethnic minorities through the adoption of skills such as motivational interviewing. Having received professional training, Professor Chan is currently a practitioner who conducts motivational interviewing sessions for various populations. For example, she works with older Chinese adults to enhance their faecal occult blood test uptake, and with South Asian women to enhance their HPV vaccine uptake. She is also a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT).

Apart from research, Professor Chan is also enthusiastic about teaching. She is eager to adopt innovative strategies in teaching to increase students’ interest in learning and facilitate their self-directed learning. Such innovative pedagogies include the development of a mobile application to support students’ learning in meeting clients’ nutritional needs and engaging postgraduate students in the development of quality teaching materials.