Professor Patrick WC Lau is the Chair of the Department of Sports and Health Sciences, Associate Director of Wellness and Human Development, and was the Director of Centre for Olympic Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University. His research area covers the childhood obesity, exercise science and public health, and Olympism. Since 1998, Prof. Lau has published more than 250 research articles and conference papers in international referred journals and publishers in USA, UK, Europe, Australia, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Prof. Lau is the Accredited Sport Psychologist of British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) since 2005, Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing since 2012, the Fellow of the European College of Sport Science (FECSS) since 2019, and the Fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology, USA in 2025. He serves as editor or associate editor of 10 international referee journals. He has been invited to deliver 54 keynote presentations/invited lectures in overseas and Hong Kong universities/institutions. He has been appointed as advisor/consultant for 31 governmental and voluntary organizations. Since 2002, he has been invited as the journal reviewer for 34 international referred journals. He is also the host of radio (RTHK) and TV sports program related to Olympic Games and sport sciences.

• Exercise & overweight children’s behavioral modification
• Olympic Studies