Kelvin Chan is a historian of medicine and the British Empire, with a particular focus on colonial Hong Kong. His PhD research focuses on the history of psychiatry during the mid and late 20th centuries. It examines the transformation of colonial psychiatry in the age of decolonization and, more importantly, its influence on our current understanding of mental illness. Part of his research has been published in China Information and Medical History. His next project examines the globalization of Traditional Chinese Medicine between the 1950s and the 1980s, investigating the transnational businesses of Chinese medicine companies and careers of practitioners between Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, and North America.