SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH



Researcher : AU WM
List of Research Outputs

AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Adolescent drinking and self-rated health in Hong Kong, In: Professor Robin Room, Drug and Alcohol Review. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013, 32: 73.
AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lai W.Y., Lau M.M. and Lam T.H., Reactions to secondhand smoke exposure and their association with intention to smoke in Hong Kong children (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lau L.M.M., Lai V.W.Y. and Lam T.H., Reducing secondhand smoke exposure and parental pro-smoking practices in Hong Kong children: A cluster randomised controlled trial (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 313-4.
AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lai V.W.Y., Lau L.M.M. and Lam T.H., The association of positive reaction to secondhand smoke with family smoking and secondhand smoke exposure in Hong Kong children (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 311-2.
AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lai W.Y., Lau M.M. and Lam T.H., The association of positive reaction to secondhand smoke with family smoking and secondhand smoke exposure in Hong Kong children (abstract), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
CHEN J., Ho D.S.Y., AU W.M., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Family smoking, exposure to secondhand smoke at home and family unhappiness among young children (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 309-10.
CHEN J., Ho D.S.Y., AU W.M., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., The association of parental attitudes towards smoking with children’s attitudes towards smoking and susceptibility to smoke (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 307-8.
Ho D.S.Y., AU W.M., Wang M.P., Lau L.M.M., Lai V.W.Y. and Lam T.H., Process evaluation of a randomized controlled trial to reduce secondhand smoke exposure among children in Hong Kong (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 315-6.
Ho D.S.Y., AU W.M., Wang M.P., Lai V.W.Y., Lau L.M.M. and Lam T.H., Reactions to secondhand smoke exposure and their association with intention to smoke in Hong Kong children (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 317-8.


Researcher : Adab P
List of Research Outputs

Adab P., Jiang C., Rankin E., Tsang Y.W., Lam T.H., Barlow J., Thomas G.N., Zhang W. and Cheng K.K., Breastfeeding practice, oral contraceptive use and risk of rheumatoid arthritis among Chinese women: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Rheumatology. 2014, 53(5): 860-6.
Au Yeung S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Adab P., Lam H.K.B., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 - A potential genetic risk factor for lung function among southern Chinese from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Jiang C., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K., Liu B., Zhang W., Jin Y.L., Xu L., Lam H.K.B., Thomas G.N., Adab P., Zhu T. and Leung G.M., Establishment of the Guangzhou Biobank for the study of major chronic diseases: The past and coming decades (in Chinese), Chinese Preventive Medicine. 2013, 14(11): 801-8.


Researcher : Au Yeung SLR
List of Research Outputs

Au Yeung S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Adab P., Lam H.K.B., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 - A potential genetic risk factor for lung function among southern Chinese from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Au Yeung S.L.R., Jiang C., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Systematic differences among never, occasional and moderate alcohol users in southern China, and its use in alcohol research: A cross-sectional study, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2013, 67(12): 1054-60.
Kwok M.K., Au Yeung S.L.R., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Birth weight and adult cardiovascular risk factors using multiple birth status as an instrumental variable in the British 1958 birth cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Kwok M.K., Au Yeung S.L.R., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Birth weight, infant growth and adolescent blood pressure using twin status as an instrumental variable in a Chinese birth cohort: “children of 1997” (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Kavikondala S. and Schooling C.M., Estradiol concentrations in young healthy us versus chinese men, American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council. . 2014, 26: 565-569.
Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Kavikondala S., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Testosterone concentrations in young healthy us versus Chinese men (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Kavikondala S., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Testosterone concentrations in young healthy us versus Chinese men, American Journal of Human Biology. 2014, 26(1): 99-102.
Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Kavikondala S. and Schooling C.M., Testosterone concentrations in young healthy us versus chinese men., American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council. 2013, 26: 99-102.
ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., A mendelian randomization analysis of testosterone and cardiovascular risk factors among men in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted testosterone and cardiovascular risk factors in men: a Mendelian randomization analysis in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2014, 43(1): 140-8.
ZHOU J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted testosterone and systemic inflammation in men: A separate-sample mendelian randomization analysis in older southern Chinese men (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : BAUDON EM
List of Research Outputs

BAUDON E.M., Fournie G., Hiep D.T., Ton V.D., Peiris J.S.M., Cowling B.J. and Peyre M., Description of the swine production network in a province of northern Vietnam and implications for swine influenza transmission and surveillance (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : Bruzzone R
List of Research Outputs

Yip M.S., LEUNG H.L., Cheung C.Y., Li P.H., Lee H.Y.H., Daëron M., Peiris J.S.M., Bruzzone R. and Jaume M.D.A., Antibody-dependent infection of human macrophages by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus, Virology Journal. 2014, 11: 82.


Researcher : Bui HT
List of Research Outputs

Bui H.T., Nicholls J.M., Peiris J.S.M., Chan M.C.W. and Chan W.Y., Influenza B viruses in swine: virus tropism in swine respiratory organ explant cultures., Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.


Researcher : CAO P
List of Research Outputs

CAO P., Wang X., Fang S.S., Cheng X.W., Chan K.P., WANG X., Lu X., Wu C.L., Tang X.J., Zhang R.L., Ma H.W., Cheng J.Q., Wong C.M. and Yang L., Forecasting influenza epidemics from multi-stream surveillance data in a subtropical city of China, PLoS One. 2014, 9(3): e92945.
WANG X., Wong C.M., Chan K.H., Chan K.P., CAO P., Peiris J.S.M. and Yang L., Hospitalization risk of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic cases in Hong Kong, BMC Infectious Diseases. 2014, 14: 32.
WANG X., Yang L., Chan K.P., CAO P., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Trends for pneumonia and influenza hospital admissions in Hong Kong: Age, period and cohort effects (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : CHAI Y
List of Research Outputs

Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., MA C., Li L., Cheung C.L., ZHOU J., CHAI Y., LIANG H., Chen R., Zheng Z., Zhang Y., Liu Y., Smith D.K., Peiris J.S.M., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The emergence of the 2013 H7N9 and related viruses in China, Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.
Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., Zhou B., Duan L., Cheung C.L., MA C., Lycett S.J., Leung C.Y.H., Chen X., Li L., Hong W., CHAI Y., Zhou L., LIANG H., OU Z., Liu Y., Farooqui A., Kelvin D.J., Poon L.L.M., Smith D.K., Pybus O.G., Leung G.M., Shu Y., Webster R.G., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Rambaut A., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The genesis and source of the H7N9 influenza viruses causing human infections in China, Nature. 2013, 502: 241-244.


Researcher : CHEN J
List of Research Outputs

CHEN J., Ho D.S.Y., AU W.M., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Family smoking, exposure to secondhand smoke at home and family unhappiness among young children (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 309-10.
CHEN J., Ho D.S.Y., AU W.M., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., The association of parental attitudes towards smoking with children’s attitudes towards smoking and susceptibility to smoke (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 307-8.


Researcher : CHEUNG PYP
List of Research Outputs

CHEUNG P.Y.P. and McGhee S., Burden of psychosis in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation) , Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : Chan BHY
List of Research Outputs

Chan B.H.Y., Ni M.Y., Kavikondala S., Nan H., Lam T.H. and Leung G.M., Are the religiously unaffiliated less likely to engage in health-related behaviours compared to Christians or Catholics? Evidence from the family cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Nan H., Ni M.Y., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., Ng K.W., Morisky D.E., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and McDowell I.W., Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the Morisky medication adherence scale: evidence from the family cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Ni M.Y., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., Ng N.C., Lam T.H., McDowell I.W., Johnston J.M. and Leung G.M., A randomised factorial design to assess the effect of survey mode and question wording on measuring family harmony: Evidence from the family cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : Chan KP
List of Research Outputs

CAO P., Wang X., Fang S.S., Cheng X.W., Chan K.P., WANG X., Lu X., Wu C.L., Tang X.J., Zhang R.L., Ma H.W., Cheng J.Q., Wong C.M. and Yang L., Forecasting influenza epidemics from multi-stream surveillance data in a subtropical city of China, PLoS One. 2014, 9(3): e92945.
Chan K.P., Wong C.M., Chiu S.S.S., Chan K.H., WANG X., Chan L.Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Yang L., A Robust Parameter Estimation Method for Estimating Disease Burden of Respiratory Viruses, PLOS One. 2014, 9(3): e90126.
WANG X., Wong C.M., Chan K.H., Chan K.P., CAO P., Peiris J.S.M. and Yang L., Hospitalization risk of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic cases in Hong Kong, BMC Infectious Diseases. 2014, 14: 32.
WANG X., Yang L., Chan K.P., CAO P., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Trends for pneumonia and influenza hospital admissions in Hong Kong: Age, period and cohort effects (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : Chan LY
List of Research Outputs

Chan L.Y., Chan W.Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Chan M.C.W., Pathogenesis of the novel avian-origin influenza A (H7N9) virus Influenza H7N9 virus in human lower respiratory tract, Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.
Chan M.C.W., Chan W.Y., Chan L.Y., Mok K.P., Hui P.Y., Fong J.H.M., Tao K.P., Poon L.L.M., Nicholls J.M., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Tropism and innate host responses of a novel avian influenza A H7N9 virus: an analysis of ex-vivo and in-vitro cultures of the human respiratory tract, In: Chan MC, Chan RW, Chan LL, Mok CK, Hui KP, Fong JH, Tao KP, Poon LL, Nicholls JM, Guan Y, Peiris JM, Lancet Respir Med. 2013, 1: 534-42.
Hui P.Y., Chan W.Y., Chan L.Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Chan M.C.W., Immuno-modulatory and anti-viral effects of statins in influenza H5N1 virus infection of human alveolar epithelial cells and peripheral blood derived macrophages, Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.


Researcher : Chan MCW
Project Title:Effect of vitamin B2 in the treatment of human influenza H5N1 virus infection: studies in vitro and in vivo
Investigator(s):Chan MCW, Peiris JSM, Chan WY
Department:Microbiology
Source(s) of Funding:Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases - Full Grants
Start Date:02/2009
Completion Date:08/2014


Project Title:Effect of allogeneic human mesenchymal stem cells on alveolar fluid clearance and protein permeability in human alveolar epithelial cells injured by influenza H5N1 virus infection
Investigator(s):Chan MCW, Nicholls JM
Department:Microbiology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:12/2010


Project Title:Experimental models to study the impact of cigarette smoking on the tropism of the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus in human respiratory tract
Investigator(s):Chan MCW, Chan WY, Nicholls JM, Mak JCW
Department:Microbiology
Source(s) of Funding:Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases - Full Grants
Start Date:02/2011


Project Title:Role of indirubin-3’-oxime as an antiviral and immunomodulatory agent in the treatment of severe human influenza virus infection
Investigator(s):Chan MCW
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases - Full Grants
Start Date:03/2012


Project Title:Therapeutic Effect of Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Acute Lung Injury Caused by Severe Influenza H5N1 Virus Infection
Investigator(s):Chan MCW, Peiris JSM, Guan Y, Chan GCF, Chan WY
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Matching Grant for Joint Research
Start Date:05/2012


Project Title:A comparative study of influenza A viruses with differential interferon induction with respect to their potential to confer increased susceptibility to secondary bacterial infections
Investigator(s):Chan MCW
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2012
Completion Date:06/2014


Project Title:A mouse model to study the beneficial effect of human mesenchymal stem cells on acute lung injury induced by influenza H5N1 virus infection
Investigator(s):Chan MCW
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:03/2013


Project Title:Role of distal airway stem cells in lung regeneration following highly pathogenic influenza H5N1 induced acute lung injury
Investigator(s):Chan MCW, Wong MP, Nicholls JM
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2014


Project Title:Tropism of the novel human betacoronavirus lineage C virus in human ex vivo and in vitro cultures, as an assessment of its potential transmissibility and pathogenesis in humans
Investigator(s):Chan MCW, Chan WY, Nicholls JM, Peiris JSM
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:03/2014


Project Title:Host-directed antiviral strategy for influenza virus infection – optimization of statins use and the intimate linkage between sterol metabolism and interferon mediated antiviral response
Investigator(s):Chan MCW
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2014


List of Research Outputs

Bui H.T., Nicholls J.M., Peiris J.S.M., Chan M.C.W. and Chan W.Y., Influenza B viruses in swine: virus tropism in swine respiratory organ explant cultures., Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.
Chan L.Y., Chan W.Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Chan M.C.W., Pathogenesis of the novel avian-origin influenza A (H7N9) virus Influenza H7N9 virus in human lower respiratory tract, Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.
Chan M.C.W., Chan W.Y., Tsao G.S.W. and Peiris J.S.M., Replication and pathogenesis of avian influenza A (H5N1) virus infection in polarised human bronchial and alveolar epithelium, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2013, 19 Supp 4: 24-8.
Chan M.C.W., Chan W.Y., Chan L.Y., Mok K.P., Hui P.Y., Fong J.H.M., Tao K.P., Poon L.L.M., Nicholls J.M., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Tropism and innate host responses of a novel avian influenza A H7N9 virus: an analysis of ex-vivo and in-vitro cultures of the human respiratory tract, In: Chan MC, Chan RW, Chan LL, Mok CK, Hui KP, Fong JH, Tao KP, Poon LL, Nicholls JM, Guan Y, Peiris JM, Lancet Respir Med. 2013, 1: 534-42.
Chan W.Y., Karamanska R., Van Poucke S., Van Reeth K., Chan W.W., Chan M.C.W., Dell A., Peiris J.S.M., Haslam S.M., Guan Y. and Nicholls J.M., Infection of swine ex vivo tissues with avian viruses including H7N9 and correlation with glycomic analysis, In: Chan RW, Karamanska R, Van Poucke S, Van Reeth K, Chan IW, Chan MC, Dell A, Peiris JS, Haslam SM, Guan Y, Nicholls JM, Influenza Other Respir Viruses. Wiley-Blackwell, 2013, 7: 1269-1282.
Hui P.Y., Chan W.Y., Chan L.Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Chan M.C.W., Immuno-modulatory and anti-viral effects of statins in influenza H5N1 virus infection of human alveolar epithelial cells and peripheral blood derived macrophages, Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.
Kuok I.T., Chan W.Y., Lee J.W., Fang X., Matthay M.A., Peiris J.S.M. and Chan M.C.W., Angiopoietin-1 and Keratinocyte Growth Factor restore the impaired alveolar fluid clearance induced by influenza H5N1 virus infection, Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.
Mok K.P., Lee H.Y.H., Lestra M., Nicholls J.M., Chan M.C.W., Sia S.F., Zhu H., Poon L.L.M., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Amino acid substitutions in polymerase basic protein 2 gene contribute to the pathogenicity of the novel A/H7N9 Influenza virus in mammalian hosts., Journal of Virology. 2014, 88(6): 3568-76.
Mok K.P., Kang S.R., Chan W.Y., Yue Y.K., Mak N.K., Poon L.L.M., Wong N.S., Peiris J.S.M. and Chan M.C.W., Anti-inflammatory and antiviral effects of indirubin derivatives in influenza A (H5N1) virus infected primary human peripheral blood-derived macrophages and alveolar epithelial cells, Antiviral Research. 2014, 106: 95–104.
Mok K.P., Lee H.Y.H., Chan M.C.W., Sia S.F., Lestra M., Nicholls J.M., Zhu H., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Pathogenicity of the novel A/H7N9 influenza virus in mice, mBio. 2013, 4(4): e00362-13.
Wong K.S.C., Zhu H., Li O.T.W., Leung C.Y.H., Chan M.C.W., Guan Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Poon L.L.M., Molecular Detection of Human H7N9 Influenza A Virus Causing Outbreaks in China, Clinical chemistry. 2013, 59(7): 1062-7.


Researcher : Chan WW
List of Research Outputs

Chan W.Y., Karamanska R., Van Poucke S., Van Reeth K., Chan W.W., Chan M.C.W., Dell A., Peiris J.S.M., Haslam S.M., Guan Y. and Nicholls J.M., Infection of swine ex vivo tissues with avian viruses including H7N9 and correlation with glycomic analysis, In: Chan RW, Karamanska R, Van Poucke S, Van Reeth K, Chan IW, Chan MC, Dell A, Peiris JS, Haslam SM, Guan Y, Nicholls JM, Influenza Other Respir Viruses. Wiley-Blackwell, 2013, 7: 1269-1282.


Researcher : Chan WY
Project Title:The biological and genetic determinants of seasonal influenza A virus replication in the lower respiratory tract
Investigator(s):Chan WY, Chan MCW, Yen H, Nicholls JM, Peiris JSM
Department:Pathology
Source(s) of Funding:Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases - Full Grants
Start Date:02/2011
Completion Date:09/2014


Project Title:Neutrophil mediated host-responses during influenza A virus infection, an in vitro study
Investigator(s):Chan WY, Chan MCW, Shum DKY, Nicholls JM, Peiris JSM
Department:Pathology
Source(s) of Funding:Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases - Full Grants
Start Date:03/2012


Project Title:Human primary lung microvascular endothelial responses to influenza A virus infection
Investigator(s):Chan WY, Nicholls JM
Department:Pathology
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:06/2012
Completion Date:12/2013


Project Title:The application of swine and human respiratory organ explant cultures to investigate inter-species transmission of avian influenza viruses to swine and humans
Investigator(s):Chan WY, Chan MCW, Nicholls JM, Peiris JSM
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:03/2013


Project Title:Influenza B virus induced host innate immune response in human primary alveolar epithelial cells
Investigator(s):Chan WY
Department:Pathology
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:06/2013


Project Title:Human lung local immunity to influenza virus - role of lung antibody and resident memory T cells
Investigator(s):Chan WY, Tu W, Nicholls JM, Peiris JSM
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2014


Project Title:Influenza B viruses: Virus tropism in human and swine respiratory organ explant cultures and sero-epidemiology in swine
Investigator(s):Chan WY, Chan MCW, Nicholls JM, Peiris JSM
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:03/2014


Project Title:Is the loss of glycosylation in haemagglutinin protein a strategy for influenza virus to adapt in pigs?
Investigator(s):Chan WY
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2014


List of Research Outputs

Bui H.T., Nicholls J.M., Peiris J.S.M., Chan M.C.W. and Chan W.Y., Influenza B viruses in swine: virus tropism in swine respiratory organ explant cultures., Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.
Chan L.Y., Chan W.Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Chan M.C.W., Pathogenesis of the novel avian-origin influenza A (H7N9) virus Influenza H7N9 virus in human lower respiratory tract, Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.
Chan M.C.W., Chan W.Y., Tsao G.S.W. and Peiris J.S.M., Replication and pathogenesis of avian influenza A (H5N1) virus infection in polarised human bronchial and alveolar epithelium, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2013, 19 Supp 4: 24-8.
Chan M.C.W., Chan W.Y., Chan L.Y., Mok K.P., Hui P.Y., Fong J.H.M., Tao K.P., Poon L.L.M., Nicholls J.M., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Tropism and innate host responses of a novel avian influenza A H7N9 virus: an analysis of ex-vivo and in-vitro cultures of the human respiratory tract, In: Chan MC, Chan RW, Chan LL, Mok CK, Hui KP, Fong JH, Tao KP, Poon LL, Nicholls JM, Guan Y, Peiris JM, Lancet Respir Med. 2013, 1: 534-42.
Chan W.Y., Academic Editor, Journal of Pandemics and Venereal Diseases (Zeal Scienza). 2014.
Chan W.Y., Academic Editor, PLoS One. 2013.
Chan W.Y., Academic Editor, The Scientific World Journal. 2013.
Chan W.Y., Karamanska R., Van Poucke S., Van Reeth K., Chan W.W., Chan M.C.W., Dell A., Peiris J.S.M., Haslam S.M., Guan Y. and Nicholls J.M., Infection of swine ex vivo tissues with avian viruses including H7N9 and correlation with glycomic analysis, In: Chan RW, Karamanska R, Van Poucke S, Van Reeth K, Chan IW, Chan MC, Dell A, Peiris JS, Haslam SM, Guan Y, Nicholls JM, Influenza Other Respir Viruses. Wiley-Blackwell, 2013, 7: 1269-1282.
Chan W.Y., Influenza virus tropism in human respiratory tract , 3rd Annual World Congress of Virus and Infection, Guangzhou, China. . 2013.
Hui P.Y., Chan W.Y., Chan L.Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Chan M.C.W., Immuno-modulatory and anti-viral effects of statins in influenza H5N1 virus infection of human alveolar epithelial cells and peripheral blood derived macrophages, Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.
Kuok I.T., Chan W.Y., Lee J.W., Fang X., Matthay M.A., Peiris J.S.M. and Chan M.C.W., Angiopoietin-1 and Keratinocyte Growth Factor restore the impaired alveolar fluid clearance induced by influenza H5N1 virus infection, Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.
Mok K.P., Kang S.R., Chan W.Y., Yue Y.K., Mak N.K., Poon L.L.M., Wong N.S., Peiris J.S.M. and Chan M.C.W., Anti-inflammatory and antiviral effects of indirubin derivatives in influenza A (H5N1) virus infected primary human peripheral blood-derived macrophages and alveolar epithelial cells, Antiviral Research. 2014, 106: 95–104.


Researcher : Chan YH
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: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


Project Title:PR Interval Prolongation-Induced Abnormal Vascular Function and Cardiovascular Death through Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone Activation: A Mendelian Randomization Study
Investigator(s):Chan YH
Department:Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Start Date:09/2012


Project Title:Mendelian randomization to causally infer the impact of life-long vitamin D deficiency on Cardiovascular disease and death: implications for community-based cardiovascular prevention
Investigator(s):Chan YH, Schooling CM, Cowling BJ, Sham PC, Tse HF, Lam TH
Department:Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:10/2012


List of Research Outputs

Chan Y.H., Lo C.M.M., LAU H.Y. and Lam T.H., Vertically transmitted nasopharyngeal infection of the human papillomavirus: Does it play an aetiological role in nasopharyngeal cancer?, Oral Oncology. 2014, 50(5): 326-9.
LONG M., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Lin J.M., Chan Y.H., Zhang W., Jin Y.L., Liu B., Thomas G.N. and Cheng K.K., Alcohol consumption and electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy and mediation by elevated blood pressure in older Chinese men: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Alcohol. 2013, 47(6): 473-80.


Researcher : Chau J
List of Research Outputs

Chu L.W., So J.C., Wong L.C., Luk J.K.H., Chiu P.K.C., Chan S.Y., Kwan S.M., Chau J., Hui E., Woo J. and McGhee S., Community end-of-life care among Chinese older adults living in nursing homes, Geriatrics & Gerontology International. 2014, 14(2): 273-84.


Researcher : Chen K
List of Research Outputs

Chen K., CHAN A.H.S. and MA Q., Cell phone feature preferences among older adults — a paired comparison study, IThe 9th World Conference of Gerontechnology (ISG 2014). 2014, 13: 184.


Researcher : Chen R
List of Research Outputs

Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., MA C., Li L., Cheung C.L., ZHOU J., CHAI Y., LIANG H., Chen R., Zheng Z., Zhang Y., Liu Y., Smith D.K., Peiris J.S.M., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The emergence of the 2013 H7N9 and related viruses in China, Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.


Researcher : Cheng KK
List of Research Outputs

Adab P., Jiang C., Rankin E., Tsang Y.W., Lam T.H., Barlow J., Thomas G.N., Zhang W. and Cheng K.K., Breastfeeding practice, oral contraceptive use and risk of rheumatoid arthritis among Chinese women: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Rheumatology. 2014, 53(5): 860-6.
Au Yeung S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Adab P., Lam H.K.B., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 - A potential genetic risk factor for lung function among southern Chinese from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Au Yeung S.L.R., Jiang C., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Systematic differences among never, occasional and moderate alcohol users in southern China, and its use in alcohol research: A cross-sectional study, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2013, 67(12): 1054-60.
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, Health Policy and Planning. 2013, 28(5): 467-79.
Hasselt T.J., Pickles O., Midgley-Hunt A., Jiang C., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Thomas G.N. and Lam T.H., Effects of tea consumption on renal function in a metropolitan Chinese population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Journal of Renal Nutrition. 2014, 24(1): 26-31.
Jiang C., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K., Liu B., Zhang W., Jin Y.L., Xu L., Lam H.K.B., Thomas G.N., Adab P., Zhu T. and Leung G.M., Establishment of the Guangzhou Biobank for the study of major chronic diseases: The past and coming decades (in Chinese), Chinese Preventive Medicine. 2013, 14(11): 801-8.
Jin Y.L., Zhu T., Xu L., Zhang W., Liu B., Jiang C., Yu H., Huang L.M., Cheng K.K., Thomas G.N. and Lam T.H., Uric acid levels, even in the normal range, are associated with increased cardiovascular risk: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, International Journal of Cardiology. 2013, 168(3): 2238-41.
LONG M., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Lin J.M., Chan Y.H., Zhang W., Jin Y.L., Liu B., Thomas G.N. and Cheng K.K., Alcohol consumption and electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy and mediation by elevated blood pressure in older Chinese men: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Alcohol. 2013, 47(6): 473-80.
Lin P.R., Zhao Z.W., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., The effect of physician’s 30 s smoking cessation intervention for male medical outpatients: A pilot randomized controlled trial, Journal of Public Health. 2013, 35(3): 375-83.
SUN Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Fruit and vegetable consumption and cardiovascular risk in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
SUN Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Milk consumption and cardiovascular risk factors in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, PLoS One. 2014, 9(1): e84813.
Thomas G.N., Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Mak K.H., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Adverse lifestyle leads to an annual excess of 2 million deaths in China, PLoS One. 2014, 9(2): e89650.
ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., A mendelian randomization analysis of testosterone and cardiovascular risk factors among men in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted testosterone and cardiovascular risk factors in men: a Mendelian randomization analysis in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2014, 43(1): 140-8.
ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Testosterone and cognitive function in men: A separate-sample mendelian randomization analysis in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
ZHONG Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Liu B., Jin Y.L., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Associations of height and its components with hematological coagulability among older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
ZHOU J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted testosterone and systemic inflammation in men: A separate-sample mendelian randomization analysis in older southern Chinese men (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Zhang W., Xu L., Schooling C.M., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Liu B. and Lam T.H., Effect of alcohol and aldehyde dehydrogenase gene polymorphisms on alcohol-associated hypertension: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Hypertension Research. 2013, 36(8): 741-6.


Researcher : Cheung CL
List of Research Outputs

Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., MA C., Li L., Cheung C.L., ZHOU J., CHAI Y., LIANG H., Chen R., Zheng Z., Zhang Y., Liu Y., Smith D.K., Peiris J.S.M., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The emergence of the 2013 H7N9 and related viruses in China, Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.
Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., Zhou B., Duan L., Cheung C.L., MA C., Lycett S.J., Leung C.Y.H., Chen X., Li L., Hong W., CHAI Y., Zhou L., LIANG H., OU Z., Liu Y., Farooqui A., Kelvin D.J., Poon L.L.M., Smith D.K., Pybus O.G., Leung G.M., Shu Y., Webster R.G., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Rambaut A., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The genesis and source of the H7N9 influenza viruses causing human infections in China, Nature. 2013, 502: 241-244.
Lee C., Zhu H., HUANG P.Y., Peng L., Chang Y.C., Yip C.H., Li Y.T., Cheung C.L., Compans R., Yang C., Smith D.K., Lam T.Y., King C.C. and Guan Y., The Emergence and Evolution of Avian H5N2 Influenza viruses in Chickens in Taiwan, In: A. García-Sastre, Journal of Virology. 2014, 80: 5677-5686.


Researcher : Cheung CY
Project Title:A comparative study on the role of type I and III interferons in primary human cellular response to influenza virus infection
Investigator(s):Cheung CY
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:01/2013


Project Title:Biomarkers & Diagnostics World Congress; Diagnosis and assessment of severity in respiratory infectious diseases using host gene expression profiles
Investigator(s):Cheung CY
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:05/2013


List of Research Outputs

Yip M.S., LEUNG H.L., Cheung C.Y., Li P.H., Lee H.Y.H., Daëron M., Peiris J.S.M., Bruzzone R. and Jaume M.D.A., Antibody-dependent infection of human macrophages by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus, Virology Journal. 2014, 11: 82.


Researcher : Cheung KW
List of Research Outputs

Lee M.Y., Kok K.H., Jaume M.D.A., Cheung K.W., Yip T.F., Lai J.C.C., Guan Y., Webster R.G., Jin D. and Peiris J.S.M., Toll-like receptor 10 is involved in induction of innate immune responses to influenza virus infection, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2014, 111(10): 3793-8.


Researcher : Cheung PPH
List of Research Outputs

Yen H., McKimm-Breschkin J.L., Choy K.T., Wong D.D.Y., Cheung P.P.H., ZHOU J., Ng I.H.Y., Zhu H., Webby R.J., Guan Y., Webster R.G. and Peiris J.S.M., Resistance to Neuraminidase Inhibitors Conferred by an R292K Mutation in a Human Influenza Virus H7N9 Isolate Can Be Masked by a Mixed R/K Viral Population, mBio. 2013.


Researcher : Cheung YTD
List of Research Outputs

Cheung Y.T.D., Lam T.H., Leung Y.P., Abdullah A.S.M., Wong-Taam V.C.W., Hedley A.J. and Chan S.S.C., 以減少吸煙幫助戒煙：減煙份量和戒煙成功率的劑量反應 (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 113.
Cheung Y.T.D., Wong P.W.C., Lee A.M., Lam T.H., Fan Y. and Yip P.S.F., Non-suicidal self-injury and suicidal behavior: prevalence, co-occurrence, and correlates of suicide among adolescents in Hong Kong, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. Springer-Verlag, 2013, 48(7): 1133-1144.


Researcher : Chin WH
Project Title:Options for the Control of Influenza VIII; Characterization of influenza A viruses with different amino acid residues at PB2-627
Investigator(s):Chin WH
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:09/2013
Completion Date:09/2013


Project Title:Characterization of viral ribonucleoprotein with enhanced polymerase activity reassorted from four avian and human influenza viruses
Investigator(s):Chin WH, Poon LLM
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:04/2014


List of Research Outputs

Chin W.H., Greenbaum B.D., Li O.T.W., Webby R.J. and Poon L.L.M., A statistical strategy to identify recombinant viral ribonucleoprotein of avian, human, and swine influenza A viruses with elevated polymerase activity, Influenza and other respiratory viruses. 2014, 7(6): 969–978.
Chin W.H., Influenza A Viruses with Different Amino Acid Residues at PB2-627 Display Distinct Replication Properties in Virto and in Vivo: Revealing the Sequence Plasticity of PB2-627 Position, Area of Excellence on Control of Pandemic and Inter-Pandemic Influenza - Research Seminar. 2014.


Researcher : Choi CW
List of Research Outputs

Choi C.W., Leung G.M., Woo P.P.S., Mark J. and Wu J.T.K., Acceptability and uptake of female adolescent HPV vaccination in Hong Kong (abstract), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Choi C.W., Leung G.M., Woo P.P., Jit M. and Wu J.T.K., Acceptability and uptake of female adolescent HPV vaccination in Hong Kong: A survey of mothers and adolescents, Vaccine. 2013, 32(1): 78-84.
Fang W.J., Lam K.O., Ng C.Y., Choi C.W., Kwong D.L.W., Zheng S.S. and Lee V.H.F., Manual contouring based volumetric evaluation for colorectal cancer with liver limited metastases: a comparison with RECIST, Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. Asian Pacific Organization for Cancer Prevention, 2014, 14(7): 4151-5.
Fang W.J., Lam K.O., Ng C.Y., Choi C.W., Kwong D.L.W., Zheng S.S. and Lee V.H.F., Manual contouring based volumetric evaluation for colorectal cancer with liver limited metastases: a comparison with RECIST, Asian Pacific Journal of cancer prevention: APJCP. Korea, National Cancer Centre, Korea, 2013, 14: 4151.
Lee V.H.F., Tin P.C., Choy T.S., Lam K.O., Choi C.W., Chung L.P., Tsang J.W.H., Ho P.P., Leung D.K., Ma E.S., Liu J., Shek T.W.H., Kwong D.L.W., Leung T.W. and Wong M.P., Association of Exon 19 and 21 EGFR Mutation Patterns with Treatment Outcome after First-Line Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor in Metastatic Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer, In: Lee VH, Tin VP, Choy TS, Lam KO, Choi CW, Chung LP, Tsang JW, Ho PP, Leung DK, Ma ES, Liu J, Shek TW, Kwong DL, Leung TW, Wong MP, J Thorac Oncol. 2013, 8(9):1148-55.


Researcher : Chow CK
List of Research Outputs

Chow C.K., Mak S.H.T., Johnston J.M. and Leung G.M., Choosing a robust healthcare demand projection model for healthcare manpower planning and projection (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Lo B.L., Chow C.K., Mak S.H.T., Johnston J.M. and Leung G.M., Projecting the doctor workforce in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : Chow KC
List of Research Outputs

Leung C.Y.H., Luk G., Sia S.F., Wu Y.O., Chow K.C., Tang S.C., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Experimental challenge of chicken vaccinated with commercially available H5 vaccines reveals loss of protection to some highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 strains circulating in Hong Kong/China., Vaccine. 2013, 31(35): 3536-42.


Researcher : Choy KT
List of Research Outputs

Garcia J.C., Lai J.C.C., Haselhorst T., Choy K.T., Yen H., Peiris J.S.M., Itzstein M.V. and Nicholls J.M., Investigation of the binding and cleavage characteristics of N1 neuraminidases from avian, seasonal, and pandemic influenza viruses using saturation transfer difference nuclear magnetic resonance, Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 2014, 8(2): 235-42.
Yen H., McKimm-Breschkin J.L., Choy K.T., Wong D.D.Y., Cheung P.P.H., ZHOU J., Ng I.H.Y., Zhu H., Webby R.J., Guan Y., Webster R.G. and Peiris J.S.M., Resistance to Neuraminidase Inhibitors Conferred by an R292K Mutation in a Human Influenza Virus H7N9 Isolate Can Be Masked by a Mixed R/K Viral Population, mBio. 2013.


Researcher : Chu KW
List of Research Outputs

Chu K.W., Poon L.L.M., Gomaa M.M., Shehata M.M., Perera R.A.P.M., Zeid D.A., El Rifay A.S., Siu Y.L., Guan Y., Webby R.J., Ali M.A., Peiris J.S.M. and Kayali G., MERS coronaviruses in dromedary camels, Egypt, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2014, 20(6): 1049-53.
Hemida M.G., Perera R.A.P.M., Jassim R.A.A.I., Kayali G., Siu Y.L., Wang P., Chu K.W., Perlman S., Ali M.A., Alnaeem A., Guan Y., Poon L.L.M., Saif L. and Peiris J.S.M., Seroepidemiology of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus in Saudi Arabia (1993) and Australia (2014) and characterisation of assay specificity, Euro Surveillance. 2014, 19(23).
Wu J.T.K., Leung S.M., Perera R.A.P.M., Chu K.W., Lee C.K., Hung I.F.N., Lin C.K., Lo S.V., Lau Y.L., Leung G.M., Cowling B.J. and Peiris J.S.M., Inferring influenza infection attack rate from seroprevalence data (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


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: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: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


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:A community-based study of respiratory virus infections
Investigator(s):Cowling BJ, Ip DKM, Peiris JSM, Wu JTK
Department:Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:12/2012


Project Title:A community-based longitudinal seroepidemiological study of influenza virus infections in Hong Kong 2013-14
Investigator(s):Cowling BJ, Kwok KO, Peiris JSM
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:11/2013


Project Title:Influenza virus epidemiology in households of school-age children, 2013-14
Investigator(s):Cowling BJ, Peiris JSM, Ip DKM
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:12/2013


Project Title:Efficacy of Face Masks to Prevent Respiratory Virus Transmission
Investigator(s):Cowling BJ, Ip DKM, Yen H
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:01/2014


Project Title:Risk communication, psychological and behavioural responses to avain influenza A (H7N9) in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Cowling BJ, Fielding R, Liao Q, Wu P
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Commissioned Studies on Emerging Influenza A Viruses with Epidemic Potential
Start Date:06/2014


List of Research Outputs

BAUDON E.M., Fournie G., Hiep D.T., Ton V.D., Peiris J.S.M., Cowling B.J. and Peyre M., Description of the swine production network in a province of northern Vietnam and implications for swine influenza transmission and surveillance (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Cauchemez S., Kerkhove M.D.V., Archer B.N., Cetron M., Cowling B.J., Grove P., Hunt D., Kojouharova M., Kon P., Ungchusak K., Oshitani H., Pugliese A., Rizzo C., Saour G., Sunagawa T., Uzicanin A., Wachtel C., Weisfuse I., Yu H. and Nicoll A., School closures during the 2009 influenza pandemic: national and local experiences, BMC Infectious Diseases . 2014, 14:207.
Chen E., Chen Y., Fu L., Chen Z., Mao H., Wang D., Ni M.Y., Wu P., Yu Z., He T., Li Z., Gao J., Liu S., Shu Y., Cowling B.J., Xia S. and Yu H., Human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus re-emerges in China in winter 2013, Euro Surveillance. 2013, 18(43): 20616.
Cheng C.K.Y., Channarith H. and Cowling B.J., Potential use of school absenteeism record for disease surveillance in developing countries, case study in rural Cambodia, PLoS One. 2013, 8(10): e76859.
Chiu S.S.S., Lo J.Y.C., Chan K.H., Chan L.Y., So L.Y., Wu P., Cowling B.J., Chen H.S.R. and Peiris J.S.M., Population-Based Hospitalization Burden of Influenza A Virus Subtypes and Antigenic Drift Variants in Children in Hong Kong (2004-2011), PLOS One. 2014, 9(4): e92914.
Cowling B.J., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Leung G.M., Aerosol transmission of influenza virus (abstract), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Cowling B.J., Jin L., Lau E.H.Y., Liao Q., Wu P., Jiang H., TSANG K.L., Zheng J., Fang J., Chang Z., Ni M.Y., Zhang Q., Ip D.K.M., Yu J., Li Y., Wang L., Tu W., Meng L., Wu J.T.K., Luo H., Li Q., Shu Y., Li Z., Feng Z., Yang W., Wang Y., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Comparative epidemiology of human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) and A(H5N1) viruses in China (abstract presentation), Options for the Control of Influenza VIII, 5-10 September, Cape Town, South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa, Int'l Society for Influ' & other Respiratory Virus Diseases, 2013.
Cowling B.J., Lau E.H.Y., TSANG K.L., Wu P., WONG Y.T., Feng L., Yang J. and Li S., Hands-on workshop for regression models for influenza disease burden estimation , Influenza Disease Burden Training Workshop, Kunming, Yunnan. Kunming, Yunnan, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013.
Cowling B.J., Influenza cohort studies, Multinational Influenza Seasonal Mortality Study (MISMS) Influenza Workshop, Washington, USA, June 30 - July 3, 2014. USA, National Institutes of Health.
Cowling B.J., Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions for RVIs-Effectiveness and Consequences, 3rd isirv-Antiviral Group Conference, Tokyo Japan, June 4 - 6, 2014. Japan, isirv Antiviral Group.
Cowling B.J., Overview of incidence, severity and impact of seasonal and pandemic influenza, Influenza Disease Burden Training Workshop, Kunming, Yunnan. Kunming, Yunnan, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013.
Cowling B.J., Senior Editor, Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses. Wiley, 2014.
Cowling B.J., The test negative design or the randomised controlled trial?, Influenza Monitoring Vaccine Effectiveness Meeting, Australia and New Zealand, 23 - 24 April 2014. Melbourne, WHO Collaborating Ctr. for Reference & Research on Influenza.
Cowling B.J., Update on Seasonal Influenza, XVI International Symposium on Respiratory Viral Infections, Seoul, Korea, 13 - 16 March 2013. Korea, The Macrae Foundation, 2014.
Cowling B.J., Vaccine effectiveness and other respiratory viruses, Influenza Monitoring Vaccine Effectiveness (I-MOVE) meeting, Australia and New Zealand, 23 - 24 April 2014. Melbourne, WHO Collaborating Ctr. for Reference & Research on Influenza.
Cowling B.J., Lau E.H.Y., TSANG K.L., Wu P., WONG Y.T., Feng L., Yang J. and Li S., Workshop for analysis of surveillance data including definition of the ILI baseline, and alerting the start of the influenza season, Influenza Disease Burden Training Workshop, Kunming, Yunnan. Kunming, Yunnan, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013.
Cowling B.J., Lau E.H.Y., TSANG K.L., Wu P. and WONG Y.T., Workshop for introduction to statistical software , Influenza Disease Burden Training Workshop, Kunming, Yunnan. Kunming, Yunnan, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013.
Freeman G., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Homologous and heterologous antibody titer rises after influenza virus infections (poster), Options for the Control of Influenza, 5-10 September 2013, Cape Town, South Africa. isirv, 2013.
Freeman G., PERERA K.V.H., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Homologous and heterologous antibody titer rises after influenza virus infections (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Freeman G., Cowling B.J. and Schooling C.M., Power and sample size calculations for Mendelian randomization studies using one genetic instrument, International journal of epidemiology. 2013, 42: 1157-63.
Freeman G., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Variability in the immunogenicity of inactivated seasonal influenza vaccine in children due to age and recent previous influenza vaccination (poster), Options for the Control of Influenza, 5-10 September 2013, Cape Town, South Africa. UK, isirv, 2013.
Ip D.K.M., Liao Q.H., TSANG K.L., Jiang H., Liu F.F., Zheng J.D., Peng Z.B., Wu P., Huai Y., Lau E.H.Y., Feng L.H., Cao B., Gao Z.C., Leung G.M., Yu H.J. and Cowling B.J., A Clinical Prediction Rule for Diagnosing Human Infections with Avian Influenza A(H7N9) in a Hospital Emergency Department Setting (abstract & poster presentation), Influenza and Other Respiratory Virus Infections: Advances in Clinical Management, 4-6 June 2014, Tokyo, Japan . isirv, 2014.
Ip D.K.M., Lau E.H.Y., So H.C., Ho L.M., Cowling B.J. and Leung G.M., Electronic school absenteeism system for multiple disease surveillance in Hong Kong (Poster presentation) , 2013 International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS) Conference, Translating research and surveillance into action, New Orleans, Dec 11-13, 2013. New Orleans, International Society for Disease Surveillance.
Ip D.K.M., Cherny S.S., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Host genetic factors as determinants on immunologic and adverse response on influenza vaccination in human. (Abstract and poster presentation), Options for the Control of Influenza VIII, 5-10 September 2013, Cape Town, South Africa. isirv, 2013.
Ip D.K.M., Liao Q.H., Wu P., Gao Z., Cao B., Feng L., Xu X., Jiang H., Li M., Bao J., Zheng J., Zhang Q., Chang Z.C., Li Y., Yu J., Liu F., Wu J.T.K., Cowling B.J., Yang W., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Mild to moderate influenza A(H7N9) infections detected through China’s national influenza-like Illness sentinel surveillance system (Abstract and poster presentation), Options for the Control of Influenza VIII, 5-10 September 2013, Cape Town, South Africa. isirv, 2013.
KLICK B.A., Nishiura H., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Optimal design of studies of influenza transmission in households. II: Comparison between cohort and case-ascertained studies, Epidemiology and Infection. 2013, 142: 744–752.
Kelly H., Cowling B.J., Moren A., Belongia E., Turner N., Cheng A. and Smith D., Monitoring vaccine effectiveness around the world, Influenza Monitoring Vaccine Effectiveness Meeting (I-MOVE), Australia and New Zealand, 23 - 24 April 2014. Melbourne, WHO Collaborating Ctr for Reference & Research on Influenza.
LEUNG H.L., McDevitt J., Chan K.H., Yen H., Ip D.K.M., Li Y., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Seto W.H., Milton D.K. and Cowling B.J., Efficacy of surgical face masks as source control in reducing influenza virus dissemination in human exhaled breath (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Lang H.H.B., Chai Y.J., Cowling B.J., Min H.S., Lee K.E. and Youn Y.K., Is BRAFV600E mutation a marker for central nodal metastasis in small papillary thyroid carcinoma?, Endocrine-Related Cancer. 2014, 21(2): 285-295.
Lau E.H.Y., Zheng J., TSANG K.L., Liao Q., Lewis B., Brownstein J.S., Sanders S., WONG Y.T., Mekaru S.R., Rivers C., Wu P., Jiang H., Li Y., Yu J., Zhang Q., Chang Z., Liu F., Peng Z., Leung G.M., Feng L., Cowling B.J. and Yu H., Accuracy of epidemiological inferences based on publicly available information: retrospective comparative analysis of line lists of human cases infected with influenza A(H7N9) in China, BMC Medicine . 2014, 12(1):88: 1-9.
Liao Q., Cowling B.J., Lam W.W.T., Ng M.W. and Fielding R., Anxiety, worry and cognitive risk estimate in relation to protective behaviors during the 2009 influenza A/H1N1 pandemic in Hong Kong: ten cross-sectional surveys, BMC Infectious Diseases. 2014, 14: 169.
Liu F., Enanoria W.T., Ray K.J., Coffee M.P., Gordon A., Aragon T.J., Yu G., Cowling B.J. and Porco T.C., Effect of the one-child policy on influenza transmission in china: a stochastic transmission model, PLoS One. 2014, 9(2): e84961.
Ng K.B., Leung G.K.K., Johnston J.M. and Cowling B.J., Factors affecting implementation of accreditation programmes and the impact of the accreditation process on quality improvement in hospitals: a SWOT analysis, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2013, 19(5): 434-446.
Ng S., Ni M.Y., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Chan K.H., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Characteristics of vaccine failures in a randomized placebo-controlled trial of inactivated influenza vaccine in children , The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2014, 33(2): e63-6.
Ng S., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Chan K.H., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Estimation of the association between antibody titers and protection against confirmed influenza virus infection in children, Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2013, 208(8): 1320-4.
Petrie J.G., Ohmit S.E., Cowling B.J., Johnson E., Cross R.T., Malosh R.E., Thompson M.G. and Monto A.S., Influenza transmission in a cohort of households with children: 2010-2011, PLoS One. 2013, 8(9): e75339.
Schooling C.M., Freeman G. and Cowling B.J., Re: "Mendelian Randomization and Estimation of Treatment Efficacy for Chronic Diseases". The authors reply., American journal of epidemiology. 2014, 179(2): 264-5.
Schooling C.M., Cowling B.J. and Jones H.E., Selection bias in cohorts of cases, Preventive Medicine. 2013, 57(3): 247-8.
Schooling C.M. and Cowling B.J., Testosterone therapy and cardiovascular events (letter), Nature Reviews , Endocrinology. 2013, 9(7): 438.
Seto W.H., Yuen S.W.S., Cheung C.W.Y., Ching P.T.Y., Cowling B.J. and Pittet D., Hand hygiene promotion and the participation of infection control link nurses: an effective innovation to overcome campaign fatigue, American Journal of Infection Control. 2013, 41(12): 1281-3.
TSANG K.L., Cauchemez S., Perera R.A.P.M., Freeman G., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Association between antibody titers and protection against influenza virus infection within households, Journal of Infectious Diseases . 2014, 210(5): 684-92.
TSANG K.L., Lau E.H.Y., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Real-time estimation of severity of a novel influenza strain (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
WEI W.I., Kwok K.O., Perera R.A.P.M., Peiris J.S.M., Riley S. and Cowling B.J., Seroprotection associated with influenza vaccination in a community-based study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
WONG W.Y., Cowling B.J. and Aiello A.E., Hand hygiene and risk of influenza virus infections in the community: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Epidemiology and Infection . 2014, 2014: 142, 922–932.
WONG Y.T., Kelly H., Ip D.K.M., Wu J.T.K., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Case fatality risk of influenza A (H1N1pdm09): a systematic review, Epidemiology. 2013, 24(6): 830-41.
WONG Y.T., Goldstein E., Wu P., Ip D.K.M., Wu J.T.K., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Potential changes in seriousness of influenza in Hong Kong, 2001-2011 (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wang C., Yu H.J., Horby P.W., Cao B., Wu P., Yang S., Gao H., Li H., TSANG K.L., Liao Q.H., Gao Z.C., Ip D.K.M., Jia H.Y., Jiang H., Liu B., Ni M.Y., Dai Z.H., Liu F.F., Kinh N.V., Liem N.T., Hien T.T., Li Y., Yang J., Wu J.T.K., Zheng Y.M., Leung G.M., Farrar J.J., Cowling B.J., Uyeki T.M. and Li L.J., Comparison of patients hospitalized with influenza A H7N9, H5N1, and 2009 pandemic H1N1, Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2014, 58(8): 1095-103.
Wang X., Fang S., Lu X., Xu C., Cowling B.J., Tang X., Peng B., Wu W., He J., Tang Y., Xie X., Mei S., Kong D., Zhang R., Ma H. and Cheng J., Seroprevalence to Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Among Poultry Workers and the General Population in Southern China: A Longitudinal Study, Clinical Infectious Diseases . 2014, 2014;59(6): e76–83.
Wong O.L., Cowling B.J., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Understanding socio-historical imprint on diabetes mellitus risk in Chinese population: An age-period-cohort analysis (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wu J.T.K., Cowling B.J., Lau E.H.Y., Ip D.K.M., Wu P., Yu H. and Leung G.M., Epidemiology and control of H7N9 in china (abstract), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wu J.T.K., Leung S.M., Perera R.A.P.M., Chu K.W., Lee C.K., Hung I.F.N., Lin C.K., Lo S.V., Lau Y.L., Leung G.M., Cowling B.J. and Peiris J.S.M., Inferring influenza infection attack rate from seroprevalence data (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wu P., Goldstein E., Ho L.M., Wu J.T.K., TSANG K.L., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Comparison of influenza A(H1N1PDM09) associated mortality impact in Hong Kong during two epidemic waves in 2009-2011 (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wu P., Goldstein E., Ho L.M., Wu J.T.K., Tsang T.H.F., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Excess mortality impact of two epidemics of pandemic influenza A(H1N1pdm09) virus in Hong Kong, Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses . 2014, 8(1): 1-7.
Wu P., Fang J., Liao Q., Ng M.W., Wu J.T.K., Leung G.M., Fielding R. and Cowling B.J., Responses to threat of influenza A(H7N9) and support for live poultry markets, Hong Kong, 2013, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2014, 20(5).
Xing W., Liao Q., Viboud C., Zhang J., Sun J., Wu J.T.K., Chang Z., Liu F., Fang J., Zheng Y., Cowling B.J., Varma J.K., Farrar J.J., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Hand, foot, and mouth disease in China, 2008–12: an epidemiological study, Lancet Infectious Diseases . 2014, 2014;14: 308-18.
Yu H., Wu J.T.K., Cowling B.J., Liao Q., Fang J., Zhou S., Wu P., Zhou H., Lau E.H.Y., Guo D., Ni M.Y., Peng Z., Feng L., Jiang H., Luo H., Li Q., Feng Z., Wang Y., Yang W. and Leung G.M., Effect of closure of live poultry markets on poultry-to-person transmission of avian influenza A H7N9 virus: an ecological study, Lancet. 2014, 383(9916): 541-8.
ZHOU Y., Lau E.H.Y., Ip D.K.M., Nishiura H., Leung G.M., Seto W.H. and Cowling B.J., Years of life lost in the first wave of the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic in Hong Kong, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2013, 178(8): 1313-8.


Researcher : Doak SA
Project Title:Understanding vaccine induced T cell protection from influenza viruses
Investigator(s):Doak SA, Poon LLM, Li OTW
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:12/2013


List of Research Outputs

Doak S.A., Li O.T.W., Mak P.W., Mok K.P., Nicholls J.M., Guan Y., Waldmann T.A., Peiris J.S.M., Perera L.P. and Poon L.L.M., IL-15 adjuvanted multivalent vaccinia-based universal influenza vaccine requires CD4+ T cells for heterosubtypic protection, In: Valkenburg SA, Li OT, Mak PW, Mok CK, Nicholls JM, Guan Y, Waldmann TA, Peiris JS, Perera LP, Poon LL, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014.
Doak S.A., Li O.T.W., Mak Y.W., Mok K.P., Nickolls J.M., Guan Y., Waldmannc T.A., Peiris J.S.M., Perera L.P. and Poon L.L.M., IL-15 adjuvanted multivalent vaccinia-based universal influenza vaccine requires CD4+ T cells for heterosubtypic protection, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2014, 111 (15): 5676-81.


Researcher : Duan L
List of Research Outputs

Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., Zhou B., Duan L., Cheung C.L., MA C., Lycett S.J., Leung C.Y.H., Chen X., Li L., Hong W., CHAI Y., Zhou L., LIANG H., OU Z., Liu Y., Farooqui A., Kelvin D.J., Poon L.L.M., Smith D.K., Pybus O.G., Leung G.M., Shu Y., Webster R.G., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Rambaut A., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The genesis and source of the H7N9 influenza viruses causing human infections in China, Nature. 2013, 502: 241-244.


Researcher : Fabrizio CS
List of Research Outputs

Fabrizio C.S. and Shea C.M., Disseminating a cervical cancer screening program through primary physicians in Hong Kong: A qualitative study, BMC Health Services Research. 2014, 14(1): 85.
Fabrizio C.S., Stewart S.M., Ip K.Y. and Lam T.H., Enhancing the parent-child relationship: A Hong Kong community-based randomized controlled trial, Journal of Family Psychology. 2014, 28(1): 42-53.


Researcher : Fang J
List of Research Outputs

Cowling B.J., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Leung G.M., Aerosol transmission of influenza virus (abstract), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Cowling B.J., Jin L., Lau E.H.Y., Liao Q., Wu P., Jiang H., TSANG K.L., Zheng J., Fang J., Chang Z., Ni M.Y., Zhang Q., Ip D.K.M., Yu J., Li Y., Wang L., Tu W., Meng L., Wu J.T.K., Luo H., Li Q., Shu Y., Li Z., Feng Z., Yang W., Wang Y., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Comparative epidemiology of human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) and A(H5N1) viruses in China (abstract presentation), Options for the Control of Influenza VIII, 5-10 September, Cape Town, South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa, Int'l Society for Influ' & other Respiratory Virus Diseases, 2013.
Freeman G., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Homologous and heterologous antibody titer rises after influenza virus infections (poster), Options for the Control of Influenza, 5-10 September 2013, Cape Town, South Africa. isirv, 2013.
Freeman G., PERERA K.V.H., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Homologous and heterologous antibody titer rises after influenza virus infections (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Freeman G., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Variability in the immunogenicity of inactivated seasonal influenza vaccine in children due to age and recent previous influenza vaccination (poster), Options for the Control of Influenza, 5-10 September 2013, Cape Town, South Africa. UK, isirv, 2013.
Ng S., Ni M.Y., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Chan K.H., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Characteristics of vaccine failures in a randomized placebo-controlled trial of inactivated influenza vaccine in children , The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2014, 33(2): e63-6.
Ng S., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Chan K.H., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Estimation of the association between antibody titers and protection against confirmed influenza virus infection in children, Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2013, 208(8): 1320-4.
TSANG K.L., Cauchemez S., Perera R.A.P.M., Freeman G., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Association between antibody titers and protection against influenza virus infection within households, Journal of Infectious Diseases . 2014, 210(5): 684-92.
Wu P., Fang J., Liao Q., Ng M.W., Wu J.T.K., Leung G.M., Fielding R. and Cowling B.J., Responses to threat of influenza A(H7N9) and support for live poultry markets, Hong Kong, 2013, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2014, 20(5).
Xing W., Liao Q., Viboud C., Zhang J., Sun J., Wu J.T.K., Chang Z., Liu F., Fang J., Zheng Y., Cowling B.J., Varma J.K., Farrar J.J., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Hand, foot, and mouth disease in China, 2008–12: an epidemiological study, Lancet Infectious Diseases . 2014, 2014;14: 308-18.
Yu H., Wu J.T.K., Cowling B.J., Liao Q., Fang J., Zhou S., Wu P., Zhou H., Lau E.H.Y., Guo D., Ni M.Y., Peng Z., Feng L., Jiang H., Luo H., Li Q., Feng Z., Wang Y., Yang W. and Leung G.M., Effect of closure of live poultry markets on poultry-to-person transmission of avian influenza A H7N9 virus: an ecological study, Lancet. 2014, 383(9916): 541-8.


Researcher : Feng Z
List of Research Outputs

Cowling B.J., Jin L., Lau E.H.Y., Liao Q., Wu P., Jiang H., TSANG K.L., Zheng J., Fang J., Chang Z., Ni M.Y., Zhang Q., Ip D.K.M., Yu J., Li Y., Wang L., Tu W., Meng L., Wu J.T.K., Luo H., Li Q., Shu Y., Li Z., Feng Z., Yang W., Wang Y., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Comparative epidemiology of human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) and A(H5N1) viruses in China (abstract presentation), Options for the Control of Influenza VIII, 5-10 September, Cape Town, South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa, Int'l Society for Influ' & other Respiratory Virus Diseases, 2013.


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:Communication of influenza information, parents' decision making and childhood vaccination uptake against seasonal influenza in Hong Kong: a longitudinal survey
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:09/2012
Completion Date:09/2014


Project Title:Can family decision-making about adolescent HPV vaccination inform our understanding of future vaccine uptake? - A qualitative study among Hong Kong Chinese families
Investigator(s):Fielding R, Wu JTK, Lam WWT
Department:Com Med - Behavioural Sci Unit
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:10/2012


Project Title:Public Health
Investigator(s):Fielding R, Chu CH
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding for Strategic Research Theme
Start Date:09/2013


Project Title:World Congress of Psycho-Oncology ; Impact of surgery on psychosocial needs among older Chinese colorectal cancer patients: a longitudinal analysis/Reported differences in unmet psychosocial supportive care needs mostly attributable to culture and health system, rather than disease
Investigator(s):Fielding R
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:11/2013
Completion Date:11/2013


Project Title:A Longitudinal Study of Chinese Parental Decision Making on HPV Vaccination for Adolescent Girls
Investigator(s):Fielding R, Lam WWT, Wu JTK, Liao Q
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:11/2013


List of Research Outputs

Fielding R., Breast cancer screening, Multi-specialty Mega Conference, Hong Kong, May 3-4, 2014. .
Fielding R., Connecting the dots - Can psychology prevent the decline and fall of civilization? (abstract & oral presentation), The Hong Kong Psychological Society Annual Conference 2014, 21 June 2014, Hong Kong . Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Psychological Society, 2014.
Fielding R. and Fielding R., Connecting the dots: can psychology prevent the decline and fall of civilization? , Hong Kong Psychological Society Annual Scientific Meeting, CUHK, June 21st, 2014. .
Fielding R. and Lam W.W.T., PTSD - More complicated on second look (Letter), Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology. 2013, 10(8): 484.
Fielding R. and Lam W.W.T., PTSD—more complicated on second look , Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology. 2013, 10(8): 484.
Fielding R., Lam W.W.T., Okuyama T., Shun S.C., Akechi T., Lai Y.H. and LI W.Y., Reported differences in unmet psychosocial supportive care needs mostly attributable to culture and health system, rather than disease, The IPOS 15th World Congress. 2013.
Fielding R., Supportive care in Cancer Patients - Problems and solutions , Asia-Pacific Organization for the Control of Cancer. Academia Sinica, Taipei, March 21-23, 2014.
LI W.Y., Lam W.W.T., Shun S.C., Lai Y.H., Law W.L., Poon T.C.J. and Fielding R., Psychometric assessment of the Chinese version of the Supportive Care Needs Survey short-form (SCNS-SF34-C) among Hong Kong and Taiwanese Chinese colorectal cancer patients, PLoS One. 2013, 8(10): e75755.
LI W.Y., Lam W.W.T., Law W.L., Poon T.C.J. and Fielding R., Understanding mediation effect of cancer-related rumination between symptom distress and psychological; distress in Chinese Colorectal cancer patients, IPOS 15th World Congress. 2013.
LI W.Y., Lam W.W.T., Law W.L., Poon T.C.J. and Fielding R., Unmet supportive care needs among colorectal cancer patients in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Lam W.W.T., Kwok N.T., Chan M., Hung W.K., Ying M., Or A., Kwong A., Suen T.K.D., Yoon S.W. and Fielding R., Does the use of shared decision-making consultation behaviors increase treatment decision-making satisfaction among Chinese women facing decision for breast cancer surgery? , Patient Education and Counseling. 2014, 94(2): 243-9.
Lam W.W.T., Chan M., Or A., Kwong A., Suen T.K.D. and Fielding R., Reducing treatment decision conflict difficulties in breast cancer surgery: A randomized controlled trial, Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2013, 31(23): 2879-85.
Lam W.W.T., Fielding R., Chan M., Or A., Kwong A. and Suen T.K.D., The effect of decision aids on treatment decision making for breast cancer surgery: a randomized controlled trial, The IPOS 15th World Congress. 2013.
Lam W.W.T., Soong I., Yau T.K., Wong K.Y., Tsang J.W.H., Yeo W., Suen J., Ho W.M., Sze W.K., Ng A.W., Kwong A., Suen T.K.D. and Fielding R., The evolution of psychological distress trajectories in women diagnosed with advanced breast cancer: a longitudinal study , Psycho-oncology . 2013, 22(12): 2831-9.
Lam W.W.T., Tsang J.W.H., Yeo W., Suen J., Ho W.M., Yau T.K., Soong I., Wong K.Y., Kwong A., Suen T.K.D., Sze W.K., Ng W.Y., Girgis A. and Fielding R., The evolution of supportive care needs trajectories in women with advanced breast cancer during the 12 months following diagnosis , Support Care in Cancer. 2014, 22(3): 635-44.
Liao Q., Cowling B.J., Lam W.W.T., Ng M.W. and Fielding R., Anxiety, worry and cognitive risk estimate in relation to protective behaviors during the 2009 influenza A/H1N1 pandemic in Hong Kong: ten cross-sectional surveys, BMC Infectious Diseases. 2014, 14: 169.
Liao Q., Lam W.W.T., Bich T.H., Dang V.T. and Fielding R., Comparison of behaviors regarding live poultry exposure among rural residents in Vietnam and Thailand , Journal of Infection in Developing Countries . 2014, 8(4): 526-34.
Liao Q. and Fielding R., Flu threat spurs culture change, Science. 2014, 343(6169): 368.
Liao Q., Wong W.S. and Fielding R., How do anticipated worry and regret predict seasonal influenza vaccination uptake among Chinese adults?, Vaccine. 2013, 31(38): 4084-90.
Liao Q., Lam W.W.T., Fielding R., Bich T.H. and Dang V.T., Poultry purchase in response to avian influenza in Vietnam: A qualitative exploration (oral presentation), The 4th International Conference on Risk Analysis and Crisis Response, August 27-29, 2013, Istanbul, Turkey . Turkey, Society for Risk Analysis - China (SRA-China), 2013.
Liao Q. and Fielding R., Uncertain news: Trust and preventive practices in respiratory infectious diseases, European Psychologist . 2014, 19(1): 4-12.
WANG D., Lam W.W.T., Wu J.T.K., Liao Q. and Fielding R., Chinese immigrant parents' vaccination decision making for children: a qualitative analysis, BMC Public Health. 2014, 14(1): 133.
WANG D., Lam W.W.T., Wu J.T.K., Liao Q. and Fielding R., Improving vaccination policy implementation: A qualitative study on new immigrant parental decision making about childhood and adolescent vaccination (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
WU Y., Chan L.K. and Fielding R., Award of Merit, Frontiers in Medical and Health Sciences Education, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong. 2013.
WU Y., Chan L.K. and Fielding R., The effects of Chinese medical terms on Hong Kong people's comprehension of medical information, Frontiers in Medical and Health Sciences Education, 6-7 December 2013, Hong Kong. Received Award of Merit.. 2013.
Wong W.S. and Fielding R., Suppression of emotion expression mediates the effects of negative affect on pain catastrophizing: a cross-sectional analysis, Clinical Journal of Pain . 2013, 29(10): 865-72.
Wong W.S., Lam H.M.J., Chen P.P., Chow Y.F., Wong S., Lim H.S., Jensen M.P. and Fielding R., The Fear-Avoidance Model of Chronic Pain: Assessing the Role of Neuroticism and Negative Affect in Pain Catastrophizing Using Structural Equation Modeling , International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2014.
Wu P., Fang J., Liao Q., Ng M.W., Wu J.T.K., Leung G.M., Fielding R. and Cowling B.J., Responses to threat of influenza A(H7N9) and support for live poultry markets, Hong Kong, 2013, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2014, 20(5).
ZHANG W., Lam W.W.T. and Fielding R., Qualitative studies on symptom experience among Chinese patients diagnosed with cancer- A systematic review (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : Fong JHM
List of Research Outputs

Chan M.C.W., Chan W.Y., Chan L.Y., Mok K.P., Hui P.Y., Fong J.H.M., Tao K.P., Poon L.L.M., Nicholls J.M., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Tropism and innate host responses of a novel avian influenza A H7N9 virus: an analysis of ex-vivo and in-vitro cultures of the human respiratory tract, In: Chan MC, Chan RW, Chan LL, Mok CK, Hui KP, Fong JH, Tao KP, Poon LL, Nicholls JM, Guan Y, Peiris JM, Lancet Respir Med. 2013, 1: 534-42.


Researcher : Freeman G
Project Title:Options for the Control of Influenza VIII; Variability in the immunogenicity of inactivated seasonal influenza vaccine in children due to age and recent previous influenza vaccination
Investigator(s):Freeman G
Department:Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:09/2013
Completion Date:09/2013


List of Research Outputs

Freeman G., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Homologous and heterologous antibody titer rises after influenza virus infections (poster), Options for the Control of Influenza, 5-10 September 2013, Cape Town, South Africa. isirv, 2013.
Freeman G., PERERA K.V.H., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Homologous and heterologous antibody titer rises after influenza virus infections (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Freeman G., Cowling B.J. and Schooling C.M., Power and sample size calculations for Mendelian randomization studies using one genetic instrument, International journal of epidemiology. 2013, 42: 1157-63.
Freeman G., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Variability in the immunogenicity of inactivated seasonal influenza vaccine in children due to age and recent previous influenza vaccination (poster), Options for the Control of Influenza, 5-10 September 2013, Cape Town, South Africa. UK, isirv, 2013.
Kwok M.K., Freeman G., LIN S., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Simulated growth trajectories and blood pressure in adolescence: Hong Kong's Chinese Birth Cohort, Journal of Hypertension. 2013, 31(9): 1785-97.
Schooling C.M., Freeman G. and Cowling B.J., Re: "Mendelian Randomization and Estimation of Treatment Efficacy for Chronic Diseases". The authors reply., American journal of epidemiology. 2014, 179(2): 264-5.


Researcher : Guan Y
Project Title:Vaccines for the control of H5N1 and other avian influenza viruses
Investigator(s):Guan Y
Department:Microbiology
Source(s) of Funding:The University of Hong Kong Foundation Seed Grant
Start Date:04/2002


Project Title:Searching for the precursor of SARS-Cov in Southern China
Investigator(s):Guan Y
Department:Microbiology
Source(s) of Funding:VCO SARS Research Fund
Start Date:07/2003


Project Title:State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases
Investigator(s):Guan Y
Department:Microbiology
Source(s) of Funding:Matching Fund for State Key Laboratory (SKL)
Start Date:02/2009


Project Title:Infectivity and Transmissibility Study of Avian H9N2 Influenza Viruses in Pigs
Investigator(s):Guan Y, Zhu H, Wang J
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:10/2012


Project Title:Research Output Prize (Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine)
Investigator(s):Guan Y
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Research Output Prize (in Faculty)
Start Date:01/2013


Project Title:Active influenza surveillance in poultry and humans focused on Guangdong and Zhejiang Provinces
Investigator(s):Guan Y, Zhu H
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Commissioned Studies on Emerging Influenza A Viruses with Epidemic Potential
Start Date:06/2014


List of Research Outputs

Baranovich T., Burnham A.J., Marathe B.M., Armstrong J., Guan Y., Shu Y., Peiris J.S.M., Webby R.J., Webster R.G. and Govorkova E.A., The neuraminidase inhibitor oseltamivir is effective against A/Anhui/1/2013 (H7N9) influenza virus in a mouse model of acute respiratory distress syndrome, Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2014, 209 (9): 1343-53.
Chan M.C.W., Chan W.Y., Chan L.Y., Mok K.P., Hui P.Y., Fong J.H.M., Tao K.P., Poon L.L.M., Nicholls J.M., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Tropism and innate host responses of a novel avian influenza A H7N9 virus: an analysis of ex-vivo and in-vitro cultures of the human respiratory tract, In: Chan MC, Chan RW, Chan LL, Mok CK, Hui KP, Fong JH, Tao KP, Poon LL, Nicholls JM, Guan Y, Peiris JM, Lancet Respir Med. 2013, 1: 534-42.
Chan W.Y., Karamanska R., Van Poucke S., Van Reeth K., Chan W.W., Chan M.C.W., Dell A., Peiris J.S.M., Haslam S.M., Guan Y. and Nicholls J.M., Infection of swine ex vivo tissues with avian viruses including H7N9 and correlation with glycomic analysis, In: Chan RW, Karamanska R, Van Poucke S, Van Reeth K, Chan IW, Chan MC, Dell A, Peiris JS, Haslam SM, Guan Y, Nicholls JM, Influenza Other Respir Viruses. Wiley-Blackwell, 2013, 7: 1269-1282.
Chen Y.X., Luo W.X., Zhang J., Xia Z.S., Guan Y. and Chen H., Monoclonal antibodies binding to avian influenza virus subtype H5 haemagglutinin and uses thereof, Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Patents. 2013.
Chu K.W., Poon L.L.M., Gomaa M.M., Shehata M.M., Perera R.A.P.M., Zeid D.A., El Rifay A.S., Siu Y.L., Guan Y., Webby R.J., Ali M.A., Peiris J.S.M. and Kayali G., MERS coronaviruses in dromedary camels, Egypt, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2014, 20(6): 1049-53.
Doak S.A., Li O.T.W., Mak P.W., Mok K.P., Nicholls J.M., Guan Y., Waldmann T.A., Peiris J.S.M., Perera L.P. and Poon L.L.M., IL-15 adjuvanted multivalent vaccinia-based universal influenza vaccine requires CD4+ T cells for heterosubtypic protection, In: Valkenburg SA, Li OT, Mak PW, Mok CK, Nicholls JM, Guan Y, Waldmann TA, Peiris JS, Perera LP, Poon LL, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014.
Doak S.A., Li O.T.W., Mak Y.W., Mok K.P., Nickolls J.M., Guan Y., Waldmannc T.A., Peiris J.S.M., Perera L.P. and Poon L.L.M., IL-15 adjuvanted multivalent vaccinia-based universal influenza vaccine requires CD4+ T cells for heterosubtypic protection, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2014, 111 (15): 5676-81.
Fouchier R.A., Kawaoka Y., Cardona C., Compans R.W., García-Sastre A., Govorkova E.A., Guan Y., Herfst S., Orenstein W.A., Peiris J.S.M., Perez D.R., Richt J.A., Russell C., Schultz-Cherry S.L., Smith D.J., Steel J., Tompkins S.M., Topham D.J., Treanor J.J., Tripp R.A., Webby R.J. and Webster R.G., Gain-of-function experiments on H7N9, Science (New York, N.Y. : Online). 2013, 341(6146): 612-3.
Guan Y. and Smith G.J., The emergence and diversification of panzootic H5N1 influenza viruses., Virus Research. 2013, 178(1): 35-43.
Hemida M.G., Perera R.A.P.M., Jassim R.A.A.I., Kayali G., Siu Y.L., Wang P., Chu K.W., Perlman S., Ali M.A., Alnaeem A., Guan Y., Poon L.L.M., Saif L. and Peiris J.S.M., Seroepidemiology of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus in Saudi Arabia (1993) and Australia (2014) and characterisation of assay specificity, Euro Surveillance. 2014, 19(23).
Jones J.C., Sonnberg S., Koçer Z.A., Shanmuganatham K., Seiler P., Shu Y., Zhu H., Guan Y., Peiris J.S.M., Webby R.J. and Webster R.G., Possible role of songbirds and parakeets in transmission of influenza A(H7N9) virus to humans, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2014, 20(3): 380-5.
Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., MA C., Li L., Cheung C.L., ZHOU J., CHAI Y., LIANG H., Chen R., Zheng Z., Zhang Y., Liu Y., Smith D.K., Peiris J.S.M., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The emergence of the 2013 H7N9 and related viruses in China, Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.
Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., Zhou B., Duan L., Cheung C.L., MA C., Lycett S.J., Leung C.Y.H., Chen X., Li L., Hong W., CHAI Y., Zhou L., LIANG H., OU Z., Liu Y., Farooqui A., Kelvin D.J., Poon L.L.M., Smith D.K., Pybus O.G., Leung G.M., Shu Y., Webster R.G., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Rambaut A., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The genesis and source of the H7N9 influenza viruses causing human infections in China, Nature. 2013, 502: 241-244.
Lee C., Zhu H., HUANG P.Y., Peng L., Chang Y.C., Yip C.H., Li Y.T., Cheung C.L., Compans R., Yang C., Smith D.K., Lam T.Y., King C.C. and Guan Y., The Emergence and Evolution of Avian H5N2 Influenza viruses in Chickens in Taiwan, In: A. García-Sastre, Journal of Virology. 2014, 80: 5677-5686.
Lee M.Y., Kok K.H., Jaume M.D.A., Cheung K.W., Yip T.F., Lai J.C.C., Guan Y., Webster R.G., Jin D. and Peiris J.S.M., Toll-like receptor 10 is involved in induction of innate immune responses to influenza virus infection, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2014, 111(10): 3793-8.
Lee M.Y., Kok K.H., Jaume M.D.A., Cheung K.W., Yip T.F., Lai J.C.C., Guan Y., Webster R.G., Jin D. and Peiris J.S.M., Toll-like receptor 10 is involved in induction of innate immune responses to influenza virus infection, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2014, 111: 3793-3798.
Leung C.Y.H., Luk G., Sia S.F., Wu Y.O., Chow K.C., Tang S.C., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Experimental challenge of chicken vaccinated with commercially available H5 vaccines reveals loss of protection to some highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 strains circulating in Hong Kong/China., Vaccine. 2013, 31(35): 3536-42.
Mok K.P., Lee H.Y.H., Lestra M., Nicholls J.M., Chan M.C.W., Sia S.F., Zhu H., Poon L.L.M., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Amino acid substitutions in polymerase basic protein 2 gene contribute to the pathogenicity of the novel A/H7N9 Influenza virus in mammalian hosts., Journal of Virology. 2014, 88(6): 3568-76.
Mok K.P., Lee H.Y.H., Chan M.C.W., Sia S.F., Lestra M., Nicholls J.M., Zhu H., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Pathogenicity of the novel A/H7N9 influenza virus in mice, mBio. 2013, 4(4): e00362-13.
Ozaki H., Guan Y., Peiris J.S.M., Webster R., Takada A. and Webby R., Effect of the PB2 and M Genes on the Replication of H6 Influenza Virus in Chickens, Influenza Research and Treatment. 2014, 2014 (2014): 547839.
Pepin K.M., Lloyd-Smith J.O., Webb C.T., Holcomb K., Zhu H., Guan Y. and Riley S., Minimizing the threat of pandemic emergence from avian influenza in poultry systems, BMC Infect Dis.. 2013, 13: 592.
Perera R.A.P.M., Wang P., Gomaa M.R., El-Shesheny R., Kandeil A., Bagato O., Siu Y.L., Shehata M.M., Kayed A.S., Moatasim Y., LI M., Poon L.L.M., Guan Y., Webby R.J., Ali M.A., Peiris J.S.M. and Kayali G., Seroepidemiology for MERS coronavirus using microneutralisation and pseudoparticle virus neutralisation assays reveal a high prevalence of antibody in dromedary camels in Egypt, June 2013, Euro Surveillance. 2013, 18(36): 20574.
Wang D., Yang L., Gao R., Zhang X., Tan Y., Wu A., Zhu W., Zhou J., Zou S., Li X., Sun Y., Zhang Y., Liu Y., Liu T., Xiong Y., Xu J., Chen L., Weng Y., Qi X., Guo J., Li X., Dong J., Huang W., Zhang Y., Dong L., Zhao X., Liu L., Lu J., Lan Y., Wei H., Xin L., Chen Y., Xu C., Chen T., Zhu Y., Jiang T., Feng Z., Yang W., Wang Y., Zhu H., Guan Y., Gao G., Li D., Han J., Wang S., Wu G. and Shu Y., Genetic tuning of the novel avian influenza A(H7N9) virus during interspecies transmission, China, 2013., Euro Surveill.. 2014, 19: pii: 20836.
Wong K.S.C., Zhu H., Li O.T.W., Leung C.Y.H., Chan M.C.W., Guan Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Poon L.L.M., Molecular Detection of Human H7N9 Influenza A Virus Causing Outbreaks in China, Clinical chemistry. 2013, 59(7): 1062-7.
Yen H., McKimm-Breschkin J.L., Choy K.T., Wong D.D.Y., Cheung P.P.H., ZHOU J., Ng I.H.Y., Zhu H., Webby R.J., Guan Y., Webster R.G. and Peiris J.S.M., Resistance to Neuraminidase Inhibitors Conferred by an R292K Mutation in a Human Influenza Virus H7N9 Isolate Can Be Masked by a Mixed R/K Viral Population, mBio. 2013.
Zhu H., Wang D., Kelvin D.J., Li L., Zheng Z., Yoon S.W., Wong S.S., Farooqui A., Wang J., Banner D., Chen R., Zheng R., ZHOU J., Zhang Y., Hong W., Dong W., Cai Q., Roehrl M.H.A., Huang S.S.H., Kelvin A.A., Yao T., Zhou B., Chen X., Leung G.M., Poon L.L.M., Webster R.G., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Guan Y. and Shu Y., Infectivity, transmission, and pathology of human-isolated H7N9 influenza virus in ferrets and pigs., Science. 2013, 341(6142): 183-6.


Researcher : HOU WW
List of Research Outputs

HOU W.W., Tse Y.F., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Adolescent testosterone, muscle mass and glucose metabolism: Evidence from the “children of 1997” birth cohort in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
HOU W.W., Tse Y.F., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Environmental influences on skeletal muscle mass: evidence from the “children of 1997” birth cohort in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : HUANG PY
List of Research Outputs

Lee C., Zhu H., HUANG P.Y., Peng L., Chang Y.C., Yip C.H., Li Y.T., Cheung C.L., Compans R., Yang C., Smith D.K., Lam T.Y., King C.C. and Guan Y., The Emergence and Evolution of Avian H5N2 Influenza viruses in Chickens in Taiwan, In: A. García-Sastre, Journal of Virology. 2014, 80: 5677-5686.


Researcher : HUANG R
List of Research Outputs

HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S., Lai H.K. and Lam T.H., Alcohol consumption and sleep problems in Hong Kong adolescents, Sleep Medicine. 2013, 14(9): 877-82.
HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Assessment of weight-related factors of adolescents by private practitioners, BMC Family Practice. 2013, 14: 141.
HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Perceived neighbourhood environment and smoking in adolescents (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xieman, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 325.
HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Physical activity and constipation in Hong Kong adolescents, PLoS One. 2014, 9(2): e90193.
HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Social group participation and intention to smoke in Hong Kong adolescents (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Social group participation and intention to smoke in Hong Kong adolescents (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 323-4.
Ho D.S.Y., HUANG R., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Family and school belonging, and intention to smoke in Hong Kong adolescents (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 319-20.
Ho D.S.Y., HUANG R., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Perceived neighbourhood environment and non-exercise physical activity in adolescents (abstract and poster presentation in XII International Congress on Obesity on 17-20 March in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), Obesity Reviews. 2014, 15 (Suppl.2): 204.
Ho D.S.Y., HUANG R., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Perceived neighbourhood environment and non-exercise physical activity in adolescents , International Congress on Obesity on 17-20 March, 2014 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2014.
Wang M.P., HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Family and school belonging, and intention to smoke in Hong Kong adolescents (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : He Y
List of Research Outputs

He Y., Jiang B., Jiang B., Li L.S., Li L.S., Wu L. and Lam T.H., 吸二手煙與中老年人的煙草疾病死亡 (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 55-6.
He Y., Jiang B., Li L.S., Li L.S., Sun D.L., Wu L., Liu M., He S.F., Liang B.Q., Hu F.B. and Lam T.H., Changes in smoking behavior and subsequent mortality risk during a 35-year follow-up of a cohort in Xi'an, China, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2014, 179(9): 1060-70.
Lam T.H. and He Y., Lam and He respond to "the challenge of tobacco control in China", American Journal of Epidemiology. 2014, 179(9): 1074-5.


Researcher : Hedley AJ
List of Research Outputs

Abdullah A.S.M., Hedley A.J., Chan S.S.C. and Lam T.H., A randomized controlled trial of two different lengths of nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation, BioMed Research International. 2013, 2013: ID 961751.
Cheung Y.T.D., Lam T.H., Leung Y.P., Abdullah A.S.M., Wong-Taam V.C.W., Hedley A.J. and Chan S.S.C., 以減少吸煙幫助戒煙：減煙份量和戒煙成功率的劑量反應 (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 113.
Gangwani R.A., Lai W.K.W., Sum R.W.M., McGhee S., Chan W.S.C., Hedley A.J. and Wong D.S.H., The incidental findings of age-related macular degeneration during diabetic retinopathy screening. , Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014, 252: 723-729.
Lai H.K., Hedley A.J., Thach T.Q. and Wong C.M., A method to derive the relationship between the annual and short-term air quality limits - Analysis using the WHO Air Quality Guidelines for health protection, Environment International. 2013, 59: 86-91.


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:A Hong Kong adolescent alcohol control programme using simple and innovative methods to reach adolescents and parents
Investigator(s):Ho DSY, Lam TH
Department:Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:Health Care and Promotion Fund - Research Grant Projects
Start Date:07/2012
Completion Date:09/2013


Project Title:Provision of Services for Developing Age-specific Education Materials to facilitate parents, teachers and other parties to appropriately communicate with children to prevent underage drinking
Investigator(s):Ho DSY
Department:Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:Centre for Health Protection
Start Date:07/2012


Project Title:School-based Survey on Smoking Among Students 2012/13
Investigator(s):Ho DSY
Department:Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:Food and Health Bureau - General Award
Start Date:07/2012


Project Title:Evaluation of anti-smoking theatre performance "The Smoke-free Journey of Red Hoodlet" for primary school students in 2012-13
Investigator(s):Ho DSY, Wang MP
Department:Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health - General Award
Start Date:12/2012


Project Title:12th International Congress on Obesity; Perceived neighbourhood environment and non-exercise physical activity in adolescents
Investigator(s):Ho DSY
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:03/2014
Completion Date:03/2014


List of Research Outputs

AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Adolescent drinking and self-rated health in Hong Kong, In: Professor Robin Room, Drug and Alcohol Review. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013, 32: 73.
AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lai W.Y., Lau M.M. and Lam T.H., Reactions to secondhand smoke exposure and their association with intention to smoke in Hong Kong children (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lau L.M.M., Lai V.W.Y. and Lam T.H., Reducing secondhand smoke exposure and parental pro-smoking practices in Hong Kong children: A cluster randomised controlled trial (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 313-4.
AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lai V.W.Y., Lau L.M.M. and Lam T.H., The association of positive reaction to secondhand smoke with family smoking and secondhand smoke exposure in Hong Kong children (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 311-2.
AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lai W.Y., Lau M.M. and Lam T.H., The association of positive reaction to secondhand smoke with family smoking and secondhand smoke exposure in Hong Kong children (abstract), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
CHEN J., Ho D.S.Y., AU W.M., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Family smoking, exposure to secondhand smoke at home and family unhappiness among young children (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 309-10.
CHEN J., Ho D.S.Y., AU W.M., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., The association of parental attitudes towards smoking with children’s attitudes towards smoking and susceptibility to smoke (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 307-8.
Chan K.L., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Infodemiology of alcohol use in Hong Kong mentioned on blogs: Infoveillance study, Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2013, 15(9): e192.
HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S., Lai H.K. and Lam T.H., Alcohol consumption and sleep problems in Hong Kong adolescents, Sleep Medicine. 2013, 14(9): 877-82.
HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Assessment of weight-related factors of adolescents by private practitioners, BMC Family Practice. 2013, 14: 141.
HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Perceived neighbourhood environment and smoking in adolescents (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xieman, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 325.
HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Physical activity and constipation in Hong Kong adolescents, PLoS One. 2014, 9(2): e90193.
HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Social group participation and intention to smoke in Hong Kong adolescents (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Social group participation and intention to smoke in Hong Kong adolescents (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 323-4.
Ho D.S.Y., Leung L.T., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Exposure to secondhand smoke at home from neighbourhood and respiratory symptoms in Hong Kong adolescents (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 321-2.
Ho D.S.Y., HUANG R., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Family and school belonging, and intention to smoke in Hong Kong adolescents (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 319-20.
Ho D.S.Y., HUANG R., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Perceived neighbourhood environment and non-exercise physical activity in adolescents (abstract and poster presentation in XII International Congress on Obesity on 17-20 March in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), Obesity Reviews. 2014, 15 (Suppl.2): 204.
Ho D.S.Y., HUANG R., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Perceived neighbourhood environment and non-exercise physical activity in adolescents , International Congress on Obesity on 17-20 March, 2014 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2014.
Ho D.S.Y., AU W.M., Wang M.P., Lau L.M.M., Lai V.W.Y. and Lam T.H., Process evaluation of a randomized controlled trial to reduce secondhand smoke exposure among children in Hong Kong (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 315-6.
Ho D.S.Y., AU W.M., Wang M.P., Lai V.W.Y., Lau L.M.M. and Lam T.H., Reactions to secondhand smoke exposure and their association with intention to smoke in Hong Kong children (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 317-8.
Leung L.T., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Exposure to secondhand smoke at home from neighbourhood and respiratory symptoms in Hong Kong adolescents (abstract), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Leung L.T., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Factors associated with adolescents’ thirdhand smoke exposure at smoking homes in Hong Kong (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 303-4.
Leung L.T., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Thirdhand smoke exposure at home and respiratory symptoms among never-smoking adolescents (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 301-2.
Leung L.T., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Underestimation of adolescent exposure to secondhand smoke at urban homes in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Mak K.K., Ho D.S.Y. and Day J.R., A review of life-course familial and lifestyle factors of smoking initiation and cessation, Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports. Springer US, 2013, 7: 457-463.
Thomas G.N., Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Mak K.H., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Adverse lifestyle leads to an annual excess of 2 million deaths in China, PLoS One. 2014, 9(2): e89650.
Wang M.P., HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Family and school belonging, and intention to smoke in Hong Kong adolescents (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Yoon S.W., Lam W.W.T., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Perceived norms, social context and drinking behaviour among Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong (abstract), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : Ho LM
List of Research Outputs

Chung K.F., Yeung W.F., HO Y.Y.F., Ho L.M. and YUNG K.P., Validity and reliability of the Brief Insomnia Questionnaire in the general population in Hong Kong, Journal of Psychiatric Research. 2014, 76 (5): 374-379.
Ip D.K.M., Lau E.H.Y., So H.C., Ho L.M., Cowling B.J. and Leung G.M., Electronic school absenteeism system for multiple disease surveillance in Hong Kong (Poster presentation) , 2013 International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS) Conference, Translating research and surveillance into action, New Orleans, Dec 11-13, 2013. New Orleans, International Society for Disease Surveillance.
Lam T.H., Wang M.P. and Ho L.M., Longitudinal changes on individual body weight and waist circumference in Hong Kong Chinese (abstract and poster presentation in XII International Congress on Obesity on 17-20 March in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), Obesity Reviews. 2014, 15 (Suppl.2): 181.
Wu P., Goldstein E., Ho L.M., Wu J.T.K., TSANG K.L., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Comparison of influenza A(H1N1PDM09) associated mortality impact in Hong Kong during two epidemic waves in 2009-2011 (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wu P., Goldstein E., Ho L.M., Wu J.T.K., Tsang T.H.F., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Excess mortality impact of two epidemics of pandemic influenza A(H1N1pdm09) virus in Hong Kong, Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses . 2014, 8(1): 1-7.


Researcher : Hui LL
Project Title:Does formula-feeding increase the risks of type 2 diabetes among Hong Kong adolescents?
Investigator(s):Hui LL, Schooling CM, Kwok MK, Lee SL
Department:Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:10/2012


Project Title:Migration and cardiovascular disease risk factors in Hong Kong adolescents
Investigator(s):Hui LL, Schooling CM
Department:Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:01/2013


Project Title:Prenatal exposure to dioxins and subsequent neurocognitive and developmental function in Hong Kong Chinese children
Investigator(s):Hui LL, Hedley AJ, Lau EYY, Fielding R
Department:Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:02/2013


Project Title:Sample storage conditions and stability of human gut microbial communities
Investigator(s):Hui LL, Schooling CM
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:12/2013


Project Title:47th Annual Meeting, Society for Epidemiologic Research; Social disparities in adiposity in adolescence: Prospective Observations from Hong Kong’s ‘‘Children of 1997’’ Birth Cohort
Investigator(s):Hui LL
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:06/2014


List of Research Outputs

Hui L.L., Wong O.L., Kwok M.K. and Schooling C.M., Early origins of socio-economic disparities in cardiovascular disease risk factors in Hong Kong - Evidence from the Hong Kong “children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Hui L.L., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Infant growth and body composition in adolescence: Evidence from the Hong Kong “children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : Hui PY
Project Title:Role of retinoic acid inducible gene-1, toll-like receptor-3 and -8 in cytokine induction by influenza A H5N1 and pandemic H1N1 viruses in primary human cells
Investigator(s):Hui PY, Peiris JSM, Cheung CY, Chan MCW, Lee MY, Chan WY
Department:Microbiology
Source(s) of Funding:Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases - Full Grants
Start Date:11/2010


Project Title:Mechanistic study on the suppression of IL-1beta during highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 infection
Investigator(s):Hui PY, Chan MCW
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:06/2013


List of Research Outputs

Chan M.C.W., Chan W.Y., Chan L.Y., Mok K.P., Hui P.Y., Fong J.H.M., Tao K.P., Poon L.L.M., Nicholls J.M., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Tropism and innate host responses of a novel avian influenza A H7N9 virus: an analysis of ex-vivo and in-vitro cultures of the human respiratory tract, In: Chan MC, Chan RW, Chan LL, Mok CK, Hui KP, Fong JH, Tao KP, Poon LL, Nicholls JM, Guan Y, Peiris JM, Lancet Respir Med. 2013, 1: 534-42.
Hui P.Y., Chan W.Y., Chan L.Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Chan M.C.W., Immuno-modulatory and anti-viral effects of statins in influenza H5N1 virus infection of human alveolar epithelial cells and peripheral blood derived macrophages, Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.
KWOK H.C.J., Hui P.Y., Lescar J. and Kotaka M., Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of full-length human RIG-I., Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology Communications. 2014, 70: 248-251.


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: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
Completion Date:10/2014


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


Project Title:Workplace productivity losses related to acute upper respiratory tract infections among health care workers in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Ip DKM, Kwok HKH, Cowling BJ, Johnston JM
Department:Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:02/2013


Project Title:Influenza and Other Respiratory Virus Infections: Advances in Clinical Management; A Clinical Prediction Rule for Diagnosing Human Infections with Avian Influenza A(H7N9) in a Hospital Emergency Department Setting
Investigator(s):Ip DKM
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:06/2014


List of Research Outputs

Cowling B.J., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Leung G.M., Aerosol transmission of influenza virus (abstract), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Cowling B.J., Jin L., Lau E.H.Y., Liao Q., Wu P., Jiang H., TSANG K.L., Zheng J., Fang J., Chang Z., Ni M.Y., Zhang Q., Ip D.K.M., Yu J., Li Y., Wang L., Tu W., Meng L., Wu J.T.K., Luo H., Li Q., Shu Y., Li Z., Feng Z., Yang W., Wang Y., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Comparative epidemiology of human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) and A(H5N1) viruses in China (abstract presentation), Options for the Control of Influenza VIII, 5-10 September, Cape Town, South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa, Int'l Society for Influ' & other Respiratory Virus Diseases, 2013.
Freeman G., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Homologous and heterologous antibody titer rises after influenza virus infections (poster), Options for the Control of Influenza, 5-10 September 2013, Cape Town, South Africa. isirv, 2013.
Freeman G., PERERA K.V.H., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Homologous and heterologous antibody titer rises after influenza virus infections (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Freeman G., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Variability in the immunogenicity of inactivated seasonal influenza vaccine in children due to age and recent previous influenza vaccination (poster), Options for the Control of Influenza, 5-10 September 2013, Cape Town, South Africa. UK, isirv, 2013.
Ip D.K.M., Liao Q.H., TSANG K.L., Jiang H., Liu F.F., Zheng J.D., Peng Z.B., Wu P., Huai Y., Lau E.H.Y., Feng L.H., Cao B., Gao Z.C., Leung G.M., Yu H.J. and Cowling B.J., A Clinical Prediction Rule for Diagnosing Human Infections with Avian Influenza A(H7N9) in a Hospital Emergency Department Setting (abstract & poster presentation), Influenza and Other Respiratory Virus Infections: Advances in Clinical Management, 4-6 June 2014, Tokyo, Japan . isirv, 2014.
Ip D.K.M., Lau E.H.Y., So H.C., Ho L.M., Cowling B.J. and Leung G.M., Electronic school absenteeism system for multiple disease surveillance in Hong Kong (Poster presentation) , 2013 International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS) Conference, Translating research and surveillance into action, New Orleans, Dec 11-13, 2013. New Orleans, International Society for Disease Surveillance.
Ip D.K.M., Epidemiological Methods, Study design and Application I (Measurement of disease occurrence & basic study design) , MSc (Environmental and Public Health Management) , Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, 21 Feb 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University, 2014.
Ip D.K.M., Epidemiological Methods, Study design and Application II (Interpretation of Research Results and Findings) , MSc (Environmental and Public Health Management) , Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, 28 Feb 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University, 2014.
Ip D.K.M., Cherny S.S., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Host genetic factors as determinants on immunologic and adverse response on influenza vaccination in human. (Abstract and poster presentation), Options for the Control of Influenza VIII, 5-10 September 2013, Cape Town, South Africa. isirv, 2013.
Ip D.K.M., Liao Q.H., Wu P., Gao Z., Cao B., Feng L., Xu X., Jiang H., Li M., Bao J., Zheng J., Zhang Q., Chang Z.C., Li Y., Yu J., Liu F., Wu J.T.K., Cowling B.J., Yang W., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Mild to moderate influenza A(H7N9) infections detected through China’s national influenza-like Illness sentinel surveillance system (Abstract and poster presentation), Options for the Control of Influenza VIII, 5-10 September 2013, Cape Town, South Africa. isirv, 2013.
Ip D.K.M., Personalized medicine in primary care setting: promises and controversies, The 275th Hong Kong Doctors Union Sunday Afternoon Symposium, 16 March 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Doctors Union, 2014.
Ip D.K.M., Public health genomics – How does it different from clinical practice, Module on Genetics and Family, Diploma in Child and Adolescent Health , Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 22 Feb 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 2014.
Ip D.K.M., Randomized controlled trial and meta-analysis, International Scientific Writing Course cum Masterclass for Paediatric Surgeons, 16-18 Aug 2013, Beijing. Beijing, Society of Pediatric Surgery ofChinese Medical Association, 2013.
LEUNG H.L., McDevitt J., Chan K.H., Yen H., Ip D.K.M., Li Y., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Seto W.H., Milton D.K. and Cowling B.J., Efficacy of surgical face masks as source control in reducing influenza virus dissemination in human exhaled breath (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Ng S., Ni M.Y., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Chan K.H., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Characteristics of vaccine failures in a randomized placebo-controlled trial of inactivated influenza vaccine in children , The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2014, 33(2): e63-6.
Ng S., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Chan K.H., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Estimation of the association between antibody titers and protection against confirmed influenza virus infection in children, Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2013, 208(8): 1320-4.
Parry J.E., Ip D.K.M., Chau P.Y.K., WU K.M. and Tarrant A.M., Predictors and consequences of in-hospital formula supplementation for healthy breastfeeding newborns, Journal of Human Lactation. 2013, 29(4): 527-536.
TSANG K.L., Cauchemez S., Perera R.A.P.M., Freeman G., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Association between antibody titers and protection against influenza virus infection within households, Journal of Infectious Diseases . 2014, 210(5): 684-92.
TSANG K.L., Lau E.H.Y., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Real-time estimation of severity of a novel influenza strain (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
WONG Y.T., Kelly H., Ip D.K.M., Wu J.T.K., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Case fatality risk of influenza A (H1N1pdm09): a systematic review, Epidemiology. 2013, 24(6): 830-41.
WONG Y.T., Goldstein E., Wu P., Ip D.K.M., Wu J.T.K., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Potential changes in seriousness of influenza in Hong Kong, 2001-2011 (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wang C., Yu H.J., Horby P.W., Cao B., Wu P., Yang S., Gao H., Li H., TSANG K.L., Liao Q.H., Gao Z.C., Ip D.K.M., Jia H.Y., Jiang H., Liu B., Ni M.Y., Dai Z.H., Liu F.F., Kinh N.V., Liem N.T., Hien T.T., Li Y., Yang J., Wu J.T.K., Zheng Y.M., Leung G.M., Farrar J.J., Cowling B.J., Uyeki T.M. and Li L.J., Comparison of patients hospitalized with influenza A H7N9, H5N1, and 2009 pandemic H1N1, Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2014, 58(8): 1095-103.
Wu J.T.K., Cowling B.J., Lau E.H.Y., Ip D.K.M., Wu P., Yu H. and Leung G.M., Epidemiology and control of H7N9 in china (abstract), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
ZHOU Y., Lau E.H.Y., Ip D.K.M., Nishiura H., Leung G.M., Seto W.H. and Cowling B.J., Years of life lost in the first wave of the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic in Hong Kong, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2013, 178(8): 1313-8.
van der Vries E., Ip D.K.M., Reed V., Tong X., Wojtowicz K. and Boucher C.A., Susceptibility of influenza B viruses to neuraminidase inhibitors: findings from the first 4 years (2008–2012) of the global Influenza Resistance Information Study (IRIS) (Abstract and poster presentation), Options for the Control of Influenza VIII, 5-10 September 2013, Cape Town, South Africa. 2013.


Researcher : Ip KY
List of Research Outputs

Fabrizio C.S., Stewart S.M., Ip K.Y. and Lam T.H., Enhancing the parent-child relationship: A Hong Kong community-based randomized controlled trial, Journal of Family Psychology. 2014, 28(1): 42-53.


Researcher : Jaume MDA
List of Research Outputs

Yip M.S., LEUNG H.L., Cheung C.Y., Li P.H., Lee H.Y.H., Daëron M., Peiris J.S.M., Bruzzone R. and Jaume M.D.A., Antibody-dependent infection of human macrophages by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus, Virology Journal. 2014, 11: 82.


Researcher : Jiang C
List of Research Outputs

Adab P., Jiang C., Rankin E., Tsang Y.W., Lam T.H., Barlow J., Thomas G.N., Zhang W. and Cheng K.K., Breastfeeding practice, oral contraceptive use and risk of rheumatoid arthritis among Chinese women: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Rheumatology. 2014, 53(5): 860-6.
Au Yeung S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Adab P., Lam H.K.B., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 - A potential genetic risk factor for lung function among southern Chinese from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Au Yeung S.L.R., Jiang C., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Systematic differences among never, occasional and moderate alcohol users in southern China, and its use in alcohol research: A cross-sectional study, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2013, 67(12): 1054-60.
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, Health Policy and Planning. 2013, 28(5): 467-79.
Hasselt T.J., Pickles O., Midgley-Hunt A., Jiang C., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Thomas G.N. and Lam T.H., Effects of tea consumption on renal function in a metropolitan Chinese population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Journal of Renal Nutrition. 2014, 24(1): 26-31.
Jiang C., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K., Liu B., Zhang W., Jin Y.L., Xu L., Lam H.K.B., Thomas G.N., Adab P., Zhu T. and Leung G.M., Establishment of the Guangzhou Biobank for the study of major chronic diseases: The past and coming decades (in Chinese), Chinese Preventive Medicine. 2013, 14(11): 801-8.
Jin Y.L., Zhu T., Xu L., Zhang W., Liu B., Jiang C., Yu H., Huang L.M., Cheng K.K., Thomas G.N. and Lam T.H., Uric acid levels, even in the normal range, are associated with increased cardiovascular risk: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, International Journal of Cardiology. 2013, 168(3): 2238-41.
LONG M., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Lin J.M., Chan Y.H., Zhang W., Jin Y.L., Liu B., Thomas G.N. and Cheng K.K., Alcohol consumption and electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy and mediation by elevated blood pressure in older Chinese men: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Alcohol. 2013, 47(6): 473-80.
Lin Q., Jiang C., Liu Y.M., Guo J.Y. and Lam T.H., Influential factors for job burnout among managers in a Sino-Japanese joint venture , Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases. 2013, 31(12): 902-5.
Lin Q., Jiang C. and Lam T.H., The relationship between occupational stress, burnout, and turnover intention among managerial staff from a sino-Japanese joint venture in Guangzhou, China, Journal of Occupational Health. 2014, 55(6): 458-67.
SUN Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Fruit and vegetable consumption and cardiovascular risk in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
SUN Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Milk consumption and cardiovascular risk factors in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, PLoS One. 2014, 9(1): e84813.
ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., A mendelian randomization analysis of testosterone and cardiovascular risk factors among men in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted testosterone and cardiovascular risk factors in men: a Mendelian randomization analysis in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2014, 43(1): 140-8.
ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Testosterone and cognitive function in men: A separate-sample mendelian randomization analysis in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
ZHONG Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Liu B., Jin Y.L., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Associations of height and its components with hematological coagulability among older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
ZHOU J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted testosterone and systemic inflammation in men: A separate-sample mendelian randomization analysis in older southern Chinese men (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Zhang W., Xu L., Schooling C.M., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Liu B. and Lam T.H., Effect of alcohol and aldehyde dehydrogenase gene polymorphisms on alcohol-associated hypertension: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Hypertension Research. 2013, 36(8): 741-6.


Researcher : Jiang N
List of Research Outputs

Jiang N., Lee Y.O. and Ling P.M., Association between tobacco and alcohol use among young adult bar patrons: a cross-sectional study in three cities, BMC Public Health. 2014, 14: 500.


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: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: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: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: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:19th Annual International Forum on Quality & Safety in Healthcare; Patient experience with inpatient care – pre and post hospital accreditatioon
Investigator(s):Johnston JM
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:04/2014
Completion Date:04/2014


List of Research Outputs

Cerin E., Sit H.P., Barnett A., Johnston J.M., Cheung M.C. and Chan W.M., Ageing in an ultra-dense metropolis: Perceived neighbourhood characteristics and utilitarian walking in Hong Kong elders, Public Health Nutrition. 2014, 17(1): 225-32.
Cerin E., Lee K.Y., Barnett A., Sit H.P., Cheung M.C., Chan W.M. and Johnston J.M., Walking for transportation in Hong Kong Chinese urban elders: a cross-sectional study on what destinations matter and when, Annual meeting of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, San Diego, CA, USA, May 2014.
Chan S.S.C., Leung D.Y., Leung A.Y.M., Lam C.L.K., Hung I.F.N., Chu D., Chan C.K., Johnston J.M., Liu S.H., Liang R.H.S., Lam T.H. and Yuen K.Y., A nurse-delivered brief health education intervention to improve pneumococcal vaccination rate among older patients with chronic diseases: A cluster randomized controlled trial., International journal of nursing studies. 2014.
Chow C.K., Mak S.H.T., Johnston J.M. and Leung G.M., Choosing a robust healthcare demand projection model for healthcare manpower planning and projection (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Johnston J.M., Electronic records in medical education, 6th Workshop of Knowledge Management & E-Learning, 6 June 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Faculty of Education, HKU, 2014.
Johnston J.M. and Song W.A., Patient experience with inpatient care - pre and post hospital accreditation (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Johnston J.M., Patient experience with inpatient care - pre and post hospital accreditation (abstract and poster presentation), 19th Annual International Forum on Quality & Safety in Healthcare, 8-11 April 2014, Paris. Paris, Institute for Healthcare Improvement and BMJ, 2014.
Johnston J.M. and Song W.A., Staff perceptions of organisational culture: The impact of accreditation (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Johnston J.M. and Song W.A., Staff perceptions of quality improvement: The impact of accreditation (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
LAM K.F.K. and Johnston J.M., Health disparities and inequalities: A study of migrant workers in Shenzhen, China (abstract), 2013 International conference on Advances in Social Science, Humanities, and Management on 14-15 December 2013 in Guangzhou, China. Guangzhou, Int’l Association for Cyber Science & Engineering, 2013, 321-2.
LAM K.F.K. and Johnston J.M., Prevalence of depression and confirmatory factor analysis of the CES-D four factor structure amongst migrant workers in Shenzhen (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
LIU F. and Johnston J.M., A systematic review of multidisciplinary teamwork in healthcare services (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Lo B.L., Chow C.K., Mak S.H.T., Johnston J.M. and Leung G.M., Projecting the doctor workforce in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Ng K.B., Leung G.K.K., Johnston J.M. and Cowling B.J., Factors affecting implementation of accreditation programmes and the impact of the accreditation process on quality improvement in hospitals: a SWOT analysis, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2013, 19(5): 434-446.
Ni M.Y., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., Ng N.C., Lam T.H., McDowell I.W., Johnston J.M. and Leung G.M., A randomised factorial design to assess the effect of survey mode and question wording on measuring family harmony: Evidence from the family cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
XU H., Li F. and Johnston J.M., Teamwork and collaboration among doctors and nurses in two public hospitals in China (abstract), 2013 International conference on Advances in Social Science, Humanities, and Management on 14-15 December 2013 in Guangzhou, China. Guangzhou, Int’l Association for Cyber Science & Engineering, 2013, 323-5.
XU H., Li F. and Johnston J.M., The development and validation of questionnaire to assess the collaboration and teamwork between doctors and nurses in public hospital in China (abstract), 2013 International conference on Advances in Social Science, Humanities, and Management on 14-15 December 2013 in Guangzhou, China. Int’l Association for Cyber Science & Engineering, 2013, 361-3.
XU H., Li F., Liu C., Hu Y.L. and Johnston J.M., The development and validation of questionnaire to assess the collaboration and teamwork between doctors and nurses in public hospital in china (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCM, 2013.


Researcher : Kang SR
List of Research Outputs

Mok K.P., Kang S.R., Chan W.Y., Yue Y.K., Mak N.K., Poon L.L.M., Wong N.S., Peiris J.S.M. and Chan M.C.W., Anti-inflammatory and antiviral effects of indirubin derivatives in influenza A (H5N1) virus infected primary human peripheral blood-derived macrophages and alveolar epithelial cells, Antiviral Research. 2014, 106: 95–104.


Researcher : Kavikondala S
List of Research Outputs

Chan B.H.Y., Ni M.Y., Kavikondala S., Nan H., Lam T.H. and Leung G.M., Are the religiously unaffiliated less likely to engage in health-related behaviours compared to Christians or Catholics? Evidence from the family cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Kavikondala S., Ni M.Y., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Social mobility and Adiposity in a Recently Transitioned Population of Hong Kong: Evidence from the FAMILY Cohort (abstract and oral presentation), 47th Annual Society for Epidemiologic Research Meeting, Seattle, USA. 2014.
Kavikondala S., Ni M.Y., Lam T.H., Schooling C.M. and Leung G.M., Social mobility and adiposity in a recently transitioned population of Hong Kong: evidence from the Family Cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Kavikondala S. and Schooling C.M., Estradiol concentrations in young healthy us versus chinese men, American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council. . 2014, 26: 565-569.
Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Kavikondala S., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Testosterone concentrations in young healthy us versus Chinese men (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Kavikondala S., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Testosterone concentrations in young healthy us versus Chinese men, American Journal of Human Biology. 2014, 26(1): 99-102.
Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Kavikondala S. and Schooling C.M., Testosterone concentrations in young healthy us versus chinese men., American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council. 2013, 26: 99-102.


Researcher : Kuok IT
List of Research Outputs

Kuok I.T., Chan W.Y., Lee J.W., Fang X., Matthay M.A., Peiris J.S.M. and Chan M.C.W., Angiopoietin-1 and Keratinocyte Growth Factor restore the impaired alveolar fluid clearance induced by influenza H5N1 virus infection, Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.


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., Davoudi B., Riley S. and Pourbohoul B., Early real-time estimation of the basic reproduction number of emerging or reemerging infectious diseases in a community with heterogeneous contact pattern: Using data from Hong Kong 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza as an illustrative example (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
WEI W.I., Kwok K.O., Perera R.A.P.M., Peiris J.S.M., Riley S. and Cowling B.J., Seroprotection associated with influenza vaccination in a community-based study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : Kwok MK
Project Title:Unravelling secular trends of blood pressure in children and adolescents in Hong Kong: information for action
Investigator(s):Kwok MK, Schooling CM, Wong OL, Lin S
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:01/2014


List of Research Outputs

Hui L.L., Wong O.L., Kwok M.K. and Schooling C.M., Early origins of socio-economic disparities in cardiovascular disease risk factors in Hong Kong - Evidence from the Hong Kong “children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Kwok M.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Associations of birth order with adolescent size, pubertal onset and blood pressure: evidence from Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Kwok M.K., Au Yeung S.L.R., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Birth weight and adult cardiovascular risk factors using multiple birth status as an instrumental variable in the British 1958 birth cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Kwok M.K., Au Yeung S.L.R., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Birth weight, infant growth and adolescent blood pressure using twin status as an instrumental variable in a Chinese birth cohort: “children of 1997” (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Kwok M.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Breast feeding and early adolescent behaviour, self-esteem and depression: Hong Kong’s ‘Children of 1997’ birth cohort, Archives of Disease in Childhood. 2013, 98(11): 887-94.
Kwok M.K., Leung G.M., Lam T.H., Leung S.S.L. and Schooling C.M., Grandparental education, parental education and child height: Evidence from Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort, Annals of Epidemiology. 2013, 23(8): 475-84.
Kwok M.K., Freeman G., LIN S., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Simulated growth trajectories and blood pressure in adolescence: Hong Kong's Chinese Birth Cohort, Journal of Hypertension. 2013, 31(9): 1785-97.
Leung Y.Y.J., Kwok M.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Breastfeeding and childhood hospitalizations for asthma: evidence from Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort, 47th Annual Meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research. 2014.


Researcher : LAM KFK
List of Research Outputs

LAM K.F.K. and Johnston J.M., Health disparities and inequalities: A study of migrant workers in Shenzhen, China (abstract), 2013 International conference on Advances in Social Science, Humanities, and Management on 14-15 December 2013 in Guangzhou, China. Guangzhou, Int’l Association for Cyber Science & Engineering, 2013, 321-2.
LAM K.F.K. and Johnston J.M., Prevalence of depression and confirmatory factor analysis of the CES-D four factor structure amongst migrant workers in Shenzhen (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : LAU HY
List of Research Outputs

Chan Y.H., Lo C.M.M., LAU H.Y. and Lam T.H., Vertically transmitted nasopharyngeal infection of the human papillomavirus: Does it play an aetiological role in nasopharyngeal cancer?, Oral Oncology. 2014, 50(5): 326-9.


Researcher : LEUNG HL
List of Research Outputs

LEUNG H.L., McDevitt J., Chan K.H., Yen H., Ip D.K.M., Li Y., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Seto W.H., Milton D.K. and Cowling B.J., Efficacy of surgical face masks as source control in reducing influenza virus dissemination in human exhaled breath (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Yip M.S., LEUNG H.L., Cheung C.Y., Li P.H., Lee H.Y.H., Daëron M., Peiris J.S.M., Bruzzone R. and Jaume M.D.A., Antibody-dependent infection of human macrophages by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus, Virology Journal. 2014, 11: 82.


Researcher : LEUNG YC
List of Research Outputs

LEUNG Y.C., Lam T.H., Lin S., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Informal child care and adolescent behavioral and mental health: Evidence from Hong Kong’s “children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
LEUNG Y.C., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Maternal migration status and childhood psychological health: Evidence from Hong Kong’s “children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : LI M
List of Research Outputs

Hemida M.G., Perera R.A.P.M., Wang P., Alhammadi M.A., Siu Y.L., LI M., Poon L.L.M., Saif L., Alnaeem A. and Peiris J.S.M., Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus seroprevalence in domestic livestock in Saudi Arabia, 2010 to 2013., Euro Surveillance. 2013, 18(50): 20659.
Perera R.A.P.M., Wang P., Gomaa M.R., El-Shesheny R., Kandeil A., Bagato O., Siu Y.L., Shehata M.M., Kayed A.S., Moatasim Y., LI M., Poon L.L.M., Guan Y., Webby R.J., Ali M.A., Peiris J.S.M. and Kayali G., Seroepidemiology for MERS coronavirus using microneutralisation and pseudoparticle virus neutralisation assays reveal a high prevalence of antibody in dromedary camels in Egypt, June 2013, Euro Surveillance. 2013, 18(36): 20574.


Researcher : LI WY
List of Research Outputs

Fielding R., Lam W.W.T., Okuyama T., Shun S.C., Akechi T., Lai Y.H. and LI W.Y., Reported differences in unmet psychosocial supportive care needs mostly attributable to culture and health system, rather than disease, The IPOS 15th World Congress. 2013.
LI W.Y., Lam W.W.T., Shun S.C., Lai Y.H., Law W.L., Poon T.C.J. and Fielding R., Psychometric assessment of the Chinese version of the Supportive Care Needs Survey short-form (SCNS-SF34-C) among Hong Kong and Taiwanese Chinese colorectal cancer patients, PLoS One. 2013, 8(10): e75755.
LI W.Y., Lam W.W.T., Law W.L., Poon T.C.J. and Fielding R., Understanding mediation effect of cancer-related rumination between symptom distress and psychological; distress in Chinese Colorectal cancer patients, IPOS 15th World Congress. 2013.
LI W.Y., Lam W.W.T., Law W.L., Poon T.C.J. and Fielding R., Unmet supportive care needs among colorectal cancer patients in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : LIANG H
List of Research Outputs

Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., MA C., Li L., Cheung C.L., ZHOU J., CHAI Y., LIANG H., Chen R., Zheng Z., Zhang Y., Liu Y., Smith D.K., Peiris J.S.M., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The emergence of the 2013 H7N9 and related viruses in China, Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.
Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., Zhou B., Duan L., Cheung C.L., MA C., Lycett S.J., Leung C.Y.H., Chen X., Li L., Hong W., CHAI Y., Zhou L., LIANG H., OU Z., Liu Y., Farooqui A., Kelvin D.J., Poon L.L.M., Smith D.K., Pybus O.G., Leung G.M., Shu Y., Webster R.G., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Rambaut A., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The genesis and source of the H7N9 influenza viruses causing human infections in China, Nature. 2013, 502: 241-244.


Researcher : LIN S
List of Research Outputs

Kwok M.K., Freeman G., LIN S., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Simulated growth trajectories and blood pressure in adolescence: Hong Kong's Chinese Birth Cohort, Journal of Hypertension. 2013, 31(9): 1785-97.
LEUNG Y.C., Lam T.H., Lin S., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Informal child care and adolescent behavioral and mental health: Evidence from Hong Kong’s “children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Lin S., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Mode of delivery and adiposity: Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" birth cohort, Annals of Epidemiology. 2013, 23(11): 693-9.


Researcher : LIU F
List of Research Outputs

LIU F. and Johnston J.M., A systematic review of multidisciplinary teamwork in healthcare services (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : LONG M
List of Research Outputs

LONG M., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Lin J.M., Chan Y.H., Zhang W., Jin Y.L., Liu B., Thomas G.N. and Cheng K.K., Alcohol consumption and electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy and mediation by elevated blood pressure in older Chinese men: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Alcohol. 2013, 47(6): 473-80.


Researcher : Lai HK
List of Research Outputs

HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S., Lai H.K. and Lam T.H., Alcohol consumption and sleep problems in Hong Kong adolescents, Sleep Medicine. 2013, 14(9): 877-82.
Lai H.K., Hedley A.J., Thach T.Q. and Wong C.M., A method to derive the relationship between the annual and short-term air quality limits - Analysis using the WHO Air Quality Guidelines for health protection, Environment International. 2013, 59: 86-91.
Lai H.K., Tsang H., Thach T.Q. and Wong C.M., Health impact assessment of exposure to fine particulate matter based on satellite and meteorological information, Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts. 2014, 16: 239-46.


Researcher : Lam HKB
List of Research Outputs

Au Yeung S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Adab P., Lam H.K.B., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 - A potential genetic risk factor for lung function among southern Chinese from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Jiang C., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K., Liu B., Zhang W., Jin Y.L., Xu L., Lam H.K.B., Thomas G.N., Adab P., Zhu T. and Leung G.M., Establishment of the Guangzhou Biobank for the study of major chronic diseases: The past and coming decades (in Chinese), Chinese Preventive Medicine. 2013, 14(11): 801-8.


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 AYM, Tan KCB, Wong CN, Li WHC
Department:Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Health Services Research Fund - Full Grants
Start Date:01/2011


Project Title:A school-based survey on adolescent alcohol drinking in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Lam TH, Ho DSY, Lo WS
Department:Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:09/2012
Completion Date:08/2013


Project Title:A long-term follow up for participants in Quit-to-Win Contest 2009 and 2010
Investigator(s):Lam TH
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health - General Award
Start Date:03/2013


Project Title:Developing Health Education Materials for 'Brief Advice' Targeting People at risk of 'Hazardous Drinking' for Use in Primary Care
Investigator(s):Lam TH
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Centre for Health Protection
Start Date:05/2013


Project Title:Effectiveness of using social networking service to prevent smoking relapse among self-reported quitters: A pilot randomized control trial
Investigator(s):Lam TH, Cheung YTD, Lam OBC
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Community Services
Start Date:09/2013


Project Title:12th International Congress on Obesity; Longitudinal changes on individual body weight and waist circumference in Hong Kong Chinese/Obesity control: learning from tobacco control and advocacy for a Framework Convention on Obesity Control (FCOC)
Investigator(s):Lam TH
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:03/2014
Completion Date:03/2014


List of Research Outputs

AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Adolescent drinking and self-rated health in Hong Kong, In: Professor Robin Room, Drug and Alcohol Review. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013, 32: 73.
AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lai W.Y., Lau M.M. and Lam T.H., Reactions to secondhand smoke exposure and their association with intention to smoke in Hong Kong children (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lau L.M.M., Lai V.W.Y. and Lam T.H., Reducing secondhand smoke exposure and parental pro-smoking practices in Hong Kong children: A cluster randomised controlled trial (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 313-4.
AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lai V.W.Y., Lau L.M.M. and Lam T.H., The association of positive reaction to secondhand smoke with family smoking and secondhand smoke exposure in Hong Kong children (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 311-2.
AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lai W.Y., Lau M.M. and Lam T.H., The association of positive reaction to secondhand smoke with family smoking and secondhand smoke exposure in Hong Kong children (abstract), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Abdullah A.S.M., Hedley A.J., Chan S.S.C. and Lam T.H., A randomized controlled trial of two different lengths of nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation, BioMed Research International. 2013, 2013: ID 961751.
Adab P., Jiang C., Rankin E., Tsang Y.W., Lam T.H., Barlow J., Thomas G.N., Zhang W. and Cheng K.K., Breastfeeding practice, oral contraceptive use and risk of rheumatoid arthritis among Chinese women: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Rheumatology. 2014, 53(5): 860-6.
Au Yeung S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Adab P., Lam H.K.B., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 - A potential genetic risk factor for lung function among southern Chinese from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Au Yeung S.L.R., Jiang C., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Systematic differences among never, occasional and moderate alcohol users in southern China, and its use in alcohol research: A cross-sectional study, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2013, 67(12): 1054-60.
CHAU T.K., Chan S.S.C., Wong J.Y.H., Fong D.Y.T., Li W.H.C., Leung A.Y.M., Tan K.C.B. and Lam T.H., Smoking Behaviors in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Qualitative Study, 18th Research Postgraduate Symposium, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, December 11,2013. .
CHEN J., Ho D.S.Y., AU W.M., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Family smoking, exposure to secondhand smoke at home and family unhappiness among young children (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 309-10.
CHEN J., Ho D.S.Y., AU W.M., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., The association of parental attitudes towards smoking with children’s attitudes towards smoking and susceptibility to smoke (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 307-8.
Chan B.H.Y., Ni M.Y., Kavikondala S., Nan H., Lam T.H. and Leung G.M., Are the religiously unaffiliated less likely to engage in health-related behaviours compared to Christians or Catholics? Evidence from the family cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Chan K.L., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Infodemiology of alcohol use in Hong Kong mentioned on blogs: Infoveillance study, Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2013, 15(9): e192.
Chan S.S.C., Leung D.Y., Leung A.Y.M., Lam C.L.K., Hung I.F.N., Chu D., Chan C.K., Johnston J.M., Liu S.H., Liang R.H.S., Lam T.H. and Yuen K.Y., A nurse-delivered brief health education intervention to improve pneumococcal vaccination rate among older patients with chronic diseases: A cluster randomized controlled trial., International journal of nursing studies. 2014.
Chan Y.H., Lo C.M.M., LAU H.Y. and Lam T.H., Vertically transmitted nasopharyngeal infection of the human papillomavirus: Does it play an aetiological role in nasopharyngeal cancer?, Oral Oncology. 2014, 50(5): 326-9.
Cherny S.S., GUI H., Jiang C.Q., Sham P.C., Xu L., Liu B., Jin Y.L., Zhu T., Zhang W.S., Thomas G.N., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Influence of Alzheimer's disease genes on cognitive decline: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, 63nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, Abstract 1190W, Boston, Massachusetts, October 23, 2013.
Cheung Y.T.D., Lam T.H., Leung Y.P., Abdullah A.S.M., Wong-Taam V.C.W., Hedley A.J. and Chan S.S.C., 以減少吸煙幫助戒煙：減煙份量和戒煙成功率的劑量反應 (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 113.
Cheung Y.T.D., Wong P.W.C., Lee A.M., Lam T.H., Fan Y. and Yip P.S.F., Non-suicidal self-injury and suicidal behavior: prevalence, co-occurrence, and correlates of suicide among adolescents in Hong Kong, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. Springer-Verlag, 2013, 48(7): 1133-1144.
Chiang K.M., Yang H.C., Liang Y.J., Chen J.W., Hwang S.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., Chen C.I., Lin S.J., Thomas G.N., Tomlinson B., Guo Y.L., Gui H.S., Sham P.C., Lam T.H. and Pan W.H., A three-stage genome-wide association study combining multilocus test and gene expression analysis for young-onset hypertension in Taiwan Han Chinese, American Journal of Hypertension. 2014, 27(6): 819-27.
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, Health Policy and Planning. 2013, 28(5): 467-79.
Fabrizio C.S., Stewart S.M., Ip K.Y. and Lam T.H., Enhancing the parent-child relationship: A Hong Kong community-based randomized controlled trial, Journal of Family Psychology. 2014, 28(1): 42-53.
HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S., Lai H.K. and Lam T.H., Alcohol consumption and sleep problems in Hong Kong adolescents, Sleep Medicine. 2013, 14(9): 877-82.
HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Assessment of weight-related factors of adolescents by private practitioners, BMC Family Practice. 2013, 14: 141.
HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Perceived neighbourhood environment and smoking in adolescents (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xieman, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 325.
HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Physical activity and constipation in Hong Kong adolescents, PLoS One. 2014, 9(2): e90193.
HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Social group participation and intention to smoke in Hong Kong adolescents (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Social group participation and intention to smoke in Hong Kong adolescents (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 323-4.
Hasselt T.J., Pickles O., Midgley-Hunt A., Jiang C., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Thomas G.N. and Lam T.H., Effects of tea consumption on renal function in a metropolitan Chinese population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Journal of Renal Nutrition. 2014, 24(1): 26-31.
He Y., Jiang B., Jiang B., Li L.S., Li L.S., Wu L. and Lam T.H., 吸二手煙與中老年人的煙草疾病死亡 (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 55-6.
He Y., Jiang B., Li L.S., Li L.S., Sun D.L., Wu L., Liu M., He S.F., Liang B.Q., Hu F.B. and Lam T.H., Changes in smoking behavior and subsequent mortality risk during a 35-year follow-up of a cohort in Xi'an, China, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2014, 179(9): 1060-70.
Ho D.S.Y., Leung L.T., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Exposure to secondhand smoke at home from neighbourhood and respiratory symptoms in Hong Kong adolescents (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 321-2.
Ho D.S.Y., HUANG R., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Family and school belonging, and intention to smoke in Hong Kong adolescents (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 319-20.
Ho D.S.Y., HUANG R., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Perceived neighbourhood environment and non-exercise physical activity in adolescents (abstract and poster presentation in XII International Congress on Obesity on 17-20 March in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), Obesity Reviews. 2014, 15 (Suppl.2): 204.
Ho D.S.Y., HUANG R., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Perceived neighbourhood environment and non-exercise physical activity in adolescents , International Congress on Obesity on 17-20 March, 2014 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2014.
Ho D.S.Y., AU W.M., Wang M.P., Lau L.M.M., Lai V.W.Y. and Lam T.H., Process evaluation of a randomized controlled trial to reduce secondhand smoke exposure among children in Hong Kong (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 315-6.
Ho D.S.Y., AU W.M., Wang M.P., Lai V.W.Y., Lau L.M.M. and Lam T.H., Reactions to secondhand smoke exposure and their association with intention to smoke in Hong Kong children (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 317-8.
Huxley R.R., Barzi F., Woo J., Giles G., Lam T.H., Rahimi K., Konety S., Ohkubo T., Jee S.H., Fang X.H. and Woodward M., A comparison of risk factors for mortality from heart failure in Asian and non-Asian populations: An overview of individual participant data from 32 prospective cohorts from the Asia-Pacific Region, BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. 2014, 14(1): 61.
Hyun K.K., Huxley R.R., Arima H., Woo J., Lam T.H., Ueshima H., Fang X.H., Peters S.A.E., Jee S.H., Giles G.G., Barzi F. and Woodward M., A comparative analysis of risk factors and stroke risk for Asian and non-Asian men: The Asia Pacific cohort studies collaboration, International Journal of Stroke. 2013, 8(8): 606-11.
Ip P., Lam T.H., Chan S.S.C., Ho K.W., Lo L.A., Chiu I.W.S., Wong W.H.S. and Chow C.B., Use of Internet viral marketing to promote smoke-free lifestyles among Chinese adolescents, PLoS One. 2014, 9: e99082.
Jiang C., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K., Liu B., Zhang W., Jin Y.L., Xu L., Lam H.K.B., Thomas G.N., Adab P., Zhu T. and Leung G.M., Establishment of the Guangzhou Biobank for the study of major chronic diseases: The past and coming decades (in Chinese), Chinese Preventive Medicine. 2013, 14(11): 801-8.
Jin Y.L., Zhu T., Xu L., Zhang W., Liu B., Jiang C., Yu H., Huang L.M., Cheng K.K., Thomas G.N. and Lam T.H., Uric acid levels, even in the normal range, are associated with increased cardiovascular risk: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, International Journal of Cardiology. 2013, 168(3): 2238-41.
Kavikondala S., Ni M.Y., Lam T.H., Schooling C.M. and Leung G.M., Social mobility and adiposity in a recently transitioned population of Hong Kong: evidence from the Family Cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Kwok M.K., Leung G.M., Lam T.H., Leung S.S.L. and Schooling C.M., Grandparental education, parental education and child height: Evidence from Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort, Annals of Epidemiology. 2013, 23(8): 475-84.
Kwok M.K., Freeman G., LIN S., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Simulated growth trajectories and blood pressure in adolescence: Hong Kong's Chinese Birth Cohort, Journal of Hypertension. 2013, 31(9): 1785-97.
LEUNG Y.C., Lam T.H., Lin S., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Informal child care and adolescent behavioral and mental health: Evidence from Hong Kong’s “children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
LONG M., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Lin J.M., Chan Y.H., Zhang W., Jin Y.L., Liu B., Thomas G.N. and Cheng K.K., Alcohol consumption and electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy and mediation by elevated blood pressure in older Chinese men: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Alcohol. 2013, 47(6): 473-80.
Lai V., Lam T.H. and Lau L., 推動全煙害警示煙8包(plain packaging)發展協助戒煙 (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 108-11.
Lam T.H., MPOWER中只有「O」(香港)和只有「P」(中国大陆)能有效控烟吗？(abstract and powerpoint presentation), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 53-4.
Lam T.H., Evidence-based and evidence generating positive psychology community-based participatory research to promote family health, happiness and harmony: The Hong Kong FAMILY project (abstract and powerpoint presentation), Asia Pacific Conference on Applied Positive Psychology 2014, 9-11 January 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, City University of Hong Kong, 2014, 17-18.
Lam T.H., Wang M.P., Wang X., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., Factors associated with supporting total ban on tobacco sale in 2022 in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Lam T.H., Wang M.P., Wang X., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., Factors associated with supporting total ban on tobacco sale in 2022 in Hong Kong (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 297-8.
Lam T.H. and He Y., Lam and He respond to "the challenge of tobacco control in China", American Journal of Epidemiology. 2014, 179(9): 1074-5.
Lam T.H., Wang M.P. and Ho L.M., Longitudinal changes on individual body weight and waist circumference in Hong Kong Chinese (abstract and poster presentation in XII International Congress on Obesity on 17-20 March in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), Obesity Reviews. 2014, 15 (Suppl.2): 181.
Lam T.H. and Xu L., Obesity control: Learning from tobacco control and advocacy for a framework convention on obesity control (FCOC) (abstract and poster presentation), XII International Congress on Obesity, 17-20 March, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, World Obesity Federation, 2014.
Lam T.H., Tobacco and alcohol control: Challenges to academic public health (abstract and powerpoint presentation), 45th Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health Conference 2013, 25-27 October 2013, Wuhan, China. Wuhan University, Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health, 2013, 157-8.
Lam T.H., 煙草暴露的健康危害、致病機理及戒煙干預研究, 北京市科學技術獎叁等獎. Beijing, China, 北京市人民政府, 2014.
Lee H., Yu Y.Y., McDowell I.W., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., A cluster analysis of patterns of objectively measured physical activity in Hong Kong, Public Health Nutrition. 2013, 16(8): 1436-44.
Lee H., Macfarlane D.J. and Lam T.H., Factors associated with participant compliance in studies using accelerometers, Gait & Posture. 2013, 38(4): 912-7.
Lee H., McGrath C.P.J., Kong Y.C. and Lam T.H., Self-report poor oral health and chronic diseases: the Hong Kong FAMILY project, Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology. 2013, 41: 451-458.
Leung L.T., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Exposure to secondhand smoke at home from neighbourhood and respiratory symptoms in Hong Kong adolescents (abstract), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Leung L.T., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Factors associated with adolescents’ thirdhand smoke exposure at smoking homes in Hong Kong (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 303-4.
Leung L.T., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Thirdhand smoke exposure at home and respiratory symptoms among never-smoking adolescents (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 301-2.
Leung L.T., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Underestimation of adolescent exposure to secondhand smoke at urban homes in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Leung Y.P., Au D.W.H., Lam T.H. and Chan S.S.C., Predictors of long-term abstinence among Chinese smokers following treatment: The role of personality traits, Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. 2013, 14(9): 5351-4.
Li S.L., Lau Y.L., Lam T.H., Yip P.S.F., Fan S.Y.S. and Ip P., HPV vaccination in Hong Kong: Uptake and reasons for non-vaccination amongst Chinese adolescent girls, Vaccine. 2013, 31: 5785-5788.
Li W.H.C., Chan S.S.C., Mak Y.W. and Lam T.H., Effectiveness of a parental training programme in enhancing the parent–child relationship and reducing harsh parenting practices and parental stress in preparing children for their transition to primary school: a randomised controlled trial, BMC Public Health. 2013, 13: 1079.
Lin P.R., Zhao Z.W., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., The effect of physician’s 30 s smoking cessation intervention for male medical outpatients: A pilot randomized controlled trial, Journal of Public Health. 2013, 35(3): 375-83.
Lin Q., Jiang C., Liu Y.M., Guo J.Y. and Lam T.H., Influential factors for job burnout among managers in a Sino-Japanese joint venture , Chinese Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases. 2013, 31(12): 902-5.
Lin Q., Jiang C. and Lam T.H., The relationship between occupational stress, burnout, and turnover intention among managerial staff from a sino-Japanese joint venture in Guangzhou, China, Journal of Occupational Health. 2014, 55(6): 458-67.
Morrison D.S., Parr C.L., Lam T.H., Ueshima H., Kim H.C., Jee S.H., Murakami Y., giles G., Fang X.H., Barzi F., Batty G.D., Huxley R.R. and Woodward M., Behavioural and metabolic risk factors for mortality from colon and rectum cancer: Analysis of data from the Asia-Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration, Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. 2013, 14(2): 1083-7.
Nan H., Ni M.Y., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., Ng K.W., Morisky D.E., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and McDowell I.W., Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the Morisky medication adherence scale: evidence from the family cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Nan H., Ni M.Y., Lee H., Tam W.W.S., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and McDowell I.W., Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the subjective happiness scale: evidence from the Hong Kong family cohort, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2014, 21(4): 646-52.
Ni M.Y., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., Ng N.C., Lam T.H., McDowell I.W., Johnston J.M. and Leung G.M., A randomised factorial design to assess the effect of survey mode and question wording on measuring family harmony: Evidence from the family cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Pang H.M.H., Jiang C., Cheng K., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., High-dimensional association study of lifestyle and behavioural factors with survival outcome in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (GBCS), Statistical Analysis of Multi-Outcome Data 2014, University of Cambridge. 2014.
Peters S.A.E., Woodward M., Lam T.H., Fang X.H., Suh I., Ueshema H., Dobson A.J., Grobbee D.E. and Huxley R.R., Sex disparities in risk and risk factors for ischemic heart disease in the Asia-Pacific region, European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 2014, 21(5): 639-46.
SHEN C., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Xu L., Lee S.Y. and Lam T.H., Alcohol intake and death from cancer in a prospective Chinese elderly cohort study in Hong Kong, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2013, 67(10): 813-20.
SHEN C., Ni M.Y., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Lee S.Y. and Lam T.H., Alcohol use and death from respiratory disease in a prospective Chinese elderly cohort study in Hong Kong, Preventive Medicine. 2013, 57(6): 819-23.
SHEN C., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Lee S.Y., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., Self-reported diabetes and mortality in a prospective Chinese elderly cohort study in Hong Kong, Preventive Medicine. 2014, 64C: 20-6.
SHEN C., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Lee S.Y., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., Self-reported diabetes and mortality in a prospective cohort study of older Chinese (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
SUN W., Xu L., Chan W.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Are depressive symptoms associated with cardiovascular mortality among older Chinese: A cohort study of 64,000 people in Hong Kong?, American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2013, 21(11): 1107-15.
SUN Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Fruit and vegetable consumption and cardiovascular risk in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
SUN Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Milk consumption and cardiovascular risk factors in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, PLoS One. 2014, 9(1): e84813.
Thomas G.N., Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Mak K.H., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Adverse lifestyle leads to an annual excess of 2 million deaths in China, PLoS One. 2014, 9(2): e89650.
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., Pedometry and 'peer support' in older Chinese adults: A 12-month cluster randomised controlled trial, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2014, 20(Suppl 3): S11-4.
WONG H.K., Ong K.L., Leung Y.H., Lam T.H., Thomas G.N., Lam K.S.L. and Cheung B.M.Y., A single nucleotide polymorphism of interleukin-6 gene is related to plasma adrenomedullin levels, Clinical Endocrinology. 2013, 79(4): 504-9.
Wang M.P., Lam T.H., Wang X., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., Ex-smokers are happier than current smokers among Chinese adults in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wang M.P., Lam T.H., Wang X., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., Ex-smokers are happier than current smokers among Chinese adults in Hong Kong (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 299-300.
Wang M.P., HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Family and school belonging, and intention to smoke in Hong Kong adolescents (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wang M.P., Wang X., Lam T.H., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., Health information seeking partially mediated the association between socioeconomic status and self-rated health among Hong Kong Chinese, PLoS One. 2013, 8(12): e82720.
Wang M.P., Viswanath K., Lam T.H., Wang X. and Chan S.S.C., Social determinants of health information seeking among Chinese adults in Hong Kong, PLoS One. 2013, 8(8): e73049.
Xie Y., Stewart S.M., Lam T.H., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., Television viewing time in Hong Kong adult population: Associations with body mass index and obesity, PLoS One. 2014, 9(1): e85440.
Xu L., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Lee S.Y., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., Smoking and hemorrhagic stroke mortality in a prospective cohort study of older Chinese, Stroke. 2013, 44(8): 2144-9.
Yeung C.Y., Hui Y.L.E., Lam T.H., Chow W.S., Woo Y.C., Fong H.Y., Xu A., Cheung B.M.Y. and Lam K.S.L., Plasma fibrinogen level as a predictor of incident metabolic syndrome in a community-based prospective study in Hong Kong Chinese, European Association for the Study of Diabetes. 2013.
Yeung C.Y., Tso A.W.K., Xu A., Wang Y., Woo Y.C., Lam T.H., Lo S.V., Fong H.Y., Wat N.M.S., Woo J., Cheung B.M.Y. and Lam K.S.L., Pro-inflammatory adipokines as predictors of incident cancers in a Chinese cohort of low obesity prevalence in Hong Kong, PLoS One . 2013, 8: e78594.
Yoon S.W., Lam W.W.T., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Perceived norms, social context and drinking behaviour among Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong (abstract), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Yoon S.W. and Lam T.H., The illusion of righteousness: Corporate social responsibility practices of the alcohol industry, BMC Public Health. 2013, 13: 630.
Yu X., Stewart S.M., Chui J.P.L., Ho J.L.Y., Li A.C.H. and Lam T.H., A pilot randomized controlled trial to decrease adaptation difficulties in Chinese new immigrants to Hong Kong, Behavior Therapy. 2014, 45(1): 137-52.
Yu X., Stewart S.M., Liu I.K.F. and Lam T.H., Resilience and depressive symptoms in mainland Chinese immigrants to Hong Kong, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 2014, 49(2): 241-9.
ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., A mendelian randomization analysis of testosterone and cardiovascular risk factors among men in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted testosterone and cardiovascular risk factors in men: a Mendelian randomization analysis in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2014, 43(1): 140-8.
ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Testosterone and cognitive function in men: A separate-sample mendelian randomization analysis in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
ZHONG Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Liu B., Jin Y.L., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Associations of height and its components with hematological coagulability among older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
ZHOU J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted testosterone and systemic inflammation in men: A separate-sample mendelian randomization analysis in older southern Chinese men (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : Lam TY
List of Research Outputs

Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., MA C., Li L., Cheung C.L., ZHOU J., CHAI Y., LIANG H., Chen R., Zheng Z., Zhang Y., Liu Y., Smith D.K., Peiris J.S.M., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The emergence of the 2013 H7N9 and related viruses in China, Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.
Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., Zhou B., Duan L., Cheung C.L., MA C., Lycett S.J., Leung C.Y.H., Chen X., Li L., Hong W., CHAI Y., Zhou L., LIANG H., OU Z., Liu Y., Farooqui A., Kelvin D.J., Poon L.L.M., Smith D.K., Pybus O.G., Leung G.M., Shu Y., Webster R.G., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Rambaut A., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The genesis and source of the H7N9 influenza viruses causing human infections in China, Nature. 2013, 502: 241-244.
Le M.Q., Lam H.M., Cuong V.D., Lam T.Y., Halpin R.A., Wentworth D.E., Hien N.T., Thanh L.E. .T., Phuong H.V., Horby P. and Boni M.F., Migration and persistence of human influenza A viruses, Vietnam, 2001-2008., Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2013, 19(11): 1756-65.
Lee C., Zhu H., HUANG P.Y., Peng L., Chang Y.C., Yip C.H., Li Y.T., Cheung C.L., Compans R., Yang C., Smith D.K., Lam T.Y., King C.C. and Guan Y., The Emergence and Evolution of Avian H5N2 Influenza viruses in Chickens in Taiwan, In: A. García-Sastre, Journal of Virology. 2014, 80: 5677-5686.
Lee H.K., Tang J.W., Kong D.H., Loh T.P., Chiang D.K., Lam T.Y. and Koay E.S., Comparison of Mutation Patterns in Full-Genome A/H3N2 Influenza Sequences Obtained Directly from Clinical Samples and the Same Samples after a Single MDCK Passage, In: Paul Digard, PLoS ONE. 2013.
Tan Y., Guan W., Lam T.Y., Pan S., Wu S., Zhan Y., Viboud C., Holmes E.C. and Yang Z., Differing epidemiological dynamics of influenza B virus lineages in Guangzhou, southern China, 2009-2010, Journal of Virology. 2013, 87: 12447-12456.
Tan Y., Lam T.Y., Wu C., Lee S.S., Viboud C., Zhang R. and Weinberger D.M., Increasing similarity in the dynamics of influenza in two adjacent subtropical Chinese cities following the relaxation of border restrictions, Journal of General Virology. 2013, 95: 531-538.


Researcher : Lam WWT
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: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
Completion Date:09/2014


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 15th World Congress of Psycho-oncology and psychosocial academy; The effect of decision aids on treatment decision making for breast cancer surgery: A randomized controlled tria/Trajectory patterns of supportive care needs among Chinese women with advanced breast cancer
Investigator(s):Lam WWT
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:11/2013
Completion Date:11/2013


Project Title:Comparison the meanings of living with advanced breast cancer between women resilient to distress and women with persistent distress: A qualitative study
Investigator(s):Lam WWT, Fielding R, Yoon SW, Tsang JWH
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:01/2014


Project Title:Development of experimental task for assessing bias in attention among women with breast cancer
Investigator(s):Lam WWT, Fielding R, Tsang JWH
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2014


List of Research Outputs

Choi K.C., So W.K.W., Chan D.N.S., Shiu A.T.Y., Ho S.S.M., Chan H.Y.L., Lam W.W.T., Cheng K.K.F., Goggins W.B. and Chan C.W.H., Gender differences in the use of colorectal cancer tests among older Chinese adults, European Journal of Oncology Nursing. 2013, 17(5): 603-9.
Choi K.C., Chan H.Y.L., Chan D.N.S., Lam W.W.T., Chan C.W.H., Ho S.S.M., Cheng K.K.F., Goggins W.B., Shiu A.T.Y. and So W.K.W., The mediating role of health professionals’ recommendation in the uptake of colorectal cancer testing among older Chinese adults, International Journal of Nursing Practice. 2014, 20(2): 170-8.
Fielding R. and Lam W.W.T., PTSD - More complicated on second look (Letter), Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology. 2013, 10(8): 484.
Fielding R. and Lam W.W.T., PTSD—more complicated on second look , Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology. 2013, 10(8): 484.
Fielding R., Lam W.W.T., Okuyama T., Shun S.C., Akechi T., Lai Y.H. and LI W.Y., Reported differences in unmet psychosocial supportive care needs mostly attributable to culture and health system, rather than disease, The IPOS 15th World Congress. 2013.
LI W.Y., Lam W.W.T., Shun S.C., Lai Y.H., Law W.L., Poon T.C.J. and Fielding R., Psychometric assessment of the Chinese version of the Supportive Care Needs Survey short-form (SCNS-SF34-C) among Hong Kong and Taiwanese Chinese colorectal cancer patients, PLoS One. 2013, 8(10): e75755.
LI W.Y., Lam W.W.T., Law W.L., Poon T.C.J. and Fielding R., Understanding mediation effect of cancer-related rumination between symptom distress and psychological; distress in Chinese Colorectal cancer patients, IPOS 15th World Congress. 2013.
LI W.Y., Lam W.W.T., Law W.L., Poon T.C.J. and Fielding R., Unmet supportive care needs among colorectal cancer patients in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Lam W.W.T., Kwok N.T., Chan M., Hung W.K., Ying M., Or A., Kwong A., Suen T.K.D., Yoon S.W. and Fielding R., Does the use of shared decision-making consultation behaviors increase treatment decision-making satisfaction among Chinese women facing decision for breast cancer surgery? , Patient Education and Counseling. 2014, 94(2): 243-9.
Lam W.W.T., Chan M., Or A., Kwong A., Suen T.K.D. and Fielding R., Reducing treatment decision conflict difficulties in breast cancer surgery: A randomized controlled trial, Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2013, 31(23): 2879-85.
Lam W.W.T., Fielding R., Chan M., Or A., Kwong A. and Suen T.K.D., The effect of decision aids on treatment decision making for breast cancer surgery: a randomized controlled trial, The IPOS 15th World Congress. 2013.
Lam W.W.T., Soong I., Yau T.K., Wong K.Y., Tsang J.W.H., Yeo W., Suen J., Ho W.M., Sze W.K., Ng A.W., Kwong A., Suen T.K.D. and Fielding R., The evolution of psychological distress trajectories in women diagnosed with advanced breast cancer: a longitudinal study , Psycho-oncology . 2013, 22(12): 2831-9.
Lam W.W.T., Tsang J.W.H., Yeo W., Suen J., Ho W.M., Yau T.K., Soong I., Wong K.Y., Kwong A., Suen T.K.D., Sze W.K., Ng W.Y., Girgis A. and Fielding R., The evolution of supportive care needs trajectories in women with advanced breast cancer during the 12 months following diagnosis , Support Care in Cancer. 2014, 22(3): 635-44.
Liao Q., Cowling B.J., Lam W.W.T., Ng M.W. and Fielding R., Anxiety, worry and cognitive risk estimate in relation to protective behaviors during the 2009 influenza A/H1N1 pandemic in Hong Kong: ten cross-sectional surveys, BMC Infectious Diseases. 2014, 14: 169.
Liao Q., Lam W.W.T., Bich T.H., Dang V.T. and Fielding R., Comparison of behaviors regarding live poultry exposure among rural residents in Vietnam and Thailand , Journal of Infection in Developing Countries . 2014, 8(4): 526-34.
Liao Q., Lam W.W.T., Fielding R., Bich T.H. and Dang V.T., Poultry purchase in response to avian influenza in Vietnam: A qualitative exploration (oral presentation), The 4th International Conference on Risk Analysis and Crisis Response, August 27-29, 2013, Istanbul, Turkey . Turkey, Society for Risk Analysis - China (SRA-China), 2013.
WANG D., Lam W.W.T., Wu J.T.K., Liao Q. and Fielding R., Chinese immigrant parents' vaccination decision making for children: a qualitative analysis, BMC Public Health. 2014, 14(1): 133.
WANG D., Lam W.W.T., Wu J.T.K., Liao Q. and Fielding R., Improving vaccination policy implementation: A qualitative study on new immigrant parental decision making about childhood and adolescent vaccination (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Yoon S.W., Lam W.W.T., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Perceived norms, social context and drinking behaviour among Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong (abstract), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
ZHANG W., Lam W.W.T. and Fielding R., Qualitative studies on symptom experience among Chinese patients diagnosed with cancer- A systematic review (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


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:Symptom-specific health-seeking behavior among persons with common infectious diseases in Hong Kong and implications in disease control and surveillance
Investigator(s):Lau EHY, Cowling BJ, Wong OL, Ip DKM, Kwok KO
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:12/2013


Project Title:2013 ISDS conference - Improving population health by advancing the science and practice of disease surveillance; Electronic school absenteeism system for multiple disease surveillance in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Lau EHY
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:12/2013
Completion Date:12/2013


List of Research Outputs

Cowling B.J., Jin L., Lau E.H.Y., Liao Q., Wu P., Jiang H., TSANG K.L., Zheng J., Fang J., Chang Z., Ni M.Y., Zhang Q., Ip D.K.M., Yu J., Li Y., Wang L., Tu W., Meng L., Wu J.T.K., Luo H., Li Q., Shu Y., Li Z., Feng Z., Yang W., Wang Y., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Comparative epidemiology of human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) and A(H5N1) viruses in China (abstract presentation), Options for the Control of Influenza VIII, 5-10 September, Cape Town, South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa, Int'l Society for Influ' & other Respiratory Virus Diseases, 2013.
Cowling B.J., Lau E.H.Y., TSANG K.L., Wu P., WONG Y.T., Feng L., Yang J. and Li S., Hands-on workshop for regression models for influenza disease burden estimation , Influenza Disease Burden Training Workshop, Kunming, Yunnan. Kunming, Yunnan, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013.
Cowling B.J., Lau E.H.Y., TSANG K.L., Wu P., WONG Y.T., Feng L., Yang J. and Li S., Workshop for analysis of surveillance data including definition of the ILI baseline, and alerting the start of the influenza season, Influenza Disease Burden Training Workshop, Kunming, Yunnan. Kunming, Yunnan, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013.
Cowling B.J., Lau E.H.Y., TSANG K.L., Wu P. and WONG Y.T., Workshop for introduction to statistical software , Influenza Disease Burden Training Workshop, Kunming, Yunnan. Kunming, Yunnan, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013.
Ip D.K.M., Liao Q.H., TSANG K.L., Jiang H., Liu F.F., Zheng J.D., Peng Z.B., Wu P., Huai Y., Lau E.H.Y., Feng L.H., Cao B., Gao Z.C., Leung G.M., Yu H.J. and Cowling B.J., A Clinical Prediction Rule for Diagnosing Human Infections with Avian Influenza A(H7N9) in a Hospital Emergency Department Setting (abstract & poster presentation), Influenza and Other Respiratory Virus Infections: Advances in Clinical Management, 4-6 June 2014, Tokyo, Japan . isirv, 2014.
Ip D.K.M., Lau E.H.Y., So H.C., Ho L.M., Cowling B.J. and Leung G.M., Electronic school absenteeism system for multiple disease surveillance in Hong Kong (Poster presentation) , 2013 International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS) Conference, Translating research and surveillance into action, New Orleans, Dec 11-13, 2013. New Orleans, International Society for Disease Surveillance.
Lau E.H.Y., Zheng J., TSANG K.L., Liao Q., Lewis B., Brownstein J.S., Sanders S., WONG Y.T., Mekaru S.R., Rivers C., Wu P., Jiang H., Li Y., Yu J., Zhang Q., Chang Z., Liu F., Peng Z., Leung G.M., Feng L., Cowling B.J. and Yu H., Accuracy of epidemiological inferences based on publicly available information: retrospective comparative analysis of line lists of human cases infected with influenza A(H7N9) in China, BMC Medicine . 2014, 12(1):88: 1-9.
Lau E.H.Y., Methods for alerting the start of influenza epidemics , Influenza Disease Burden Training Workshop, Kunming, Yunnan. Kunming, Yunnan, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013.
Lau E.H.Y., He X.Q., Lee C.K. and Wu J.T.K., Predicting future blood demand from thalassemia major patients in Hong Kong, PLoS One. 2013, 8(12): e81846.
Reynolds T., Cameron M., Conway M., Ising A., Lau E.H.Y., Olsen J., Pavlin J., Storm W., Suda K. and Corley C., Using Social Media for Biosurveillance: Gap between Research and Action (conference oral presentation), Translating Research and Surveillance into Action, December 12-13, 2013 in New Orleans. New Orleans, The International Society for Disease Surveillance, 2013.
TSANG K.L., Lau E.H.Y., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Real-time estimation of severity of a novel influenza strain (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wu J.T.K., Cowling B.J., Lau E.H.Y., Ip D.K.M., Wu P., Yu H. and Leung G.M., Epidemiology and control of H7N9 in china (abstract), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Yu H., Wu J.T.K., Cowling B.J., Liao Q., Fang J., Zhou S., Wu P., Zhou H., Lau E.H.Y., Guo D., Ni M.Y., Peng Z., Feng L., Jiang H., Luo H., Li Q., Feng Z., Wang Y., Yang W. and Leung G.M., Effect of closure of live poultry markets on poultry-to-person transmission of avian influenza A H7N9 virus: an ecological study, Lancet. 2014, 383(9916): 541-8.
ZHOU Y., Lau E.H.Y., Ip D.K.M., Nishiura H., Leung G.M., Seto W.H. and Cowling B.J., Years of life lost in the first wave of the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic in Hong Kong, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2013, 178(8): 1313-8.
Zhang A., Huang Y., Tian D., Lau E.H.Y., Wan Y., Liu X., Dong Y., Song Z., Zhang X., Zhang J., Bao M., Zhou M., Yuan S., Sun J., Zhu Z., Hu Y., Chen L., Leung C.Y.H., Wu J.T.K., Zhang Z., Zhang X., Peiris J.S.M. and Xu J., Kinetics of serological responses in influenza A(H7N9)- infected patients correlate with clinical outcome in China, 2013, Euro Surveillance. 2013, 18(50): 20657.


Researcher : Lau PN
List of Research Outputs

Li Z.F., Liang Y.M., Lau P.N., Shen W., Wang D.K., Cheung W.T., Xue C.J., Poon L.L.M. and Lam Y.W., Dynamic localisation of mature microRNAs in Human nucleoli is influenced by exogenous genetic materials, PLoS One. 2013, 8(8): 70869.


Researcher : Lee C
List of Research Outputs

Lee C., Zhu H., HUANG P.Y., Peng L., Chang Y.C., Yip C.H., Li Y.T., Cheung C.L., Compans R., Yang C., Smith D.K., Lam T.Y., King C.C. and Guan Y., The Emergence and Evolution of Avian H5N2 Influenza viruses in Chickens in Taiwan, In: A. García-Sastre, Journal of Virology. 2014, 80: 5677-5686.


Researcher : Lee H
List of Research Outputs

Lee H., Yu Y.Y., McDowell I.W., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., A cluster analysis of patterns of objectively measured physical activity in Hong Kong, Public Health Nutrition. 2013, 16(8): 1436-44.
Lee H., Macfarlane D.J. and Lam T.H., Factors associated with participant compliance in studies using accelerometers, Gait & Posture. 2013, 38(4): 912-7.
Lee H., McGrath C.P.J., Kong Y.C. and Lam T.H., Self-report poor oral health and chronic diseases: the Hong Kong FAMILY project, Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology. 2013, 41: 451-458.
Nan H., Ni M.Y., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., Ng K.W., Morisky D.E., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and McDowell I.W., Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the Morisky medication adherence scale: evidence from the family cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Ni M.Y., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., Ng N.C., Lam T.H., McDowell I.W., Johnston J.M. and Leung G.M., A randomised factorial design to assess the effect of survey mode and question wording on measuring family harmony: Evidence from the family cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : Lee HYH
List of Research Outputs

Mok K.P., Lee H.Y.H., Chan M.C.W., Sia S.F., Lestra M., Nicholls J.M., Zhu H., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Pathogenicity of the novel A/H7N9 influenza virus in mice, mBio. 2013, 4(4): e00362-13.
Yip M.S., LEUNG H.L., Cheung C.Y., Li P.H., Lee H.Y.H., Daëron M., Peiris J.S.M., Bruzzone R. and Jaume M.D.A., Antibody-dependent infection of human macrophages by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus, Virology Journal. 2014, 11: 82.


Researcher : Lee MY
Project Title:Direct identification and quantification of host and viral microRNAs after influenza infection using the next generation ultra-high throughput DNA sequencer
Investigator(s):Lee MY, Lok S, Cheung CY
Department:Microbiology
Source(s) of Funding:Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases - Full Grants
Start Date:05/2009


List of Research Outputs

Lee M.Y., Kok K.H., Jaume M.D.A., Cheung K.W., Yip T.F., Lai J.C.C., Guan Y., Webster R.G., Jin D. and Peiris J.S.M., Toll-like receptor 10 is involved in induction of innate immune responses to influenza virus infection, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2014, 111(10): 3793-8.
Lee M.Y., Kok K.H., Jaume M.D.A., Cheung K.W., Yip T.F., Lai J.C.C., Guan Y., Webster R.G., Jin D. and Peiris J.S.M., Toll-like receptor 10 is involved in induction of innate immune responses to influenza virus infection, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2014, 111: 3793-3798.


Researcher : Leung CYH
List of Research Outputs

Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., Zhou B., Duan L., Cheung C.L., MA C., Lycett S.J., Leung C.Y.H., Chen X., Li L., Hong W., CHAI Y., Zhou L., LIANG H., OU Z., Liu Y., Farooqui A., Kelvin D.J., Poon L.L.M., Smith D.K., Pybus O.G., Leung G.M., Shu Y., Webster R.G., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Rambaut A., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The genesis and source of the H7N9 influenza viruses causing human infections in China, Nature. 2013, 502: 241-244.
Leung C.Y.H., Luk G., Sia S.F., Wu Y.O., Chow K.C., Tang S.C., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Experimental challenge of chicken vaccinated with commercially available H5 vaccines reveals loss of protection to some highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 strains circulating in Hong Kong/China., Vaccine. 2013, 31(35): 3536-42.
Wong K.S.C., Zhu H., Li O.T.W., Leung C.Y.H., Chan M.C.W., Guan Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Poon L.L.M., Molecular Detection of Human H7N9 Influenza A Virus Causing Outbreaks in China, Clinical chemistry. 2013, 59(7): 1062-7.
Zhang A., Huang Y., Tian D., Lau E.H.Y., Wan Y., Liu X., Dong Y., Song Z., Zhang X., Zhang J., Bao M., Zhou M., Yuan S., Sun J., Zhu Z., Hu Y., Chen L., Leung C.Y.H., Wu J.T.K., Zhang Z., Zhang X., Peiris J.S.M. and Xu J., Kinetics of serological responses in influenza A(H7N9)- infected patients correlate with clinical outcome in China, 2013, Euro Surveillance. 2013, 18(50): 20657.
Zhang A., Huang Y., Tian D., Lau E.H., Wan Y., Liu X., Dong Y., Song Z., Zhang X., Zhang J., Bao M., Zhou M., Yuan S., Sun J., Zhu Z., Hu Y., Chen L., Leung C.Y.H., Wu J.T., Zhang Z., Zhang X., Peiris J.S.M. and Xu J., Kinetics of serological responses in influenza A(H7N9)-infected patients correlate with clinical outcome in China, 2013., European Surveillance. 2013, 18(50).


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 Yeung S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Adab P., Lam H.K.B., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 - A potential genetic risk factor for lung function among southern Chinese from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Au Yeung S.L.R., Jiang C., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Systematic differences among never, occasional and moderate alcohol users in southern China, and its use in alcohol research: A cross-sectional study, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2013, 67(12): 1054-60.
Chan B.H.Y., Ni M.Y., Kavikondala S., Nan H., Lam T.H. and Leung G.M., Are the religiously unaffiliated less likely to engage in health-related behaviours compared to Christians or Catholics? Evidence from the family cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Choi C.W., Leung G.M., Woo P.P.S., Mark J. and Wu J.T.K., Acceptability and uptake of female adolescent HPV vaccination in Hong Kong (abstract), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Choi C.W., Leung G.M., Woo P.P., Jit M. and Wu J.T.K., Acceptability and uptake of female adolescent HPV vaccination in Hong Kong: A survey of mothers and adolescents, Vaccine. 2013, 32(1): 78-84.
Chow C.K., Mak S.H.T., Johnston J.M. and Leung G.M., Choosing a robust healthcare demand projection model for healthcare manpower planning and projection (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Cowling B.J., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Leung G.M., Aerosol transmission of influenza virus (abstract), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Cowling B.J., Jin L., Lau E.H.Y., Liao Q., Wu P., Jiang H., TSANG K.L., Zheng J., Fang J., Chang Z., Ni M.Y., Zhang Q., Ip D.K.M., Yu J., Li Y., Wang L., Tu W., Meng L., Wu J.T.K., Luo H., Li Q., Shu Y., Li Z., Feng Z., Yang W., Wang Y., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Comparative epidemiology of human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) and A(H5N1) viruses in China (abstract presentation), Options for the Control of Influenza VIII, 5-10 September, Cape Town, South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa, Int'l Society for Influ' & other Respiratory Virus Diseases, 2013.
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, Health Policy and Planning. 2013, 28(5): 467-79.
Fisman D.N., Leung G.M. and Lipsitch M., Nuanced risk assessment for emerging infectious diseases, Lancet. 2014, 383(9913): 189-90.
Freeman G., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Homologous and heterologous antibody titer rises after influenza virus infections (poster), Options for the Control of Influenza, 5-10 September 2013, Cape Town, South Africa. isirv, 2013.
Freeman G., PERERA K.V.H., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Homologous and heterologous antibody titer rises after influenza virus infections (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Freeman G., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Variability in the immunogenicity of inactivated seasonal influenza vaccine in children due to age and recent previous influenza vaccination (poster), Options for the Control of Influenza, 5-10 September 2013, Cape Town, South Africa. UK, isirv, 2013.
Gray S. and Leung G.M., How far up the ladder should we go? (Editorial), Journal of Public Health. 2013, 35(3): 353.
HOU W.W., Tse Y.F., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Adolescent testosterone, muscle mass and glucose metabolism: Evidence from the “children of 1997” birth cohort in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
HOU W.W., Tse Y.F., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Environmental influences on skeletal muscle mass: evidence from the “children of 1997” birth cohort in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Hui L.L., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Infant growth and body composition in adolescence: Evidence from the Hong Kong “children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Ip D.K.M., Liao Q.H., TSANG K.L., Jiang H., Liu F.F., Zheng J.D., Peng Z.B., Wu P., Huai Y., Lau E.H.Y., Feng L.H., Cao B., Gao Z.C., Leung G.M., Yu H.J. and Cowling B.J., A Clinical Prediction Rule for Diagnosing Human Infections with Avian Influenza A(H7N9) in a Hospital Emergency Department Setting (abstract & poster presentation), Influenza and Other Respiratory Virus Infections: Advances in Clinical Management, 4-6 June 2014, Tokyo, Japan . isirv, 2014.
Ip D.K.M., Lau E.H.Y., So H.C., Ho L.M., Cowling B.J. and Leung G.M., Electronic school absenteeism system for multiple disease surveillance in Hong Kong (Poster presentation) , 2013 International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS) Conference, Translating research and surveillance into action, New Orleans, Dec 11-13, 2013. New Orleans, International Society for Disease Surveillance.
Ip D.K.M., Cherny S.S., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Host genetic factors as determinants on immunologic and adverse response on influenza vaccination in human. (Abstract and poster presentation), Options for the Control of Influenza VIII, 5-10 September 2013, Cape Town, South Africa. isirv, 2013.
Ip D.K.M., Liao Q.H., Wu P., Gao Z., Cao B., Feng L., Xu X., Jiang H., Li M., Bao J., Zheng J., Zhang Q., Chang Z.C., Li Y., Yu J., Liu F., Wu J.T.K., Cowling B.J., Yang W., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Mild to moderate influenza A(H7N9) infections detected through China’s national influenza-like Illness sentinel surveillance system (Abstract and poster presentation), Options for the Control of Influenza VIII, 5-10 September 2013, Cape Town, South Africa. isirv, 2013.
Jiang C., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K., Liu B., Zhang W., Jin Y.L., Xu L., Lam H.K.B., Thomas G.N., Adab P., Zhu T. and Leung G.M., Establishment of the Guangzhou Biobank for the study of major chronic diseases: The past and coming decades (in Chinese), Chinese Preventive Medicine. 2013, 14(11): 801-8.
KLICK B.A., Nishiura H., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Optimal design of studies of influenza transmission in households. II: Comparison between cohort and case-ascertained studies, Epidemiology and Infection. 2013, 142: 744–752.
Kavikondala S., Ni M.Y., Lam T.H., Schooling C.M. and Leung G.M., Social mobility and adiposity in a recently transitioned population of Hong Kong: evidence from the Family Cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Kwok M.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Associations of birth order with adolescent size, pubertal onset and blood pressure: evidence from Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Kwok M.K., Au Yeung S.L.R., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Birth weight and adult cardiovascular risk factors using multiple birth status as an instrumental variable in the British 1958 birth cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Kwok M.K., Au Yeung S.L.R., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Birth weight, infant growth and adolescent blood pressure using twin status as an instrumental variable in a Chinese birth cohort: “children of 1997” (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Kwok M.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Breast feeding and early adolescent behaviour, self-esteem and depression: Hong Kong’s ‘Children of 1997’ birth cohort, Archives of Disease in Childhood. 2013, 98(11): 887-94.
Kwok M.K., Leung G.M., Lam T.H., Leung S.S.L. and Schooling C.M., Grandparental education, parental education and child height: Evidence from Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort, Annals of Epidemiology. 2013, 23(8): 475-84.
LEUNG H.L., McDevitt J., Chan K.H., Yen H., Ip D.K.M., Li Y., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Seto W.H., Milton D.K. and Cowling B.J., Efficacy of surgical face masks as source control in reducing influenza virus dissemination in human exhaled breath (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
LEUNG Y.C., Lam T.H., Lin S., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Informal child care and adolescent behavioral and mental health: Evidence from Hong Kong’s “children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
LEUNG Y.C., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Maternal migration status and childhood psychological health: Evidence from Hong Kong’s “children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., Zhou B., Duan L., Cheung C.L., MA C., Lycett S.J., Leung C.Y.H., Chen X., Li L., Hong W., CHAI Y., Zhou L., LIANG H., OU Z., Liu Y., Farooqui A., Kelvin D.J., Poon L.L.M., Smith D.K., Pybus O.G., Leung G.M., Shu Y., Webster R.G., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Rambaut A., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The genesis and source of the H7N9 influenza viruses causing human infections in China, Nature. 2013, 502: 241-244.
Lau E.H.Y., Zheng J., TSANG K.L., Liao Q., Lewis B., Brownstein J.S., Sanders S., WONG Y.T., Mekaru S.R., Rivers C., Wu P., Jiang H., Li Y., Yu J., Zhang Q., Chang Z., Liu F., Peng Z., Leung G.M., Feng L., Cowling B.J. and Yu H., Accuracy of epidemiological inferences based on publicly available information: retrospective comparative analysis of line lists of human cases infected with influenza A(H7N9) in China, BMC Medicine . 2014, 12(1):88: 1-9.
Lee H., Yu Y.Y., McDowell I.W., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., A cluster analysis of patterns of objectively measured physical activity in Hong Kong, Public Health Nutrition. 2013, 16(8): 1436-44.
Leung G.M., "Current Status and Problems of Infectious Diseases in the World and Asia: What is Required?" (draft) Outbreak of H7N9, Tuberculosis, Tropical Diseases, etc.: Current Status and Risks of Infectious Diseases in Asia (powerpoint presentation), Nikkei Asian Conference: Renewal of Our Commitment to Fight against Communicable Diseases, 14 February 2014, Okinawa. Okinawa, Nikkei Inc., Nikkei Business Publications, Inc., 2014.
Leung G.M., A history of medical education development in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan (workshop), Medical education in East Asia: past and future, In celebration of 100 Years of the China Medical Board, 11-12 April 2014, Seoul . Seoul, China Medical Board, 2014.
Leung G.M., Epidemics: the sentinels, the alchemists, the crusaders and the merchants (powerpoint presentation), Using data to improve quality, Biennial conference: Madrid, 18-21 May 2014, Madrid. Medrid, International Federationof Health Plans, 2014.
Leung G.M., Future of healthcare 2030 (powerpoint presentation), Using Modeling to Prepare for Changing Health Care Needs, HSSR Modeling Symposium 2014, 14-15 April 2014, Singapore. Singapore, Duke-NUS, 2014.
Leung G.M., Health and long-term care (chairman), Conference on Challenges of Population Aging in Asia, 14-16 April 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKUST IEMS, 2014.
Leung G.M., Keynote Speech: Sociocultural Imprinting of Bereavement Customs through Epidemics (powerpoint presentation), The 10th International Conference on Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society EAST MEETS WEST Expanding Frontiers and Diversity, June 11 – 14, 2014, Hong Kong. 2014.
Leung G.M., Meeting the Grand Challenges to Good Health by 2030 (powerpoint presentation), Shanghai Forum 2014, 24 May 2014, Shanghai. 2014.
Leung G.M., Mission accomplished: Over and out (Editorial), Journal of Public Health. 2014, 36(1): 1.
Leung G.M., Perspectives on the potential of the pharmacy profession/primary care (Lecture), Hong Kong Pharmacy Conference 2014 Breaking New Grounds for Pharmacy Service in Primary Health Care, 15-16 March 2014. Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Wanchai, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Pharmacy Conference.
Leung G.M., What have we learned so far from the "Children of 1997"? (abstract), Update in Paediatric Respiratory Diseases, 1-3 November 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2013.
Leung Y.Y.J., Kwok M.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Breastfeeding and childhood hospitalizations for asthma: evidence from Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort, 47th Annual Meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research. 2014.
Lin S., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Mode of delivery and adiposity: Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" birth cohort, Annals of Epidemiology. 2013, 23(11): 693-9.
Lo B.L., Chow C.K., Mak S.H.T., Johnston J.M. and Leung G.M., Projecting the doctor workforce in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Nan H., Ni M.Y., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., Ng K.W., Morisky D.E., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and McDowell I.W., Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the Morisky medication adherence scale: evidence from the family cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Nan H., Ni M.Y., Lee H., Tam W.W.S., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and McDowell I.W., Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the subjective happiness scale: evidence from the Hong Kong family cohort, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2014, 21(4): 646-52.
Ng S., Ni M.Y., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Chan K.H., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Characteristics of vaccine failures in a randomized placebo-controlled trial of inactivated influenza vaccine in children , The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2014, 33(2): e63-6.
Ng S., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Chan K.H., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Estimation of the association between antibody titers and protection against confirmed influenza virus infection in children, Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2013, 208(8): 1320-4.
Ni M.Y., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., Ng N.C., Lam T.H., McDowell I.W., Johnston J.M. and Leung G.M., A randomised factorial design to assess the effect of survey mode and question wording on measuring family harmony: Evidence from the family cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Pang H.M.H., Jiang C., Cheng K., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., High-dimensional association study of lifestyle and behavioural factors with survival outcome in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (GBCS), Statistical Analysis of Multi-Outcome Data 2014, University of Cambridge. 2014.
SHEN C., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Lee S.Y., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., Self-reported diabetes and mortality in a prospective Chinese elderly cohort study in Hong Kong, Preventive Medicine. 2014, 64C: 20-6.
SHEN C., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Lee S.Y., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., Self-reported diabetes and mortality in a prospective cohort study of older Chinese (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
SUN Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Fruit and vegetable consumption and cardiovascular risk in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
SUN Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Milk consumption and cardiovascular risk factors in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, PLoS One. 2014, 9(1): e84813.
Schooling C.M. and Leung G.M., Letter by schooling and leung regarding article, "the global cardiovascular risk transition: associations of four metabolic risk factors with macroeconomic variables in 1980 and 2008", Circulation. 2013, 128(18): e377.
Schooling C.M., Leung G.M. and Xu L., Promotion of "low t" and the role of testosterone clinical trials (letter), JAMA Internal Medicine. 2014, 174(2): 305-6.
TSANG K.L., Lau E.H.Y., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Real-time estimation of severity of a novel influenza strain (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
WANG H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Life course adiposity and adolescent self-esteem: Evidence from Hong Kong’s “children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
WONG Y.T., Kelly H., Ip D.K.M., Wu J.T.K., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Case fatality risk of influenza A (H1N1pdm09): a systematic review, Epidemiology. 2013, 24(6): 830-41.
WONG Y.T., Goldstein E., Wu P., Ip D.K.M., Wu J.T.K., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Potential changes in seriousness of influenza in Hong Kong, 2001-2011 (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wang C., Yu H.J., Horby P.W., Cao B., Wu P., Yang S., Gao H., Li H., TSANG K.L., Liao Q.H., Gao Z.C., Ip D.K.M., Jia H.Y., Jiang H., Liu B., Ni M.Y., Dai Z.H., Liu F.F., Kinh N.V., Liem N.T., Hien T.T., Li Y., Yang J., Wu J.T.K., Zheng Y.M., Leung G.M., Farrar J.J., Cowling B.J., Uyeki T.M. and Li L.J., Comparison of patients hospitalized with influenza A H7N9, H5N1, and 2009 pandemic H1N1, Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2014, 58(8): 1095-103.
Wong O.L., Cowling B.J., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Understanding socio-historical imprint on diabetes mellitus risk in Chinese population: An age-period-cohort analysis (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wu J.T.K., Cowling B.J., Lau E.H.Y., Ip D.K.M., Wu P., Yu H. and Leung G.M., Epidemiology and control of H7N9 in china (abstract), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wu J.T.K., Leung S.M., Perera R.A.P.M., Chu K.W., Lee C.K., Hung I.F.N., Lin C.K., Lo S.V., Lau Y.L., Leung G.M., Cowling B.J. and Peiris J.S.M., Inferring influenza infection attack rate from seroprevalence data (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wu P., Goldstein E., Ho L.M., Wu J.T.K., TSANG K.L., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Comparison of influenza A(H1N1PDM09) associated mortality impact in Hong Kong during two epidemic waves in 2009-2011 (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wu P., Goldstein E., Ho L.M., Wu J.T.K., Tsang T.H.F., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Excess mortality impact of two epidemics of pandemic influenza A(H1N1pdm09) virus in Hong Kong, Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses . 2014, 8(1): 1-7.
Wu P., Fang J., Liao Q., Ng M.W., Wu J.T.K., Leung G.M., Fielding R. and Cowling B.J., Responses to threat of influenza A(H7N9) and support for live poultry markets, Hong Kong, 2013, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2014, 20(5).
Xu L., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Lee S.Y., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., Smoking and hemorrhagic stroke mortality in a prospective cohort study of older Chinese, Stroke. 2013, 44(8): 2144-9.
Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Kavikondala S., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Testosterone concentrations in young healthy us versus Chinese men (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Kavikondala S., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Testosterone concentrations in young healthy us versus Chinese men, American Journal of Human Biology. 2014, 26(1): 99-102.
Yu H., Wu J.T.K., Cowling B.J., Liao Q., Fang J., Zhou S., Wu P., Zhou H., Lau E.H.Y., Guo D., Ni M.Y., Peng Z., Feng L., Jiang H., Luo H., Li Q., Feng Z., Wang Y., Yang W. and Leung G.M., Effect of closure of live poultry markets on poultry-to-person transmission of avian influenza A H7N9 virus: an ecological study, Lancet. 2014, 383(9916): 541-8.
ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., A mendelian randomization analysis of testosterone and cardiovascular risk factors among men in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted testosterone and cardiovascular risk factors in men: a Mendelian randomization analysis in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2014, 43(1): 140-8.
ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Testosterone and cognitive function in men: A separate-sample mendelian randomization analysis in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
ZHONG Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Liu B., Jin Y.L., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Associations of height and its components with hematological coagulability among older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
ZHOU J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted testosterone and systemic inflammation in men: A separate-sample mendelian randomization analysis in older southern Chinese men (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
ZHOU Y., Lau E.H.Y., Ip D.K.M., Nishiura H., Leung G.M., Seto W.H. and Cowling B.J., Years of life lost in the first wave of the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic in Hong Kong, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2013, 178(8): 1313-8.
Zhu H., Wang D., Kelvin D.J., Li L., Zheng Z., Yoon S.W., Wong S.S., Farooqui A., Wang J., Banner D., Chen R., Zheng R., ZHOU J., Zhang Y., Hong W., Dong W., Cai Q., Roehrl M.H.A., Huang S.S.H., Kelvin A.A., Yao T., Zhou B., Chen X., Leung G.M., Poon L.L.M., Webster R.G., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Guan Y. and Shu Y., Infectivity, transmission, and pathology of human-isolated H7N9 influenza virus in ferrets and pigs., Science. 2013, 341(6142): 183-6.


Researcher : Leung LT
List of Research Outputs

Ho D.S.Y., Leung L.T., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Exposure to secondhand smoke at home from neighbourhood and respiratory symptoms in Hong Kong adolescents (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 321-2.
Leung L.T., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Exposure to secondhand smoke at home from neighbourhood and respiratory symptoms in Hong Kong adolescents (abstract), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Leung L.T., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Factors associated with adolescents’ thirdhand smoke exposure at smoking homes in Hong Kong (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 303-4.
Leung L.T., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Thirdhand smoke exposure at home and respiratory symptoms among never-smoking adolescents (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 301-2.
Leung L.T., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Underestimation of adolescent exposure to secondhand smoke at urban homes in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : Leung SM
List of Research Outputs

Wu J.T.K., Leung S.M., Perera R.A.P.M., TSANG K.L., Lee C.K., Lin C.K. and Peiris J.S.M., Estimating the protective effect of hemagglutination-inhibition antibody against pandemic influenza A(H1N1) infections (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wu J.T.K., Leung S.M., Perera R.A.P.M., Chu K.W., Lee C.K., Hung I.F.N., Lin C.K., Lo S.V., Lau Y.L., Leung G.M., Cowling B.J. and Peiris J.S.M., Inferring influenza infection attack rate from seroprevalence data (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : Leung YYJ
Project Title:47th Annual SER Meeting; Breastfeeding and childhood hospitalizations for asthma: evidence from Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" birth cohort
Investigator(s):Leung YYJ
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:06/2014


List of Research Outputs

Leung Y.Y.J., Kwok M.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Breastfeeding and childhood hospitalizations for asthma: evidence from Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort, 47th Annual Meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research. 2014.


Researcher : Li L
List of Research Outputs

Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., MA C., Li L., Cheung C.L., ZHOU J., CHAI Y., LIANG H., Chen R., Zheng Z., Zhang Y., Liu Y., Smith D.K., Peiris J.S.M., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The emergence of the 2013 H7N9 and related viruses in China, Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.
Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., Zhou B., Duan L., Cheung C.L., MA C., Lycett S.J., Leung C.Y.H., Chen X., Li L., Hong W., CHAI Y., Zhou L., LIANG H., OU Z., Liu Y., Farooqui A., Kelvin D.J., Poon L.L.M., Smith D.K., Pybus O.G., Leung G.M., Shu Y., Webster R.G., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Rambaut A., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The genesis and source of the H7N9 influenza viruses causing human infections in China, Nature. 2013, 502: 241-244.


Researcher : Li OTW
Project Title:Localized antibody response to influenza infection – B cell repertoire mapping by yeast surface display library
Investigator(s):Li OTW, Poon LLM
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:06/2013
Completion Date:11/2014


Project Title:Options for the Control of Influenza VIII; Localized antibody responses in influenza virus-infected mice
Investigator(s):Li OTW
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:09/2013
Completion Date:09/2013


List of Research Outputs

Chin W.H., Greenbaum B.D., Li O.T.W., Webby R.J. and Poon L.L.M., A statistical strategy to identify recombinant viral ribonucleoprotein of avian, human, and swine influenza A viruses with elevated polymerase activity, Influenza and other respiratory viruses. 2014, 7(6): 969–978.
Doak S.A., Li O.T.W., Mak P.W., Mok K.P., Nicholls J.M., Guan Y., Waldmann T.A., Peiris J.S.M., Perera L.P. and Poon L.L.M., IL-15 adjuvanted multivalent vaccinia-based universal influenza vaccine requires CD4+ T cells for heterosubtypic protection, In: Valkenburg SA, Li OT, Mak PW, Mok CK, Nicholls JM, Guan Y, Waldmann TA, Peiris JS, Perera LP, Poon LL, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014.
Doak S.A., Li O.T.W., Mak Y.W., Mok K.P., Nickolls J.M., Guan Y., Waldmannc T.A., Peiris J.S.M., Perera L.P. and Poon L.L.M., IL-15 adjuvanted multivalent vaccinia-based universal influenza vaccine requires CD4+ T cells for heterosubtypic protection, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2014, 111 (15): 5676-81.
Li O.T.W. and Poon L.L.M., Localized antibody responses in influenza virus-infected mice, Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.
Phan T.G., Vo N.P., Boros Á., Pankovics P., Reuter G., Li O.T.W., Wang C., Deng X., Poon L.L.M. and Delwart E., The viruses of wild pigeon droppings, PLoS one. 2013, 8(9): e72787.
Wong K.S.C., Zhu H., Li O.T.W., Leung C.Y.H., Chan M.C.W., Guan Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Poon L.L.M., Molecular Detection of Human H7N9 Influenza A Virus Causing Outbreaks in China, Clinical chemistry. 2013, 59(7): 1062-7.


Researcher : Li PH
List of Research Outputs

Yip M.S., LEUNG H.L., Cheung C.Y., Li P.H., Lee H.Y.H., Daëron M., Peiris J.S.M., Bruzzone R. and Jaume M.D.A., Antibody-dependent infection of human macrophages by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus, Virology Journal. 2014, 11: 82.


Researcher : Liao Q
Project Title:The 4th International Conference on Risk Analysis and Crisis Response; Poultry purchase in response to avian influenza in Vietnam: a qualitative exploration
Investigator(s):Liao Q
Department:Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:08/2013
Completion Date:08/2013


Project Title:Parents' risk perceptions and protective responses regarding varicella, scarlet fever and hand, foot and mouth disease in Hong Kong: a multi-group longitudinal survey
Investigator(s):Liao Q, Fielding R, Cowling BJ, Lam WWT
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:10/2013


List of Research Outputs

Cowling B.J., Jin L., Lau E.H.Y., Liao Q., Wu P., Jiang H., TSANG K.L., Zheng J., Fang J., Chang Z., Ni M.Y., Zhang Q., Ip D.K.M., Yu J., Li Y., Wang L., Tu W., Meng L., Wu J.T.K., Luo H., Li Q., Shu Y., Li Z., Feng Z., Yang W., Wang Y., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Comparative epidemiology of human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) and A(H5N1) viruses in China (abstract presentation), Options for the Control of Influenza VIII, 5-10 September, Cape Town, South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa, Int'l Society for Influ' & other Respiratory Virus Diseases, 2013.
Liao Q., Cowling B.J., Lam W.W.T., Ng M.W. and Fielding R., Anxiety, worry and cognitive risk estimate in relation to protective behaviors during the 2009 influenza A/H1N1 pandemic in Hong Kong: ten cross-sectional surveys, BMC Infectious Diseases. 2014, 14: 169.
Liao Q. and Fielding R., Behavioural research in epidemics., Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2013, 13: 567.
Liao Q., Lam W.W.T., Bich T.H., Dang V.T. and Fielding R., Comparison of behaviors regarding live poultry exposure among rural residents in Vietnam and Thailand , Journal of Infection in Developing Countries . 2014, 8(4): 526-34.
Liao Q. and Fielding R., Flu threat spurs culture change, Science. 2014, 343(6169): 368.
Liao Q., Wong W.S. and Fielding R., How do anticipated worry and regret predict seasonal influenza vaccination uptake among Chinese adults?, Vaccine. 2013, 31(38): 4084-90.
Liao Q., Lam W.W.T., Fielding R., Bich T.H. and Dang V.T., Poultry purchase in response to avian influenza in Vietnam: A qualitative exploration (oral presentation), The 4th International Conference on Risk Analysis and Crisis Response, August 27-29, 2013, Istanbul, Turkey . Turkey, Society for Risk Analysis - China (SRA-China), 2013.
Liao Q. and Fielding R., Uncertain news: Trust and preventive practices in respiratory infectious diseases, European Psychologist . 2014, 19(1): 4-12.
WANG D., Lam W.W.T., Wu J.T.K., Liao Q. and Fielding R., Chinese immigrant parents' vaccination decision making for children: a qualitative analysis, BMC Public Health. 2014, 14(1): 133.
WANG D., Lam W.W.T., Wu J.T.K., Liao Q. and Fielding R., Improving vaccination policy implementation: A qualitative study on new immigrant parental decision making about childhood and adolescent vaccination (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wu P., Fang J., Liao Q., Ng M.W., Wu J.T.K., Leung G.M., Fielding R. and Cowling B.J., Responses to threat of influenza A(H7N9) and support for live poultry markets, Hong Kong, 2013, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2014, 20(5).


Researcher : Lin S
List of Research Outputs

Kwok M.K., Freeman G., LIN S., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Simulated growth trajectories and blood pressure in adolescence: Hong Kong's Chinese Birth Cohort, Journal of Hypertension. 2013, 31(9): 1785-97.
LEUNG Y.C., Lam T.H., Lin S., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Informal child care and adolescent behavioral and mental health: Evidence from Hong Kong’s “children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Lin S., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Mode of delivery and adiposity: Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" birth cohort, Annals of Epidemiology. 2013, 23(11): 693-9.


Researcher : Liu Y
List of Research Outputs

Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., MA C., Li L., Cheung C.L., ZHOU J., CHAI Y., LIANG H., Chen R., Zheng Z., Zhang Y., Liu Y., Smith D.K., Peiris J.S.M., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The emergence of the 2013 H7N9 and related viruses in China, Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.
Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., Zhou B., Duan L., Cheung C.L., MA C., Lycett S.J., Leung C.Y.H., Chen X., Li L., Hong W., CHAI Y., Zhou L., LIANG H., OU Z., Liu Y., Farooqui A., Kelvin D.J., Poon L.L.M., Smith D.K., Pybus O.G., Leung G.M., Shu Y., Webster R.G., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Rambaut A., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The genesis and source of the H7N9 influenza viruses causing human infections in China, Nature. 2013, 502: 241-244.


Researcher : Lo BL
List of Research Outputs

Lo B.L., Chow C.K., Mak S.H.T., Johnston J.M. and Leung G.M., Projecting the doctor workforce in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : Lo CMM
Project Title:Multi-jurisdiction ecological studies on the secular trends of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma incidence rates by histologic subtypes and salted fish/vegetable/cigarette consumption per capita
Investigator(s):Lo CMM, Chan YH, Lam TH
Department:Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:06/2013


List of Research Outputs

Chan Y.H., Lo C.M.M., LAU H.Y. and Lam T.H., Vertically transmitted nasopharyngeal infection of the human papillomavirus: Does it play an aetiological role in nasopharyngeal cancer?, Oral Oncology. 2014, 50(5): 326-9.


Researcher : Lo SV
List of Research Outputs

Wu J.T.K., Leung S.M., Perera R.A.P.M., Chu K.W., Lee C.K., Hung I.F.N., Lin C.K., Lo S.V., Lau Y.L., Leung G.M., Cowling B.J. and Peiris J.S.M., Inferring influenza infection attack rate from seroprevalence data (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : Lo WS
List of Research Outputs

AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Adolescent drinking and self-rated health in Hong Kong, In: Professor Robin Room, Drug and Alcohol Review. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013, 32: 73.
HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S., Lai H.K. and Lam T.H., Alcohol consumption and sleep problems in Hong Kong adolescents, Sleep Medicine. 2013, 14(9): 877-82.
HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Assessment of weight-related factors of adolescents by private practitioners, BMC Family Practice. 2013, 14: 141.
HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Perceived neighbourhood environment and smoking in adolescents (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xieman, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 325.
HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Physical activity and constipation in Hong Kong adolescents, PLoS One. 2014, 9(2): e90193.
Ho D.S.Y., Leung L.T., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Exposure to secondhand smoke at home from neighbourhood and respiratory symptoms in Hong Kong adolescents (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 321-2.
Ho D.S.Y., HUANG R., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Perceived neighbourhood environment and non-exercise physical activity in adolescents (abstract and poster presentation in XII International Congress on Obesity on 17-20 March in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), Obesity Reviews. 2014, 15 (Suppl.2): 204.
Ho D.S.Y., HUANG R., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Perceived neighbourhood environment and non-exercise physical activity in adolescents , International Congress on Obesity on 17-20 March, 2014 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2014.
Leung L.T., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Exposure to secondhand smoke at home from neighbourhood and respiratory symptoms in Hong Kong adolescents (abstract), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Leung L.T., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Factors associated with adolescents’ thirdhand smoke exposure at smoking homes in Hong Kong (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 303-4.
Leung L.T., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Thirdhand smoke exposure at home and respiratory symptoms among never-smoking adolescents (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 301-2.
Leung L.T., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Underestimation of adolescent exposure to secondhand smoke at urban homes in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : MA C
List of Research Outputs

Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., MA C., Li L., Cheung C.L., ZHOU J., CHAI Y., LIANG H., Chen R., Zheng Z., Zhang Y., Liu Y., Smith D.K., Peiris J.S.M., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The emergence of the 2013 H7N9 and related viruses in China, Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.
Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., Zhou B., Duan L., Cheung C.L., MA C., Lycett S.J., Leung C.Y.H., Chen X., Li L., Hong W., CHAI Y., Zhou L., LIANG H., OU Z., Liu Y., Farooqui A., Kelvin D.J., Poon L.L.M., Smith D.K., Pybus O.G., Leung G.M., Shu Y., Webster R.G., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Rambaut A., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The genesis and source of the H7N9 influenza viruses causing human infections in China, Nature. 2013, 502: 241-244.


Researcher : Mak SHT
List of Research Outputs

Chow C.K., Mak S.H.T., Johnston J.M. and Leung G.M., Choosing a robust healthcare demand projection model for healthcare manpower planning and projection (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Lo B.L., Chow C.K., Mak S.H.T., Johnston J.M. and Leung G.M., Projecting the doctor workforce in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Ni M.Y., Mak S.H.T., Schooling C.M. and Leung G.M., Does where you live matter for health in one of the world’s most densely populated cities? A Multilevel analysis of Neighbourhood cohesion, Population density and Health-Related Quality of Life in the FAMILY Cohort (abstract and oral presentation), 11th International Conference on Urban Health, Manchester, United Kingdom. 2014.


Researcher : Mak YW
Project Title:37th Annual Medical-Scientific Conference Telephone-based Proactive Smoking Cessation Intervention for Parents of Young Children: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Investigator(s):Mak YW
Department:School of Nursing
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:05/2006


List of Research Outputs

Doak S.A., Li O.T.W., Mak Y.W., Mok K.P., Nickolls J.M., Guan Y., Waldmannc T.A., Peiris J.S.M., Perera L.P. and Poon L.L.M., IL-15 adjuvanted multivalent vaccinia-based universal influenza vaccine requires CD4+ T cells for heterosubtypic protection, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2014, 111 (15): 5676-81.


Researcher : McDowell IW
List of Research Outputs

Lee H., Yu Y.Y., McDowell I.W., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., A cluster analysis of patterns of objectively measured physical activity in Hong Kong, Public Health Nutrition. 2013, 16(8): 1436-44.
Nan H., Ni M.Y., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., Ng K.W., Morisky D.E., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and McDowell I.W., Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the Morisky medication adherence scale: evidence from the family cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Nan H., Ni M.Y., Lee H., Tam W.W.S., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and McDowell I.W., Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the subjective happiness scale: evidence from the Hong Kong family cohort, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2014, 21(4): 646-52.
Ni M.Y., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., Ng N.C., Lam T.H., McDowell I.W., Johnston J.M. and Leung G.M., A randomised factorial design to assess the effect of survey mode and question wording on measuring family harmony: Evidence from the family cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


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


Project Title:Provision of Services on the Impact of Tobacco Control Policies on Health-related Cost of Tobacco
Investigator(s):McGhee S, Lam TH
Department:Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:Department of Health - General Award
Start Date:10/2012


Project Title:Policy-related survey on tobacco control for COSH
Investigator(s):McGhee S, Lam TH, Wong CN
Department:Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health - General Award
Start Date:11/2012


Project Title:Provision of Services on the Impact of Tobacco Control Policies on Tobacco-related Morbidity and Morality
Investigator(s):McGhee S, Lam TH
Department:Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:Department of Health - General Award
Start Date:12/2012


List of Research Outputs

CHEUNG P.Y.P. and McGhee S., Burden of psychosis in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation) , Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Chen J., Wong C.K.H., McGhee S., Pang P.K.P. and Yu W.C., A comparison of generic preference-based measures in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), 20th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research, Miami, USA. 2013, 22(Suppl 1): 75-76.
Chu L.W., So J.C., Wong L.C., Luk J.K.H., Chiu P.K.C., Chan S.Y., Kwan S.M., Chau J., Hui E., Woo J. and McGhee S., Community end-of-life care among Chinese older adults living in nursing homes, Geriatrics & Gerontology International. 2014, 14(2): 273-84.
Gangwani R.A., McGhee S., Lam C.L.K., Lai J.S.M. and Wong D.S.H., Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy and sight threatening diabetic retinopathy in Hong Kong. Are we more or less at risk?’ , Hospital Authority Convention 2014, Hong Kong . 2014.
Gangwani R.A., McGhee S. and Wong D.S.H., Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy determined by a systematic screening programme in Hong Kong. , HBHA 2014, Hong Kong. 2014.
Gangwani R.A., Lai W.K.W., Sum R.W.M., McGhee S., Chan W.S.C., Hedley A.J. and Wong D.S.H., The incidental findings of age-related macular degeneration during diabetic retinopathy screening. , Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014, 252: 723-729.
JIAO F., Wong C.K.H., Fung S.C.C., McGhee S. and Lam C.L.K., Cardiovascular risk prediction in diabetes: validation of the Framingham, UKPDS and JADE cardiovascular risk functions in a cohort of 10,969 Chinese diabetic subjects, 2013 International Conference on Diabetes and Metabolism with 5th AASD Scientific Meeting. 2013.
JIAO F., Wong C.K.H., Fung S.C.C., McGhee S. and Lam C.L.K., Cardiovascular risk prediction in diabetes: validation of the Framingham, UKPDS and JADE cardiovascular risk functions in a cohort of 10,969 Chinese diabetic subjects, 2013 International Conference on Diabetes and Metabolism with 5th AASD Scientific Meeting, Seoul, Korea, 7-9 November 2013. Korea, Korean Diabetes Association, PP-T68.
JIAO F., Lam C.L.K., Fung S.C.C. and McGhee S., Comparison of four cardiovascular risk prediction functions among Chinese patients with diabetes mellitus in the primary care setting, Journal of Diabetes Investigation. 2014.
JIAO F., McGhee S., Fung S.C.C. and Lam C.L.K., Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Risk Assessment and Management Program for Diabetic subjects (RAMP-DM) in Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Primary Care Setting, 18th Research Postgraduate Symposium. 2013.
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., Pedometry and 'peer support' in older Chinese adults: A 12-month cluster randomised controlled trial, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2014, 20(Suppl 3): S11-4.


Researcher : Mok KP
Project Title:The role of influenza PA-X protein on the virus replication and cytokine induction in human lung epthielial cells
Investigator(s):Mok KP
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:03/2014


Project Title:9th Conference Louis Pasteur Emerging Infectious Diseases; Pathogenicity and viral determinants of the novel A/H7N9 influenza virus in mice
Investigator(s):Mok KP
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:04/2014
Completion Date:04/2014


List of Research Outputs

Chan M.C.W., Chan W.Y., Chan L.Y., Mok K.P., Hui P.Y., Fong J.H.M., Tao K.P., Poon L.L.M., Nicholls J.M., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Tropism and innate host responses of a novel avian influenza A H7N9 virus: an analysis of ex-vivo and in-vitro cultures of the human respiratory tract, In: Chan MC, Chan RW, Chan LL, Mok CK, Hui KP, Fong JH, Tao KP, Poon LL, Nicholls JM, Guan Y, Peiris JM, Lancet Respir Med. 2013, 1: 534-42.
Doak S.A., Li O.T.W., Mak P.W., Mok K.P., Nicholls J.M., Guan Y., Waldmann T.A., Peiris J.S.M., Perera L.P. and Poon L.L.M., IL-15 adjuvanted multivalent vaccinia-based universal influenza vaccine requires CD4+ T cells for heterosubtypic protection, In: Valkenburg SA, Li OT, Mak PW, Mok CK, Nicholls JM, Guan Y, Waldmann TA, Peiris JS, Perera LP, Poon LL, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014.
Doak S.A., Li O.T.W., Mak Y.W., Mok K.P., Nickolls J.M., Guan Y., Waldmannc T.A., Peiris J.S.M., Perera L.P. and Poon L.L.M., IL-15 adjuvanted multivalent vaccinia-based universal influenza vaccine requires CD4+ T cells for heterosubtypic protection, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2014, 111 (15): 5676-81.
Mok K.P., Kang S.R., Chan W.Y., Yue Y.K., Mak N.K., Poon L.L.M., Wong N.S., Peiris J.S.M. and Chan M.C.W., Anti-inflammatory and antiviral effects of indirubin derivatives in influenza A (H5N1) virus infected primary human peripheral blood-derived macrophages and alveolar epithelial cells, Antiviral Research. 2014, 106: 95–104.
Mok K.P., Lee H.Y.H., Chan M.C.W., Sia S.F., Lestra M., Nicholls J.M., Zhu H., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Pathogenicity of the novel A/H7N9 influenza virus in mice, mBio. 2013, 4(4): e00362-13.


Researcher : Nan H
List of Research Outputs

Chan B.H.Y., Ni M.Y., Kavikondala S., Nan H., Lam T.H. and Leung G.M., Are the religiously unaffiliated less likely to engage in health-related behaviours compared to Christians or Catholics? Evidence from the family cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Nan H., Ni M.Y., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., Ng K.W., Morisky D.E., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and McDowell I.W., Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the Morisky medication adherence scale: evidence from the family cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Nan H., Ni M.Y., Lee H., Tam W.W.S., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and McDowell I.W., Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the subjective happiness scale: evidence from the Hong Kong family cohort, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2014, 21(4): 646-52.


Researcher : Ng IHY
List of Research Outputs

Yen H., McKimm-Breschkin J.L., Choy K.T., Wong D.D.Y., Cheung P.P.H., ZHOU J., Ng I.H.Y., Zhu H., Webby R.J., Guan Y., Webster R.G. and Peiris J.S.M., Resistance to Neuraminidase Inhibitors Conferred by an R292K Mutation in a Human Influenza Virus H7N9 Isolate Can Be Masked by a Mixed R/K Viral Population, mBio. 2013.


Researcher : Ng KW
List of Research Outputs

Nan H., Ni M.Y., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., Ng K.W., Morisky D.E., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and McDowell I.W., Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the Morisky medication adherence scale: evidence from the family cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : Ng MW
List of Research Outputs

Liao Q., Cowling B.J., Lam W.W.T., Ng M.W. and Fielding R., Anxiety, worry and cognitive risk estimate in relation to protective behaviors during the 2009 influenza A/H1N1 pandemic in Hong Kong: ten cross-sectional surveys, BMC Infectious Diseases. 2014, 14: 169.
Wu P., Fang J., Liao Q., Ng M.W., Wu J.T.K., Leung G.M., Fielding R. and Cowling B.J., Responses to threat of influenza A(H7N9) and support for live poultry markets, Hong Kong, 2013, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2014, 20(5).


Researcher : Ng NC
List of Research Outputs

Ni M.Y., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., Ng N.C., Lam T.H., McDowell I.W., Johnston J.M. and Leung G.M., A randomised factorial design to assess the effect of survey mode and question wording on measuring family harmony: Evidence from the family cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : Ni MY
Project Title:SER Annual Meeting; A randomised factorial design to assess the effect of survey mode and question wording on measuring Family Harmony: evidence from the FAMILY Cohort
Investigator(s):Ni MY
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:06/2014


List of Research Outputs

Chan B.H.Y., Ni M.Y., Kavikondala S., Nan H., Lam T.H. and Leung G.M., Are the religiously unaffiliated less likely to engage in health-related behaviours compared to Christians or Catholics? Evidence from the family cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Chen E., Chen Y., Fu L., Chen Z., Mao H., Wang D., Ni M.Y., Wu P., Yu Z., He T., Li Z., Gao J., Liu S., Shu Y., Cowling B.J., Xia S. and Yu H., Human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus re-emerges in China in winter 2013, Euro Surveillance. 2013, 18(43): 20616.
Cowling B.J., Jin L., Lau E.H.Y., Liao Q., Wu P., Jiang H., TSANG K.L., Zheng J., Fang J., Chang Z., Ni M.Y., Zhang Q., Ip D.K.M., Yu J., Li Y., Wang L., Tu W., Meng L., Wu J.T.K., Luo H., Li Q., Shu Y., Li Z., Feng Z., Yang W., Wang Y., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Comparative epidemiology of human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) and A(H5N1) viruses in China (abstract presentation), Options for the Control of Influenza VIII, 5-10 September, Cape Town, South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa, Int'l Society for Influ' & other Respiratory Virus Diseases, 2013.
Gilman S.E., Ni M.Y., Dunn E.C., Breslau J., McLaughlin K.A., Smoller J.W. and Perlis R.H., Contributions of the social environment to first-onset and recurrent mania, Molecular Psychiatry. 2014, doi:10.1038: mp.2014.36.
Kavikondala S., Ni M.Y., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Social mobility and Adiposity in a Recently Transitioned Population of Hong Kong: Evidence from the FAMILY Cohort (abstract and oral presentation), 47th Annual Society for Epidemiologic Research Meeting, Seattle, USA. 2014.
Kavikondala S., Ni M.Y., Lam T.H., Schooling C.M. and Leung G.M., Social mobility and adiposity in a recently transitioned population of Hong Kong: evidence from the Family Cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Nan H., Ni M.Y., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., Ng K.W., Morisky D.E., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and McDowell I.W., Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the Morisky medication adherence scale: evidence from the family cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Nan H., Ni M.Y., Lee H., Tam W.W.S., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and McDowell I.W., Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the subjective happiness scale: evidence from the Hong Kong family cohort, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2014, 21(4): 646-52.
Ng S., Ni M.Y., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Chan K.H., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Characteristics of vaccine failures in a randomized placebo-controlled trial of inactivated influenza vaccine in children , The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2014, 33(2): e63-6.
Ni M.Y., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., Ng N.C., Lam T.H., McDowell I.W., Johnston J.M. and Leung G.M., A randomised factorial design to assess the effect of survey mode and question wording on measuring family harmony: Evidence from the family cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Ni M.Y., Mak S.H.T., Schooling C.M. and Leung G.M., Does where you live matter for health in one of the world’s most densely populated cities? A Multilevel analysis of Neighbourhood cohesion, Population density and Health-Related Quality of Life in the FAMILY Cohort (abstract and oral presentation), 11th International Conference on Urban Health, Manchester, United Kingdom. 2014.
SHEN C., Ni M.Y., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Lee S.Y. and Lam T.H., Alcohol use and death from respiratory disease in a prospective Chinese elderly cohort study in Hong Kong, Preventive Medicine. 2013, 57(6): 819-23.
Wang C., Yu H.J., Horby P.W., Cao B., Wu P., Yang S., Gao H., Li H., TSANG K.L., Liao Q.H., Gao Z.C., Ip D.K.M., Jia H.Y., Jiang H., Liu B., Ni M.Y., Dai Z.H., Liu F.F., Kinh N.V., Liem N.T., Hien T.T., Li Y., Yang J., Wu J.T.K., Zheng Y.M., Leung G.M., Farrar J.J., Cowling B.J., Uyeki T.M. and Li L.J., Comparison of patients hospitalized with influenza A H7N9, H5N1, and 2009 pandemic H1N1, Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2014, 58(8): 1095-103.
Yu H., Wu J.T.K., Cowling B.J., Liao Q., Fang J., Zhou S., Wu P., Zhou H., Lau E.H.Y., Guo D., Ni M.Y., Peng Z., Feng L., Jiang H., Luo H., Li Q., Feng Z., Wang Y., Yang W. and Leung G.M., Effect of closure of live poultry markets on poultry-to-person transmission of avian influenza A H7N9 virus: an ecological study, Lancet. 2014, 383(9916): 541-8.


Researcher : OU Z
List of Research Outputs

Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., Zhou B., Duan L., Cheung C.L., MA C., Lycett S.J., Leung C.Y.H., Chen X., Li L., Hong W., CHAI Y., Zhou L., LIANG H., OU Z., Liu Y., Farooqui A., Kelvin D.J., Poon L.L.M., Smith D.K., Pybus O.G., Leung G.M., Shu Y., Webster R.G., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Rambaut A., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The genesis and source of the H7N9 influenza viruses causing human infections in China, Nature. 2013, 502: 241-244.


Researcher : PERERA KVH
List of Research Outputs

Freeman G., PERERA K.V.H., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Homologous and heterologous antibody titer rises after influenza virus infections (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : Pang HMH
Project Title:Statistical Analysis of Multi-Outcome Data workshop; High‐dimensional association study of lifestyle and behavioural factors with survival outcome in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (GBCS)
Investigator(s):Pang HMH
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:06/2014


List of Research Outputs

Jia J., Dellinger A., Weiss E.S., Bulusu A., Li H., Howard L., Kaplan N., Pang H.M.H., Hurwitz H. and Nixon A.B., Direct Evidence of Targeted Inhibition by Anti-angiogenic Agents from a Wound-healing Model in Patients with Advance Solid Tumors, Targeting VEGF-mediated Tumor Angiogenesis in Cancer Therapy, New York Academy of Sciences. 2014.
Pang H.M.H., Jiang C., Cheng K., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., High-dimensional association study of lifestyle and behavioural factors with survival outcome in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (GBCS), Statistical Analysis of Multi-Outcome Data 2014, University of Cambridge. 2014.
Pang H.M.H., Kim I. and Zhao H., Random Effects Model for Multiple Pathway Analysis with Applications to Type II Diabetes Microarray Data, Statistics in Biosciences. 2014.


Researcher : Peiris JSM
Project Title:IV International Symposium on Respiratory Viral Infections The Influenza Disease Burden in Hong Kong: the Rates of Hospitalisation in Children
Investigator(s):Peiris JSM
Department:Microbiology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:11/2001


Project Title:Influenza pandemic preparedness in Asia (Research collaboration with national Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Inc. (SJCRH) and The University of Hong Kong)
Investigator(s):Peiris JSM, Guan Y
Department:Microbiology
Source(s) of Funding:National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services - General Award
Start Date:04/2003


Project Title:Virus-cell interaction and the pathogenesis of SARS
Investigator(s):Peiris JSM
Department:Microbiology
Source(s) of Funding:VCO SARS Research Fund
Start Date:07/2003


Project Title:Viral determinants underlying the increased secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines in H5N1 infected human macrophages: a mechanism for the unusual severity of human H5N1 disease?
Investigator(s):Peiris JSM, Guan Y, Lau ASY, Poon LLM
Department:Microbiology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:09/2003


Project Title:The macrophage in the pathogenesis of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus infection
Investigator(s):Peiris JSM
Department:Microbiology
Source(s) of Funding:Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases - Full Grants
Start Date:12/2005


Project Title:Mass Tag PCR: A novel, multiplex and potentially sensitive approach for the rapid detection of respiratory pathogens
Investigator(s):Peiris JSM, Chiu SSS, Cheung CY
Department:Microbiology
Source(s) of Funding:Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases - Full Grants
Start Date:06/2006


Project Title:The pathogenesis of avian influenza A H5N1 in humans: macrophage and epithelial cell-virus interactions in vitro and ex-vivo
Investigator(s):Peiris JSM
Department:Microbiology
Source(s) of Funding:The Wellcome Trust - General Award
Start Date:01/2007


Project Title:Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Response (CSR) - Standardization and shipment of PCR diagnostic kit for Avian Influenza detection to Member countries (viz: Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand)
Investigator(s):Peiris JSM
Department:Microbiology
Source(s) of Funding:Collaborating Project Fund
Start Date:06/2007


Project Title:Control of Pandemic and Inter-pandemic Influenza
Investigator(s):Peiris JSM, Guan Y, Yuen KY, Chen H, Leung GM, Lau YL
Department:Microbiology
Source(s) of Funding:Areas of Excellence Scheme
Start Date:01/2008


Project Title:Options for the Control of Influenza; Lung injury / ARDS
Investigator(s):Peiris JSM
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:09/2013
Completion Date:09/2013


Project Title:Host responses that correlate with respiratory droplet transmission of swine-origin influenza viruses in ferrets
Investigator(s):Peiris JSM, Yen H, Nicholls JM
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:10/2013


Project Title:Risk assessing human transmission potential of H7N9 viruses using ex vivo cultures of the human respiratory tract
Investigator(s):Peiris JSM, Nicholls JM, Chan MCW, Chan WY, Lai JCC, Mok KP
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Commissioned Studies on Emerging Influenza A Viruses with Epidemic Potential
Start Date:05/2014


Project Title:Surveillance of influenza A including subtype H7N9 in outpatients with influenza-like illness and hospitalized patients with severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) presenting at The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
Investigator(s):Peiris JSM, Mok KP, Cowling BJ
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Commissioned Studies on Emerging Influenza A Viruses with Epidemic Potential
Start Date:05/2014


List of Research Outputs

BAUDON E.M., Fournie G., Hiep D.T., Ton V.D., Peiris J.S.M., Cowling B.J. and Peyre M., Description of the swine production network in a province of northern Vietnam and implications for swine influenza transmission and surveillance (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Baranovich T., Burnham A.J., Marathe B.M., Armstrong J., Guan Y., Shu Y., Peiris J.S.M., Webby R.J., Webster R.G. and Govorkova E.A., The neuraminidase inhibitor oseltamivir is effective against A/Anhui/1/2013 (H7N9) influenza virus in a mouse model of acute respiratory distress syndrome, Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2014, 209 (9): 1343-53.
Bui H.T., Nicholls J.M., Peiris J.S.M., Chan M.C.W. and Chan W.Y., Influenza B viruses in swine: virus tropism in swine respiratory organ explant cultures., Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.
Chan K.P., Wong C.M., Chiu S.S.S., Chan K.H., WANG X., Chan L.Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Yang L., A Robust Parameter Estimation Method for Estimating Disease Burden of Respiratory Viruses, PLOS One. 2014, 9(3): e90126.
Chan L.Y., Chan W.Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Chan M.C.W., Pathogenesis of the novel avian-origin influenza A (H7N9) virus Influenza H7N9 virus in human lower respiratory tract, Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.
Chan M.C.W., Chan W.Y., Tsao G.S.W. and Peiris J.S.M., Replication and pathogenesis of avian influenza A (H5N1) virus infection in polarised human bronchial and alveolar epithelium, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2013, 19 Supp 4: 24-8.
Chan M.C.W., Chan W.Y., Chan L.Y., Mok K.P., Hui P.Y., Fong J.H.M., Tao K.P., Poon L.L.M., Nicholls J.M., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Tropism and innate host responses of a novel avian influenza A H7N9 virus: an analysis of ex-vivo and in-vitro cultures of the human respiratory tract, In: Chan MC, Chan RW, Chan LL, Mok CK, Hui KP, Fong JH, Tao KP, Poon LL, Nicholls JM, Guan Y, Peiris JM, Lancet Respir Med. 2013, 1: 534-42.
Chan W.Y., Karamanska R., Van Poucke S., Van Reeth K., Chan W.W., Chan M.C.W., Dell A., Peiris J.S.M., Haslam S.M., Guan Y. and Nicholls J.M., Infection of swine ex vivo tissues with avian viruses including H7N9 and correlation with glycomic analysis, In: Chan RW, Karamanska R, Van Poucke S, Van Reeth K, Chan IW, Chan MC, Dell A, Peiris JS, Haslam SM, Guan Y, Nicholls JM, Influenza Other Respir Viruses. Wiley-Blackwell, 2013, 7: 1269-1282.
Chau C.S.K., Lee S.L., Peiris J.S.M., Chan K.H., Chan E., Wong W.H.S. and Chiu S.S.S., Adenovirus respiratory infection in hospitalized children in Hong Kong: serotype-clinical syndrome association and risk factors for lower respiratory tract infection., Eur J Pediatr. 2013.
Chu K.W., Poon L.L.M., Gomaa M.M., Shehata M.M., Perera R.A.P.M., Zeid D.A., El Rifay A.S., Siu Y.L., Guan Y., Webby R.J., Ali M.A., Peiris J.S.M. and Kayali G., MERS coronaviruses in dromedary camels, Egypt, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2014, 20(6): 1049-53.
Cowling B.J., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Leung G.M., Aerosol transmission of influenza virus (abstract), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Doak S.A., Li O.T.W., Mak P.W., Mok K.P., Nicholls J.M., Guan Y., Waldmann T.A., Peiris J.S.M., Perera L.P. and Poon L.L.M., IL-15 adjuvanted multivalent vaccinia-based universal influenza vaccine requires CD4+ T cells for heterosubtypic protection, In: Valkenburg SA, Li OT, Mak PW, Mok CK, Nicholls JM, Guan Y, Waldmann TA, Peiris JS, Perera LP, Poon LL, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014.
Doak S.A., Li O.T.W., Mak Y.W., Mok K.P., Nickolls J.M., Guan Y., Waldmannc T.A., Peiris J.S.M., Perera L.P. and Poon L.L.M., IL-15 adjuvanted multivalent vaccinia-based universal influenza vaccine requires CD4+ T cells for heterosubtypic protection, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2014, 111 (15): 5676-81.
Fouchier R.A., Kawaoka Y., Cardona C., Compans R.W., García-Sastre A., Govorkova E.A., Guan Y., Herfst S., Orenstein W.A., Peiris J.S.M., Perez D.R., Richt J.A., Russell C., Schultz-Cherry S.L., Smith D.J., Steel J., Tompkins S.M., Topham D.J., Treanor J.J., Tripp R.A., Webby R.J. and Webster R.G., Gain-of-function experiments on H7N9, Science (New York, N.Y. : Online). 2013, 341(6146): 612-3.
Freeman G., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Homologous and heterologous antibody titer rises after influenza virus infections (poster), Options for the Control of Influenza, 5-10 September 2013, Cape Town, South Africa. isirv, 2013.
Freeman G., PERERA K.V.H., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Homologous and heterologous antibody titer rises after influenza virus infections (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Freeman G., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Variability in the immunogenicity of inactivated seasonal influenza vaccine in children due to age and recent previous influenza vaccination (poster), Options for the Control of Influenza, 5-10 September 2013, Cape Town, South Africa. UK, isirv, 2013.
Garcia J.C., Lai J.C.C., Haselhorst T., Choy K.T., Yen H., Peiris J.S.M., Itzstein M.V. and Nicholls J.M., Investigation of the binding and cleavage characteristics of N1 neuraminidases from avian, seasonal, and pandemic influenza viruses using saturation transfer difference nuclear magnetic resonance, Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 2014, 8(2): 235-42.
Hemida M.G., Perera R.A.P.M., Wang P., Alhammadi M.A., Siu Y.L., LI M., Poon L.L.M., Saif L., Alnaeem A. and Peiris J.S.M., Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus seroprevalence in domestic livestock in Saudi Arabia, 2010 to 2013., Euro Surveillance. 2013, 18(50): 20659.
Hemida M.G., Perera R.A.P.M., Jassim R.A.A.I., Kayali G., Siu Y.L., Wang P., Chu K.W., Perlman S., Ali M.A., Alnaeem A., Guan Y., Poon L.L.M., Saif L. and Peiris J.S.M., Seroepidemiology of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus in Saudi Arabia (1993) and Australia (2014) and characterisation of assay specificity, Euro Surveillance. 2014, 19(23).
Hilgenfeld R. and Peiris J.S.M., From SARS to MERS: 10 years of research on highly pathogenic human coronaviruses., Antiviral Research. 2013, 100(1): 286-95.
Hui P.Y., Chan W.Y., Chan L.Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Chan M.C.W., Immuno-modulatory and anti-viral effects of statins in influenza H5N1 virus infection of human alveolar epithelial cells and peripheral blood derived macrophages, Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.
Jones J.C., Sonnberg S., Koçer Z.A., Shanmuganatham K., Seiler P., Shu Y., Zhu H., Guan Y., Peiris J.S.M., Webby R.J. and Webster R.G., Possible role of songbirds and parakeets in transmission of influenza A(H7N9) virus to humans, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2014, 20(3): 380-5.
Kuok I.T., Chan W.Y., Lee J.W., Fang X., Matthay M.A., Peiris J.S.M. and Chan M.C.W., Angiopoietin-1 and Keratinocyte Growth Factor restore the impaired alveolar fluid clearance induced by influenza H5N1 virus infection, Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.
LEUNG H.L., McDevitt J., Chan K.H., Yen H., Ip D.K.M., Li Y., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Seto W.H., Milton D.K. and Cowling B.J., Efficacy of surgical face masks as source control in reducing influenza virus dissemination in human exhaled breath (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., MA C., Li L., Cheung C.L., ZHOU J., CHAI Y., LIANG H., Chen R., Zheng Z., Zhang Y., Liu Y., Smith D.K., Peiris J.S.M., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The emergence of the 2013 H7N9 and related viruses in China, Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.
Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., Zhou B., Duan L., Cheung C.L., MA C., Lycett S.J., Leung C.Y.H., Chen X., Li L., Hong W., CHAI Y., Zhou L., LIANG H., OU Z., Liu Y., Farooqui A., Kelvin D.J., Poon L.L.M., Smith D.K., Pybus O.G., Leung G.M., Shu Y., Webster R.G., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Rambaut A., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The genesis and source of the H7N9 influenza viruses causing human infections in China, Nature. 2013, 502: 241-244.
Lee M.Y., Kok K.H., Jaume M.D.A., Cheung K.W., Yip T.F., Lai J.C.C., Guan Y., Webster R.G., Jin D. and Peiris J.S.M., Toll-like receptor 10 is involved in induction of innate immune responses to influenza virus infection, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2014, 111(10): 3793-8.
Lee M.Y., Kok K.H., Jaume M.D.A., Cheung K.W., Yip T.F., Lai J.C.C., Guan Y., Webster R.G., Jin D. and Peiris J.S.M., Toll-like receptor 10 is involved in induction of innate immune responses to influenza virus infection, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2014, 111: 3793-3798.
Leung C.Y.H., Luk G., Sia S.F., Wu Y.O., Chow K.C., Tang S.C., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Experimental challenge of chicken vaccinated with commercially available H5 vaccines reveals loss of protection to some highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 strains circulating in Hong Kong/China., Vaccine. 2013, 31(35): 3536-42.
Mao H., Yen H., Liu Y., Lau Y.L., Peiris J.S.M. and Tu W., Conservation of T cell epitopes between seasonal influenza viruses and the novel influenza A H7N9 virus, Virologica Sinica. 2014, 29(3): 170-5.
Mok K.P., Lee H.Y.H., Lestra M., Nicholls J.M., Chan M.C.W., Sia S.F., Zhu H., Poon L.L.M., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Amino acid substitutions in polymerase basic protein 2 gene contribute to the pathogenicity of the novel A/H7N9 Influenza virus in mammalian hosts., Journal of Virology. 2014, 88(6): 3568-76.
Mok K.P., Kang S.R., Chan W.Y., Yue Y.K., Mak N.K., Poon L.L.M., Wong N.S., Peiris J.S.M. and Chan M.C.W., Anti-inflammatory and antiviral effects of indirubin derivatives in influenza A (H5N1) virus infected primary human peripheral blood-derived macrophages and alveolar epithelial cells, Antiviral Research. 2014, 106: 95–104.
Mok K.P., Lee H.Y.H., Chan M.C.W., Sia S.F., Lestra M., Nicholls J.M., Zhu H., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Pathogenicity of the novel A/H7N9 influenza virus in mice, mBio. 2013, 4(4): e00362-13.
Ng S., Ni M.Y., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Chan K.H., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Characteristics of vaccine failures in a randomized placebo-controlled trial of inactivated influenza vaccine in children , The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2014, 33(2): e63-6.
Ng S., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Chan K.H., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Estimation of the association between antibody titers and protection against confirmed influenza virus infection in children, Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2013, 208(8): 1320-4.
Ozaki H., Guan Y., Peiris J.S.M., Webster R., Takada A. and Webby R., Effect of the PB2 and M Genes on the Replication of H6 Influenza Virus in Chickens, Influenza Research and Treatment. 2014, 2014 (2014): 547839.
Peiris J.S.M., Advisory Board., Jul. 4, 2013. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Crucell Vaccine Institute, Janssen Center of Excellence for Immunoprophylaxis - CVI on Influenza therapeutic monoclonal antibodies.. 2013.
Peiris J.S.M., CONSISE lab working group. Cape Town, South Africa., CONSISE 4th International Meeting. Organized by ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control).. 2013.
Peiris J.S.M., Co-PI of NIAID / CEIRS project., 8-12 Jul. 2013. Memphis, USA. NIH CEIRS Annual Meeting. 2013.
Peiris J.S.M., Internal examiner of PhD thesis: The study of immune response to co-infection of influenza virus and streptococcus pneumonia by Wu Yuet, The University of Hong Kong. 2013.
Peiris J.S.M., KSM Golden Jubilee Oration. Organized by Council of the Kandy Society of Medicine. Colombo, Sri Lanka.. 2014.
Peiris J.S.M., Keynote: One health and the emerging threats from influenza and MERS., Regional Symposium on Emerging Infectious Diseases in Southest Asia. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.. 2014.
Peiris J.S.M., Keynote: Session: Epidemiology and control policy; Topic: Virology, transmission, and epidemiology of H7N9., Conference: Continuing Threat of Influenza: Epidemiology, Transmission, Management, and Control Policy. Organized by: National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan.. 2013.
Peiris J.S.M., Moderator: Session: Clinical Management and Antiviral Use., Conference: Continuing Threat of Influenza: Epidemiology, Transmission, Management, and Control Policy. Organized by: National Institute of INfectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan.. 2013.
Peiris J.S.M., Outreach visits for HKU., Aug. 18-20, 2013. HKU delegates - India Outreach Trip: Invited lectures in St. Johns Medical College, Bangalore and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.. 2013.
Peiris J.S.M., Plenary Section: Pathogenesis; lecture: Lung injury/ARDS., Otions for the Control of Influenza VIII meeting, Cape Town, South Africa.. 2013.
Peiris J.S.M., Scientific Advisory Board, EC - Platform for European Preparedness Against (Re-) emerging Epidemics (PREPARE) . 2014.
Peiris J.S.M., Scientific Advisory Board, Kawaoka-Gates Project - 4th Annual Meeting, Wisconsin, USA.. 2014.
Peiris J.S.M., Scientific Committee Member, Options for the Control of Influenza VIII Conferences, Cape Town, South Africa.. 2013.
Peiris J.S.M., Session VI: Scientific insights on avian influenza. Lecture: Use of ex vivo human cultures for risk assessing animal viruses for pandemic threat, International Conference on Human Infection with Novel Influenza Viruses, organized by Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.. 2013.
Peiris J.S.M., Session VI: Scientific insights on avian influenza. Topic: Use of ex vivo human cultures for risk assessing animal viruses for pandemic threat., Beijing, China. By Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. International Conference on Human Infection with Novel Influenza Viruses.. 2013.
Peiris J.S.M., Session: Biosurveillance - Innovations at the Interface of the Biological, Physical and Information., AAAS 2014 Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA.. 2014.
Peiris J.S.M., Session: Mechanism of Infection and Immunology. Topic: Virology and Pathogenesis of novel H7N9 viruses., Conference: 2013 International Summit Meeting on Immunology and Infectious Diseases in Children. Organized by: Children Hospital Chongqing Medical University.. 2013.
Peiris J.S.M., TEC Chairman of PhD Thesis: Efficacy and mechanism of PDI-based DNA vaccines in enhancing HIV-1 Gag-specific immunity by Zhou Jingying, The University of Hong Kong.. 2013.
Peiris J.S.M., Temporary Advisor., 20-22 Aug. 2013. Chiang Mai, Thailand. WHO Regional Meeting on Zoonotic Diseases.. 2013.
Peiris J.S.M., Temporary Advisor, WHO - Meeting of Experts to review the current Laboratory recommendations fo rthe Detection of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Lyon, France. 2014.
Peiris J.S.M., Temporary Advisor, WHO Regional Meeting on Zoonotic Diseases. Chiang Mai, Thailand. 2013.
Peiris J.S.M., The H7N9 threat: is vaccine development needed?, 4th KVS Conference. By Korean Vaccine Society.. 2013.
Peiris J.S.M., Thesis: Ecology and evolution of swine influenza virus in Sri Lanka, Primary supervisor of PhD student Harsha Perera, The University of Hong Kong. 2013.
Perera R.A.P.M., Wang P., Gomaa M.R., El-Shesheny R., Kandeil A., Bagato O., Siu Y.L., Shehata M.M., Kayed A.S., Moatasim Y., LI M., Poon L.L.M., Guan Y., Webby R.J., Ali M.A., Peiris J.S.M. and Kayali G., Seroepidemiology for MERS coronavirus using microneutralisation and pseudoparticle virus neutralisation assays reveal a high prevalence of antibody in dromedary camels in Egypt, June 2013, Euro Surveillance. 2013, 18(36): 20574.
TSANG K.L., Cauchemez S., Perera R.A.P.M., Freeman G., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Association between antibody titers and protection against influenza virus infection within households, Journal of Infectious Diseases . 2014, 210(5): 684-92.
WANG X., Wong C.M., Chan K.H., Chan K.P., CAO P., Peiris J.S.M. and Yang L., Hospitalization risk of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic cases in Hong Kong, BMC Infectious Diseases. 2014, 14: 32.
WANG X., Yang L., Chan K.P., CAO P., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Trends for pneumonia and influenza hospital admissions in Hong Kong: Age, period and cohort effects (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
WEI W.I., Kwok K.O., Perera R.A.P.M., Peiris J.S.M., Riley S. and Cowling B.J., Seroprotection associated with influenza vaccination in a community-based study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wong C.M., Yang L., Chan K.P., Chan W.M., Song L., Lai H.K., Thach T.Q., Ho L.M., Chan K.H., Lam T.H. and Peiris J.S.M., Cigarette smoking as a risk factor for influenza-associated mortality: Evidence from an elderly cohort, Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 2013, 7(4): 531-9.
Wong K.S.C., Zhu H., Li O.T.W., Leung C.Y.H., Chan M.C.W., Guan Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Poon L.L.M., Molecular Detection of Human H7N9 Influenza A Virus Causing Outbreaks in China, Clinical chemistry. 2013, 59(7): 1062-7.
Wu J.T.K., Leung S.M., Perera R.A.P.M., TSANG K.L., Lee C.K., Lin C.K. and Peiris J.S.M., Estimating the protective effect of hemagglutination-inhibition antibody against pandemic influenza A(H1N1) infections (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wu J.T.K., Leung S.M., Perera R.A.P.M., Chu K.W., Lee C.K., Hung I.F.N., Lin C.K., Lo S.V., Lau Y.L., Leung G.M., Cowling B.J. and Peiris J.S.M., Inferring influenza infection attack rate from seroprevalence data (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Yen H., McKimm-Breschkin J.L., Choy K.T., Wong D.D.Y., Cheung P.P.H., ZHOU J., Ng I.H.Y., Zhu H., Webby R.J., Guan Y., Webster R.G. and Peiris J.S.M., Resistance to Neuraminidase Inhibitors Conferred by an R292K Mutation in a Human Influenza Virus H7N9 Isolate Can Be Masked by a Mixed R/K Viral Population, mBio. 2013.
Yip M.S., LEUNG H.L., Cheung C.Y., Li P.H., Lee H.Y.H., Daëron M., Peiris J.S.M., Bruzzone R. and Jaume M.D.A., Antibody-dependent infection of human macrophages by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus, Virology Journal. 2014, 11: 82.
Zhang A., Huang Y., Tian D., Lau E.H.Y., Wan Y., Liu X., Dong Y., Song Z., Zhang X., Zhang J., Bao M., Zhou M., Yuan S., Sun J., Zhu Z., Hu Y., Chen L., Leung C.Y.H., Wu J.T.K., Zhang Z., Zhang X., Peiris J.S.M. and Xu J., Kinetics of serological responses in influenza A(H7N9)- infected patients correlate with clinical outcome in China, 2013, Euro Surveillance. 2013, 18(50): 20657.
Zhang A., Huang Y., Tian D., Lau E.H., Wan Y., Liu X., Dong Y., Song Z., Zhang X., Zhang J., Bao M., Zhou M., Yuan S., Sun J., Zhu Z., Hu Y., Chen L., Leung C.Y.H., Wu J.T., Zhang Z., Zhang X., Peiris J.S.M. and Xu J., Kinetics of serological responses in influenza A(H7N9)-infected patients correlate with clinical outcome in China, 2013., European Surveillance. 2013, 18(50).
Zhu H., Wang D., Kelvin D.J., Li L., Zheng Z., Yoon S.W., Wong S.S., Farooqui A., Wang J., Banner D., Chen R., Zheng R., ZHOU J., Zhang Y., Hong W., Dong W., Cai Q., Roehrl M.H.A., Huang S.S.H., Kelvin A.A., Yao T., Zhou B., Chen X., Leung G.M., Poon L.L.M., Webster R.G., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Guan Y. and Shu Y., Infectivity, transmission, and pathology of human-isolated H7N9 influenza virus in ferrets and pigs., Science. 2013, 341(6142): 183-6.


Researcher : Perera RAPM
List of Research Outputs

Chu K.W., Poon L.L.M., Gomaa M.M., Shehata M.M., Perera R.A.P.M., Zeid D.A., El Rifay A.S., Siu Y.L., Guan Y., Webby R.J., Ali M.A., Peiris J.S.M. and Kayali G., MERS coronaviruses in dromedary camels, Egypt, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2014, 20(6): 1049-53.
Freeman G., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Homologous and heterologous antibody titer rises after influenza virus infections (poster), Options for the Control of Influenza, 5-10 September 2013, Cape Town, South Africa. isirv, 2013.
Freeman G., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Variability in the immunogenicity of inactivated seasonal influenza vaccine in children due to age and recent previous influenza vaccination (poster), Options for the Control of Influenza, 5-10 September 2013, Cape Town, South Africa. UK, isirv, 2013.
Hemida M.G., Perera R.A.P.M., Wang P., Alhammadi M.A., Siu Y.L., LI M., Poon L.L.M., Saif L., Alnaeem A. and Peiris J.S.M., Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus seroprevalence in domestic livestock in Saudi Arabia, 2010 to 2013., Euro Surveillance. 2013, 18(50): 20659.
Hemida M.G., Perera R.A.P.M., Jassim R.A.A.I., Kayali G., Siu Y.L., Wang P., Chu K.W., Perlman S., Ali M.A., Alnaeem A., Guan Y., Poon L.L.M., Saif L. and Peiris J.S.M., Seroepidemiology of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus in Saudi Arabia (1993) and Australia (2014) and characterisation of assay specificity, Euro Surveillance. 2014, 19(23).
Perera R.A.P.M., Wang P., Gomaa M.R., El-Shesheny R., Kandeil A., Bagato O., Siu Y.L., Shehata M.M., Kayed A.S., Moatasim Y., LI M., Poon L.L.M., Guan Y., Webby R.J., Ali M.A., Peiris J.S.M. and Kayali G., Seroepidemiology for MERS coronavirus using microneutralisation and pseudoparticle virus neutralisation assays reveal a high prevalence of antibody in dromedary camels in Egypt, June 2013, Euro Surveillance. 2013, 18(36): 20574.
WEI W.I., Kwok K.O., Perera R.A.P.M., Peiris J.S.M., Riley S. and Cowling B.J., Seroprotection associated with influenza vaccination in a community-based study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wu J.T.K., Leung S.M., Perera R.A.P.M., TSANG K.L., Lee C.K., Lin C.K. and Peiris J.S.M., Estimating the protective effect of hemagglutination-inhibition antibody against pandemic influenza A(H1N1) infections (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wu J.T.K., Leung S.M., Perera R.A.P.M., Chu K.W., Lee C.K., Hung I.F.N., Lin C.K., Lo S.V., Lau Y.L., Leung G.M., Cowling B.J. and Peiris J.S.M., Inferring influenza infection attack rate from seroprevalence data (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : Poon LLM
Project Title:Reverse genetic for a coronavirus responsible for severe acute respiratory syndrome
Investigator(s):Poon LLM, Guan Y
Department:Microbiology
Source(s) of Funding:VCO SARS Research Fund
Start Date:07/2003


Project Title:International Conference on Options for Control of Influenza V Genetic Characterization of a Novel Coronavirus Responsible for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome A Coronavirus Responsible for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Investigator(s):Poon LLM
Department:Microbiology
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:10/2003


Project Title:Centre for Research into Circulating Fetal Nucleic Acids
Investigator(s):Poon LLM
Department:Microbiology
Source(s) of Funding:Areas of Excellence Scheme
Start Date:01/2008


Project Title:Retrospective studies of pandemic and seasonal human influenza viral polymerase complexes
Investigator(s):Poon LLM
Department:Microbiology
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:12/2011
Completion Date:12/2013


Project Title:Epigenomic modifications induced by influenza A infection
Investigator(s):Poon LLM, Li OTW
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2012
Completion Date:03/2014


Project Title:Generation of live attenuated influenza viruses of vaccine potential by using codon usage bias
Investigator(s):Poon LLM
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:02/2013


Project Title:Options for the Control of Influenza ; A statistical strategy to identify recombinant viral ribonucleoprotein of avian, human, and swine influenza A viruses with elevated polymerase activity.
Investigator(s):Poon LLM
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:09/2013
Completion Date:09/2013


Project Title:Characterization of fibronectin-mediated influenza A virus infection in human cells.
Investigator(s):Poon LLM, Chan WY
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2014


List of Research Outputs

Chan M.C.W., Chan W.Y., Chan L.Y., Mok K.P., Hui P.Y., Fong J.H.M., Tao K.P., Poon L.L.M., Nicholls J.M., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Tropism and innate host responses of a novel avian influenza A H7N9 virus: an analysis of ex-vivo and in-vitro cultures of the human respiratory tract, In: Chan MC, Chan RW, Chan LL, Mok CK, Hui KP, Fong JH, Tao KP, Poon LL, Nicholls JM, Guan Y, Peiris JM, Lancet Respir Med. 2013, 1: 534-42.
Chin W.H., Greenbaum B.D., Li O.T.W., Webby R.J. and Poon L.L.M., A statistical strategy to identify recombinant viral ribonucleoprotein of avian, human, and swine influenza A viruses with elevated polymerase activity, Influenza and other respiratory viruses. 2014, 7(6): 969–978.
Chu K.W., Poon L.L.M., Gomaa M.M., Shehata M.M., Perera R.A.P.M., Zeid D.A., El Rifay A.S., Siu Y.L., Guan Y., Webby R.J., Ali M.A., Peiris J.S.M. and Kayali G., MERS coronaviruses in dromedary camels, Egypt, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2014, 20(6): 1049-53.
Doak S.A., Li O.T.W., Mak P.W., Mok K.P., Nicholls J.M., Guan Y., Waldmann T.A., Peiris J.S.M., Perera L.P. and Poon L.L.M., IL-15 adjuvanted multivalent vaccinia-based universal influenza vaccine requires CD4+ T cells for heterosubtypic protection, In: Valkenburg SA, Li OT, Mak PW, Mok CK, Nicholls JM, Guan Y, Waldmann TA, Peiris JS, Perera LP, Poon LL, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014.
Doak S.A., Li O.T.W., Mak Y.W., Mok K.P., Nickolls J.M., Guan Y., Waldmannc T.A., Peiris J.S.M., Perera L.P. and Poon L.L.M., IL-15 adjuvanted multivalent vaccinia-based universal influenza vaccine requires CD4+ T cells for heterosubtypic protection, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2014, 111 (15): 5676-81.
Hemida M.G., Perera R.A.P.M., Wang P., Alhammadi M.A., Siu Y.L., LI M., Poon L.L.M., Saif L., Alnaeem A. and Peiris J.S.M., Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus seroprevalence in domestic livestock in Saudi Arabia, 2010 to 2013., Euro Surveillance. 2013, 18(50): 20659.
Hemida M.G., Perera R.A.P.M., Jassim R.A.A.I., Kayali G., Siu Y.L., Wang P., Chu K.W., Perlman S., Ali M.A., Alnaeem A., Guan Y., Poon L.L.M., Saif L. and Peiris J.S.M., Seroepidemiology of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus in Saudi Arabia (1993) and Australia (2014) and characterisation of assay specificity, Euro Surveillance. 2014, 19(23).
LIANG W., Mason A.J., Chan H.K., Poon L.L.M. and Lam J.K.W., Formulation of siRNA with pH-responsive amphipathic peptides for inhalation against respiratory infectious diseases, 18th Research Postgraduate Symposium, December 11-12, 2013, Hong Kong. 2013.
Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., Zhou B., Duan L., Cheung C.L., MA C., Lycett S.J., Leung C.Y.H., Chen X., Li L., Hong W., CHAI Y., Zhou L., LIANG H., OU Z., Liu Y., Farooqui A., Kelvin D.J., Poon L.L.M., Smith D.K., Pybus O.G., Leung G.M., Shu Y., Webster R.G., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Rambaut A., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The genesis and source of the H7N9 influenza viruses causing human infections in China, Nature. 2013, 502: 241-244.
Li O.T.W. and Poon L.L.M., Localized antibody responses in influenza virus-infected mice, Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.
Li Z.F., Liang Y.M., Lau P.N., Shen W., Wang D.K., Cheung W.T., Xue C.J., Poon L.L.M. and Lam Y.W., Dynamic localisation of mature microRNAs in Human nucleoli is influenced by exogenous genetic materials, PLoS One. 2013, 8(8): 70869.
Mok K.P., Lee H.Y.H., Lestra M., Nicholls J.M., Chan M.C.W., Sia S.F., Zhu H., Poon L.L.M., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Amino acid substitutions in polymerase basic protein 2 gene contribute to the pathogenicity of the novel A/H7N9 Influenza virus in mammalian hosts., Journal of Virology. 2014, 88(6): 3568-76.
Mok K.P., Kang S.R., Chan W.Y., Yue Y.K., Mak N.K., Poon L.L.M., Wong N.S., Peiris J.S.M. and Chan M.C.W., Anti-inflammatory and antiviral effects of indirubin derivatives in influenza A (H5N1) virus infected primary human peripheral blood-derived macrophages and alveolar epithelial cells, Antiviral Research. 2014, 106: 95–104.
Perera R.A.P.M., Wang P., Gomaa M.R., El-Shesheny R., Kandeil A., Bagato O., Siu Y.L., Shehata M.M., Kayed A.S., Moatasim Y., LI M., Poon L.L.M., Guan Y., Webby R.J., Ali M.A., Peiris J.S.M. and Kayali G., Seroepidemiology for MERS coronavirus using microneutralisation and pseudoparticle virus neutralisation assays reveal a high prevalence of antibody in dromedary camels in Egypt, June 2013, Euro Surveillance. 2013, 18(36): 20574.
Phan T.G., Vo N.P., Boros Á., Pankovics P., Reuter G., Li O.T.W., Wang C., Deng X., Poon L.L.M. and Delwart E., The viruses of wild pigeon droppings, PLoS one. 2013, 8(9): e72787.
Poon L.L.M., MERS coronavirus in camels, XIIIth INTERNATIONAL XIIIth NIDOVIRUS SYMPOSIUM . 2014.
Poon L.L.M., Molecular detection of influenza viruses, Working group meeting for the detection of human and avian influenza viruses, WHO, Geneva, 2013. 2013.
Poon L.L.M., The changing face of influenza: the global impact of a novel strain?, The 5th International Infection Control Conference. 2013.
Wong K.S.C., Zhu H., Li O.T.W., Leung C.Y.H., Chan M.C.W., Guan Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Poon L.L.M., Molecular Detection of Human H7N9 Influenza A Virus Causing Outbreaks in China, Clinical chemistry. 2013, 59(7): 1062-7.
Zhu H., Wang D., Kelvin D.J., Li L., Zheng Z., Yoon S.W., Wong S.S., Farooqui A., Wang J., Banner D., Chen R., Zheng R., ZHOU J., Zhang Y., Hong W., Dong W., Cai Q., Roehrl M.H.A., Huang S.S.H., Kelvin A.A., Yao T., Zhou B., Chen X., Leung G.M., Poon L.L.M., Webster R.G., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Guan Y. and Shu Y., Infectivity, transmission, and pathology of human-isolated H7N9 influenza virus in ferrets and pigs., Science. 2013, 341(6142): 183-6.
de Groot R.J., Baker S.C., Baric R.S., Brown C.S., Drosten C., Enjuanes L., Fouchier R.A., Galiano M., Gorbalenya A.E., Memish Z.A., Perlman S., Poon L.L.M., Snijder E.J., Stephens G.M., Woo P.C.Y., Zaki A.M., Zambon M. and Ziebuhr J., Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV): Announcement of the Coronavirus Study Group, Journal of virology. 2013, 87(14): 7790-2.


Researcher : Riley S
List of Research Outputs

Kwok K.O., Davoudi B., Riley S. and Pourbohoul B., Early real-time estimation of the basic reproduction number of emerging or reemerging infectious diseases in a community with heterogeneous contact pattern: Using data from Hong Kong 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza as an illustrative example (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Pepin K.M., Lloyd-Smith J.O., Webb C.T., Holcomb K., Zhu H., Guan Y. and Riley S., Minimizing the threat of pandemic emergence from avian influenza in poultry systems, BMC Infect Dis.. 2013, 13: 592.
WEI W.I., Kwok K.O., Perera R.A.P.M., Peiris J.S.M., Riley S. and Cowling B.J., Seroprotection associated with influenza vaccination in a community-based study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wu K.M. and Riley S., Optimal design of serological surveys for emerging respiratory pathogens (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : SHEN C
List of Research Outputs

SHEN C., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Xu L., Lee S.Y. and Lam T.H., Alcohol intake and death from cancer in a prospective Chinese elderly cohort study in Hong Kong, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2013, 67(10): 813-20.
SHEN C., Ni M.Y., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Lee S.Y. and Lam T.H., Alcohol use and death from respiratory disease in a prospective Chinese elderly cohort study in Hong Kong, Preventive Medicine. 2013, 57(6): 819-23.
SHEN C., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Lee S.Y., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., Self-reported diabetes and mortality in a prospective Chinese elderly cohort study in Hong Kong, Preventive Medicine. 2014, 64C: 20-6.
SHEN C., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Lee S.Y., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., Self-reported diabetes and mortality in a prospective cohort study of older Chinese (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


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., Fruit and vegetable consumption and cardiovascular risk in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
SUN Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Milk consumption and cardiovascular risk factors in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, PLoS One. 2014, 9(1): e84813.


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: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


List of Research Outputs

Au Yeung S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Adab P., Lam H.K.B., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 - A potential genetic risk factor for lung function among southern Chinese from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Au Yeung S.L.R., Jiang C., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Systematic differences among never, occasional and moderate alcohol users in southern China, and its use in alcohol research: A cross-sectional study, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2013, 67(12): 1054-60.
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, Health Policy and Planning. 2013, 28(5): 467-79.
Freeman G., Cowling B.J. and Schooling C.M., Power and sample size calculations for Mendelian randomization studies using one genetic instrument, International journal of epidemiology. 2013, 42: 1157-63.
HOU W.W., Tse Y.F., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Adolescent testosterone, muscle mass and glucose metabolism: Evidence from the “children of 1997” birth cohort in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
HOU W.W., Tse Y.F., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Environmental influences on skeletal muscle mass: evidence from the “children of 1997” birth cohort in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Hui L.L., Wong O.L., Kwok M.K. and Schooling C.M., Early origins of socio-economic disparities in cardiovascular disease risk factors in Hong Kong - Evidence from the Hong Kong “children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Hui L.L., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Infant growth and body composition in adolescence: Evidence from the Hong Kong “children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Kavikondala S., Ni M.Y., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Social mobility and Adiposity in a Recently Transitioned Population of Hong Kong: Evidence from the FAMILY Cohort (abstract and oral presentation), 47th Annual Society for Epidemiologic Research Meeting, Seattle, USA. 2014.
Kavikondala S., Ni M.Y., Lam T.H., Schooling C.M. and Leung G.M., Social mobility and adiposity in a recently transitioned population of Hong Kong: evidence from the Family Cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Kwok M.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Associations of birth order with adolescent size, pubertal onset and blood pressure: evidence from Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Kwok M.K., Au Yeung S.L.R., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Birth weight and adult cardiovascular risk factors using multiple birth status as an instrumental variable in the British 1958 birth cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Kwok M.K., Au Yeung S.L.R., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Birth weight, infant growth and adolescent blood pressure using twin status as an instrumental variable in a Chinese birth cohort: “children of 1997” (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Kwok M.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Breast feeding and early adolescent behaviour, self-esteem and depression: Hong Kong’s ‘Children of 1997’ birth cohort, Archives of Disease in Childhood. 2013, 98(11): 887-94.
Kwok M.K., Leung G.M., Lam T.H., Leung S.S.L. and Schooling C.M., Grandparental education, parental education and child height: Evidence from Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort, Annals of Epidemiology. 2013, 23(8): 475-84.
Kwok M.K., Freeman G., LIN S., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Simulated growth trajectories and blood pressure in adolescence: Hong Kong's Chinese Birth Cohort, Journal of Hypertension. 2013, 31(9): 1785-97.
LEUNG Y.C., Lam T.H., Lin S., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Informal child care and adolescent behavioral and mental health: Evidence from Hong Kong’s “children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
LEUNG Y.C., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Maternal migration status and childhood psychological health: Evidence from Hong Kong’s “children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Leung Y.Y.J., Kwok M.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Breastfeeding and childhood hospitalizations for asthma: evidence from Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort, 47th Annual Meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research. 2014.
Lin S., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Mode of delivery and adiposity: Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" birth cohort, Annals of Epidemiology. 2013, 23(11): 693-9.
Ni M.Y., Mak S.H.T., Schooling C.M. and Leung G.M., Does where you live matter for health in one of the world’s most densely populated cities? A Multilevel analysis of Neighbourhood cohesion, Population density and Health-Related Quality of Life in the FAMILY Cohort (abstract and oral presentation), 11th International Conference on Urban Health, Manchester, United Kingdom. 2014.
Pang H.M.H., Jiang C., Cheng K., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., High-dimensional association study of lifestyle and behavioural factors with survival outcome in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (GBCS), Statistical Analysis of Multi-Outcome Data 2014, University of Cambridge. 2014.
SHEN C., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Xu L., Lee S.Y. and Lam T.H., Alcohol intake and death from cancer in a prospective Chinese elderly cohort study in Hong Kong, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2013, 67(10): 813-20.
SHEN C., Ni M.Y., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Lee S.Y. and Lam T.H., Alcohol use and death from respiratory disease in a prospective Chinese elderly cohort study in Hong Kong, Preventive Medicine. 2013, 57(6): 819-23.
SHEN C., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Lee S.Y., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., Self-reported diabetes and mortality in a prospective Chinese elderly cohort study in Hong Kong, Preventive Medicine. 2014, 64C: 20-6.
SHEN C., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Lee S.Y., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., Self-reported diabetes and mortality in a prospective cohort study of older Chinese (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
SUN W., Xu L., Chan W.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Are depressive symptoms associated with cardiovascular mortality among older Chinese: A cohort study of 64,000 people in Hong Kong?, American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2013, 21(11): 1107-15.
SUN Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Fruit and vegetable consumption and cardiovascular risk in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
SUN Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Milk consumption and cardiovascular risk factors in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, PLoS One. 2014, 9(1): e84813.
Schooling C.M. and Leung G.M., Letter by schooling and leung regarding article, "the global cardiovascular risk transition: associations of four metabolic risk factors with macroeconomic variables in 1980 and 2008", Circulation. 2013, 128(18): e377.
Schooling C.M., Leung G.M. and Xu L., Promotion of "low t" and the role of testosterone clinical trials (letter), JAMA Internal Medicine. 2014, 174(2): 305-6.
Schooling C.M., Freeman G. and Cowling B.J., Re: "Mendelian Randomization and Estimation of Treatment Efficacy for Chronic Diseases". The authors reply., American journal of epidemiology. 2014, 179(2): 264-5.
Schooling C.M., Cowling B.J. and Jones H.E., Selection bias in cohorts of cases, Preventive Medicine. 2013, 57(3): 247-8.
Schooling C.M., Sexual selection as a driver of population health, Social Science & Medicine (1982 : Online). 2014, 108: 243-5.
Schooling C.M. and Cowling B.J., Testosterone therapy and cardiovascular events (letter), Nature Reviews , Endocrinology. 2013, 9(7): 438.
WANG H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Life course adiposity and adolescent self-esteem: Evidence from Hong Kong’s “children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wong O.L., Cowling B.J., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Understanding socio-historical imprint on diabetes mellitus risk in Chinese population: An age-period-cohort analysis (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Kavikondala S. and Schooling C.M., Estradiol concentrations in young healthy us versus chinese men, American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council. . 2014, 26: 565-569.
Xu L., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Lee S.Y., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., Smoking and hemorrhagic stroke mortality in a prospective cohort study of older Chinese, Stroke. 2013, 44(8): 2144-9.
Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Kavikondala S., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Testosterone concentrations in young healthy us versus Chinese men (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Kavikondala S., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Testosterone concentrations in young healthy us versus Chinese men, American Journal of Human Biology. 2014, 26(1): 99-102.
Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Kavikondala S. and Schooling C.M., Testosterone concentrations in young healthy us versus chinese men., American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council. 2013, 26: 99-102.
ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., A mendelian randomization analysis of testosterone and cardiovascular risk factors among men in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted testosterone and cardiovascular risk factors in men: a Mendelian randomization analysis in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2014, 43(1): 140-8.
ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Testosterone and cognitive function in men: A separate-sample mendelian randomization analysis in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
ZHONG Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Liu B., Jin Y.L., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Associations of height and its components with hematological coagulability among older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
ZHOU J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted testosterone and systemic inflammation in men: A separate-sample mendelian randomization analysis in older southern Chinese men (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : Seto WH
List of Research Outputs

LEUNG H.L., McDevitt J., Chan K.H., Yen H., Ip D.K.M., Li Y., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Seto W.H., Milton D.K. and Cowling B.J., Efficacy of surgical face masks as source control in reducing influenza virus dissemination in human exhaled breath (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : Shen Y
List of Research Outputs

Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., MA C., Li L., Cheung C.L., ZHOU J., CHAI Y., LIANG H., Chen R., Zheng Z., Zhang Y., Liu Y., Smith D.K., Peiris J.S.M., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The emergence of the 2013 H7N9 and related viruses in China, Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.
Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., Zhou B., Duan L., Cheung C.L., MA C., Lycett S.J., Leung C.Y.H., Chen X., Li L., Hong W., CHAI Y., Zhou L., LIANG H., OU Z., Liu Y., Farooqui A., Kelvin D.J., Poon L.L.M., Smith D.K., Pybus O.G., Leung G.M., Shu Y., Webster R.G., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Rambaut A., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The genesis and source of the H7N9 influenza viruses causing human infections in China, Nature. 2013, 502: 241-244.


Researcher : Shu Y
List of Research Outputs

Cowling B.J., Jin L., Lau E.H.Y., Liao Q., Wu P., Jiang H., TSANG K.L., Zheng J., Fang J., Chang Z., Ni M.Y., Zhang Q., Ip D.K.M., Yu J., Li Y., Wang L., Tu W., Meng L., Wu J.T.K., Luo H., Li Q., Shu Y., Li Z., Feng Z., Yang W., Wang Y., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Comparative epidemiology of human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) and A(H5N1) viruses in China (abstract presentation), Options for the Control of Influenza VIII, 5-10 September, Cape Town, South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa, Int'l Society for Influ' & other Respiratory Virus Diseases, 2013.
Zhu H., Wang D., Kelvin D.J., Li L., Zheng Z., Yoon S.W., Wong S.S., Farooqui A., Wang J., Banner D., Chen R., Zheng R., ZHOU J., Zhang Y., Hong W., Dong W., Cai Q., Roehrl M.H.A., Huang S.S.H., Kelvin A.A., Yao T., Zhou B., Chen X., Leung G.M., Poon L.L.M., Webster R.G., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Guan Y. and Shu Y., Infectivity, transmission, and pathology of human-isolated H7N9 influenza virus in ferrets and pigs., Science. 2013, 341(6142): 183-6.


Researcher : Sia SF
List of Research Outputs

Leung C.Y.H., Luk G., Sia S.F., Wu Y.O., Chow K.C., Tang S.C., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Experimental challenge of chicken vaccinated with commercially available H5 vaccines reveals loss of protection to some highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 strains circulating in Hong Kong/China., Vaccine. 2013, 31(35): 3536-42.
Mok K.P., Lee H.Y.H., Lestra M., Nicholls J.M., Chan M.C.W., Sia S.F., Zhu H., Poon L.L.M., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Amino acid substitutions in polymerase basic protein 2 gene contribute to the pathogenicity of the novel A/H7N9 Influenza virus in mammalian hosts., Journal of Virology. 2014, 88(6): 3568-76.
Mok K.P., Lee H.Y.H., Chan M.C.W., Sia S.F., Lestra M., Nicholls J.M., Zhu H., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Pathogenicity of the novel A/H7N9 influenza virus in mice, mBio. 2013, 4(4): e00362-13.


Researcher : Smith DK
Project Title:Patterns in proteins with unusual flexibility profiles
Investigator(s):Smith DK
Department:Biochemistry
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding for New Staff
Start Date:08/2002


List of Research Outputs

Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., MA C., Li L., Cheung C.L., ZHOU J., CHAI Y., LIANG H., Chen R., Zheng Z., Zhang Y., Liu Y., Smith D.K., Peiris J.S.M., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The emergence of the 2013 H7N9 and related viruses in China, Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.
Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., Zhou B., Duan L., Cheung C.L., MA C., Lycett S.J., Leung C.Y.H., Chen X., Li L., Hong W., CHAI Y., Zhou L., LIANG H., OU Z., Liu Y., Farooqui A., Kelvin D.J., Poon L.L.M., Smith D.K., Pybus O.G., Leung G.M., Shu Y., Webster R.G., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Rambaut A., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The genesis and source of the H7N9 influenza viruses causing human infections in China, Nature. 2013, 502: 241-244.
Lee C., Zhu H., HUANG P.Y., Peng L., Chang Y.C., Yip C.H., Li Y.T., Cheung C.L., Compans R., Yang C., Smith D.K., Lam T.Y., King C.C. and Guan Y., The Emergence and Evolution of Avian H5N2 Influenza viruses in Chickens in Taiwan, In: A. García-Sastre, Journal of Virology. 2014, 80: 5677-5686.


Researcher : So HC
List of Research Outputs

Ip D.K.M., Lau E.H.Y., So H.C., Ho L.M., Cowling B.J. and Leung G.M., Electronic school absenteeism system for multiple disease surveillance in Hong Kong (Poster presentation) , 2013 International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS) Conference, Translating research and surveillance into action, New Orleans, Dec 11-13, 2013. New Orleans, International Society for Disease Surveillance.


Researcher : So JC
List of Research Outputs

Chu L.W., So J.C., Wong L.C., Luk J.K.H., Chiu P.K.C., Chan S.Y., Kwan S.M., Chau J., Hui E., Woo J. and McGhee S., Community end-of-life care among Chinese older adults living in nursing homes, Geriatrics & Gerontology International. 2014, 14(2): 273-84.


Researcher : Song WA
List of Research Outputs

Johnston J.M. and Song W.A., Patient experience with inpatient care - pre and post hospital accreditation (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Johnston J.M. and Song W.A., Staff perceptions of organisational culture: The impact of accreditation (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Johnston J.M. and Song W.A., Staff perceptions of quality improvement: The impact of accreditation (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : Stewart SM
List of Research Outputs

Fabrizio C.S., Stewart S.M., Ip K.Y. and Lam T.H., Enhancing the parent-child relationship: A Hong Kong community-based randomized controlled trial, Journal of Family Psychology. 2014, 28(1): 42-53.
Xie Y., Stewart S.M., Lam T.H., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., Television viewing time in Hong Kong adult population: Associations with body mass index and obesity, PLoS One. 2014, 9(1): e85440.
Yu X., Stewart S.M., Chui J.P.L., Ho J.L.Y., Li A.C.H. and Lam T.H., A pilot randomized controlled trial to decrease adaptation difficulties in Chinese new immigrants to Hong Kong, Behavior Therapy. 2014, 45(1): 137-52.
Yu X., Stewart S.M., Liu I.K.F. and Lam T.H., Resilience and depressive symptoms in mainland Chinese immigrants to Hong Kong, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 2014, 49(2): 241-9.


Researcher : TSANG KL
List of Research Outputs

Cowling B.J., Jin L., Lau E.H.Y., Liao Q., Wu P., Jiang H., TSANG K.L., Zheng J., Fang J., Chang Z., Ni M.Y., Zhang Q., Ip D.K.M., Yu J., Li Y., Wang L., Tu W., Meng L., Wu J.T.K., Luo H., Li Q., Shu Y., Li Z., Feng Z., Yang W., Wang Y., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Comparative epidemiology of human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) and A(H5N1) viruses in China (abstract presentation), Options for the Control of Influenza VIII, 5-10 September, Cape Town, South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa, Int'l Society for Influ' & other Respiratory Virus Diseases, 2013.
Cowling B.J., Lau E.H.Y., TSANG K.L., Wu P., WONG Y.T., Feng L., Yang J. and Li S., Hands-on workshop for regression models for influenza disease burden estimation , Influenza Disease Burden Training Workshop, Kunming, Yunnan. Kunming, Yunnan, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013.
Cowling B.J., Lau E.H.Y., TSANG K.L., Wu P., WONG Y.T., Feng L., Yang J. and Li S., Workshop for analysis of surveillance data including definition of the ILI baseline, and alerting the start of the influenza season, Influenza Disease Burden Training Workshop, Kunming, Yunnan. Kunming, Yunnan, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013.
Cowling B.J., Lau E.H.Y., TSANG K.L., Wu P. and WONG Y.T., Workshop for introduction to statistical software , Influenza Disease Burden Training Workshop, Kunming, Yunnan. Kunming, Yunnan, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013.
Ip D.K.M., Liao Q.H., TSANG K.L., Jiang H., Liu F.F., Zheng J.D., Peng Z.B., Wu P., Huai Y., Lau E.H.Y., Feng L.H., Cao B., Gao Z.C., Leung G.M., Yu H.J. and Cowling B.J., A Clinical Prediction Rule for Diagnosing Human Infections with Avian Influenza A(H7N9) in a Hospital Emergency Department Setting (abstract & poster presentation), Influenza and Other Respiratory Virus Infections: Advances in Clinical Management, 4-6 June 2014, Tokyo, Japan . isirv, 2014.
Lau E.H.Y., Zheng J., TSANG K.L., Liao Q., Lewis B., Brownstein J.S., Sanders S., WONG Y.T., Mekaru S.R., Rivers C., Wu P., Jiang H., Li Y., Yu J., Zhang Q., Chang Z., Liu F., Peng Z., Leung G.M., Feng L., Cowling B.J. and Yu H., Accuracy of epidemiological inferences based on publicly available information: retrospective comparative analysis of line lists of human cases infected with influenza A(H7N9) in China, BMC Medicine . 2014, 12(1):88: 1-9.
TSANG K.L., Cauchemez S., Perera R.A.P.M., Freeman G., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Association between antibody titers and protection against influenza virus infection within households, Journal of Infectious Diseases . 2014, 210(5): 684-92.
TSANG K.L., Lau E.H.Y., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Real-time estimation of severity of a novel influenza strain (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wang C., Yu H.J., Horby P.W., Cao B., Wu P., Yang S., Gao H., Li H., TSANG K.L., Liao Q.H., Gao Z.C., Ip D.K.M., Jia H.Y., Jiang H., Liu B., Ni M.Y., Dai Z.H., Liu F.F., Kinh N.V., Liem N.T., Hien T.T., Li Y., Yang J., Wu J.T.K., Zheng Y.M., Leung G.M., Farrar J.J., Cowling B.J., Uyeki T.M. and Li L.J., Comparison of patients hospitalized with influenza A H7N9, H5N1, and 2009 pandemic H1N1, Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2014, 58(8): 1095-103.
Wu J.T.K., Leung S.M., Perera R.A.P.M., TSANG K.L., Lee C.K., Lin C.K. and Peiris J.S.M., Estimating the protective effect of hemagglutination-inhibition antibody against pandemic influenza A(H1N1) infections (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wu P., Goldstein E., Ho L.M., Wu J.T.K., TSANG K.L., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Comparison of influenza A(H1N1PDM09) associated mortality impact in Hong Kong during two epidemic waves in 2009-2011 (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : Tam MHC
List of Research Outputs

Tam M.H.C., Timeliness of palliative care and its affects amongst cancer patients and caregivers (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : Tam YH
List of Research Outputs

Tam Y.H., Handling influenza in out-patient setting, In: Hong Kong Doctors Union, The 275th HKDU Sunday Afternoon Symposium on Community Medicine. 2014.


Researcher : Tang SC
List of Research Outputs

Leung C.Y.H., Luk G., Sia S.F., Wu Y.O., Chow K.C., Tang S.C., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Experimental challenge of chicken vaccinated with commercially available H5 vaccines reveals loss of protection to some highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 strains circulating in Hong Kong/China., Vaccine. 2013, 31(35): 3536-42.


Researcher : Tao KP
List of Research Outputs

Chan M.C.W., Chan W.Y., Chan L.Y., Mok K.P., Hui P.Y., Fong J.H.M., Tao K.P., Poon L.L.M., Nicholls J.M., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Tropism and innate host responses of a novel avian influenza A H7N9 virus: an analysis of ex-vivo and in-vitro cultures of the human respiratory tract, In: Chan MC, Chan RW, Chan LL, Mok CK, Hui KP, Fong JH, Tao KP, Poon LL, Nicholls JM, Guan Y, Peiris JM, Lancet Respir Med. 2013, 1: 534-42.


Researcher : Thach TQ
List of Research Outputs

Chen R.J., Wang C.C., Meng X., Chen H.L., Thach T.Q., Wong C.M. and Kan H.D., Both low and high temperature may increase the risk of stroke mortality, Neurology. 2013, 81(12): 1064-70.
Lai H.K., Hedley A.J., Thach T.Q. and Wong C.M., A method to derive the relationship between the annual and short-term air quality limits - Analysis using the WHO Air Quality Guidelines for health protection, Environment International. 2013, 59: 86-91.
Lai H.K., Tsang H., Thach T.Q. and Wong C.M., Health impact assessment of exposure to fine particulate matter based on satellite and meteorological information, Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts. 2014, 16: 239-46.


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

Adab P., Jiang C., Rankin E., Tsang Y.W., Lam T.H., Barlow J., Thomas G.N., Zhang W. and Cheng K.K., Breastfeeding practice, oral contraceptive use and risk of rheumatoid arthritis among Chinese women: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Rheumatology. 2014, 53(5): 860-6.
Chiang K.M., Yang H.C., Liang Y.J., Chen J.W., Hwang S.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., Chen C.I., Lin S.J., Thomas G.N., Tomlinson B., Guo Y.L., Gui H.S., Sham P.C., Lam T.H. and Pan W.H., A three-stage genome-wide association study combining multilocus test and gene expression analysis for young-onset hypertension in Taiwan Han Chinese, American Journal of Hypertension. 2014, 27(6): 819-27.
Hasselt T.J., Pickles O., Midgley-Hunt A., Jiang C., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Thomas G.N. and Lam T.H., Effects of tea consumption on renal function in a metropolitan Chinese population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Journal of Renal Nutrition. 2014, 24(1): 26-31.
Jiang C., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K., Liu B., Zhang W., Jin Y.L., Xu L., Lam H.K.B., Thomas G.N., Adab P., Zhu T. and Leung G.M., Establishment of the Guangzhou Biobank for the study of major chronic diseases: The past and coming decades (in Chinese), Chinese Preventive Medicine. 2013, 14(11): 801-8.
Jin Y.L., Zhu T., Xu L., Zhang W., Liu B., Jiang C., Yu H., Huang L.M., Cheng K.K., Thomas G.N. and Lam T.H., Uric acid levels, even in the normal range, are associated with increased cardiovascular risk: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, International Journal of Cardiology. 2013, 168(3): 2238-41.
LONG M., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Lin J.M., Chan Y.H., Zhang W., Jin Y.L., Liu B., Thomas G.N. and Cheng K.K., Alcohol consumption and electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy and mediation by elevated blood pressure in older Chinese men: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Alcohol. 2013, 47(6): 473-80.
Thomas G.N., Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Mak K.H., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Adverse lifestyle leads to an annual excess of 2 million deaths in China, PLoS One. 2014, 9(2): e89650.
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., Pedometry and 'peer support' in older Chinese adults: A 12-month cluster randomised controlled trial, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2014, 20(Suppl 3): S11-4.
WONG H.K., Ong K.L., Leung Y.H., Lam T.H., Thomas G.N., Lam K.S.L. and Cheung B.M.Y., A single nucleotide polymorphism of interleukin-6 gene is related to plasma adrenomedullin levels, Clinical Endocrinology. 2013, 79(4): 504-9.


Researcher : Tsang H
List of Research Outputs

Lai H.K., Tsang H., Thach T.Q. and Wong C.M., Health impact assessment of exposure to fine particulate matter based on satellite and meteorological information, Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts. 2014, 16: 239-46.


Researcher : Tsang THF
List of Research Outputs

Wu P., Goldstein E., Ho L.M., Wu J.T.K., Tsang T.H.F., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Excess mortality impact of two epidemics of pandemic influenza A(H1N1pdm09) virus in Hong Kong, Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses . 2014, 8(1): 1-7.


Researcher : Tse YF
List of Research Outputs

HOU W.W., Tse Y.F., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Adolescent testosterone, muscle mass and glucose metabolism: Evidence from the “children of 1997” birth cohort in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
HOU W.W., Tse Y.F., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Environmental influences on skeletal muscle mass: evidence from the “children of 1997” birth cohort in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : Vackova D
List of Research Outputs

So E.C.T., Fung F.H.F., Yeung J.K.H., Chow L.H.Y., Kwok J.S.H., Lam R.L.Y., So T.C.Y., Yu F.S.M., Vackova D. and Leung G.K.K., Patient perception of physician attire before and after disclosure of the risks of microbial contamination, The International Journal of Medical Students. 2013, 1(3): 109-114.


Researcher : Viswanath K
List of Research Outputs

Lam T.H., Wang M.P., Wang X., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., Factors associated with supporting total ban on tobacco sale in 2022 in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Lam T.H., Wang M.P., Wang X., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., Factors associated with supporting total ban on tobacco sale in 2022 in Hong Kong (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 297-8.
Wang M.P., Lam T.H., Wang X., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., Ex-smokers are happier than current smokers among Chinese adults in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wang M.P., Lam T.H., Wang X., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., Ex-smokers are happier than current smokers among Chinese adults in Hong Kong (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 299-300.
Wang M.P., Wang X., Lam T.H., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., Health information seeking partially mediated the association between socioeconomic status and self-rated health among Hong Kong Chinese, PLoS One. 2013, 8(12): e82720.
Wang M.P., Viswanath K., Lam T.H., Wang X. and Chan S.S.C., Social determinants of health information seeking among Chinese adults in Hong Kong, PLoS One. 2013, 8(8): e73049.
Xie Y., Stewart S.M., Lam T.H., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., Television viewing time in Hong Kong adult population: Associations with body mass index and obesity, PLoS One. 2014, 9(1): e85440.


Researcher : WANG D
List of Research Outputs

WANG D., Lam W.W.T., Wu J.T.K., Liao Q. and Fielding R., Chinese immigrant parents' vaccination decision making for children: a qualitative analysis, BMC Public Health. 2014, 14(1): 133.
WANG D., Lam W.W.T., Wu J.T.K., Liao Q. and Fielding R., Improving vaccination policy implementation: A qualitative study on new immigrant parental decision making about childhood and adolescent vaccination (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : WANG H
List of Research Outputs

WANG H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Life course adiposity and adolescent self-esteem: Evidence from Hong Kong’s “children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : WANG X
List of Research Outputs

CAO P., Wang X., Fang S.S., Cheng X.W., Chan K.P., WANG X., Lu X., Wu C.L., Tang X.J., Zhang R.L., Ma H.W., Cheng J.Q., Wong C.M. and Yang L., Forecasting influenza epidemics from multi-stream surveillance data in a subtropical city of China, PLoS One. 2014, 9(3): e92945.
Chan K.P., Wong C.M., Chiu S.S.S., Chan K.H., WANG X., Chan L.Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Yang L., A Robust Parameter Estimation Method for Estimating Disease Burden of Respiratory Viruses, PLOS One. 2014, 9(3): e90126.
Lam T.H., Wang M.P., Wang X., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., Factors associated with supporting total ban on tobacco sale in 2022 in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Lam T.H., Wang M.P., Wang X., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., Factors associated with supporting total ban on tobacco sale in 2022 in Hong Kong (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 297-8.
WANG X., Wong C.M., Chan K.H., Chan K.P., CAO P., Peiris J.S.M. and Yang L., Hospitalization risk of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic cases in Hong Kong, BMC Infectious Diseases. 2014, 14: 32.
WANG X., Yang L., Chan K.P., CAO P., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Trends for pneumonia and influenza hospital admissions in Hong Kong: Age, period and cohort effects (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wang M.P., Lam T.H., Wang X., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., Ex-smokers are happier than current smokers among Chinese adults in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wang M.P., Lam T.H., Wang X., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., Ex-smokers are happier than current smokers among Chinese adults in Hong Kong (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 299-300.
Wang M.P., Wang X., Lam T.H., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., Health information seeking partially mediated the association between socioeconomic status and self-rated health among Hong Kong Chinese, PLoS One. 2013, 8(12): e82720.
Wang M.P., Viswanath K., Lam T.H., Wang X. and Chan S.S.C., Social determinants of health information seeking among Chinese adults in Hong Kong, PLoS One. 2013, 8(8): e73049.


Researcher : WEI WI
List of Research Outputs

WEI W.I., Kwok K.O., Perera R.A.P.M., Peiris J.S.M., Riley S. and Cowling B.J., Seroprotection associated with influenza vaccination in a community-based study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : WONG YT
List of Research Outputs

Cowling B.J., Lau E.H.Y., TSANG K.L., Wu P., WONG Y.T., Feng L., Yang J. and Li S., Hands-on workshop for regression models for influenza disease burden estimation , Influenza Disease Burden Training Workshop, Kunming, Yunnan. Kunming, Yunnan, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013.
Cowling B.J., Lau E.H.Y., TSANG K.L., Wu P., WONG Y.T., Feng L., Yang J. and Li S., Workshop for analysis of surveillance data including definition of the ILI baseline, and alerting the start of the influenza season, Influenza Disease Burden Training Workshop, Kunming, Yunnan. Kunming, Yunnan, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013.
Cowling B.J., Lau E.H.Y., TSANG K.L., Wu P. and WONG Y.T., Workshop for introduction to statistical software , Influenza Disease Burden Training Workshop, Kunming, Yunnan. Kunming, Yunnan, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013.
Lau E.H.Y., Zheng J., TSANG K.L., Liao Q., Lewis B., Brownstein J.S., Sanders S., WONG Y.T., Mekaru S.R., Rivers C., Wu P., Jiang H., Li Y., Yu J., Zhang Q., Chang Z., Liu F., Peng Z., Leung G.M., Feng L., Cowling B.J. and Yu H., Accuracy of epidemiological inferences based on publicly available information: retrospective comparative analysis of line lists of human cases infected with influenza A(H7N9) in China, BMC Medicine . 2014, 12(1):88: 1-9.
WONG Y.T., Kelly H., Ip D.K.M., Wu J.T.K., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Case fatality risk of influenza A (H1N1pdm09): a systematic review, Epidemiology. 2013, 24(6): 830-41.
WONG Y.T., Goldstein E., Wu P., Ip D.K.M., Wu J.T.K., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Potential changes in seriousness of influenza in Hong Kong, 2001-2011 (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : WU KM
List of Research Outputs

Parry J.E., Ip D.K.M., Chau P.Y.K., WU K.M. and Tarrant A.M., Predictors and consequences of in-hospital formula supplementation for healthy breastfeeding newborns, Journal of Human Lactation. 2013, 29(4): 527-536.
Tarrant A.M., Fong D.Y.T., Lee I.L.Y., Sham A., Lam C., BAI L., WU K.M. and Dodgson J.E., Impact of the cessation of free infant formula in public hospitals on hospital practices and the duration and exclusivity of breastfeeding, American Public Health Association’s 141st Annual Meeting – Think global, act local, Boston, MA. 2013.
Wu K.M. and Riley S., Optimal design of serological surveys for emerging respiratory pathogens (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : Wang J
Project Title:Options for the control of influenza VIII; Infectivity and transmissibility of avian H9 influenza A virus in pigs
Investigator(s):Wang J
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:09/2013
Completion Date:09/2013


List of Research Outputs

Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., MA C., Li L., Cheung C.L., ZHOU J., CHAI Y., LIANG H., Chen R., Zheng Z., Zhang Y., Liu Y., Smith D.K., Peiris J.S.M., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The emergence of the 2013 H7N9 and related viruses in China, Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.
Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., Zhou B., Duan L., Cheung C.L., MA C., Lycett S.J., Leung C.Y.H., Chen X., Li L., Hong W., CHAI Y., Zhou L., LIANG H., OU Z., Liu Y., Farooqui A., Kelvin D.J., Poon L.L.M., Smith D.K., Pybus O.G., Leung G.M., Shu Y., Webster R.G., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Rambaut A., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The genesis and source of the H7N9 influenza viruses causing human infections in China, Nature. 2013, 502: 241-244.
Zhu H., Wang D., Kelvin D.J., Li L., Zheng Z., Yoon S.W., Wong S.S., Farooqui A., Wang J., Banner D., Chen R., Zheng R., ZHOU J., Zhang Y., Hong W., Dong W., Cai Q., Roehrl M.H.A., Huang S.S.H., Kelvin A.A., Yao T., Zhou B., Chen X., Leung G.M., Poon L.L.M., Webster R.G., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Guan Y. and Shu Y., Infectivity, transmission, and pathology of human-isolated H7N9 influenza virus in ferrets and pigs., Science. 2013, 341(6142): 183-6.


Researcher : Wang MP
Project Title:Provision of Service of Research Study, Recruitment and Follow-up Services of Community-based Smoke-free Campaign
Investigator(s):Wang MP
Department:School of Nursing
Source(s) of Funding:Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health - General Award
Start Date:04/2014


List of Research Outputs

AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lai W.Y., Lau M.M. and Lam T.H., Reactions to secondhand smoke exposure and their association with intention to smoke in Hong Kong children (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lau L.M.M., Lai V.W.Y. and Lam T.H., Reducing secondhand smoke exposure and parental pro-smoking practices in Hong Kong children: A cluster randomised controlled trial (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 313-4.
AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lai V.W.Y., Lau L.M.M. and Lam T.H., The association of positive reaction to secondhand smoke with family smoking and secondhand smoke exposure in Hong Kong children (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 311-2.
AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lai W.Y., Lau M.M. and Lam T.H., The association of positive reaction to secondhand smoke with family smoking and secondhand smoke exposure in Hong Kong children (abstract), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
CHEN J., Ho D.S.Y., AU W.M., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Family smoking, exposure to secondhand smoke at home and family unhappiness among young children (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 309-10.
CHEN J., Ho D.S.Y., AU W.M., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., The association of parental attitudes towards smoking with children’s attitudes towards smoking and susceptibility to smoke (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 307-8.
HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Social group participation and intention to smoke in Hong Kong adolescents (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Social group participation and intention to smoke in Hong Kong adolescents (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 323-4.
Ho D.S.Y., Leung L.T., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Exposure to secondhand smoke at home from neighbourhood and respiratory symptoms in Hong Kong adolescents (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 321-2.
Ho D.S.Y., HUANG R., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Family and school belonging, and intention to smoke in Hong Kong adolescents (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 319-20.
Ho D.S.Y., AU W.M., Wang M.P., Lau L.M.M., Lai V.W.Y. and Lam T.H., Process evaluation of a randomized controlled trial to reduce secondhand smoke exposure among children in Hong Kong (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 315-6.
Ho D.S.Y., AU W.M., Wang M.P., Lai V.W.Y., Lau L.M.M. and Lam T.H., Reactions to secondhand smoke exposure and their association with intention to smoke in Hong Kong children (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 317-8.
Lam T.H., Wang M.P., Wang X., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., Factors associated with supporting total ban on tobacco sale in 2022 in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Lam T.H., Wang M.P., Wang X., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., Factors associated with supporting total ban on tobacco sale in 2022 in Hong Kong (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 297-8.
Lam T.H., Wang M.P. and Ho L.M., Longitudinal changes on individual body weight and waist circumference in Hong Kong Chinese (abstract and poster presentation in XII International Congress on Obesity on 17-20 March in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), Obesity Reviews. 2014, 15 (Suppl.2): 181.
Leung L.T., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Exposure to secondhand smoke at home from neighbourhood and respiratory symptoms in Hong Kong adolescents (abstract), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Leung L.T., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Factors associated with adolescents’ thirdhand smoke exposure at smoking homes in Hong Kong (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 303-4.
Leung L.T., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Thirdhand smoke exposure at home and respiratory symptoms among never-smoking adolescents (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 301-2.
Leung L.T., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Underestimation of adolescent exposure to secondhand smoke at urban homes in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Thomas G.N., Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Mak K.H., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Adverse lifestyle leads to an annual excess of 2 million deaths in China, PLoS One. 2014, 9(2): e89650.
Wang M.P., Lam T.H., Wang X., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., Ex-smokers are happier than current smokers among Chinese adults in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wang M.P., Lam T.H., Wang X., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., Ex-smokers are happier than current smokers among Chinese adults in Hong Kong (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 299-300.
Wang M.P., HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Family and school belonging, and intention to smoke in Hong Kong adolescents (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wang M.P., Wang X., Lam T.H., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., Health information seeking partially mediated the association between socioeconomic status and self-rated health among Hong Kong Chinese, PLoS One. 2013, 8(12): e82720.
Wang M.P., Viswanath K., Lam T.H., Wang X. and Chan S.S.C., Social determinants of health information seeking among Chinese adults in Hong Kong, PLoS One. 2013, 8(8): e73049.


Researcher : Wang P
List of Research Outputs

Perera R.A.P.M., Wang P., Gomaa M.R., El-Shesheny R., Kandeil A., Bagato O., Siu Y.L., Shehata M.M., Kayed A.S., Moatasim Y., LI M., Poon L.L.M., Guan Y., Webby R.J., Ali M.A., Peiris J.S.M. and Kayali G., Seroepidemiology for MERS coronavirus using microneutralisation and pseudoparticle virus neutralisation assays reveal a high prevalence of antibody in dromedary camels in Egypt, June 2013, Euro Surveillance. 2013, 18(36): 20574.


Researcher : Wang X
List of Research Outputs

CAO P., Wang X., Fang S.S., Cheng X.W., Chan K.P., WANG X., Lu X., Wu C.L., Tang X.J., Zhang R.L., Ma H.W., Cheng J.Q., Wong C.M. and Yang L., Forecasting influenza epidemics from multi-stream surveillance data in a subtropical city of China, PLoS One. 2014, 9(3): e92945.
Chan K.P., Wong C.M., Chiu S.S.S., Chan K.H., WANG X., Chan L.Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Yang L., A Robust Parameter Estimation Method for Estimating Disease Burden of Respiratory Viruses, PLOS One. 2014, 9(3): e90126.
Lam T.H., Wang M.P., Wang X., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., Factors associated with supporting total ban on tobacco sale in 2022 in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Lam T.H., Wang M.P., Wang X., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., Factors associated with supporting total ban on tobacco sale in 2022 in Hong Kong (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 297-8.
WANG X., Wong C.M., Chan K.H., Chan K.P., CAO P., Peiris J.S.M. and Yang L., Hospitalization risk of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic cases in Hong Kong, BMC Infectious Diseases. 2014, 14: 32.
WANG X., Yang L., Chan K.P., CAO P., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Trends for pneumonia and influenza hospital admissions in Hong Kong: Age, period and cohort effects (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wang M.P., Lam T.H., Wang X., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., Ex-smokers are happier than current smokers among Chinese adults in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wang M.P., Lam T.H., Wang X., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., Ex-smokers are happier than current smokers among Chinese adults in Hong Kong (abstract), 16th National Symposium on Smoking or Health on 12-14 December 2013 in Xiamen, China. Xiamen, China, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, 2013, 299-300.
Wang M.P., Wang X., Lam T.H., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., Health information seeking partially mediated the association between socioeconomic status and self-rated health among Hong Kong Chinese, PLoS One. 2013, 8(12): e82720.
Wang M.P., Viswanath K., Lam T.H., Wang X. and Chan S.S.C., Social determinants of health information seeking among Chinese adults in Hong Kong, PLoS One. 2013, 8(8): e73049.


Researcher : Wang Y
List of Research Outputs

Cowling B.J., Jin L., Lau E.H.Y., Liao Q., Wu P., Jiang H., TSANG K.L., Zheng J., Fang J., Chang Z., Ni M.Y., Zhang Q., Ip D.K.M., Yu J., Li Y., Wang L., Tu W., Meng L., Wu J.T.K., Luo H., Li Q., Shu Y., Li Z., Feng Z., Yang W., Wang Y., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Comparative epidemiology of human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) and A(H5N1) viruses in China (abstract presentation), Options for the Control of Influenza VIII, 5-10 September, Cape Town, South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa, Int'l Society for Influ' & other Respiratory Virus Diseases, 2013.


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: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
Completion Date:08/2014


Project Title:A cohort study for effects of environmental thermal stress and air pollution on mortality for the older population in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Wong CM, Lai HK, Lai PC, Lam TH, Thach TQ, Yang L
Department:Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:10/2012


Project Title:Temporal antigenic variation of influenza viruses and its impact on seasonal transmission of influenza: A multidisplinary study linking epidemiology and genetic data in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Wong CM, Poon LLM, Chan KH, Peiris JSM
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:01/2013


Project Title:Conference on Environment and Health Basel 2013; Long-term effects of fine particulate PM2.5 estimated from NASA satellite remote sensor data on mortality in an elderly cohort in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Wong CM
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:08/2013


Project Title:Impacts of increased influenza and pneumococcal vaccine coverage on the burden of influenza in the elderly: a comparison between Hong Kong and Brisbane
Investigator(s):Wong CM, Yang L, Thach TQ, Chiu SSS, Peiris JSM
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:03/2014


Project Title:The Hong Kong D3D Study, A dynamtic three dimensional exposure model for Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Wong CM
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Health Effects Institute - General Award
Start Date:03/2014


List of Research Outputs

CAO P., Wang X., Fang S.S., Cheng X.W., Chan K.P., WANG X., Lu X., Wu C.L., Tang X.J., Zhang R.L., Ma H.W., Cheng J.Q., Wong C.M. and Yang L., Forecasting influenza epidemics from multi-stream surveillance data in a subtropical city of China, PLoS One. 2014, 9(3): e92945.
Chan K.P., Wong C.M., Chiu S.S.S., Chan K.H., WANG X., Chan L.Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Yang L., A Robust Parameter Estimation Method for Estimating Disease Burden of Respiratory Viruses, PLOS One. 2014, 9(3): e90126.
Chen R.J., Wang C.C., Meng X., Chen H.L., Thach T.Q., Wong C.M. and Kan H.D., Both low and high temperature may increase the risk of stroke mortality, Neurology. 2013, 81(12): 1064-70.
Lai H.K., Hedley A.J., Thach T.Q. and Wong C.M., A method to derive the relationship between the annual and short-term air quality limits - Analysis using the WHO Air Quality Guidelines for health protection, Environment International. 2013, 59: 86-91.
Lai H.K., Tsang H., Thach T.Q. and Wong C.M., Health impact assessment of exposure to fine particulate matter based on satellite and meteorological information, Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts. 2014, 16: 239-46.
WANG X., Wong C.M., Chan K.H., Chan K.P., CAO P., Peiris J.S.M. and Yang L., Hospitalization risk of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic cases in Hong Kong, BMC Infectious Diseases. 2014, 14: 32.
WANG X., Yang L., Chan K.P., CAO P., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Trends for pneumonia and influenza hospital admissions in Hong Kong: Age, period and cohort effects (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : Wong DDY
List of Research Outputs

Yen H., McKimm-Breschkin J.L., Choy K.T., Wong D.D.Y., Cheung P.P.H., ZHOU J., Ng I.H.Y., Zhu H., Webby R.J., Guan Y., Webster R.G. and Peiris J.S.M., Resistance to Neuraminidase Inhibitors Conferred by an R292K Mutation in a Human Influenza Virus H7N9 Isolate Can Be Masked by a Mixed R/K Viral Population, mBio. 2013.


Researcher : Wong KSC
List of Research Outputs

Wong K.S.C., Zhu H., Li O.T.W., Leung C.Y.H., Chan M.C.W., Guan Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Poon L.L.M., Molecular Detection of Human H7N9 Influenza A Virus Causing Outbreaks in China, Clinical chemistry. 2013, 59(7): 1062-7.


Researcher : Wong OL
Project Title:Disease burden of breast cancer in Hong Kong: an exploration of trends for screening policy and resource allocation
Investigator(s):Wong OL, Cowling BJ
Department:Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:10/2012
Completion Date:09/2013


Project Title:Informed decision making (IDM) for early breast cancer detection practices among Hong Kong Chinese women: The role and function of a decision aid
Investigator(s):Wong OL, Lam WWT, Fielding R, Cowling BJ
Department:Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:01/2013


Project Title:Know your risk: feasibility study of a mobile application decision aid to improve breast cancer screening decision
Investigator(s):Wong OL, Lam WWT, Fielding R
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2014


List of Research Outputs

Hui L.L., Wong O.L., Kwok M.K. and Schooling C.M., Early origins of socio-economic disparities in cardiovascular disease risk factors in Hong Kong - Evidence from the Hong Kong “children of 1997” birth cohort (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wong O.L., Cowling B.J., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Understanding socio-historical imprint on diabetes mellitus risk in Chinese population: An age-period-cohort analysis (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wong R.K.S., Perry C., MacWhinney B. and Wong O.L., Relationships between receptive vocabulary in English and Cantonese proficiency among five-year-old Hong Kong Kindergarten children, Early Child Development and Care. 2013, 183(10): 1407-19.


Researcher : Wong WS
List of Research Outputs

Liao Q., Wong W.S. and Fielding R., How do anticipated worry and regret predict seasonal influenza vaccination uptake among Chinese adults?, Vaccine. 2013, 31(38): 4084-90.


Researcher : Woo SC
List of Research Outputs

Woo S.C., Preliminary observations on validating sociopatterns measurement in a Hong Kong primary school (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


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: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
Completion Date:09/2014


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: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


Project Title:Real-time forecasting of infectious disease epidemics
Investigator(s):Wu JTK, Cowling BJ
Department:Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:01/2013


Project Title:Syndromic Surveillance and Modeling for Infectious Diseases
Investigator(s):Wu JTK, Ho PL
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) - Group Research Project
Start Date:06/2013


Project Title:Options for the Control of Influenza VIII ; Inferring influenza infection attack rate from seroprevalence data
Investigator(s):Wu JTK
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:09/2013
Completion Date:09/2013


Project Title:Population-based survey on patterns of social contacts relevant to the spread of infectious diseases in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Wu JTK
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:12/2013


List of Research Outputs

Choi C.W., Leung G.M., Woo P.P.S., Mark J. and Wu J.T.K., Acceptability and uptake of female adolescent HPV vaccination in Hong Kong (abstract), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Choi C.W., Leung G.M., Woo P.P., Jit M. and Wu J.T.K., Acceptability and uptake of female adolescent HPV vaccination in Hong Kong: A survey of mothers and adolescents, Vaccine. 2013, 32(1): 78-84.
Cowling B.J., Jin L., Lau E.H.Y., Liao Q., Wu P., Jiang H., TSANG K.L., Zheng J., Fang J., Chang Z., Ni M.Y., Zhang Q., Ip D.K.M., Yu J., Li Y., Wang L., Tu W., Meng L., Wu J.T.K., Luo H., Li Q., Shu Y., Li Z., Feng Z., Yang W., Wang Y., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Comparative epidemiology of human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) and A(H5N1) viruses in China (abstract presentation), Options for the Control of Influenza VIII, 5-10 September, Cape Town, South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa, Int'l Society for Influ' & other Respiratory Virus Diseases, 2013.
Ip D.K.M., Liao Q.H., Wu P., Gao Z., Cao B., Feng L., Xu X., Jiang H., Li M., Bao J., Zheng J., Zhang Q., Chang Z.C., Li Y., Yu J., Liu F., Wu J.T.K., Cowling B.J., Yang W., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Mild to moderate influenza A(H7N9) infections detected through China’s national influenza-like Illness sentinel surveillance system (Abstract and poster presentation), Options for the Control of Influenza VIII, 5-10 September 2013, Cape Town, South Africa. isirv, 2013.
Lau E.H.Y., He X.Q., Lee C.K. and Wu J.T.K., Predicting future blood demand from thalassemia major patients in Hong Kong, PLoS One. 2013, 8(12): e81846.
WANG D., Lam W.W.T., Wu J.T.K., Liao Q. and Fielding R., Chinese immigrant parents' vaccination decision making for children: a qualitative analysis, BMC Public Health. 2014, 14(1): 133.
WANG D., Lam W.W.T., Wu J.T.K., Liao Q. and Fielding R., Improving vaccination policy implementation: A qualitative study on new immigrant parental decision making about childhood and adolescent vaccination (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
WONG Y.T., Kelly H., Ip D.K.M., Wu J.T.K., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Case fatality risk of influenza A (H1N1pdm09): a systematic review, Epidemiology. 2013, 24(6): 830-41.
WONG Y.T., Goldstein E., Wu P., Ip D.K.M., Wu J.T.K., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Potential changes in seriousness of influenza in Hong Kong, 2001-2011 (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wang C., Yu H.J., Horby P.W., Cao B., Wu P., Yang S., Gao H., Li H., TSANG K.L., Liao Q.H., Gao Z.C., Ip D.K.M., Jia H.Y., Jiang H., Liu B., Ni M.Y., Dai Z.H., Liu F.F., Kinh N.V., Liem N.T., Hien T.T., Li Y., Yang J., Wu J.T.K., Zheng Y.M., Leung G.M., Farrar J.J., Cowling B.J., Uyeki T.M. and Li L.J., Comparison of patients hospitalized with influenza A H7N9, H5N1, and 2009 pandemic H1N1, Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2014, 58(8): 1095-103.
Wu J.T.K., Cowling B.J., Lau E.H.Y., Ip D.K.M., Wu P., Yu H. and Leung G.M., Epidemiology and control of H7N9 in china (abstract), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wu J.T.K., Leung S.M., Perera R.A.P.M., TSANG K.L., Lee C.K., Lin C.K. and Peiris J.S.M., Estimating the protective effect of hemagglutination-inhibition antibody against pandemic influenza A(H1N1) infections (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wu J.T.K., Leung S.M., Perera R.A.P.M., Chu K.W., Lee C.K., Hung I.F.N., Lin C.K., Lo S.V., Lau Y.L., Leung G.M., Cowling B.J. and Peiris J.S.M., Inferring influenza infection attack rate from seroprevalence data (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wu P., Goldstein E., Ho L.M., Wu J.T.K., TSANG K.L., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Comparison of influenza A(H1N1PDM09) associated mortality impact in Hong Kong during two epidemic waves in 2009-2011 (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wu P., Goldstein E., Ho L.M., Wu J.T.K., Tsang T.H.F., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Excess mortality impact of two epidemics of pandemic influenza A(H1N1pdm09) virus in Hong Kong, Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses . 2014, 8(1): 1-7.
Wu P., Fang J., Liao Q., Ng M.W., Wu J.T.K., Leung G.M., Fielding R. and Cowling B.J., Responses to threat of influenza A(H7N9) and support for live poultry markets, Hong Kong, 2013, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2014, 20(5).
Xing W., Liao Q., Viboud C., Zhang J., Sun J., Wu J.T.K., Chang Z., Liu F., Fang J., Zheng Y., Cowling B.J., Varma J.K., Farrar J.J., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Hand, foot, and mouth disease in China, 2008–12: an epidemiological study, Lancet Infectious Diseases . 2014, 2014;14: 308-18.
Yu H., Wu J.T.K., Cowling B.J., Liao Q., Fang J., Zhou S., Wu P., Zhou H., Lau E.H.Y., Guo D., Ni M.Y., Peng Z., Feng L., Jiang H., Luo H., Li Q., Feng Z., Wang Y., Yang W. and Leung G.M., Effect of closure of live poultry markets on poultry-to-person transmission of avian influenza A H7N9 virus: an ecological study, Lancet. 2014, 383(9916): 541-8.
Zhang A., Huang Y., Tian D., Lau E.H.Y., Wan Y., Liu X., Dong Y., Song Z., Zhang X., Zhang J., Bao M., Zhou M., Yuan S., Sun J., Zhu Z., Hu Y., Chen L., Leung C.Y.H., Wu J.T.K., Zhang Z., Zhang X., Peiris J.S.M. and Xu J., Kinetics of serological responses in influenza A(H7N9)- infected patients correlate with clinical outcome in China, 2013, Euro Surveillance. 2013, 18(50): 20657.


Researcher : Wu KM
List of Research Outputs

Parry J.E., Ip D.K.M., Chau P.Y.K., WU K.M. and Tarrant A.M., Predictors and consequences of in-hospital formula supplementation for healthy breastfeeding newborns, Journal of Human Lactation. 2013, 29(4): 527-536.
Tarrant A.M., Fong D.Y.T., Lee I.L.Y., Sham A., Lam C., BAI L., WU K.M. and Dodgson J.E., Impact of the cessation of free infant formula in public hospitals on hospital practices and the duration and exclusivity of breastfeeding, American Public Health Association’s 141st Annual Meeting – Think global, act local, Boston, MA. 2013.
Wu K.M. and Riley S., Optimal design of serological surveys for emerging respiratory pathogens (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : Wu P
Project Title:Options for the control of influenza VIII; Excess mortality associated with influenza A(H1N1pdm09) in Hong Kong during two epidemic waves in 2009-2011/Sex-specific influenza-associated excess mortality in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Wu P
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:09/2013
Completion Date:09/2013


Project Title:Impact and severity profiles of respiratory viruses in children in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Wu P, Cowling BJ, Peiris JSM
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:03/2014


List of Research Outputs

Chen E., Chen Y., Fu L., Chen Z., Mao H., Wang D., Ni M.Y., Wu P., Yu Z., He T., Li Z., Gao J., Liu S., Shu Y., Cowling B.J., Xia S. and Yu H., Human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus re-emerges in China in winter 2013, Euro Surveillance. 2013, 18(43): 20616.
Chiu S.S.S., Lo J.Y.C., Chan K.H., Chan L.Y., So L.Y., Wu P., Cowling B.J., Chen H.S.R. and Peiris J.S.M., Population-Based Hospitalization Burden of Influenza A Virus Subtypes and Antigenic Drift Variants in Children in Hong Kong (2004-2011), PLOS One. 2014, 9(4): e92914.
Cowling B.J., Jin L., Lau E.H.Y., Liao Q., Wu P., Jiang H., TSANG K.L., Zheng J., Fang J., Chang Z., Ni M.Y., Zhang Q., Ip D.K.M., Yu J., Li Y., Wang L., Tu W., Meng L., Wu J.T.K., Luo H., Li Q., Shu Y., Li Z., Feng Z., Yang W., Wang Y., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Comparative epidemiology of human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) and A(H5N1) viruses in China (abstract presentation), Options for the Control of Influenza VIII, 5-10 September, Cape Town, South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa, Int'l Society for Influ' & other Respiratory Virus Diseases, 2013.
Cowling B.J., Lau E.H.Y., TSANG K.L., Wu P., WONG Y.T., Feng L., Yang J. and Li S., Hands-on workshop for regression models for influenza disease burden estimation , Influenza Disease Burden Training Workshop, Kunming, Yunnan. Kunming, Yunnan, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013.
Cowling B.J., Lau E.H.Y., TSANG K.L., Wu P., WONG Y.T., Feng L., Yang J. and Li S., Workshop for analysis of surveillance data including definition of the ILI baseline, and alerting the start of the influenza season, Influenza Disease Burden Training Workshop, Kunming, Yunnan. Kunming, Yunnan, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013.
Cowling B.J., Lau E.H.Y., TSANG K.L., Wu P. and WONG Y.T., Workshop for introduction to statistical software , Influenza Disease Burden Training Workshop, Kunming, Yunnan. Kunming, Yunnan, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013.
Ip D.K.M., Liao Q.H., TSANG K.L., Jiang H., Liu F.F., Zheng J.D., Peng Z.B., Wu P., Huai Y., Lau E.H.Y., Feng L.H., Cao B., Gao Z.C., Leung G.M., Yu H.J. and Cowling B.J., A Clinical Prediction Rule for Diagnosing Human Infections with Avian Influenza A(H7N9) in a Hospital Emergency Department Setting (abstract & poster presentation), Influenza and Other Respiratory Virus Infections: Advances in Clinical Management, 4-6 June 2014, Tokyo, Japan . isirv, 2014.
Ip D.K.M., Liao Q.H., Wu P., Gao Z., Cao B., Feng L., Xu X., Jiang H., Li M., Bao J., Zheng J., Zhang Q., Chang Z.C., Li Y., Yu J., Liu F., Wu J.T.K., Cowling B.J., Yang W., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Mild to moderate influenza A(H7N9) infections detected through China’s national influenza-like Illness sentinel surveillance system (Abstract and poster presentation), Options for the Control of Influenza VIII, 5-10 September 2013, Cape Town, South Africa. isirv, 2013.
Lau E.H.Y., Zheng J., TSANG K.L., Liao Q., Lewis B., Brownstein J.S., Sanders S., WONG Y.T., Mekaru S.R., Rivers C., Wu P., Jiang H., Li Y., Yu J., Zhang Q., Chang Z., Liu F., Peng Z., Leung G.M., Feng L., Cowling B.J. and Yu H., Accuracy of epidemiological inferences based on publicly available information: retrospective comparative analysis of line lists of human cases infected with influenza A(H7N9) in China, BMC Medicine . 2014, 12(1):88: 1-9.
WONG Y.T., Goldstein E., Wu P., Ip D.K.M., Wu J.T.K., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Potential changes in seriousness of influenza in Hong Kong, 2001-2011 (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wang C., Yu H.J., Horby P.W., Cao B., Wu P., Yang S., Gao H., Li H., TSANG K.L., Liao Q.H., Gao Z.C., Ip D.K.M., Jia H.Y., Jiang H., Liu B., Ni M.Y., Dai Z.H., Liu F.F., Kinh N.V., Liem N.T., Hien T.T., Li Y., Yang J., Wu J.T.K., Zheng Y.M., Leung G.M., Farrar J.J., Cowling B.J., Uyeki T.M. and Li L.J., Comparison of patients hospitalized with influenza A H7N9, H5N1, and 2009 pandemic H1N1, Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2014, 58(8): 1095-103.
Wu J.T.K., Cowling B.J., Lau E.H.Y., Ip D.K.M., Wu P., Yu H. and Leung G.M., Epidemiology and control of H7N9 in china (abstract), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wu P., Goldstein E., Ho L.M., Wu J.T.K., TSANG K.L., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Comparison of influenza A(H1N1PDM09) associated mortality impact in Hong Kong during two epidemic waves in 2009-2011 (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Wu P., Goldstein E., Ho L.M., Wu J.T.K., Tsang T.H.F., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Excess mortality impact of two epidemics of pandemic influenza A(H1N1pdm09) virus in Hong Kong, Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses . 2014, 8(1): 1-7.
Wu P., Influenza-associated mortality burden in Hong Kong, Multinational Influenza Seasonal Mortality Study (MISMS) Influenza Workshop, Washington, USA, June 30 July 3, 2014. USA, National Institutes of Health.
Wu P., Modeling the disease burden of influenza in the temperate, tropical/subtropical regions , Influenza Disease Burden Training Workshop, Kunming, Yunnan. Kunming, Yunnan, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013.
Wu P., Fang J., Liao Q., Ng M.W., Wu J.T.K., Leung G.M., Fielding R. and Cowling B.J., Responses to threat of influenza A(H7N9) and support for live poultry markets, Hong Kong, 2013, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2014, 20(5).
Yu H., Wu J.T.K., Cowling B.J., Liao Q., Fang J., Zhou S., Wu P., Zhou H., Lau E.H.Y., Guo D., Ni M.Y., Peng Z., Feng L., Jiang H., Luo H., Li Q., Feng Z., Wang Y., Yang W. and Leung G.M., Effect of closure of live poultry markets on poultry-to-person transmission of avian influenza A H7N9 virus: an ecological study, Lancet. 2014, 383(9916): 541-8.


Researcher : Wu YO
List of Research Outputs

Leung C.Y.H., Luk G., Sia S.F., Wu Y.O., Chow K.C., Tang S.C., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Experimental challenge of chicken vaccinated with commercially available H5 vaccines reveals loss of protection to some highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 strains circulating in Hong Kong/China., Vaccine. 2013, 31(35): 3536-42.


Researcher : XU H
List of Research Outputs

XU H., Li F. and Johnston J.M., Teamwork and collaboration among doctors and nurses in two public hospitals in China (abstract), 2013 International conference on Advances in Social Science, Humanities, and Management on 14-15 December 2013 in Guangzhou, China. Guangzhou, Int’l Association for Cyber Science & Engineering, 2013, 323-5.
XU H., Li F. and Johnston J.M., The development and validation of questionnaire to assess the collaboration and teamwork between doctors and nurses in public hospital in China (abstract), 2013 International conference on Advances in Social Science, Humanities, and Management on 14-15 December 2013 in Guangzhou, China. Int’l Association for Cyber Science & Engineering, 2013, 361-3.
XU H., Li F., Liu C., Hu Y.L. and Johnston J.M., The development and validation of questionnaire to assess the collaboration and teamwork between doctors and nurses in public hospital in china (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCM, 2013.


Researcher : Xie Y
List of Research Outputs

Xie Y., Stewart S.M., Lam T.H., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., Television viewing time in Hong Kong adult population: Associations with body mass index and obesity, PLoS One. 2014, 9(1): e85440.


Researcher : Xu C
List of Research Outputs

Wang X., Fang S., Lu X., Xu C., Cowling B.J., Tang X., Peng B., Wu W., He J., Tang Y., Xie X., Mei S., Kong D., Zhang R., Ma H. and Cheng J., Seroprevalence to Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Among Poultry Workers and the General Population in Southern China: A Longitudinal Study, Clinical Infectious Diseases . 2014, 2014;59(6): e76–83.


Researcher : Xu L
Project Title:Progression of carotid intima-media thickness and related cardiovascular outcomes in older Chinese people
Investigator(s):Xu L, Lam TH, Schooling CM
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:06/2014


List of Research Outputs

Cherny S.S., GUI H., Jiang C.Q., Sham P.C., Xu L., Liu B., Jin Y.L., Zhu T., Zhang W.S., Thomas G.N., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Influence of Alzheimer's disease genes on cognitive decline: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, 63nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, Abstract 1190W, Boston, Massachusetts, October 23, 2013.
Jiang C., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K., Liu B., Zhang W., Jin Y.L., Xu L., Lam H.K.B., Thomas G.N., Adab P., Zhu T. and Leung G.M., Establishment of the Guangzhou Biobank for the study of major chronic diseases: The past and coming decades (in Chinese), Chinese Preventive Medicine. 2013, 14(11): 801-8.
Jin Y.L., Zhu T., Xu L., Zhang W., Liu B., Jiang C., Yu H., Huang L.M., Cheng K.K., Thomas G.N. and Lam T.H., Uric acid levels, even in the normal range, are associated with increased cardiovascular risk: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, International Journal of Cardiology. 2013, 168(3): 2238-41.
Lam T.H. and Xu L., Obesity control: Learning from tobacco control and advocacy for a framework convention on obesity control (FCOC) (abstract and poster presentation), XII International Congress on Obesity, 17-20 March, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, World Obesity Federation, 2014.
SHEN C., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Xu L., Lee S.Y. and Lam T.H., Alcohol intake and death from cancer in a prospective Chinese elderly cohort study in Hong Kong, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2013, 67(10): 813-20.
SUN W., Xu L., Chan W.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Are depressive symptoms associated with cardiovascular mortality among older Chinese: A cohort study of 64,000 people in Hong Kong?, American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2013, 21(11): 1107-15.
Schooling C.M., Leung G.M. and Xu L., Promotion of "low t" and the role of testosterone clinical trials (letter), JAMA Internal Medicine. 2014, 174(2): 305-6.
Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Kavikondala S. and Schooling C.M., Estradiol concentrations in young healthy us versus chinese men, American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council. . 2014, 26: 565-569.
Xu L., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Lee S.Y., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., Smoking and hemorrhagic stroke mortality in a prospective cohort study of older Chinese, Stroke. 2013, 44(8): 2144-9.
Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Kavikondala S., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Testosterone concentrations in young healthy us versus Chinese men (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Kavikondala S., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Testosterone concentrations in young healthy us versus Chinese men, American Journal of Human Biology. 2014, 26(1): 99-102.
Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Kavikondala S. and Schooling C.M., Testosterone concentrations in young healthy us versus chinese men., American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council. 2013, 26: 99-102.
ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., A mendelian randomization analysis of testosterone and cardiovascular risk factors among men in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted testosterone and cardiovascular risk factors in men: a Mendelian randomization analysis in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2014, 43(1): 140-8.
ZHOU J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted testosterone and systemic inflammation in men: A separate-sample mendelian randomization analysis in older southern Chinese men (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : Yang L
List of Research Outputs

CAO P., Wang X., Fang S.S., Cheng X.W., Chan K.P., WANG X., Lu X., Wu C.L., Tang X.J., Zhang R.L., Ma H.W., Cheng J.Q., Wong C.M. and Yang L., Forecasting influenza epidemics from multi-stream surveillance data in a subtropical city of China, PLoS One. 2014, 9(3): e92945.
Chan K.P., Wong C.M., Chiu S.S.S., Chan K.H., WANG X., Chan L.Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Yang L., A Robust Parameter Estimation Method for Estimating Disease Burden of Respiratory Viruses, PLOS One. 2014, 9(3): e90126.
WANG X., Wong C.M., Chan K.H., Chan K.P., CAO P., Peiris J.S.M. and Yang L., Hospitalization risk of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic cases in Hong Kong, BMC Infectious Diseases. 2014, 14: 32.
WANG X., Yang L., Chan K.P., CAO P., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Trends for pneumonia and influenza hospital admissions in Hong Kong: Age, period and cohort effects (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : Yang W
List of Research Outputs

Cowling B.J., Jin L., Lau E.H.Y., Liao Q., Wu P., Jiang H., TSANG K.L., Zheng J., Fang J., Chang Z., Ni M.Y., Zhang Q., Ip D.K.M., Yu J., Li Y., Wang L., Tu W., Meng L., Wu J.T.K., Luo H., Li Q., Shu Y., Li Z., Feng Z., Yang W., Wang Y., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Comparative epidemiology of human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) and A(H5N1) viruses in China (abstract presentation), Options for the Control of Influenza VIII, 5-10 September, Cape Town, South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa, Int'l Society for Influ' & other Respiratory Virus Diseases, 2013.


Researcher : Yen H
Project Title:Applying glycan array to determine neuraminidase substrate specificity of pandemic H1N1 and swine H1N1 influenza viruses
Investigator(s):Yen H
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:01/2013


Project Title:Viral and environmental determinants that affect transmission of A(H1N1)pdm09 influenza via large and small infectious particles in ferrets
Investigator(s):Yen H, Cowling BJ, Peiris JSM
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:12/2013


Project Title:Quantity and interspecies-transmissibility of infectious particles released from chickens experimentally infected with avian H5N1, H9N2, or H7N9 influenza viruses that cause human zoonotic infections
Investigator(s):Yen H, Leung CYH, Peiris JSM
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Commissioned Studies on Emerging Influenza A Viruses with Epidemic Potential
Start Date:06/2014


Project Title:The effect of stalk length on the neuraminidase functionality of the H7N9 influenza virus
Investigator(s):Yen H
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2014


List of Research Outputs

Garcia J.C., Lai J.C.C., Haselhorst T., Choy K.T., Yen H., Peiris J.S.M., Itzstein M.V. and Nicholls J.M., Investigation of the binding and cleavage characteristics of N1 neuraminidases from avian, seasonal, and pandemic influenza viruses using saturation transfer difference nuclear magnetic resonance, Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 2014, 8(2): 235-42.
LEUNG H.L., McDevitt J., Chan K.H., Yen H., Ip D.K.M., Li Y., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Seto W.H., Milton D.K. and Cowling B.J., Efficacy of surgical face masks as source control in reducing influenza virus dissemination in human exhaled breath (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Mao H., Yen H., Liu Y., Lau Y.L., Peiris J.S.M. and Tu W., Conservation of T cell epitopes between seasonal influenza viruses and the novel influenza A H7N9 virus, Virologica Sinica. 2014, 29(3): 170-5.
Yen H., Antiviral Resistance in A(H7N9) viruses, 3rd isirv-Antiviral Group Conference, Tokyo, Japan. 2014.
Yen H., H7N9 pathogenesis and antiviral resistance, HKTS/ACCP (HK & Macau Chapter) Autumn Respiratory Seminar, Hong Kong. 2013.
Yen H., Literature Review: Influenza pathogenicity and transmission, XVI international Symposium on Respiratory Viral Infections, Seoul, South Korea. 2014.
Yen H., McKimm-Breschkin J.L., Choy K.T., Wong D.D.Y., Cheung P.P.H., ZHOU J., Ng I.H.Y., Zhu H., Webby R.J., Guan Y., Webster R.G. and Peiris J.S.M., Resistance to Neuraminidase Inhibitors Conferred by an R292K Mutation in a Human Influenza Virus H7N9 Isolate Can Be Masked by a Mixed R/K Viral Population, mBio. 2013.


Researcher : Yip CH
List of Research Outputs

Lee C., Zhu H., HUANG P.Y., Peng L., Chang Y.C., Yip C.H., Li Y.T., Cheung C.L., Compans R., Yang C., Smith D.K., Lam T.Y., King C.C. and Guan Y., The Emergence and Evolution of Avian H5N2 Influenza viruses in Chickens in Taiwan, In: A. García-Sastre, Journal of Virology. 2014, 80: 5677-5686.


Researcher : Yip TF
List of Research Outputs

Lee M.Y., Kok K.H., Jaume M.D.A., Cheung K.W., Yip T.F., Lai J.C.C., Guan Y., Webster R.G., Jin D. and Peiris J.S.M., Toll-like receptor 10 is involved in induction of innate immune responses to influenza virus infection, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2014, 111(10): 3793-8.


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
Completion Date:02/2014


Project Title:Understanding underage drinking motivations and contexts in Hong Kong: a qualitative analysis
Investigator(s):Yoon SW, Lam WWT, Ho DSY
Department:Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:11/2012
Completion Date:11/2013


List of Research Outputs

Lam W.W.T., Kwok N.T., Chan M., Hung W.K., Ying M., Or A., Kwong A., Suen T.K.D., Yoon S.W. and Fielding R., Does the use of shared decision-making consultation behaviors increase treatment decision-making satisfaction among Chinese women facing decision for breast cancer surgery? , Patient Education and Counseling. 2014, 94(2): 243-9.
Yoon S.W., Lam W.W.T., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Perceived norms, social context and drinking behaviour among Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong (abstract), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Yoon S.W. and Lam T.H., The illusion of righteousness: Corporate social responsibility practices of the alcohol industry, BMC Public Health. 2013, 13: 630.


Researcher : Yu H
List of Research Outputs

Cauchemez S., Kerkhove M.D.V., Archer B.N., Cetron M., Cowling B.J., Grove P., Hunt D., Kojouharova M., Kon P., Ungchusak K., Oshitani H., Pugliese A., Rizzo C., Saour G., Sunagawa T., Uzicanin A., Wachtel C., Weisfuse I., Yu H. and Nicoll A., School closures during the 2009 influenza pandemic: national and local experiences, BMC Infectious Diseases . 2014, 14:207.
Cowling B.J., Jin L., Lau E.H.Y., Liao Q., Wu P., Jiang H., TSANG K.L., Zheng J., Fang J., Chang Z., Ni M.Y., Zhang Q., Ip D.K.M., Yu J., Li Y., Wang L., Tu W., Meng L., Wu J.T.K., Luo H., Li Q., Shu Y., Li Z., Feng Z., Yang W., Wang Y., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Comparative epidemiology of human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) and A(H5N1) viruses in China (abstract presentation), Options for the Control of Influenza VIII, 5-10 September, Cape Town, South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa, Int'l Society for Influ' & other Respiratory Virus Diseases, 2013.
Xing W., Liao Q., Viboud C., Zhang J., Sun J., Wu J.T.K., Chang Z., Liu F., Fang J., Zheng Y., Cowling B.J., Varma J.K., Farrar J.J., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Hand, foot, and mouth disease in China, 2008–12: an epidemiological study, Lancet Infectious Diseases . 2014, 2014;14: 308-18.


Researcher : Yu X
List of Research Outputs

Yu X., Stewart S.M., Chui J.P.L., Ho J.L.Y., Li A.C.H. and Lam T.H., A pilot randomized controlled trial to decrease adaptation difficulties in Chinese new immigrants to Hong Kong, Behavior Therapy. 2014, 45(1): 137-52.
Yu X., Stewart S.M., Liu I.K.F. and Lam T.H., Resilience and depressive symptoms in mainland Chinese immigrants to Hong Kong, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 2014, 49(2): 241-9.


Researcher : ZHANG W
List of Research Outputs

Adab P., Jiang C., Rankin E., Tsang Y.W., Lam T.H., Barlow J., Thomas G.N., Zhang W. and Cheng K.K., Breastfeeding practice, oral contraceptive use and risk of rheumatoid arthritis among Chinese women: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Rheumatology. 2014, 53(5): 860-6.
Au Yeung S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Adab P., Lam H.K.B., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 - A potential genetic risk factor for lung function among southern Chinese from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Au Yeung S.L.R., Jiang C., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Systematic differences among never, occasional and moderate alcohol users in southern China, and its use in alcohol research: A cross-sectional study, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2013, 67(12): 1054-60.
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, Health Policy and Planning. 2013, 28(5): 467-79.
Hasselt T.J., Pickles O., Midgley-Hunt A., Jiang C., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Thomas G.N. and Lam T.H., Effects of tea consumption on renal function in a metropolitan Chinese population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Journal of Renal Nutrition. 2014, 24(1): 26-31.
Jiang C., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K., Liu B., Zhang W., Jin Y.L., Xu L., Lam H.K.B., Thomas G.N., Adab P., Zhu T. and Leung G.M., Establishment of the Guangzhou Biobank for the study of major chronic diseases: The past and coming decades (in Chinese), Chinese Preventive Medicine. 2013, 14(11): 801-8.
Jin Y.L., Zhu T., Xu L., Zhang W., Liu B., Jiang C., Yu H., Huang L.M., Cheng K.K., Thomas G.N. and Lam T.H., Uric acid levels, even in the normal range, are associated with increased cardiovascular risk: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, International Journal of Cardiology. 2013, 168(3): 2238-41.
LONG M., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Lin J.M., Chan Y.H., Zhang W., Jin Y.L., Liu B., Thomas G.N. and Cheng K.K., Alcohol consumption and electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy and mediation by elevated blood pressure in older Chinese men: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Alcohol. 2013, 47(6): 473-80.
SUN Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Fruit and vegetable consumption and cardiovascular risk in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
SUN Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Milk consumption and cardiovascular risk factors in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, PLoS One. 2014, 9(1): e84813.
ZHANG W., Lam W.W.T. and Fielding R., Qualitative studies on symptom experience among Chinese patients diagnosed with cancer- A systematic review (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., A mendelian randomization analysis of testosterone and cardiovascular risk factors among men in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted testosterone and cardiovascular risk factors in men: a Mendelian randomization analysis in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2014, 43(1): 140-8.
ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Testosterone and cognitive function in men: A separate-sample mendelian randomization analysis in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
ZHONG Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Liu B., Jin Y.L., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Associations of height and its components with hematological coagulability among older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
ZHOU J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted testosterone and systemic inflammation in men: A separate-sample mendelian randomization analysis in older southern Chinese men (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Zhang W., Xu L., Schooling C.M., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Liu B. and Lam T.H., Effect of alcohol and aldehyde dehydrogenase gene polymorphisms on alcohol-associated hypertension: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Hypertension Research. 2013, 36(8): 741-6.


Researcher : ZHAO J
List of Research Outputs

ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., A mendelian randomization analysis of testosterone and cardiovascular risk factors among men in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted testosterone and cardiovascular risk factors in men: a Mendelian randomization analysis in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2014, 43(1): 140-8.
ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Testosterone and cognitive function in men: A separate-sample mendelian randomization analysis in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : ZHENG Q
List of Research Outputs

ZHENG Q., Thach T.Q., Lai P.C., Lai H.K. and Wong C.M., Estimation of Spatio-temporal Variations of PM10 Concentrations for Health Effects Study, Poster presentation, 18th Research Postgraduate Symposium (RPS 2013), Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, held in Hong Kong, 11-12 December 2013.. 2013.


Researcher : ZHONG Y
List of Research Outputs

ZHONG Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Liu B., Jin Y.L., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Associations of height and its components with hematological coagulability among older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.


Researcher : ZHOU J
List of Research Outputs

Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., MA C., Li L., Cheung C.L., ZHOU J., CHAI Y., LIANG H., Chen R., Zheng Z., Zhang Y., Liu Y., Smith D.K., Peiris J.S.M., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The emergence of the 2013 H7N9 and related viruses in China, Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.
Yen H., McKimm-Breschkin J.L., Choy K.T., Wong D.D.Y., Cheung P.P.H., ZHOU J., Ng I.H.Y., Zhu H., Webby R.J., Guan Y., Webster R.G. and Peiris J.S.M., Resistance to Neuraminidase Inhibitors Conferred by an R292K Mutation in a Human Influenza Virus H7N9 Isolate Can Be Masked by a Mixed R/K Viral Population, mBio. 2013.
ZHOU J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted testosterone and systemic inflammation in men: A separate-sample mendelian randomization analysis in older southern Chinese men (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Zhu H., Wang D., Kelvin D.J., Li L., Zheng Z., Yoon S.W., Wong S.S., Farooqui A., Wang J., Banner D., Chen R., Zheng R., ZHOU J., Zhang Y., Hong W., Dong W., Cai Q., Roehrl M.H.A., Huang S.S.H., Kelvin A.A., Yao T., Zhou B., Chen X., Leung G.M., Poon L.L.M., Webster R.G., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Guan Y. and Shu Y., Infectivity, transmission, and pathology of human-isolated H7N9 influenza virus in ferrets and pigs., Science. 2013, 341(6142): 183-6.


Researcher : ZHOU J
List of Research Outputs

Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., MA C., Li L., Cheung C.L., ZHOU J., CHAI Y., LIANG H., Chen R., Zheng Z., Zhang Y., Liu Y., Smith D.K., Peiris J.S.M., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The emergence of the 2013 H7N9 and related viruses in China, Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.
Yen H., McKimm-Breschkin J.L., Choy K.T., Wong D.D.Y., Cheung P.P.H., ZHOU J., Ng I.H.Y., Zhu H., Webby R.J., Guan Y., Webster R.G. and Peiris J.S.M., Resistance to Neuraminidase Inhibitors Conferred by an R292K Mutation in a Human Influenza Virus H7N9 Isolate Can Be Masked by a Mixed R/K Viral Population, mBio. 2013.
ZHOU J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted testosterone and systemic inflammation in men: A separate-sample mendelian randomization analysis in older southern Chinese men (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Zhu H., Wang D., Kelvin D.J., Li L., Zheng Z., Yoon S.W., Wong S.S., Farooqui A., Wang J., Banner D., Chen R., Zheng R., ZHOU J., Zhang Y., Hong W., Dong W., Cai Q., Roehrl M.H.A., Huang S.S.H., Kelvin A.A., Yao T., Zhou B., Chen X., Leung G.M., Poon L.L.M., Webster R.G., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Guan Y. and Shu Y., Infectivity, transmission, and pathology of human-isolated H7N9 influenza virus in ferrets and pigs., Science. 2013, 341(6142): 183-6.


Researcher : ZHOU Y
List of Research Outputs

ZHOU Y., Lau E.H.Y., Ip D.K.M., Nishiura H., Leung G.M., Seto W.H. and Cowling B.J., Years of life lost in the first wave of the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic in Hong Kong, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2013, 178(8): 1313-8.


Researcher : Zhang W
List of Research Outputs

Adab P., Jiang C., Rankin E., Tsang Y.W., Lam T.H., Barlow J., Thomas G.N., Zhang W. and Cheng K.K., Breastfeeding practice, oral contraceptive use and risk of rheumatoid arthritis among Chinese women: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Rheumatology. 2014, 53(5): 860-6.
Au Yeung S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Adab P., Lam H.K.B., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 - A potential genetic risk factor for lung function among southern Chinese from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Au Yeung S.L.R., Jiang C., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Systematic differences among never, occasional and moderate alcohol users in southern China, and its use in alcohol research: A cross-sectional study, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2013, 67(12): 1054-60.
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, Health Policy and Planning. 2013, 28(5): 467-79.
Hasselt T.J., Pickles O., Midgley-Hunt A., Jiang C., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Thomas G.N. and Lam T.H., Effects of tea consumption on renal function in a metropolitan Chinese population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Journal of Renal Nutrition. 2014, 24(1): 26-31.
Jiang C., Lam T.H., Cheng K.K., Liu B., Zhang W., Jin Y.L., Xu L., Lam H.K.B., Thomas G.N., Adab P., Zhu T. and Leung G.M., Establishment of the Guangzhou Biobank for the study of major chronic diseases: The past and coming decades (in Chinese), Chinese Preventive Medicine. 2013, 14(11): 801-8.
Jin Y.L., Zhu T., Xu L., Zhang W., Liu B., Jiang C., Yu H., Huang L.M., Cheng K.K., Thomas G.N. and Lam T.H., Uric acid levels, even in the normal range, are associated with increased cardiovascular risk: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, International Journal of Cardiology. 2013, 168(3): 2238-41.
LONG M., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Lin J.M., Chan Y.H., Zhang W., Jin Y.L., Liu B., Thomas G.N. and Cheng K.K., Alcohol consumption and electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy and mediation by elevated blood pressure in older Chinese men: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Alcohol. 2013, 47(6): 473-80.
SUN Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Fruit and vegetable consumption and cardiovascular risk in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
SUN Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Milk consumption and cardiovascular risk factors in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, PLoS One. 2014, 9(1): e84813.
ZHANG W., Lam W.W.T. and Fielding R., Qualitative studies on symptom experience among Chinese patients diagnosed with cancer- A systematic review (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., A mendelian randomization analysis of testosterone and cardiovascular risk factors among men in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted testosterone and cardiovascular risk factors in men: a Mendelian randomization analysis in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2014, 43(1): 140-8.
ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Testosterone and cognitive function in men: A separate-sample mendelian randomization analysis in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
ZHONG Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Liu B., Jin Y.L., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Associations of height and its components with hematological coagulability among older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
ZHOU J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted testosterone and systemic inflammation in men: A separate-sample mendelian randomization analysis in older southern Chinese men (abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 28 September 2013, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2013.
Zhang W., Xu L., Schooling C.M., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Liu B. and Lam T.H., Effect of alcohol and aldehyde dehydrogenase gene polymorphisms on alcohol-associated hypertension: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Hypertension Research. 2013, 36(8): 741-6.


Researcher : Zhang Y
List of Research Outputs

Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., MA C., Li L., Cheung C.L., ZHOU J., CHAI Y., LIANG H., Chen R., Zheng Z., Zhang Y., Liu Y., Smith D.K., Peiris J.S.M., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The emergence of the 2013 H7N9 and related viruses in China, Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.


Researcher : Zheng Z
List of Research Outputs

Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., MA C., Li L., Cheung C.L., ZHOU J., CHAI Y., LIANG H., Chen R., Zheng Z., Zhang Y., Liu Y., Smith D.K., Peiris J.S.M., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The emergence of the 2013 H7N9 and related viruses in China, Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.


Researcher : Zhou L
Project Title:Dating the emergence and evolutionary dynamics of avian H9N2 influenza viruses in poultry in Eurasia
Investigator(s):Zhou L, Guan Y, Cheung CL, Lam TY
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:06/2013
Completion Date:10/2013


List of Research Outputs

Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., Zhou B., Duan L., Cheung C.L., MA C., Lycett S.J., Leung C.Y.H., Chen X., Li L., Hong W., CHAI Y., Zhou L., LIANG H., OU Z., Liu Y., Farooqui A., Kelvin D.J., Poon L.L.M., Smith D.K., Pybus O.G., Leung G.M., Shu Y., Webster R.G., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Rambaut A., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The genesis and source of the H7N9 influenza viruses causing human infections in China, Nature. 2013, 502: 241-244.


Researcher : Zhu H
Project Title:Evolution and Risk assessment studies for 2009 pandemic-like reassortant swine influenza viruses from China
Investigator(s):Zhu H, Guan Y, Smith DK
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:11/2012


Project Title:Options for the Control of Influenza VIII; The emergence of the 2013 H7N9 and related viruses in China (as the presenter)
Investigator(s):Zhu H
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:09/2013
Completion Date:09/2013


Project Title:Transmissibility and pathogenicity studies of the recent H7N9 human and avian isolates in a ferret model
Investigator(s):Zhu H, Guan Y
Department:School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:Commissioned Studies on Emerging Influenza A Viruses with Epidemic Potential
Start Date:06/2014


List of Research Outputs

Jones J.C., Sonnberg S., Koçer Z.A., Shanmuganatham K., Seiler P., Shu Y., Zhu H., Guan Y., Peiris J.S.M., Webby R.J. and Webster R.G., Possible role of songbirds and parakeets in transmission of influenza A(H7N9) virus to humans, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2014, 20(3): 380-5.
Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., MA C., Li L., Cheung C.L., ZHOU J., CHAI Y., LIANG H., Chen R., Zheng Z., Zhang Y., Liu Y., Smith D.K., Peiris J.S.M., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The emergence of the 2013 H7N9 and related viruses in China, Options for the Control of Influenza VIII. 2013.
Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., Zhou B., Duan L., Cheung C.L., MA C., Lycett S.J., Leung C.Y.H., Chen X., Li L., Hong W., CHAI Y., Zhou L., LIANG H., OU Z., Liu Y., Farooqui A., Kelvin D.J., Poon L.L.M., Smith D.K., Pybus O.G., Leung G.M., Shu Y., Webster R.G., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Rambaut A., Zhu H. and Guan Y., The genesis and source of the H7N9 influenza viruses causing human infections in China, Nature. 2013, 502: 241-244.
Lee C., Zhu H., HUANG P.Y., Peng L., Chang Y.C., Yip C.H., Li Y.T., Cheung C.L., Compans R., Yang C., Smith D.K., Lam T.Y., King C.C. and Guan Y., The Emergence and Evolution of Avian H5N2 Influenza viruses in Chickens in Taiwan, In: A. García-Sastre, Journal of Virology. 2014, 80: 5677-5686.
Mok K.P., Lee H.Y.H., Lestra M., Nicholls J.M., Chan M.C.W., Sia S.F., Zhu H., Poon L.L.M., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Amino acid substitutions in polymerase basic protein 2 gene contribute to the pathogenicity of the novel A/H7N9 Influenza virus in mammalian hosts., Journal of Virology. 2014, 88(6): 3568-76.
Mok K.P., Lee H.Y.H., Chan M.C.W., Sia S.F., Lestra M., Nicholls J.M., Zhu H., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Pathogenicity of the novel A/H7N9 influenza virus in mice, mBio. 2013, 4(4): e00362-13.
Pepin K.M., Lloyd-Smith J.O., Webb C.T., Holcomb K., Zhu H., Guan Y. and Riley S., Minimizing the threat of pandemic emergence from avian influenza in poultry systems, BMC Infect Dis.. 2013, 13: 592.
Wang D., Yang L., Gao R., Zhang X., Tan Y., Wu A., Zhu W., Zhou J., Zou S., Li X., Sun Y., Zhang Y., Liu Y., Liu T., Xiong Y., Xu J., Chen L., Weng Y., Qi X., Guo J., Li X., Dong J., Huang W., Zhang Y., Dong L., Zhao X., Liu L., Lu J., Lan Y., Wei H., Xin L., Chen Y., Xu C., Chen T., Zhu Y., Jiang T., Feng Z., Yang W., Wang Y., Zhu H., Guan Y., Gao G., Li D., Han J., Wang S., Wu G. and Shu Y., Genetic tuning of the novel avian influenza A(H7N9) virus during interspecies transmission, China, 2013., Euro Surveill.. 2014, 19: pii: 20836.
Wong K.S.C., Zhu H., Li O.T.W., Leung C.Y.H., Chan M.C.W., Guan Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Poon L.L.M., Molecular Detection of Human H7N9 Influenza A Virus Causing Outbreaks in China, Clinical chemistry. 2013, 59(7): 1062-7.
Yen H., McKimm-Breschkin J.L., Choy K.T., Wong D.D.Y., Cheung P.P.H., ZHOU J., Ng I.H.Y., Zhu H., Webby R.J., Guan Y., Webster R.G. and Peiris J.S.M., Resistance to Neuraminidase Inhibitors Conferred by an R292K Mutation in a Human Influenza Virus H7N9 Isolate Can Be Masked by a Mixed R/K Viral Population, mBio. 2013.
Zhu H., Wang D., Kelvin D.J., Li L., Zheng Z., Yoon S.W., Wong S.S., Farooqui A., Wang J., Banner D., Chen R., Zheng R., ZHOU J., Zhang Y., Hong W., Dong W., Cai Q., Roehrl M.H.A., Huang S.S.H., Kelvin A.A., Yao T., Zhou B., Chen X., Leung G.M., Poon L.L.M., Webster R.G., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Guan Y. and Shu Y., Infectivity, transmission, and pathology of human-isolated H7N9 influenza virus in ferrets and pigs., Science. 2013, 341(6142): 183-6.
Zhu H., Promising Investigator Scholarship, Options for the Control of Influenza VIII, International Society for Influenza and other Respiratory Virus Diseases (ISIRV). 2013.


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