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Biography
Yvonne Chun PhD is a Consultant Physician in Stroke Medicine and Medicine for the Elderly in NHS Lothian, an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh and a Chief Scientist Office/NHS Scotland Innovation Fellow (2022-2024).
She was a Chief Scientist Office of Scotland Clinical Academic fellow (2015-2018) and completed a programme of research on post-stroke anxiety, leading to the development and pilot testing of a telemedicine guided self-help CBT intervention for anxiety after stroke (TASK-CBT) in a randomized controlled trial.
Yvonne is currently involved a portfolio of projects including the development and evaluation of i) TASK intervention ii) Care Calendar-a digital solution to improve safety and reliability of healthcare delivery and iii) robotic device for stroke rehabilitation.
Yvonne was the chief investigator of TASK feasibility randomised controlled trial which demonstrated proof-of-concept of i) the TASK-CBT intervention, ii) a remote efficient clinical trial workflow, and iii) use of wrist-worn actigraphy sensors in stroke and 'mini-stroke' (Transient Ishcaemic Attack).
Recent key publications:
1. Mazzochi AT, Dennis M, Chun HY. Electronic informed consent: effects on enrolment, practical and economic benefits, challenges, and drawbacks-a systematic review of studies within randomized controlled trials. Trials. 2023 Feb 21;24(1):127. doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-06959-6.
2. Edgley K, Chun HY, Whiteley WN, Tsanas A. New Insights into Stroke from Continuous Passively Collected Temperature and Sleep Data Using Wrist-Worn Wearables. Sensors (Basel). 2023 Jan 17;23(3):1069. doi: 10.3390/s23031069.
3. Chun HY, Dittrich T, Øygarden H, Li L. European Stroke Organisation Conference 2021 Plenary Highlights. Stroke. 2022 Jan;53(1):e21-e22. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.037634. Epub 2021 Dec 27.
4. Chun HY, Carson AJ, Tsanas A, Dennis MS, Mead GE, Calabria C, Whiteley WN. Telemedicine cognitive behavioural therapy for anxiety after stroke: Proof-of-concept randomized controlled trial. Stroke. 2020 Aug;51(8):2297-2306.
5. Chun HY, Carson AJ, Dennis MS, Mead GE, Whiteley WN. Treating anxiety after stroke (TASK): the feasibility phase of a novel web-enabled randomized controlled trial. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2018 Aug 14;4:139.
6. Chun HY, Whitely WN, Dennis M, Mead GE, Carson AJ. Anxiety after stroke: the importance of subtyping (2018). Stroke. 2018 Mar;49(3):556-564.
Complete list of publications: https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/persons/yvonne-chun/publications/
Potential collaborators can get in touch by email: [email protected] or [email protected]
twitter: @DrYvonneChun
Education/Academic qualification
Clinical Brain Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Anxiety after Stroke: Intervention Design and a Randomised Controlled Trial, University of Edinburgh
1 Sept 2015 → 31 Aug 2018
Award Date: 6 Jul 2019
Medicine, Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, Imperial College London
Award Date: 27 Jul 2007
External positions
Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Edinburgh
Sept 2021 → …
Consultant Stroke Physician, NHS Lothian
Jan 2021 → …
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Electronic informed consent: effects on enrolment, practical and economic benefits, challenges, and drawbacks-a systematic review of studies within randomized controlled trials
Mazzochi, A. T., Dennis, M. & Chun, H.-Y. Y., 21 Feb 2023, In: Trials. 24, 1, p. 127 127.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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New Insights into Stroke from Continuous Passively Collected Temperature and Sleep Data Using Wrist-Worn Wearables
Edgley, K., Chun, H.-Y. Y., Whiteley, W. N. & Tsanas, A., 17 Jan 2023, In: Sensors. 23, 3, 1069.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Electronic Informed Consent: effects on enrolment, practical and economic benets, challenges, and drawbacks. Studies within Randomised Controlled Trials. Systematic Review.
Mazzochi, A. T., Dennis, M. & Chun, H.-Y. Y., 10 Feb 2022, Research Square .Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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European Stroke Organisation Conference 2021 Plenary Highlights
Chun, H.-Y. Y., Dittrich, T., Øygarden, H. & Li, L., 27 Dec 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Stroke. 53, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Telemedicine Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety After Stroke: Proof-of-Concept Randomized Controlled Trial
Chun, H.-Y. Y., Carson, A. J., Tsanas, A., Dennis, M. S., Mead, G. E., Calabria, C. & Whiteley, W. N., 24 Jun 2020, In: Stroke. p. STROKEAHA120029042Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
- 6 Invited talk
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Edinburgh Clinical Trials Management Course
Yvonne Chun (Invited speaker)
29 Nov 2018Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Anxiety after Stroke (Rising Star Award)
Yvonne Chun (Invited speaker)
5 Oct 2018Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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‘My journey to clinical research’
Yvonne Chun (Invited speaker)
11 Oct 2017Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Speaker at 'Stroke & Psychology'--applying research to practice
Yvonne Chun (Invited speaker)
20 Sept 2017Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Scottish Stroke Care Audit Meeting: ‘Treating Anxiety after Stroke’
Yvonne Chun (Invited speaker)
29 Aug 2017Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Prizes
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Organisation for Psychological Research Into Stroke Rising Star Award
Chun, Y. (Recipient), 5 Oct 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Evaluating Antidepressants for emotionaliSm after strokE: A multi-centre, randomised, doubleblind, placebo-controlled trial to establish the effect(s) of administration of sertraline (50 mg once daily for Six Months) in people wit
Dennis, M. (Principal Investigator) & Chun, Y. (Co-investigator)
1/06/23 → 30/11/27
Project: Research
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TASK : Treating Anxiety after Stroke Feasibility Clinical Trial
Chun, Y. (Principal Investigator), Carson, A. (Co-investigator), Whiteley, W. (Co-investigator), Dennis, M. (Co-investigator) & Mead, G. (Co-investigator)
27/10/17 → …
Project: Awarded Facility Time
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TASK (Treating Anxiety after Stroke) wearable substudy
Chun, Y. (Principal Investigator)
1/08/17 → 31/07/18
Project: Research
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Fellowship for Yvonne Chun: Developing the stepped-care model for anxiety after stroke
Chun, Y. (Principal Investigator), Carson, A. (Co-investigator), Dennis, M. (Co-investigator), Mead, G. (Co-investigator) & Whiteley, W. (Co-investigator)
UK central government bodies/local authorities, health and hospital authorities
1/09/15 → 30/11/20
Project: Research
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Developing an intervention for treating anxiety post-stroke
Chun, Y. (Principal Investigator), Carson, A. (Co-investigator), Whiteley, W. (Principal Investigator), Mead, G. (Principal Investigator) & Dennis, M. (Principal Investigator)
1/09/15 → 31/08/18
Project: Awarded Facility Time