Dr Linda Lam is Clinical Professor at the Department of Psychiatry, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).

She completed her medical undergraduate and doctoral degree at CUHK. She is the Past President of the Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists. past Chief Editor of the East Asian Archives of Psychiatry, and the founding President of the Chinese Dementia Research Association.

Her main research interests have been the epidemiology and impact of lifestyle and activity interventions on cognitive aging and dementia. She has also conducted the first territory wide epidemiological survey of mental disorders in Hong Kong, and pioneered lifestyle cognitive and physical exercise, and non-invasive brain stimulation interventions for Chinese older adults with neurocognitive disorders. She has published over 250 peer review articles in related research.