Dept of Community Medicine

DEPT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE

Researcher : Abdullah ASM

Project Title:	Establishment of a pilot anti-smoking telephone hotline for persons who want to quit or to ask questions about smoking and health
Investigator(s):	Abdullah ASM, Lam TH
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Health Promotion Projects
Start Date:	06/2000

List of Research Outputs

Chan S.S.C., Lam T.H., Abdullah A.S.M., Leung A.Y.M., Lam D.O.B. and Fong D.Y.T., Youth Quitline: An accessible telephone-based smoking cessation hotline for youth, Health Promotion Symposium 2011, November 18. Hong Kong, Food and Health Bureau, 2011, 34-35.

Lam T.H., Chan S.S.C., Wong C.N., Lo S., Yip A., Kok W.M., Abdullah A.S.M. and Ho D.S.Y., Impact of smoking cessation in improving erectile dysfunction: Results from a randomized controlled trial in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), XIIIth Annual Meeting of the SRNT-Europe on 8-11 September 2011 in Antalya, Turkey. Antalya, Turkey, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 2011.

Researcher : Au AHY

List of Research Outputs

Au A.H.Y., Lam W.W.T., Tsang J.W.H., Yau T.K., Soong S.I., Yeo W., Suen J., Ho W.M., Wong K.Y., Kwong A., Suen T.K.D., Sze W.K., Ng A., Girgis A. and Fielding R., Support care needs in Hong Kong Chinese women confronting advanced breast cancer, Psychooncology. 2012.

Li W.Y., Lam W.W.T., Au A.H.Y., Ye M., Law W.L., Poon J.T.C., Kwong A., Suen D.T.K., Tsang J.Y.S., Girgis A. and Fielding R., Interpreting differences in patterns of supportive care needs between patients with breast cancer and patients with colorectal cancer, Psychooncology. 2012, Epub ahead of print.

Researcher : Au HYA

List of Research Outputs

Au H.Y.A., Lam W.W.T., Tsang J.W.H., Yau T.K., Yau T.K., Soong I., Yeo W., Suen J., Ho W.M., Wong K.Y., Kwong A., Suen D.T.K., Sze W.K., Ng A., Girgis A. and Fielding R., Change patterns in supportive care needs among women diagnosed with advanced breast cancer (abstract), 18th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress, 3-5 November 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Centre for Cancer Research, University of Hong Kong, 2011, A76.

Au H.Y.A., Lam W.W.T., Tsang J.W.H., Yau T.K., Soong I., Yeo W., Suen J., Ho W.M., Wong K.Y., Kwong A., Suen D.T.K., Sze W.K., Ng A., Girgis A. and Fielding R., Change patterns of supportive care needs among women diagnosed with advanced breast cancer (abstract and powerpoint presentation), 18th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress, 3-5 November 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Centre for Cancer Research, University of Hong Kong, 2011.

Au H.Y.A., Lam W.W.T., Chan M.C.M., Or A.Y.M., Kwong A., Suen D.T.K., Wong A.L., Juraskova I., Wong W.T.T. and Fielding R., Development and pilot-testing of a decision aid for use among Chinese women facing breast cancer surgery, Health Expectations. 2011, 14(4): 405-416.

Au H.Y.A. and Lam W.W.T., Identifying unmet supportive care needs in Hong Kong Chinese women diagnosed with advanced breast cancer (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.01: 97.

Au H.Y.A., Lam W.W.T., Cheung O.K.Y., Tsang J.W.H., Yau T.K., Soong I., Yeo W., Suen J., Ho W.M., Wong K.Y., Kwong A., Suen D.T.K., Sze W.K., Ng A., Girgis A. and Fielding R., Unmet supportive care needs in Hong Kong Chinese women confronting advanced breast cancer (abstract and poster presentations), Psycho-Oncology Supplement: Abstracts for the 13th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, 16–20 October 2011, Antalya, Turkey. 2011, 20(Suppl 2): 198-199.

Au H.Y.A., Lam W.W.T., Kwong A., Suen D.T.K., Tsang J.W.H., Yeo W., Suen J., Ho W.M., Yau T.K., Soong I., Wong K.Y., Sze W.K., Ng A., Girgis A. and Fielding R., Validation of the Chinese version of the short-form supportive Care Needs Survey Questionnaire (SCNS-SF34-C), Psycho-Oncology. 2011, 20(12): 1292-1300.

Au H.Y.A., Young Investigator Award, 18th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress, 3-5 November 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Centre for Cancer Research, University of Hong Kong, 2011.

Lam W.W.T., Au H.Y.A., Wong J.H.F., Lehmann C., Koch U., Fielding R. and Mehnert A., Unmet supportive care needs: A cross-cultural comparison between Hong Kong Chinese and German Caucasian women with breast cancer, Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 2011, 130(2): 531-541.

Researcher : Au YSLR

List of Research Outputs

Au Y.S.L.R., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., ALDH2 is a valid instrument for Mendelian randomization studies in alcohol epidemiology - The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A68.

Au Y.S.L.R., Dr SP Maks Presidential Prize for Best Paper Presentation, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 27 November 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Au Y.S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Cowling B.J., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Moderate alcohol use and cardiovascular risk factors among men using a mendelian randomization design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.02: 194.

Au Y.S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Cowling B.J., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H. and Leung G.M., Moderate alcohol use and cardiovascular risk factors among men using a mendelian randomization design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and oral presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Au Y.S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Moderate alcohol use and cognitive function among men using a mendelian randomization design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Heys M., Jiang C.Q., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Au Y.S.L.R., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Life long endogenous estrogen exposure and later adulthood cognitive function in a population of naturally postmenopausal women from Southern China: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2011, 36(6): 864-873.

Lin S., Lee S.L., Hui L.L., Au Y.S.L.R., Tse M.A., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Pubertal muscle mass and diabetes markers in Chinese adolescents: evidence from the Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A383.

Lin S., Lee S.L., Hui L.L., Au Y.S.L.R., Tse M.A., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Pubertal muscle mass and diabetes markers in Chinese adolescents, American Journal of Human Biology. 2012, 24(2): 183-185.

Researcher : Au Yeung RSL

List of Research Outputs

Au Yeung R.S.L., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Evaluation of moderate alcohol use and cognitive function among men using a mendelian randomization design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2012, 175(10): 1021-8.

Researcher : Baudon EM

List of Research Outputs

Trevennec K., Cowling B.J., Peyre M., Baudon E.M., Martineau G.P. and Roger F., Swine influenza surveillance in East and Southeast Asia: A systematic review, Animal Health Research Reviews. 2011, 12(2): 213-223.

Researcher : Betson CL

Project Title:	A study of nurses' knowledge, attitudes and practice of health education activities in the general outpatient departments (GOPDs) in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Betson CL, Chan SSC, Lam TH
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Health Services Research Fund - Full Grants
Start Date:	01/1996

Project Title:	A randomised control trial (RTC) of a health education intervention provided by nurses to mothers or grandmothers of sick children in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Betson CL, Chan SSC, Lam TH
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Health Services Research Fund - Full Grants
Start Date:	03/1996

Researcher : Chan BHY

List of Research Outputs

Chan B.H.Y., McDowell I.W., Nan H., Lee H. and Lam T.H., Perceived social cohesion and education: Individual and combined effects on daily smoking and heavier drinking in Hong Kong Chinese females and males (abstract and poster presentation), 4th Annual Symposium cum Training Workshop, 24 May 2012, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, 2012, 20.

Lee H., Nan H., Chan B.H.Y., McDowell I.W., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., Physical activity as a protective factor for health-related quality of life among people experiencing stressful life events (abstract and poster presentation), 4th Annual Symposium cum Training Workshop, 24 May 2012, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, 2012, 26.

Nan H., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., McDowell I.W., Lam T.H. and Stewart S.M., Family satisfaction, chronic conditions and depressive symptoms in a community sample: The Hong FAMILY project (abstract and poster presentation), 4th Annual Symposium cum Training Workshop, 24 May 2012, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, 2012, 27.

Nan H., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., McDowell I.W., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., Family satisfaction, chronic diseases and depressive symptoms in a community sample: The Hong Kong family project (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Researcher : Chan CKW

List of Research Outputs

Chan C.K.W., Wong D.S.H., Gangwani R.A., Lian J. and McGhee S., The cost-effectiveness of screening and treatment for intermediate age-related macular degeneration (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Lian J., Wong D.S.H., Wong D.S.H., Chan C.K.W., Gangwani R.A., McGhee S., Yap M.K.H., Lam C.L.K., Hedley A.J., Lai W.W.K. and Chu D.W.S., Screening for diabetic retinopathy in Hong Kong: A cost-effectiveness analysis (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Researcher : Chan KP

List of Research Outputs

Wang X., Yang L., Chan K.P. and Wong C.M., Model selection in time series studies of influenza-associated mortality (abstract and poster presentation), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, B612P.

Wang X., Yang L., Chan K.P., Chiu S.S.S., Chan K.H., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Model selection in time series studies of influenza-associated mortality, PLoS One. 2012, 7(6): e39423.

Wang X., Yang L., Chan K.P., Chiu S.S.S., Chan K.H., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Performance of model selection criteria in time series studies of influenza-associated mortality (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. 2011, 4.26: 131.

Wang X., Yang L., Chan K.P., Chiu S.S.S., Chan K.H., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Performance of three influenza activity proxy variables for estimating age-specific hospitalization associated with influenza in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Wong C.M., Yang L., Chan K.P., Song L., Lai H.K., Thach T.Q., Ho L.M., Lam T.H. and Peiris J.S.M., Effect modifications of smoking on risk of mortality associated with influenza (abstract), International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, 13-16 September 2011, Barcelona. Barcelona, ISEE, 2011.

Wong C.M., Peiris J.S.M., Yang L., Chan K.P., Thach T.Q., Lai H.K., Lim W.W.L., Hedley A.J., He J., Chen P., Ou C., Deng A., Zhang X., Zhou D., Ma S.S.L. and Chow A., Effect of influenza on cardiorespiratory and all-cause mortality in Hong Kong, Singapore and Guangzhou, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2012, 18(Suppl 2): S8-S11.

Wong C.M., Ou C., Thach T.Q., Chan K.P., Chau Y.K., Chung R.Y.N., Lam T.H. and Hedley A.J., Excess risk of mortality associated with air pollution and different lifestyles - The implications for public health interventions (abstract), 3rd International Workshop on Regional Air Quality Improvement in Rapidly Developing Economic Regions on 12-13 November 2011 in Guangzhou. Guangzhou, South China University of Technology, 2011, 92-93.

Wong C.M., Thach T.Q., Chau Y.K., Chan K.P., Yang L. and Lai H.K., Further research needs for short term health effects and air pollution in Asia (abstract), International Conference on Global Health and Public Health Education on 25-27 October 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, School of Public Health and Primary Care, CUHK, 2011.

Wong C.M., Thach T.Q., Lai H.K., Yang L., Chau Y.K. and Chan K.P., Infra-structure and public policy to reduce the risk of air pollution – towards a walkable city (powerpoint presentation), University of Southern California Global Conference on 13-15 October 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, University of Southern California, 2011.

Yang L., Chen P., He J.F., Chan K.P., Ou C., Deng A.P., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Effect modification of environmental factors on influenza-associated mortality: A time-series study in two Chinese cities, BMC Infectious Diseases. 2011, 11: 342.

Yang L., Chan K.P., Chan W.M., Song L., Lai H.K., Thach T.Q., Ho L.M., Lam T.H., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Effect of exercise on mortality risk associated with influenza: Evidence from an elderly cohort in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, A110P.

Yang L., Chan K.P., Chen P., He J.F., Ou C., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Effects of environmental factors on influenza seasonality in the subtropics (abstract and oral presentation),, International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, 13-16 September 2011, Barcelona. Barcelona, ISEE, 2011.

Yang L., Chan K.P., Chen P., He J.F., Ou C., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Environmental factors and mortality risks associated influenza (abstract and poster presentation),, International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, 13-16 September 2011, Barcelona. Barcelona, ISEE, 2011.

Yang L., Chan K.P., Cowling B.J., Chiu S.S.S., Chan K.H., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Estimation of mortality burden associated with 2009 pandemic H1N1 in Hong Kong (abstract), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, B608P.

Yang L., Ma S.S.L., Chen P., He J.F., Chan K.P., Chow A., Ou C., Deng A.P., Hedley A.J., Wong C.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Influenza associated mortality in the subtropics and tropics: results from three Asian cities, Vaccine. 2011, 29(48): 8909-8914.

Researcher : Chan YH

Project Title:	Vitamin D Deficiency and Vascular Dysfunction
Investigator(s):	Chan YH, Lam TH, Lau CP, Tse HF
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	01/2010
Completion Date:	12/2012

Project Title:	Interactions of Genetic Polymorphisms of MicroRNA processing and Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor +1166A/C in Atherosclerosis
Investigator(s):	Chan YH, Lam TH
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	04/2011

Project Title:	American Heart Association Scientific Session 2011 PR Interval Prolongation is Associated with Endothelial Dysfunction and Activation of Vascular Repair in High Risk Cardiovascular Patients
Investigator(s):	Chan YH
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	11/2011
Completion Date:	11/2011

Project Title:	Role of Vitamin D and its Genetic Polymorphisms in Epstein-Barr Virus Activity and the Risk of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Investigator(s):	Chan YH, Lung ML, Kwong DLW, Lee AWM, Schooling CM, Cowling BJ, Lam TH
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	World Cancer Research Fund - General Award
Start Date:	04/2012

Project Title:	Accelerated Cellular Senescence and Vascular Ageing in Lamin A/C Variation-Induced PR Interval Prolongation: Role of Aldosterone
Investigator(s):	Chan YH, Lam TH
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2012

List of Research Outputs

Chan Y.H., Siu D.C.W., Yiu K.H., Li L.S.W., Lau G.K.K., Lam T.H., Lau C.P. and Tse H.F., Abnormal vascular function in PR-interval prolongation, Clinical Cardiology. 2011, 34(10): 628-632.

Chan Y.H., Siu D.C.W., Yiu K.H., Chan H.T., Li L.S.W., Tam S., Cheung B.M.Y., Lau C.P., Lam T.H. and Tse H.F., Adverse systemic arterial function in patients with selenium deficiency, Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging. 2012, 16(1): 85-88.

Chan Y.H., Fan M.M., Fok C.M., Lok L.Z., Ni M., Sin C.F., Wong K.K., Wong S.M., Yeung R., Chow W.C., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Antibiotics nonadherence and knowledge in a community with the world's leading prevalence of antibiotics resistance: Implications for public health intervention, American Journal of Infection Control. 2012, 40(2): 113-117.

Chan Y.H., Li S.W., Lam T.H., Lau C.P. and Tse H.F., Best Original Research by Trainees Silver Medal 2011 (Abstract titled: PR Interval Prolongation is Associated with Endothelial Dysfunction, Arterial stiffness and Activation of Vascular Repair: Novel Pathophysiological Insights and Clinical Implications), Hong Kong Academy of Medicine. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, 2011.

Chan Y.H., Liang J., Lung M.L., Kwong D.L.W., Lee A.W.M. and Lam T.H., Contemporary Epidemiology of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Life Course Perspective, 18th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress. 2011.

Chan Y.H., Liang J., Lung M.L., Kwong D.L.W., Lee A.W.M. and Lam T.H., Contemporary epidemiology of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A life course perspective (abstract), 18th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress, 3-5 November 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Centre for Cancer Research, University of Hong Kong, 2011, 26.

Chan Y.H., Fundamental Confounding by Indication in the Association between NSAID User Status and Atrial Fibrillation or Flutter , BMJ (Rapid Response Letter, www.bmj.com). 2011.

Chan Y.H., Tam M.H.C., Ip D.K.M., Hedley A.J., Lam T.H. and Johnston J.M., Furthering the Molecular-Cellular-Patient-Population Clinical Continuum: Curriculum Reforms of the Problem-Based Public Health Advocacy Programme to Reinforce Public Health Leadership and Holistic Professional Development (Abstract and poster presentation), 15th Ottawa Conference on the Assessment of Competence in Medicine and the Healthcare Professions, Association for Medical Education in Europe, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Mar 2012, 2R10.. 2012.

Chan Y.H., Tam M.H.C., Ip D.K.M., Hedley A.J., Lam T.H. and Johnston J.M., Furthering the Molecular-Cellular-Patient-Population Clinical Continuum: Curriculum Reforms of the Problem-Based Public Health Advocacy Programme to Reinforce Public Health Leadership and Holistic Professional Development (Oral Presentation), Frontiers in Medical and Health Sciences Education – HKU 2011: “Holistic Approaches in Medical and Health Sciences Education”. 2011.

Chan Y.H., Siu D.C.W., Yiu Y.F., Yiu K.H., Li L.S.W., Lam T.H., Lau C.P. and Tse H.F., PR Prolongation is Associated with Endothelial Dysfunction and Vascular Repair Activation in High Risk Cardiovascular Patients, American Heart Association Scientific Session, Orlando. 2011.

Chan Y.H., Siu C.W., Yiu Y.F., Yiu K.H., Li S.W., Lam T.H., Lau C.P. and Tse H.F., PR interval prolongation is associated with endothelial dysfunction and activation of vascular repair in high risk cardiovascular patients (abstract and oral presentation), Circulation Supplement 1: American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2011, 12-16 November 2011, Orlando, USA. 2011, 124 (Suppl 1): Abstract 8488.

Chan Y.H., Siu D.C.W., Yiu K.H., Yiu Y.F., Lau G.K.K., Li L.S.W., Lam T.H., Lau C.P. and Tse H.F., PR interval prolongation is independently associated with increased carotid intima-media thickness: novel pathophysiological, clinical and preventive implications, Seventh International Symposium on Healthy Aging. 2012.

Chan Y.H., Lau G.K.K., Yiu K.H., Siu D.C.W., Chan H.T., Li L.S.W., Tam S., Lam T.H., Lau C.P. and Tse H.F., Prospective observational study of isoflavone and the risk of stroke recurrence: Potential clinical implications beyond vascular function, Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging. 2012, 16(4): 383-388.

Chong B.H., Chan K.H., Pong V., Lau G.K.K., Chan Y.H., Zuo M.L., Lui W.M., Leung G.K., Lau C.P., Tse H.F., Pu J.K. and Siu D.C.W., Use of aspirin in Chinese after recovery from primary intracranial haemorrhage, Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 2011, 107(2).

Liang J., Chan Y.H., Wong O.L. and Lam T.H., Ecological approaches to investigate the etiology of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Insights and challenges (abstract), 18th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress, 3-5 November 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Centre for Cancer Research, University of Hong Kong, 2011, A58.

Liang J., Chan Y.H., Wong O.L. and Lam T.H., Reliability of a lifecourse milestone approach on dietary assessment in nasopharyngeal carcinoma case-control study: A pre-pilot study (abstract), 18th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress, 3-5 November 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Centre for Cancer Research, University of Hong Kong, 2011, A63.

Tam M.H.C., Chan Y.H., Ip D.K.M., Hedley A.J., Lam T.H. and Johnston J.M., Stories of success: The impact of student health advocacy project on public health (Abstract and poster presentation), 15th Ottawa Conference on the Assessment of Competence in Medicine and the Healthcare Professions, Association for Medical Education in Europe, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Mar 2012, 2P1, 2012.

Tam M.H.C., Chan Y.H., Ip D.K.M., Hedley A.J., Lam T.H. and Johnston J.M., Stories of success: The impact of student health advocacy project on public health (abstract and poster presentation), Frontiers in Medical and Health Sciences Education HKU 2011, 2-3 December 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LSK Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, PE14.

Thomas G.N., Scragg R., Jiang C., Chan Y.H., Marz W., Pilz S., Kim H.C., Tomlinson B., Bosch J., Lam T.H., Cheung B.M.Y. and Cheng K.K., Hyperglycaemia and vitamin d: a systematic overview, Current Diabetes Review. 2012, 8(1): 18-31.

Researcher : Chapman PS

List of Research Outputs

Chapman P.S., Wong C.M. and Lai H.K., Methods of expressing outdoor PM10 exposure within a densely urban environment like Hong Kong and their implications to public health (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.02: 116.

Researcher : Chau J

List of Research Outputs

McGhee S., Brazier J., Lam C.L.K., Wong L.C., Chau J., Cheung W.L. and Ho A.L.Y., Quality-adjusted life years: Population-specific measurement of the quality component, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2011, 17(Suppl 6): S17-S21.

Tse V.C., Ng W.T., Lee V.H.F., Lee A.W.M., Chua D.T.T., Chau J. and McGhee S., Cost-analysis of XELOX and FOLFOX4 for treatment of colorectal cancer to assist decision-making on reimbursement, BMC Cancer. 2011, 11: 288.

Researcher : Chau YK

List of Research Outputs

Thach T.Q., Xu W., Chau Y.K., Lai H.K., Hui Y.F., Hedley A.J. and Wong C.M., Effects of thermal stress on morality in the older population of Hong Kong (abstract), International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, 13-16 September 2011, Barcelona. Barcelona, ISEE1, 2011.

Wong C.M., Ou C., Thach T.Q., Chan K.P., Chau Y.K., Chung R.Y.N., Lam T.H. and Hedley A.J., Excess risk of mortality associated with air pollution and different lifestyles - The implications for public health interventions (abstract), 3rd International Workshop on Regional Air Quality Improvement in Rapidly Developing Economic Regions on 12-13 November 2011 in Guangzhou. Guangzhou, South China University of Technology, 2011, 92-93.

Wong C.M., Thach T.Q., Chau Y.K., Chan K.P., Yang L. and Lai H.K., Further research needs for short term health effects and air pollution in Asia (abstract), International Conference on Global Health and Public Health Education on 25-27 October 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, School of Public Health and Primary Care, CUHK, 2011.

Wong C.M., Thach T.Q., Lai H.K., Yang L., Chau Y.K. and Chan K.P., Infra-structure and public policy to reduce the risk of air pollution – towards a walkable city (powerpoint presentation), University of Southern California Global Conference on 13-15 October 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, University of Southern California, 2011.

Researcher : Chen J

List of Research Outputs

Chau P.H., Chen J., Woo J., Cheung W.L., Chan K.C., Cheung S.H., Lee C.H. and McGhee S., Trends of Disease Burden Consequent to Chronic Lung Disease in Older Persons in Hong Kong: Implications of Population Ageing. Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Jockey Club, 2011, 1-108.

Chen J., Schooling C.M., Johnston J.M., Hedley A.J. and McGhee S., How does socioeconomic development affect COPD mortality? An age-period-cohort analysis from a recently transitioned population in China, PLoS One. 2011, 6(9): e24348.

Researcher : Chen P

List of Research Outputs

Wong C.M., Peiris J.S.M., Yang L., Chan K.P., Thach T.Q., Lai H.K., Lim W.W.L., Hedley A.J., He J., Chen P., Ou C., Deng A., Zhang X., Zhou D., Ma S.S.L. and Chow A., Effect of influenza on cardiorespiratory and all-cause mortality in Hong Kong, Singapore and Guangzhou, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2012, 18(Suppl 2): S8-S11.

Yang L., Chen P., He J.F., Chan K.P., Ou C., Deng A.P., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Effect modification of environmental factors on influenza-associated mortality: A time-series study in two Chinese cities, BMC Infectious Diseases. 2011, 11: 342.

Yang L., Chan K.P., Chen P., He J.F., Ou C., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Effects of environmental factors on influenza seasonality in the subtropics (abstract and oral presentation),, International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, 13-16 September 2011, Barcelona. Barcelona, ISEE, 2011.

Yang L., Chan K.P., Chen P., He J.F., Ou C., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Environmental factors and mortality risks associated influenza (abstract and poster presentation),, International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, 13-16 September 2011, Barcelona. Barcelona, ISEE, 2011.

Yang L., Ma S.S.L., Chen P., He J.F., Chan K.P., Chow A., Ou C., Deng A.P., Hedley A.J., Wong C.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Influenza associated mortality in the subtropics and tropics: results from three Asian cities, Vaccine. 2011, 29(48): 8909-8914.

Researcher : Chen RQ

List of Research Outputs

Chen R.Q., Wong C.M. and Lam T.H., Construction of a traditional Chinese medicine syndrome-specific outcome measure: The Kidney Deficiency Syndrome questionnaire (KDSQ), BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2012, 12: 73.

Researcher : Cheng KK

List of Research Outputs

Arora T., Jiang C., Thomas G.N., Lam H.K.B., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H. and Taheri S., Self-reported long total sleep duration is associated with metabolic syndrome: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Diabetes Care. 2011, 34(10): 2317-2319.

Au Y.S.L.R., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., ALDH2 is a valid instrument for Mendelian randomization studies in alcohol epidemiology - The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A68.

Au Y.S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Cowling B.J., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Moderate alcohol use and cardiovascular risk factors among men using a mendelian randomization design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.02: 194.

Au Y.S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Cowling B.J., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H. and Leung G.M., Moderate alcohol use and cardiovascular risk factors among men using a mendelian randomization design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and oral presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Au Y.S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Moderate alcohol use and cognitive function among men using a mendelian randomization design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Au Yeung R.S.L., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Evaluation of moderate alcohol use and cognitive function among men using a mendelian randomization design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2012, 175(10): 1021-8.

Elwell-Sutton T.M., Jiang C., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Inequality and inequity in access to health care and treatment for chronic conditions in China: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and oral presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011, Free paper 1.

Elwell-Sutton T.M., Jiang C., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Inequality and inequity in access to health care and treatment of non-communicable diseases in China: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.11: 200.

Elwell-Sutton T.M., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Socioeconomic influences at different life stages on self-rated health in Guangzhou, China (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A331.

Heys M., Jiang C.Q., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Au Y.S.L.R., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Life long endogenous estrogen exposure and later adulthood cognitive function in a population of naturally postmenopausal women from Southern China: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2011, 36(6): 864-873.

Kavikondala S., Jiang C., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Intergenerational influences on diabetes in a developing population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, American Journal of Human Biology . 2011, 23(6): 747-754.

Lam T.H., Jiang C. and Cheng K.K., Experiences in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and powerpoint presentation), 43rd APACPH Conference on 20-22 October 2011 in Seoul. Seoul, Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health, 2011, 187-190.

Long M., Lam T.H., Jiang C. and Cheng K.K., Associations of sleep duration and siesta with framingham risk score profile in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 2.18: 88.

O'Hartaigh B., Jiang C.Q., Thomas G.N., Tsvetanov K.A., Bosch J.A., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Usefulness of physical fitness and the metabolic syndrome to predict vascular disease risk in older Chinese (from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study-Cardiovascular Disease Subcohort [GBCS-CVD]), American Journal of Cardiology. 2011, 108(6): 845-850.

Schooling C.M., Kavikondala S., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H. and Leung G.M., Intergenerational influences on diabetes in a developing population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A257.

Schooling C.M., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K. and Leung G.M., Liver function related viruses and diabetes in China (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A351.

Schooling C.M., Kavikondala S., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Wu K.M., Muscle mass is associated with diabetes in a developing population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A257.

Sun Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Leg length is associated with lower values of inflammatory markers in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 2.23: 91.

Thomas G.N., Scragg R., Jiang C., Chan Y.H., Marz W., Pilz S., Kim H.C., Tomlinson B., Bosch J., Lam T.H., Cheung B.M.Y. and Cheng K.K., Hyperglycaemia and vitamin d: a systematic overview, Current Diabetes Review. 2012, 8(1): 18-31.

West D.A., Leung G.M., Jiang C., Elwell-Sutton T.M., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K. and Schooling C.M., Life-course origins of social inequalities in adult immune cell markers of inflammation in a developing southern Chinese population: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, BMC Public Health. 2012, 12(1): 269.

Xu L., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Zhang W., Thomas G.N. and Cheng K.K., Dose-response relation between physical activity and cognitive function: Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Annals of Epidemiology. 2011, 21(11): 857-863.

Researcher : Cheng KY

List of Research Outputs

Cheng K.Y., Ip D.K.M., Cowling B.J., Ho L.M., Leung G.M. and Lau E.H.Y., Digital dashboard design using multiple data streams for disease surveillance with influenza surveillance as an example, Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2011, 13(4): e85.

Cheng K.Y., Cowling B.J., Lau E.H.Y., Ho L.M., Leung G.M. and Ip D.K.M., Electronic school absenteeism monitoring and influenza surveillance, Hong Kong (Letter), Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2012, 18(5): 885-887.

Cheng K.Y., Lau E.H.Y., Ip D.K.M., Ho L.M., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Multiple data streams for influenza surveillance (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.04: 196.

Cheng K.Y., Lau E.H.Y., Ip D.K.M., Ho L.M., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Using multiple data streams for influenza surveillance in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Lau E.H.Y., Cowling B.J., Ho L.M. and Cheng K.Y., Multi-stream influenza surveillance for situational awareness (abstract and oral presentation), Emerging Health Threats Journal Supplements: International Society for Disease Surveillance 10th Annual Conference, 6-8 December 2011, Atlanta, USA. 2011, 4: 11029.

Lau E.H.Y., Cowling B.J., Ho L.M. and Cheng K.Y., Multi-stream influenza surveillance for situational awareness (abstract and oral presentation), International Society for Disease Surveillance, 10th Annual Conference, 6-8 December 2011, Atlanta, USA. Atlanta, International Society for Disease Surveillance, 2011, 80.

Lau E.H.Y., Cheng K.Y., Ip D.K.M. and Cowling B.J., Multi-stream influenza surveillance for situational awareness (oral presentation), Epidemics 3 - Third International Conference on Infectious Disease Dynamics, 29 November - 2 December 2011, Boston, USA. Boston, USA, Elsevier, 2011.

Lau E.H.Y., Cheng K.Y., Ip D.K.M. and Cowling B.J., Situational awareness of influenza activity based on multiple streams of surveillance data using multivariate dynamic linear model, PLoS One. 2012, 7(5): e38346.

Lau L.H.L., Fang J., Chan K.H., Cheng K.Y., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Influenza viral loads and infectivity (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.16: 204.

Researcher : Cheng KY

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Cheng YH

Project Title:	To identify the pattern of physical exercise and determinants contributing to the engagement in physical exercise among HK older adults
Investigator(s):	Cheng YH, Chi I, Macfarlane DJ, Chou KL
Department:	Com Med - Behavioural Sci Unit
Source(s) of Funding:	Health Care and Promotion Fund - Research Grant Projects
Start Date:	12/2001

Researcher : Cheung OKY

List of Research Outputs

Au H.Y.A., Lam W.W.T., Cheung O.K.Y., Tsang J.W.H., Yau T.K., Soong I., Yeo W., Suen J., Ho W.M., Wong K.Y., Kwong A., Suen D.T.K., Sze W.K., Ng A., Girgis A. and Fielding R., Unmet supportive care needs in Hong Kong Chinese women confronting advanced breast cancer (abstract and poster presentations), Psycho-Oncology Supplement: Abstracts for the 13th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, 16–20 October 2011, Antalya, Turkey. 2011, 20(Suppl 2): 198-199.

Researcher : Cheung WL

List of Research Outputs

Chau P.H., Chen J., Woo J., Cheung W.L., Chan K.C., Cheung S.H., Lee C.H. and McGhee S., Trends of Disease Burden Consequent to Chronic Lung Disease in Older Persons in Hong Kong: Implications of Population Ageing. Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Jockey Club, 2011, 1-108.

McGhee S., Brazier J., Lam C.L.K., Wong L.C., Chau J., Cheung W.L. and Ho A.L.Y., Quality-adjusted life years: Population-specific measurement of the quality component, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2011, 17(Suppl 6): S17-S21.

Researcher : Chim D

Project Title:	Pilot Randomized Trial of a Motivational Interview versus Brief Advice in Primary Care to Engage Hong Kong Chinese Adolescents with an Internet-Based, Physician-Supervised, Depression and Substance Abuse Prevention Intervention
Investigator(s):	Chim D, Lam TH, Lam CLK, Tsang AMC, Ip P
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	01/2011

Researcher : Chiu AH

List of Research Outputs

Johnston J.M., Ngai L.C.J. and Chiu A.H., Impact of hospital accreditation on quality of care-senior management perceptions (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Johnston J.M., Lau C.W. and Chiu A.H., Staff perception of hospital accreditation on clinical governance, quality of care, organizational culture and staff attitudes to healthcare quality (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Researcher : Choi CW

List of Research Outputs

Choi C.W. and Wu J.T.K., Attitude and acceptance of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccines in Hong Kong: A population-based survey on adolescents and mothers of adolescent girl (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.08: 198.

Choi C.W. and Wu J.T.K., Attitude and acceptance of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines in Hong Kong: A population-based survey on adolescents and mothers of adolescent girls (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Choi C.W. and Wu J.T.K., Clinical impact and economic evaluation of organized HPV vaccination programme in Hong Kong (abstract), 18th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress, 3-5 November 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Centre for Cancer Research, University of Hong Kong, 2011, A26.

Fang W.J., Xu N., Lam K.O., Ng S., Choi C.W., Kwong D.L.W., Zheng S.S. and Lee V.H.F., Comparison of Volumetric Evaluation for Tumor Response with RECIST for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer with Liver Metastases Only, Asian Oncology Summit 2012.

Lam K.O., Lee V.H.F., Choi C.W., Liu K.Y., Leung T.W. and Kwong D.L.W., Bevacizumab After Cetuximab Failure In Kras Wild-type Metastatic Colorectal Carcinoma (Abstract), Annals of Oncology. UK, Oxford University Press, 2012, 23; suppl 4: iv100; P-0248.

Lee V.H.F., Fang W.J., Lam K.O., Choi C.W., Ng S., Ho G., Cheng T., Liu K.Y., Leung T.W., Kwong D.L.W. and Zheng S.S., Addition of Cetuximab to Oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy on Liver and Spleen Size and Thrombocytopenia in Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer (Abstract), Annals of Oncology. UK, Oxford University Press, 2012, 23: suppl 4: iv94; P-0224.

Researcher : Chou SK

List of Research Outputs

Cowling B.J., Chan K.H., Klick B.A., Durrani S., Chou S.K., Wong S.T., Kam M.S., Kwok H.K.H., Ng S., Chiu S.S.S., Peiris J.S.M. and Ip D.K.M., Efficacy of live attenuated seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccine in school-age children: A randomized controlled trial (abstract), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, A508P.

Researcher : Chung RYN

List of Research Outputs

Chung R.Y.N., Leung G.M., Cowling B.J. and Schooling C.M., Patterns of infection-related cancers in a rapidly developed Chinese population. An age-period-cohort analysis (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A209.

Chung R.Y.N., Schooling C.M., Cowling B.J. and Leung G.M., Socioeconomic development and sex differences in ischaemic heart disease mortality. An age-period-cohort analysis of the Hong Kong Chinese (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A296.

Wong C.M., Ou C., Thach T.Q., Chan K.P., Chau Y.K., Chung R.Y.N., Lam T.H. and Hedley A.J., Excess risk of mortality associated with air pollution and different lifestyles - The implications for public health interventions (abstract), 3rd International Workshop on Regional Air Quality Improvement in Rapidly Developing Economic Regions on 12-13 November 2011 in Guangzhou. Guangzhou, South China University of Technology, 2011, 92-93.

Researcher : Cook AR

List of Research Outputs

Lam E.H.Y., Cowling B.J., Cook A.R., Wong Y.T., Lau S.Y. and Nishiura H., The feasibility of age-specific travel restrictions during influenza pandemics, Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling. 2011, 8: 44.

Researcher : Cowling BJ

Project Title:	1st International Conference on Infectious Disease Dynamics Estimates of the serial interval of influenza using laboratory-confirmed natural infections in households
Investigator(s):	Cowling BJ
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	12/2008

Project Title:	Effectiveness of vaccinating children in reducing influenza among household contacts - a community based, randomized controlled trial
Investigator(s):	Cowling BJ, Leung GM, Chiu SSS, Peiris JSM
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Centre for Health Protection
Start Date:	09/2009

Project Title:	A cost-effectiveness analysis of Helicobacter pylori screening for gastric cancer in Hong Kong Chinese: a decision analytic approach
Investigator(s):	Cowling BJ, Schooling CM
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Health Services Research Fund - Full Grants
Start Date:	12/2009

Project Title:	A longitudinal community study of influenza virus infections in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Cowling BJ, Peiris JSM, Riley S
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	07/2010

Project Title:	Influenza-like illness and viral aetiology in Hong Kong children
Investigator(s):	Cowling BJ, Chan KH, Peiris JSM
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases - Full Grants
Start Date:	12/2010

Project Title:	The epidemiology of influenza in households of school-age children
Investigator(s):	Cowling BJ, Ip DKM, Peiris JSM
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases - Full Grants
Start Date:	09/2011

Project Title:	Efficacy of face masks to prevent influenza virus transmission: an experimental study
Investigator(s):	Cowling BJ, Ip DKM, Li Y, Peiris JSM
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	12/2011

Project Title:	Vitamin D and risk of influenza in children and adults in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Cowling BJ, Ip DKM, Peiris JSM
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases - Full Grants
Start Date:	12/2011

List of Research Outputs

Au Y.S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Cowling B.J., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Moderate alcohol use and cardiovascular risk factors among men using a mendelian randomization design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.02: 194.

Au Y.S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Cowling B.J., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H. and Leung G.M., Moderate alcohol use and cardiovascular risk factors among men using a mendelian randomization design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and oral presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Cheng K.Y., Ip D.K.M., Cowling B.J., Ho L.M., Leung G.M. and Lau E.H.Y., Digital dashboard design using multiple data streams for disease surveillance with influenza surveillance as an example, Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2011, 13(4): e85.

Cheng K.Y., Cowling B.J., Lau E.H.Y., Ho L.M., Leung G.M. and Ip D.K.M., Electronic school absenteeism monitoring and influenza surveillance, Hong Kong (Letter), Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2012, 18(5): 885-887.

Cheng K.Y., Lau E.H.Y., Ip D.K.M., Ho L.M., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Multiple data streams for influenza surveillance (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.04: 196.

Cheng K.Y., Lau E.H.Y., Ip D.K.M., Ho L.M., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Using multiple data streams for influenza surveillance in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Chung R.Y.N., Leung G.M., Cowling B.J. and Schooling C.M., Patterns of infection-related cancers in a rapidly developed Chinese population. An age-period-cohort analysis (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A209.

Chung R.Y.N., Schooling C.M., Cowling B.J. and Leung G.M., Socioeconomic development and sex differences in ischaemic heart disease mortality. An age-period-cohort analysis of the Hong Kong Chinese (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A296.

Cowling B.J., Airborne transmission of influenza: implications for control in healthcare and community settings (Editorial), Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2012, 54(11): 1578-80.

Cowling B.J., Analysis of household studies of influenza transmission (abstract), 3rd IMS-China International Conference on Statistics and Probability on 8-11 July 2011 in Xian, China. Xian, IMS-China, 2011, 83-84.

Cowling B.J., Associate Editor, Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. Wiley, 2011.

Cowling B.J., Chan K.H., Klick B.A., Durrani S., Chou S.K., Wong S.T., Kam M.S., Kwok H.K.H., Ng S., Chiu S.S.S., Peiris J.S.M. and Ip D.K.M., Efficacy of live attenuated seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccine in school-age children: A randomized controlled trial (abstract), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, A508P.

Cowling B.J., Efficacy of seasonal influenza vaccination in children in Hong Kong: A randomized controlled trial (abstract and oral presentation), XIV International Symposium on Respiratory Viral Infections, 23-26 March 2012, Istanbul. Istanbul, Turkey, The Macrae Group LLC, 2012.

Cowling B.J., Estimating the transmissibility and severity of pandemic influenza, International Symposium on Influenza and other Respiratory Infections on 2-4 August 2011 in Beijing. Beijing, Chinese Center for Disease Control and the Prevention, 2011.

Cowling B.J., Klick B.A., Ng S., Fang J., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Nishiura H., Estimation of household and community transmission parameters of seasonal and pandemic influenza in a cohort of households in Hong Kong (abstract), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011.

Cowling B.J., Evidence of virus interference? Increased risk of non-influenza respiratory virus infections associated with receipt of inactivated influenza vaccine (abstract and oral presentation), XIV International Symposium on Respiratory Viral Infections, 23-26 March 2012, Istanbul. Istanbul, Turkey, The Macrae Group LLC, 2012.

Cowling B.J., Faculty Outstanding Young Researcher Award 2010-2011. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, 2011.

Cowling B.J., Fang J., Nishiura H., Chan K.H., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Chiu S.S.S., Leung G.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Increased risk of non-influenza respiratory virus infections associated with receipt of inactivated influenza vaccine, Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2012, 54(12): 1778-83.

Cowling B.J., Influenza epidemiology and control: Experiences from Hong Kong (oral presentation), 5th TEPIK Influenza Symposium on Public Health Issues of Influenza on 22 November 2011 in Seoul . Seoul, Transgovernmental Enterprise for Pandemic Influenza in Korea, 2011.

Cowling B.J., Outstanding Young Research Award 2011. Hong Kong, University of Hong Kong, 2012.

Cowling B.J., Wu J.T.K. and Peiris J.S.M., Reply to Kok and Dwyer (letter), Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2011, 53(1): 101-103.

Cowling B.J., Nishiura H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M. and Lau L.H.L., Transmission of 2009 pandemic H1N1 in households: A systematic review (abstract), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, A307P.

Ejima K., Omori R., Cowling B.J., Aihara K. and Nishiura H., The time required to estimate the case fatality ratio of influenza using only the tip of an iceberg: Joint estimation of the virulence and the transmission potential, Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine. 2012, 2012: 978901.

Goldstein E., Cowling B.J., Aiello A.E., Takahashi S., King G., Lu Y. and Lipsitch M., Estimating incidence curves of several infections using symptom surveillance data, PLoS One. 2011, 6(8): e23380.

Ip D.K.M., Lau E.H.Y., Ho L.M., Cowling B.J. and Kwok H.K.H., The impact of influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009 on sickness-absence and productivity loss among healthcare workers in Hong Kong. (Abstract and poster presentation), Workshop on Health and Economic Impact of Influenza, 5-7 June 2012, Bali, Indonesia, 2012. Bali, Indonesia, WHO and U.S. Department of Health, and Human Services.

Ip D.K.M., Schutten M., Fang J., Fung R.O.P., Dutkowski R.T., Chan K.H., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Validation of self-swab for virologic confirmation of influenza virus infections in a community setting, Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2012, 205(4): 631-634.

Kelly H., Peck H.A., Laurie K.L., Wu P., Nishiura H. and Cowling B.J., The age-specific cumulative incidence of infection with pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 was similar in various countries prior to vaccination, PLoS One. 2011, 6(8): e21828.

Kelly H., Mercer G. and Cowling B.J., The association of seasonal influenza vaccination with pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 infection (letter), Vaccine. 2012, 30(12): 2037-2038.

Klick B.A., Nishiura H. and Cowling B.J., Optimal design of intervention studies to prevent influenza in healthy cohorts, PLoS One. 2012, 7(4): e35166.

Klick B.A., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Optimal design of studies of influenza transmission in households. I: Case-ascertained studies, Epidemiology and Infection. 2012, 140(1): 106-114.

Klick B.A., Nishiura H., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Transmissibility of seasonal and pandemic influenza in a cohort of households in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.08: 120.

Klick B.A., Nishiura H., Ng S., Fang J., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Transmissibility of seasonal and pandemic influenza in a cohort of households in Hong Kong in 2009, Epidemiology. 2011, 22(6): 793-796.

Kwok K.O., Cowling B.J., Wei W.I., Wu K.M., Ning Y., Lessler J., Read J., Commings D.A., Peiris J.S.M. and Riley S., Social contacts and the transmission of influenza in Hong Kong during the main wave of the 2009 pandemic (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Lam E.H.Y., Cowling B.J., Cook A.R., Wong Y.T., Lau S.Y. and Nishiura H., The feasibility of age-specific travel restrictions during influenza pandemics, Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling. 2011, 8: 44.

Lau E.H.Y., Cowling B.J., Ho L.M. and Cheng K.Y., Multi-stream influenza surveillance for situational awareness (abstract and oral presentation), Emerging Health Threats Journal Supplements: International Society for Disease Surveillance 10th Annual Conference, 6-8 December 2011, Atlanta, USA. 2011, 4: 11029.

Lau E.H.Y., Cowling B.J., Ho L.M. and Cheng K.Y., Multi-stream influenza surveillance for situational awareness (abstract and oral presentation), International Society for Disease Surveillance, 10th Annual Conference, 6-8 December 2011, Atlanta, USA. Atlanta, International Society for Disease Surveillance, 2011, 80.

Lau E.H.Y., Cheng K.Y., Ip D.K.M. and Cowling B.J., Multi-stream influenza surveillance for situational awareness (oral presentation), Epidemics 3 - Third International Conference on Infectious Disease Dynamics, 29 November - 2 December 2011, Boston, USA. Boston, USA, Elsevier, 2011.

Lau E.H.Y., Cheng K.Y., Ip D.K.M. and Cowling B.J., Situational awareness of influenza activity based on multiple streams of surveillance data using multivariate dynamic linear model, PLoS One. 2012, 7(5): e38346.

Lau L.H.L., Nishiura H., Kelly H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Household transmission studies of the 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) virus: A systematic review (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Lau L.H.L., Fang J., Chan K.H., Cheng K.Y., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Influenza viral loads and infectivity (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.16: 204.

Liao Q., Cowling B.J., Lam W.W.T. and Fielding R., Changing perception of avian influenza risk, Hong Kong, 2006-2010 (letter), Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2011, 17(12): 2379-2380.

Lo B.L., Johnston J.M. and Cowling B.J., The analysis of the media’s risk perception in response towards the Hong Kong SARS epidemic curves (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Ng S., Wu P., Nishiura H., Ip D.K.M., Lee E.S.T. and Cowling B.J., A policy analysis on national seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccine target groups before, during and after the 2009 pandemic (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.20: 207.

Ng S., Wu P., Nishiura H., Ip D.K.M., Lee E.S.T. and Cowling B.J., An analysis of national target groups for monovalent 2009 pandemic influenza vaccine and trivalent seasonal influenza vaccines in 2009-10 and 2010-11, BMC Infectious Diseases. 2011, 11: 230.

Ng S., Wu P., Nishiura H., Ip D.K.M., Lee E.S.Y. and Cowling B.J., An analysis of target recipient groups for monovalent 2009 pandemic influenza vaccine and trivalent seasonal influenza vaccines in 2009-10 and 2020-2011 (abstract), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, A513P.

Ng S., Wu P., Nishiura H., Ip D.K.M., Lee E.S.T. and Cowling B.J., Global peri-pandemic changes in national policy on target recipients of influenza vaccines (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Riley S., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Public health interventions to control the spread of a directly transmitted human pathogen within and between Hong Kong and Guangzhou, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2012, 18(Suppl 2): S37-S38.

Riley S., Leung G.M., Ho L.M. and Cowling B.J., Transmission of Japanese encephalitis virus in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2012, 18(Suppl 2): S45-S46.

Schooling C.M., McGhee S., Cowling B.J., Thomas G.N., Chan W.M., Ho K.S., Wong V.C.W. and Leung G.M., Influenza vaccination and hospitalisation in Elderly Health Centres, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2012, 18(Suppl 2): S4-S7.

Schooling C.M., Kwok M.K., Yau C.Y.S., Cowling B.J., Lam T.H. and Leung G.M., Spatial proximity and childhood hospital admissions in a densely populated conurbation: Evidence from Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" birth cohort, Health and Place. 2011, 17(5): 1038-1043.

Schooling C.M., Yau C.Y.S., Kwok M.K., Cowling B.J., Lam T.H. and Leung G.M., Spatial proximity and childhood hospital admissions in a densely populated conurbation: evidence fro m Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997”birth cohort (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A421.

Seto W.H., Cowling B.J., Lam H.S., Ching P.T.Y., To M.L. and Pittet D., Clinical and nonclinical health care workers faced a similar risk of acquiring 2009 pandemic H1N1 infection, Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2011, 53(3): 280-283.

Simmerman J.M., Suntarattiwong P., Levy J., Jarman R.G., Kaewchana S., Gibbons R.V., Cowling B.J., Sanasuttipun W., Maaloney S.A., Uyeki T.M., Kamimoto L. and Chotipitayasunondh T., Findings from a household randomized controlled trial of hand washing and face masks to reduce influenza transmission in Bangkok, Thailand, Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 2011, 5(4): 256-267.

Trevennec K., Cowling B.J., Peyre M., Baudon E.M., Martineau G.P. and Roger F., Swine influenza surveillance in East and Southeast Asia: A systematic review, Animal Health Research Reviews. 2011, 12(2): 213-223.

Wong O.L., Cowling B.J., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., An age-period-cohort analysis of mortality associated with bacterial diseases in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A170.

Wong O.L., Cowling B.J. and Leung G.M., Cost-effectiveness of breast cancer-related interventions among Chinese women in Hong Kong (abstract and oral presentation), 8th World Congress on Health Economics, 10-13 July 2011, Toronto. Toronto, International Health Economics Association, 2011.

Wong O.L., Tsang J.W.H., Cowling B.J. and Leung G.M., Resource allocation for breast cancer prevention and care in Hong Kong: A generalized cost-effectiveness analysis (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Wong O.L., Cowling B.J., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Trends in mortality from septicaemia and pneumonia with economic development: an age-period-cohort analysis, PLoS one. 2012, 7(6): e38988.

Wong Y.T., Nishiura H., Wu J.T.K., Fang J. and Cowling B.J., Inferring influenza epidemic attack rates from cross-sectional serologic surveillance data (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.27: 131.

Wong Y.T., Nishiura H., Wu J.T.K., Fang J. and Cowling B.J., Inferring influenza epidemic attack rates from cross-sectional serologic surveillance data (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Wu J.T.K., Leung S.M., Ma S.K., Lee C.K., Chu K.W., Ho P.L., Hung I.F.N., Ho L.M., Lin C.K., Tsang T., Lo S.V., Lau Y.L., Leung G.M., Cowling B.J. and Peiris J.S.M., Characterizing the transmission dynamics and severity of the 2009 influenza pandemic in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Wu J.T.K., Ho W.K., Ma S.K., Lee C.K., Chu K.W., Ho P.L., Hung I.F.N., Ho L.M., Lin C.K., Tsang T.H.F., Lo S.V., Lau Y.L., Leung G.M., Cowling B.J. and Peiris J.S.M., Estimating infection attack rates and severity in real time during an influenza pandemic: analysis of serial cross-sectional serologic surveillance data, PLoS Medicine. 2011, 8(10): e1001103.

Wu J.T.K., Ho A.L.Y., Ma E., Lee C.K., Chu D., Ho P.L., Hung I.F.N., Lin C.K., Tsang T., Lo S.V., Lau Y.L., Leung G.M., Cowling B.J. and Peiris J.S.M., Estimating infection attack rates and severity in real-time during an influenza pandemic (abstract), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, B619P.

Wu J.T.K. and Cowling B.J., The use of mathematical models to inform influenza pandemic preparedness and response, Experimental Biology and Medicine. 2011, 236(8): 955-961.

Wu P., Cowling B.J., Leung C.C., Tam C.M., Leung G.M. and Lau E.H.Y., Effects of pharmaceutical interventions on tuberculosis transmission dynamics in a developed Chinese city (abstract), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011, 55.

Wu P., Goldstein E., Ho L.M., Yang L., Nishiura H., Wu J.T.K., Ip D.K.M., Chuang S.K., Tsang T. and Cowling B.J., The burden of influenza associated mortality in Hong Kong in 1998-2009. (Abstract and poster presentation), Workshop on Health and Economic Impact of Influenza, 5-7 June 2012, Bali, Indonesia, 2012. Bali, Indonesia, WHO and U.S. Department of Health, and Human Services.

Wu P., Lau E.H.Y., Cowling B.J., Leung C.C., Tam C.M. and Leung G.M., The long-term transmission dynamics of tuberculosis in Hong Kong (abstract), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011, 56.

Yang L., Chan K.P., Cowling B.J., Chiu S.S.S., Chan K.H., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Estimation of mortality burden associated with 2009 pandemic H1N1 in Hong Kong (abstract), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, B608P.

Zhou Y., Ng M.W., Seto W.H., Ip D.K.M., Kwok H.K.H., Ma S.K., Ng S., Lau L.H.L., Wu J.T.K., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Seroprevalence of antibody to pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 among healthcare workers after the first wave in Hong Kong, Journal of Hospital Infection. 2011, 78(4): 308-311.

Zhou Y., Ng M.W., Seto W.H., Ip D.K.M., Kwok H.K.H., Ma S.K., Ng S., Lau L.H.L., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Seroprevalence of pandemic H1N1 antibody among health care workers in Hong Kong following receipt of monovalent 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine, PLoS One. 2011, 6(11): e27169.

Zhou Y., Ng M.W., Seto W.H., Ip D.K.M., Kwok H.K.H., Ma S.K., Ng S., Lau L.H.L., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Suboptimal immunogenicity among healthcare workers after receipt of the monovalent 2009 influenza A(N1N1) vaccine (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Zhou Y., Cowling B.J., Ip D.K.M., Nishiura H., Peiris J.S.M. and Seto W.H., Years of life lost in the first wave of 2009 pandemic (H1N1) in Hong Kong. (Abstract and poster presentation), Workshop on Health and Economic Impact of Influenza, 5-7 June 2012, Bali, Indonesia, 2012. Bali, Indonesia, WHO and U.S. Department of Health, and Human Services.

Researcher : Durrani S

List of Research Outputs

Cowling B.J., Chan K.H., Klick B.A., Durrani S., Chou S.K., Wong S.T., Kam M.S., Kwok H.K.H., Ng S., Chiu S.S.S., Peiris J.S.M. and Ip D.K.M., Efficacy of live attenuated seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccine in school-age children: A randomized controlled trial (abstract), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, A508P.

Researcher : Elwell-Sutton TM

List of Research Outputs

Elwell-Sutton T.M., Jiang C., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Inequality and inequity in access to health care and treatment for chronic conditions in China: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and oral presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011, Free paper 1.

Elwell-Sutton T.M., Jiang C., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Inequality and inequity in access to health care and treatment of non-communicable diseases in China: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.11: 200.

Elwell-Sutton T.M., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Socioeconomic influences at different life stages on self-rated health in Guangzhou, China (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A331.

West D.A., Leung G.M., Jiang C., Elwell-Sutton T.M., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K. and Schooling C.M., Life-course origins of social inequalities in adult immune cell markers of inflammation in a developing southern Chinese population: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, BMC Public Health. 2012, 12(1): 269.

Researcher : Fabrizio CS

List of Research Outputs

Fabrizio C.S., Cheung W.S.T., Pang S.Y.I., Hirschmann M.A.R., Lam T.H. and Stewart S.M., A randomized controlled trial of a primary prevention parenting program to enhance parent-child relationship and reduce family conflict in a Hong Kong Chinese population (abstract and poster presentation), 4th Annual Symposium cum Training Workshop, 24 May 2012, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, 2012, 24.

Stewart S.M., Fabrizio C.S., Hirschmann M.A.R. and Lam T.H., Developing community-based preventive interventions in Hong Kong: A description of the first phase of the family project, BMC Public Health. 2012, 12: 106.

Researcher : Fang J

List of Research Outputs

Cowling B.J., Klick B.A., Ng S., Fang J., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Nishiura H., Estimation of household and community transmission parameters of seasonal and pandemic influenza in a cohort of households in Hong Kong (abstract), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011.

Cowling B.J., Fang J., Nishiura H., Chan K.H., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Chiu S.S.S., Leung G.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Increased risk of non-influenza respiratory virus infections associated with receipt of inactivated influenza vaccine, Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2012, 54(12): 1778-83.

Ip D.K.M., Schutten M., Fang J., Fung R.O.P., Dutkowski R.T., Chan K.H., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Validation of self-swab for virologic confirmation of influenza virus infections in a community setting, Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2012, 205(4): 631-634.

Klick B.A., Nishiura H., Ng S., Fang J., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Transmissibility of seasonal and pandemic influenza in a cohort of households in Hong Kong in 2009, Epidemiology. 2011, 22(6): 793-796.

Lau L.H.L., Fang J., Chan K.H., Cheng K.Y., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Influenza viral loads and infectivity (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.16: 204.

Wong Y.T., Nishiura H., Wu J.T.K., Fang J. and Cowling B.J., Inferring influenza epidemic attack rates from cross-sectional serologic surveillance data (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.27: 131.

Wong Y.T., Nishiura H., Wu J.T.K., Fang J. and Cowling B.J., Inferring influenza epidemic attack rates from cross-sectional serologic surveillance data (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Researcher : Fielding R

Project Title:	18th UICC International Cancer Congress Do Quality of Life (QoL) Scales Have Utility in Predicting Cancer Survival?
Investigator(s):	Fielding R
Department:	Com Med - Behavioural Sci Unit
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	06/2002

Project Title:	A three phase study on women facing breast cancer
Investigator(s):	Fielding R, Lam WWT
Department:	Com Med - Behavioural Sci Unit
Source(s) of Funding:	Hong Kong Cancer Fund - General Award
Start Date:	09/2007

Project Title:	Psychosocial and physical outcomes after surgery for breast cancer: a five to six year follow-up and exploration consultation factors
Investigator(s):	Fielding R, Lam WWT
Department:	Com Med - Behavioural Sci Unit
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Health Services Research Fund - Full Grants
Start Date:	10/2007

Project Title:	Longitudinal study of psychosocial needs and distress of Chinese women with advanced breast cancer
Investigator(s):	Fielding R, Lam WWT, Tsang JWH, Suen TKD, Epstein R, Kwong A
Department:	Com Med - Behavioural Sci Unit
Source(s) of Funding:	Hong Kong Cancer Fund - General Award
Start Date:	04/2008

Project Title:	Health promotion knowledge, attitudes, skills and expectations of medical students
Investigator(s):	Fielding R, Johnston JM, Lo LS
Department:	Com Med - Behavioural Sci Unit
Source(s) of Funding:	Leung Kau Kui Research and Teaching Endowment Fund - Teaching Grants
Start Date:	06/2009

Project Title:	Behavioural changes in relation to risk perception and prevention of avian and human influenza in the general population of Hong Kong, 2006 to 2009
Investigator(s):	Fielding R, Cowling BJ, Lam WWT
Department:	Com Med - Behavioural Sci Unit
Source(s) of Funding:	Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases - Full Grants
Start Date:	12/2009

Project Title:	Perceptions of cancer risk and self-care practices: A comparison of groups at different risk for cancers
Investigator(s):	Fielding R, Lam WWT, Lai CL, Tsang JWH, Ip DKM, Yuen RMF
Department:	Com Med - Behavioural Sci Unit
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Health Services Research Fund - Full Grants
Start Date:	01/2011

Project Title:	IPOS 13th World Congress of Psycho Oncology "Targeted screening for distress – identifying who is at risk",
Investigator(s):	Fielding R
Department:	Com Med - Behavioural Sci Unit
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	10/2011

List of Research Outputs

Au A.H.Y., Lam W.W.T., Tsang J.W.H., Yau T.K., Soong S.I., Yeo W., Suen J., Ho W.M., Wong K.Y., Kwong A., Suen T.K.D., Sze W.K., Ng A., Girgis A. and Fielding R., Support care needs in Hong Kong Chinese women confronting advanced breast cancer, Psychooncology. 2012.

Au H.Y.A., Lam W.W.T., Tsang J.W.H., Yau T.K., Yau T.K., Soong I., Yeo W., Suen J., Ho W.M., Wong K.Y., Kwong A., Suen D.T.K., Sze W.K., Ng A., Girgis A. and Fielding R., Change patterns in supportive care needs among women diagnosed with advanced breast cancer (abstract), 18th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress, 3-5 November 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Centre for Cancer Research, University of Hong Kong, 2011, A76.

Au H.Y.A., Lam W.W.T., Tsang J.W.H., Yau T.K., Soong I., Yeo W., Suen J., Ho W.M., Wong K.Y., Kwong A., Suen D.T.K., Sze W.K., Ng A., Girgis A. and Fielding R., Change patterns of supportive care needs among women diagnosed with advanced breast cancer (abstract and powerpoint presentation), 18th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress, 3-5 November 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Centre for Cancer Research, University of Hong Kong, 2011.

Au H.Y.A., Lam W.W.T., Chan M.C.M., Or A.Y.M., Kwong A., Suen D.T.K., Wong A.L., Juraskova I., Wong W.T.T. and Fielding R., Development and pilot-testing of a decision aid for use among Chinese women facing breast cancer surgery, Health Expectations. 2011, 14(4): 405-416.

Au H.Y.A., Lam W.W.T., Cheung O.K.Y., Tsang J.W.H., Yau T.K., Soong I., Yeo W., Suen J., Ho W.M., Wong K.Y., Kwong A., Suen D.T.K., Sze W.K., Ng A., Girgis A. and Fielding R., Unmet supportive care needs in Hong Kong Chinese women confronting advanced breast cancer (abstract and poster presentations), Psycho-Oncology Supplement: Abstracts for the 13th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, 16–20 October 2011, Antalya, Turkey. 2011, 20(Suppl 2): 198-199.

Au H.Y.A., Lam W.W.T., Kwong A., Suen D.T.K., Tsang J.W.H., Yeo W., Suen J., Ho W.M., Yau T.K., Soong I., Wong K.Y., Sze W.K., Ng A., Girgis A. and Fielding R., Validation of the Chinese version of the short-form supportive Care Needs Survey Questionnaire (SCNS-SF34-C), Psycho-Oncology. 2011, 20(12): 1292-1300.

Fielding R., (Member of Editorial Board), Health Psychology. 2011.

Fielding R., Academic Editor, PLoS One. 2011.

Fielding R., Chan G.C.F. and Lam W.W.T., Health-related quality of life assessment for Hong Kong Chinese children with cancer, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2011, 17(Suppl 6): S13-S16.

Fielding R. and Lam W.W.T., Psycho-oncology in underserved and minority populations, In: L Grassi, M Riba, Clinical psycho-oncology: An international perspective. A John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2012, 165-83.

Fielding R., Supportive care needs in liver cancer: Psychological impacts, coping and care in patients with liver cancer (abstract and powerpoint presentation), 22nd Congress of the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver, 16-19 February 2012, Taipei. Taipei, Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver, 2012.

Fielding R., The art and science of breaking bad news, 21st Asia Pacific Cancer Conference 2011, 10-12 November 2011, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur, Union for International Cancer Control, 2011.

Fielding R., The challenge of denial in cancer care, 21st Asia Pacific Cancer Conference, 10-12 November 2011, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Malaysian Oncological Society, 2011.

Lai H.K., Hedley A.J., Repace J., So J.C., Lu Q., McGhee S., Fielding R. and Wong C.M., Lung function and exposure to workplace second-hand smoke during exemptions from smoking ban legislation: an exposure-response relationship based on indoor PM2.5 and urinary cotinine levels, Thorax. 2011, 66(7): 615-623.

Lam W.W.T., Shing Y.T., Bonanno G.A., Mancini A.D. and Fielding R., Distress trajectories at the first year diagnosis of breast cancer in relation to 6 years survivorship (pages 90–99), Psycho-Oncology. 2012, 21(1): 90-99.

Lam W.W.T., Chan M., Or A. and Fielding R., P2-82: Targeted screening for distress: Identifying who is at risk (poster presentation), "Honorable Mention" for the IPOS 13th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology. Antalya, Turkey, International Psycho-Oncology Society, 2011.

Lam W.W.T., Li W.Y., Chan M., Or A. and Fielding R., Patterns of changes in body image and sexuality among Chinese women diagnosed with breast cancer (abstract and oral presentations), Psycho-Oncology Supplement: Abstracts for the 13th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, 16–20 October 2011, Antalya, Turkey. 2011, 20(Suppl 2): 32-33.

Lam W.W.T., Chan M., Or A. and Fielding R., Targeted screening for distress: Identifying who is at risk (abstract and poster presentations), Psycho-Oncology Supplement: Abstracts for the 13th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, 16–20 October 2011, Antalya, Turkey. 2011, 20(Suppl 2): 241.

Lam W.W.T., Li W.Y., Bonanno G.A., Mancini A.D., Chan M., Or A. and Fielding R., Trajectories of body image and sexuality during the ﬁrst year following diagnosis of breast cancer and their relationship to 6 years psychosocial outcomes , Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. Springer, 2012, 131: 957-967.

Lam W.W.T., Au H.Y.A., Wong J.H.F., Lehmann C., Koch U., Fielding R. and Mehnert A., Unmet supportive care needs: A cross-cultural comparison between Hong Kong Chinese and German Caucasian women with breast cancer, Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 2011, 130(2): 531-541.

Li W.Y., Lam W.W.T., Au A.H.Y., Ye M., Law W.L., Poon J.T.C., Kwong A., Suen D.T.K., Tsang J.Y.S., Girgis A. and Fielding R., Interpreting differences in patterns of supportive care needs between patients with breast cancer and patients with colorectal cancer, Psychooncology. 2012, Epub ahead of print.

Li W.Y., Lam W.W.T., Law W.L., Poon J.T.C., Kwong A., Suen D.T.K. and Fielding R., Interpreting patterns in supportive care needs between breast and colorectal cancers (abstract and poster presentations), Psycho-Oncology Supplement: Abstracts for the 13th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, 16–20 October 2011, Antalya, Turkey. 2011, 20(Suppl 2): 230-231.

Liao Q., Cowling B.J., Lam W.W.T. and Fielding R., Changing perception of avian influenza risk, Hong Kong, 2006-2010 (letter), Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2011, 17(12): 2379-2380.

Tsang J.W.H., Kwong D.L.W., Beh S.L., Fielding R., Chow A.Y.M., Ho A.H.Y. and Chan L.C., We cannot love to live if we cannot bear to die: a pilot medical humanities programme for medical students to understand death, dying and bereavement., 4th Frontiers in Medical & Health Sciences Annual Meeting 2011.

Wang D., Lam W.W.T., Wu J.T.K. and Fielding R., Parental decision making on HPV vaccination: A systematic review of qualitative studies (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Wong W.S., Williams D.A., Mak K.H. and Fielding R., Assessing attitudes toward and beliefs about pain among Chinese patients with chronic pain: Validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the pain beliefs and perceptions inventory (ChPBPI), Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2011, 42(2): 308-318.

Wong W.S., Chen P.P., Yap J., Mak K.H., Tam B.K. and Fielding R., Assessing depression in patients with chronic pain: A comparison of three rating scales, Journal of Affective Disorders. 2011, 133(1-2): 179-187.

Wong W.S., McCracken L.M. and Fielding R., Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the 20-item pain anxiety symptoms scale (ChPASS-20), Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2012, 43(6): 1131-40.

Wong W.S., McCracken L.M. and Fielding R., Factorial validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the pain vigilance and awareness questionnaire (ChPVAQ) in a sample of Chinese patients with chronic pain, Pain Medicine. 2011, 12(7): 1018-1025.

Wong W.S., Jensen M.P., Mak K.H. and Fielding R., Pain-related beliefs among Chinese patients with chronic pain: The construct and concurrent predictive validity of the Chinese version of the survey of pain attitudes-14 (ChSOPA-14), Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2011, 42(3): 470-478.

Researcher : Freeman G

Project Title:	EPIDEMICS3- 3rd International Conference on Infectious Disease Dynamics Inferring influenza infections from longitudinal antibody titres using Bayesian mixture models
Investigator(s):	Freeman G
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	11/2011
Completion Date:	12/2011

List of Research Outputs

Freeman G. and Smith J.Q., Bayesian MAP model selection of chain event graphs, Journal of Multivariate Analysis. 2011, 102: 1152-1165.

Researcher : Fung ROP

List of Research Outputs

Ip D.K.M., Schutten M., Fang J., Fung R.O.P., Dutkowski R.T., Chan K.H., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Validation of self-swab for virologic confirmation of influenza virus infections in a community setting, Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2012, 205(4): 631-634.

Researcher : Fung SSW

List of Research Outputs

Fung S.S.W., Yu X., Hirschmann M.A.R., Stewart S.M. and Lam T.H., A Pilot Brief Intervention to Enhance Intention and self-efficacy for Increasing Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Hong Kong Chinese Men and Women (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.06: 119.

Fung S.S.W., Yu X., Hirschmann M.A.R., Stewart S.M. and Lam T.H., A brief theory-driven pilot intervention to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in Hong Kong Chinese adults (abstract and poster presentation), 4th Annual Symposium cum Training Workshop, 24 May 2012, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, 2012, 25.

Fung S.S.W., Yu X., Hirschmann M.A.R., Stewart S.M. and Lam T.H., A brief theory-driven pilot intervention to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in Hong Kong Chinese adults (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Researcher : He X

List of Research Outputs

Lau E.H.Y., He X., Wu J.T.K. and Lee C.K., Predicting future blood demand in Thalassemia patients in Hong Kong Chinese (abstract and oral presentation) , 22nd Regional Congress of the International Society of Blood Transfusion, 20-23 November 2011, Taipei, Taiwan. Taipei, Taiwan, International Society of Blood Transfusion, 2011, 5A-S19-03: 35-36.

Researcher : Hedley AJ

Project Title:	SARSID: future development of an integrated database for the analysis of the epidemic
Investigator(s):	Hedley AJ
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	VCO SARS Research Fund
Start Date:	07/2003

Project Title:	Risks from passive smoking by workers in the catering industry
Investigator(s):	Hedley AJ, McGhee S
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Health Services Research Fund - Full Grants
Start Date:	10/2007

List of Research Outputs

Chan S.S.C., Wan S.F., Leung D.Y.P., Abdullah A.S.M., Hedley A.J. and Lam T.H., Adherence to nicotine replacement therapy among Chinese smokers who had no intention to quit smoking, IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, Edinburgh, Scotland, 7-11 August. 2011.

Chan Y.H., Tam M.H.C., Ip D.K.M., Hedley A.J., Lam T.H. and Johnston J.M., Furthering the Molecular-Cellular-Patient-Population Clinical Continuum: Curriculum Reforms of the Problem-Based Public Health Advocacy Programme to Reinforce Public Health Leadership and Holistic Professional Development (Abstract and poster presentation), 15th Ottawa Conference on the Assessment of Competence in Medicine and the Healthcare Professions, Association for Medical Education in Europe, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Mar 2012, 2R10.. 2012.

Chan Y.H., Tam M.H.C., Ip D.K.M., Hedley A.J., Lam T.H. and Johnston J.M., Furthering the Molecular-Cellular-Patient-Population Clinical Continuum: Curriculum Reforms of the Problem-Based Public Health Advocacy Programme to Reinforce Public Health Leadership and Holistic Professional Development (Oral Presentation), Frontiers in Medical and Health Sciences Education – HKU 2011: “Holistic Approaches in Medical and Health Sciences Education”. 2011.

Chen J., Schooling C.M., Johnston J.M., Hedley A.J. and McGhee S., How does socioeconomic development affect COPD mortality? An age-period-cohort analysis from a recently transitioned population in China, PLoS One. 2011, 6(9): e24348.

Lai H.K., Hedley A.J. and Wong C.M., Discordance between one-hour and annual limits of the world health organization air quality guideline (WHOAQG) for NO2 (abstract), International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, 13-16 September 2011, Barcelona. Barcelona, ISEE, 2011.

Lai H.K., Hedley A.J., Repace J., So J.C., Lu Q., McGhee S., Fielding R. and Wong C.M., Lung function and exposure to workplace second-hand smoke during exemptions from smoking ban legislation: an exposure-response relationship based on indoor PM2.5 and urinary cotinine levels, Thorax. 2011, 66(7): 615-623.

Lian J., Wong D.S.H., Wong D.S.H., Chan C.K.W., Gangwani R.A., McGhee S., Yap M.K.H., Lam C.L.K., Hedley A.J., Lai W.W.K. and Chu D.W.S., Screening for diabetic retinopathy in Hong Kong: A cost-effectiveness analysis (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Ou C., Wong C.M., Ho D.S.Y., Schooling C.M., Yang L., Hedley A.J. and Lam T.H., Dietary habits and the short-term effects of air pollution on mortality in the Chinese population in Hong Kong, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2012, 66(3): 254-258.

Tam M.H.C., Chan Y.H., Ip D.K.M., Hedley A.J., Lam T.H. and Johnston J.M., Stories of success: The impact of student health advocacy project on public health (Abstract and poster presentation), 15th Ottawa Conference on the Assessment of Competence in Medicine and the Healthcare Professions, Association for Medical Education in Europe, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Mar 2012, 2P1, 2012.

Tam M.H.C., Chan Y.H., Ip D.K.M., Hedley A.J., Lam T.H. and Johnston J.M., Stories of success: The impact of student health advocacy project on public health (abstract and poster presentation), Frontiers in Medical and Health Sciences Education HKU 2011, 2-3 December 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LSK Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, PE14.

Thach T.Q., Xu W., Chau Y.K., Lai H.K., Hui Y.F., Hedley A.J. and Wong C.M., Effects of thermal stress on morality in the older population of Hong Kong (abstract), International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, 13-16 September 2011, Barcelona. Barcelona, ISEE1, 2011.

Vackova D., Johnston J.M., Hedley A.J. and Lam T.H., The University of Hong Kong MBBS Year 3 tuberculosis clerkship (abstract), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011, 96.

Wong C.M., Peiris J.S.M., Yang L., Chan K.P., Thach T.Q., Lai H.K., Lim W.W.L., Hedley A.J., He J., Chen P., Ou C., Deng A., Zhang X., Zhou D., Ma S.S.L. and Chow A., Effect of influenza on cardiorespiratory and all-cause mortality in Hong Kong, Singapore and Guangzhou, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2012, 18(Suppl 2): S8-S11.

Wong C.M., Ou C., Thach T.Q., Chan K.P., Chau Y.K., Chung R.Y.N., Lam T.H. and Hedley A.J., Excess risk of mortality associated with air pollution and different lifestyles - The implications for public health interventions (abstract), 3rd International Workshop on Regional Air Quality Improvement in Rapidly Developing Economic Regions on 12-13 November 2011 in Guangzhou. Guangzhou, South China University of Technology, 2011, 92-93.

Wong T.W., Griffith S., Hedley A.J. and Lam T.H., A letter to candidates for the post of Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (letter), Physician, Pharmacist, People. 2012, 129: 44-45.

Yang L., Ma S.S.L., Chen P., He J.F., Chan K.P., Chow A., Ou C., Deng A.P., Hedley A.J., Wong C.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Influenza associated mortality in the subtropics and tropics: results from three Asian cities, Vaccine. 2011, 29(48): 8909-8914.

Researcher : Heys M

List of Research Outputs

Heys M., Lin S., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Infant and childhood growth and blood pressure in adolescence: Evidence from Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Heys M., Jiang C.Q., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Au Y.S.L.R., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Life long endogenous estrogen exposure and later adulthood cognitive function in a population of naturally postmenopausal women from Southern China: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2011, 36(6): 864-873.

Researcher : Hirschmann MAR

List of Research Outputs

Fabrizio C.S., Cheung W.S.T., Pang S.Y.I., Hirschmann M.A.R., Lam T.H. and Stewart S.M., A randomized controlled trial of a primary prevention parenting program to enhance parent-child relationship and reduce family conflict in a Hong Kong Chinese population (abstract and poster presentation), 4th Annual Symposium cum Training Workshop, 24 May 2012, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, 2012, 24.

Fung S.S.W., Yu X., Hirschmann M.A.R., Stewart S.M. and Lam T.H., A Pilot Brief Intervention to Enhance Intention and self-efficacy for Increasing Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Hong Kong Chinese Men and Women (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.06: 119.

Fung S.S.W., Yu X., Hirschmann M.A.R., Stewart S.M. and Lam T.H., A brief theory-driven pilot intervention to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in Hong Kong Chinese adults (abstract and poster presentation), 4th Annual Symposium cum Training Workshop, 24 May 2012, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, 2012, 25.

Fung S.S.W., Yu X., Hirschmann M.A.R., Stewart S.M. and Lam T.H., A brief theory-driven pilot intervention to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in Hong Kong Chinese adults (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Stewart S.M., Fabrizio C.S., Hirschmann M.A.R. and Lam T.H., Developing community-based preventive interventions in Hong Kong: A description of the first phase of the family project, BMC Public Health. 2012, 12: 106.

Researcher : Ho ALY

List of Research Outputs

McGhee S., Brazier J., Lam C.L.K., Wong L.C., Chau J., Cheung W.L. and Ho A.L.Y., Quality-adjusted life years: Population-specific measurement of the quality component, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2011, 17(Suppl 6): S17-S21.

Wu J.T.K., Ho A.L.Y., Ma E., Lee C.K., Chu D., Ho P.L., Hung I.F.N., Lin C.K., Tsang T., Lo S.V., Lau Y.L., Leung G.M., Cowling B.J. and Peiris J.S.M., Estimating infection attack rates and severity in real-time during an influenza pandemic (abstract), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, B619P.

Researcher : Ho DSY

Project Title:	Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health (COSH) - youth smoking and health survey 2003
Investigator(s):	Ho DSY
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health - General Award
Start Date:	02/2003

Project Title:	Two-year follow up of the Hong Kong student obesity surveillance project (HKSOS) on trends and predictors of adolescent obesity and related behaviours
Investigator(s):	Ho DSY, Lam TH, Lo WS, Mak KK
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Health Services Research Fund - Full Grants
Start Date:	12/2008

Project Title:	School-based survey on smoking among students 2010/11
Investigator(s):	Ho DSY, Lo WS, Lam TH
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Health, Welfare and Food Bureau - General Award
Start Date:	08/2010

Project Title:	Evaluation of anti-smoking theatre performance “Smokefree Superkid” for primary school students in 2010-11
Investigator(s):	Ho DSY
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health - General Award
Start Date:	09/2010

Project Title:	The evaluation of the New Basic Life Skills Training Programme
Investigator(s):	Ho DSY, Lo WS, Lam TH
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Department of Health - General Award
Start Date:	08/2011

Project Title:	15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health SECONDHAND SMOKE EXPOSURE AT HOME AND QUITTING AMONG CHINESE ADOLESCENT SMOKERS IN HONG KONG
Investigator(s):	Ho DSY
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	03/2012
Completion Date:	03/2012

List of Research Outputs

Cerin E., Barnett A., Sit H.P., Cheung M.C., Lee L.C.J., Ho D.S.Y. and Chan W.M., Measuring walking within and outside the neighborhood in Chinese elders: reliability and validity, BMC Public Health. 2011, 11: 851.

Cheung Y.T., Lee A.M., Ho D.S.Y., Li E.T.S., Lam T.H., Fan S.Y. and Yip P.S.F., Who wants a slimmer body? The relationship between body weight status, education level and body shape dissatisfaction among young adults in Hong Kong., BioMed Central Public Health. 2011, 11: 835-844.

Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S., Lai V., Lau L. and Lam T.H., 利用青少年吸煙的監測數據，以支持香港增加煙草稅 (abstract and poster presentation), 5th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 4-6 September 2011, Taipei. Taipei, John Tung Foundation, 2011, 217.

Ho D.S.Y., Alcohol and substance abuse in Hong Kong children and adolescents, Hong Kong Child Safety Conference 2012 organised by the Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Hong Kong. 2012.

Ho D.S.Y., An overview of alcohol and substance abuse problems for children and adolescents in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Child Safety Conference 2012, 11 February 2012, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Dept of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, HKU, 2012.

Ho D.S.Y., Harmful effects of tobacco in children and adolescents (abstract and powerpoint presentation), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011.

Ho D.S.Y., Harmful effects of tobacco in children and adolescents, 3rd Asia-Pacific Region Union Conference, Current Challenges in Tuberculosis and Lung Health.. 2011.

Ho D.S.Y., Member of Editorial Board for Public Health, Scientifica. Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2012.

Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Secondhand smoke exposure at home and quitting among Chinese adolescent smokers in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), 15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 20-24 March 2012, Singapore. Singapore, Health Promotion Board, 2012, 1042.

Ho D.S.Y., Trends and correlates of adolescent alcohol drinking in Hong Kong, 3rd Hong Kong Public Health Forum, School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong. 2011.

Huang R., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S., Lai H.K. and Lam T.H., Alcohol drinking and sleep problems in Hong Kong adolescents (abstract and oral presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Huang R., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S., Lai H.K. and Lam T.H., Prevalence of weight comments from doctors and its association with correct weight status perception among Hong Kong adolescents (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.07: 120.

Huang R., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., School-based anti-smoking education and smoking-related attitudes among secondary school students in Hong Kong (abstract), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011, 84.

Lam T.H., Ho D.S.Y., Lai V. and Lau L., Could a tax increase of 50% in Hong Kong in 2009 result in an increase in smoking? (abstract and poster presentation), 15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 20-24 March 2012, Singapore. Singapore, Health Promotion Board, 2012, 457.

Lam T.H., Chan S.S.C., Wong C.N., Lo S., Yip A., Kok W.M., Abdullah A.S.M. and Ho D.S.Y., Impact of smoking cessation in improving erectile dysfunction: Results from a randomized controlled trial in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), XIIIth Annual Meeting of the SRNT-Europe on 8-11 September 2011 in Antalya, Turkey. Antalya, Turkey, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 2011.

Lo W.S., Ho D.S.Y., Huang R. and Lam T.H., Changes in leisure-time physical activities and sedentary behaviours in Hong Kong adolescents during 2006 to 2010 (abstract and oral presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Lo W.S., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Huang R. and Lam T.H., Enquiry of adolescent smoking behaviour by doctors during medical consultations in Hong Kong (abstract), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011, 87.

Ou C., Wong C.M., Ho D.S.Y., Schooling C.M., Yang L., Hedley A.J. and Lam T.H., Dietary habits and the short-term effects of air pollution on mortality in the Chinese population in Hong Kong, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2012, 66(3): 254-258.

Tin S.P.P., Ho D.S.Y., Mak K.H., Wan K.L. and Lam T.H., Breakfast skipping and change in body mass index in young children, International Journal of Obesity. 2011, 35(7): 899-906.

Tin S.P.P., Ho D.S.Y., Mak K.H., Wan K.L. and Lam T.H., Does skipping breakfast affect self-esteem? Prospective evidence from Hong Kong primary school children (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Tin S.P.P., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Health problems and intention to quit smoking in Hong Kong adolescent current smokers (abstract), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011, 79.

Tin S.P.P., Ho D.S.Y., Wan K.L., Mak K.H. and Lam T.H., Which aspects of self-esteem are affected by body weight? Prospective evidence from Hong Kong primary school children (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.21: 127.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S., Lai M.K. and Lam T.H., 青少年吸煙與較差自評健康之關係 (abstract and poster presentation), 5th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 4-6 September 2011, Taipei. Taipei, John Tung Foundation, 2011, 199.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Thomas G.N., Mak K.H. and Lam T.H., Combined impact of lifestyle risk factors on respiratory mortality among Hong Kong Chinese – Lifestyle and mortality study (abstract), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011, 53.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Parental smoking, exposure to secondhand smoke at home, and smoking initiation among young children, Nicotine & Tobacco Research . 2011, 13(9): 827-832.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Smoking family, secondhand smoke at home and smoking among adolescents in Hong Kong (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.23: 210.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Smoking family, secondhand smoke exposure at home, and nicotine addiction among adolescent smokers, Addictive Behaviors. 2012, 37(6): 743-746.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S., Lai M.K. and Lam T.H., Smoking is associated with poor self-rated health among adolescents in Hong Kong, Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 2012, 14(6): 682-7.

Wong K.W., Ho D.S.Y. and Chao D.V.K., A retrospective review of the quality of diabetes care in public primary care clinics in Hong Kong – do disparities of care exist?, Family Practice. 2012, 29: 196-202.

Researcher : Ho LM

List of Research Outputs

Cheng K.Y., Ip D.K.M., Cowling B.J., Ho L.M., Leung G.M. and Lau E.H.Y., Digital dashboard design using multiple data streams for disease surveillance with influenza surveillance as an example, Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2011, 13(4): e85.

Cheng K.Y., Cowling B.J., Lau E.H.Y., Ho L.M., Leung G.M. and Ip D.K.M., Electronic school absenteeism monitoring and influenza surveillance, Hong Kong (Letter), Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2012, 18(5): 885-887.

Cheng K.Y., Lau E.H.Y., Ip D.K.M., Ho L.M., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Multiple data streams for influenza surveillance (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.04: 196.

Cheng K.Y., Lau E.H.Y., Ip D.K.M., Ho L.M., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Using multiple data streams for influenza surveillance in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Ip D.K.M., Lau E.H.Y., Ho L.M., Cowling B.J. and Kwok H.K.H., The impact of influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009 on sickness-absence and productivity loss among healthcare workers in Hong Kong. (Abstract and poster presentation), Workshop on Health and Economic Impact of Influenza, 5-7 June 2012, Bali, Indonesia, 2012. Bali, Indonesia, WHO and U.S. Department of Health, and Human Services.

Lau E.H.Y., Cowling B.J., Ho L.M. and Cheng K.Y., Multi-stream influenza surveillance for situational awareness (abstract and oral presentation), Emerging Health Threats Journal Supplements: International Society for Disease Surveillance 10th Annual Conference, 6-8 December 2011, Atlanta, USA. 2011, 4: 11029.

Lau E.H.Y., Cowling B.J., Ho L.M. and Cheng K.Y., Multi-stream influenza surveillance for situational awareness (abstract and oral presentation), International Society for Disease Surveillance, 10th Annual Conference, 6-8 December 2011, Atlanta, USA. Atlanta, International Society for Disease Surveillance, 2011, 80.

Riley S., Leung G.M., Ho L.M. and Cowling B.J., Transmission of Japanese encephalitis virus in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2012, 18(Suppl 2): S45-S46.

Wong C.M., Yang L., Chan K.P., Song L., Lai H.K., Thach T.Q., Ho L.M., Lam T.H. and Peiris J.S.M., Effect modifications of smoking on risk of mortality associated with influenza (abstract), International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, 13-16 September 2011, Barcelona. Barcelona, ISEE, 2011.

Wu J.T.K., Leung S.M., Ma S.K., Lee C.K., Chu K.W., Ho P.L., Hung I.F.N., Ho L.M., Lin C.K., Tsang T., Lo S.V., Lau Y.L., Leung G.M., Cowling B.J. and Peiris J.S.M., Characterizing the transmission dynamics and severity of the 2009 influenza pandemic in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Wu J.T.K., Ho W.K., Ma S.K., Lee C.K., Chu K.W., Ho P.L., Hung I.F.N., Ho L.M., Lin C.K., Tsang T.H.F., Lo S.V., Lau Y.L., Leung G.M., Cowling B.J. and Peiris J.S.M., Estimating infection attack rates and severity in real time during an influenza pandemic: analysis of serial cross-sectional serologic surveillance data, PLoS Medicine. 2011, 8(10): e1001103.

Wu P., Goldstein E., Ho L.M., Yang L., Nishiura H., Wu J.T.K., Ip D.K.M., Chuang S.K., Tsang T. and Cowling B.J., The burden of influenza associated mortality in Hong Kong in 1998-2009. (Abstract and poster presentation), Workshop on Health and Economic Impact of Influenza, 5-7 June 2012, Bali, Indonesia, 2012. Bali, Indonesia, WHO and U.S. Department of Health, and Human Services.

Yang L., Chan K.P., Chan W.M., Song L., Lai H.K., Thach T.Q., Ho L.M., Lam T.H., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Effect of exercise on mortality risk associated with influenza: Evidence from an elderly cohort in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, A110P.

Researcher : Ho WK

List of Research Outputs

Wu J.T.K., Ho W.K., Ma S.K., Lee C.K., Chu K.W., Ho P.L., Hung I.F.N., Ho L.M., Lin C.K., Tsang T.H.F., Lo S.V., Lau Y.L., Leung G.M., Cowling B.J. and Peiris J.S.M., Estimating infection attack rates and severity in real time during an influenza pandemic: analysis of serial cross-sectional serologic surveillance data, PLoS Medicine. 2011, 8(10): e1001103.

Researcher : Huang R

List of Research Outputs

Huang R., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S., Lai H.K. and Lam T.H., Alcohol drinking and sleep problems in Hong Kong adolescents (abstract and oral presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Huang R., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S., Lai H.K. and Lam T.H., Prevalence of weight comments from doctors and its association with correct weight status perception among Hong Kong adolescents (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.07: 120.

Huang R., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., School-based anti-smoking education and smoking-related attitudes among secondary school students in Hong Kong (abstract), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011, 84.

Lo W.S., Ho D.S.Y., Huang R. and Lam T.H., Changes in leisure-time physical activities and sedentary behaviours in Hong Kong adolescents during 2006 to 2010 (abstract and oral presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Lo W.S., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Huang R. and Lam T.H., Enquiry of adolescent smoking behaviour by doctors during medical consultations in Hong Kong (abstract), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011, 87.

Researcher : Hui LL

Project Title:	Infant growth and pubertal adiposity associations - implications to future cardiovascular health and immunological benefits
Investigator(s):	Hui LL, Schooling CM
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Health Services Research Fund - Full Grants
Start Date:	12/2010

Project Title:	IEA World Congress of Epidemiology 2011 Is Informal Child Care Associated with Childhood Obesity? Evidence from the Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" Birth Cohort"
Investigator(s):	Hui LL
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	08/2011
Completion Date:	08/2011

Project Title:	Early origins of socio-economic disparities of cardiovascular disease risks in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Hui LL, Schooling CM, Kwok MK, Wong OL
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Health Services Research Fund - Full Grants
Start Date:	11/2011

Project Title:	To promote muscle strength and physical fitness among adolescents through a functional training program in a school setting
Investigator(s):	Hui LL, Kwok MK
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Health Care and Promotion Fund - Research Grant Projects
Start Date:	04/2012

List of Research Outputs

Hui L.L., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., Birth order, gestational age and birth weight and the age at onset of puberty: evidence from Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A396.

Hui L.L., Wong M.Y., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Infant growth and onset of puberty: Prospective observations from Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" birth cohort, Annals of Epidemiology. 2012, 22(1): 43-50.

Hui L.L., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Inter-generational influences on age at onset of puberty: Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" birth cohort, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2012, 41(1): 292-300.

Hui L.L., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Premature birth and age at onset of puberty, Epidemiology. 2012, 23(3): 415-422.

Lin S., Leung G.M., Hui L.L., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Is informal child care associated with childhood obesity? Evidence form the Hong Kong’s “children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A126.

Lin S., Leung G.M., Hui L.L., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Is informal child care associated with childhood obesity? Evidence from Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" birth cohort, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2011, 40(5): 1238-1246.

Lin S., Lee S.L., Hui L.L., Au Y.S.L.R., Tse M.A., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Pubertal muscle mass and diabetes markers in Chinese adolescents: evidence from the Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A383.

Lin S., Lee S.L., Hui L.L., Au Y.S.L.R., Tse M.A., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Pubertal muscle mass and diabetes markers in Chinese adolescents, American Journal of Human Biology. 2012, 24(2): 183-185.

Lin S., Tarrant A.M., Hui L.L., Kwok M.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., The role of milk and dairy products in childhood obesity: evidence from the Hong Kong’s “children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract and oral presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A16.

Researcher : Ip DKM

Project Title:	Influenza Resistance Information Study (IRIS)
Investigator(s):	Ip DKM, Cowling BJ
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	F Hoffmann-La Roche and Co. Ltd. - General Award
Start Date:	10/2009

Project Title:	Host genetic determinants of human influenza infection
Investigator(s):	Ip DKM, Cherny SS, Cowling BJ
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2011

Project Title:	A Randomised Controlled Trial of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Yu Ping Feng San) for influenza prophylaxis in elderly residential care homes in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Ip DKM, Cowling BJ, Peiris JSM
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases - Full Grants
Start Date:	10/2011

Project Title:	Development and evaluation of an electronic school absenteeism system for influenza-like-illness surveillance in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Ip DKM, Cowling BJ, Ho LM, Lau EHY
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases - Full Grants
Start Date:	11/2011

List of Research Outputs

Chan V., Song K., Mang O., Ip D.K.M. and Au W.Y., Lower incidence of plasma cell neoplasm is maintained in migrant Chinese to British Columbia: findings from a 30-year survey, Leukemia & Lymphoma. 2011, 52(12): 2316-2320.

Chan Y.H., Tam M.H.C., Ip D.K.M., Hedley A.J., Lam T.H. and Johnston J.M., Furthering the Molecular-Cellular-Patient-Population Clinical Continuum: Curriculum Reforms of the Problem-Based Public Health Advocacy Programme to Reinforce Public Health Leadership and Holistic Professional Development (Abstract and poster presentation), 15th Ottawa Conference on the Assessment of Competence in Medicine and the Healthcare Professions, Association for Medical Education in Europe, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Mar 2012, 2R10.. 2012.

Chan Y.H., Tam M.H.C., Ip D.K.M., Hedley A.J., Lam T.H. and Johnston J.M., Furthering the Molecular-Cellular-Patient-Population Clinical Continuum: Curriculum Reforms of the Problem-Based Public Health Advocacy Programme to Reinforce Public Health Leadership and Holistic Professional Development (Oral Presentation), Frontiers in Medical and Health Sciences Education – HKU 2011: “Holistic Approaches in Medical and Health Sciences Education”. 2011.

Cheng K.Y., Ip D.K.M., Cowling B.J., Ho L.M., Leung G.M. and Lau E.H.Y., Digital dashboard design using multiple data streams for disease surveillance with influenza surveillance as an example, Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2011, 13(4): e85.

Cheng K.Y., Cowling B.J., Lau E.H.Y., Ho L.M., Leung G.M. and Ip D.K.M., Electronic school absenteeism monitoring and influenza surveillance, Hong Kong (Letter), Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2012, 18(5): 885-887.

Cheng K.Y., Lau E.H.Y., Ip D.K.M., Ho L.M., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Multiple data streams for influenza surveillance (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.04: 196.

Cheng K.Y., Lau E.H.Y., Ip D.K.M., Ho L.M., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Using multiple data streams for influenza surveillance in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Cowling B.J., Chan K.H., Klick B.A., Durrani S., Chou S.K., Wong S.T., Kam M.S., Kwok H.K.H., Ng S., Chiu S.S.S., Peiris J.S.M. and Ip D.K.M., Efficacy of live attenuated seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccine in school-age children: A randomized controlled trial (abstract), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, A508P.

Cowling B.J., Fang J., Nishiura H., Chan K.H., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Chiu S.S.S., Leung G.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Increased risk of non-influenza respiratory virus infections associated with receipt of inactivated influenza vaccine, Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2012, 54(12): 1778-83.

Cowling B.J., Nishiura H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M. and Lau L.H.L., Transmission of 2009 pandemic H1N1 in households: A systematic review (abstract), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, A307P.

Ip D.K.M., ESLI of Genetic Testing in Children, Module on Genetics and Family, Diploma in Child and Adolescent Health, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 26 Feb 2012, Hong Kong . Hong Kong, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 2012.

Ip D.K.M., Evidence Generation for the Impact and Control of Influenza - Experience from Hong Kong, Workshop on Health and Economic Impact of Influenza, 5-7 June 2012, Bali, Indonesia. Bali, Indonesia, WHO and U.S. Department of Health, and Human Services, 2012.

Ip D.K.M., Lau E.H.Y., Ho L.M., Cowling B.J. and Kwok H.K.H., The impact of influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009 on sickness-absence and productivity loss among healthcare workers in Hong Kong. (Abstract and poster presentation), Workshop on Health and Economic Impact of Influenza, 5-7 June 2012, Bali, Indonesia, 2012. Bali, Indonesia, WHO and U.S. Department of Health, and Human Services.

Ip D.K.M., Schutten M., Fang J., Fung R.O.P., Dutkowski R.T., Chan K.H., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Validation of self-swab for virologic confirmation of influenza virus infections in a community setting, Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2012, 205(4): 631-634.

Lau E.H.Y., Cheng K.Y., Ip D.K.M. and Cowling B.J., Multi-stream influenza surveillance for situational awareness (oral presentation), Epidemics 3 - Third International Conference on Infectious Disease Dynamics, 29 November - 2 December 2011, Boston, USA. Boston, USA, Elsevier, 2011.

Lau E.H.Y., Cheng K.Y., Ip D.K.M. and Cowling B.J., Situational awareness of influenza activity based on multiple streams of surveillance data using multivariate dynamic linear model, PLoS One. 2012, 7(5): e38346.

Lau L.H.L., Nishiura H., Kelly H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Household transmission studies of the 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) virus: A systematic review (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Ng S., Wu P., Nishiura H., Ip D.K.M., Lee E.S.T. and Cowling B.J., A policy analysis on national seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccine target groups before, during and after the 2009 pandemic (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.20: 207.

Ng S., Wu P., Nishiura H., Ip D.K.M., Lee E.S.T. and Cowling B.J., An analysis of national target groups for monovalent 2009 pandemic influenza vaccine and trivalent seasonal influenza vaccines in 2009-10 and 2010-11, BMC Infectious Diseases. 2011, 11: 230.

Ng S., Wu P., Nishiura H., Ip D.K.M., Lee E.S.Y. and Cowling B.J., An analysis of target recipient groups for monovalent 2009 pandemic influenza vaccine and trivalent seasonal influenza vaccines in 2009-10 and 2020-2011 (abstract), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, A513P.

Ng S., Wu P., Nishiura H., Ip D.K.M., Lee E.S.T. and Cowling B.J., Global peri-pandemic changes in national policy on target recipients of influenza vaccines (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Tam M.H.C., Chan Y.H., Ip D.K.M., Hedley A.J., Lam T.H. and Johnston J.M., Stories of success: The impact of student health advocacy project on public health (Abstract and poster presentation), 15th Ottawa Conference on the Assessment of Competence in Medicine and the Healthcare Professions, Association for Medical Education in Europe, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Mar 2012, 2P1, 2012.

Tam M.H.C., Chan Y.H., Ip D.K.M., Hedley A.J., Lam T.H. and Johnston J.M., Stories of success: The impact of student health advocacy project on public health (abstract and poster presentation), Frontiers in Medical and Health Sciences Education HKU 2011, 2-3 December 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LSK Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, PE14.

Wu P., Goldstein E., Ho L.M., Yang L., Nishiura H., Wu J.T.K., Ip D.K.M., Chuang S.K., Tsang T. and Cowling B.J., The burden of influenza associated mortality in Hong Kong in 1998-2009. (Abstract and poster presentation), Workshop on Health and Economic Impact of Influenza, 5-7 June 2012, Bali, Indonesia, 2012. Bali, Indonesia, WHO and U.S. Department of Health, and Human Services.

Zhou Y., Ng M.W., Seto W.H., Ip D.K.M., Kwok H.K.H., Ma S.K., Ng S., Lau L.H.L., Wu J.T.K., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Seroprevalence of antibody to pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 among healthcare workers after the first wave in Hong Kong, Journal of Hospital Infection. 2011, 78(4): 308-311.

Zhou Y., Ng M.W., Seto W.H., Ip D.K.M., Kwok H.K.H., Ma S.K., Ng S., Lau L.H.L., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Seroprevalence of pandemic H1N1 antibody among health care workers in Hong Kong following receipt of monovalent 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine, PLoS One. 2011, 6(11): e27169.

Zhou Y., Ng M.W., Seto W.H., Ip D.K.M., Kwok H.K.H., Ma S.K., Ng S., Lau L.H.L., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Suboptimal immunogenicity among healthcare workers after receipt of the monovalent 2009 influenza A(N1N1) vaccine (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Zhou Y., Cowling B.J., Ip D.K.M., Nishiura H., Peiris J.S.M. and Seto W.H., Years of life lost in the first wave of 2009 pandemic (H1N1) in Hong Kong. (Abstract and poster presentation), Workshop on Health and Economic Impact of Influenza, 5-7 June 2012, Bali, Indonesia, 2012. Bali, Indonesia, WHO and U.S. Department of Health, and Human Services.

Researcher : Jiang C

List of Research Outputs

Arora T., Jiang C., Thomas G.N., Lam H.K.B., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H. and Taheri S., Self-reported long total sleep duration is associated with metabolic syndrome: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Diabetes Care. 2011, 34(10): 2317-2319.

Au Y.S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Cowling B.J., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Moderate alcohol use and cardiovascular risk factors among men using a mendelian randomization design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.02: 194.

Au Y.S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Cowling B.J., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H. and Leung G.M., Moderate alcohol use and cardiovascular risk factors among men using a mendelian randomization design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and oral presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Au Y.S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Moderate alcohol use and cognitive function among men using a mendelian randomization design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Au Yeung R.S.L., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Evaluation of moderate alcohol use and cognitive function among men using a mendelian randomization design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2012, 175(10): 1021-8.

Elwell-Sutton T.M., Jiang C., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Inequality and inequity in access to health care and treatment for chronic conditions in China: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and oral presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011, Free paper 1.

Elwell-Sutton T.M., Jiang C., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Inequality and inequity in access to health care and treatment of non-communicable diseases in China: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.11: 200.

Kavikondala S., Jiang C., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Intergenerational influences on diabetes in a developing population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, American Journal of Human Biology . 2011, 23(6): 747-754.

Lam T.H., Jiang C. and Cheng K.K., Experiences in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and powerpoint presentation), 43rd APACPH Conference on 20-22 October 2011 in Seoul. Seoul, Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health, 2011, 187-190.

Lessler J., Cummings D.A.T., Read J.M., Wang S., Zhu H., Smith G.J., Guan Y., Jiang C. and Riley S., Location-specific patterns of exposure to recent pre-pandemic strains of influenza A in southern China, Nat Commun. 2011, 2:423: doi:10.1038/ncomms1432.

Long M., Lam T.H., Jiang C. and Cheng K.K., Associations of sleep duration and siesta with framingham risk score profile in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 2.18: 88.

Sun Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Leg length is associated with lower values of inflammatory markers in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 2.23: 91.

Thomas G.N., Scragg R., Jiang C., Chan Y.H., Marz W., Pilz S., Kim H.C., Tomlinson B., Bosch J., Lam T.H., Cheung B.M.Y. and Cheng K.K., Hyperglycaemia and vitamin d: a systematic overview, Current Diabetes Review. 2012, 8(1): 18-31.

West D.A., Leung G.M., Jiang C., Elwell-Sutton T.M., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K. and Schooling C.M., Life-course origins of social inequalities in adult immune cell markers of inflammation in a developing southern Chinese population: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, BMC Public Health. 2012, 12(1): 269.

Xu L., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Zhang W., Thomas G.N. and Cheng K.K., Dose-response relation between physical activity and cognitive function: Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Annals of Epidemiology. 2011, 21(11): 857-863.

Researcher : Jiang CQ

List of Research Outputs

Au Y.S.L.R., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., ALDH2 is a valid instrument for Mendelian randomization studies in alcohol epidemiology - The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A68.

Elwell-Sutton T.M., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Socioeconomic influences at different life stages on self-rated health in Guangzhou, China (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A331.

Heys M., Jiang C.Q., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Au Y.S.L.R., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Life long endogenous estrogen exposure and later adulthood cognitive function in a population of naturally postmenopausal women from Southern China: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2011, 36(6): 864-873.

O'Hartaigh B., Jiang C.Q., Thomas G.N., Tsvetanov K.A., Bosch J.A., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Usefulness of physical fitness and the metabolic syndrome to predict vascular disease risk in older Chinese (from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study-Cardiovascular Disease Subcohort [GBCS-CVD]), American Journal of Cardiology. 2011, 108(6): 845-850.

Schooling C.M., Kavikondala S., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H. and Leung G.M., Intergenerational influences on diabetes in a developing population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A257.

Schooling C.M., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K. and Leung G.M., Liver function related viruses and diabetes in China (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A351.

Schooling C.M., Kavikondala S., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Wu K.M., Muscle mass is associated with diabetes in a developing population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A257.

Researcher : Johnston J

Project Title:	Multi-professional education among undergraduate medical and nursing students: effectiveness and acceptability
Investigator(s):	Johnston JM, Leung GM, Chan SSC, Cheng YH, Fielding R
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Leung Kau Kui Research and Teaching Endowment Fund - Teaching Grants
Start Date:	02/2005

Project Title:	Pilot study: feasibility, acceptability and utilization of an e-cardiovascular profile platform amongst physicians and patients
Investigator(s):	Johnston JM, Schooling CM
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2010
Completion Date:	11/2011

Project Title:	Hospital Accreditation Outcomes Research Programme
Investigator(s):	Johnston JM
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Queen Mary Hospital Charitable Trust - Training and Research Assistance Scheme
Start Date:	07/2010

Project Title:	Hospital Accreditation Outcomes Research Programme
Investigator(s):	Johnston JM
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Faculty Development Fund of Faculty of Medicine
Start Date:	07/2010

Project Title:	Is there a measurable difference in performance in ACHS certified hospitals compared with WHO-ICCET hospitals in Hong Kong?
Investigator(s):	Johnston JM, Tse VC, Cowling BJ, Fielding R
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases - Full Grants
Start Date:	01/2011

Project Title:	International Association for Medical Education Annual Conference Smoking prevalence and attitudes towards tobacco among Hong Kong medical students: a pre-post evaluation of a teaching module
Investigator(s):	Johnston JM
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	08/2011
Completion Date:	08/2011

Project Title:	Healthcare Manpower Planning and Projection
Investigator(s):	Johnston JM, Lam TH
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Commissioned Study: Healthcare Manpower Planning and Projection
Start Date:	02/2012

Project Title:	Graphical and numerical display literacy - Impact on risk perception and risk communication: A mixed methods study
Investigator(s):	Johnston JM, Lam WWT, Fielding R, Lam TH
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	06/2012

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Johnston JM

Project Title:	Multi-professional education among undergraduate medical and nursing students: effectiveness and acceptability
Investigator(s):	Johnston JM, Leung GM, Chan SSC, Cheng YH, Fielding R
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Leung Kau Kui Research and Teaching Endowment Fund - Teaching Grants
Start Date:	02/2005

Project Title:	Pilot study: feasibility, acceptability and utilization of an e-cardiovascular profile platform amongst physicians and patients
Investigator(s):	Johnston JM, Schooling CM
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2010
Completion Date:	11/2011

Project Title:	Hospital Accreditation Outcomes Research Programme
Investigator(s):	Johnston JM
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Queen Mary Hospital Charitable Trust - Training and Research Assistance Scheme
Start Date:	07/2010

Project Title:	Hospital Accreditation Outcomes Research Programme
Investigator(s):	Johnston JM
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Faculty Development Fund of Faculty of Medicine
Start Date:	07/2010

Project Title:	Is there a measurable difference in performance in ACHS certified hospitals compared with WHO-ICCET hospitals in Hong Kong?
Investigator(s):	Johnston JM, Tse VC, Cowling BJ, Fielding R
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases - Full Grants
Start Date:	01/2011

Project Title:	International Association for Medical Education Annual Conference Smoking prevalence and attitudes towards tobacco among Hong Kong medical students: a pre-post evaluation of a teaching module
Investigator(s):	Johnston JM
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	08/2011
Completion Date:	08/2011

Project Title:	Healthcare Manpower Planning and Projection
Investigator(s):	Johnston JM, Lam TH
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Commissioned Study: Healthcare Manpower Planning and Projection
Start Date:	02/2012

Project Title:	Graphical and numerical display literacy - Impact on risk perception and risk communication: A mixed methods study
Investigator(s):	Johnston JM, Lam WWT, Fielding R, Lam TH
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	06/2012

List of Research Outputs

Cerin E., Barnett A., Sit H.P., Cheung M.C., Johnston J.M. and Chan W.M., Perceived neighbourhood characteristics and walking for transportation in Chinese older residents of ultra-dense urban environments, International Conference on Global Health and Public Health Education. Hong Kong, 2011.

Chan Y.H., Tam M.H.C., Ip D.K.M., Hedley A.J., Lam T.H. and Johnston J.M., Furthering the Molecular-Cellular-Patient-Population Clinical Continuum: Curriculum Reforms of the Problem-Based Public Health Advocacy Programme to Reinforce Public Health Leadership and Holistic Professional Development (Abstract and poster presentation), 15th Ottawa Conference on the Assessment of Competence in Medicine and the Healthcare Professions, Association for Medical Education in Europe, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Mar 2012, 2R10.. 2012.

Chan Y.H., Tam M.H.C., Ip D.K.M., Hedley A.J., Lam T.H. and Johnston J.M., Furthering the Molecular-Cellular-Patient-Population Clinical Continuum: Curriculum Reforms of the Problem-Based Public Health Advocacy Programme to Reinforce Public Health Leadership and Holistic Professional Development (Oral Presentation), Frontiers in Medical and Health Sciences Education – HKU 2011: “Holistic Approaches in Medical and Health Sciences Education”. 2011.

Chen J., Schooling C.M., Johnston J.M., Hedley A.J. and McGhee S., How does socioeconomic development affect COPD mortality? An age-period-cohort analysis from a recently transitioned population in China, PLoS One. 2011, 6(9): e24348.

Johnston J.M., Vu M.T., Schooling C.M., Tinsley H.M., Chan A.K.L., Kong J.H.B., Tsang L.C.Y. and Chan J., Feasibility, acceptability and utility of an e-cardiovascular risk platform among physicians and patients in the primary care setting (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A216.

Johnston J.M., Lau C.W. and Chiu A., Hospital accreditation and its impact on patient satisfaction with hospital-based care (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Johnston J.M., Ngai L.C.J. and Chiu A.H., Impact of hospital accreditation on quality of care-senior management perceptions (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Johnston J.M., Lau C.W. and Chiu A.H., Staff perception of hospital accreditation on clinical governance, quality of care, organizational culture and staff attitudes to healthcare quality (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Lam K.F.K., Liu X., Lam C.L.K., Wong E.Y., Pang S.M. and Johnston J.M., Health protection for Shenzhen residents: A tale of registrants and migrants (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.10: 121.

Lam K.F.K. and Johnston J.M., Health protection for Shenzhen residents: A tale of registrants and migrants (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Lo B.L., Johnston J.M. and Cowling B.J., The analysis of the media’s risk perception in response towards the Hong Kong SARS epidemic curves (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Ng K.M. and Johnston J.M., Transforming knowledge into practice: Reflection of the development of a postgraduate public health practicum (abstract and poster presentation), Frontiers in Medical and Health Sciences Education HKU 2011, 2-3 December 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, PE9.

Shetye S.S., Johnston J.M. and Lam T.H., Knowledge, attitudes and skills of year 4 medial students at the University of Hong Kong in relation to smoking cessation and government policies (abstract and poster presentation), Frontiers in Medical and Health Sciences Education HKU 2011, 2-3 December 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, PE24.

Tam M.H.C., Chan Y.H., Ip D.K.M., Hedley A.J., Lam T.H. and Johnston J.M., Stories of success: The impact of student health advocacy project on public health (Abstract and poster presentation), 15th Ottawa Conference on the Assessment of Competence in Medicine and the Healthcare Professions, Association for Medical Education in Europe, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Mar 2012, 2P1, 2012.

Tam M.H.C., Chan Y.H., Ip D.K.M., Hedley A.J., Lam T.H. and Johnston J.M., Stories of success: The impact of student health advocacy project on public health (abstract and poster presentation), Frontiers in Medical and Health Sciences Education HKU 2011, 2-3 December 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LSK Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, PE14.

Vackova D., Johnston J.M., Hedley A.J. and Lam T.H., The University of Hong Kong MBBS Year 3 tuberculosis clerkship (abstract), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011, 96.

Vackova D., Johnston J.M. and Wu J.T.K., What do we know about our medical students from their undergraduate research? (abstract and poster presentation), Frontiers in Medical and Health Sciences Education HKU 2011, 2-3 December 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, PE17.

Zhou J., Johnston J.M., Chan W.M., Hui Y.F., Ng P.S., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Self-related health and mortality in a prospective Chinese elderly cohort (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A219.

Researcher : Kam MS

List of Research Outputs

Cowling B.J., Chan K.H., Klick B.A., Durrani S., Chou S.K., Wong S.T., Kam M.S., Kwok H.K.H., Ng S., Chiu S.S.S., Peiris J.S.M. and Ip D.K.M., Efficacy of live attenuated seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccine in school-age children: A randomized controlled trial (abstract), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, A508P.

Researcher : Kavikondala S

List of Research Outputs

Kavikondala S., Jiang C., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Intergenerational influences on diabetes in a developing population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, American Journal of Human Biology . 2011, 23(6): 747-754.

Schooling C.M., Kavikondala S., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H. and Leung G.M., Intergenerational influences on diabetes in a developing population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A257.

Schooling C.M., Kavikondala S., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Wu K.M., Muscle mass is associated with diabetes in a developing population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A257.

Researcher : Klick BA

List of Research Outputs

Cowling B.J., Chan K.H., Klick B.A., Durrani S., Chou S.K., Wong S.T., Kam M.S., Kwok H.K.H., Ng S., Chiu S.S.S., Peiris J.S.M. and Ip D.K.M., Efficacy of live attenuated seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccine in school-age children: A randomized controlled trial (abstract), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, A508P.

Cowling B.J., Klick B.A., Ng S., Fang J., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Nishiura H., Estimation of household and community transmission parameters of seasonal and pandemic influenza in a cohort of households in Hong Kong (abstract), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011.

Klick B.A., Nishiura H. and Cowling B.J., Optimal design of intervention studies to prevent influenza in healthy cohorts, PLoS One. 2012, 7(4): e35166.

Klick B.A., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Optimal design of studies of influenza transmission in households. I: Case-ascertained studies, Epidemiology and Infection. 2012, 140(1): 106-114.

Klick B.A., Nishiura H., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Transmissibility of seasonal and pandemic influenza in a cohort of households in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.08: 120.

Klick B.A., Nishiura H., Ng S., Fang J., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Transmissibility of seasonal and pandemic influenza in a cohort of households in Hong Kong in 2009, Epidemiology. 2011, 22(6): 793-796.

Researcher : Kong JHB

List of Research Outputs

Johnston J.M., Vu M.T., Schooling C.M., Tinsley H.M., Chan A.K.L., Kong J.H.B., Tsang L.C.Y. and Chan J., Feasibility, acceptability and utility of an e-cardiovascular risk platform among physicians and patients in the primary care setting (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A216.

Researcher : Kwok HKH

List of Research Outputs

Cowling B.J., Chan K.H., Klick B.A., Durrani S., Chou S.K., Wong S.T., Kam M.S., Kwok H.K.H., Ng S., Chiu S.S.S., Peiris J.S.M. and Ip D.K.M., Efficacy of live attenuated seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccine in school-age children: A randomized controlled trial (abstract), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, A508P.

Ip D.K.M., Lau E.H.Y., Ho L.M., Cowling B.J. and Kwok H.K.H., The impact of influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009 on sickness-absence and productivity loss among healthcare workers in Hong Kong. (Abstract and poster presentation), Workshop on Health and Economic Impact of Influenza, 5-7 June 2012, Bali, Indonesia, 2012. Bali, Indonesia, WHO and U.S. Department of Health, and Human Services.

Zhou Y., Ng M.W., Seto W.H., Ip D.K.M., Kwok H.K.H., Ma S.K., Ng S., Lau L.H.L., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Suboptimal immunogenicity among healthcare workers after receipt of the monovalent 2009 influenza A(N1N1) vaccine (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Researcher : Kwok KO

Project Title:	Third International Conference on Infectious Disease Dynamics (Epidemics 3 2011) Self-reported social contacts as risk factors for infection during the main wave of the 2009 pandemic
Investigator(s):	Kwok KO
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	11/2011

Project Title:	Longitudinal study of the temporal changes of contact patterns of individuals in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Kwok KO, Cowling BJ, Riley S
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases - Full Grants
Start Date:	12/2011

List of Research Outputs

Kwok K.O., Leung G.M. and Riley S., Modelling the proportion of influenza infections within households during pandemic and non-pandemic years, PLoS One. 2011, 6(7): e22089.

Kwok K.O., Cowling B.J., Wei W.I., Wu K.M., Ning Y., Lessler J., Read J., Commings D.A., Peiris J.S.M. and Riley S., Social contacts and the transmission of influenza in Hong Kong during the main wave of the 2009 pandemic (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Researcher : Kwok MK

Project Title:	IEA World Congress of Epidemiology Early life infections and pubertal onset: evidence from Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" birth cohort
Investigator(s):	Kwok MK
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	08/2011
Completion Date:	08/2011

List of Research Outputs

Kwok M.K., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Early life infections and pubertal onset: evidence from Hong Kong’s “children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A261.

Lin S., Tarrant A.M., Hui L.L., Kwok M.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., The role of milk and dairy products in childhood obesity: evidence from the Hong Kong’s “children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract and oral presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A16.

Schooling C.M., Kwok M.K., Yau C.Y.S., Cowling B.J., Lam T.H. and Leung G.M., Spatial proximity and childhood hospital admissions in a densely populated conurbation: Evidence from Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" birth cohort, Health and Place. 2011, 17(5): 1038-1043.

Schooling C.M., Yau C.Y.S., Kwok M.K., Cowling B.J., Lam T.H. and Leung G.M., Spatial proximity and childhood hospital admissions in a densely populated conurbation: evidence fro m Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997”birth cohort (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A421.

Researcher : Lai HK

Project Title:	23rd Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology DISCORDANCE BETWEEN ONE-HOUR AND ANNUAL LIMITS OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION AIR QUALITY GUIDELINE (WHOAQG) FOR NO2
Investigator(s):	Lai HK
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	09/2011
Completion Date:	09/2011

List of Research Outputs

Chapman P.S., Wong C.M. and Lai H.K., Methods of expressing outdoor PM10 exposure within a densely urban environment like Hong Kong and their implications to public health (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.02: 116.

Huang R., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S., Lai H.K. and Lam T.H., Alcohol drinking and sleep problems in Hong Kong adolescents (abstract and oral presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Huang R., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S., Lai H.K. and Lam T.H., Prevalence of weight comments from doctors and its association with correct weight status perception among Hong Kong adolescents (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.07: 120.

Lai H.K., Hedley A.J. and Wong C.M., Discordance between one-hour and annual limits of the world health organization air quality guideline (WHOAQG) for NO2 (abstract), International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, 13-16 September 2011, Barcelona. Barcelona, ISEE, 2011.

Lai H.K., Hedley A.J., Repace J., So J.C., Lu Q., McGhee S., Fielding R. and Wong C.M., Lung function and exposure to workplace second-hand smoke during exemptions from smoking ban legislation: an exposure-response relationship based on indoor PM2.5 and urinary cotinine levels, Thorax. 2011, 66(7): 615-623.

Lai H.K., New government must do more to clean up the city's polluted air. In Leaders & Letters. South China Morning Post. May 09, 2012., South China Morning Post . 2012.

Lai H.K. and Wong C.M., The Hedley Environmental Index - CAPES workshop in Urumqi. July 28-29 2011., Civic Exchange. 2011.

Lai H.K., The Hedley Environmental Index vs The Hong Kong Air Pollution Index: What we should know vs What we are told. Electric Vehicle Transition Experiment Seminar. March14, 2012. , The Kadoorie Institute, The University of Hong Kong.. 2012.

Lai H.K., The Hedley Environmental Index. Guest lecture for BST. Nov 23 2011., 2011.

Lai H.K., The government’s proposed Air Quality Objectives won’t protect health. Guest lecture in BST. Nov 23, 2011, 2011.

Lai H.K., 詠春研學會第19期升級試 2012年4月: 全場冠軍, 詠春研學會, 2012.

Lai H.K., 詠春研學會第19期升級試 2012年4月:最佳搏擊獎(銀), 詠春研學會, 2012.

Lai H.K., 詠春研學會第19期升級試 2012年4月:最佳套路獎(金), 詠春研學會, 2012.

Lai H.K., 詠春研學會第18期升級試 2012年1月: 全場冠軍, 詠春研學會, 2012.

Lai H.K., 詠春研學會第18期升級試 2012年1月:最佳搏擊獎(銀), 詠春研學會, 2012.

Lai H.K., 詠春研學會第18期升級試 2012年1月:最佳黐手獎(金), 詠春研學會, 2012.

Lai H.K., 詠春研學會第18期升級試 2012年1月:最佳套路獎(金), 詠春研學會, 2012.

Lai H.K., 詠春研學會第17期升級試 2011年9月: 全場冠軍, 詠春研學會, 2011.

Lai H.K., 詠春研學會第17期升級試 2011年9月:最佳搏擊獎(金), 詠春研學會, 2011.

Lai H.K., 詠春研學會第17期升級試 2011年9月:最佳黐手獎(金), 詠春研學會, 2011.

Lai H.K., 詠春研學會第17期升級試 2011年9月:最佳套路獎(銀), 詠春研學會, 2011.

Lai H.K., 詠春研學會第19期升級試 2012年4月:最佳黐手獎(金), 詠春研學會, 2012.

Lai H.K., 得救見證: 一加一再加一，我便信主了, 香港浸信教會, 2011.

Thach T.Q., Xu W., Chau Y.K., Lai H.K., Hui Y.F., Hedley A.J. and Wong C.M., Effects of thermal stress on morality in the older population of Hong Kong (abstract), International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, 13-16 September 2011, Barcelona. Barcelona, ISEE1, 2011.

Wong C.M., Yang L., Chan K.P., Song L., Lai H.K., Thach T.Q., Ho L.M., Lam T.H. and Peiris J.S.M., Effect modifications of smoking on risk of mortality associated with influenza (abstract), International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, 13-16 September 2011, Barcelona. Barcelona, ISEE, 2011.

Wong C.M., Peiris J.S.M., Yang L., Chan K.P., Thach T.Q., Lai H.K., Lim W.W.L., Hedley A.J., He J., Chen P., Ou C., Deng A., Zhang X., Zhou D., Ma S.S.L. and Chow A., Effect of influenza on cardiorespiratory and all-cause mortality in Hong Kong, Singapore and Guangzhou, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2012, 18(Suppl 2): S8-S11.

Wong C.M., Thach T.Q., Chau Y.K., Chan K.P., Yang L. and Lai H.K., Further research needs for short term health effects and air pollution in Asia (abstract), International Conference on Global Health and Public Health Education on 25-27 October 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, School of Public Health and Primary Care, CUHK, 2011.

Wong C.M., Thach T.Q., Lai H.K., Yang L., Chau Y.K. and Chan K.P., Infra-structure and public policy to reduce the risk of air pollution – towards a walkable city (powerpoint presentation), University of Southern California Global Conference on 13-15 October 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, University of Southern California, 2011.

Yang L., Chan K.P., Chan W.M., Song L., Lai H.K., Thach T.Q., Ho L.M., Lam T.H., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Effect of exercise on mortality risk associated with influenza: Evidence from an elderly cohort in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, A110P.

Researcher : Lai MK

List of Research Outputs

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S., Lai M.K. and Lam T.H., 青少年吸煙與較差自評健康之關係 (abstract and poster presentation), 5th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 4-6 September 2011, Taipei. Taipei, John Tung Foundation, 2011, 199.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S., Lai M.K. and Lam T.H., Smoking is associated with poor self-rated health among adolescents in Hong Kong, Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 2012, 14(6): 682-7.

Researcher : Lam HKB

List of Research Outputs

Arora T., Jiang C., Thomas G.N., Lam H.K.B., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H. and Taheri S., Self-reported long total sleep duration is associated with metabolic syndrome: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Diabetes Care. 2011, 34(10): 2317-2319.

Researcher : Lam KFK

List of Research Outputs

Lam K.F.K., Liu X., Lam C.L.K., Wong E.Y., Pang S.M. and Johnston J.M., Health protection for Shenzhen residents: A tale of registrants and migrants (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.10: 121.

Lam K.F.K. and Johnston J.M., Health protection for Shenzhen residents: A tale of registrants and migrants (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Researcher : Lam TH

Project Title:	A prospective study on environmental tobacco smoke and hospitalisation due to respiratory illness in a birth cohort in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Lam TH, Betson CL
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Health Care and Promotion Fund - Research Grant Projects
Start Date:	04/1996

Project Title:	A prospective study on environmental tobacco smoke and hospitalisation due to respiratory illness in a birth cohort in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Lam TH, Betson CL
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Health Care and Promotion Fund - Research Grant Projects
Start Date:	04/1996

Project Title:	A mega-case-control study (20,000 deaths and 30,000 controls) on smoking and mortality in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Lam TH, Hedley AJ, Ho DSY
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health - General Award
Start Date:	12/1997

Project Title:	A study on passive smoking and chromosome damage in lymphocytes in umbilical blood in Guangzhou
Investigator(s):	Lam TH
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Asian Consultancy on Tobacco Control - General Award
Start Date:	01/1998

Project Title:	Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health - youth smoking survey
Investigator(s):	Lam TH, Ho DSY
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health - General Award
Start Date:	04/1999

Project Title:	Smoke free restaurant survey 1999
Investigator(s):	Lam TH, Ho DSY, Chan BHY
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health - General Award
Start Date:	11/1999

Project Title:	A telephone follow-up survey on self-reported work-related illness and peceived hazards in occupational safety and health in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Lam TH, Ho DSY
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Occupational Safety and Health Council - Research Grant Projects
Start Date:	01/2000

Project Title:	Life style and molecular epidemiology studies
Investigator(s):	Lam TH
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Other Funding Scheme
Start Date:	09/2000

Project Title:	A 3-year follow up study on health-related lifestyle practices and their predictor factors in Hong Kong adults
Investigator(s):	Lam TH, Ho DSY, Chan BHY
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	11/2002

Project Title:	Smoking reduction intervention for smokers not willing to quit smoking: a randomised control trial
Investigator(s):	Lam TH, Abdullah ASM
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Health Services Research Fund - Full Grants
Start Date:	08/2004

Project Title:	A 3 -year follow-up study of the Hong Kong population health survey cohort on overweight and obesity and its related behavioural factors
Investigator(s):	Lam TH, Ho DSY, Thomas GN, Cowling BJ
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Health Services Research Fund - Full Grants
Start Date:	10/2006

Project Title:	The Hong Kong Jockey Club Family Project
Investigator(s):	Lam TH, Leung GM, Johnston JM, Ho DSY, Chan SSC, Stewart SM
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust
Start Date:	11/2007

Project Title:	Public Health
Investigator(s):	Lam TH
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding for Strategic Research Theme
Start Date:	11/2008

Project Title:	A randomized controlled trail of a tailored intervention compared to usual care on smoking type 2 diabetic patients to promote smoking cessation and improve glycaemic control
Investigator(s):	Lam TH, Leung YP, Leung AYM, Tan KCB, Wong CN
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Health Services Research Fund - Full Grants
Start Date:	01/2011

Project Title:	Are life long sex-steroids causally related to cardiovascular disease in men and women?
Investigator(s):	Lam TH, Cherny SS, Ip DKM, Ip P, Lee SL, Schooling CM
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2011

Project Title:	Understanding the association of active and passive smoking on HbA1c and the number of diabetes-related complications among type II diabetic patients: A cross-sectional study
Investigator(s):	Lam TH, Chan SSC, Leung YP, Tan KCB
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	05/2011
Completion Date:	04/2012

Project Title:	Pubertal muscle mass and diabetes risk
Investigator(s):	Lam TH, Cheung PT, Hui LL, Ip P, Lee SL, Macfarlane DJ, McManus AM, Schooling CM
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2012

Project Title:	15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health Could a tax increase of 50% in Hong Kong in 2009 result in an increase in smoking?
Investigator(s):	Lam TH
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	03/2012

List of Research Outputs

Arima H., Murakami Y., Lam T.H., Kim H.C., Ueshima H., Woo J., Suh I., Fang X.H. and Woodward M., Effects of prehypertension and hypertension subtype on cardiovascular disease in the Asia-Pacific region, Hypertension. 2012, 59(6): 1118-23.

Arora T., Jiang C., Thomas G.N., Lam H.K.B., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H. and Taheri S., Self-reported long total sleep duration is associated with metabolic syndrome: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Diabetes Care. 2011, 34(10): 2317-2319.

Au Y.S.L.R., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., ALDH2 is a valid instrument for Mendelian randomization studies in alcohol epidemiology - The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A68.

Au Y.S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Cowling B.J., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Moderate alcohol use and cardiovascular risk factors among men using a mendelian randomization design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.02: 194.

Au Y.S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Cowling B.J., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H. and Leung G.M., Moderate alcohol use and cardiovascular risk factors among men using a mendelian randomization design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and oral presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Au Y.S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Moderate alcohol use and cognitive function among men using a mendelian randomization design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Au Yeung R.S.L., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Evaluation of moderate alcohol use and cognitive function among men using a mendelian randomization design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2012, 175(10): 1021-8.

Chan B.H.Y., McDowell I.W., Nan H., Lee H. and Lam T.H., Perceived social cohesion and education: Individual and combined effects on daily smoking and heavier drinking in Hong Kong Chinese females and males (abstract and poster presentation), 4th Annual Symposium cum Training Workshop, 24 May 2012, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, 2012, 20.

Chan S.S.C., Mui M., Soong S.S. and Lam T.H., A community based participatory research partnership increases family harmony, happiness and health in Hong Kong: Findings from a community based programme in the Hong Kong Family Project (abstract and oral presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Chan S.S.C., Wong C.N., Yau J.P.L., Leung G.M., Fong D.Y.T., Leung S., Emmons K., Leung A.Y.M. and Lam T.H., A family smoking cessation intervention for parents of children 0-18 months: A randomized controlled trial, The 2nd Asia Pacific Conference on Health Promotion and Education, Taipei, Taiwan, 5-8 May. 2012.

Chan S.S.C., Yau J., Leung A.Y.M., Leung G.M., Emmons K., Leung S. and Lam T.H., A randomized controlled trial (RCT) of a family intervention to reduce SHS exposure at home. (Poster presentation), The Eleventh Scientific Symposium of Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute (FAMRI), Miami, USA. 2 May. 2012.

Chan S.S.C., Leung D.Y.P., Wong C.N., Lau C.P., Wong V.T. and Lam T.H., A randomized controlled trial of stage-matched intervention for smoking cessation in cardiac out-patients, Addiction. 2012, Apr; 107(4): 829-37.

Chan S.S.C., Wan S.F., Leung D.Y.P., Abdullah A.S.M., Hedley A.J. and Lam T.H., Adherence to nicotine replacement therapy among Chinese smokers who had no intention to quit smoking, IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, Edinburgh, Scotland, 7-11 August. 2011.

Chan S.S.C., Leung C.S.M., Yau J.P.L., Leung A.Y.M., Leung G.M., Emmons K., Koh D., Ng V. and Lam T.H., An Evaluation of a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Family Intervention for Smoking Fathers to Quit in Hong Kong: A 12-months Follow-Up (Poster Presentation), The 13th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Europe, Antalya, Turkey. 8-11 September. 2011.

Chan S.S.C., Wong C.N., Lau L., Lai V. and Lam T.H., Effectiveness of a community-based brief smoking cessation intervention through the quit to win contest: a randomized controlled trial (Poster Presentation), 15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Singapore, 21-24 March. 2012.

Chan S.S.C., Wan S.F., Fu C.Y. and Lam T.H., Evaluating a community-based. gender-specific smoking cessation intervention in helping woman smokers to quit (Oral Presentation), The 5th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, Taipei, Taiwan. 6 September. 2011.

Chan S.S.C., Wong C.N., Yiu I.T.L., Wong M.F.Y., Chan H.C.H. and Lam T.H., Evaluation of the effectiveness of the integrated smoking cessation services in Hong Kong: A 2-weeks follow-up (Oral Presentation), The 2nd Asia Pacific Conference on Health Promotion and Education, Taipei, Taiwan. 5-8 May. 2012.

Chan S.S.C., Wong C.N., He Y., Jiang C., Lam T.H. and Cheng K., Experience in establishing smoking cessation clinics in Beijing and Guangzhou, two major cities in china (Oral Presentation), The 15th World Conference on Tobacco or health, Singapore, 21-24 March. 2012.

Chan S.S.C., Ng C. and Lam T.H., Factors influencing smoking initiation among Chinese women in Hong Kong: a qualitative study (Poster Presentation), The 15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Singapore, 21-24 March. 2012.

Chan S.S.C., Leung D.Y.P., Yau J.P.L., Leung A.Y.M., Leung G.M., Emmons K. and Lam T.H., Impact of the smokefree legislation on smoking behavior and attitudes of quitting among fathers with infants under 18-months in Hong Kong: A cross-sectional study (Poster presentation), IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, Edinburgh, Scotland, 7-11 August. 2011.

Chan S.S.C., Lam T.H. and Leung G.M., Promoting women's health: A gender-specific smoking cessation program for female smokers in Hong Kong, Health Promotion Symposium 2011, November 18. Hong Kong, Food and Health Bureau, 2011, 32-33.

Chan S.S.C., Yau J., Leung A.Y.M., Leung G.M., Emmons K., Leung S. and Lam T.H., Protecting children and mothers against SHS exposure at home: a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of a family intervention (Oral Presentation), The 15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 21-24 March. 2012.

Chan S.S.C., Lau L.M.M., Lai V., Wong C.N. and Lam T.H., Quit to Win 2009, The 5th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, Taipei, Taiwan, 4-6 September. 2011.

Chan S.S.C., Wong C.N., Yau J.P.L., Leung G.M., Fong D.Y.T., Leung S., Emmons K., Leung A.Y.M. and Lam T.H., Smoking hazards prevention and health promotion (Oral Presentation), The 2nd Asia Pacific Conference on Health Promotion and Education, Taipei, Taiwan. 5-8 May. 2012.

Chan S.S.C., Ng C.S.M., Leung D.Y.P., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., The implementation of the smoke-free legislation in Hong Kong: The non-smokers’ views (Poster Presentation), The 5th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, Taipei, Taiwan. 4-5 September. 2011.

Chan S.S.C., Lam T.H., Abdullah A.S.M., Leung A.Y.M., Lam D.O.B. and Fong D.Y.T., Youth Quitline: An accessible telephone-based smoking cessation hotline for youth, Health Promotion Symposium 2011, November 18. Hong Kong, Food and Health Bureau, 2011, 34-35.

Chan Y.H., Siu D.C.W., Yiu K.H., Li L.S.W., Lau G.K.K., Lam T.H., Lau C.P. and Tse H.F., Abnormal vascular function in PR-interval prolongation, Clinical Cardiology. 2011, 34(10): 628-632.

Chan Y.H., Siu D.C.W., Yiu K.H., Chan H.T., Li L.S.W., Tam S., Cheung B.M.Y., Lau C.P., Lam T.H. and Tse H.F., Adverse systemic arterial function in patients with selenium deficiency, Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging. 2012, 16(1): 85-88.

Chan Y.H., Fan M.M., Fok C.M., Lok L.Z., Ni M., Sin C.F., Wong K.K., Wong S.M., Yeung R., Chow W.C., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Antibiotics nonadherence and knowledge in a community with the world's leading prevalence of antibiotics resistance: Implications for public health intervention, American Journal of Infection Control. 2012, 40(2): 113-117.

Chan Y.H., Li S.W., Lam T.H., Lau C.P. and Tse H.F., Best Original Research by Trainees Silver Medal 2011 (Abstract titled: PR Interval Prolongation is Associated with Endothelial Dysfunction, Arterial stiffness and Activation of Vascular Repair: Novel Pathophysiological Insights and Clinical Implications), Hong Kong Academy of Medicine. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, 2011.

Chan Y.H., Liang J., Lung M.L., Kwong D.L.W., Lee A.W.M. and Lam T.H., Contemporary Epidemiology of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Life Course Perspective, 18th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress. 2011.

Chan Y.H., Liang J., Lung M.L., Kwong D.L.W., Lee A.W.M. and Lam T.H., Contemporary epidemiology of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A life course perspective (abstract), 18th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress, 3-5 November 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Centre for Cancer Research, University of Hong Kong, 2011, 26.

Chan Y.H., Siu D.C.W., Yiu Y.F., Yiu K.H., Li L.S.W., Lam T.H., Lau C.P. and Tse H.F., PR Prolongation is Associated with Endothelial Dysfunction and Vascular Repair Activation in High Risk Cardiovascular Patients, American Heart Association Scientific Session, Orlando. 2011.

Chan Y.H., Siu C.W., Yiu Y.F., Yiu K.H., Li S.W., Lam T.H., Lau C.P. and Tse H.F., PR interval prolongation is associated with endothelial dysfunction and activation of vascular repair in high risk cardiovascular patients (abstract and oral presentation), Circulation Supplement 1: American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2011, 12-16 November 2011, Orlando, USA. 2011, 124 (Suppl 1): Abstract 8488.

Chan Y.H., Siu D.C.W., Yiu K.H., Yiu Y.F., Lau G.K.K., Li L.S.W., Lam T.H., Lau C.P. and Tse H.F., PR interval prolongation is independently associated with increased carotid intima-media thickness: novel pathophysiological, clinical and preventive implications, Seventh International Symposium on Healthy Aging. 2012.

Chan Y.H., Lau G.K.K., Yiu K.H., Siu D.C.W., Chan H.T., Li L.S.W., Tam S., Lam T.H., Lau C.P. and Tse H.F., Prospective observational study of isoflavone and the risk of stroke recurrence: Potential clinical implications beyond vascular function, Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging. 2012, 16(4): 383-388.

Chen R.Q., Wong C.M. and Lam T.H., Construction of a traditional Chinese medicine syndrome-specific outcome measure: The Kidney Deficiency Syndrome questionnaire (KDSQ), BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2012, 12: 73.

Cheung B.M.Y., Ong K.L., Tso A.W.K., Leung Y.H., Xu A., Cherny S.S., Sham P.C., Lam T.H. and Lam K.S.L., C-reactive protein as a predictor of hypertension in the Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Prevalence Study (CRISPS) cohort, Journal of Human Hypertension 2012. 2012, 26: 108-116.

Cheung B.M.Y., Ong K.L., Tso A.W.K., Leung Y.H., Cherny S.S., Sham P.C., Lam T.H. and Lam K.S.L., Plasma adrenomedullin level is related to a single nucleotide polymorphism in the adrenomedullin gene , Eur J Endocrinol. 2011, 165(4): 571-7.

Cheung B.M.Y., Ong K.L., Tso A.W.K., Leung Y.H., Cherny S.S., Sham P.C., Thomas G.N., Lam T.H. and Lam K.S.L., Relationship of Plasma Interleukin-6 and Its Genetic Variants With Hypertension in Hong Kong Chinese, American Journal of Hypertension 2011. 2011, 24 (12): 1331-1337.

Cheung Y.T., Lee A.M., Ho D.S.Y., Li E.T.S., Lam T.H., Fan S.Y. and Yip P.S.F., Who wants a slimmer body? The relationship between body weight status, education level and body shape dissatisfaction among young adults in Hong Kong., BioMed Central Public Health. 2011, 11: 835-844.

Elwell-Sutton T.M., Jiang C., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Inequality and inequity in access to health care and treatment for chronic conditions in China: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and oral presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011, Free paper 1.

Elwell-Sutton T.M., Jiang C., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Inequality and inequity in access to health care and treatment of non-communicable diseases in China: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.11: 200.

Elwell-Sutton T.M., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Socioeconomic influences at different life stages on self-rated health in Guangzhou, China (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A331.

Fabrizio C.S., Cheung W.S.T., Pang S.Y.I., Hirschmann M.A.R., Lam T.H. and Stewart S.M., A randomized controlled trial of a primary prevention parenting program to enhance parent-child relationship and reduce family conflict in a Hong Kong Chinese population (abstract and poster presentation), 4th Annual Symposium cum Training Workshop, 24 May 2012, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, 2012, 24.

Fung S.S.W., Yu X., Hirschmann M.A.R., Stewart S.M. and Lam T.H., A Pilot Brief Intervention to Enhance Intention and self-efficacy for Increasing Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Hong Kong Chinese Men and Women (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.06: 119.

Fung S.S.W., Yu X., Hirschmann M.A.R., Stewart S.M. and Lam T.H., A brief theory-driven pilot intervention to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in Hong Kong Chinese adults (abstract and poster presentation), 4th Annual Symposium cum Training Workshop, 24 May 2012, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, 2012, 25.

Fung S.S.W., Yu X., Hirschmann M.A.R., Stewart S.M. and Lam T.H., A brief theory-driven pilot intervention to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in Hong Kong Chinese adults (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Guo Y., Tomlinson B., Chu T., Fang Y.J., Gui H., Tang S.M., Yip B.H.K., Cherny S.S., Hur Y.M., Sham P.C., Lam T.H. and Thomas G.N., A Genome-Wide Linkage and Association Scan Reveals Novel Loci for Hypertension and Blood Pressure Traits, PLoS One. 2012, 7(2): e31489.

Heys M., Lin S., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Infant and childhood growth and blood pressure in adolescence: Evidence from Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Heys M., Jiang C.Q., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Au Y.S.L.R., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Life long endogenous estrogen exposure and later adulthood cognitive function in a population of naturally postmenopausal women from Southern China: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2011, 36(6): 864-873.

Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S., Lai V., Lau L. and Lam T.H., 利用青少年吸煙的監測數據，以支持香港增加煙草稅 (abstract and poster presentation), 5th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 4-6 September 2011, Taipei. Taipei, John Tung Foundation, 2011, 217.

Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Secondhand smoke exposure at home and quitting among Chinese adolescent smokers in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), 15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 20-24 March 2012, Singapore. Singapore, Health Promotion Board, 2012, 1042.

Huang R., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S., Lai H.K. and Lam T.H., Alcohol drinking and sleep problems in Hong Kong adolescents (abstract and oral presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Huang R., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S., Lai H.K. and Lam T.H., Prevalence of weight comments from doctors and its association with correct weight status perception among Hong Kong adolescents (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.07: 120.

Huang R., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., School-based anti-smoking education and smoking-related attitudes among secondary school students in Hong Kong (abstract), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011, 84.

Hui L.L., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., Birth order, gestational age and birth weight and the age at onset of puberty: evidence from Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A396.

Hui L.L., Wong M.Y., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Infant growth and onset of puberty: Prospective observations from Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" birth cohort, Annals of Epidemiology. 2012, 22(1): 43-50.

Hui L.L., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Inter-generational influences on age at onset of puberty: Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" birth cohort, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2012, 41(1): 292-300.

Hui L.L., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Premature birth and age at onset of puberty, Epidemiology. 2012, 23(3): 415-422.

Huxley R.R., Barzi F., Lam T.H., Czernichow S., Fang X.H., Welborn T., Shaw J., Ueshima H., Zimmet P., Jee S.H., Patel J.V. and Caterson I., Isolated low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol are associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease: An individual participant data meta-analysis of 23 studies in the Asia-Pacific Region, Circulation. 2011, 124(19): 2056-2064.

Kavikondala S., Jiang C., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Intergenerational influences on diabetes in a developing population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, American Journal of Human Biology . 2011, 23(6): 747-754.

Kwok M.K., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Early life infections and pubertal onset: evidence from Hong Kong’s “children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A261.

Lam T.H., Chan S.S.C. and Lau L., 2011香港加煙稅：支持與反對的鬥爭 (abstract and powerpoint presentation), 5th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 4-6 September 2011, Taipei. Taipei, John Tung Foundation, 2011, 35-43.

Lam T.H., Absolute risk of tobacco deaths: One in two smokers will be killed by smoking (Commentary), Archives of Internal Medicine. 2012, 172(11): 845-6.

Lam T.H., Ho D.S.Y., Lai V. and Lau L., Could a tax increase of 50% in Hong Kong in 2009 result in an increase in smoking? (abstract and poster presentation), 15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 20-24 March 2012, Singapore. Singapore, Health Promotion Board, 2012, 457.

Lam T.H., Jiang C. and Cheng K.K., Experiences in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and powerpoint presentation), 43rd APACPH Conference on 20-22 October 2011 in Seoul. Seoul, Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health, 2011, 187-190.

Lam T.H., Generating evidence for "FAMILY 3Hs in Hong Kong" (abstract and oral presentation), 4th Annual Symposium cum Training Workshop, 24 May 2012, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, 2012, 9.

Lam T.H., 「“十分”健康生活指數」(powerpoint presentation), Happy Health Society Annual Conference 2012, 11 February 2012, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Happy Health Society, 2012.

Lam T.H., Chan S.S.C., Wong C.N., Lo S., Yip A., Kok W.M., Abdullah A.S.M. and Ho D.S.Y., Impact of smoking cessation in improving erectile dysfunction: Results from a randomized controlled trial in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), XIIIth Annual Meeting of the SRNT-Europe on 8-11 September 2011 in Antalya, Turkey. Antalya, Turkey, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 2011.

Lam T.H., Most cancer can be prevented: We can do more, Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets. 2012, 16 Suppl 1: S3-6.

Lam T.H., Tobacco and mortality due to respiratory diseases (abstract and powerpoint presentation), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011.

Lam T.H., Translating tobacco related research into public health actions (powerpoint presentation), TFC Program communication meeting, 24-27 April 2012, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, TCO Department of Health, HKSAR, 2012.

Lam T.H., 科研與醫院管理(powerpoint presentation), 廣東省醫院協會行政管理專業委員會 “公立醫院改革與精細化管理高級研討會班” on 2-4 September 2011 in Guangzhou, China. 廣東省醫院協會行政管理專業委員會 “公立醫院改革與精細化管理高級研討會班”, Guangzhou, Guangdong Hospital Association, 2011.

Lee H., Yu Y.Y., McDowell I., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Stewart S.M., Performance of the international physical activity questionnaire (short form) in subgroups of the Hong Kong Chinese population, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 2011, 8: 81.

Lee H., Nan H., Chan B.H.Y., McDowell I.W., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., Physical activity as a protective factor for health-related quality of life among people experiencing stressful life events (abstract and poster presentation), 4th Annual Symposium cum Training Workshop, 24 May 2012, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, 2012, 26.

Lee H., Macfarlane D.J., Lam T.H. and Stewart S.M., Validity of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form (IPAQ-SF): A systematic review, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 2011, 8: 115.

Leung C. and Lam T.H., Unintentional childhood injury in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.13: 123.

Leung C.C., Lam T.H., Yew W.W., Law W.S., Tam C.M., Chang K.C., McGhee S., Tam S.Y. and Chan K.F., Obstructive lung disease does not increase lung cancer mortality among female never-smokers in Hong Kong, International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 2012, 16(4): 546-52.

Leung D.Y.P., Chan S.S.C., Chan C.W. and Lam T.H., Change in prevalence of hardcore smokers after a comprehensive smoke-free legislation in Hong Kong (Poster Presentation), World Congress of Cardiology, Dubai, United Arab Emiraes, 18-21 April. 2012.

Liang J., Chan Y.H., Wong O.L. and Lam T.H., Ecological approaches to investigate the etiology of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Insights and challenges (abstract), 18th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress, 3-5 November 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Centre for Cancer Research, University of Hong Kong, 2011, A58.

Liang J., Chan Y.H., Wong O.L. and Lam T.H., Reliability of a lifecourse milestone approach on dietary assessment in nasopharyngeal carcinoma case-control study: A pre-pilot study (abstract), 18th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress, 3-5 November 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Centre for Cancer Research, University of Hong Kong, 2011, A63.

Lin S., Leung G.M., Hui L.L., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Is informal child care associated with childhood obesity? Evidence form the Hong Kong’s “children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A126.

Lin S., Leung G.M., Hui L.L., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Is informal child care associated with childhood obesity? Evidence from Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" birth cohort, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2011, 40(5): 1238-1246.

Lin S., Tarrant A.M., Hui L.L., Kwok M.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., The role of milk and dairy products in childhood obesity: evidence from the Hong Kong’s “children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract and oral presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A16.

Lin S., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Time of solid food introduction and childhood obesity: Evidence from Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Lin S., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Timing of solid food introduction and childhood obesity: Evidence from Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.15: 124.

Lo W.S., Ho D.S.Y., Huang R. and Lam T.H., Changes in leisure-time physical activities and sedentary behaviours in Hong Kong adolescents during 2006 to 2010 (abstract and oral presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Lo W.S., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Huang R. and Lam T.H., Enquiry of adolescent smoking behaviour by doctors during medical consultations in Hong Kong (abstract), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011, 87.

Long M., Lam T.H., Jiang C. and Cheng K.K., Associations of sleep duration and siesta with framingham risk score profile in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 2.18: 88.

Murakami Y., Huxley R.R., Lam T.H., Tsukinoki R., Fang X.H., Kim H.C. and Woodward M., Diabetes, body mass index and the excess risk of coronary heart disease, ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke in the Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration, Preventive Medicine. 2012, 54(1): 38-41.

Nan H., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., McDowell I.W., Lam T.H. and Stewart S.M., Family satisfaction, chronic conditions and depressive symptoms in a community sample: The Hong FAMILY project (abstract and poster presentation), 4th Annual Symposium cum Training Workshop, 24 May 2012, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, 2012, 27.

Nan H., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., McDowell I.W., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., Family satisfaction, chronic diseases and depressive symptoms in a community sample: The Hong Kong family project (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Ng C.S.M., Leung D.Y.P., Wan S.F., Fu C.Y., Lam T.H. and Chan S.S.C., An evaluation of the First Gender-Specific Smoking Cessation Counseling Program for Female Smokers to Quit in Hong Kong: A 3-year follow-up, IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, Edinburgh, Scotland. 9 August. 2011.

Ng C.S.M., Leung Y.P., Wan S.F., Fu C.Y., Lam T.H. and Chan S.S.C., An evaluation of the first gender-specific smoking cessation counselling program for female smokers to quit in Hong Kong: A 3-year follow-up (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A368.

O'Hartaigh B., Jiang C.Q., Thomas G.N., Tsvetanov K.A., Bosch J.A., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Usefulness of physical fitness and the metabolic syndrome to predict vascular disease risk in older Chinese (from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study-Cardiovascular Disease Subcohort [GBCS-CVD]), American Journal of Cardiology. 2011, 108(6): 845-850.

Ong K.L., Tso A.W.K., Xu A., Li M., Wat N.M.S., Rye K.A., Lam T.H., Cheung B.M.Y. and Lam K.S.L., Evaluation of the combined use of adiponectin and C-reactive protein levels as biomarkers for predicting the deterioration in glycaemia after a median of 5.4 years, Diabetologia 2011. 2011, 54: 2552-2560.

Ong K.L., Tso A.W.K., Cherny S.S., Sham P.C., Lam T.H., Lam K.S.L. and Cheung B.M.Y., Role of genetic variants in the gene encoding lipocalin-2 in the development of elevated blood pressure, Clinical and Experimental Hypertension 2011. 2011, 33 (7): 484-491.

Ou C., Wong C.M., Ho D.S.Y., Schooling C.M., Yang L., Hedley A.J. and Lam T.H., Dietary habits and the short-term effects of air pollution on mortality in the Chinese population in Hong Kong, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2012, 66(3): 254-258.

Schooling C.M., Kavikondala S., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H. and Leung G.M., Intergenerational influences on diabetes in a developing population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A257.

Schooling C.M., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K. and Leung G.M., Liver function related viruses and diabetes in China (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A351.

Schooling C.M., Kavikondala S., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Wu K.M., Muscle mass is associated with diabetes in a developing population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A257.

Schooling C.M., Kwok M.K., Yau C.Y.S., Cowling B.J., Lam T.H. and Leung G.M., Spatial proximity and childhood hospital admissions in a densely populated conurbation: Evidence from Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" birth cohort, Health and Place. 2011, 17(5): 1038-1043.

Schooling C.M., Yau C.Y.S., Kwok M.K., Cowling B.J., Lam T.H. and Leung G.M., Spatial proximity and childhood hospital admissions in a densely populated conurbation: evidence fro m Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997”birth cohort (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A421.

Shen C., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Hui Y.F., Ng P.S. and Lam T.H., Alcohol quitting and mortality from lung cancer: A prospective Chinese elderly cohort (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.19: 126.

Shetye S.S., Johnston J.M. and Lam T.H., Knowledge, attitudes and skills of year 4 medial students at the University of Hong Kong in relation to smoking cessation and government policies (abstract and poster presentation), Frontiers in Medical and Health Sciences Education HKU 2011, 2-3 December 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, PE24.

Stewart S.M., Fabrizio C.S., Hirschmann M.A.R. and Lam T.H., Developing community-based preventive interventions in Hong Kong: A description of the first phase of the family project, BMC Public Health. 2012, 12: 106.

Sun W., Xu L., Chan W.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Depressive symptoms and suicide in 56000 older Chinese: a Hong Kong cohort study, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 2012, 47(4): 505-514.

Sun Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Leg length is associated with lower values of inflammatory markers in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 2.23: 91.

Tam M.H.C., Chan Y.H., Ip D.K.M., Hedley A.J., Lam T.H. and Johnston J.M., Stories of success: The impact of student health advocacy project on public health (Abstract and poster presentation), 15th Ottawa Conference on the Assessment of Competence in Medicine and the Healthcare Professions, Association for Medical Education in Europe, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Mar 2012, 2P1, 2012.

Tam M.H.C., Chan Y.H., Ip D.K.M., Hedley A.J., Lam T.H. and Johnston J.M., Stories of success: The impact of student health advocacy project on public health (abstract and poster presentation), Frontiers in Medical and Health Sciences Education HKU 2011, 2-3 December 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LSK Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, PE14.

Thomas G.N., Macfarlane D.J., Guo B., Cheung B.M.Y., McGhee S., Chou K.L., Deeks J.J., Lam T.H. and Tomlinson B., Health promotion in older Chinese: a 12-month cluster randomized controlled trial of pedometry and "peer support", Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 2012, 44 (6): 1157-66.

Thomas G.N., Scragg R., Jiang C., Chan Y.H., Marz W., Pilz S., Kim H.C., Tomlinson B., Bosch J., Lam T.H., Cheung B.M.Y. and Cheng K.K., Hyperglycaemia and vitamin d: a systematic overview, Current Diabetes Review. 2012, 8(1): 18-31.

Tin S.P.P., Ho D.S.Y., Mak K.H., Wan K.L. and Lam T.H., Breakfast skipping and change in body mass index in young children, International Journal of Obesity. 2011, 35(7): 899-906.

Tin S.P.P., Ho D.S.Y., Mak K.H., Wan K.L. and Lam T.H., Does skipping breakfast affect self-esteem? Prospective evidence from Hong Kong primary school children (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Tin S.P.P., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Health problems and intention to quit smoking in Hong Kong adolescent current smokers (abstract), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011, 79.

Tin S.P.P., Ho D.S.Y., Wan K.L., Mak K.H. and Lam T.H., Which aspects of self-esteem are affected by body weight? Prospective evidence from Hong Kong primary school children (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.21: 127.

Tsukinoki R., Murakami Y., Huxley R., Ohkubo T., Fang X.H., Suh I., Ueshima H., Lam T.H. and Woodward M., Does body mass index impact on the relationship between systolic blood pressure and cardiovascular disease?: Meta-analysis of 419 488 individuals from the Asia Pacific cohort studies collaboration, Stroke. 2012, 43(6): 1478-83.

Tsukinoki R., Murakami Y., Huxley R., Lam T.H., Fang X., Suh I., Ohkubo T., Ueshima H. and Woodward M., Impact of excess weight on the relationship between blood pressure and cardiovascular disease; The Asia Pacific Cohort Studies collaboration (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A307.

Vackova D., Johnston J.M., Hedley A.J. and Lam T.H., The University of Hong Kong MBBS Year 3 tuberculosis clerkship (abstract), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011, 96.

Wan S.F., Chan S.S.C., Tan K.C.B. and Lam T.H., The association between smoking and HbA1c level among type II diabetic patients: A systematic review, The 5th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, Taipei, Taiwan, 4-5 September. 2011, 195.

Wan S.F., Lam T.H., Tan K.C.B. and Chan S.S.C., Understanding the Association of Active and Passive Smoking with HbA1c level and the Number of Diabetes-related Complications in Type II Diabetic Patients: A Cross-sectional Study, 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, December 7 & 8, 2011. Hong Kong.

Wan Y.Y., Fong D.Y.T., Cheung K.M.C., Cheng J.C.Y., Lam T.H., Ng B.K.W., Mak K.H. and Luk K.D.K., Age-Period-Cohort Analysis of the Need of Surgery in Patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis, 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, December 7 & 8, 2011. Hong Kong.

Wang C., Yang G.H., Lam T.H., Weng X.Z., Xu Y.J., Xiao D., Yang J., Liu X.S., Pang B.S. and Wan X., 二等奖：中國吸煙流行病學、健康危害與干預措施研究, 2011年中华医学科技奖. Chinese Medical Association, 2011.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S., Lai M.K. and Lam T.H., 青少年吸煙與較差自評健康之關係 (abstract and poster presentation), 5th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 4-6 September 2011, Taipei. Taipei, John Tung Foundation, 2011, 199.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Thomas G.N., Mak K.H. and Lam T.H., Combined impact of lifestyle risk factors on respiratory mortality among Hong Kong Chinese – Lifestyle and mortality study (abstract), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011, 53.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Parental smoking, exposure to secondhand smoke at home, and smoking initiation among young children, Nicotine & Tobacco Research . 2011, 13(9): 827-832.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Smoking family, secondhand smoke at home and smoking among adolescents in Hong Kong (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.23: 210.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Smoking family, secondhand smoke exposure at home, and nicotine addiction among adolescent smokers, Addictive Behaviors. 2012, 37(6): 743-746.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S., Lai M.K. and Lam T.H., Smoking is associated with poor self-rated health among adolescents in Hong Kong, Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 2012, 14(6): 682-7.

West D.A., Leung G.M., Jiang C., Elwell-Sutton T.M., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K. and Schooling C.M., Life-course origins of social inequalities in adult immune cell markers of inflammation in a developing southern Chinese population: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, BMC Public Health. 2012, 12(1): 269.

Wong C.M., Yang L., Chan K.P., Song L., Lai H.K., Thach T.Q., Ho L.M., Lam T.H. and Peiris J.S.M., Effect modifications of smoking on risk of mortality associated with influenza (abstract), International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, 13-16 September 2011, Barcelona. Barcelona, ISEE, 2011.

Wong C.M., Ou C., Thach T.Q., Chan K.P., Chau Y.K., Chung R.Y.N., Lam T.H. and Hedley A.J., Excess risk of mortality associated with air pollution and different lifestyles - The implications for public health interventions (abstract), 3rd International Workshop on Regional Air Quality Improvement in Rapidly Developing Economic Regions on 12-13 November 2011 in Guangzhou. Guangzhou, South China University of Technology, 2011, 92-93.

Wong C.N., Chan S.S.C., Fong D.Y.T., Leung A.Y.M., Lam D.O.B. and Lam T.H., Quitting trajectories of Chinese youth smokers following telephone smoking cessation counseling: a longitudinal study, Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 2011, 13: 848-859.

Wong C.N., Chan S.S.C. and Lam T.H., The impact of tobacco tax increase towards youth smokers who called the Youth Quitline in Hong Kong, The 5th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, Taipei, Taiwan, 4-6 September. 2011, 123-124.

Wong T.W., Griffith S., Hedley A.J. and Lam T.H., A letter to candidates for the post of Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (letter), Physician, Pharmacist, People. 2012, 129: 44-45.

Woo Y.C., Tso A.W.K., Xu A., Law S.C., Fong H.Y., Lam T.H., Lo S.V., Wat N.M.S., Cheung B.M.Y. and Lam K.S.L., Combined use of serum adiponectin and tumor necrosis factor-alpha receptor 2 levels was comparable to 2-hour post-load glucose in diabetes prediction, PLoS One. 2012, 7(5): e36868.

Woo Y.C., Tso A.W.K., Xu A., Law S.C., Lam T.H., Lo S.V., Wat N.M.S., Cheung B.M.Y. and Lam K.S.L., Serum adiponectin in relation to other obesity-related biomarkers in predicting type 2 diabetes: a 5-year prospective study, Hong Kong Medical Journal. Presented at the Seventeenth Medical Research Conference, Hong Kong 2012. 18 (S1): 57.

Xia W., She S.Z. and Lam T.H., Medical versus surgical abortion methods for pregnancy in China: A cost-minimization analysis, Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation. 2011, 72(4): 257-263.

Xie Y., Chan S.S.C., Viswanath K. and Lam T.H., The Hong Kong Family and Health Information Trends Survey (HK-FHINTS): Changes of Health Information Seeking Behaviors from 2009 to 2010, 2nd Asia-Pacific Conference on Health Promotion and Education (APHPE). Taipei, Taiwan. 4 - 6 May . Taipei, Taiwan., 2012.

Xu L., Chan W.M., Hui Y.F. and Lam T.H., Association between HbA1c and cardiovascular disease mortality in older Hong Kong Chinese with diabetes, Diabetic Medicine. 2012, 29(3): 393-398.

Xu L., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Zhang W., Thomas G.N. and Cheng K.K., Dose-response relation between physical activity and cognitive function: Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Annals of Epidemiology. 2011, 21(11): 857-863.

Yang H.C., Liang Y.J., Chen J.W., Chiang K.M., Chung C.M., Ho H.Y., Ting C.T., Lin T.H., Sheu S.H., Tsai W.C., Chen J.H., Leu H.B., Yin W.H., Chiu T.Y., Chern C.I., Lin S.J., Tomlinson B., Guo Y., Sham P.C., Cherny S.S., Lam T.H., Thomas G.N. and Pan W.H., Identification of IGF1, SLC4A4, WWOX, and SFMBT1 as Hypertension Susceptibility Genes in Han Chinese with a Genome-Wide Gene-Based Association Study, PLoS One. 2012, 7(3).

Yang L., Chan K.P., Chan W.M., Song L., Lai H.K., Thach T.Q., Ho L.M., Lam T.H., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Effect of exercise on mortality risk associated with influenza: Evidence from an elderly cohort in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, A110P.

Yu H.Y., Woo J., Chan R., Sham A., Ho S., Tso A.W.K., Cheung B.M.Y., Lam T.H. and Lam K.S.L., Relationship between dietary intake and the development of type 2 diabetes in a Chinese population: the Hong Kong Dietary Survey, Public Health Nutrition 2011 . 2011, 14 (7): 1133-1141.

Yu X., Stewart S.M., Wong P.T.K. and Lam T.H., Screening for depression with the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2) among the general population in Hong Kong, Journal of Affective Disorders. 2011, 134(1-3): 444-447.

Yu X., Tam W.W.S., Wong P.T.K., Lam T.H. and Stewart S.M., The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 for measuring depressive symptoms among the general population in Hong Kong, Comprehensive Psychiatry. 2012, 53(1): 95-102.

Yu Y.Y., Tam W.W.S. and Lam T.H., Harmony in family relations: Exploratory analysis in search of a harmony scale (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A316.

Zhang J.Y., Chan S.S.C., Fong D.Y.T., Malone R.E. and Lam T.H., The social context of smoking cessation in China: An exploratory interview study, Tobacco Control. 2012, Jan; 21(1): 57-58.

Zhou J., Johnston J.M., Chan W.M., Hui Y.F., Ng P.S., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Self-related health and mortality in a prospective Chinese elderly cohort (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A219.

Zhou Q., Chan S.S.C., Miu M. and Lam T.H., Promoting Family Communication through a Happy Family Cookbook: The Happy Family Kitchen Project, 2nd Asia-Pacific Conference on Health Promotion and Education (APHPE), May 4-6, Taiwan. 2012.

Zhou X., Lam T.H., Ng C.S.M., Wong C.N. and Chan S.S.C., Sick Chinese School-Age Children’s Behaviours in Response to Second Hand Smoke Exposure: A Qualitative Study, 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, December 7 & 8, 2011. Hong Kong.

Researcher : Lam WWT

Project Title:	The effect of decision aids on treatment decision making for breast cancer surgery: A randomized controlled trial
Investigator(s):	Lam WWT, Fielding R, Cowling BJ
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Health Services Research Fund - Full Grants
Start Date:	12/2009
Completion Date:	11/2011

Project Title:	A longitudinal study of psychosocial needs, physical and psychological distress of Chinese women with advanced breast cancer: a 2nd year follow-up
Investigator(s):	Lam WWT, Fielding R, Tsang JWH, Kwong A, Suen TKD
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Hong Kong Cancer Fund - General Award
Start Date:	06/2010

Project Title:	Assessing unmet needs in different groups of cancer patients once treatment ends
Investigator(s):	Lam WWT, Fielding R, Tsang JWH
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Hong Kong Cancer Fund - General Award
Start Date:	06/2010

Project Title:	The role of goal adjustment on psychological well-being among women diagnosed with advanced breast cancer: a longitudinal study
Investigator(s):	Lam WWT, Fong DYT, Ho MY, Tsang JWH
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	10/2010

Project Title:	A longitudinal study of psychosocial needs, physical symptom distress, and psychological distress of Chinese patients with colorectal cancer
Investigator(s):	Lam WWT, Fielding R, Law WL, Fong DYT
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Health Services Research Fund - Full Grants
Start Date:	01/2011

Project Title:	Optimizing patient decision making for primary surgical breast cancer treatment: Stage 2: two studies of enhanced physician communication and nurse disclosure of diagnosis
Investigator(s):	Lam WWT, Fielding R, Chan S, Chiu AWK
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Hong Kong Cancer Fund - General Award
Start Date:	04/2011

Project Title:	Supportive care needs in cancer patients
Investigator(s):	Lam WWT, Fielding R, Tsang JWH, Kwong A, Suen TKD, Law WL, Poon TCJ
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Hong Kong Cancer Fund - General Award
Start Date:	04/2011

Project Title:	IPOS 13th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology Patterns of changes in body image and sexuality among Chinese women diagnosed with breast cancer Interpreting patterns in Supportive Care Needs between breast and colorectal cancers
Investigator(s):	Lam WWT
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	10/2011
Completion Date:	10/2011

List of Research Outputs

Au A.H.Y., Lam W.W.T., Tsang J.W.H., Yau T.K., Soong S.I., Yeo W., Suen J., Ho W.M., Wong K.Y., Kwong A., Suen T.K.D., Sze W.K., Ng A., Girgis A. and Fielding R., Support care needs in Hong Kong Chinese women confronting advanced breast cancer, Psychooncology. 2012.

Au H.Y.A., Lam W.W.T., Tsang J.W.H., Yau T.K., Yau T.K., Soong I., Yeo W., Suen J., Ho W.M., Wong K.Y., Kwong A., Suen D.T.K., Sze W.K., Ng A., Girgis A. and Fielding R., Change patterns in supportive care needs among women diagnosed with advanced breast cancer (abstract), 18th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress, 3-5 November 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Centre for Cancer Research, University of Hong Kong, 2011, A76.

Au H.Y.A., Lam W.W.T., Tsang J.W.H., Yau T.K., Soong I., Yeo W., Suen J., Ho W.M., Wong K.Y., Kwong A., Suen D.T.K., Sze W.K., Ng A., Girgis A. and Fielding R., Change patterns of supportive care needs among women diagnosed with advanced breast cancer (abstract and powerpoint presentation), 18th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress, 3-5 November 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Centre for Cancer Research, University of Hong Kong, 2011.

Au H.Y.A., Lam W.W.T., Chan M.C.M., Or A.Y.M., Kwong A., Suen D.T.K., Wong A.L., Juraskova I., Wong W.T.T. and Fielding R., Development and pilot-testing of a decision aid for use among Chinese women facing breast cancer surgery, Health Expectations. 2011, 14(4): 405-416.

Au H.Y.A. and Lam W.W.T., Identifying unmet supportive care needs in Hong Kong Chinese women diagnosed with advanced breast cancer (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.01: 97.

Au H.Y.A., Lam W.W.T., Cheung O.K.Y., Tsang J.W.H., Yau T.K., Soong I., Yeo W., Suen J., Ho W.M., Wong K.Y., Kwong A., Suen D.T.K., Sze W.K., Ng A., Girgis A. and Fielding R., Unmet supportive care needs in Hong Kong Chinese women confronting advanced breast cancer (abstract and poster presentations), Psycho-Oncology Supplement: Abstracts for the 13th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, 16–20 October 2011, Antalya, Turkey. 2011, 20(Suppl 2): 198-199.

Au H.Y.A., Lam W.W.T., Kwong A., Suen D.T.K., Tsang J.W.H., Yeo W., Suen J., Ho W.M., Yau T.K., Soong I., Wong K.Y., Sze W.K., Ng A., Girgis A. and Fielding R., Validation of the Chinese version of the short-form supportive Care Needs Survey Questionnaire (SCNS-SF34-C), Psycho-Oncology. 2011, 20(12): 1292-1300.

Fielding R., Chan G.C.F. and Lam W.W.T., Health-related quality of life assessment for Hong Kong Chinese children with cancer, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2011, 17(Suppl 6): S13-S16.

Fielding R. and Lam W.W.T., Psycho-oncology in underserved and minority populations, In: L Grassi, M Riba, Clinical psycho-oncology: An international perspective. A John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2012, 165-83.

Lam W.W.T., Shing Y.T., Bonanno G.A., Mancini A.D. and Fielding R., Distress trajectories at the first year diagnosis of breast cancer in relation to 6 years survivorship (pages 90–99), Psycho-Oncology. 2012, 21(1): 90-99.

Lam W.W.T., Effective communication skills enhancing health care provider-patient relationship, Asian Breast Disease Association: the 10th ABDA Teaching course and workshop.. 2012.

Lam W.W.T., Chan M., Or A. and Fielding R., P2-82: Targeted screening for distress: Identifying who is at risk (poster presentation), "Honorable Mention" for the IPOS 13th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology. Antalya, Turkey, International Psycho-Oncology Society, 2011.

Lam W.W.T., Li W.Y., Chan M., Or A. and Fielding R., Patterns of changes in body image and sexuality among Chinese women diagnosed with breast cancer (abstract and oral presentations), Psycho-Oncology Supplement: Abstracts for the 13th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, 16–20 October 2011, Antalya, Turkey. 2011, 20(Suppl 2): 32-33.

Lam W.W.T., Psychosocial impact of breast cancer, Asia Pacific Organization for Cancer Prevention 6th General Assembly. 2012.

Lam W.W.T., Chan M., Or A. and Fielding R., Targeted screening for distress: Identifying who is at risk (abstract and poster presentations), Psycho-Oncology Supplement: Abstracts for the 13th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, 16–20 October 2011, Antalya, Turkey. 2011, 20(Suppl 2): 241.

Lam W.W.T., The effect of culture in decision making among cancer patients (abstract and oral presentation), 21st Asia Pacific Cancer Conference, 10-12 November 2011, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Malaysian Oncological Society, 2011.

Lam W.W.T., The effect of culture in decision making among cancer patients, 21st Asia Pacific Cancer Conference. 2011.

Lam W.W.T., Li W.Y., Bonanno G.A., Mancini A.D., Chan M., Or A. and Fielding R., Trajectories of body image and sexuality during the ﬁrst year following diagnosis of breast cancer and their relationship to 6 years psychosocial outcomes , Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. Springer, 2012, 131: 957-967.

Lam W.W.T., Au H.Y.A., Wong J.H.F., Lehmann C., Koch U., Fielding R. and Mehnert A., Unmet supportive care needs: A cross-cultural comparison between Hong Kong Chinese and German Caucasian women with breast cancer, Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 2011, 130(2): 531-541.

Li W.Y., Lam W.W.T., Au A.H.Y., Ye M., Law W.L., Poon J.T.C., Kwong A., Suen D.T.K., Tsang J.Y.S., Girgis A. and Fielding R., Interpreting differences in patterns of supportive care needs between patients with breast cancer and patients with colorectal cancer, Psychooncology. 2012, Epub ahead of print.

Li W.Y., Lam W.W.T., Law W.L., Poon J.T.C., Kwong A., Suen D.T.K. and Fielding R., Interpreting patterns in supportive care needs between breast and colorectal cancers (abstract and poster presentations), Psycho-Oncology Supplement: Abstracts for the 13th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, 16–20 October 2011, Antalya, Turkey. 2011, 20(Suppl 2): 230-231.

Liao Q., Cowling B.J., Lam W.W.T. and Fielding R., Changing perception of avian influenza risk, Hong Kong, 2006-2010 (letter), Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2011, 17(12): 2379-2380.

Powell R., Butow P., Bu S., Charles C., Gafni A., Lam W.W.T., Shepherd H., McCaffery K., Jansen J., Tattersall M. and Juraskova I., Doctor-patient-family communication and decision-making: a systematic review of cancer consultations (abstract and oral presentations), Psycho-Oncology Supplement: Abstracts for the 13th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, 16–20 October 2011, Antalya, Turkey. 2011, 20(Suppl 2): 63-64.

Powell R., Butow P., Bu S., Charles C., Gafni A., Lam W.W.T., Shepherd H., McCaffery K., Jansen J., Tattersall M. and Juraskova I., Good things come in threes? Patient, family, and health professional experiences of triadic communication and decision making in cancer consultations (abstract and oral presentations), Psycho-Oncology Supplement: Abstracts for the 13th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, 16–20 October 2011, Antalya, Turkey. 2011, 20(Suppl 2): 98-99.

So W.K.W., Choi K.C., Chan D.N.S., Chan C.W.H., Shiu A.T.Y., Ho S.S.S., Chan H.Y.L., Lam W.W.T., Cheng K.K.F. and Goggins W.B., Colorectal cancer testing and associated factors among older Chinese adults (letter), Preventive Medicine. 2012, 54(1): 104-105.

Wang D., Lam W.W.T., Wu J.T.K. and Fielding R., Parental decision making on HPV vaccination: A systematic review of qualitative studies (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Researcher : Lau CW

List of Research Outputs

Johnston J.M., Lau C.W. and Chiu A., Hospital accreditation and its impact on patient satisfaction with hospital-based care (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Johnston J.M., Lau C.W. and Chiu A.H., Staff perception of hospital accreditation on clinical governance, quality of care, organizational culture and staff attitudes to healthcare quality (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Researcher : Lau EHY

Project Title:	Digital dashboard design for public health surveillance
Investigator(s):	Lau EHY, Cowling BJ, Ho LM, Leung GM
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases - Full Grants
Start Date:	09/2008

Project Title:	The transmission of tuberculosis in Hong Kong: role of demographic factors and relative contribution of primary infection, exogenous reinfection and endogenous reactivation
Investigator(s):	Lau EHY, Cowling BJ, Riley S
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases - Full Grants
Start Date:	09/2009

Project Title:	Third International Conference on Infectious Disease Dynamics (Epidemics3 2011) Multi-stream Influenza Surveillance for Situational Awareness
Investigator(s):	Lau EHY
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	11/2011
Completion Date:	12/2011

List of Research Outputs

Cheng K.Y., Ip D.K.M., Cowling B.J., Ho L.M., Leung G.M. and Lau E.H.Y., Digital dashboard design using multiple data streams for disease surveillance with influenza surveillance as an example, Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2011, 13(4): e85.

Cheng K.Y., Cowling B.J., Lau E.H.Y., Ho L.M., Leung G.M. and Ip D.K.M., Electronic school absenteeism monitoring and influenza surveillance, Hong Kong (Letter), Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2012, 18(5): 885-887.

Cheng K.Y., Lau E.H.Y., Ip D.K.M., Ho L.M., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Multiple data streams for influenza surveillance (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.04: 196.

Cheng K.Y., Lau E.H.Y., Ip D.K.M., Ho L.M., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Using multiple data streams for influenza surveillance in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Ip D.K.M., Lau E.H.Y., Ho L.M., Cowling B.J. and Kwok H.K.H., The impact of influenza pandemic (H1N1) 2009 on sickness-absence and productivity loss among healthcare workers in Hong Kong. (Abstract and poster presentation), Workshop on Health and Economic Impact of Influenza, 5-7 June 2012, Bali, Indonesia, 2012. Bali, Indonesia, WHO and U.S. Department of Health, and Human Services.

Lau E.H.Y., Cowling B.J., Ho L.M. and Cheng K.Y., Multi-stream influenza surveillance for situational awareness (abstract and oral presentation), Emerging Health Threats Journal Supplements: International Society for Disease Surveillance 10th Annual Conference, 6-8 December 2011, Atlanta, USA. 2011, 4: 11029.

Lau E.H.Y., Cowling B.J., Ho L.M. and Cheng K.Y., Multi-stream influenza surveillance for situational awareness (abstract and oral presentation), International Society for Disease Surveillance, 10th Annual Conference, 6-8 December 2011, Atlanta, USA. Atlanta, International Society for Disease Surveillance, 2011, 80.

Lau E.H.Y., Cheng K.Y., Ip D.K.M. and Cowling B.J., Multi-stream influenza surveillance for situational awareness (oral presentation), Epidemics 3 - Third International Conference on Infectious Disease Dynamics, 29 November - 2 December 2011, Boston, USA. Boston, USA, Elsevier, 2011.

Lau E.H.Y., He X., Wu J.T.K. and Lee C.K., Predicting future blood demand in Thalassemia patients in Hong Kong Chinese (abstract and oral presentation) , 22nd Regional Congress of the International Society of Blood Transfusion, 20-23 November 2011, Taipei, Taiwan. Taipei, Taiwan, International Society of Blood Transfusion, 2011, 5A-S19-03: 35-36.

Lau E.H.Y., Cheng K.Y., Ip D.K.M. and Cowling B.J., Situational awareness of influenza activity based on multiple streams of surveillance data using multivariate dynamic linear model, PLoS One. 2012, 7(5): e38346.

Wu P., Cowling B.J., Leung C.C., Tam C.M., Leung G.M. and Lau E.H.Y., Effects of pharmaceutical interventions on tuberculosis transmission dynamics in a developed Chinese city (abstract), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011, 55.

Wu P., Lau E.H.Y., Cowling B.J., Leung C.C., Tam C.M. and Leung G.M., The long-term transmission dynamics of tuberculosis in Hong Kong (abstract), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011, 56.

Researcher : Lau HY

List of Research Outputs

Ho P.L., Chow K.H., Lai E.L.Y., Lau H.Y. and Cheng V.C.C., Extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-positive Escherichia coli mainly adds to, rather than replaces, extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-negative E. coli in causing bacteraemia in Hong Kong, 2000-10 , Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. England, London, New York, Academic Press, 2012, 67(3): 778-80.

Researcher : Lau LHL

List of Research Outputs

Cowling B.J., Nishiura H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M. and Lau L.H.L., Transmission of 2009 pandemic H1N1 in households: A systematic review (abstract), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, A307P.

Lau L.H.L., Nishiura H., Kelly H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Household transmission studies of the 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) virus: A systematic review (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Lau L.H.L., Fang J., Chan K.H., Cheng K.Y., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Influenza viral loads and infectivity (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.16: 204.

Zhou Y., Ng M.W., Seto W.H., Ip D.K.M., Kwok H.K.H., Ma S.K., Ng S., Lau L.H.L., Wu J.T.K., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Seroprevalence of antibody to pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 among healthcare workers after the first wave in Hong Kong, Journal of Hospital Infection. 2011, 78(4): 308-311.

Zhou Y., Ng M.W., Seto W.H., Ip D.K.M., Kwok H.K.H., Ma S.K., Ng S., Lau L.H.L., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Seroprevalence of pandemic H1N1 antibody among health care workers in Hong Kong following receipt of monovalent 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine, PLoS One. 2011, 6(11): e27169.

Zhou Y., Ng M.W., Seto W.H., Ip D.K.M., Kwok H.K.H., Ma S.K., Ng S., Lau L.H.L., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Suboptimal immunogenicity among healthcare workers after receipt of the monovalent 2009 influenza A(N1N1) vaccine (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Researcher : Lau SY

List of Research Outputs

Lam E.H.Y., Cowling B.J., Cook A.R., Wong Y.T., Lau S.Y. and Nishiura H., The feasibility of age-specific travel restrictions during influenza pandemics, Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling. 2011, 8: 44.

Researcher : Lau WLE

List of Research Outputs

Lau W.L.E., Tin Y.K., Tin Y.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., A Temporal decomposition of the evolution of disparities in health in a recently developed population using an age-period-cohort model (abstract and oral presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011, Free paper 2.

Lau W.L.E., Tin Y.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Income inequality and cause-specific mortality during economic development (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A124.

Lau W.L.E., Schooling C.M., Tin Y.K. and Leung G.M., Income inequality and cause-specific mortality during economic development, Annals of Epidemiology. 2012, 22(4): 285-294.

Researcher : Lee CH

List of Research Outputs

Chau P.H., Chen J., Woo J., Cheung W.L., Chan K.C., Cheung S.H., Lee C.H. and McGhee S., Trends of Disease Burden Consequent to Chronic Lung Disease in Older Persons in Hong Kong: Implications of Population Ageing. Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Jockey Club, 2011, 1-108.

Researcher : Lee EST

List of Research Outputs

Ng S., Wu P., Nishiura H., Ip D.K.M., Lee E.S.T. and Cowling B.J., A policy analysis on national seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccine target groups before, during and after the 2009 pandemic (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.20: 207.

Ng S., Wu P., Nishiura H., Ip D.K.M., Lee E.S.T. and Cowling B.J., An analysis of national target groups for monovalent 2009 pandemic influenza vaccine and trivalent seasonal influenza vaccines in 2009-10 and 2010-11, BMC Infectious Diseases. 2011, 11: 230.

Ng S., Wu P., Nishiura H., Ip D.K.M., Lee E.S.T. and Cowling B.J., Global peri-pandemic changes in national policy on target recipients of influenza vaccines (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Researcher : Lee ESY

List of Research Outputs

Ng S., Wu P., Nishiura H., Ip D.K.M., Lee E.S.Y. and Cowling B.J., An analysis of target recipient groups for monovalent 2009 pandemic influenza vaccine and trivalent seasonal influenza vaccines in 2009-10 and 2020-2011 (abstract), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, A513P.

Researcher : Lee H

Project Title:	The 2012 Annual Meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Physical activity as a protective factor for health-related quality of life among people experiencing stressful life events
Investigator(s):	Lee H
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	05/2012

List of Research Outputs

Chan B.H.Y., McDowell I.W., Nan H., Lee H. and Lam T.H., Perceived social cohesion and education: Individual and combined effects on daily smoking and heavier drinking in Hong Kong Chinese females and males (abstract and poster presentation), 4th Annual Symposium cum Training Workshop, 24 May 2012, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, 2012, 20.

Lee H., Yu Y.Y., McDowell I., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Stewart S.M., Performance of the international physical activity questionnaire (short form) in subgroups of the Hong Kong Chinese population, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 2011, 8: 81.

Lee H., Nan H., Chan B.H.Y., McDowell I.W., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., Physical activity as a protective factor for health-related quality of life among people experiencing stressful life events (abstract and poster presentation), 4th Annual Symposium cum Training Workshop, 24 May 2012, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, 2012, 26.

Lee H., Macfarlane D.J., Lam T.H. and Stewart S.M., Validity of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form (IPAQ-SF): A systematic review, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 2011, 8: 115.

Nan H., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., McDowell I.W., Lam T.H. and Stewart S.M., Family satisfaction, chronic conditions and depressive symptoms in a community sample: The Hong FAMILY project (abstract and poster presentation), 4th Annual Symposium cum Training Workshop, 24 May 2012, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, 2012, 27.

Nan H., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., McDowell I.W., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., Family satisfaction, chronic diseases and depressive symptoms in a community sample: The Hong Kong family project (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Researcher : Leung C

List of Research Outputs

Leung C. and Lam T.H., Unintentional childhood injury in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.13: 123.

Researcher : Leung CC

List of Research Outputs

Leung C.C., Lam T.H., Yew W.W., Law W.S., Tam C.M., Chang K.C., McGhee S., Tam S.Y. and Chan K.F., Obstructive lung disease does not increase lung cancer mortality among female never-smokers in Hong Kong, International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 2012, 16(4): 546-52.

Wu P., Cowling B.J., Leung C.C., Tam C.M., Leung G.M. and Lau E.H.Y., Effects of pharmaceutical interventions on tuberculosis transmission dynamics in a developed Chinese city (abstract), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011, 55.

Wu P., Lau E.H.Y., Cowling B.J., Leung C.C., Tam C.M. and Leung G.M., The long-term transmission dynamics of tuberculosis in Hong Kong (abstract), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011, 56.

Researcher : Leung GM

Project Title:	Evidence-based practice (EBP) learning in the undergraduate medical curriculum - where is the evidence?
Investigator(s):	Leung GM, Fielding R, Ho LM, Johnston JM, Lam TH
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Leung Kau Kui Research and Teaching Endowment Fund - Teaching Grants
Start Date:	01/2003

Project Title:	A controlled trial of masks and hand hygiene for reducing influenza transmission
Investigator(s):	Leung GM, Cowling BJ, Peiris JSM, Ho LM
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID)
Start Date:	09/2006

List of Research Outputs

Au Y.S.L.R., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., ALDH2 is a valid instrument for Mendelian randomization studies in alcohol epidemiology - The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A68.

Au Y.S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Cowling B.J., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Moderate alcohol use and cardiovascular risk factors among men using a mendelian randomization design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.02: 194.

Au Y.S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Cowling B.J., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H. and Leung G.M., Moderate alcohol use and cardiovascular risk factors among men using a mendelian randomization design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and oral presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Au Y.S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Moderate alcohol use and cognitive function among men using a mendelian randomization design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Au Yeung R.S.L., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Evaluation of moderate alcohol use and cognitive function among men using a mendelian randomization design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2012, 175(10): 1021-8.

Chan S.S.C., Wong C.N., Yau J.P.L., Leung G.M., Fong D.Y.T., Leung S., Emmons K., Leung A.Y.M. and Lam T.H., A family smoking cessation intervention for parents of children 0-18 months: A randomized controlled trial, The 2nd Asia Pacific Conference on Health Promotion and Education, Taipei, Taiwan, 5-8 May. 2012.

Chan S.S.C., Yau J., Leung A.Y.M., Leung G.M., Emmons K., Leung S. and Lam T.H., A randomized controlled trial (RCT) of a family intervention to reduce SHS exposure at home. (Poster presentation), The Eleventh Scientific Symposium of Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute (FAMRI), Miami, USA. 2 May. 2012.

Chan S.S.C., Leung C.S.M., Yau J.P.L., Leung A.Y.M., Leung G.M., Emmons K., Koh D., Ng V. and Lam T.H., An Evaluation of a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Family Intervention for Smoking Fathers to Quit in Hong Kong: A 12-months Follow-Up (Poster Presentation), The 13th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Europe, Antalya, Turkey. 8-11 September. 2011.

Chan S.S.C., Leung D.Y.P., Yau J.P.L., Leung A.Y.M., Leung G.M., Emmons K. and Lam T.H., Impact of the smokefree legislation on smoking behavior and attitudes of quitting among fathers with infants under 18-months in Hong Kong: A cross-sectional study (Poster presentation), IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, Edinburgh, Scotland, 7-11 August. 2011.

Chan S.S.C., Lam T.H. and Leung G.M., Promoting women's health: A gender-specific smoking cessation program for female smokers in Hong Kong, Health Promotion Symposium 2011, November 18. Hong Kong, Food and Health Bureau, 2011, 32-33.

Chan S.S.C., Yau J., Leung A.Y.M., Leung G.M., Emmons K., Leung S. and Lam T.H., Protecting children and mothers against SHS exposure at home: a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of a family intervention (Oral Presentation), The 15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 21-24 March. 2012.

Chan S.S.C., Wong C.N., Yau J.P.L., Leung G.M., Fong D.Y.T., Leung S., Emmons K., Leung A.Y.M. and Lam T.H., Smoking hazards prevention and health promotion (Oral Presentation), The 2nd Asia Pacific Conference on Health Promotion and Education, Taipei, Taiwan. 5-8 May. 2012.

Chan S.S.C., Ng C.S.M., Leung D.Y.P., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., The implementation of the smoke-free legislation in Hong Kong: The non-smokers’ views (Poster Presentation), The 5th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, Taipei, Taiwan. 4-5 September. 2011.

Cheng K.Y., Ip D.K.M., Cowling B.J., Ho L.M., Leung G.M. and Lau E.H.Y., Digital dashboard design using multiple data streams for disease surveillance with influenza surveillance as an example, Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2011, 13(4): e85.

Cheng K.Y., Cowling B.J., Lau E.H.Y., Ho L.M., Leung G.M. and Ip D.K.M., Electronic school absenteeism monitoring and influenza surveillance, Hong Kong (Letter), Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2012, 18(5): 885-887.

Cheng K.Y., Lau E.H.Y., Ip D.K.M., Ho L.M., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Multiple data streams for influenza surveillance (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.04: 196.

Cheng K.Y., Lau E.H.Y., Ip D.K.M., Ho L.M., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Using multiple data streams for influenza surveillance in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Chung R.Y.N., Leung G.M., Cowling B.J. and Schooling C.M., Patterns of infection-related cancers in a rapidly developed Chinese population. An age-period-cohort analysis (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A209.

Chung R.Y.N., Schooling C.M., Cowling B.J. and Leung G.M., Socioeconomic development and sex differences in ischaemic heart disease mortality. An age-period-cohort analysis of the Hong Kong Chinese (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A296.

Cowling B.J., Klick B.A., Ng S., Fang J., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Nishiura H., Estimation of household and community transmission parameters of seasonal and pandemic influenza in a cohort of households in Hong Kong (abstract), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011.

Cowling B.J., Fang J., Nishiura H., Chan K.H., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Chiu S.S.S., Leung G.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Increased risk of non-influenza respiratory virus infections associated with receipt of inactivated influenza vaccine, Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2012, 54(12): 1778-83.

Cowling B.J., Nishiura H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M. and Lau L.H.L., Transmission of 2009 pandemic H1N1 in households: A systematic review (abstract), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, A307P.

Elwell-Sutton T.M., Jiang C., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Inequality and inequity in access to health care and treatment for chronic conditions in China: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and oral presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011, Free paper 1.

Elwell-Sutton T.M., Jiang C., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Inequality and inequity in access to health care and treatment of non-communicable diseases in China: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.11: 200.

Elwell-Sutton T.M., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Socioeconomic influences at different life stages on self-rated health in Guangzhou, China (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A331.

Gray S. and Leung G.M., "Out of confusion as the way is......." Dylan Thomas (Editorial), Journal of Public Health. 2012, 34(1): 1.

Gray S. and Leung G.M., Modern life is rubbish (editorial), Journal of Public Health. 2011, 33(3): 331.

Heys M., Lin S., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Infant and childhood growth and blood pressure in adolescence: Evidence from Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Heys M., Jiang C.Q., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Au Y.S.L.R., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Life long endogenous estrogen exposure and later adulthood cognitive function in a population of naturally postmenopausal women from Southern China: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2011, 36(6): 864-873.

Hui L.L., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., Birth order, gestational age and birth weight and the age at onset of puberty: evidence from Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A396.

Hui L.L., Wong M.Y., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Infant growth and onset of puberty: Prospective observations from Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" birth cohort, Annals of Epidemiology. 2012, 22(1): 43-50.

Hui L.L., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Inter-generational influences on age at onset of puberty: Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" birth cohort, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2012, 41(1): 292-300.

Hui L.L., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Premature birth and age at onset of puberty, Epidemiology. 2012, 23(3): 415-422.

Ip D.K.M., Schutten M., Fang J., Fung R.O.P., Dutkowski R.T., Chan K.H., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Validation of self-swab for virologic confirmation of influenza virus infections in a community setting, Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2012, 205(4): 631-634.

Kavikondala S., Jiang C., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Intergenerational influences on diabetes in a developing population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, American Journal of Human Biology . 2011, 23(6): 747-754.

Klick B.A., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Optimal design of studies of influenza transmission in households. I: Case-ascertained studies, Epidemiology and Infection. 2012, 140(1): 106-114.

Klick B.A., Nishiura H., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Transmissibility of seasonal and pandemic influenza in a cohort of households in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.08: 120.

Klick B.A., Nishiura H., Ng S., Fang J., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Transmissibility of seasonal and pandemic influenza in a cohort of households in Hong Kong in 2009, Epidemiology. 2011, 22(6): 793-796.

Kwok K.O., Leung G.M. and Riley S., Modelling the proportion of influenza infections within households during pandemic and non-pandemic years, PLoS One. 2011, 6(7): e22089.

Kwok M.K., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Early life infections and pubertal onset: evidence from Hong Kong’s “children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A261.

Lau L.H.L., Nishiura H., Kelly H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Household transmission studies of the 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) virus: A systematic review (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Lau L.H.L., Fang J., Chan K.H., Cheng K.Y., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Influenza viral loads and infectivity (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.16: 204.

Lau W.L.E., Tin Y.K., Tin Y.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., A Temporal decomposition of the evolution of disparities in health in a recently developed population using an age-period-cohort model (abstract and oral presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011, Free paper 2.

Lau W.L.E., Tin Y.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Income inequality and cause-specific mortality during economic development (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A124.

Lau W.L.E., Schooling C.M., Tin Y.K. and Leung G.M., Income inequality and cause-specific mortality during economic development, Annals of Epidemiology. 2012, 22(4): 285-294.

Lee H., Yu Y.Y., McDowell I., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Stewart S.M., Performance of the international physical activity questionnaire (short form) in subgroups of the Hong Kong Chinese population, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 2011, 8: 81.

Lee H., Nan H., Chan B.H.Y., McDowell I.W., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., Physical activity as a protective factor for health-related quality of life among people experiencing stressful life events (abstract and poster presentation), 4th Annual Symposium cum Training Workshop, 24 May 2012, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, 2012, 26.

Leung G.M. and Gray S., Globe to globe: whither (local) public health? (editorial), Journal of Public Health. 2012, 34(2): 165-6.

Leung G.M. and Gray S., Rose and Lalonde in the age of genomics, epigenetics and disparities (Editorial), Journal of Public health. 2011, 33(4): 473-474.

Lin S., Leung G.M., Hui L.L., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Is informal child care associated with childhood obesity? Evidence form the Hong Kong’s “children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A126.

Lin S., Leung G.M., Hui L.L., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Is informal child care associated with childhood obesity? Evidence from Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" birth cohort, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2011, 40(5): 1238-1246.

Lin S., Lee S.L., Hui L.L., Au Y.S.L.R., Tse M.A., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Pubertal muscle mass and diabetes markers in Chinese adolescents: evidence from the Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A383.

Lin S., Lee S.L., Hui L.L., Au Y.S.L.R., Tse M.A., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Pubertal muscle mass and diabetes markers in Chinese adolescents, American Journal of Human Biology. 2012, 24(2): 183-185.

Lin S., Tarrant A.M., Hui L.L., Kwok M.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., The role of milk and dairy products in childhood obesity: evidence from the Hong Kong’s “children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract and oral presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A16.

Lin S., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Time of solid food introduction and childhood obesity: Evidence from Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Lin S., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Timing of solid food introduction and childhood obesity: Evidence from Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.15: 124.

Nan H., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., McDowell I.W., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., Family satisfaction, chronic diseases and depressive symptoms in a community sample: The Hong Kong family project (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Riley S., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Public health interventions to control the spread of a directly transmitted human pathogen within and between Hong Kong and Guangzhou, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2012, 18(Suppl 2): S37-S38.

Riley S., Leung G.M., Ho L.M. and Cowling B.J., Transmission of Japanese encephalitis virus in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2012, 18(Suppl 2): S45-S46.

Schooling C.M. and Leung G.M., Diabetes in Asia: A hypothesis (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A407.

Schooling C.M., McGhee S., Cowling B.J., Thomas G.N., Chan W.M., Ho K.S., Wong V.C.W. and Leung G.M., Influenza vaccination and hospitalisation in Elderly Health Centres, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2012, 18(Suppl 2): S4-S7.

Schooling C.M., Kavikondala S., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H. and Leung G.M., Intergenerational influences on diabetes in a developing population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A257.

Schooling C.M., Jones J.E. and Leung G.M., Lifecourse infectious origins of sexual inequalities in central adiposity, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2011, 40(6): 1556-1564.

Schooling C.M., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K. and Leung G.M., Liver function related viruses and diabetes in China (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A351.

Schooling C.M., Kavikondala S., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Wu K.M., Muscle mass is associated with diabetes in a developing population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A257.

Schooling C.M., Kwok M.K., Yau C.Y.S., Cowling B.J., Lam T.H. and Leung G.M., Spatial proximity and childhood hospital admissions in a densely populated conurbation: Evidence from Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" birth cohort, Health and Place. 2011, 17(5): 1038-1043.

Schooling C.M., Yau C.Y.S., Kwok M.K., Cowling B.J., Lam T.H. and Leung G.M., Spatial proximity and childhood hospital admissions in a densely populated conurbation: evidence fro m Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997”birth cohort (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A421.

Sun Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Leg length is associated with lower values of inflammatory markers in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 2.23: 91.

West D.A., Leung G.M., Jiang C., Elwell-Sutton T.M., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K. and Schooling C.M., Life-course origins of social inequalities in adult immune cell markers of inflammation in a developing southern Chinese population: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, BMC Public Health. 2012, 12(1): 269.

Wong O.L., Cowling B.J., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., An age-period-cohort analysis of mortality associated with bacterial diseases in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A170.

Wong O.L., Cowling B.J. and Leung G.M., Cost-effectiveness of breast cancer-related interventions among Chinese women in Hong Kong (abstract and oral presentation), 8th World Congress on Health Economics, 10-13 July 2011, Toronto. Toronto, International Health Economics Association, 2011.

Wong O.L., Tsang J.W.H., Cowling B.J. and Leung G.M., Resource allocation for breast cancer prevention and care in Hong Kong: A generalized cost-effectiveness analysis (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Wong O.L., Cowling B.J., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Trends in mortality from septicaemia and pneumonia with economic development: an age-period-cohort analysis, PLoS one. 2012, 7(6): e38988.

Wu J.T.K., Leung S.M., Ma S.K., Lee C.K., Chu K.W., Ho P.L., Hung I.F.N., Ho L.M., Lin C.K., Tsang T., Lo S.V., Lau Y.L., Leung G.M., Cowling B.J. and Peiris J.S.M., Characterizing the transmission dynamics and severity of the 2009 influenza pandemic in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Wu J.T.K., Ho W.K., Ma S.K., Lee C.K., Chu K.W., Ho P.L., Hung I.F.N., Ho L.M., Lin C.K., Tsang T.H.F., Lo S.V., Lau Y.L., Leung G.M., Cowling B.J. and Peiris J.S.M., Estimating infection attack rates and severity in real time during an influenza pandemic: analysis of serial cross-sectional serologic surveillance data, PLoS Medicine. 2011, 8(10): e1001103.

Wu J.T.K., Ho A.L.Y., Ma E., Lee C.K., Chu D., Ho P.L., Hung I.F.N., Lin C.K., Tsang T., Lo S.V., Lau Y.L., Leung G.M., Cowling B.J. and Peiris J.S.M., Estimating infection attack rates and severity in real-time during an influenza pandemic (abstract), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, B619P.

Wu P., Cowling B.J., Leung C.C., Tam C.M., Leung G.M. and Lau E.H.Y., Effects of pharmaceutical interventions on tuberculosis transmission dynamics in a developed Chinese city (abstract), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011, 55.

Wu P., Lau E.H.Y., Cowling B.J., Leung C.C., Tam C.M. and Leung G.M., The long-term transmission dynamics of tuberculosis in Hong Kong (abstract), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011, 56.

Researcher : Leung SM

List of Research Outputs

Wu J.T.K. and Leung S.M., Characterizing the transmission dynamics and severity of the 2009 influenza pandemic in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.14: 123.

Wu J.T.K., Leung S.M., Ma S.K., Lee C.K., Chu K.W., Ho P.L., Hung I.F.N., Ho L.M., Lin C.K., Tsang T., Lo S.V., Lau Y.L., Leung G.M., Cowling B.J. and Peiris J.S.M., Characterizing the transmission dynamics and severity of the 2009 influenza pandemic in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Researcher : Leung SM

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Li WY

List of Research Outputs

Lam W.W.T., Li W.Y., Chan M., Or A. and Fielding R., Patterns of changes in body image and sexuality among Chinese women diagnosed with breast cancer (abstract and oral presentations), Psycho-Oncology Supplement: Abstracts for the 13th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, 16–20 October 2011, Antalya, Turkey. 2011, 20(Suppl 2): 32-33.

Lam W.W.T., Li W.Y., Bonanno G.A., Mancini A.D., Chan M., Or A. and Fielding R., Trajectories of body image and sexuality during the ﬁrst year following diagnosis of breast cancer and their relationship to 6 years psychosocial outcomes , Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. Springer, 2012, 131: 957-967.

Li W.Y., Lam W.W.T., Au A.H.Y., Ye M., Law W.L., Poon J.T.C., Kwong A., Suen D.T.K., Tsang J.Y.S., Girgis A. and Fielding R., Interpreting differences in patterns of supportive care needs between patients with breast cancer and patients with colorectal cancer, Psychooncology. 2012, Epub ahead of print.

Li W.Y., Lam W.W.T., Law W.L., Poon J.T.C., Kwong A., Suen D.T.K. and Fielding R., Interpreting patterns in supportive care needs between breast and colorectal cancers (abstract and poster presentations), Psycho-Oncology Supplement: Abstracts for the 13th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, 16–20 October 2011, Antalya, Turkey. 2011, 20(Suppl 2): 230-231.

Researcher : Lian J

List of Research Outputs

Chan C.K.W., Wong D.S.H., Gangwani R.A., Lian J. and McGhee S., The cost-effectiveness of screening and treatment for intermediate age-related macular degeneration (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Lian J., Wong D.S.H., Wong D.S.H., Chan C.K.W., Gangwani R.A., McGhee S., Yap M.K.H., Lam C.L.K., Hedley A.J., Lai W.W.K. and Chu D.W.S., Screening for diabetic retinopathy in Hong Kong: A cost-effectiveness analysis (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Researcher : Liang J

List of Research Outputs

Chan Y.H., Liang J., Lung M.L., Kwong D.L.W., Lee A.W.M. and Lam T.H., Contemporary Epidemiology of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Life Course Perspective, 18th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress. 2011.

Chan Y.H., Liang J., Lung M.L., Kwong D.L.W., Lee A.W.M. and Lam T.H., Contemporary epidemiology of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A life course perspective (abstract), 18th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress, 3-5 November 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Centre for Cancer Research, University of Hong Kong, 2011, 26.

Li G., Liang J., Li P.W., Yao X.Q., Pei P.Z., Li W., He Q.H., Yang X.F., Chan Q.C.C., Cheung P.Y.S., Ma Q.Y., Lam S.K., Cheng P.Y.C. and Yang E.S., Physiology and cell biology of acupuncture observed in calcium signaling activated by acoustic shear wave , Pflügers Archiv : European journal of physiology. 2011, 462(4): 587-97.

Liang J., Chan Y.H., Wong O.L. and Lam T.H., Ecological approaches to investigate the etiology of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Insights and challenges (abstract), 18th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress, 3-5 November 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Centre for Cancer Research, University of Hong Kong, 2011, A58.

Liang J., Chan Y.H., Wong O.L. and Lam T.H., Reliability of a lifecourse milestone approach on dietary assessment in nasopharyngeal carcinoma case-control study: A pre-pilot study (abstract), 18th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress, 3-5 November 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Centre for Cancer Research, University of Hong Kong, 2011, A63.

Researcher : Liao Q

List of Research Outputs

Liao Q., Cowling B.J., Lam W.W.T. and Fielding R., Changing perception of avian influenza risk, Hong Kong, 2006-2010 (letter), Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2011, 17(12): 2379-2380.

Researcher : Lin S

List of Research Outputs

Heys M., Lin S., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Infant and childhood growth and blood pressure in adolescence: Evidence from Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Lin S., Leung G.M., Hui L.L., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Is informal child care associated with childhood obesity? Evidence form the Hong Kong’s “children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A126.

Lin S., Leung G.M., Hui L.L., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Is informal child care associated with childhood obesity? Evidence from Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" birth cohort, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2011, 40(5): 1238-1246.

Lin S., Lee S.L., Hui L.L., Au Y.S.L.R., Tse M.A., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Pubertal muscle mass and diabetes markers in Chinese adolescents: evidence from the Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A383.

Lin S., Lee S.L., Hui L.L., Au Y.S.L.R., Tse M.A., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Pubertal muscle mass and diabetes markers in Chinese adolescents, American Journal of Human Biology. 2012, 24(2): 183-185.

Lin S., Tarrant A.M., Hui L.L., Kwok M.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., The role of milk and dairy products in childhood obesity: evidence from the Hong Kong’s “children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract and oral presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A16.

Lin S., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Time of solid food introduction and childhood obesity: Evidence from Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Lin S., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Timing of solid food introduction and childhood obesity: Evidence from Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.15: 124.

Researcher : Liu X

List of Research Outputs

Lam K.F.K., Liu X., Lam C.L.K., Wong E.Y., Pang S.M. and Johnston J.M., Health protection for Shenzhen residents: A tale of registrants and migrants (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.10: 121.

Researcher : Lo BL

List of Research Outputs

Lo B.L., Johnston J.M. and Cowling B.J., The analysis of the media’s risk perception in response towards the Hong Kong SARS epidemic curves (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Researcher : Lo SV

List of Research Outputs

Wu J.T.K., Leung S.M., Ma S.K., Lee C.K., Chu K.W., Ho P.L., Hung I.F.N., Ho L.M., Lin C.K., Tsang T., Lo S.V., Lau Y.L., Leung G.M., Cowling B.J. and Peiris J.S.M., Characterizing the transmission dynamics and severity of the 2009 influenza pandemic in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Wu J.T.K., Ho W.K., Ma S.K., Lee C.K., Chu K.W., Ho P.L., Hung I.F.N., Ho L.M., Lin C.K., Tsang T.H.F., Lo S.V., Lau Y.L., Leung G.M., Cowling B.J. and Peiris J.S.M., Estimating infection attack rates and severity in real time during an influenza pandemic: analysis of serial cross-sectional serologic surveillance data, PLoS Medicine. 2011, 8(10): e1001103.

Wu J.T.K., Ho A.L.Y., Ma E., Lee C.K., Chu D., Ho P.L., Hung I.F.N., Lin C.K., Tsang T., Lo S.V., Lau Y.L., Leung G.M., Cowling B.J. and Peiris J.S.M., Estimating infection attack rates and severity in real-time during an influenza pandemic (abstract), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, B619P.

Researcher : Lo WS

List of Research Outputs

Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S., Lai V., Lau L. and Lam T.H., 利用青少年吸煙的監測數據，以支持香港增加煙草稅 (abstract and poster presentation), 5th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 4-6 September 2011, Taipei. Taipei, John Tung Foundation, 2011, 217.

Huang R., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S., Lai H.K. and Lam T.H., Alcohol drinking and sleep problems in Hong Kong adolescents (abstract and oral presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Huang R., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S., Lai H.K. and Lam T.H., Prevalence of weight comments from doctors and its association with correct weight status perception among Hong Kong adolescents (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.07: 120.

Huang R., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., School-based anti-smoking education and smoking-related attitudes among secondary school students in Hong Kong (abstract), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011, 84.

Lo W.S., Ho D.S.Y., Huang R. and Lam T.H., Changes in leisure-time physical activities and sedentary behaviours in Hong Kong adolescents during 2006 to 2010 (abstract and oral presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Lo W.S., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Huang R. and Lam T.H., Enquiry of adolescent smoking behaviour by doctors during medical consultations in Hong Kong (abstract), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011, 87.

Tin S.P.P., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Health problems and intention to quit smoking in Hong Kong adolescent current smokers (abstract), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011, 79.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S., Lai M.K. and Lam T.H., 青少年吸煙與較差自評健康之關係 (abstract and poster presentation), 5th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 4-6 September 2011, Taipei. Taipei, John Tung Foundation, 2011, 199.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Smoking family, secondhand smoke exposure at home, and nicotine addiction among adolescent smokers, Addictive Behaviors. 2012, 37(6): 743-746.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S., Lai M.K. and Lam T.H., Smoking is associated with poor self-rated health among adolescents in Hong Kong, Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 2012, 14(6): 682-7.

Researcher : Long M

List of Research Outputs

Long M., Lam T.H., Jiang C. and Cheng K.K., Associations of sleep duration and siesta with framingham risk score profile in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 2.18: 88.

Researcher : Lu Q

List of Research Outputs

Lai H.K., Hedley A.J., Repace J., So J.C., Lu Q., McGhee S., Fielding R. and Wong C.M., Lung function and exposure to workplace second-hand smoke during exemptions from smoking ban legislation: an exposure-response relationship based on indoor PM2.5 and urinary cotinine levels, Thorax. 2011, 66(7): 615-623.

Researcher : Ma SSL

List of Research Outputs

Wong C.M., Peiris J.S.M., Yang L., Chan K.P., Thach T.Q., Lai H.K., Lim W.W.L., Hedley A.J., He J., Chen P., Ou C., Deng A., Zhang X., Zhou D., Ma S.S.L. and Chow A., Effect of influenza on cardiorespiratory and all-cause mortality in Hong Kong, Singapore and Guangzhou, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2012, 18(Suppl 2): S8-S11.

Yang L., Ma S.S.L., Chen P., He J.F., Chan K.P., Chow A., Ou C., Deng A.P., Hedley A.J., Wong C.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Influenza associated mortality in the subtropics and tropics: results from three Asian cities, Vaccine. 2011, 29(48): 8909-8914.

Researcher : Mak KH

List of Research Outputs

Tin S.P.P., Ho D.S.Y., Mak K.H., Wan K.L. and Lam T.H., Breakfast skipping and change in body mass index in young children, International Journal of Obesity. 2011, 35(7): 899-906.

Tin S.P.P., Ho D.S.Y., Mak K.H., Wan K.L. and Lam T.H., Does skipping breakfast affect self-esteem? Prospective evidence from Hong Kong primary school children (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Tin S.P.P., Ho D.S.Y., Wan K.L., Mak K.H. and Lam T.H., Which aspects of self-esteem are affected by body weight? Prospective evidence from Hong Kong primary school children (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.21: 127.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Thomas G.N., Mak K.H. and Lam T.H., Combined impact of lifestyle risk factors on respiratory mortality among Hong Kong Chinese – Lifestyle and mortality study (abstract), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011, 53.

Researcher : McDowell IW

List of Research Outputs

Chan B.H.Y., McDowell I.W., Nan H., Lee H. and Lam T.H., Perceived social cohesion and education: Individual and combined effects on daily smoking and heavier drinking in Hong Kong Chinese females and males (abstract and poster presentation), 4th Annual Symposium cum Training Workshop, 24 May 2012, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, 2012, 20.

Lee H., Nan H., Chan B.H.Y., McDowell I.W., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., Physical activity as a protective factor for health-related quality of life among people experiencing stressful life events (abstract and poster presentation), 4th Annual Symposium cum Training Workshop, 24 May 2012, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, 2012, 26.

Nan H., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., McDowell I.W., Lam T.H. and Stewart S.M., Family satisfaction, chronic conditions and depressive symptoms in a community sample: The Hong FAMILY project (abstract and poster presentation), 4th Annual Symposium cum Training Workshop, 24 May 2012, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, 2012, 27.

Nan H., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., McDowell I.W., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., Family satisfaction, chronic diseases and depressive symptoms in a community sample: The Hong Kong family project (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Researcher : McGhee S

Project Title:	Evaluation of mobile screening service for older people in Shamshuipo
Investigator(s):	McGhee S, Ho LM, Abdullah ASM, Lee ACK
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Health Promotion Projects
Start Date:	01/2001

Project Title:	Joint Conference of the Society for Social Medicine and the International Epidemiological Association Exposure to Secondhand Smoke: Economic Issues for Individuals, Population Health and Governments
Investigator(s):	McGhee S
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	09/2001

Project Title:	How stable is exercise type and pattern in those attending the department of Health's Elderly Health centres and how reliable is its reporting?
Investigator(s):	McGhee S, Leung GM, Schooling CM, Lam TH
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	02/2004

List of Research Outputs

Chan C.K.W., Wong D.S.H., Gangwani R.A., Lian J. and McGhee S., The cost-effectiveness of screening and treatment for intermediate age-related macular degeneration (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Chau P.H., Chen J., Woo J., Cheung W.L., Chan K.C., Cheung S.H., Lee C.H. and McGhee S., Trends of Disease Burden Consequent to Chronic Lung Disease in Older Persons in Hong Kong: Implications of Population Ageing. Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Jockey Club, 2011, 1-108.

Chen J., Schooling C.M., Johnston J.M., Hedley A.J. and McGhee S., How does socioeconomic development affect COPD mortality? An age-period-cohort analysis from a recently transitioned population in China, PLoS One. 2011, 6(9): e24348.

Lai H.K., Hedley A.J., Repace J., So J.C., Lu Q., McGhee S., Fielding R. and Wong C.M., Lung function and exposure to workplace second-hand smoke during exemptions from smoking ban legislation: an exposure-response relationship based on indoor PM2.5 and urinary cotinine levels, Thorax. 2011, 66(7): 615-623.

Leung C.C., Lam T.H., Yew W.W., Law W.S., Tam C.M., Chang K.C., McGhee S., Tam S.Y. and Chan K.F., Obstructive lung disease does not increase lung cancer mortality among female never-smokers in Hong Kong, International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 2012, 16(4): 546-52.

Lian J., Wong D.S.H., Wong D.S.H., Chan C.K.W., Gangwani R.A., McGhee S., Yap M.K.H., Lam C.L.K., Hedley A.J., Lai W.W.K. and Chu D.W.S., Screening for diabetic retinopathy in Hong Kong: A cost-effectiveness analysis (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

McGhee S., Harding S.P. and Wong D.S.H., Individual risk assessment and information technology to optimise screening frequency for diabetic retinopathy by Aspelund et al. (2011) Diabetologia 54:2525–2532, Graefe's Archive for Clinical and experimental Ophthalmology. 2012, 250(4): 477-8.

McGhee S., Brazier J., Lam C.L.K., Wong L.C., Chau J., Cheung W.L. and Ho A.L.Y., Quality-adjusted life years: Population-specific measurement of the quality component, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2011, 17(Suppl 6): S17-S21.

Schooling C.M., McGhee S., Cowling B.J., Thomas G.N., Chan W.M., Ho K.S., Wong V.C.W. and Leung G.M., Influenza vaccination and hospitalisation in Elderly Health Centres, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2012, 18(Suppl 2): S4-S7.

Thomas G.N., Macfarlane D.J., Guo B., Cheung B.M.Y., McGhee S., Chou K.L., Deeks J.J., Lam T.H. and Tomlinson B., Health promotion in older Chinese: a 12-month cluster randomized controlled trial of pedometry and "peer support", Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 2012, 44 (6): 1157-66.

Tse V.C., Ng W.T., Lee V.H.F., Lee A.W.M., Chua D.T.T., Chau J. and McGhee S., Cost-analysis of XELOX and FOLFOX4 for treatment of colorectal cancer to assist decision-making on reimbursement, BMC Cancer. 2011, 11: 288.

Wong C.K.H., Lam C.L.K., Poon T.C.J., McGhee S., Law W.L., Kwong D.L.W., Tsang J.W.H. and Chan P., Direct medical costs of care for Chinese patients with colorectal neoplasia: a health care service provider perspective, Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. Blackwell Publishing, 2011, 18: 1186-1195.

Wong C.K.H., Lam C.L.K., Rowen D., McGhee S., Ma K.P., Law W.L., Poon T.C.J., Chan P., Kwong D.L.W. and Tsang J.W.H., Mapping the functional assessment of cancer therapy-general or -colorectal to SF-6D in Chinese patients with colorectal neoplasm, Value in Health. Elsevier, 2012, 15(3): 495-503.

Wong C.K.H., Lam C.L.K., McGhee S., Law W.L., Poon T.C.J., Chan P., Kwong D.L.W., Tsang J.W.H., Rowen D.L. and Brazier J., Mapping the functional assessment of cancer therapy-general or -colorectal to preference-based values measured by SF-6D in patients with colorectal neoplasm, 18th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research, Denver, Colorado, USA, 28 October 2011.

Researcher : McGhee SM

Project Title:	Evaluation of mobile screening service for older people in Shamshuipo
Investigator(s):	McGhee S, Ho LM, Abdullah ASM, Lee ACK
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Health Promotion Projects
Start Date:	01/2001

Project Title:	Joint Conference of the Society for Social Medicine and the International Epidemiological Association Exposure to Secondhand Smoke: Economic Issues for Individuals, Population Health and Governments
Investigator(s):	McGhee S
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	09/2001

Project Title:	How stable is exercise type and pattern in those attending the department of Health's Elderly Health centres and how reliable is its reporting?
Investigator(s):	McGhee S, Leung GM, Schooling CM, Lam TH
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	02/2004

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Mcghee SM

Project Title:	Evaluation of mobile screening service for older people in Shamshuipo
Investigator(s):	McGhee S, Ho LM, Abdullah ASM, Lee ACK
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Health Promotion Projects
Start Date:	01/2001

Project Title:	Joint Conference of the Society for Social Medicine and the International Epidemiological Association Exposure to Secondhand Smoke: Economic Issues for Individuals, Population Health and Governments
Investigator(s):	McGhee S
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	09/2001

Project Title:	How stable is exercise type and pattern in those attending the department of Health's Elderly Health centres and how reliable is its reporting?
Investigator(s):	McGhee S, Leung GM, Schooling CM, Lam TH
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	02/2004

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Nan H

List of Research Outputs

Chan B.H.Y., McDowell I.W., Nan H., Lee H. and Lam T.H., Perceived social cohesion and education: Individual and combined effects on daily smoking and heavier drinking in Hong Kong Chinese females and males (abstract and poster presentation), 4th Annual Symposium cum Training Workshop, 24 May 2012, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, 2012, 20.

Lee H., Nan H., Chan B.H.Y., McDowell I.W., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., Physical activity as a protective factor for health-related quality of life among people experiencing stressful life events (abstract and poster presentation), 4th Annual Symposium cum Training Workshop, 24 May 2012, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, 2012, 26.

Nan H., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., McDowell I.W., Lam T.H. and Stewart S.M., Family satisfaction, chronic conditions and depressive symptoms in a community sample: The Hong FAMILY project (abstract and poster presentation), 4th Annual Symposium cum Training Workshop, 24 May 2012, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, 2012, 27.

Nan H., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., McDowell I.W., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., Family satisfaction, chronic diseases and depressive symptoms in a community sample: The Hong Kong family project (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Sun J.P., Ren J., Pang Z.C., Gao W.G., Nan H., Wang S.J., Zhang L. and Qiao Q., The association of gamma-glutamyltransferase and C-reactive protein with IFG/IGT in Chinese adults in Qingdao, China, Clinica Chimica Acta. 2011, 412(17-18): 1658-61.

Researcher : Ng CSM

Project Title:	IEA World Congress of Epidemiology 2011 An Evaluation of the First Gender-Specific Smoking Cessation Counseling Program for Female Smokers to Quit in Hong Kong: A 3-year Follow-up
Investigator(s):	Ng CSM
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	08/2011
Completion Date:	08/2011

List of Research Outputs

Ng C.S.M., Leung Y.P., Wan S.F., Fu C.Y., Lam T.H. and Chan S.S.C., An evaluation of the first gender-specific smoking cessation counselling program for female smokers to quit in Hong Kong: A 3-year follow-up (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A368.

Zhou X., Lam T.H., Ng C.S.M., Wong C.N. and Chan S.S.C., Sick Chinese School-Age Children’s Behaviours in Response to Second Hand Smoke Exposure: A Qualitative Study, 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, December 7 & 8, 2011. Hong Kong.

Researcher : Ng KM

List of Research Outputs

Ng K.M. and Johnston J.M., Transforming knowledge into practice: Reflection of the development of a postgraduate public health practicum (abstract and poster presentation), Frontiers in Medical and Health Sciences Education HKU 2011, 2-3 December 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, PE9.

Researcher : Ng MW

List of Research Outputs

Zhou Y., Ng M.W., Seto W.H., Ip D.K.M., Kwok H.K.H., Ma S.K., Ng S., Lau L.H.L., Wu J.T.K., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Seroprevalence of antibody to pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 among healthcare workers after the first wave in Hong Kong, Journal of Hospital Infection. 2011, 78(4): 308-311.

Zhou Y., Ng M.W., Seto W.H., Ip D.K.M., Kwok H.K.H., Ma S.K., Ng S., Lau L.H.L., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Seroprevalence of pandemic H1N1 antibody among health care workers in Hong Kong following receipt of monovalent 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine, PLoS One. 2011, 6(11): e27169.

Zhou Y., Ng M.W., Seto W.H., Ip D.K.M., Kwok H.K.H., Ma S.K., Ng S., Lau L.H.L., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Suboptimal immunogenicity among healthcare workers after receipt of the monovalent 2009 influenza A(N1N1) vaccine (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Researcher : Ng S

List of Research Outputs

Cowling B.J., Chan K.H., Klick B.A., Durrani S., Chou S.K., Wong S.T., Kam M.S., Kwok H.K.H., Ng S., Chiu S.S.S., Peiris J.S.M. and Ip D.K.M., Efficacy of live attenuated seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccine in school-age children: A randomized controlled trial (abstract), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, A508P.

Cowling B.J., Klick B.A., Ng S., Fang J., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Nishiura H., Estimation of household and community transmission parameters of seasonal and pandemic influenza in a cohort of households in Hong Kong (abstract), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011.

Cowling B.J., Fang J., Nishiura H., Chan K.H., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Chiu S.S.S., Leung G.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Increased risk of non-influenza respiratory virus infections associated with receipt of inactivated influenza vaccine, Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2012, 54(12): 1778-83.

Klick B.A., Nishiura H., Ng S., Fang J., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Transmissibility of seasonal and pandemic influenza in a cohort of households in Hong Kong in 2009, Epidemiology. 2011, 22(6): 793-796.

Ng S., Wu P., Nishiura H., Ip D.K.M., Lee E.S.T. and Cowling B.J., A policy analysis on national seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccine target groups before, during and after the 2009 pandemic (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.20: 207.

Ng S., Wu P., Nishiura H., Ip D.K.M., Lee E.S.T. and Cowling B.J., An analysis of national target groups for monovalent 2009 pandemic influenza vaccine and trivalent seasonal influenza vaccines in 2009-10 and 2010-11, BMC Infectious Diseases. 2011, 11: 230.

Ng S., Wu P., Nishiura H., Ip D.K.M., Lee E.S.Y. and Cowling B.J., An analysis of target recipient groups for monovalent 2009 pandemic influenza vaccine and trivalent seasonal influenza vaccines in 2009-10 and 2020-2011 (abstract), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, A513P.

Ng S., Wu P., Nishiura H., Ip D.K.M., Lee E.S.T. and Cowling B.J., Global peri-pandemic changes in national policy on target recipients of influenza vaccines (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Zhou Y., Ng M.W., Seto W.H., Ip D.K.M., Kwok H.K.H., Ma S.K., Ng S., Lau L.H.L., Wu J.T.K., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Seroprevalence of antibody to pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 among healthcare workers after the first wave in Hong Kong, Journal of Hospital Infection. 2011, 78(4): 308-311.

Zhou Y., Ng M.W., Seto W.H., Ip D.K.M., Kwok H.K.H., Ma S.K., Ng S., Lau L.H.L., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Seroprevalence of pandemic H1N1 antibody among health care workers in Hong Kong following receipt of monovalent 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine, PLoS One. 2011, 6(11): e27169.

Zhou Y., Ng M.W., Seto W.H., Ip D.K.M., Kwok H.K.H., Ma S.K., Ng S., Lau L.H.L., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Suboptimal immunogenicity among healthcare workers after receipt of the monovalent 2009 influenza A(N1N1) vaccine (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Researcher : Ngai LCJ

List of Research Outputs

Johnston J.M., Ngai L.C.J. and Chiu A.H., Impact of hospital accreditation on quality of care-senior management perceptions (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Researcher : Ning Y

List of Research Outputs

Kwok K.O., Cowling B.J., Wei W.I., Wu K.M., Ning Y., Lessler J., Read J., Commings D.A., Peiris J.S.M. and Riley S., Social contacts and the transmission of influenza in Hong Kong during the main wave of the 2009 pandemic (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Researcher : Nishiura H

Project Title:	Statistical estimation of the basic reproduction number based on cumulative incidence of minor outbreaks
Investigator(s):	Nishiura H
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	10/2011

List of Research Outputs

Cowling B.J., Klick B.A., Ng S., Fang J., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Nishiura H., Estimation of household and community transmission parameters of seasonal and pandemic influenza in a cohort of households in Hong Kong (abstract), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011.

Cowling B.J., Fang J., Nishiura H., Chan K.H., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Chiu S.S.S., Leung G.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Increased risk of non-influenza respiratory virus infections associated with receipt of inactivated influenza vaccine, Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2012, 54(12): 1778-83.

Cowling B.J., Nishiura H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M. and Lau L.H.L., Transmission of 2009 pandemic H1N1 in households: A systematic review (abstract), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, A307P.

Ejima K., Omori R., Aihara K. and Nishiura H., Real-time investigation of measles epidemics with estimate of vaccine efficacy, International Journal of Biological Sciences. 2012, 8(5): 620-9.

Ejima K., Omori R., Cowling B.J., Aihara K. and Nishiura H., The time required to estimate the case fatality ratio of influenza using only the tip of an iceberg: Joint estimation of the virulence and the transmission potential, Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine. 2012, 2012: 978901.

Kelly H., Peck H.A., Laurie K.L., Wu P., Nishiura H. and Cowling B.J., The age-specific cumulative incidence of infection with pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 was similar in various countries prior to vaccination, PLoS One. 2011, 6(8): e21828.

Klick B.A., Nishiura H. and Cowling B.J., Optimal design of intervention studies to prevent influenza in healthy cohorts, PLoS One. 2012, 7(4): e35166.

Klick B.A., Nishiura H., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Transmissibility of seasonal and pandemic influenza in a cohort of households in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.08: 120.

Klick B.A., Nishiura H., Ng S., Fang J., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Transmissibility of seasonal and pandemic influenza in a cohort of households in Hong Kong in 2009, Epidemiology. 2011, 22(6): 793-796.

Lam E.H.Y., Cowling B.J., Cook A.R., Wong Y.T., Lau S.Y. and Nishiura H., The feasibility of age-specific travel restrictions during influenza pandemics, Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling. 2011, 8: 44.

Lau L.H.L., Nishiura H., Kelly H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Household transmission studies of the 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) virus: A systematic review (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Ng S., Wu P., Nishiura H., Ip D.K.M., Lee E.S.T. and Cowling B.J., A policy analysis on national seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccine target groups before, during and after the 2009 pandemic (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.20: 207.

Ng S., Wu P., Nishiura H., Ip D.K.M., Lee E.S.T. and Cowling B.J., An analysis of national target groups for monovalent 2009 pandemic influenza vaccine and trivalent seasonal influenza vaccines in 2009-10 and 2010-11, BMC Infectious Diseases. 2011, 11: 230.

Ng S., Wu P., Nishiura H., Ip D.K.M., Lee E.S.Y. and Cowling B.J., An analysis of target recipient groups for monovalent 2009 pandemic influenza vaccine and trivalent seasonal influenza vaccines in 2009-10 and 2020-2011 (abstract), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, A513P.

Ng S., Wu P., Nishiura H., Ip D.K.M., Lee E.S.T. and Cowling B.J., Global peri-pandemic changes in national policy on target recipients of influenza vaccines (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Nishiura H., Yan P., Sleeman C.K. and Mode C.J., Estimating the transmission potential of supercritical processes based on the final size distribution of minor outbreaks, Journal of Theoretical Biology. 2012, 294: 48-55.

Wong Y.T., Nishiura H., Wu J.T.K., Fang J. and Cowling B.J., Inferring influenza epidemic attack rates from cross-sectional serologic surveillance data (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.27: 131.

Wong Y.T., Nishiura H., Wu J.T.K., Fang J. and Cowling B.J., Inferring influenza epidemic attack rates from cross-sectional serologic surveillance data (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Wu P., Goldstein E., Ho L.M., Yang L., Nishiura H., Wu J.T.K., Ip D.K.M., Chuang S.K., Tsang T. and Cowling B.J., The burden of influenza associated mortality in Hong Kong in 1998-2009. (Abstract and poster presentation), Workshop on Health and Economic Impact of Influenza, 5-7 June 2012, Bali, Indonesia, 2012. Bali, Indonesia, WHO and U.S. Department of Health, and Human Services.

Zhou Y., Cowling B.J., Ip D.K.M., Nishiura H., Peiris J.S.M. and Seto W.H., Years of life lost in the first wave of 2009 pandemic (H1N1) in Hong Kong. (Abstract and poster presentation), Workshop on Health and Economic Impact of Influenza, 5-7 June 2012, Bali, Indonesia, 2012. Bali, Indonesia, WHO and U.S. Department of Health, and Human Services.

Researcher : Omori R

List of Research Outputs

Ejima K., Omori R., Aihara K. and Nishiura H., Real-time investigation of measles epidemics with estimate of vaccine efficacy, International Journal of Biological Sciences. 2012, 8(5): 620-9.

Ejima K., Omori R., Cowling B.J., Aihara K. and Nishiura H., The time required to estimate the case fatality ratio of influenza using only the tip of an iceberg: Joint estimation of the virulence and the transmission potential, Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine. 2012, 2012: 978901.

Researcher : Ou C

List of Research Outputs

Ou C., Wong C.M., Ho D.S.Y., Schooling C.M., Yang L., Hedley A.J. and Lam T.H., Dietary habits and the short-term effects of air pollution on mortality in the Chinese population in Hong Kong, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2012, 66(3): 254-258.

Wong C.M., Peiris J.S.M., Yang L., Chan K.P., Thach T.Q., Lai H.K., Lim W.W.L., Hedley A.J., He J., Chen P., Ou C., Deng A., Zhang X., Zhou D., Ma S.S.L. and Chow A., Effect of influenza on cardiorespiratory and all-cause mortality in Hong Kong, Singapore and Guangzhou, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2012, 18(Suppl 2): S8-S11.

Wong C.M., Ou C., Thach T.Q., Chan K.P., Chau Y.K., Chung R.Y.N., Lam T.H. and Hedley A.J., Excess risk of mortality associated with air pollution and different lifestyles - The implications for public health interventions (abstract), 3rd International Workshop on Regional Air Quality Improvement in Rapidly Developing Economic Regions on 12-13 November 2011 in Guangzhou. Guangzhou, South China University of Technology, 2011, 92-93.

Yang L., Chen P., He J.F., Chan K.P., Ou C., Deng A.P., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Effect modification of environmental factors on influenza-associated mortality: A time-series study in two Chinese cities, BMC Infectious Diseases. 2011, 11: 342.

Yang L., Chan K.P., Chen P., He J.F., Ou C., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Effects of environmental factors on influenza seasonality in the subtropics (abstract and oral presentation),, International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, 13-16 September 2011, Barcelona. Barcelona, ISEE, 2011.

Yang L., Chan K.P., Chen P., He J.F., Ou C., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Environmental factors and mortality risks associated influenza (abstract and poster presentation),, International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, 13-16 September 2011, Barcelona. Barcelona, ISEE, 2011.

Yang L., Ma S.S.L., Chen P., He J.F., Chan K.P., Chow A., Ou C., Deng A.P., Hedley A.J., Wong C.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Influenza associated mortality in the subtropics and tropics: results from three Asian cities, Vaccine. 2011, 29(48): 8909-8914.

Researcher : Ou C

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Riley S

List of Research Outputs

Bahl J., Nelson M.I., Chan K.H., Chen R., Vijaykrishna D., Halpin R.A., Stockwell T.B., Lin X., Wentworth D.E., Ghedin E., Guan Y., Peiris J.S.M., Riley S., Rambaut A., Holmes E.C. and Smith G.J., Temporally structured metapopulation dynamics and persistence of influenza A H3N2 virus in humans, Proceedings of National Academic Science (USA). 2011, 108(48): 19359-64.

Kwok K.O., Leung G.M. and Riley S., Modelling the proportion of influenza infections within households during pandemic and non-pandemic years, PLoS One. 2011, 6(7): e22089.

Kwok K.O., Cowling B.J., Wei W.I., Wu K.M., Ning Y., Lessler J., Read J., Commings D.A., Peiris J.S.M. and Riley S., Social contacts and the transmission of influenza in Hong Kong during the main wave of the 2009 pandemic (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Lessler J., Cummings D.A.T., Read J.M., Wang S., Zhu H., Smith G.J., Guan Y., Jiang C. and Riley S., Location-specific patterns of exposure to recent pre-pandemic strains of influenza A in southern China, Nat Commun. 2011, 2:423: doi:10.1038/ncomms1432.

Perera R.A.P.M., Riley S., Ma S.K., Zhu H., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Seroconversion to pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus and cross-reactive immunity to other swine influenza viruses., Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2011, 17: 1897-1899.

Riley S., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Public health interventions to control the spread of a directly transmitted human pathogen within and between Hong Kong and Guangzhou, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2012, 18(Suppl 2): S37-S38.

Riley S., Leung G.M., Ho L.M. and Cowling B.J., Transmission of Japanese encephalitis virus in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2012, 18(Suppl 2): S45-S46.

Van Kerkhove M.D., Riley S., Lipsitch M., Guan Y., Monto A.S., Webster R.G., Zambon M., Nicoll A., Peiris J.S.M. and Ferguson N.M., Comment on "Seroevidence for H5N1 influenza infections in humans: meta-analysis"., Science. 2012, 336(6088): 1506.

Researcher : Schooling CM

Project Title:	Is moderate alcohol use causally protective against cardiorespiratory disease?
Investigator(s):	Schooling CM, Cowling BJ, Lam TH, Leung GM
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Health Services Research Fund - Full Grants
Start Date:	12/2008

Project Title:	Does infant or childhood obesity lead to adolescent depression?
Investigator(s):	Schooling CM, Stewart SM, Heys M
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Health Services Research Fund - Full Grants
Start Date:	10/2009

Project Title:	Infant and childhood growth and blood pressure in adolescence
Investigator(s):	Schooling CM, Mak KH, Heys M
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Health Services Research Fund - Full Grants
Start Date:	02/2010

Project Title:	Projecting IHD mortality and morbidity in Hong Kong: a model for policy and planning
Investigator(s):	Schooling CM, Wong OL, Cowling BJ, Chan YH
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Health Services Research Fund - Full Grants
Start Date:	12/2010

List of Research Outputs

Au Y.S.L.R., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., ALDH2 is a valid instrument for Mendelian randomization studies in alcohol epidemiology - The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A68.

Au Y.S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Cowling B.J., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Moderate alcohol use and cardiovascular risk factors among men using a mendelian randomization design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.02: 194.

Au Y.S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Moderate alcohol use and cognitive function among men using a mendelian randomization design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Au Yeung R.S.L., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Evaluation of moderate alcohol use and cognitive function among men using a mendelian randomization design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2012, 175(10): 1021-8.

Chan Y.H., Fan M.M., Fok C.M., Lok L.Z., Ni M., Sin C.F., Wong K.K., Wong S.M., Yeung R., Chow W.C., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Antibiotics nonadherence and knowledge in a community with the world's leading prevalence of antibiotics resistance: Implications for public health intervention, American Journal of Infection Control. 2012, 40(2): 113-117.

Chen J., Schooling C.M., Johnston J.M., Hedley A.J. and McGhee S., How does socioeconomic development affect COPD mortality? An age-period-cohort analysis from a recently transitioned population in China, PLoS One. 2011, 6(9): e24348.

Chung R.Y.N., Leung G.M., Cowling B.J. and Schooling C.M., Patterns of infection-related cancers in a rapidly developed Chinese population. An age-period-cohort analysis (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A209.

Chung R.Y.N., Schooling C.M., Cowling B.J. and Leung G.M., Socioeconomic development and sex differences in ischaemic heart disease mortality. An age-period-cohort analysis of the Hong Kong Chinese (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A296.

Elwell-Sutton T.M., Jiang C., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Inequality and inequity in access to health care and treatment for chronic conditions in China: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and oral presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011, Free paper 1.

Elwell-Sutton T.M., Jiang C., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Inequality and inequity in access to health care and treatment of non-communicable diseases in China: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.11: 200.

Elwell-Sutton T.M., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Socioeconomic influences at different life stages on self-rated health in Guangzhou, China (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A331.

Heys M., Lin S., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Infant and childhood growth and blood pressure in adolescence: Evidence from Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Heys M., Jiang C.Q., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Au Y.S.L.R., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Life long endogenous estrogen exposure and later adulthood cognitive function in a population of naturally postmenopausal women from Southern China: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2011, 36(6): 864-873.

Hui L.L., Wong M.Y., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Infant growth and onset of puberty: Prospective observations from Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" birth cohort, Annals of Epidemiology. 2012, 22(1): 43-50.

Hui L.L., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Inter-generational influences on age at onset of puberty: Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" birth cohort, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2012, 41(1): 292-300.

Hui L.L., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Premature birth and age at onset of puberty, Epidemiology. 2012, 23(3): 415-422.

Johnston J.M., Vu M.T., Schooling C.M., Tinsley H.M., Chan A.K.L., Kong J.H.B., Tsang L.C.Y. and Chan J., Feasibility, acceptability and utility of an e-cardiovascular risk platform among physicians and patients in the primary care setting (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A216.

Kavikondala S., Jiang C., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Intergenerational influences on diabetes in a developing population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, American Journal of Human Biology . 2011, 23(6): 747-754.

Kwok M.K., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Early life infections and pubertal onset: evidence from Hong Kong’s “children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A261.

Lau W.L.E., Tin Y.K., Tin Y.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., A Temporal decomposition of the evolution of disparities in health in a recently developed population using an age-period-cohort model (abstract and oral presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011, Free paper 2.

Lau W.L.E., Tin Y.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Income inequality and cause-specific mortality during economic development (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A124.

Lau W.L.E., Schooling C.M., Tin Y.K. and Leung G.M., Income inequality and cause-specific mortality during economic development, Annals of Epidemiology. 2012, 22(4): 285-294.

Lin S., Leung G.M., Hui L.L., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Is informal child care associated with childhood obesity? Evidence form the Hong Kong’s “children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A126.

Lin S., Leung G.M., Hui L.L., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Is informal child care associated with childhood obesity? Evidence from Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" birth cohort, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2011, 40(5): 1238-1246.

Lin S., Lee S.L., Hui L.L., Au Y.S.L.R., Tse M.A., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Pubertal muscle mass and diabetes markers in Chinese adolescents: evidence from the Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A383.

Lin S., Lee S.L., Hui L.L., Au Y.S.L.R., Tse M.A., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Pubertal muscle mass and diabetes markers in Chinese adolescents, American Journal of Human Biology. 2012, 24(2): 183-185.

Lin S., Tarrant A.M., Hui L.L., Kwok M.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., The role of milk and dairy products in childhood obesity: evidence from the Hong Kong’s “children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract and oral presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A16.

Lin S., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Time of solid food introduction and childhood obesity: Evidence from Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Lin S., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Timing of solid food introduction and childhood obesity: Evidence from Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.15: 124.

Ou C., Wong C.M., Ho D.S.Y., Schooling C.M., Yang L., Hedley A.J. and Lam T.H., Dietary habits and the short-term effects of air pollution on mortality in the Chinese population in Hong Kong, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2012, 66(3): 254-258.

Schooling C.M. and Leung G.M., Diabetes in Asia: A hypothesis (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A407.

Schooling C.M., McGhee S., Cowling B.J., Thomas G.N., Chan W.M., Ho K.S., Wong V.C.W. and Leung G.M., Influenza vaccination and hospitalisation in Elderly Health Centres, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2012, 18(Suppl 2): S4-S7.

Schooling C.M., Kavikondala S., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H. and Leung G.M., Intergenerational influences on diabetes in a developing population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A257.

Schooling C.M., Jones J.E. and Leung G.M., Lifecourse infectious origins of sexual inequalities in central adiposity, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2011, 40(6): 1556-1564.

Schooling C.M., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K. and Leung G.M., Liver function related viruses and diabetes in China (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A351.

Schooling C.M., Kavikondala S., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Wu K.M., Muscle mass is associated with diabetes in a developing population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A257.

Schooling C.M., Kwok M.K., Yau C.Y.S., Cowling B.J., Lam T.H. and Leung G.M., Spatial proximity and childhood hospital admissions in a densely populated conurbation: Evidence from Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" birth cohort, Health and Place. 2011, 17(5): 1038-1043.

Schooling C.M., Yau C.Y.S., Kwok M.K., Cowling B.J., Lam T.H. and Leung G.M., Spatial proximity and childhood hospital admissions in a densely populated conurbation: evidence fro m Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997”birth cohort (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A421.

Schooling C.M., Statins: Why do they work so well? An overlooked explanation and its implications for population health (abstract), 10th Faculty Research Symposium Frontiers in Biomedical Research on 9 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 52.

Shen C., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Hui Y.F., Ng P.S. and Lam T.H., Alcohol quitting and mortality from lung cancer: A prospective Chinese elderly cohort (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.19: 126.

Sun W., Xu L., Chan W.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Depressive symptoms and suicide in 56000 older Chinese: a Hong Kong cohort study, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 2012, 47(4): 505-514.

Sun Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Leg length is associated with lower values of inflammatory markers in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 2.23: 91.

West D.A., Leung G.M., Jiang C., Elwell-Sutton T.M., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K. and Schooling C.M., Life-course origins of social inequalities in adult immune cell markers of inflammation in a developing southern Chinese population: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, BMC Public Health. 2012, 12(1): 269.

Wong O.L., Cowling B.J., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., An age-period-cohort analysis of mortality associated with bacterial diseases in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A170.

Wong O.L., Cowling B.J., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Trends in mortality from septicaemia and pneumonia with economic development: an age-period-cohort analysis, PLoS one. 2012, 7(6): e38988.

Zhou J., Johnston J.M., Chan W.M., Hui Y.F., Ng P.S., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Self-related health and mortality in a prospective Chinese elderly cohort (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A219.

Researcher : Shen C

List of Research Outputs

Shen C., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Hui Y.F., Ng P.S. and Lam T.H., Alcohol quitting and mortality from lung cancer: A prospective Chinese elderly cohort (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.19: 126.

Researcher : Shetye SS

List of Research Outputs

Shetye S.S., Johnston J.M. and Lam T.H., Knowledge, attitudes and skills of year 4 medial students at the University of Hong Kong in relation to smoking cessation and government policies (abstract and poster presentation), Frontiers in Medical and Health Sciences Education HKU 2011, 2-3 December 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, PE24.

Researcher : Shing YT

List of Research Outputs

Lam W.W.T., Shing Y.T., Bonanno G.A., Mancini A.D. and Fielding R., Distress trajectories at the first year diagnosis of breast cancer in relation to 6 years survivorship (pages 90–99), Psycho-Oncology. 2012, 21(1): 90-99.

Researcher : So JC

List of Research Outputs

Lai H.K., Hedley A.J., Repace J., So J.C., Lu Q., McGhee S., Fielding R. and Wong C.M., Lung function and exposure to workplace second-hand smoke during exemptions from smoking ban legislation: an exposure-response relationship based on indoor PM2.5 and urinary cotinine levels, Thorax. 2011, 66(7): 615-623.

Researcher : Song L

List of Research Outputs

Wong C.M., Yang L., Chan K.P., Song L., Lai H.K., Thach T.Q., Ho L.M., Lam T.H. and Peiris J.S.M., Effect modifications of smoking on risk of mortality associated with influenza (abstract), International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, 13-16 September 2011, Barcelona. Barcelona, ISEE, 2011.

Yang L., Chan K.P., Chan W.M., Song L., Lai H.K., Thach T.Q., Ho L.M., Lam T.H., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Effect of exercise on mortality risk associated with influenza: Evidence from an elderly cohort in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, A110P.

Researcher : Soong SS

List of Research Outputs

Chan S.S.C., Mui M., Soong S.S. and Lam T.H., A community based participatory research partnership increases family harmony, happiness and health in Hong Kong: Findings from a community based programme in the Hong Kong Family Project (abstract and oral presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Chan S.S.C., Xie Y., Soong S.S., Wang X., Viswanath K. and Lam T.H., Impact of Family Communication Patterns on Family Health, Happiness, and Harmony (3Hs): Findings of the Hong Kong Family and Health Information Trends Survey (HK-FHINTS), Symposium cum Training Workshop - FAMILY Participation: Generating Evidence for FAMILY Health, Happiness and Harmony (3Hs) in the Community, Hong Kong, 24-25 May. Hong Kong, 2012.

Researcher : Stewart SM

List of Research Outputs

Fabrizio C.S., Cheung W.S.T., Pang S.Y.I., Hirschmann M.A.R., Lam T.H. and Stewart S.M., A randomized controlled trial of a primary prevention parenting program to enhance parent-child relationship and reduce family conflict in a Hong Kong Chinese population (abstract and poster presentation), 4th Annual Symposium cum Training Workshop, 24 May 2012, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, 2012, 24.

Fung S.S.W., Yu X., Hirschmann M.A.R., Stewart S.M. and Lam T.H., A Pilot Brief Intervention to Enhance Intention and self-efficacy for Increasing Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Hong Kong Chinese Men and Women (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.06: 119.

Fung S.S.W., Yu X., Hirschmann M.A.R., Stewart S.M. and Lam T.H., A brief theory-driven pilot intervention to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in Hong Kong Chinese adults (abstract and poster presentation), 4th Annual Symposium cum Training Workshop, 24 May 2012, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, 2012, 25.

Fung S.S.W., Yu X., Hirschmann M.A.R., Stewart S.M. and Lam T.H., A brief theory-driven pilot intervention to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in Hong Kong Chinese adults (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Lee H., Yu Y.Y., McDowell I., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Stewart S.M., Performance of the international physical activity questionnaire (short form) in subgroups of the Hong Kong Chinese population, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 2011, 8: 81.

Lee H., Macfarlane D.J., Lam T.H. and Stewart S.M., Validity of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form (IPAQ-SF): A systematic review, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 2011, 8: 115.

Nan H., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., McDowell I.W., Lam T.H. and Stewart S.M., Family satisfaction, chronic conditions and depressive symptoms in a community sample: The Hong FAMILY project (abstract and poster presentation), 4th Annual Symposium cum Training Workshop, 24 May 2012, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, 2012, 27.

Stewart S.M., Fabrizio C.S., Hirschmann M.A.R. and Lam T.H., Developing community-based preventive interventions in Hong Kong: A description of the first phase of the family project, BMC Public Health. 2012, 12: 106.

Yu X., Stewart S.M., Wong P.T.K. and Lam T.H., Screening for depression with the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2) among the general population in Hong Kong, Journal of Affective Disorders. 2011, 134(1-3): 444-447.

Yu X., Tam W.W.S., Wong P.T.K., Lam T.H. and Stewart S.M., The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 for measuring depressive symptoms among the general population in Hong Kong, Comprehensive Psychiatry. 2012, 53(1): 95-102.

Researcher : Sun W

List of Research Outputs

Sun W., Xu L., Chan W.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Depressive symptoms and suicide in 56000 older Chinese: a Hong Kong cohort study, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 2012, 47(4): 505-514.

Researcher : Sun Y

List of Research Outputs

Sun Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Leg length is associated with lower values of inflammatory markers in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 2.23: 91.

Researcher : Tam CM

List of Research Outputs

Leung C.C., Lam T.H., Yew W.W., Law W.S., Tam C.M., Chang K.C., McGhee S., Tam S.Y. and Chan K.F., Obstructive lung disease does not increase lung cancer mortality among female never-smokers in Hong Kong, International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 2012, 16(4): 546-52.

Wu P., Cowling B.J., Leung C.C., Tam C.M., Leung G.M. and Lau E.H.Y., Effects of pharmaceutical interventions on tuberculosis transmission dynamics in a developed Chinese city (abstract), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011, 55.

Wu P., Lau E.H.Y., Cowling B.J., Leung C.C., Tam C.M. and Leung G.M., The long-term transmission dynamics of tuberculosis in Hong Kong (abstract), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011, 56.

Researcher : Tam MHC

List of Research Outputs

Chan Y.H., Tam M.H.C., Ip D.K.M., Hedley A.J., Lam T.H. and Johnston J.M., Furthering the Molecular-Cellular-Patient-Population Clinical Continuum: Curriculum Reforms of the Problem-Based Public Health Advocacy Programme to Reinforce Public Health Leadership and Holistic Professional Development (Abstract and poster presentation), 15th Ottawa Conference on the Assessment of Competence in Medicine and the Healthcare Professions, Association for Medical Education in Europe, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Mar 2012, 2R10.. 2012.

Chan Y.H., Tam M.H.C., Ip D.K.M., Hedley A.J., Lam T.H. and Johnston J.M., Furthering the Molecular-Cellular-Patient-Population Clinical Continuum: Curriculum Reforms of the Problem-Based Public Health Advocacy Programme to Reinforce Public Health Leadership and Holistic Professional Development (Oral Presentation), Frontiers in Medical and Health Sciences Education – HKU 2011: “Holistic Approaches in Medical and Health Sciences Education”. 2011.

Tam M.H.C., Chan Y.H., Ip D.K.M., Hedley A.J., Lam T.H. and Johnston J.M., Stories of success: The impact of student health advocacy project on public health (Abstract and poster presentation), 15th Ottawa Conference on the Assessment of Competence in Medicine and the Healthcare Professions, Association for Medical Education in Europe, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Mar 2012, 2P1, 2012.

Tam M.H.C., Chan Y.H., Ip D.K.M., Hedley A.J., Lam T.H. and Johnston J.M., Stories of success: The impact of student health advocacy project on public health (abstract and poster presentation), Frontiers in Medical and Health Sciences Education HKU 2011, 2-3 December 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LSK Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, PE14.

Researcher : Tam MHC

List of Research Outputs

Chan Y.H., Tam M.H.C., Ip D.K.M., Hedley A.J., Lam T.H. and Johnston J.M., Furthering the Molecular-Cellular-Patient-Population Clinical Continuum: Curriculum Reforms of the Problem-Based Public Health Advocacy Programme to Reinforce Public Health Leadership and Holistic Professional Development (Oral Presentation), Frontiers in Medical and Health Sciences Education – HKU 2011: “Holistic Approaches in Medical and Health Sciences Education”. 2011.

Researcher : Tam WWS

List of Research Outputs

Yu X., Tam W.W.S., Wong P.T.K., Lam T.H. and Stewart S.M., The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 for measuring depressive symptoms among the general population in Hong Kong, Comprehensive Psychiatry. 2012, 53(1): 95-102.

Yu Y.Y., Tam W.W.S. and Lam T.H., Harmony in family relations: Exploratory analysis in search of a harmony scale (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A316.

Researcher : Thach TQ

List of Research Outputs

Le T.G., Ngo L., Mehta S., Do V.D., Thach T.Q., Vu X.D., Nguyen D.T. and Cohen A., Effects of short-term exposure to air pollution on hospital admissions of young children for acute lower respiratory infections in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Research Report (Health Effects Institute). Boston, Health Effects Institute, 2012, 169: 5-83.

Thach T.Q., Xu W., Chau Y.K., Lai H.K., Hui Y.F., Hedley A.J. and Wong C.M., Effects of thermal stress on morality in the older population of Hong Kong (abstract), International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, 13-16 September 2011, Barcelona. Barcelona, ISEE1, 2011.

Wong C.M., Yang L., Chan K.P., Song L., Lai H.K., Thach T.Q., Ho L.M., Lam T.H. and Peiris J.S.M., Effect modifications of smoking on risk of mortality associated with influenza (abstract), International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, 13-16 September 2011, Barcelona. Barcelona, ISEE, 2011.

Wong C.M., Peiris J.S.M., Yang L., Chan K.P., Thach T.Q., Lai H.K., Lim W.W.L., Hedley A.J., He J., Chen P., Ou C., Deng A., Zhang X., Zhou D., Ma S.S.L. and Chow A., Effect of influenza on cardiorespiratory and all-cause mortality in Hong Kong, Singapore and Guangzhou, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2012, 18(Suppl 2): S8-S11.

Wong C.M., Ou C., Thach T.Q., Chan K.P., Chau Y.K., Chung R.Y.N., Lam T.H. and Hedley A.J., Excess risk of mortality associated with air pollution and different lifestyles - The implications for public health interventions (abstract), 3rd International Workshop on Regional Air Quality Improvement in Rapidly Developing Economic Regions on 12-13 November 2011 in Guangzhou. Guangzhou, South China University of Technology, 2011, 92-93.

Wong C.M., Thach T.Q., Chau Y.K., Chan K.P., Yang L. and Lai H.K., Further research needs for short term health effects and air pollution in Asia (abstract), International Conference on Global Health and Public Health Education on 25-27 October 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, School of Public Health and Primary Care, CUHK, 2011.

Wong C.M., Thach T.Q., Lai H.K., Yang L., Chau Y.K. and Chan K.P., Infra-structure and public policy to reduce the risk of air pollution – towards a walkable city (powerpoint presentation), University of Southern California Global Conference on 13-15 October 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, University of Southern California, 2011.

Yang L., Chan K.P., Chan W.M., Song L., Lai H.K., Thach T.Q., Ho L.M., Lam T.H., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Effect of exercise on mortality risk associated with influenza: Evidence from an elderly cohort in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, A110P.

Researcher : Thomas GN

Project Title:	Investigation of differential impact of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin type 1 receptor antagonists on blood pressure homeostatic mechanisms: a pharmacogenomic approach
Investigator(s):	Thomas GN, Lam TH
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	02/2004

List of Research Outputs

Arora T., Jiang C., Thomas G.N., Lam H.K.B., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H. and Taheri S., Self-reported long total sleep duration is associated with metabolic syndrome: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Diabetes Care. 2011, 34(10): 2317-2319.

Guo Y., Tomlinson B., Chu T., Fang Y.J., Gui H., Tang S.M., Yip B.H.K., Cherny S.S., Hur Y.M., Sham P.C., Lam T.H. and Thomas G.N., A Genome-Wide Linkage and Association Scan Reveals Novel Loci for Hypertension and Blood Pressure Traits, PLoS One. 2012, 7(2): e31489.

Guo Y., Baum L.W., Sham P.C., Wong V.C.N., Ng P.W., Lui C.H.T., Sin N.C., Tsoi T.H., Tang C.S.M., Kwan S.H., Yip B.H.K., Xiao S., Thomas G.N., Lau Y.L., Yang W., Cherny S.S. and Kwan P., Two-stage genome-wide association study identifies variants in CAMSAP1L1 as susceptibility loci for epilepsy in Chinese, Human Molecular Genetics. 2011, 21: 1184-1189.

O'Hartaigh B., Jiang C.Q., Thomas G.N., Tsvetanov K.A., Bosch J.A., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Usefulness of physical fitness and the metabolic syndrome to predict vascular disease risk in older Chinese (from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study-Cardiovascular Disease Subcohort [GBCS-CVD]), American Journal of Cardiology. 2011, 108(6): 845-850.

Schooling C.M., McGhee S., Cowling B.J., Thomas G.N., Chan W.M., Ho K.S., Wong V.C.W. and Leung G.M., Influenza vaccination and hospitalisation in Elderly Health Centres, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2012, 18(Suppl 2): S4-S7.

Thomas G.N., Scragg R., Jiang C., Chan Y.H., Marz W., Pilz S., Kim H.C., Tomlinson B., Bosch J., Lam T.H., Cheung B.M.Y. and Cheng K.K., Hyperglycaemia and vitamin d: a systematic overview, Current Diabetes Review. 2012, 8(1): 18-31.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Thomas G.N., Mak K.H. and Lam T.H., Combined impact of lifestyle risk factors on respiratory mortality among Hong Kong Chinese – Lifestyle and mortality study (abstract), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011, 53.

Xu L., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Zhang W., Thomas G.N. and Cheng K.K., Dose-response relation between physical activity and cognitive function: Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Annals of Epidemiology. 2011, 21(11): 857-863.

Researcher : Tin SPP

List of Research Outputs

Tin S.P.P., Ho D.S.Y., Mak K.H., Wan K.L. and Lam T.H., Breakfast skipping and change in body mass index in young children, International Journal of Obesity. 2011, 35(7): 899-906.

Tin S.P.P., Ho D.S.Y., Mak K.H., Wan K.L. and Lam T.H., Does skipping breakfast affect self-esteem? Prospective evidence from Hong Kong primary school children (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Tin S.P.P., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Health problems and intention to quit smoking in Hong Kong adolescent current smokers (abstract), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011, 79.

Tin S.P.P., Ho D.S.Y., Wan K.L., Mak K.H. and Lam T.H., Which aspects of self-esteem are affected by body weight? Prospective evidence from Hong Kong primary school children (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.21: 127.

Researcher : Tin YK

List of Research Outputs

Lau W.L.E., Tin Y.K., Tin Y.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., A Temporal decomposition of the evolution of disparities in health in a recently developed population using an age-period-cohort model (abstract and oral presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011, Free paper 2.

Lau W.L.E., Tin Y.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Income inequality and cause-specific mortality during economic development (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A124.

Lau W.L.E., Schooling C.M., Tin Y.K. and Leung G.M., Income inequality and cause-specific mortality during economic development, Annals of Epidemiology. 2012, 22(4): 285-294.

Researcher : Tinsley HM

List of Research Outputs

Johnston J.M., Vu M.T., Schooling C.M., Tinsley H.M., Chan A.K.L., Kong J.H.B., Tsang L.C.Y. and Chan J., Feasibility, acceptability and utility of an e-cardiovascular risk platform among physicians and patients in the primary care setting (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A216.

Researcher : Tsang THF

List of Research Outputs

Wu J.T.K., Ho W.K., Ma S.K., Lee C.K., Chu K.W., Ho P.L., Hung I.F.N., Ho L.M., Lin C.K., Tsang T.H.F., Lo S.V., Lau Y.L., Leung G.M., Cowling B.J. and Peiris J.S.M., Estimating infection attack rates and severity in real time during an influenza pandemic: analysis of serial cross-sectional serologic surveillance data, PLoS Medicine. 2011, 8(10): e1001103.

Researcher : Tse VC

List of Research Outputs

Tse V.C., Ng W.T., Lee V.H.F., Lee A.W.M., Chua D.T.T., Chau J. and McGhee S., Cost-analysis of XELOX and FOLFOX4 for treatment of colorectal cancer to assist decision-making on reimbursement, BMC Cancer. 2011, 11: 288.

Researcher : Vackova D

List of Research Outputs

Vackova D., Johnston J.M., Hedley A.J. and Lam T.H., The University of Hong Kong MBBS Year 3 tuberculosis clerkship (abstract), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011, 96.

Vackova D., Johnston J.M. and Wu J.T.K., What do we know about our medical students from their undergraduate research? (abstract and poster presentation), Frontiers in Medical and Health Sciences Education HKU 2011, 2-3 December 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, PE17.

Researcher : Vu MT

List of Research Outputs

Johnston J.M., Vu M.T., Schooling C.M., Tinsley H.M., Chan A.K.L., Kong J.H.B., Tsang L.C.Y. and Chan J., Feasibility, acceptability and utility of an e-cardiovascular risk platform among physicians and patients in the primary care setting (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A216.

Researcher : Wang D

List of Research Outputs

Wang D., Lam W.W.T., Wu J.T.K. and Fielding R., Parental decision making on HPV vaccination: A systematic review of qualitative studies (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Researcher : Wang MP

List of Research Outputs

Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S., Lai V., Lau L. and Lam T.H., 利用青少年吸煙的監測數據，以支持香港增加煙草稅 (abstract and poster presentation), 5th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 4-6 September 2011, Taipei. Taipei, John Tung Foundation, 2011, 217.

Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Secondhand smoke exposure at home and quitting among Chinese adolescent smokers in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), 15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 20-24 March 2012, Singapore. Singapore, Health Promotion Board, 2012, 1042.

Huang R., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., School-based anti-smoking education and smoking-related attitudes among secondary school students in Hong Kong (abstract), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011, 84.

Lo W.S., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Huang R. and Lam T.H., Enquiry of adolescent smoking behaviour by doctors during medical consultations in Hong Kong (abstract), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011, 87.

Tin S.P.P., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Health problems and intention to quit smoking in Hong Kong adolescent current smokers (abstract), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011, 79.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S., Lai M.K. and Lam T.H., 青少年吸煙與較差自評健康之關係 (abstract and poster presentation), 5th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 4-6 September 2011, Taipei. Taipei, John Tung Foundation, 2011, 199.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Thomas G.N., Mak K.H. and Lam T.H., Combined impact of lifestyle risk factors on respiratory mortality among Hong Kong Chinese – Lifestyle and mortality study (abstract), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011, 53.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Parental smoking, exposure to secondhand smoke at home, and smoking initiation among young children, Nicotine & Tobacco Research . 2011, 13(9): 827-832.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Smoking family, secondhand smoke at home and smoking among adolescents in Hong Kong (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.23: 210.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Smoking family, secondhand smoke exposure at home, and nicotine addiction among adolescent smokers, Addictive Behaviors. 2012, 37(6): 743-746.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S., Lai M.K. and Lam T.H., Smoking is associated with poor self-rated health among adolescents in Hong Kong, Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 2012, 14(6): 682-7.

Researcher : Wang X

List of Research Outputs

Chan S.S.C., Xie Y., Soong S.S., Wang X., Viswanath K. and Lam T.H., Impact of Family Communication Patterns on Family Health, Happiness, and Harmony (3Hs): Findings of the Hong Kong Family and Health Information Trends Survey (HK-FHINTS), Symposium cum Training Workshop - FAMILY Participation: Generating Evidence for FAMILY Health, Happiness and Harmony (3Hs) in the Community, Hong Kong, 24-25 May. Hong Kong, 2012.

Wang X., Yang L., Chan K.P. and Wong C.M., Model selection in time series studies of influenza-associated mortality (abstract and poster presentation), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, B612P.

Wang X., Yang L., Chan K.P., Chiu S.S.S., Chan K.H., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Model selection in time series studies of influenza-associated mortality, PLoS One. 2012, 7(6): e39423.

Wang X., Yang L., Chan K.P., Chiu S.S.S., Chan K.H., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Performance of model selection criteria in time series studies of influenza-associated mortality (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. 2011, 4.26: 131.

Wang X., Yang L., Chan K.P., Chiu S.S.S., Chan K.H., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Performance of three influenza activity proxy variables for estimating age-specific hospitalization associated with influenza in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Researcher : Wang X

List of Research Outputs

Wang X., Yang L., Chan K.P., Chiu S.S.S., Chan K.H., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Model selection in time series studies of influenza-associated mortality, PLoS One. 2012, 7(6): e39423.

Researcher : Wei WI

List of Research Outputs

Kwok K.O., Cowling B.J., Wei W.I., Wu K.M., Ning Y., Lessler J., Read J., Commings D.A., Peiris J.S.M. and Riley S., Social contacts and the transmission of influenza in Hong Kong during the main wave of the 2009 pandemic (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Researcher : West DA

List of Research Outputs

West D.A., Leung G.M., Jiang C., Elwell-Sutton T.M., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K. and Schooling C.M., Life-course origins of social inequalities in adult immune cell markers of inflammation in a developing southern Chinese population: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, BMC Public Health. 2012, 12(1): 269.

Researcher : Wong CM

Project Title:	Short term health impact and costs due to raod traffic-related air pollution
Investigator(s):	Wong CM, Hedley AJ, McGhee S, Lam TH
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Environment Protection Department - General Award
Start Date:	02/1998

Project Title:	A pilot study for the validation and elucidation of public health related environmental effect estimates from statistical modelling of daily counts of health outcome
Investigator(s):	Wong CM, Thach TQ
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Health Care and Promotion Fund - Research Grant Projects
Start Date:	07/2001

Project Title:	Impact of the 1990 Hong Kong Legislation for restriction on sulfur content in fuel
Investigator(s):	Wong CM, Thach TQ, Cowling BJ, Lam TH, McGhee S, Hedley AJ
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Health Effects Institute - General Award
Start Date:	11/2006

Project Title:	Effect modifications of lifestyle factors on risk of mortality associated with influenza in an elderly cohort
Investigator(s):	Wong CM, Lai HK, Thach TQ, Yang L, Ho LM, Lam TH, Peiris JSM
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases - Full Grants
Start Date:	09/2009

Project Title:	Climate change and environmental health – the impact of thermal stress on the mortality and morbidity in urban Hong Kong: Development of a coordinated methodology between multidisciplinary experts from Hong Kong and Germany
Investigator(s):	Wong CM, Thach TQ, Lai HK, Chau YK, Hart MA, Lai PC
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Germany/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme
Start Date:	01/2011

Project Title:	A stimulation study for a method to determine life expectancy change due to air pollution from time series data
Investigator(s):	Wong CM, Thach TQ
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Health Services Research Fund - Full Grants
Start Date:	02/2011

Project Title:	ISEE 2011 Conference Effect modifications of smoking on risk of mortality associated with influenza
Investigator(s):	Wong CM
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	09/2011
Completion Date:	09/2011

List of Research Outputs

Chapman P.S., Wong C.M. and Lai H.K., Methods of expressing outdoor PM10 exposure within a densely urban environment like Hong Kong and their implications to public health (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.02: 116.

Chen R.J., Samoli E., Wong C.M., Huang W., wang Z.S., Chen B.H. and Kan H.D., Associations between short-term exposure to nitrogen dioxide and mortality in 17 Chinese cities: The China Air Pollution and Health Effects Study (CAPES), Environment International. 2012, 45: 32-8.

Chen R.Q., Wong C.M. and Lam T.H., Construction of a traditional Chinese medicine syndrome-specific outcome measure: The Kidney Deficiency Syndrome questionnaire (KDSQ), BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2012, 12: 73.

Lai H.K., Hedley A.J. and Wong C.M., Discordance between one-hour and annual limits of the world health organization air quality guideline (WHOAQG) for NO2 (abstract), International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, 13-16 September 2011, Barcelona. Barcelona, ISEE, 2011.

Lai H.K., Hedley A.J., Repace J., So J.C., Lu Q., McGhee S., Fielding R. and Wong C.M., Lung function and exposure to workplace second-hand smoke during exemptions from smoking ban legislation: an exposure-response relationship based on indoor PM2.5 and urinary cotinine levels, Thorax. 2011, 66(7): 615-623.

Lai H.K. and Wong C.M., The Hedley Environmental Index - CAPES workshop in Urumqi. July 28-29 2011., Civic Exchange. 2011.

Ou C., Wong C.M., Ho D.S.Y., Schooling C.M., Yang L., Hedley A.J. and Lam T.H., Dietary habits and the short-term effects of air pollution on mortality in the Chinese population in Hong Kong, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2012, 66(3): 254-258.

Thach T.Q., Xu W., Chau Y.K., Lai H.K., Hui Y.F., Hedley A.J. and Wong C.M., Effects of thermal stress on morality in the older population of Hong Kong (abstract), International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, 13-16 September 2011, Barcelona. Barcelona, ISEE1, 2011.

Wang X., Yang L., Chan K.P. and Wong C.M., Model selection in time series studies of influenza-associated mortality (abstract and poster presentation), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, B612P.

Wang X., Yang L., Chan K.P., Chiu S.S.S., Chan K.H., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Model selection in time series studies of influenza-associated mortality, PLoS One. 2012, 7(6): e39423.

Wang X., Yang L., Chan K.P., Chiu S.S.S., Chan K.H., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Performance of model selection criteria in time series studies of influenza-associated mortality (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. 2011, 4.26: 131.

Wang X., Yang L., Chan K.P., Chiu S.S.S., Chan K.H., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Performance of three influenza activity proxy variables for estimating age-specific hospitalization associated with influenza in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Wong C.M., Disease burden of influenza in sub-tropical Hong Kong, International Symposium on Influenza and other Respiratory Infections on 2-4 August 2011 in Beijing. Beijing, Chinese Center for Disease Control and the Prevention, 2011.

Wong C.M., Yang L., Chan K.P., Song L., Lai H.K., Thach T.Q., Ho L.M., Lam T.H. and Peiris J.S.M., Effect modifications of smoking on risk of mortality associated with influenza (abstract), International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, 13-16 September 2011, Barcelona. Barcelona, ISEE, 2011.

Wong C.M., Peiris J.S.M., Yang L., Chan K.P., Thach T.Q., Lai H.K., Lim W.W.L., Hedley A.J., He J., Chen P., Ou C., Deng A., Zhang X., Zhou D., Ma S.S.L. and Chow A., Effect of influenza on cardiorespiratory and all-cause mortality in Hong Kong, Singapore and Guangzhou, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2012, 18(Suppl 2): S8-S11.

Wong C.M., Ou C., Thach T.Q., Chan K.P., Chau Y.K., Chung R.Y.N., Lam T.H. and Hedley A.J., Excess risk of mortality associated with air pollution and different lifestyles - The implications for public health interventions (abstract), 3rd International Workshop on Regional Air Quality Improvement in Rapidly Developing Economic Regions on 12-13 November 2011 in Guangzhou. Guangzhou, South China University of Technology, 2011, 92-93.

Wong C.M., Thach T.Q., Chau Y.K., Chan K.P., Yang L. and Lai H.K., Further research needs for short term health effects and air pollution in Asia (abstract), International Conference on Global Health and Public Health Education on 25-27 October 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, School of Public Health and Primary Care, CUHK, 2011.

Wong C.M., Thach T.Q., Lai H.K., Yang L., Chau Y.K. and Chan K.P., Infra-structure and public policy to reduce the risk of air pollution – towards a walkable city (powerpoint presentation), University of Southern California Global Conference on 13-15 October 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, University of Southern California, 2011.

Wong C.M., 空氣污染和不良生活習慣對健康的影響與建設適宜步行城市的策略, 「專業團體節能革命座談會會」on 24 September 2011 in Hong Kong. 「專業團體節能革命座談會會」, Hong Kong, 大埔環保會, 2011.

Yang L., Chen P., He J.F., Chan K.P., Ou C., Deng A.P., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Effect modification of environmental factors on influenza-associated mortality: A time-series study in two Chinese cities, BMC Infectious Diseases. 2011, 11: 342.

Yang L., Chan K.P., Chan W.M., Song L., Lai H.K., Thach T.Q., Ho L.M., Lam T.H., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Effect of exercise on mortality risk associated with influenza: Evidence from an elderly cohort in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, A110P.

Yang L., Chan K.P., Chen P., He J.F., Ou C., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Effects of environmental factors on influenza seasonality in the subtropics (abstract and oral presentation),, International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, 13-16 September 2011, Barcelona. Barcelona, ISEE, 2011.

Yang L., Chan K.P., Chen P., He J.F., Ou C., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Environmental factors and mortality risks associated influenza (abstract and poster presentation),, International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, 13-16 September 2011, Barcelona. Barcelona, ISEE, 2011.

Yang L., Chan K.P., Cowling B.J., Chiu S.S.S., Chan K.H., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Estimation of mortality burden associated with 2009 pandemic H1N1 in Hong Kong (abstract), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, B608P.

Yang L., Ma S.S.L., Chen P., He J.F., Chan K.P., Chow A., Ou C., Deng A.P., Hedley A.J., Wong C.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Influenza associated mortality in the subtropics and tropics: results from three Asian cities, Vaccine. 2011, 29(48): 8909-8914.

Researcher : Wong JHF

List of Research Outputs

Lam W.W.T., Au H.Y.A., Wong J.H.F., Lehmann C., Koch U., Fielding R. and Mehnert A., Unmet supportive care needs: A cross-cultural comparison between Hong Kong Chinese and German Caucasian women with breast cancer, Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 2011, 130(2): 531-541.

Researcher : Wong LC

List of Research Outputs

McGhee S., Brazier J., Lam C.L.K., Wong L.C., Chau J., Cheung W.L. and Ho A.L.Y., Quality-adjusted life years: Population-specific measurement of the quality component, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2011, 17(Suppl 6): S17-S21.

Researcher : Wong OL

Project Title:	IEA World Congress of Epidemiology 2011 An age-period-cohort analysis of mortality associated with bacterial diseases in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Wong OL
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	08/2011
Completion Date:	08/2011

Project Title:	Optimizing resource allocation for breast cancer prevention and care in Hong Kong Chinese: A generalized cost-effectiveness analysis
Investigator(s):	Wong OL, Cowling BJ
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Health Services Research Fund - Full Grants
Start Date:	09/2011

List of Research Outputs

Liang J., Chan Y.H., Wong O.L. and Lam T.H., Ecological approaches to investigate the etiology of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Insights and challenges (abstract), 18th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress, 3-5 November 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Centre for Cancer Research, University of Hong Kong, 2011, A58.

Liang J., Chan Y.H., Wong O.L. and Lam T.H., Reliability of a lifecourse milestone approach on dietary assessment in nasopharyngeal carcinoma case-control study: A pre-pilot study (abstract), 18th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress, 3-5 November 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Centre for Cancer Research, University of Hong Kong, 2011, A63.

Wong O.L., Cowling B.J., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., An age-period-cohort analysis of mortality associated with bacterial diseases in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A170.

Wong O.L., College Prize for Best Poster Presentation, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 27 November 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Wong O.L., Cowling B.J. and Leung G.M., Cost-effectiveness of breast cancer-related interventions among Chinese women in Hong Kong (abstract and oral presentation), 8th World Congress on Health Economics, 10-13 July 2011, Toronto. Toronto, International Health Economics Association, 2011.

Wong O.L., Resource allocation for breast cancer prevention and care in Hong Kong (abstract), 18th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress, 3-5 November 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Centre for Cancer Research, University of Hong Kong, 2011.

Wong O.L., Tsang J.W.H., Cowling B.J. and Leung G.M., Resource allocation for breast cancer prevention and care in Hong Kong: A generalized cost-effectiveness analysis (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Wong O.L., Cowling B.J., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Trends in mortality from septicaemia and pneumonia with economic development: an age-period-cohort analysis, PLoS one. 2012, 7(6): e38988.

Researcher : Wong PTK

List of Research Outputs

Yu X., Stewart S.M., Wong P.T.K. and Lam T.H., Screening for depression with the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2) among the general population in Hong Kong, Journal of Affective Disorders. 2011, 134(1-3): 444-447.

Yu X., Tam W.W.S., Wong P.T.K., Lam T.H. and Stewart S.M., The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 for measuring depressive symptoms among the general population in Hong Kong, Comprehensive Psychiatry. 2012, 53(1): 95-102.

Researcher : Wong ST

List of Research Outputs

Cowling B.J., Chan K.H., Klick B.A., Durrani S., Chou S.K., Wong S.T., Kam M.S., Kwok H.K.H., Ng S., Chiu S.S.S., Peiris J.S.M. and Ip D.K.M., Efficacy of live attenuated seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccine in school-age children: A randomized controlled trial (abstract), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, A508P.

Researcher : Wong WS

List of Research Outputs

Wong W.S., Williams D.A., Mak K.H. and Fielding R., Assessing attitudes toward and beliefs about pain among Chinese patients with chronic pain: Validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the pain beliefs and perceptions inventory (ChPBPI), Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2011, 42(2): 308-318.

Wong W.S., Chen P.P., Yap J., Mak K.H., Tam B.K. and Fielding R., Assessing depression in patients with chronic pain: A comparison of three rating scales, Journal of Affective Disorders. 2011, 133(1-2): 179-187.

Wong W.S., McCracken L.M. and Fielding R., Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the 20-item pain anxiety symptoms scale (ChPASS-20), Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2012, 43(6): 1131-40.

Wong W.S., McCracken L.M. and Fielding R., Factorial validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the pain vigilance and awareness questionnaire (ChPVAQ) in a sample of Chinese patients with chronic pain, Pain Medicine. 2011, 12(7): 1018-1025.

Wong W.S., Jensen M.P., Mak K.H. and Fielding R., Pain-related beliefs among Chinese patients with chronic pain: The construct and concurrent predictive validity of the Chinese version of the survey of pain attitudes-14 (ChSOPA-14), Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2011, 42(3): 470-478.

Researcher : Wong WTT

List of Research Outputs

Au H.Y.A., Lam W.W.T., Chan M.C.M., Or A.Y.M., Kwong A., Suen D.T.K., Wong A.L., Juraskova I., Wong W.T.T. and Fielding R., Development and pilot-testing of a decision aid for use among Chinese women facing breast cancer surgery, Health Expectations. 2011, 14(4): 405-416.

Researcher : Wong YT

List of Research Outputs

Lam E.H.Y., Cowling B.J., Cook A.R., Wong Y.T., Lau S.Y. and Nishiura H., The feasibility of age-specific travel restrictions during influenza pandemics, Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling. 2011, 8: 44.

Wong Y.T., Nishiura H., Wu J.T.K., Fang J. and Cowling B.J., Inferring influenza epidemic attack rates from cross-sectional serologic surveillance data (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.27: 131.

Wong Y.T., Nishiura H., Wu J.T.K., Fang J. and Cowling B.J., Inferring influenza epidemic attack rates from cross-sectional serologic surveillance data (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Researcher : Wu JTK

Project Title:	Modelling the potential impact of HPV vaccination on Hong Kong's cervical cancer burden
Investigator(s):	Wu JTK, Riley S, Lam TH, Leung GM
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Centre for Health Protection
Start Date:	05/2008

Project Title:	Optimizing the use of antivirals during the next influenza pandemic: From the perspective of an individual or a household
Investigator(s):	Wu JTK
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	09/2009
Completion Date:	08/2011

Project Title:	Modeling the spread and real-time surveillance of antiviral resistance during the next influenza pandemic: local and global considerations
Investigator(s):	Wu JTK, Smith GJ
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases - Full Grants
Start Date:	09/2009

Project Title:	INFORMS Annual Meeting - San Diego 2009 Hedging Against Antiviral Resistance During the Next Influenza Pandemic Using a Secondary Antiviral
Investigator(s):	Wu JTK
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	10/2009

Project Title:	A longitudinal study of infection attack rates among hospital outpatients in Hong Kong during the epidemic of the human swine influenza A/H1N1 virus in 2009 by tracking temporal changes in age-specific seroprevalence rates
Investigator(s):	Wu JTK, Cowling BJ, Hung IFN, Lau YL, Peiris JSM
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases - Full Grants
Start Date:	11/2009

Project Title:	Potential utility and logistical requirements of real-time surveillance of seroprevalence during an influenza pandemic
Investigator(s):	Wu JTK
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	09/2010

Project Title:	2010 Conference on Modeling for Public Health Action Serologic surveillance to monitor infection attack rates and severity of influenza pandemics in real-time
Investigator(s):	Wu JTK
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	12/2010

Project Title:	Modeling the impact of public reactions against vaccine-induced adverse events on population-wide vaccination against novel emerging infectious diseases
Investigator(s):	Wu JTK, Ho WK
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	07/2011

Project Title:	Estimating the epidemic curve of influenza among healthy adults in Hong Kong during 2010-2011 Phase 1: Pandemic influenza A/H1N1
Investigator(s):	Wu JTK, Peiris JSM
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases - Full Grants
Start Date:	12/2011

List of Research Outputs

Choi C.W. and Wu J.T.K., Attitude and acceptance of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccines in Hong Kong: A population-based survey on adolescents and mothers of adolescent girl (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.08: 198.

Choi C.W. and Wu J.T.K., Attitude and acceptance of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines in Hong Kong: A population-based survey on adolescents and mothers of adolescent girls (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Choi C.W. and Wu J.T.K., Clinical impact and economic evaluation of organized HPV vaccination programme in Hong Kong (abstract), 18th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress, 3-5 November 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Centre for Cancer Research, University of Hong Kong, 2011, A26.

Cowling B.J., Wu J.T.K. and Peiris J.S.M., Reply to Kok and Dwyer (letter), Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2011, 53(1): 101-103.

Lau E.H.Y., He X., Wu J.T.K. and Lee C.K., Predicting future blood demand in Thalassemia patients in Hong Kong Chinese (abstract and oral presentation) , 22nd Regional Congress of the International Society of Blood Transfusion, 20-23 November 2011, Taipei, Taiwan. Taipei, Taiwan, International Society of Blood Transfusion, 2011, 5A-S19-03: 35-36.

Vackova D., Johnston J.M. and Wu J.T.K., What do we know about our medical students from their undergraduate research? (abstract and poster presentation), Frontiers in Medical and Health Sciences Education HKU 2011, 2-3 December 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, PE17.

Wang D., Lam W.W.T., Wu J.T.K. and Fielding R., Parental decision making on HPV vaccination: A systematic review of qualitative studies (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Wong Y.T., Nishiura H., Wu J.T.K., Fang J. and Cowling B.J., Inferring influenza epidemic attack rates from cross-sectional serologic surveillance data (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.27: 131.

Wong Y.T., Nishiura H., Wu J.T.K., Fang J. and Cowling B.J., Inferring influenza epidemic attack rates from cross-sectional serologic surveillance data (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Wu J.T.K. and Leung S.M., Characterizing the transmission dynamics and severity of the 2009 influenza pandemic in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.14: 123.

Wu J.T.K., Leung S.M., Ma S.K., Lee C.K., Chu K.W., Ho P.L., Hung I.F.N., Ho L.M., Lin C.K., Tsang T., Lo S.V., Lau Y.L., Leung G.M., Cowling B.J. and Peiris J.S.M., Characterizing the transmission dynamics and severity of the 2009 influenza pandemic in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Wu J.T.K., Ho W.K., Ma S.K., Lee C.K., Chu K.W., Ho P.L., Hung I.F.N., Ho L.M., Lin C.K., Tsang T.H.F., Lo S.V., Lau Y.L., Leung G.M., Cowling B.J. and Peiris J.S.M., Estimating infection attack rates and severity in real time during an influenza pandemic: analysis of serial cross-sectional serologic surveillance data, PLoS Medicine. 2011, 8(10): e1001103.

Wu J.T.K., Ho A.L.Y., Ma E., Lee C.K., Chu D., Ho P.L., Hung I.F.N., Lin C.K., Tsang T., Lo S.V., Lau Y.L., Leung G.M., Cowling B.J. and Peiris J.S.M., Estimating infection attack rates and severity in real-time during an influenza pandemic (abstract), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, B619P.

Wu J.T.K. and Cowling B.J., The use of mathematical models to inform influenza pandemic preparedness and response, Experimental Biology and Medicine. 2011, 236(8): 955-961.

Wu P., Goldstein E., Ho L.M., Yang L., Nishiura H., Wu J.T.K., Ip D.K.M., Chuang S.K., Tsang T. and Cowling B.J., The burden of influenza associated mortality in Hong Kong in 1998-2009. (Abstract and poster presentation), Workshop on Health and Economic Impact of Influenza, 5-7 June 2012, Bali, Indonesia, 2012. Bali, Indonesia, WHO and U.S. Department of Health, and Human Services.

Zhou Y., Ng M.W., Seto W.H., Ip D.K.M., Kwok H.K.H., Ma S.K., Ng S., Lau L.H.L., Wu J.T.K., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Seroprevalence of antibody to pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 among healthcare workers after the first wave in Hong Kong, Journal of Hospital Infection. 2011, 78(4): 308-311.

Researcher : Wu KM

List of Research Outputs

Kwok K.O., Cowling B.J., Wei W.I., Wu K.M., Ning Y., Lessler J., Read J., Commings D.A., Peiris J.S.M. and Riley S., Social contacts and the transmission of influenza in Hong Kong during the main wave of the 2009 pandemic (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Schooling C.M., Kavikondala S., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Wu K.M., Muscle mass is associated with diabetes in a developing population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A257.

Tarrant A.M., Wu K.M., Yuen C...Y...S..., Cheung K.L. and Chan H.S., Determinants of 2009 A/H1N1 Influenza Vaccination Among Pregnant Women in Hong Kong , Maternal and Child Health Journal . Springer Netherlands, 2012, 1-10.

Tarrant A.M., Wu K.M., Fong D.Y.T., Lee I.L.Y., Wong E.M.Y., Sham A., Lam C. and Dodgson J.E., Impact of baby-friendly hospital practices on breastfeeding in Hong Kong, Birth. 2011, 38: 238-245.

Tarrant A.M., Wu K.M. and Yuen C.Y.S., Predictors of H1N1 influenza vaccine uptake among pregnant women in Hong Kong, American Public Health Association’s 139th Annual Meeting – Healthy Communities Promote Healthy Minds and Bodies, Washington, DC. 2011.

Researcher : Wu KM

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Wu P

List of Research Outputs

Kelly H., Peck H.A., Laurie K.L., Wu P., Nishiura H. and Cowling B.J., The age-specific cumulative incidence of infection with pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 was similar in various countries prior to vaccination, PLoS One. 2011, 6(8): e21828.

Ng S., Wu P., Nishiura H., Ip D.K.M., Lee E.S.T. and Cowling B.J., A policy analysis on national seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccine target groups before, during and after the 2009 pandemic (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.20: 207.

Ng S., Wu P., Nishiura H., Ip D.K.M., Lee E.S.T. and Cowling B.J., An analysis of national target groups for monovalent 2009 pandemic influenza vaccine and trivalent seasonal influenza vaccines in 2009-10 and 2010-11, BMC Infectious Diseases. 2011, 11: 230.

Ng S., Wu P., Nishiura H., Ip D.K.M., Lee E.S.Y. and Cowling B.J., An analysis of target recipient groups for monovalent 2009 pandemic influenza vaccine and trivalent seasonal influenza vaccines in 2009-10 and 2020-2011 (abstract), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, A513P.

Ng S., Wu P., Nishiura H., Ip D.K.M., Lee E.S.T. and Cowling B.J., Global peri-pandemic changes in national policy on target recipients of influenza vaccines (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Wu P., Cowling B.J., Leung C.C., Tam C.M., Leung G.M. and Lau E.H.Y., Effects of pharmaceutical interventions on tuberculosis transmission dynamics in a developed Chinese city (abstract), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011, 55.

Wu P., Goldstein E., Ho L.M., Yang L., Nishiura H., Wu J.T.K., Ip D.K.M., Chuang S.K., Tsang T. and Cowling B.J., The burden of influenza associated mortality in Hong Kong in 1998-2009. (Abstract and poster presentation), Workshop on Health and Economic Impact of Influenza, 5-7 June 2012, Bali, Indonesia, 2012. Bali, Indonesia, WHO and U.S. Department of Health, and Human Services.

Wu P., Lau E.H.Y., Cowling B.J., Leung C.C., Tam C.M. and Leung G.M., The long-term transmission dynamics of tuberculosis in Hong Kong (abstract), 3rd Conference of The Union Asia-Pacific Region, 8-11 July 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, 2011, 56.

Researcher : Wu P

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Xie Y

List of Research Outputs

Chan S.S.C., Xie Y., Soong S.S., Wang X., Viswanath K. and Lam T.H., Impact of Family Communication Patterns on Family Health, Happiness, and Harmony (3Hs): Findings of the Hong Kong Family and Health Information Trends Survey (HK-FHINTS), Symposium cum Training Workshop - FAMILY Participation: Generating Evidence for FAMILY Health, Happiness and Harmony (3Hs) in the Community, Hong Kong, 24-25 May. Hong Kong, 2012.

Xie Y. and Ho Chan S., A “J-Shape” Association between birth weight and adult systolic blood pressure (SBP) in Hong Kong Chinese women, Word Congress of Cardiology (WCC 2012), Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 18-21 April. 2012.

Xie Y. and Ho Chan S., A “J-shape” Association between Birth Weight and Adult Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) in Hong Kong Chinese Women (abstract), Circulation. American Heart Association, 2012, 125: e674-675.

Xie Y. and Ho Chan S., Association of Birth Weight with Adult Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) in Hong Kong Chinese Women: “J” Shape or Linear Shape? , 8th Asian – Pacific Congress of Hypertension, Taipei, Taiwan. 24-27 November. 2011.

Xie Y. and Ho Chan S., Body Weight, Weight Change and Adult Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) in Hong Kong Chinese Women, The 43rd APACPH Conference, Seoul, Korea. 20-22 October . 2011.

Xie Y., Oral Presentation Award Finalist, 8th Asian – Pacific Congress of Hypertension. Taipei, Taiwan, 2011.

Xie Y. and Ho Chan S., The Associations Of Adult Systolic Blood Pressure (sbp) With Body Weight At Young Adulthood And At Middle-old Age In Hong Kong Chinese Women, China Heart Congress 2011, Beijing, China. 11-14 August. 2011.

Xie Y., Chan S.S.C., Viswanath K. and Lam T.H., The Hong Kong Family and Health Information Trends Survey (HK-FHINTS): Changes of Health Information Seeking Behaviors from 2009 to 2010, 2nd Asia-Pacific Conference on Health Promotion and Education (APHPE). Taipei, Taiwan. 4 - 6 May . Taipei, Taiwan., 2012.

Xie Y., Young Investigator Award, The Asian Pacific Society of Hypertension (APSH). Taipei, Taiwan, 2011.

Xie Y., Young Investigator Travel Award, 43rd Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH) Conference. Seoul, Korea, 2011.

Researcher : Xu L

List of Research Outputs

Sun W., Xu L., Chan W.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Depressive symptoms and suicide in 56000 older Chinese: a Hong Kong cohort study, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 2012, 47(4): 505-514.

Xu L., Chan W.M., Hui Y.F. and Lam T.H., Association between HbA1c and cardiovascular disease mortality in older Hong Kong Chinese with diabetes, Diabetic Medicine. 2012, 29(3): 393-398.

Xu L., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Zhang W., Thomas G.N. and Cheng K.K., Dose-response relation between physical activity and cognitive function: Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Annals of Epidemiology. 2011, 21(11): 857-863.

Researcher : Xu W

List of Research Outputs

Thach T.Q., Xu W., Chau Y.K., Lai H.K., Hui Y.F., Hedley A.J. and Wong C.M., Effects of thermal stress on morality in the older population of Hong Kong (abstract), International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, 13-16 September 2011, Barcelona. Barcelona, ISEE1, 2011.

Researcher : Yang L

Project Title:	Effect of environmental factors on seasonality of influenza in a subtropical city
Investigator(s):	Yang L, Chiu SSS, Chan KP, Peiris JSM, Wong CM
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	03/2011

Project Title:	the 23rd International Society for Environmental Epidemiology Conference (ISEE 2011) EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON INFLUENZA SEASONALITY IN THE SUBTROPICS ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND MORTALITY RISKS ASSOCIATED INFLUENZA
Investigator(s):	Yang L
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	09/2011
Completion Date:	09/2011

Project Title:	Estimation of excess mortality and hospitalization associated with pandemic influenza 2009
Investigator(s):	Yang L, Wong CM, Chiu SSS, Cowling BJ, Peiris JSM
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases - Full Grants
Start Date:	02/2012

List of Research Outputs

Ou C., Wong C.M., Ho D.S.Y., Schooling C.M., Yang L., Hedley A.J. and Lam T.H., Dietary habits and the short-term effects of air pollution on mortality in the Chinese population in Hong Kong, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2012, 66(3): 254-258.

Wang X., Yang L., Chan K.P. and Wong C.M., Model selection in time series studies of influenza-associated mortality (abstract and poster presentation), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, B612P.

Wang X., Yang L., Chan K.P., Chiu S.S.S., Chan K.H., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Model selection in time series studies of influenza-associated mortality, PLoS One. 2012, 7(6): e39423.

Wang X., Yang L., Chan K.P., Chiu S.S.S., Chan K.H., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Performance of model selection criteria in time series studies of influenza-associated mortality (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. 2011, 4.26: 131.

Wang X., Yang L., Chan K.P., Chiu S.S.S., Chan K.H., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Performance of three influenza activity proxy variables for estimating age-specific hospitalization associated with influenza in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Wong C.M., Yang L., Chan K.P., Song L., Lai H.K., Thach T.Q., Ho L.M., Lam T.H. and Peiris J.S.M., Effect modifications of smoking on risk of mortality associated with influenza (abstract), International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, 13-16 September 2011, Barcelona. Barcelona, ISEE, 2011.

Wong C.M., Peiris J.S.M., Yang L., Chan K.P., Thach T.Q., Lai H.K., Lim W.W.L., Hedley A.J., He J., Chen P., Ou C., Deng A., Zhang X., Zhou D., Ma S.S.L. and Chow A., Effect of influenza on cardiorespiratory and all-cause mortality in Hong Kong, Singapore and Guangzhou, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2012, 18(Suppl 2): S8-S11.

Wong C.M., Thach T.Q., Chau Y.K., Chan K.P., Yang L. and Lai H.K., Further research needs for short term health effects and air pollution in Asia (abstract), International Conference on Global Health and Public Health Education on 25-27 October 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, School of Public Health and Primary Care, CUHK, 2011.

Wong C.M., Thach T.Q., Lai H.K., Yang L., Chau Y.K. and Chan K.P., Infra-structure and public policy to reduce the risk of air pollution – towards a walkable city (powerpoint presentation), University of Southern California Global Conference on 13-15 October 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, University of Southern California, 2011.

Wu P., Goldstein E., Ho L.M., Yang L., Nishiura H., Wu J.T.K., Ip D.K.M., Chuang S.K., Tsang T. and Cowling B.J., The burden of influenza associated mortality in Hong Kong in 1998-2009. (Abstract and poster presentation), Workshop on Health and Economic Impact of Influenza, 5-7 June 2012, Bali, Indonesia, 2012. Bali, Indonesia, WHO and U.S. Department of Health, and Human Services.

Yang L., Chen P., He J.F., Chan K.P., Ou C., Deng A.P., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Effect modification of environmental factors on influenza-associated mortality: A time-series study in two Chinese cities, BMC Infectious Diseases. 2011, 11: 342.

Yang L., Chan K.P., Chan W.M., Song L., Lai H.K., Thach T.Q., Ho L.M., Lam T.H., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Effect of exercise on mortality risk associated with influenza: Evidence from an elderly cohort in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, A110P.

Yang L., Chan K.P., Chen P., He J.F., Ou C., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Effects of environmental factors on influenza seasonality in the subtropics (abstract and oral presentation),, International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, 13-16 September 2011, Barcelona. Barcelona, ISEE, 2011.

Yang L., Chan K.P., Chen P., He J.F., Ou C., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Environmental factors and mortality risks associated influenza (abstract and poster presentation),, International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, 13-16 September 2011, Barcelona. Barcelona, ISEE, 2011.

Yang L., Chan K.P., Cowling B.J., Chiu S.S.S., Chan K.H., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Estimation of mortality burden associated with 2009 pandemic H1N1 in Hong Kong (abstract), 4th ESWI Influenza Conference on 11-14 September 2011 in Malta. Malta, European Scientific Working Group on Influenza, 2011, B608P.

Yang L., Ma S.S.L., Chen P., He J.F., Chan K.P., Chow A., Ou C., Deng A.P., Hedley A.J., Wong C.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Influenza associated mortality in the subtropics and tropics: results from three Asian cities, Vaccine. 2011, 29(48): 8909-8914.

Researcher : Yau CYS

List of Research Outputs

Schooling C.M., Kwok M.K., Yau C.Y.S., Cowling B.J., Lam T.H. and Leung G.M., Spatial proximity and childhood hospital admissions in a densely populated conurbation: Evidence from Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" birth cohort, Health and Place. 2011, 17(5): 1038-1043.

Schooling C.M., Yau C.Y.S., Kwok M.K., Cowling B.J., Lam T.H. and Leung G.M., Spatial proximity and childhood hospital admissions in a densely populated conurbation: evidence fro m Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997”birth cohort (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A421.

Researcher : Ye M

List of Research Outputs

Li W.Y., Lam W.W.T., Au A.H.Y., Ye M., Law W.L., Poon J.T.C., Kwong A., Suen D.T.K., Tsang J.Y.S., Girgis A. and Fielding R., Interpreting differences in patterns of supportive care needs between patients with breast cancer and patients with colorectal cancer, Psychooncology. 2012, Epub ahead of print.

Researcher : Yoon SW

Project Title:	The sociocultural contexts of alcohol use among adolescents in Hong Kong: a qualitative pilot study
Investigator(s):	Yoon SW, Lam TH
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	06/2012

List of Research Outputs

Yoon S.W., Challenging the status quo, shaping the policy response: Asia's role in governing global pandemic influenza (abstract and powerpoint presentation), Workshop on "The recent works in the history of science, technology and medicine" on 6 January 2012 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKIHSS, The University of Hong Kong, 2012.

Yoon S.W., Pathogens, global discourses and local narratives: Exploring Asia's response to avian and pandemic influenza (abstract, full paper and powerpoint presentation), Conference on Inter-Asian Connections III, 6-8 June 2012, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Social Science Research Council, USA, 2012.

Yoon S.W., The alcohol industry lobby and Hong Kong's zero beer and white tax policy in 2007-2008 (abstract and powerpoint presentation), The 3rd Hong Kong Public Health Forum, 12 December 2011, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, 2011.

Researcher : Yu HY

List of Research Outputs

Yu H.Y., Woo J., Chan R., Sham A., Ho S., Tso A.W.K., Cheung B.M.Y., Lam T.H. and Lam K.S.L., Relationship between dietary intake and the development of type 2 diabetes in a Chinese population: the Hong Kong Dietary Survey, Public Health Nutrition 2011 . 2011, 14 (7): 1133-1141.

Researcher : Yu X

Project Title:	Resilience and Well-being in Couples Coping with HIV in Rural China
Investigator(s):	Yu X, Lam TH, Stewart SM, Chen Z
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	09/2010
Completion Date:	08/2012

Project Title:	16th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology Coping mediates the association between Type D personality and perceived health in Chinese patients
Investigator(s):	Yu X
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	07/2011
Completion Date:	07/2011

List of Research Outputs

Fung S.S.W., Yu X., Hirschmann M.A.R., Stewart S.M. and Lam T.H., A Pilot Brief Intervention to Enhance Intention and self-efficacy for Increasing Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Hong Kong Chinese Men and Women (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 4.06: 119.

Fung S.S.W., Yu X., Hirschmann M.A.R., Stewart S.M. and Lam T.H., A brief theory-driven pilot intervention to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in Hong Kong Chinese adults (abstract and poster presentation), 4th Annual Symposium cum Training Workshop, 24 May 2012, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, 2012, 25.

Fung S.S.W., Yu X., Hirschmann M.A.R., Stewart S.M. and Lam T.H., A brief theory-driven pilot intervention to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in Hong Kong Chinese adults (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Yu X., Chen Z., Zhang J. and Liu X., Coping mediates the association between Type D personality and perceived health in Chinese patients with coronary heart disease, 16th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology. 2011.

Yu X., Chen Z., Zhang J. and Liu X., Coping mediates the association between Type D personality and perceived health in Chinese patients with coronary heart disease, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. Heidelberg, Germany, Springer, 2011, 18: 277-284.

Yu X., Stewart S.M., Wong P.T.K. and Lam T.H., Screening for depression with the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2) among the general population in Hong Kong, Journal of Affective Disorders. 2011, 134(1-3): 444-447.

Yu X., Tam W.W.S., Wong P.T.K., Lam T.H. and Stewart S.M., The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 for measuring depressive symptoms among the general population in Hong Kong, Comprehensive Psychiatry. 2012, 53(1): 95-102.

Researcher : Yu YY

List of Research Outputs

Lee H., Yu Y.Y., McDowell I., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Stewart S.M., Performance of the international physical activity questionnaire (short form) in subgroups of the Hong Kong Chinese population, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 2011, 8: 81.

Yu Y.Y., Tam W.W.S. and Lam T.H., Harmony in family relations: Exploratory analysis in search of a harmony scale (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A316.

Researcher : Zhang W

List of Research Outputs

Arora T., Jiang C., Thomas G.N., Lam H.K.B., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H. and Taheri S., Self-reported long total sleep duration is associated with metabolic syndrome: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Diabetes Care. 2011, 34(10): 2317-2319.

Au Y.S.L.R., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., ALDH2 is a valid instrument for Mendelian randomization studies in alcohol epidemiology - The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A68.

Au Y.S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Cowling B.J., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Moderate alcohol use and cardiovascular risk factors among men using a mendelian randomization design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.02: 194.

Au Y.S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Cowling B.J., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H. and Leung G.M., Moderate alcohol use and cardiovascular risk factors among men using a mendelian randomization design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and oral presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Au Y.S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Moderate alcohol use and cognitive function among men using a mendelian randomization design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Au Yeung R.S.L., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Evaluation of moderate alcohol use and cognitive function among men using a mendelian randomization design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2012, 175(10): 1021-8.

Elwell-Sutton T.M., Jiang C., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Inequality and inequity in access to health care and treatment for chronic conditions in China: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and oral presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011, Free paper 1.

Elwell-Sutton T.M., Jiang C., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Inequality and inequity in access to health care and treatment of non-communicable diseases in China: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and oral presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 3.11: 200.

Elwell-Sutton T.M., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Socioeconomic influences at different life stages on self-rated health in Guangzhou, China (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A331.

Heys M., Jiang C.Q., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Au Y.S.L.R., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Life long endogenous estrogen exposure and later adulthood cognitive function in a population of naturally postmenopausal women from Southern China: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2011, 36(6): 864-873.

Kavikondala S., Jiang C., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Intergenerational influences on diabetes in a developing population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, American Journal of Human Biology . 2011, 23(6): 747-754.

Schooling C.M., Kavikondala S., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H. and Leung G.M., Intergenerational influences on diabetes in a developing population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A257.

Schooling C.M., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K. and Leung G.M., Liver function related viruses and diabetes in China (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A351.

Schooling C.M., Kavikondala S., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Wu K.M., Muscle mass is associated with diabetes in a developing population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A257.

Sun Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Leg length is associated with lower values of inflammatory markers in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract and poster presentation), 16th Research Postgraduate Symposium on 7-8 December 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2011, 2.23: 91.

West D.A., Leung G.M., Jiang C., Elwell-Sutton T.M., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K. and Schooling C.M., Life-course origins of social inequalities in adult immune cell markers of inflammation in a developing southern Chinese population: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, BMC Public Health. 2012, 12(1): 269.

Xu L., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Zhang W., Thomas G.N. and Cheng K.K., Dose-response relation between physical activity and cognitive function: Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Annals of Epidemiology. 2011, 21(11): 857-863.

Researcher : Zhou J

List of Research Outputs

Zhou J., Johnston J.M., Chan W.M., Hui Y.F., Ng P.S., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Self-related health and mortality in a prospective Chinese elderly cohort (abstract and poster presentation for IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 7-11 August 2011, Edinburgh), Journal of Epidemiology and Community Medicine. 2011, 65(Suppl 1): A219.

Researcher : Zhou Q

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Chan S.S.C., Zhou Q., Mui M. and Lam T.H., Exploring Families' Experience in Practicing Positive Communication to Promote Health, Happiness and Harmony: A Community-based Participatory Project, 2nd Global Congress for Qualitative Health Research, Milan, Italy, June 28-30, 2012.

Zhou Q., Chan S.S.C., Miu M. and Lam T.H., Promoting Family Communication through a Happy Family Cookbook: The Happy Family Kitchen Project, 2nd Asia-Pacific Conference on Health Promotion and Education (APHPE), May 4-6, Taiwan. 2012.

Researcher : Zhou Y

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Zhou Y., Ng M.W., Seto W.H., Ip D.K.M., Kwok H.K.H., Ma S.K., Ng S., Lau L.H.L., Wu J.T.K., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Seroprevalence of antibody to pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 among healthcare workers after the first wave in Hong Kong, Journal of Hospital Infection. 2011, 78(4): 308-311.

Zhou Y., Ng M.W., Seto W.H., Ip D.K.M., Kwok H.K.H., Ma S.K., Ng S., Lau L.H.L., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Seroprevalence of pandemic H1N1 antibody among health care workers in Hong Kong following receipt of monovalent 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine, PLoS One. 2011, 6(11): e27169.

Zhou Y., Ng M.W., Seto W.H., Ip D.K.M., Kwok H.K.H., Ma S.K., Ng S., Lau L.H.L., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Suboptimal immunogenicity among healthcare workers after receipt of the monovalent 2009 influenza A(N1N1) vaccine (abstract and poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting on 27 November 2011 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine, 2011.

Zhou Y., Cowling B.J., Ip D.K.M., Nishiura H., Peiris J.S.M. and Seto W.H., Years of life lost in the first wave of 2009 pandemic (H1N1) in Hong Kong. (Abstract and poster presentation), Workshop on Health and Economic Impact of Influenza, 5-7 June 2012, Bali, Indonesia, 2012. Bali, Indonesia, WHO and U.S. Department of Health, and Human Services.

Researcher : Zhou Y

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