Dr Chiu is a Clinical Lecturer and a Research Tutor of the ClinPsyD programme at the University of East Anglia. He is the module lead of EVBP2, which covers child and adolescent mental health, forensic psychology, neurodevelopmental psychology, and marginalised community mental health. He also oversees RES1-3. 

Dr Chiu completed his doctoral training in clinical psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience (IoPPN). Prior to this, he earned an MSc (with distinctions) at University College London and Yale University, where he conducted neuroscience research on perinatal health and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in combat veterans.

Dr Chiu's research focuses on understanding social anxiety and trauma-related disorders. He is interested in developing new assessment methods and developing scalable interentions to reduce psychological symptoms and enhance resilience. Dr Chiu specialises in big data analysis, machine learning techniques (e.g. latent dirichlet allocation, computer-vision-based behavioural analysis)

1) Social anxiety

- psychological processes that maintain adolescent social anxiety, including safety behaviours, self-focused attention, and mental imagery

- systematic factors that are associated with adolescent social anxiety, including parenting, racial discrimination, and childhood maltreatment

- functioning impairment associated with adolescent social anxiety, including academic performance, peer relationship, and suicidality

- use Openface to detect facial expressions in adolescents with social anxiety

2) Trauma-related disorders

- experience of trauma-focused intervention in autistic adults

- clinicians' perspective on fear of retraumisation in trauma-focused intervention

- experience of social trauma in autistic adults

- childhood maltreatment and its association with obesity in young adults

- chlidhood maltreatment and its association with antisocial behaviours in young adults

3) Resilience

- resilience in unaccompanied refugee minorities

- recovery in refugee and asylum seekers

4) Scalable Intervention

- online growth mindset intervention for adolescents

Dr Chiu delivers lectures on anxiety and depression in young people, paediatric neuropsychology, neurodevelopmental psychology, critical appraisal, safeguarding, and leadership.

Dr Chiu works with young people and adults who suffer from anxiety and trauma-related disorders, using Cognitive Therapy (CT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). He has received further training in Attachment-based Family Therapy (ABFT).

Dr Chiu has completed a CBT top-up program and is currently pursuing BABCP accreditation.

Dr Chiu serves as an expert witness in criminal court cases involving adolescents and adults. He has received further training to assess ADHD (in children and adults), Autism (in children and adults), personality disorders, psychopathy, violence risk, and more. He is currently completing the Bond Solon Expert Witness Certificate.