School of Public Health

SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Researcher : AU WM

List of Research Outputs

AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S., Tin S.P.P., HUANG R. and Lam T.H., Alcohol drinking and pro-drinking practices in parents of Hong Kong adolescents, Alcohol and Alcoholism. 2014, 49(6): 668-74.

AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S., Tin S.P.P., HUANG R. and Lam T.H., Correlates of pro-drinking practices in drinking parents of adolescents in Hong Kong, PLoS One. 2015, 10(3): e0119554.

AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., HUANG R. and Lam T.H., Perceived benefits and harms of alcohol drinking and their association with parental drinking and pro-drinking practices in Hong Kong adolescent (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

LEUNG L.T., Ho D.S.Y., AU W.M., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Parental pro-smoking practices and smoking susceptibility among children in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 17-21 March. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2015.

Leung L.T., Ho D.S.Y., AU W.M., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Parental Anti-smoking And Pro-smoking Communications And Smoking Susceptibility In Hong Kong Children (Abstract & Poster Presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

Researcher : Adab P

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: Evidence from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Annals of Epidemiology. 2014, 24(8): 606-11.

Researcher : Au Yeung SLR

Project Title:	Age at menarche and cardiovascular risk factors – a Mendelian randomization analysis
Investigator(s):	Au Yeung SLR, Schooling CM, Cheng KK, Lam TH
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	03/2015

Project Title:	Society for Epidemiologic Research Annual Meeting 2015; Mendelian randomization analysis: Current views and a way forward
Investigator(s):	Au Yeung SLR
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	06/2015

Project Title:	Evaluation of the causal relation between hematocrit, HbA1c, testosterone and cardiovascular outcomes in the UK Biobank using Mendelian randomization analysis
Investigator(s):	Au Yeung SLR, Schooling CM
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	06/2015

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: Evidence from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Annals of Epidemiology. 2014, 24(8): 606-11.

Schooling C.M., Au Yeung S.L.R. and Leung G.M., Why do statins reduce cardiovascular disease more than other lipid modulating therapies?, European Journal of Clinical Investigation. 2014, 2014; 44(11): 1135-40.

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 chinese men, PLoS One. 2015, 10(5): e0126442.

Researcher : Bruzzone R

List of Research Outputs

Adebamowo C., Bah-Sow O., Binka F., Bruzzone R., Caplan A., Delfraissy J.F., Heymann D., Horby P., Kaleebu P., Tamfum J.J., Olliaro P., Piot P., Tejan-Cole A., Tomori O., Toure A., Torreele E. and Whitehead J., Randomised controlled trials for Ebola: practical and ethical issues, The Lancet. 2014, 384(9952): 1423-4.

Bruzzone R., The double life of connexin channels: single is a treat., Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 2015, 135(4): 940-3.

Li M., Grandadam M., Kwok K.T.H., Lagache T., Siu Y.L., Zhang J., Sayteng K., Kudelko M.A., Qin C.F., Olivo-Marin J.C., Bruzzone R. and Wang P., KDEL receptors assist dengue virus exit from the endoplasmic reticulum, Cell Reports. 2015, 10(9): 1496–1507.

Wang P., Kudelko M., Kwok K.T.H., Bruzzone R. and Nal B., Cellular enhancing and restricting factors of dengue virus egress, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2014, 20(Suppl 4): S44-6.

Researcher : CAO P

List of Research Outputs

Yang L., Chan K.H., Suen L.K.P., Chan K.P., WANG X., CAO P., He D., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Age-specific epidemic waves of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus in a subtropical city, Scientific Reports. 2015, 5: 10390.

Yang L., Chan K.H., Suen L.K.P., Chan K.P., WANG X., CAO P., He D., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Impact of the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic on Age-Specific Epidemic Curves of Other Respiratory Viruses: A Comparison of Pre-Pandemic, Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Periods in a Subtropical City, PLoS One. 2015, 10(4): e0125447.

Researcher : CHAI Y

List of Research Outputs

Lam T.Y., Zhou B., Wang J., CHAI Y., Shen Y., Chen X., MA C., Hong W., Chen Y., Zhang Y., Duan L., Chen P., Jiang J., Zhang Y., Li L., Poon L.L.M., Webby R.J., Smith D.K., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Holmes E.C., Guan Y. and Zhu H., Dissemination, divergence and establishment of H7N9 influenza viruses in China, Nature. 2015, 522(7554): 102-5.

Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., Zhou B., Duan L., Cheung C.L., MA C., Lycett S., Leung C.Y.H., Chen X., Li L., Hong W., CHAI Y., Zhou L., LIANG H., OU Z., Liu Y., Farooqui A., Kelvin D., Poon L.L.M., Smith D.K., Pybus O., Leung G.M., Shu Y., Webster R., Webby R., Peiris J.S.M., Rambaut A., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Research Output Prize, The University of Hong Kong. 2014.

MA C., Lam T.Y., CHAI Y., Wang J., Fan X., Hong W., Zhang Y., Li L., Liu Y., Smith D.K., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Emergence and Evolution of H10 Subtype Influenza Viruses in Poultry in China, Journal of Virology. 2015, 89(7): 3534-41.

Researcher : CHEN J

List of Research Outputs

CHEN J., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., LEUNG L.T., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Family smoking, home smoking ban and morning and heavier smoking in adolescent smokers (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

CHEN J., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Home Smoking Ban, Family Smoking and Quit Attempts in Hong Kong Adolescent Smokers (Abstract & oral presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

Chen J., McGhee S., Townsend J., Lam T.H. and Hedley A.J., Did the tobacco industry inflate estimates of illicit cigarette consumption in Asia? An empirical analysis, Tobacco Control. 2015, 24(e2): e161-7.

Ho D.S.Y., CHEN J., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Parental Smoking Modifies The Association Between Home Smoking Ban And Adolescent Smoking (abstract), The 7th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 2-3 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, COSH, 2014.

RUAN R., Ho D.S.Y., Tin S.P.P., CHEN J., Lee K.Y., Chung W.H. and Lam T.H., Daily total fluid intake and changes in body mass index among Hong Kong primary school students (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

Wong C.K.H., Chen J., Yu L.Y., Sham M.S. and Lam C.L.K., A Systematic Review of Measurement Properties of Quality of Life Instruments used in Patients with Colorectal Cancer, The 12th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Medical Oncology . Fukuoka, Japan, Japanese Society of Medical Oncology, 2014.

Researcher : Cerin E

Project Title:	Understanding the impact of the neighborhood environment on physical activity, quality of life and depressive symptoms in older adults
Investigator(s):	Cerin E, Barnett A, Lai PC, Sit HP
Department:	Institute of Human Performance
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2012

Project Title:	Understanding the relative contribution and interactive effects of psychological, social and environmental correlates of physical activity, sedentary behaviours and dietary behaviours in Hong Kong adolescents
Investigator(s):	Cerin E, Lai PC, Macfarlane DJ
Department:	Institute of Human Performance
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	09/2012

List of Research Outputs

Adams M., Frank L., Schipperijn J., Smith G., Cerin E., Owen N. and Sallis J., International variation in neighborhood walkability, transit, and recreation environments using Geographic Information Systems: The IPEN Adult Study, International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. Edinburgh, Scotland. 2015.

Barnett A., Cerin E., Ching C.S.K. and Chan W.M., Are objectively-measured environmental correlates of walking also predictive of sitting in older adults? A cross-sectional study, International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. Edinburgh, Scotland. 2015.

Cerin E., Ngan W., Choi W.K., Yin S.Y. and Barnett A., Physical activity and healthy eating in older Chinese immigrants to Australia: a qualitative study of environmental barriers and facilitators, International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. Edinburgh, Scotland. 2015.

Gabel L., Ridgers N., Della Gatta P., Arundell L., Cerin E., Daly R., Dunstan D. and Salmon J., Associations of sedentary time patterns and TV viewing time with inflammatory and endothelial function biomarkers in children, International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. Edinburgh, Scotland. 2015.

Hinckson E., Cerin E., Mavoa S., Oliver M. and Schofield G., Sex differences and the built environment: Possible solution for the increasing levels of sedentary behaviour, International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. Edinburgh, Scotland. 2015.

Lamb K.E., Thornton L., Cerin E. and Ball K., Equity of access to fast food outlets in Victoria, Australia: A comparison of statistical methods, International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. Edinburgh, Scotland. 2015.

Lamb K.E., Thornton L., Cerin E. and Ball K., Statistical approaches used to assess the equity of access to food outlets: a systematic review, International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. Edinburgh, Scotland. 2015.

Owen N., De Bourdeaudhuij I., Sugiyama T., Kooshari J., Hadgraft N., Oyeyemi A., Sallis J. and Cerin E., Associations of neighbourhood environmental attributes with adults' sedentary time: IPEN Adults multi-country study., International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. Edinburgh, Scotland. 2015.

Reis R., Cerin E., Sarmiento O., Hino A., Lemoine P., Oyeyemi A. and Sallis J.F., Do associations of gender, age, and education with transport and leisure-time physical activity differ across countries? Findings from the IPEN Adult Study., International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. Edinburgh, Scotland. 2015.

Ridgers N., Timperio A., Cerin E. and Salmon J., Assessing within- and between-day compensation of children’s sitting and physical activity time using activPAL, International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. Edinburgh, Scotland. 2015.

Sallis J.F., Cerin E., Salvo D., Adams M., Frank L., Conway T., De Bourdeaudhuij I. and Owen N., Built environment and physical activity: Nine-country study of adults with objective measures, International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. Edinburgh, Scotland. 2015.

Salmon J., Arundell L., Ridgers N., Cerin E., Brown H., Dunstan D. and Timperio A., From efficacy to maintenance to implementation: translating the Transform-Us! study to reduce children’s sitting time in school and home, International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. Edinburgh, Scotland. 2015.

Timperio A., Ridgers N., Crawford D., Cash C., Cerin E. and Salmon J., Independent associations between TV viewing and cardiometabolic health among children and youth, International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. Edinburgh, Scotland. 2015.

Van Cauwenberg J., Cerin E., Timperio A., Salmon J., Deforche B. and Veitch J., Perceived park proximity and quality, neighborhood physical and social environment and recreational physical activity among mid-older aged older adults, International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. Edinburgh, Scotland. 2015.

van Dyck D., Cerin E., De Bourdeaudhuij I., Salvo D., Christiansen L., Conway T.L., Reis R. and Sallis J.F., Moderating effects of age, gender, and education on the relationships between perceived built environment attributes and accelerometer-based physical activity: The IPEN Adult Study, International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. Edinburgh, Scotland. 2015.

Researcher : Chan BHY

List of Research Outputs

Leung G.M., Ni M.Y., Wong P.T., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., Stewart S.M., Schooling C.M., Johnston J.M., Lam W.W.T., Chan S.S.C., McDowell I., Pang H.M.H., Fielding R. and Lam T.H., Cohort Profile: FAMILY Cohort, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2015.

Ni M.Y., Chan B.H.Y., Leung G.M., Lau E.H.Y. and Pang H.M.H., Transmissibility of the Ice Bucket Challenge among globally influential celebrities: retrospective cohort study, BMJ. 2014, 349: g7185-g7185.

Researcher : Chan CH

List of Research Outputs

LIANG H., Lam T.Y., Fan X., Chen X., Zeng Y., ZHOU J., Duan L., Tse M.T., Chan C.H., Li L., Leung T.Y., Yip C.H., Cheung C.L., Zhou B., Smith D.K., Poon L.L.M., Peiris J.S.M., Guan Y. and Zhu H., Expansion of genotypic diversity and establishment of 2009 H1N1 pandemic-origin internal genes in pigs in China., Journal of Virology. 2014, 88(18): 10864-74.

Researcher : Chan KP

List of Research Outputs

MAI Z., Lo C.M.M., Xu J., Chan K.P., Wong C.M., Lung M.L. and Lam T.H., Milk consumption and nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC): An ecological study in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), 19th Research Postgraduate Symposium, 10-11 December 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2014.

Wong C.M., Chan W.M., Yang L., Chan K.P., Lai H.K., Thach T.Q., Ho L.M., Lam T.H. and Peiris J.S.M., Effect of lifestyle factors on risk of mortality associated with influenza in elderly people, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2014, 20(SuppI6): S16-9.

Yang L., Chan K.H., Suen L.K.P., Chan K.P., WANG X., CAO P., He D., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Age-specific epidemic waves of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus in a subtropical city, Scientific Reports. 2015, 5: 10390.

Yang L., Chan K.H., Suen L.K.P., Chan K.P., WANG X., CAO P., He D., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Impact of the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic on Age-Specific Epidemic Curves of Other Respiratory Viruses: A Comparison of Pre-Pandemic, Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Periods in a Subtropical City, PLoS One. 2015, 10(4): e0125447.

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:	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 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
Completion Date:	02/2015

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

Project Title:	Tissue tropism and mammalian adaptations of avian H9N2 influenza A virus in human respiratory tract
Investigator(s):	Chan MCW
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2015

List of Research Outputs

Chan M.C.W., Kwong H.Y. and Nicholls J.M., Susceptibility of the Upper Respiratory Tract to Influenza Virus Infection Following Desialyation (Abstract & poster presentation), Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong. 2014, P132-Ab0100.

Chan W.Y., Hemida M.G., Kayali G., Chu K.W., Poon L.L.M., Alnaeem A., Ali M.A., Tao K.P., Ng I.H.Y., Chan M.C.W., Guan Y., Nicholls J.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Tropism and replication of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus from dromedary camels in the human respiratory tract: an in-vitro and ex-vivo study, Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 2014, 2(10): 813-22.

Nicholls J.M., Tsai P.N., Chan W.Y., Hui P.Y., Chan M.C.W., Peiris J.S.M., Chan K.H., Yuen K.Y. and To K.K.W., Fatal H7N9 pneumonia complicated by viral infection of a prosthetic cardiac valve – An autopsy study, Journal of Clinical Virology. 2014, 61(3): 466-9.

Wong D.D.Y., Choy K.T., Chan W.Y., Sia S.F., Chiu H.P., Cheung P.P.H., Chan M.C.W., Peiris J.S.M. and Yen H., Comparable Fitness and Transmissibility between Oseltamivir-Resistant Pandemic 2009 and Seasonal H1N1 Influenza Viruses with the H275Y Neuraminidase Mutation (Abstract & poster presentation), Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong. 2014, P65-Ab0010.

Yen H., Liang C.H., Wu C.Y., Forrest H.L., Ferguson A., Choy K.T., Jones J., Wong D.D.Y., Cheung P.P.H., Li O.T.W., Yuen K.M., Chan W.Y., Poon L.L.M., Chan M.C.W., Nicholls J.M., Krauss S., Wong C.H., Webster R.G., Webby R. and Peiris J.S.M., Hemagglutinin–neuraminidase Balance Confers Respiratory-Droplet Transmissibility of the Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Virus in Ferrets (Abstract & poster presentation), Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong. 2014, P66-Ab0011.

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:	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
Completion Date:	06/2015

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
Completion Date:	04/2015

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
Completion Date:	04/2015

List of Research Outputs

Chan W.Y., Fish E. and Nicholls J.M., Prevention and Treatment of Swine Origin Influenza Virus (S-OIV) through the Use of Interferon: An in vivo and ex vivo Study (Abstract & poster presentation), Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong. 2014, P115-Ab0101.

Chan W.Y., Hemida M.G., Kayali G., Chu K.W., Poon L.L.M., Alnaeem A., Ali M.A., Tao K.P., Ng I.H.Y., Chan M.C.W., Guan Y., Nicholls J.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Tropism and replication of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus from dromedary camels in the human respiratory tract: an in-vitro and ex-vivo study, Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 2014, 2(10): 813-22.

Jia N., Barclay W.S., Roberts K., Yen H., Chan W.Y., Lam A.K., Air G., Peiris J.S.M., Dell A., Nicholls J.M. and Haslam S.M., Glycomic characterization of respiratory tract tissues of ferrets: implications for its use in influenza virus infection studies, Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2014, 289(41): 28489-504.

Leung C.Y.H., Nicholls J.M., Ho C.K., Sia S.F., Mok K.P., Doak S.A., Cheung P.P.H., Hui P.Y., Chan W.Y., Guan Y., Akira S. and Peiris J.S.M., Highly pathogenic avian influenza A H5N1 and pandemic H1N1 virus infections have different phenotypes in Toll-like Receptor (TLR) 3 knock-out mice, Journal of General Virology. 2014, 95(Pt 9): 1870-9.

Nicholls J.M., Tsai P.N., Chan W.Y., Hui P.Y., Chan M.C.W., Peiris J.S.M., Chan K.H., Yuen K.Y. and To K.K.W., Fatal H7N9 pneumonia complicated by viral infection of a prosthetic cardiac valve – An autopsy study, Journal of Clinical Virology. 2014, 61(3): 466-9.

Wong D.D.Y., Choy K.T., Chan W.Y., Sia S.F., Chiu H.P., Cheung P.P.H., Chan M.C.W., Peiris J.S.M. and Yen H., Comparable Fitness and Transmissibility between Oseltamivir-Resistant Pandemic 2009 and Seasonal H1N1 Influenza Viruses with the H275Y Neuraminidase Mutation (Abstract & poster presentation), Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong. 2014, P65-Ab0010.

Yen H., Liang C.H., Wu C.Y., Forrest H.L., Ferguson A., Choy K.T., Jones J., Wong D.D.Y., Cheung P.P.H., Li O.T.W., Yuen K.M., Chan W.Y., Poon L.L.M., Chan M.C.W., Nicholls J.M., Krauss S., Wong C.H., Webster R.G., Webby R. and Peiris J.S.M., Hemagglutinin–neuraminidase Balance Confers Respiratory-Droplet Transmissibility of the Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Virus in Ferrets (Abstract & poster presentation), Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong. 2014, P66-Ab0011.

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 WMA, 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

List of Research Outputs

Chan Y.H., Yiu K.H., Lau G.K.K., Yiu Y.F., Li S.W., Lam T.H., Lau C.P., Siu C.W. and Tse H.F., The CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc scores predict adverse vascular function, ischemic stroke and cardiovascular death in high-risk patients without atrial fibrillation: Role of incorporating PR prolongation, Atherosclerosis. 2014, 237(2): 504-13.

Chan Y.H., Lau G.K.K., Yiu K.H., Li L.S.W., Tam S., Lam T.H., Lau C.P., Siu D.C.W., Cheung B.M.Y. and Tse H.F., Vascular protective effects of statin-related increase in serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D among high-risk cardiac patients, Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine (Hagerstown). 2015.

Lau G.K.K., Wong Y.K., Chan Y.H., Li O.Y., Lee P.Y.S., Yuen G.G., Wong Y.K., Tong S., Wong D. and Chan K.H., Mediterranean-Style Diet Is Associated With Reduced Blood Pressure Variability and Subsequent Stroke Risk in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease, American Journal of Hypertension. 2015, 28: 501-507.

Xu C., Perera R.A.P.M., Chan Y.H., Fang J., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Kam M.S., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Determinants of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in Hong Kong, British journal of nutrition . 2015, 2015 Jul;114(1): 144-51.

Researcher : Chen J

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Cheng KK

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: Evidence from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Annals of Epidemiology. 2014, 24(8): 606-11.

Gui H., Jiang C., Cherny S.S., Sham P.C., Xu L., Liu B., Jin Y.L., Zhu T., Zhang W., Thomas G.N., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Influence of Alzheimer's disease genes on cognitive decline: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Neurobiology of Aging. 2014, 35: 2422.e3–2422.e8.

Jagielski A.C., Jiang C., Xu L., Taheri S., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H. and Thomas G.N., Glycaemia is associated with cognitive impairment in older adults: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Age and Ageing. 2015, 44(1): 65-71.

Jiang B., He Y., Zuo F., Wu L., Liu Q.H., Zhang L., Zhou C.X., Cheng K.K., Chan S.S.C. and Lam T.H., Effectiveness of Varenicline with counseling programs on smoking cessation in a targeted clinical setting in China (in Chinese), Chinese Journal of Epidemiology. 2014, 35(12): 1349-53.

Lin Q., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Xu L., Jin Y.L. and Cheng K.K., Past occupational dust exposure, depressive symptoms and anxiety in retired Chinese factory workers: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Journal of Occupational Health. 2014, 56: 444-52.

SUN Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Leg length is associated with lower values of inflammatory markers in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Annals of Human Biology. 2015, 42(2): 143-9.

Xu L., Jiang C., Schooling C.M., Zhang W., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Prediction of 4-year incident diabetes in older Chinese: Recalibration of the Framingham diabetes score on Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Preventive Medicine. 2014, 69C: 63-68.

Xu L., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Zhang W., Cherny S.S., Thomas G.N. and Cheng K.K., Sleep duration and memory in the elderly Chinese: Longitudinal analysis of the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Sleep. 2014, 37(11): 1737-44.

ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Kavikondala S., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted 17β-estradiol and systemic inflammation in women: a separate-sample Mendelian randomisation analysis in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2014, 68(8): 780-5.

ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., LONG M., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted testosterone and electrocardiographic QT interval duration in Chinese: A Mendelian randomization analysis in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 44(2): 613-20.

ZHONG Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Liu B., Jin Y.L., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Height, its components, and coagulability among older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, American Journal of Human Biology. 2014, 26(5): 603-8.

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 chinese men, PLoS One. 2015, 10(5): e0126442.

Researcher : Cheung CL

List of Research Outputs

LIANG H., Lam T.Y., Fan X., Chen X., Zeng Y., ZHOU J., Duan L., Tse M.T., Chan C.H., Li L., Leung T.Y., Yip C.H., Cheung C.L., Zhou B., Smith D.K., Poon L.L.M., Peiris J.S.M., Guan Y. and Zhu H., Expansion of genotypic diversity and establishment of 2009 H1N1 pandemic-origin internal genes in pigs in China., Journal of Virology. 2014, 88(18): 10864-74.

Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., Zhou B., Duan L., Cheung C.L., MA C., Lycett S., Leung C.Y.H., Chen X., Li L., Hong W., CHAI Y., Zhou L., LIANG H., OU Z., Liu Y., Farooqui A., Kelvin D., Poon L.L.M., Smith D.K., Pybus O., Leung G.M., Shu Y., Webster R., Webby R., Peiris J.S.M., Rambaut A., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Research Output Prize, The University of Hong Kong. 2014.

Perera K.V.H.K.K., Vijaykrishna D., Premarathna A.G., Jayamaha C.J., Wickramasinghe G., Cheung C.L., Yeung M.F., Poon L.L.M., Perera A.K., Barr I.G., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Molecular epidemiology of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus among humans and swine, Sri Lanka., Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2014, 20(12): 2080-4.

Researcher : Cheung CY

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

Researcher : Cheung PPH

List of Research Outputs

Cheung P.P.H., Rogozin I.B., Choy K.T., Ng I.H.Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Yen H., Comparative mutational analyses of influenza A viruses, RNA. 2015, 21(1): 36-47.

Cheung P.P.H., Watson S.J., Choy K.T., Sia S.F., Wong D.D.Y., Poon L.L.M., Kellam P., Guan Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Yen H., Generation and characterization of influenza A viruses with altered polymerase fidelity , Nature Communications. 2014, 5: 4794.

Leung C.Y.H., Nicholls J.M., Ho C.K., Sia S.F., Mok K.P., Doak S.A., Cheung P.P.H., Hui P.Y., Chan W.Y., Guan Y., Akira S. and Peiris J.S.M., Highly pathogenic avian influenza A H5N1 and pandemic H1N1 virus infections have different phenotypes in Toll-like Receptor (TLR) 3 knock-out mice, Journal of General Virology. 2014, 95(Pt 9): 1870-9.

Wong D.D.Y., Choy K.T., Chan W.Y., Sia S.F., Chiu H.P., Cheung P.P.H., Chan M.C.W., Peiris J.S.M. and Yen H., Comparable Fitness and Transmissibility between Oseltamivir-Resistant Pandemic 2009 and Seasonal H1N1 Influenza Viruses with the H275Y Neuraminidase Mutation (Abstract & poster presentation), Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong. 2014, P65-Ab0010.

Yen H., Liang C.H., Wu C.Y., Forrest H.L., Ferguson A., Choy K.T., Jones J., Wong D.D.Y., Cheung P.P.H., Li O.T.W., Yuen K.M., Chan W.Y., Poon L.L.M., Chan M.C.W., Nicholls J.M., Krauss S., Wong C.H., Webster R.G., Webby R. and Peiris J.S.M., Hemagglutinin–neuraminidase Balance Confers Respiratory-Droplet Transmissibility of the Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Virus in Ferrets (Abstract & poster presentation), Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong. 2014, P66-Ab0011.

Researcher : Cheung YTD

Project Title:	Evaluation Study on Smoke-free Youth Ambassador Leadership Training Programme 2014-2015
Investigator(s):	Cheung YTD, Wang MP, Li WHC, Lam TH
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health - General Award
Start Date:	07/2014

Project Title:	Promotion and brief intervention of smoking cessation at the smoking hotspots
Investigator(s):	Cheung YTD, Lam TH, Li WHC, Wong YMB, Lam OBC
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health Care and Promotion Fund - Research Grant Projects
Start Date:	07/2014

Project Title:	Motivating smokers in smoking hotspots to have quit attempt through nicotine replacement therapy sampling: A randomized controlled trial
Investigator(s):	Cheung YTD, Lam TH, Li WHC, Wang MP, Chen J, Cheung KC
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	04/2015

List of Research Outputs

Chan S.S.C., Wong C.N., Cheung Y.T.D., Leung R.Y., Lau L., Lai V. and Lam T.H., A block randomized controlled trial of a brief smoking cessation counseling and advice through short message service on participants who joined the Quit to Win Contest in Hong Kong, Health Education Research. Oxford, 2015, 30: 609-621.

Chan S.S.C., Cheung Y.T.D., Wan S.F., Leung D.Y.P. and Lam T.H., Feasibility and effectiveness of a pilot outreach smoking cessation programme at smoking hotspots in Hong Kong, 6th Global Conference of the Alliance for Healthy Cities, Hong Kong. 29 October-1 November. 2014.

Chan S.S.C., Cheung Y.T.D., Wong C.N., Lam O.B.C., Leung D., Lau L., Lai V. and Lam T.H., Predictors of intention to quit at participation and six-month abstinence in the participants of Hong Kong Quit-to-Win Contest (2009-2013) (abstract & poster presentation), 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 17-21 March. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2015.

Chan S.S.C., Cheung Y.T.D., Leung Y.P., Mak Y.W., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., Secondhand smoke exposure and maternal action to protect children from secondhand smoke: Pre- and post-smokefree legislation in Hong Kong, PLoS One. 2014, 9(8): e105781.

Cheung Y.T.D., Lai W.S.I., Lam O.B.C., Lau L., Lai V., Li W.H.C. and Lam T.H., A Block Randomized Controlled Trial Of A Small Cash Incentive On Smoking Cessation In The Hong Kong Quit To Win Contest 2013 (abstract), The 7th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 2-3 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, COSH, 2014.

Cheung Y.T.D., Lam T.H., Leung D.Y.P., Abdullah A.S.M. and Chan S.S.C., Nicotine replacement therapy to aid gradual cessation in smokers with no intention to quit: Association between reduction quantity and later abstinence, Preventive Medicine Reports. 2015, 2: 196-201.

Cheung Y.T.D., Spittal M.J., Williamson M.K., Tung T.S. and Pirkis J., Predictors of suicides occurring within suicide clusters in Australia, 2004–2008, Social Science & Medicine. 2014, 118: 135-142.

Cheung Y.T.D., Chan W.F., Chan C.H.H., Tam S.Y.J., Lai C.K.J., Wan Y.R., Lau T.K.A. and Lam T.H., Understanding Smoking Urge, Lapse And Relapse In Ex-smokers: A Retrospective Analysis Of Ex-smokers (abstract), The 7th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 2-3 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, COSH, 2014.

Lai C.K.J., Chan W.F., Cheung Y.T.D., Chan C.H.H., Tam S.Y.J., Wan Y.R., Lau T.K.A. and Lam T.H., Feasibility and effectiveness of social networking service for relapse prevention: a qualitative study and a pilot randomized controlled trial (abstract), The 7th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 2-3 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, COSH, 2014.

Lam T.H., Cheung Y.T.D., Leung Y.P., Abdullah A.S.M. and Chan S.S.C., Effectiveness of smoking reduction intervention for hardcore smokers, Tobacco Induced Diseases. 2015, 13(1): 9.

Wu L., He Y., Jiang B., Zhang D., Tian H., Zuo F., Lam T.H. and Cheung Y.T.D., The effect of a very brief smoking-reduction intervention in smokers who have no intention to quit: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial, BMC Public Health. 2015, 15: 418.

Researcher : Chin WH

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., Li O.T.W., Mok K.P., Ng K.W., Peiris J.S.M. and Poon L.L.M., Influenza A viruses with different amino acid residues at PB2-627 display distinct replication properties in vitro and in vivo: Revealing the sequence plasticity of PB2-627 position, Virology. 2014, 468-470: 545–55.

Chin W.H., Perera R.A.P.M., Guan Y., Halfmann P., Kawaoka Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Poon L.L.M., Pseudoparticle neutralization assay for detecting ebola- neutralizing antibodies in biosafety level 2 settings, Clinical Chemistry. 2015, 61(6): 885-6.

Chin W.H., Mok K.P., Zhu H., Guan Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Poon L.L.M., Use of fractional factorial design to study the compatibility of viral ribonucleoprotein gene segments of human H7N9 virus and circulating human influenza subtypes, Influenza and other respiratory viruses. 2014, 8(5): 580-4.

Hemida M.G., Al-Naeem A., Perera R.A.P.M., Chin W.H., Poon L.L.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Lack of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Transmission from Infected Camels, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2015, 21(4): 699-701.

Researcher : Chiu HP

List of Research Outputs

Wong D.D.Y., Choy K.T., Chan W.Y., Sia S.F., Chiu H.P., Cheung P.P.H., Chan M.C.W., Peiris J.S.M. and Yen H., Comparable Fitness and Transmissibility between Oseltamivir-Resistant Pandemic 2009 and Seasonal H1N1 Influenza Viruses with the H275Y Neuraminidase Mutation (Abstract & poster presentation), Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong. 2014, P65-Ab0010.

Researcher : Choi CY

List of Research Outputs

Choi C.Y., Thach T.Q., Lai P.C., Wong M.S., ZHENG Q., Wong C.M., Katzschner L. and Kreamer A., Developing a high-resolution Physiological Equivalent Temperature map to assess the spatial variation of thermal stress exposure for an elderly cohort of Chinese in Hong Kong, Oral presentation, ISEE 2014, 26th Annual International Society for Environmental Epidemiology Conference, held in Seattle, Washington, USA on August 24-28th, 2014.

Researcher : Choy KT

List of Research Outputs

Cheung P.P.H., Rogozin I.B., Choy K.T., Ng I.H.Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Yen H., Comparative mutational analyses of influenza A viruses, RNA. 2015, 21(1): 36-47.

Cheung P.P.H., Watson S.J., Choy K.T., Sia S.F., Wong D.D.Y., Poon L.L.M., Kellam P., Guan Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Yen H., Generation and characterization of influenza A viruses with altered polymerase fidelity , Nature Communications. 2014, 5: 4794.

Wong D.D.Y., Choy K.T., Chan W.Y., Sia S.F., Chiu H.P., Cheung P.P.H., Chan M.C.W., Peiris J.S.M. and Yen H., Comparable Fitness and Transmissibility between Oseltamivir-Resistant Pandemic 2009 and Seasonal H1N1 Influenza Viruses with the H275Y Neuraminidase Mutation (Abstract & poster presentation), Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong. 2014, P65-Ab0010.

Yen H., Liang C.H., Wu C.Y., Forrest H.L., Ferguson A., Choy K.T., Jones J., Wong D.D.Y., Cheung P.P.H., Li O.T.W., Yuen K.M., Chan W.Y., Poon L.L.M., Chan M.C.W., Nicholls J.M., Krauss S., Wong C.H., Webster R.G., Webby R. and Peiris J.S.M., Hemagglutinin–neuraminidase Balance Confers Respiratory-Droplet Transmissibility of the Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Virus in Ferrets (Abstract & poster presentation), Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong. 2014, P66-Ab0011.

Yen H., ZHOU J., Choy K.T., Sia S.F., TENG O., Ng I.H.Y., Fang J., Hu Y., Wang W., Cowling B.J., Nicholls J.M., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., The R292K mutation that confers resistance to neuraminidase inhibitors leads to competitive fitness loss of A/Shanghai/1/2013(H7N9) influenza virus in ferrets, Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2014, 210 (12): 1900-8.

Researcher : Chu KW

List of Research Outputs

Chan W.Y., Hemida M.G., Kayali G., Chu K.W., Poon L.L.M., Alnaeem A., Ali M.A., Tao K.P., Ng I.H.Y., Chan M.C.W., Guan Y., Nicholls J.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Tropism and replication of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus from dromedary camels in the human respiratory tract: an in-vitro and ex-vivo study, Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 2014, 2(10): 813-22.

Cowling B.J., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Chan K.H., Lim Wai S.K.W., So H.C., Chu K.W., Wong Y.T., Shiu E.Y.C., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Leung G.M., Incidence of influenza virus infections in children in Hong Kong in a 3-year randomized placebo-controlled vaccine study, 2009-2012, Clinical Infectious Diseases . 2014, 59(4): 517-24.

Hemida M.G., Chu K.W., Poon L.L.M., Perera R.A.P.M., Alhammadi M.A., Ng I.H.Y., Siu Y., Guan Y., Alnaeem A. and Peiris J.S.M., MERS coronavirus in dromedary camel herd, Saudi Arabia , Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2014, 20 (7): 1231-4.

Tang J.W., Gao C.X., Cowling B.J., Koh G.C., Chu K.W., Heilbronn C., Lloyd B., Pantelic J., Nicolle A.D., Klettner C.A., Peiris J.S.M., Sekhar C., Cheong D.K.W., Tham K.W., Koay E.S.C., Tsui W., Kwong A., Chan K. and Li Y., Absence of Detectable Influenza RNA Transmitted via Aerosol during Various Human Respiratory Activities – Experiments from Singapore and Hong Kong, PLoS One . 2014, 9(9): e107338.

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 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

Project Title:	Real-time estimation of the severity of influenza viruses
Investigator(s):	Cowling BJ, Wu JTK, Lau EHY, Wu P
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	03/2015

Project Title:	Association between basal leukocyte transcriptome profile and symptom development & disease severity after influenza virus infection in humans
Investigator(s):	Cowling BJ, Lee MY, Ip DKM, Peiris JSM
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	04/2015

List of Research Outputs

Cowling B.J. and Yu H., Ebola: Worldwide Dissemination Risk and Response Priorities. , Lancet . 2015, 385(9962): 7-9.

Cowling B.J., Wu J.T.K., Lau E.H.Y., Ni M.Y., Ip D.K.M. and Fang J., Faculty Outstanding Research Output Award, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong.. 2014.

Cowling B.J., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Chan K.H., Lim Wai S.K.W., So H.C., Chu K.W., Wong Y.T., Shiu E.Y.C., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Leung G.M., Incidence of influenza virus infections in children in Hong Kong in a 3-year randomized placebo-controlled vaccine study, 2009-2012, Clinical Infectious Diseases . 2014, 59(4): 517-24.

Cowling B.J., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Chan K.H., Wong Y.T., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Leung G.M., Incidence of influenza virus infections in children in Hong Kong in a three year randomized placebo-controlled vaccine study (abstract & poster presentation), Influenza 2014: One Influenza, One World, One Health, 9-11 September 2014, Oxford, UK. UK, LibPubMedia Ltd, 2014.

Cowling B.J., Ip D.K.M., Fang J., Suntarattiwong P., Olsen S.J., Levy J., Uyeki T.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Chotpitayasunondh T., Nishiura H. and Simmerman J.M., Modes of Transmission of Influenza B Virus in Households, PLoS One . 2014, 9(9): e108850.

Cowling B.J., Mortality and morbidity estimates for influenza infection in Asia-Pacific countries, 2nd Asia-Pacific Influenza Summit, 10 - 11 June 2015. Vietam, APACI.

Cowling B.J., PARK M.A., Fang J., Wu P., Leung G.M. and Wu J.T.K., Preliminary epidemiological assessment of MERS-CoV outbreak in South Korea, May to June 2015, Eurosurveillance. 2015, 2015;20(25):pii=21163.

Cowling B.J., Peiris J.S.M. and Leung G.M., Reply to Collignon et al., Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2015, 2015;60(3): 489–90.

Cowling B.J., Chan K.H., Feng S., Chan L.Y., Lo J.Y.C., Peiris J.S.M. and Chiu S.S.S., The effectiveness of influenza vaccination in preventing hospitalizations in children in Hong Kong, 2009–2013, Vaccine. Elsevier, 2014, 32: 5278-5284.

Feng L., Wu J.T.K., Liu X., Yang P., TSANG K.L., Jiang H., Wu P., Yang J., Fang J., Qin Y., Lau E.H.Y., Li M., Zheng J., Peng Z., Xie Y., Wang Q., Li Z., Leung G.M., Gao G.F., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Clinical severity of human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus, China, 2013/14, Eurosurveillance. 2014, 2014;19(49): pii=20984.

Fielding R., Cowling B.J., Liao Q. and Lam W.W.T., Behavioural changes in relation to risk perception and prevention of avian and human influenza in Hong Kong, 2006 to 2010 , Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2014, 20(Suppl4): S26-8.

Freeman G., Ng S., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Multivariate analysis of factors affecting the immunogenicity of trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine in school-age children, Epidemiology and Infection. 2015, 143(3): 540-9.

Guan W.D., Gong X.Y., Mok K.P., Chen T.T., Wu S.G., Pan S.H., Cowling B.J., Yang Z.F. and Chen D.H., Surveillance for seasonal influenza virus prevalence in hospitalized children with lower respiratory tract infection in Guangzhou, China during the post-pandemic era., PLoS One. 2015, 10(4): e0120983.

Ho M.L., Cowling B.J., Seto W.H., Wong L.C. and Wong T.Y., Determinants of an effective antibiotic campaign: Lessons from Hong Kong, Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance . 2014, 2 (2014): 334–337.

Ip D.K.M., Lau E.H.Y., Tam Y.H., So H.C., Lam C.K., Cowling B.J. and Leung G.M., Evaluation of an electronic smart-card based school absenteeism surveillance system , 2014 International Society for Disease Surveillance Conference, Philadelphia, USA, 9– 11 December 2014. USA, Int'l Society for Disease Surveillance.

Ip D.K.M., Cowling B.J., Yu H., Wu P., Lau E.H.Y. and Leung G.M., Public Health considerations for influenza A(H7N9) infection., 46th APACPH Conference, Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia, 17-19 October 2014. APACPH.

Kelly H. and Cowling B.J., Evidence and policy for influenza control, Euro Surveillance . 2014, 19(27): pii=20850.

Kelly H. and Cowling B.J., Influenza: the rational use of oseltamivir (Comment), Lancet (London, England : Online). 2015, 385(9979): 1700-2.

Kwok K.O., Cowling B.J., Wei W.I., Peiris J.S.M. and Riley S., Social contacts and the locations in which they occur as risk factors for influenza infection, In: Kin O. Kwok, Benjamin J. Cowling, Vivian W. I. Wei, Kendra M. Wu, Jonathan M. Read, Justin Lessler, Derek A. Cummings, J. S. Malik Peiris, Steven Riley, Proceedings B Royal Society. 2014.

Lam W.W.T., Fielding R., Butow P., Cowling B.J., Chan M., Or A., Kwong A. and Suen T.K.D., Decision aids for breast cancer surgery: a randomised controlled trial, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2014, 20(Suppl. 7): 24-27.

Lang H.H.B., Cowling B.J., LI J.Y., Wong K.P. and Wan K.Y., High false positivity in positron emission tomography is a potential diagnostic pitfall in patients with suspected adrenal metastasis, World Journal of Surgery. 2015, Epub ahead of print.

Lau E.H.Y., Wu P., Wong Y.T., Wu J.T.K., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Age-specific seriousness of avian influenza A(H7N9) in the second-wave epidemic in China (Poster presentation) , International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance, Vienna, Austria, 31 October–3 November 2014. Austria, Int'l Society for Infectious Diseases.

Lau E.H.Y., Zheng J., TSANG K.L., Liao Q., Lewis B., Brownstein J.S., Sanders S., Mekaru S.R., Rivers C., Leung G.M., Feng L., Cowling B.J. and Yu H., Epidemiological inferences using public information, influenza H7N9 epidemic in China (Poster presentation), 2014 International Society for Disease Surveillance Conference, Philadelphia, USA, 9–11 December 2014. USA, Int'l Society for Disease Surveillance.

Liao Q., Ip D.K.M., TSANG K.L., Cao B., Jiang H., Liu F., Zheng J., Peng Z., Wu P., Huai Y., Lau E.H.Y., Feng L., Leung G.M., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., A clinical prediction rule for diagnosing human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) in a hospital emergency department setting, BMC Medicine. 2014, 12:127: 1 - 9.

Liao Q., Cowling B.J., Lam W.W.T. and Fielding R., Behavioural changes in relation to risk perception and prevention of avian and human influenza in the general population of Hong Kong, 2006 to 2010 (Abstract & poster presentation), Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Food and Health Bureau, 2014.

Liao Q., Lam W.W.T., Cowling B.J. and Fielding R., Parental decision-making regarding vaccination against seasonal influenza for young children in Hong Kong: A longitudinal study, 2012-2013 (Abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

Ma X., Liao Q., Yuan J., Liu Y., Liu Y., Chen J., Liu J., Cai W., Cowling B.J., Di B., Fielding R., Wang M., Yang Z., Leung G.M. and Lau E.H.Y., Knowledge, attitudes and practices relating to influenza A(H7N9) risk among live poultry traders in Guangzhou City, China, BMC Infectious Diseases. 2014, 14(1): 554.

Ng S., Basta N.E. and Cowling B.J., Association between temperature, humidity and ebolavirus disease outbreaks in Africa, 1976 to 2014, Euro Surveillance . 2014, 2014;19(35): pii=20892.

Ng S. and Cowling B.J., Authors’ reply: Station data and modelled climate data in Africa (letter), Euro Surveillance . 2014, 2014;19(41): pii=20931.

Seto W.H., Li K.H., Cheung C.W.Y., Ching P.T.Y. and Cowling B.J., Breaking a Guinness World Record on Hand Sanitizing Relay, initiating a call for vital research in overcoming campaign fatigue for hand hygiene, F1000 Research . 2014, 2014;3: 234.

Seto W.H., Cowling B.J., Cheung C.W.Y., Wong C.Y.Y., Ching P.T.Y., Pittet D. and Chen R.C.I., Impact of the first hand sanitizing relay world record on compliance with hand hygiene in a hospital, American Journal of Infection Control . 2015, 43 (2015): 295-7.

Sullivan S.G., Feng S. and Cowling B.J., Potential of the test-negative design for measuring influenza vaccine effectiveness: a systematic review. , Expert Review of Vaccines. 2014, 13(12): 1571-91.

Tam Y.H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Estimating Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Using the Test-negative Design, 46th APACPH Conference Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia, 17-19 October 2014. USA, Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health.

Tang J.W., Gao C.X., Cowling B.J., Koh G.C., Chu K.W., Heilbronn C., Lloyd B., Pantelic J., Nicolle A.D., Klettner C.A., Peiris J.S.M., Sekhar C., Cheong D.K.W., Tham K.W., Koay E.S.C., Tsui W., Kwong A., Chan K. and Li Y., Absence of Detectable Influenza RNA Transmitted via Aerosol during Various Human Respiratory Activities – Experiments from Singapore and Hong Kong, PLoS One . 2014, 9(9): e107338.

WEI L., Liu W., Zhang X.A., Liu E.M., Wo Y., Cowling B.J. and Cao W.C., Detection of Viral and Bacterial Pathogens in Hospitalized Children With Acute Respiratory Illnesses, Chongqing, 2009–2013, Medicine (Baltimore : Online). 2015, 2015, 94(16):e742.

Wang L., Cowling B.J., Wu P., Yu J., Li F., Zeng L., Wu J.T.K., Li Z., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Human Exposure to Live Poultry and Psychological and Behavioral Responses to Influenza A(H7N9), China, Emerging Infectious Diseases . 2014, 20(8): 1296–1305.

Wong O.L. and Cowling B.J., Breast cancer incidence and mortality in a transitioning Chinese population: Current and future trends (abstract), Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Food and Health Bureau, HKSAR, 2014, 12.

Wong O.L., Schooling C.M., Cowling B.J. and Leung G.M., Breast cancer incidence and mortality in a transitioning Chinese population: Current and future trends, British Journal of Cancer. 2015, 112(1): 167-70.

Wong O.L., Schooling C.M. and Cowling B.J., Cost-effectiveness of Helicobacter pylori screening and treatment for gastric cancer in Hong Kong: a decision analytic approach, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2014, 20(Suppl 7): S13-5.

Wong O.L. and Cowling B.J., Disease burden of breast cancer: an exploration of trends for screening policy and resource allocation, Health Research Symposium 2014, November 2014, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, organized by the Food and Health Bureau, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. (Session speaker). 2014.

Wong O.L., Tsang J.W.H., Cowling B.J. and Leung G.M., Optimizing resource allocation for breast cancer prevention and care among Hong Kong Chinese women: A generalized cost-effectiveness analysis (abstract), Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Food and Health Bureau, HKSAR, 2014, 72.

Wong O.L., Cowling B.J. and Schooling C.M., Vulnerability to diabetes in Chinese: An age-period-cohort analysis, Annals of Epidemiology. 2015, 25(1): 34-9.

Wong Y.T., Wu P., Goldstein E., Lau E.H.Y., Ip D.K.M., Wu J.T.K. and Cowling B.J., Analysis of potential changes in seriousness of influenza A and B viruses in Hong Kong from 2001 to 2011, Epidemiology and Infection . 2015, 143(4): 766-71.

Wu J.T.K., Lee C.K., Ho P.L., Hung I.F.N., Lin C.K., Lau Y.L., Leung G.M., Cowling B.J. and Peiris J.S.M., A Detailed Longitudinal Study of Infection Attack Rates Among Healthy Adults in Hong Kong During the Epidemic of the Human Swine Influenza A/H1N1 Virus in 2009, Health Research Symposium 2014, Hong Kong, 15 Nov 2014. (Poster presentation). 2014.

Wu J.T.K., Hung I.F.N., Lau Y.L., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., A Longitudinal Study of Infection Attack Rates Among Hospital Outpatients in Hong Kong During Epidemic of the Human Swine Influenza A/H1N1 Virus in 2009 by Tracking Temporal Changes in Age-specific Seroprevalence Rates, Health Research Symposium 2014, Hong Kong, 15 Nov 2014. (Poster presentation). 2014.

Wu P., Jiang H., Wu J.T.K., Chen E., He J., Zhou H., WEI L., Yang J., YANG B., Qin Y., Fang J., Li M., TSANG K.L., Zheng J., Lau E.H.Y., Cao Y., Chai C., Zhong H., Li Z., Leung G.M., Feng L., Gao G.F., Cowling B.J. and Yu H., Poultry Market Closures and Human Infection with Influenza A(H7N9) Virus, China, 2013-14, Emerging Infectious Diseases . 2014, 20(11): 1891-4.

Xu C., Perera R.A.P.M., Chan Y.H., Fang J., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Kam A.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Determinants of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in Hong Kong., Br J Nutr.. 2015, 8: 1-8.

Xu C., Perera R.A.P.M., Chan Y.H., Fang J., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Kam M.S., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Determinants of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in Hong Kong, British journal of nutrition . 2015, 2015 Jul;114(1): 144-51.

Xu Y., Lam K.F., Cowling B.J. and Cheung Y.B., Estimation of intervention effect using paired interval-censored data with clumping below lower detection limit, Statistics in Medicine . 2014.

Yen H., ZHOU J., Choy K.T., Sia S.F., TENG O., Ng I.H.Y., Fang J., Hu Y., Wang W., Cowling B.J., Nicholls J.M., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., The R292K mutation that confers resistance to neuraminidase inhibitors leads to competitive fitness loss of A/Shanghai/1/2013(H7N9) influenza virus in ferrets, Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2014, 210 (12): 1900-8.

Yuan J., Liao Q., Lau E.H.Y., Yang Z.C., Ma X.W., Chen J.D., Liu Y.H., Wang C., Tang X.P., Liu Y.F., Leung G.M., Xiao X.C., Fielding R., Wang M. and Cowling B.J., Early public response to influenza A(H7N9) virus, Guangzhou, China, May 30–June 7, 2013 (Letter) , Emerging Infectious Diseases . 2014, 20(7): 1238-1240.

Zhou Y., Cowling B.J., Wu P., Chan W.M., Lee S.Y., Lau E.H.Y. and Schooling C.M., Adiposity and influenza-associated respiratory mortality: a cohort study., Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2015, 60(10):e49-57.

Researcher : DUTRY ICA

List of Research Outputs

DUTRY I.C.A., Li J., Li P.H., Bruzzone R., Peiris J.S.M. and Jaume M.D.A., The effects of macrophage polarity on influenza virus replication and innate immune responses, Journal of Clinical & Cellular Immunology. 2015, 6: 297.

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

Project Title:	Probing community susceptibility to influenza infection by measuring alternate antibodies
Investigator(s):	Doak SA, Poon LLM
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	04/2015

List of Research Outputs

Doak S.A., Li O.T.W., 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. , International Congress of Immunology, Milan, Italy. 2015.

Doak S.A., Li O.T.W., Peiris J.S.M., Perera L.P. and Poon L.L.M., Universal influenza vaccine utilizes T cells for mechanism of protection as killers and coordinators, Keystone Symposia Viral Immunity (A2), Breckenridge, USA. 2015.

Leung C.Y.H., Nicholls J.M., Ho C.K., Sia S.F., Mok K.P., Doak S.A., Cheung P.P.H., Hui P.Y., Chan W.Y., Guan Y., Akira S. and Peiris J.S.M., Highly pathogenic avian influenza A H5N1 and pandemic H1N1 virus infections have different phenotypes in Toll-like Receptor (TLR) 3 knock-out mice, Journal of General Virology. 2014, 95(Pt 9): 1870-9.

Researcher : Duan L

List of Research Outputs

LIANG H., Lam T.Y., Fan X., Chen X., Zeng Y., ZHOU J., Duan L., Tse M.T., Chan C.H., Li L., Leung T.Y., Yip C.H., Cheung C.L., Zhou B., Smith D.K., Poon L.L.M., Peiris J.S.M., Guan Y. and Zhu H., Expansion of genotypic diversity and establishment of 2009 H1N1 pandemic-origin internal genes in pigs in China., Journal of Virology. 2014, 88(18): 10864-74.

Lam T.Y., Zhou B., Wang J., CHAI Y., Shen Y., Chen X., MA C., Hong W., Chen Y., Zhang Y., Duan L., Chen P., Jiang J., Zhang Y., Li L., Poon L.L.M., Webby R.J., Smith D.K., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Holmes E.C., Guan Y. and Zhu H., Dissemination, divergence and establishment of H7N9 influenza viruses in China, Nature. 2015, 522(7554): 102-5.

Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., Zhou B., Duan L., Cheung C.L., MA C., Lycett S., Leung C.Y.H., Chen X., Li L., Hong W., CHAI Y., Zhou L., LIANG H., OU Z., Liu Y., Farooqui A., Kelvin D., Poon L.L.M., Smith D.K., Pybus O., Leung G.M., Shu Y., Webster R., Webby R., Peiris J.S.M., Rambaut A., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Research Output Prize, The University of Hong Kong. 2014.

Researcher : Fabrizio CS

List of Research Outputs

Fabrizio C.S., Lam T.H., Hirschmann M.A.R., Pang I., Yu X., Wang X. and Stewart S.M., Parental emotional management benefits family relationships: A randomized controlled trial in Hong Kong, China, Behaviour Research and Therapy. 2015, 71: 115-24.

Lam T.H., Stewart S.M., Hirschmann M.A.R., Fabrizio C.S. and Yu X., Can randomized controlled trials be conducted in community social service settings?, Public Health. 2015, 129(5): 601-3.

Researcher : Fang J

List of Research Outputs

Cowling B.J., Wu J.T.K., Lau E.H.Y., Ni M.Y., Ip D.K.M. and Fang J., Faculty Outstanding Research Output Award, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong.. 2014.

Cowling B.J., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Chan K.H., Lim Wai S.K.W., So H.C., Chu K.W., Wong Y.T., Shiu E.Y.C., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Leung G.M., Incidence of influenza virus infections in children in Hong Kong in a 3-year randomized placebo-controlled vaccine study, 2009-2012, Clinical Infectious Diseases . 2014, 59(4): 517-24.

Cowling B.J., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Chan K.H., Wong Y.T., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Leung G.M., Incidence of influenza virus infections in children in Hong Kong in a three year randomized placebo-controlled vaccine study (abstract & poster presentation), Influenza 2014: One Influenza, One World, One Health, 9-11 September 2014, Oxford, UK. UK, LibPubMedia Ltd, 2014.

Cowling B.J., Ip D.K.M., Fang J., Suntarattiwong P., Olsen S.J., Levy J., Uyeki T.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Chotpitayasunondh T., Nishiura H. and Simmerman J.M., Modes of Transmission of Influenza B Virus in Households, PLoS One . 2014, 9(9): e108850.

Cowling B.J., PARK M.A., Fang J., Wu P., Leung G.M. and Wu J.T.K., Preliminary epidemiological assessment of MERS-CoV outbreak in South Korea, May to June 2015, Eurosurveillance. 2015, 2015;20(25):pii=21163.

Feng L., Wu J.T.K., Liu X., Yang P., TSANG K.L., Jiang H., Wu P., Yang J., Fang J., Qin Y., Lau E.H.Y., Li M., Zheng J., Peng Z., Xie Y., Wang Q., Li Z., Leung G.M., Gao G.F., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Clinical severity of human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus, China, 2013/14, Eurosurveillance. 2014, 2014;19(49): pii=20984.

Freeman G., Ng S., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Multivariate analysis of factors affecting the immunogenicity of trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine in school-age children, Epidemiology and Infection. 2015, 143(3): 540-9.

Wu P., Jiang H., Wu J.T.K., Chen E., He J., Zhou H., WEI L., Yang J., YANG B., Qin Y., Fang J., Li M., TSANG K.L., Zheng J., Lau E.H.Y., Cao Y., Chai C., Zhong H., Li Z., Leung G.M., Feng L., Gao G.F., Cowling B.J. and Yu H., Poultry Market Closures and Human Infection with Influenza A(H7N9) Virus, China, 2013-14, Emerging Infectious Diseases . 2014, 20(11): 1891-4.

Xu C., Perera R.A.P.M., Chan Y.H., Fang J., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Kam A.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Determinants of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in Hong Kong., Br J Nutr.. 2015, 8: 1-8.

Xu C., Perera R.A.P.M., Chan Y.H., Fang J., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Kam M.S., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Determinants of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in Hong Kong, British journal of nutrition . 2015, 2015 Jul;114(1): 144-51.

Yen H., ZHOU J., Choy K.T., Sia S.F., TENG O., Ng I.H.Y., Fang J., Hu Y., Wang W., Cowling B.J., Nicholls J.M., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., The R292K mutation that confers resistance to neuraminidase inhibitors leads to competitive fitness loss of A/Shanghai/1/2013(H7N9) influenza virus in ferrets, Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2014, 210 (12): 1900-8.

Researcher : Feng S

List of Research Outputs

Cowling B.J., Chan K.H., Feng S., Chan L.Y., Lo J.Y.C., Peiris J.S.M. and Chiu S.S.S., The effectiveness of influenza vaccination in preventing hospitalizations in children in Hong Kong, 2009–2013, Vaccine. Elsevier, 2014, 32: 5278-5284.

Sullivan S.G., Feng S. and Cowling B.J., Potential of the test-negative design for measuring influenza vaccine effectiveness: a systematic review. , Expert Review of Vaccines. 2014, 13(12): 1571-91.

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:	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:	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:	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:	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

Project Title:	Diet after diagnosis: a qualitative study to explore the dietary choices made by newly diagnosed breast cancer patients
Investigator(s):	Fielding R, Lam WWT, Tin SPP
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	05/2015

List of Research Outputs

Fielding R., Cowling B.J., Liao Q. and Lam W.W.T., Behavioural changes in relation to risk perception and prevention of avian and human influenza in Hong Kong, 2006 to 2010 , Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2014, 20(Suppl4): S26-8.

Fielding R., Critical issues for improving communications during cancer, Hubei Cancer Hospital, Wuhan, China. 9th October, 2014. 2014.

Fielding R., From hypothesis to service. Translating ideas to improve care: the case of breast cancer, China Psycho-Oncology Society Annual Conference, 23rd August, 2014 Beijing. 2014.

Fielding R., Optimizing cancer care in China. Do lessons from elsewhere apply? , Xiangya Medical School Centenary Conference, Central South University. Chungsha, China. October 11-12, 2014. 2014.

Fielding R., Psycho-Oncology – steps for China, HuanXing Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Beijing. 3rd September, 2014. 2014.

Fielding R. and Lam W.W.T., Psychosocial and physical outcomes after surgery for breast cancer: a 5-to-6 year follow-up, Hong Kong Medical Journal. Hong Kong Academy of Medicine and the Hong Kong Medical Asso, 2014, 20 Suppl 7: S9-12.

Lam W.W.T., Fielding R., Butow P., Cowling B.J., Chan M., Or A., Kwong A. and Suen T.K.D., Decision aids for breast cancer surgery: a randomised controlled trial, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2014, 20(Suppl. 7): 24-27.

Lam W.W.T., Yeo W., Suen J., Ho W.M., Tsang J.W.H., Soong S.I., Yau T.K., Wong K.Y., Sze W.K., Ng A.W., Kwong A., Suen T.K.D., Fong D.Y.T., Ho S. and Fielding R., Goal adjustment influence on psychological well-being following advanced breast cancer diagnosis, Psycho-Oncology. 2015, Epub on 2015-6-18.

Lam W.W.T., Kwok N.T., Liao Q., Chan M., Or A., Kwong A., Suen T.K.D. and Fielding R., Psychometric assessment of the Chinese version of the decisional conflict scale in Chinese women making decision for breast cancer surgery, Health Expectations. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2015, 18(2): 210-20.

Lam W.W.T., Fielding R., Chan M., Kwong A., Or A. and Suen T.K.D., The effect of decision aids on treatment decision making for breast cancer surgery: A randomized controlled trial (Abstract & poster presentation), Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong . Hong Kong, Food and Health Bureau, 2014.

Leung G.M., Ni M.Y., Wong P.T., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., Stewart S.M., Schooling C.M., Johnston J.M., Lam W.W.T., Chan S.S.C., McDowell I., Pang H.M.H., Fielding R. and Lam T.H., Cohort Profile: FAMILY Cohort, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2015.

Liao Q., Cowling B.J., Lam W.W.T. and Fielding R., Behavioural changes in relation to risk perception and prevention of avian and human influenza in the general population of Hong Kong, 2006 to 2010 (Abstract & poster presentation), Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Food and Health Bureau, 2014.

Liao Q., Lam W.W.T., Cowling B.J. and Fielding R., Parental decision-making regarding vaccination against seasonal influenza for young children in Hong Kong: A longitudinal study, 2012-2013 (Abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

Liao Q., Lam W.W.T. and Fielding R., Perceived Risk Of Lung Cancer Among Active Smokers, Passive Smokers And Non-smokers, 21th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress. 2014.

Liao Q., Lam W.W.T. and Fielding R., Perceived risk of lung cancer among active smokers, passive smokers and non-smokers, 21st Hong Kong International Cancer Congress. 2014.

MA K., Liao Q., Lam W.W.T. and Fielding R., Risk perception of food safety and trust in food-safety information among new Chinese immigrant parents in Hong Kong (Abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

Ma X., Liao Q., Yuan J., Liu Y., Liu Y., Chen J., Liu J., Cai W., Cowling B.J., Di B., Fielding R., Wang M., Yang Z., Leung G.M. and Lau E.H.Y., Knowledge, attitudes and practices relating to influenza A(H7N9) risk among live poultry traders in Guangzhou City, China, BMC Infectious Diseases. 2014, 14(1): 554.

Tang L. and Fielding R., Psychopharmaoncology And Complimentary And Non-conventional Treatments, In: Luigi Grassi, Michelle Riba, Psychopharmacology in Oncology and Palliative Care: A practical manual. Springer, 2014, 101-26.

Tin S.P.P., Lam W.W.T., Xia N., Yoon S.W., Rowlinson S.M., Koh T.Y., SHEN J., AWALE R., Howarth S., O'Shea D. and Fielding R., The MTR worker health and wellbeing month - what is it like to be a construction worker? (Abstract & oral & presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

Wang D.L., Lam W.W.T., Wu J.T.K. and Fielding R., A preliminary analysis on factors affecting Chinese parental HPV vaccination intention for adolescent girls (Abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

Wang D.L., Lam W.W.T., Wu J.T.K. and Fielding R., Hong Kong Chinese women's lay beliefs about cervical cancer causation and prevention, Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention . 2014, 15(18): 7679-86.

Wong W.S., Lam H.M.J., Chow Y.F., Chen P.P., Lim H.S., Wong S. and Fielding R., The effects of anxiety sensitivity, pain hypervigilance, and pain catastrophizing on quality of life outcomes of patients with chronic pain: a preliminary, cross-sectional analysis , Quality of Life Research . 2014, 23(8): 2333-41.

Xia N., Tin S.P.P., Lam W.W.T., Yoon S.W., Rowlinson S.M., Koh T.Y., Shen Y., Awale R., Howarth S., O'Shea D. and Fielding R., Patterns of Cancer-Related Risk Behaviors among Hong Kong Construction Workers- A Latent Class Analysis., the 21st Hong Kong International Cancer Congress. 2014.

Yuan J., Liao Q., Xie C.J., Ma X.W., Cai W.F., Liu Y.H., Liu Y.F., Su W.Z., Ma Y., Yang Z.C., Fielding R., Wang M. and Lau E.H.Y., Attitudinal changes toward control measures in live poultry markets among the general public and live poultry traders, Guangzhou, China, January-February, 2014, American Journal of Infection Control . 2014, 42(12): 1322-24.

Yuan J., Liao Q., Lau E.H.Y., Yang Z.C., Ma X.W., Chen J.D., Liu Y.H., Wang C., Tang X.P., Liu Y.F., Leung G.M., Xiao X.C., Fielding R., Wang M. and Cowling B.J., Early public response to influenza A(H7N9) virus, Guangzhou, China, May 30–June 7, 2013 (Letter) , Emerging Infectious Diseases . 2014, 20(7): 1238-1240.

ZHANG W., Lam W.W.T. and Fielding R., Symptom experience for patients with lung cancer in Mainland China - Preliminary analysis of a qualitative study (Abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong . Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

Researcher : Freeman G

List of Research Outputs

Freeman G., Ng S., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Multivariate analysis of factors affecting the immunogenicity of trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine in school-age children, Epidemiology and Infection. 2015, 143(3): 540-9.

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:	Partner 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

Project Title:	Outstanding Researcher Award 2013-14
Investigator(s):	Guan Y
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Outstanding Researcher Award
Start Date:	12/2014

List of Research Outputs

Chan W.Y., Hemida M.G., Kayali G., Chu K.W., Poon L.L.M., Alnaeem A., Ali M.A., Tao K.P., Ng I.H.Y., Chan M.C.W., Guan Y., Nicholls J.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Tropism and replication of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus from dromedary camels in the human respiratory tract: an in-vitro and ex-vivo study, Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 2014, 2(10): 813-22.

Chen H. and Guan Y., H5N1 virus resistant to antiviral drug, Hong Kong Medical Journal . 2015, 21(Suppl 4): S12-3.

Cheung P.P.H., Watson S.J., Choy K.T., Sia S.F., Wong D.D.Y., Poon L.L.M., Kellam P., Guan Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Yen H., Generation and characterization of influenza A viruses with altered polymerase fidelity , Nature Communications. 2014, 5: 4794.

Chin W.H., Perera R.A.P.M., Guan Y., Halfmann P., Kawaoka Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Poon L.L.M., Pseudoparticle neutralization assay for detecting ebola- neutralizing antibodies in biosafety level 2 settings, Clinical Chemistry. 2015, 61(6): 885-6.

Chin W.H., Mok K.P., Zhu H., Guan Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Poon L.L.M., Use of fractional factorial design to study the compatibility of viral ribonucleoprotein gene segments of human H7N9 virus and circulating human influenza subtypes, Influenza and other respiratory viruses. 2014, 8(5): 580-4.

Farooqui S., Leon A.J., Huang L., Wu S., Cai Y., Lin P., Chen W., Fang X., Zeng T., Liu Y., Zhang L., Su T., Chen W., Ghedin E., Zhu H., Guan Y. and Kelvin D.J., Genetic diversity of the 2013–14 human isolates of influenza H7N9 in China, BMC Infectious Diseases. 2015, 15: 109.

Guan Y. and Smith J.D., Excellent Research Awards, Food and Health Bureau, HKSAR Government, 2014.

Hemida M.G., Chu K.W., Poon L.L.M., Perera R.A.P.M., Alhammadi M.A., Ng I.H.Y., Siu Y., Guan Y., Alnaeem A. and Peiris J.S.M., MERS coronavirus in dromedary camel herd, Saudi Arabia , Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2014, 20 (7): 1231-4.

Kucharski A.J., Lessler J., Read J.M., Zhu H., Jiang C.Q., Guan Y., Cummings D.A. and Riley S., Estimating the life course of influenza A(H3N2) antibody responses from cross-sectional data, PLOS Biology. 2015, 13(3): e1002082.

Kwok K.O., Jiang C., Tan L.J., Lessler J., Read J., Zhu H., Guan Y., Cummings D. and Riley S., An international collaborative study on influenza viruses antibody titers and contact patterns of individuals in rural and urban household of Guangzhou, Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 2014, 35(4): 433-6.

LIANG H., Lam T.Y., Fan X., Chen X., Zeng Y., ZHOU J., Duan L., Tse M.T., Chan C.H., Li L., Leung T.Y., Yip C.H., Cheung C.L., Zhou B., Smith D.K., Poon L.L.M., Peiris J.S.M., Guan Y. and Zhu H., Expansion of genotypic diversity and establishment of 2009 H1N1 pandemic-origin internal genes in pigs in China., Journal of Virology. 2014, 88(18): 10864-74.

Lam T.Y., Zhou B., Wang J., CHAI Y., Shen Y., Chen X., MA C., Hong W., Chen Y., Zhang Y., Duan L., Chen P., Jiang J., Zhang Y., Li L., Poon L.L.M., Webby R.J., Smith D.K., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Holmes E.C., Guan Y. and Zhu H., Dissemination, divergence and establishment of H7N9 influenza viruses in China, Nature. 2015, 522(7554): 102-5.

Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., Zhou B., Duan L., Cheung C.L., MA C., Lycett S., Leung C.Y.H., Chen X., Li L., Hong W., CHAI Y., Zhou L., LIANG H., OU Z., Liu Y., Farooqui A., Kelvin D., Poon L.L.M., Smith D.K., Pybus O., Leung G.M., Shu Y., Webster R., Webby R., Peiris J.S.M., Rambaut A., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Research Output Prize, The University of Hong Kong. 2014.

Leung C.Y.H., Nicholls J.M., Ho C.K., Sia S.F., Mok K.P., Doak S.A., Cheung P.P.H., Hui P.Y., Chan W.Y., Guan Y., Akira S. and Peiris J.S.M., Highly pathogenic avian influenza A H5N1 and pandemic H1N1 virus infections have different phenotypes in Toll-like Receptor (TLR) 3 knock-out mice, Journal of General Virology. 2014, 95(Pt 9): 1870-9.

Liu W., Fan H., Raghwani J., Lam T.Y., Li J., Pybus O.G., Yao H.W., Wo Y., Liu K., An X.P., Pei G.Q., Li H., Wang H.Y., Zhao J.J., Jiang T., Ma M.J., Xia X., Dong Y.D., Zhao T.Y., Jiang J.F., Yang Y.H., Guan Y., Tong Y. and Cao W.C., Occurrence and Reassortment of Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Viruses Derived from Coinfected Birds in China, Journal of Virology. 2014, 88(22): 13344-51.

MA C., Lam T.Y., CHAI Y., Wang J., Fan X., Hong W., Zhang Y., Li L., Liu Y., Smith D.K., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Emergence and Evolution of H10 Subtype Influenza Viruses in Poultry in China, Journal of Virology. 2015, 89(7): 3534-41.

Meliopoulos V.A., Karlsson E.A., Kercher L., Cline T., Freiden P., Duan S., Vogel P., Webby R.J., Guan Y., Peiris J.S.M., Thomas P.G. and Schultz-Cherry S., Human H7N9 and H5N1 influenza viruses differ in induction of cytokines and tissue tropism., Journal of Virology. 2014, 88(22): 12982-91.

Perera K.V.H.K.K., Vijaykrishna D., Premarathna A.G., Jayamaha C.J., Wickramasinghe G., Cheung C.L., Yeung M.F., Poon L.L.M., Perera A.K., Barr I.G., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Molecular epidemiology of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus among humans and swine, Sri Lanka., Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2014, 20(12): 2080-4.

Wu Y., Tu W., Lam K.T., Chow K.H., Ho P.L., Guan Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Lau Y.L., Lethal coinfection of influenza virus and Streptococcus pneumoniae lowers antibody response to influenza virus in lung and reduces numbers of germinal center B cells, T follicular helper cells, and plasma cells in mediastinal lymph Node., Journal of Virology. 2015, 89(4): 2013-23.

Yen H., ZHOU J., Choy K.T., Sia S.F., TENG O., Ng I.H.Y., Fang J., Hu Y., Wang W., Cowling B.J., Nicholls J.M., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., The R292K mutation that confers resistance to neuraminidase inhibitors leads to competitive fitness loss of A/Shanghai/1/2013(H7N9) influenza virus in ferrets, Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2014, 210 (12): 1900-8.

Zaraket H., Baranovich T., Kaplan B.S., Carter R., Song M.S., Paulson J.C., Rehg J.E., Bahl J., Crumpton J.C., Seiler J., Edmonson M., Wu G., Karlsson E., Fabrizio T., Zhu H., Guan Y., Husain M., Schultz-Cherry S., Krauss S., McBride R., Webster R.G., Govorkova E.A., Zhang J., Russell C.J. and Webby R.J., Mammalian adaptation of influenza A(H7N9) virus is limited by a narrow genetic bottleneck, Nature Communications. 2015, 6: 6553.

Researcher : HOU WW

List of Research Outputs

HOU W.W., Tse M.A., Lam T.H., 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., Diabetes Medicine. 2015, 32(4): 505-12.

Researcher : HUANG R

List of Research Outputs

AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S., Tin S.P.P., HUANG R. and Lam T.H., Alcohol drinking and pro-drinking practices in parents of Hong Kong adolescents, Alcohol and Alcoholism. 2014, 49(6): 668-74.

AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S., Tin S.P.P., HUANG R. and Lam T.H., Correlates of pro-drinking practices in drinking parents of adolescents in Hong Kong, PLoS One. 2015, 10(3): e0119554.

AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., HUANG R. and Lam T.H., Perceived benefits and harms of alcohol drinking and their association with parental drinking and pro-drinking practices in Hong Kong adolescent (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Awareness Of Youth Telephone Quitline And Willingness To Use Aids For Smoking Cessation In Hong Kong Adolescents (abstract) , The 7th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 2-3 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, COSH, 2014.

HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Exposure To Drinkers At Home And The Intention To Drink In Hong Kong Adolescent Never And Ever Drinkers (abstract & Poster Presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., WANG Y., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Independent association between parental smoking and non-authoritative parenting style as reported by Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 17-21 March. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2015.

HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Perceived drinking prevalence in adolescents, parents, teachers and doctors, and its association with adolescent drinking and intention to drink (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

Ho D.S.Y., HUANG R., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., A School-based Survey on Adolescent Alcohol Drinking in Hong Kong, Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Food and Health Bureau, 2014.

Ho D.S.Y., HUANG R., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Three-year follow-up of the Hong Kong Student Obesity Surveillance project (HKSOS) on trends and predictors of adolescent obesity and related behaviours, Journal Club, Food and Health Bureau. 2014.

Huang Y., Ho D.S.Y., HUANG R., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Night-eating in Hong Kong adolescents: prevalence and associations with dinner habits, bedtime and weight status (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

Tamrakar M., Ho D.S.Y., HUANG R., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Self-reported halitosis in Hong Kong adolescents: prevalence and association with socio-demographic characteristics and self-rated health (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

Researcher : He Y

List of Research Outputs

He Y., Lam T.H., Jiang B., Li L.S., Sun D.L., Wu L., Liu M., Yang S.S., Wang Y.Y., Tobias D.K., Sun Q. and Hu F.B., Changes in BMI before and during economic development and subsequent risk of cardiovascular disease and total mortality: A 35-year follow-up study in China, Diabetes Care. 2014, 37(9): 2540-7.

Jiang B., He Y., Zuo F., Wu L., Liu Q.H., Zhang L., Zhou C.X., Cheng K.K., Chan S.S.C. and Lam T.H., Effectiveness of Varenicline with counseling programs on smoking cessation in a targeted clinical setting in China (in Chinese), Chinese Journal of Epidemiology. 2014, 35(12): 1349-53.

Wu L., He Y., Jiang B., Zhang D., Tian H., Zuo F., Lam T.H. and Cheung Y.T.D., The effect of a very brief smoking-reduction intervention in smokers who have no intention to quit: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial, BMC Public Health. 2015, 15: 418.

Researcher : Hedley AJ

List of Research Outputs

Chen J., McGhee S., Townsend J., Lam T.H. and Hedley A.J., Did the tobacco industry inflate estimates of illicit cigarette consumption in Asia? An empirical analysis, Tobacco Control. 2015, 24(e2): e161-7.

Researcher : Ho CK

List of Research Outputs

Leung C.Y.H., Nicholls J.M., Ho C.K., Sia S.F., Mok K.P., Doak S.A., Cheung P.P.H., Hui P.Y., Chan W.Y., Guan Y., Akira S. and Peiris J.S.M., Highly pathogenic avian influenza A H5N1 and pandemic H1N1 virus infections have different phenotypes in Toll-like Receptor (TLR) 3 knock-out mice, Journal of General Virology. 2014, 95(Pt 9): 1870-9.

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:	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:	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:	16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health; E-cigarette use, nicotine addiction and intention to quit among adolescent smokers in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Ho DSY
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	03/2015
Completion Date:	03/2015

Project Title:	A cross-sectional survey on passive drinking and forced drinking in Hong Kong adolescents
Investigator(s):	Ho DSY, Wang MP, Lam TH
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	05/2015

List of Research Outputs

AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S., Tin S.P.P., HUANG R. and Lam T.H., Alcohol drinking and pro-drinking practices in parents of Hong Kong adolescents, Alcohol and Alcoholism. 2014, 49(6): 668-74.

AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S., Tin S.P.P., HUANG R. and Lam T.H., Correlates of pro-drinking practices in drinking parents of adolescents in Hong Kong, PLoS One. 2015, 10(3): e0119554.

AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., HUANG R. and Lam T.H., Perceived benefits and harms of alcohol drinking and their association with parental drinking and pro-drinking practices in Hong Kong adolescent (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

CHEN J., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., LEUNG L.T., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Family smoking, home smoking ban and morning and heavier smoking in adolescent smokers (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

CHEN J., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Home Smoking Ban, Family Smoking and Quit Attempts in Hong Kong Adolescent Smokers (Abstract & oral presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

Chen J., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Positive reactions to third-hand smoke exposure are associated with smoking susceptibility among young children in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 17-21 March. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2015.

Chen J., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Unacceptability and embarrassment towards parental smoking in Hong Kong adolescents (abstract), The 7th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 2-3 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, COSH, 2014.

Dai S.Y., Ho D.S.Y., Mok H.Y., Yung H.Y.D., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Doctor-diagnosed sleep apnoea in Hong Kong adolescents: prevalence and associations with night-eating and dinner time (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Awareness Of Youth Telephone Quitline And Willingness To Use Aids For Smoking Cessation In Hong Kong Adolescents (abstract) , The 7th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 2-3 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, COSH, 2014.

HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Exposure To Drinkers At Home And The Intention To Drink In Hong Kong Adolescent Never And Ever Drinkers (abstract & Poster Presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., WANG Y., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Independent association between parental smoking and non-authoritative parenting style as reported by Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 17-21 March. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2015.

HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Perceived drinking prevalence in adolescents, parents, teachers and doctors, and its association with adolescent drinking and intention to drink (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

Ho D.S.Y., HUANG R., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., A School-based Survey on Adolescent Alcohol Drinking in Hong Kong, Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Food and Health Bureau, 2014.

Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., LEUNG L.T. and Lam T.H., E-cigarette use, nicotine addiction and intention to quit among adolescent smokers in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 17-21 March. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2015.

Ho D.S.Y., CHEN J., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Parental Smoking Modifies The Association Between Home Smoking Ban And Adolescent Smoking (abstract), The 7th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 2-3 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, COSH, 2014.

Ho D.S.Y., Leung L.T., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Reasons For Not Quitting And Its Association With Smoking Cessation Service Use In Hong Kong Adolescent Current Smokers (Abstract & Poster Presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

Ho D.S.Y., RUAN R., Fong D.Y.T., Lee K.Y., Chung W.H. and Lam T.H., Sweetness preference and its association with socio-demographic characteristics in Hong Kong children, Hot topic conference 2015: Dietary Sugars, Obesity and Metabolic Disease Risk. 2015.

Ho D.S.Y., Territory-wide study on smoking exposure in adolescents and children, Hong Kong Paediatric Foundation – 20th Anniversary Conference Summit on Child Health and the Environment 2014. 2014.

Ho D.S.Y., HUANG R., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Three-year follow-up of the Hong Kong Student Obesity Surveillance project (HKSOS) on trends and predictors of adolescent obesity and related behaviours, Journal Club, Food and Health Bureau. 2014.

Ho L.M., Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Changes in individual weight status based on body mass index and waist circumference in Hong Kong Chinese, PLoS One. 2015, 10(3): e0119827.

Huang Y., Ho D.S.Y., HUANG R., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Night-eating in Hong Kong adolescents: prevalence and associations with dinner habits, bedtime and weight status (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

Jiang N., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Leung L.T. and Lam T.H., Electronic Cigarette Use Among Adolescents: A Cross-sectional Study In Hong Kong (abstract), The 7th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 2-3 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, COSH, 2014.

Jiang N., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Leung L.T. and Lam T.H., Intention To Quit Smoking And Quit Attempts Among Adolescent Smokers: A Cross-sectional Study In Hong Kong (Abstract & Poster Presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

LEUNG L.T., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Aided smoking cessation and its association with smoking urge in the morning and smoking intention in Hong Kong adolescent ex-smokers (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

LEUNG L.T., Ho D.S.Y., AU W.M., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Parental pro-smoking practices and smoking susceptibility among children in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 17-21 March. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2015.

LIN J., Lo C.M.M., MAI Z., Jiang C., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Smoking and nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) mortality: A Guangzhou Cohort Study on 129135 Chinese males (Abstract and Poster presentation), 19th Research Postgraduate Symposium, 10-11 December, 2014, Hong Kong. 2014, P5.14.

LIN J., Lo C.M.M., MAI Z., Jiang C., Zhang W., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Tobacco and alcohol consumption and nasopharyngeal carcinama (NPC) mortality: A Guangzhou cohort study on 93672 Chinese males (abstract and poster presentation), European Congress of Epidemiology 2015, 25-27 June 2015, Maastricht, Netherlands. Netherlands, Maastricht University, 2015, 207.

Lam T.H., Wang M.P., Leung L.T. and Ho D.S.Y., E-cigarette use was associated with respiratory symptoms among Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong (abstract & oral presentation), 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 17-21 March. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2015.

Lam T.H. and Ho D.S.Y., Tobacco, In: Roger Detels, Martin Gulliford, Quarraisha Abdool Karim and Chorh Chuan Tan, Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health, 6th Edition. Oxford University Press, 2015, 3: 1217-32.

Leung L.T., Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Low-price Cigarette Purchase And Nicotine Dependence In Hong Kong Adolescent Smokers (abstract), The 7th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 2-3 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, COSH, 2014.

Leung L.T., Ho D.S.Y., AU W.M., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Parental Anti-smoking And Pro-smoking Communications And Smoking Susceptibility In Hong Kong Children (Abstract & Poster Presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

MAI Z., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo C.M.M. and Lam T.H., Quitting smoking and mortality: risk of all-cause mortality decreased sharply in 5-9 years after quitting smoking among Chinese (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

Mok H.Y., Ho D.S.Y., Yung H.Y.D., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Doctor-diagnosed gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in Hong Kong adolescents: prevalence and atypical symptoms (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. http://www.med.hku.hk/ewa2014/, Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

RUAN R., Ho D.S.Y., Tin S.P.P., CHEN J., Lee K.Y., Chung W.H. and Lam T.H., Daily total fluid intake and changes in body mass index among Hong Kong primary school students (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

RUAN R., Ho D.S.Y., Fong D.Y.T., Lee K.Y., Chung W.H. and Lam T.H., Lifestyle correlates of preference for sweet food in Hong Kong children, Hot topic conference 2015: Dietary Sugars, Obesity and Metabolic Disease Risk. 2015.

Tamrakar M., Ho D.S.Y., HUANG R., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Self-reported halitosis in Hong Kong adolescents: prevalence and association with socio-demographic characteristics and self-rated health (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

WANG Y., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S., Lai H.K. and Lam T.H., Hong Kong Chinese adolescents' self-reported smoking and perceptions of parenting styles, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2015, 22(2): 268-75.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., LEUNG L.T. and Lam T.H., E-cigarette use was associated with the intention to smoke in Chinese adolescents (abstract & poster presentation), 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 17-21 March. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2015.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Leung L.T. and Lam T.H., Electronic cigarette use and its association with smoking in Hong Kong Chinese adolescents, Addictive Behaviors. 2015.

Yung H.Y.D., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Fidgeting in Hong Kong adolescents and its associations with physical activity and weight status (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

Researcher : Ho LM

List of Research Outputs

HE Y., Chan E.W., Man K.C.K., LAU C.Y., Leung W.K., Ho L.M. and Wong I.C.K., Dosage Effects of Histamine-2 Receptor Antagonist on the Primary Prophylaxis of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug (NSAID)-Associated Peptic Ulcers: A Retrospective Cohort Study, Drug Safety. 2014, 37: 711-721.

Ho L.M., Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Changes in individual weight status based on body mass index and waist circumference in Hong Kong Chinese, PLoS One. 2015, 10(3): e0119827.

Tarrant A.M., Schooling C.M., Leung S.L.S., Mak K.H., Ho L.M. and Leung G.M., Impact of breastfeeding on infectious disease hospitalisation: the Children of 1997 cohort, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2014, 20(S4): 5-6.

Wong C.M., Chan W.M., Yang L., Chan K.P., Lai H.K., Thach T.Q., Ho L.M., Lam T.H. and Peiris J.S.M., Effect of lifestyle factors on risk of mortality associated with influenza in elderly people, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2014, 20(SuppI6): S16-9.

Researcher : Holm M

List of Research Outputs

Holm M., Leung Y.Y.J., Hung C.H.N. and Johnston J.M., Knowledge and use of online point-of-care tools in undergraduate medical students (Poster presentation), 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, 2014.

Holm M., Leung Y.Y.J., Hung C.H.N. and Johnston J.M., Online voluntary assessment: longitudinal evaluation of undergraduate medical students' uptake and perception - A mixed methods study (abstract and poster presentation), International Conference: Assessment for Learning in Higher Education 2015, 14-15 May 2015, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, HKU, 2015.

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:	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:	The consequences of in-utero exposure to gestational diabetes on metabolic health in adolescence: does breastfeeding make a difference?
Investigator(s):	Hui LL, Schooling CM, Lee SL
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	02/2015

Project Title:	the Society of Epidemiologic Research 48th Annual Meeting; Duration of puberty in preterm girls in the Chinese birth cohort ‘‘Children of 1997
Investigator(s):	Hui LL
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	06/2015
Completion Date:	06/2015

Researcher : Hui PY

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
Completion Date:	12/2014

Project Title:	Host-targeted antiviral strategy for influenza virus infection–the interference of sterol metabolism and influenza virus infection
Investigator(s):	Hui PY, Chan MCW
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	04/2015

List of Research Outputs

Leung C.Y.H., Nicholls J.M., Ho C.K., Sia S.F., Mok K.P., Doak S.A., Cheung P.P.H., Hui P.Y., Chan W.Y., Guan Y., Akira S. and Peiris J.S.M., Highly pathogenic avian influenza A H5N1 and pandemic H1N1 virus infections have different phenotypes in Toll-like Receptor (TLR) 3 knock-out mice, Journal of General Virology. 2014, 95(Pt 9): 1870-9.

Nicholls J.M., Tsai P.N., Chan W.Y., Hui P.Y., Chan M.C.W., Peiris J.S.M., Chan K.H., Yuen K.Y. and To K.K.W., Fatal H7N9 pneumonia complicated by viral infection of a prosthetic cardiac valve – An autopsy study, Journal of Clinical Virology. 2014, 61(3): 466-9.

Researcher : Hung CHN

List of Research Outputs

Holm M., Leung Y.Y.J., Hung C.H.N. and Johnston J.M., Knowledge and use of online point-of-care tools in undergraduate medical students (Poster presentation), 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, 2014.

Holm M., Leung Y.Y.J., Hung C.H.N. and Johnston J.M., Online voluntary assessment: longitudinal evaluation of undergraduate medical students' uptake and perception - A mixed methods study (abstract and poster presentation), International Conference: Assessment for Learning in Higher Education 2015, 14-15 May 2015, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, HKU, 2015.

Quan J., Hung C.H.N. and Johnston J.M., Association between attitudes to MOOCs and student profiles among Hong Kong postgraduates, 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia. 2014.

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:	The effectiveness of seasonal influenza vaccine in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Ip DKM, Cowling BJ, Tam YH, Peiris JSM
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	03/2015

List of Research Outputs

Cowling B.J., Wu J.T.K., Lau E.H.Y., Ni M.Y., Ip D.K.M. and Fang J., Faculty Outstanding Research Output Award, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong.. 2014.

Cowling B.J., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Chan K.H., Lim Wai S.K.W., So H.C., Chu K.W., Wong Y.T., Shiu E.Y.C., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Leung G.M., Incidence of influenza virus infections in children in Hong Kong in a 3-year randomized placebo-controlled vaccine study, 2009-2012, Clinical Infectious Diseases . 2014, 59(4): 517-24.

Cowling B.J., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Chan K.H., Wong Y.T., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Leung G.M., Incidence of influenza virus infections in children in Hong Kong in a three year randomized placebo-controlled vaccine study (abstract & poster presentation), Influenza 2014: One Influenza, One World, One Health, 9-11 September 2014, Oxford, UK. UK, LibPubMedia Ltd, 2014.

Cowling B.J., Ip D.K.M., Fang J., Suntarattiwong P., Olsen S.J., Levy J., Uyeki T.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Chotpitayasunondh T., Nishiura H. and Simmerman J.M., Modes of Transmission of Influenza B Virus in Households, PLoS One . 2014, 9(9): e108850.

Freeman G., Ng S., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Multivariate analysis of factors affecting the immunogenicity of trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine in school-age children, Epidemiology and Infection. 2015, 143(3): 540-9.

Ip D.K.M., Basic Biostatistics and Analysis, 2nd International Scientific Writing Course for Paediatric Surgeons, Shenyang, 4 April 2015. 2015.

Ip D.K.M., Basic study design and Evidence-based medicine , 2nd International Scientific Writing Course for Paediatric Surgeons, Shenyang, 4 April 2015. 2015.

Ip D.K.M., Lau E.H.Y., Tam Y.H., So H.C., Lam C.K., Cowling B.J. and Leung G.M., Evaluation of an electronic smart-card based school absenteeism surveillance system , 2014 International Society for Disease Surveillance Conference, Philadelphia, USA, 9– 11 December 2014. USA, Int'l Society for Disease Surveillance.

Ip D.K.M., Generating research ideas, 2nd International Scientific Writing Course for Paediatric Surgeons, Shenyang, 4 April 2015 . 2015.

Ip D.K.M., Cowling B.J., Yu H., Wu P., Lau E.H.Y. and Leung G.M., Public Health considerations for influenza A(H7N9) infection., 46th APACPH Conference, Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia, 17-19 October 2014. APACPH.

Liao Q., Ip D.K.M., TSANG K.L., Cao B., Jiang H., Liu F., Zheng J., Peng Z., Wu P., Huai Y., Lau E.H.Y., Feng L., Leung G.M., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., A clinical prediction rule for diagnosing human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) in a hospital emergency department setting, BMC Medicine. 2014, 12:127: 1 - 9.

Tam Y.H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Estimating Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Using the Test-negative Design, 46th APACPH Conference Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia, 17-19 October 2014. USA, Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health.

Wong Y.T., Wu P., Goldstein E., Lau E.H.Y., Ip D.K.M., Wu J.T.K. and Cowling B.J., Analysis of potential changes in seriousness of influenza A and B viruses in Hong Kong from 2001 to 2011, Epidemiology and Infection . 2015, 143(4): 766-71.

Xu C., Perera R.A.P.M., Chan Y.H., Fang J., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Kam A.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Determinants of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in Hong Kong., Br J Nutr.. 2015, 8: 1-8.

Xu C., Perera R.A.P.M., Chan Y.H., Fang J., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Kam M.S., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Determinants of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in Hong Kong, British journal of nutrition . 2015, 2015 Jul;114(1): 144-51.

Researcher : Jaume MDA

List of Research Outputs

DUTRY I.C.A., Li J., Li P.H., Bruzzone R., Peiris J.S.M. and Jaume M.D.A., The effects of macrophage polarity on influenza virus replication and innate immune responses, Journal of Clinical & Cellular Immunology. 2015, 6: 297.

Researcher : Jiang C

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: Evidence from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Annals of Epidemiology. 2014, 24(8): 606-11.

Gui H., Jiang C., Cherny S.S., Sham P.C., Xu L., Liu B., Jin Y.L., Zhu T., Zhang W., Thomas G.N., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Influence of Alzheimer's disease genes on cognitive decline: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Neurobiology of Aging. 2014, 35: 2422.e3–2422.e8.

Jagielski A.C., Jiang C., Xu L., Taheri S., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H. and Thomas G.N., Glycaemia is associated with cognitive impairment in older adults: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Age and Ageing. 2015, 44(1): 65-71.

Kwok K.O., Jiang C., Tan L.J., Lessler J., Read J., Zhu H., Guan Y., Cummings D. and Riley S., An international collaborative study on influenza viruses antibody titers and contact patterns of individuals in rural and urban household of Guangzhou, Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 2014, 35(4): 433-6.

LIN J., Lo C.M.M., MAI Z., Jiang C., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Smoking and nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) mortality: A Guangzhou Cohort Study on 129135 Chinese males (Abstract and Poster presentation), 19th Research Postgraduate Symposium, 10-11 December, 2014, Hong Kong. 2014, P5.14.

LIN J., Lo C.M.M., MAI Z., Jiang C., Zhang W., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Tobacco and alcohol consumption and nasopharyngeal carcinama (NPC) mortality: A Guangzhou cohort study on 93672 Chinese males (abstract and poster presentation), European Congress of Epidemiology 2015, 25-27 June 2015, Maastricht, Netherlands. Netherlands, Maastricht University, 2015, 207.

Lin Q., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Xu L., Jin Y.L. and Cheng K.K., Past occupational dust exposure, depressive symptoms and anxiety in retired Chinese factory workers: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Journal of Occupational Health. 2014, 56: 444-52.

SUN Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Leg length is associated with lower values of inflammatory markers in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Annals of Human Biology. 2015, 42(2): 143-9.

Xu L., Jiang C., Schooling C.M., Zhang W., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Prediction of 4-year incident diabetes in older Chinese: Recalibration of the Framingham diabetes score on Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Preventive Medicine. 2014, 69C: 63-68.

Xu L., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Zhang W., Cherny S.S., Thomas G.N. and Cheng K.K., Sleep duration and memory in the elderly Chinese: Longitudinal analysis of the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Sleep. 2014, 37(11): 1737-44.

ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Kavikondala S., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted 17β-estradiol and systemic inflammation in women: a separate-sample Mendelian randomisation analysis in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2014, 68(8): 780-5.

ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., LONG M., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted testosterone and electrocardiographic QT interval duration in Chinese: A Mendelian randomization analysis in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 44(2): 613-20.

ZHONG Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Liu B., Jin Y.L., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Height, its components, and coagulability among older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, American Journal of Human Biology. 2014, 26(5): 603-8.

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 chinese men, PLoS One. 2015, 10(5): e0126442.

Researcher : Jiang J

List of Research Outputs

Lam T.Y., Zhou B., Wang J., CHAI Y., Shen Y., Chen X., MA C., Hong W., Chen Y., Zhang Y., Duan L., Chen P., Jiang J., Zhang Y., Li L., Poon L.L.M., Webby R.J., Smith D.K., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Holmes E.C., Guan Y. and Zhu H., Dissemination, divergence and establishment of H7N9 influenza viruses in China, Nature. 2015, 522(7554): 102-5.

Researcher : Jiang N

Project Title:	E-cigarette use and perceptions among adults: findings from in-person interviews among current and former smokers
Investigator(s):	Jiang N, Lam TH, Wang MP
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	01/2015

List of Research Outputs

Jiang N., Gonzalez M., Ling P.M. and Glantz S.A., Effects of smokefree laws and alcohol use on smoking and quit attempts among US adults: New innovations are needed for young adults and minority smokers. November 15-19, 2014. New Orleans, LA, USA, The 142nd annual meeting and exposition of the American Public Health Association. New Orleans, LA, USA, 2014.

Jiang N., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Leung L.T. and Lam T.H., Electronic Cigarette Use Among Adolescents: A Cross-sectional Study In Hong Kong (abstract), The 7th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 2-3 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, COSH, 2014.

Jiang N., Implementation of Tobacco Control Measures: Experiences and Challenges in Mainland China and Hong Kong, Global Health Promotion (Course guest speaker, Indiana University, School of Public Health, Bloomington, IN). 2015.

Jiang N., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Leung L.T. and Lam T.H., Intention To Quit Smoking And Quit Attempts Among Adolescent Smokers: A Cross-sectional Study In Hong Kong (Abstract & Poster Presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

Jiang N., Lee Y.O. and Ling P.M., Young adult social smokers: their co-use of tobacco and alcohol, tobacco-related attitudes, and quitting efforts, Preventive Medicine. 2014.

Johnston J.M., Jiang N., Shetye S.S. and Lam T.H., Brief review of smoking cessation training for medical students worldwide: A new initiative of experiential learning for tobacco control in Hong Kong, Global Health Journal. 2014, 1(2): 55-65.

Yao T., Jiang N., Grana R., Ling P.M. and Glantz S.A., A content analysis of electronic cigarette manufacturer websites in China, Tobacco Control. 2014.

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:	Queen Mary Hospital Charitable Trust - Training and Research Assistance Scheme
Start Date:	07/2010

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

Project Title:	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

List of Research Outputs

Barnett A., Cerin E., Ching S.K.C., Johnston J.M. and Lee R.S.Y., Neighbourhood environment, sitting time and motorised transport in older adults: A cross-sectional study in Hong Kong, BMJ open. 2015, 5(4): e007557.

Chin W.Y., Johnston J.M., Lam C.L.K. and Cheung A.N.Y., A pilot study to identify quality criteria for community -based medical education in Hong Kong, Asian Journal of Education and e-Learning. 2014.

Holm M., Leung Y.Y.J., Hung C.H.N. and Johnston J.M., Knowledge and use of online point-of-care tools in undergraduate medical students (Poster presentation), 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, 2014.

Holm M., Leung Y.Y.J., Hung C.H.N. and Johnston J.M., Online voluntary assessment: longitudinal evaluation of undergraduate medical students' uptake and perception - A mixed methods study (abstract and poster presentation), International Conference: Assessment for Learning in Higher Education 2015, 14-15 May 2015, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, HKU, 2015.

Johnston J.M., Jiang N., Shetye S.S. and Lam T.H., Brief review of smoking cessation training for medical students worldwide: A new initiative of experiential learning for tobacco control in Hong Kong, Global Health Journal. 2014, 1(2): 55-65.

Johnston J.M., Health inequality (powerpoint presentation), Future Leaders Initiative Programme 2014, 12-13 & 18-20 July 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, FLIP, 2014.

Johnston J.M., Health inequality, Future Leaders Initiative Programme: Health equity on 12-13&18-20 July 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, FLIP, 2014.

LAM K.F.K. and Johnston J.M., Depression and health-seeking behaviour among migrant workers in Shenzhen, International Journal of Social Psychiatry. 2015, 61(4): 350-7.

Leung G.M., Ni M.Y., Wong P.T., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., Stewart S.M., Schooling C.M., Johnston J.M., Lam W.W.T., Chan S.S.C., McDowell I., Pang H.M.H., Fielding R. and Lam T.H., Cohort Profile: FAMILY Cohort, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2015.

Ng K.M., Lam W.W.T. and Johnston J.M., The Development and Implementation of an e-Portfolio for Interdisciplinary Learning: The Experience in the Patient Care Project in Hong Kong, 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia. 2014.

Quan J., Hung C.H.N. and Johnston J.M., Association between attitudes to MOOCs and student profiles among Hong Kong postgraduates, 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia. 2014.

SHEN C., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Zhou J.X., Johnston J.M., Lee S.Y. and Lam T.H., Self-rated health and mortality in a prospective Chinese elderly cohort study in Hong Kong, Preventive Medicine. 2014, 67C: 112-8.

Vackova D., Johnston J.M. and Wu J.T.K., A Novel Way Of How To Assess The Effectiveness Of The Public Health Undergraduate Programme Using The Donabedian Conceptual Model Of Structure-process-outcomes, Hong Kong College Of Communuity Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting 20 September 2014, Poster No 9. 2014.

Vackova D. and Johnston J.M., HKU MBBS Y4 Integrated Block B, PBL case: Edward 2015-2016 (Teaching material PBL case writing) ), HKU, LKS Faculty of Medicine. 2015.

Vackova D. and Johnston J.M., What Undergraduate Medical Programme Evaluation Data Tell Us About The Effectiveness Of Learning Process: The University Of Hong Kong Mbbs Year 3 Tuberculosis Clerkship Programme, East West Alliance 2014, E-poster Exhibition Under The Theme Of “moocs In Postmodern Asia” On October 27-28, 2014.. 2014.

Wu B., Wang M., Johnston J.M. and Grotzer T.A., Improving the learning of clinical reasoning through computer-based cognitive representation, Medical Education Online. 2014, 19: 25940.

Researcher : Kam MS

List of Research Outputs

Xu C., Perera R.A.P.M., Chan Y.H., Fang J., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Kam M.S., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Determinants of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in Hong Kong, British journal of nutrition . 2015, 2015 Jul;114(1): 144-51.

Researcher : Kavikondala S

List of Research Outputs

ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Kavikondala S., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted 17β-estradiol and systemic inflammation in women: a separate-sample Mendelian randomisation analysis in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2014, 68(8): 780-5.

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

List of Research Outputs

Kwok K.O., Jiang C., Tan L.J., Lessler J., Read J., Zhu H., Guan Y., Cummings D. and Riley S., An international collaborative study on influenza viruses antibody titers and contact patterns of individuals in rural and urban household of Guangzhou, Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 2014, 35(4): 433-6.

Kwok K.O., Cowling B.J., Wei W.I., Peiris J.S.M. and Riley S., Social contacts and the locations in which they occur as risk factors for influenza infection, In: Kin O. Kwok, Benjamin J. Cowling, Vivian W. I. Wei, Kendra M. Wu, Jonathan M. Read, Justin Lessler, Derek A. Cummings, J. S. Malik Peiris, Steven Riley, Proceedings B Royal Society. 2014.

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

Project Title:	20th IEA World Congress of Epidemiology; Pubertal onset and maturity and adolescent blood pressure: evidence from Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort/Family income and adolescent blood pressure in a Chinese birth cohort: “Children of 1997”
Investigator(s):	Kwok MK
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	08/2014
Completion Date:	08/2014

Researcher : LAM KFK

List of Research Outputs

LAM K.F.K. and Johnston J.M., Depression and health-seeking behaviour among migrant workers in Shenzhen, International Journal of Social Psychiatry. 2015, 61(4): 350-7.

Researcher : LEUNG LT

List of Research Outputs

CHEN J., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., LEUNG L.T., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Family smoking, home smoking ban and morning and heavier smoking in adolescent smokers (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., LEUNG L.T. and Lam T.H., E-cigarette use, nicotine addiction and intention to quit among adolescent smokers in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 17-21 March. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2015.

Ho D.S.Y., Leung L.T., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Reasons For Not Quitting And Its Association With Smoking Cessation Service Use In Hong Kong Adolescent Current Smokers (Abstract & Poster Presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

Jiang N., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Leung L.T. and Lam T.H., Electronic Cigarette Use Among Adolescents: A Cross-sectional Study In Hong Kong (abstract), The 7th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 2-3 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, COSH, 2014.

Jiang N., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Leung L.T. and Lam T.H., Intention To Quit Smoking And Quit Attempts Among Adolescent Smokers: A Cross-sectional Study In Hong Kong (Abstract & Poster Presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

LEUNG L.T., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Aided smoking cessation and its association with smoking urge in the morning and smoking intention in Hong Kong adolescent ex-smokers (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

LEUNG L.T., Ho D.S.Y., AU W.M., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Parental pro-smoking practices and smoking susceptibility among children in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 17-21 March. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2015.

Lam T.H., Wang M.P., Leung L.T. and Ho D.S.Y., E-cigarette use was associated with respiratory symptoms among Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong (abstract & oral presentation), 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 17-21 March. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2015.

Leung L.T., Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Low-price Cigarette Purchase And Nicotine Dependence In Hong Kong Adolescent Smokers (abstract), The 7th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 2-3 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, COSH, 2014.

Leung L.T., Ho D.S.Y., AU W.M., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Parental Anti-smoking And Pro-smoking Communications And Smoking Susceptibility In Hong Kong Children (Abstract & Poster Presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., LEUNG L.T. and Lam T.H., E-cigarette use was associated with the intention to smoke in Chinese adolescents (abstract & poster presentation), 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 17-21 March. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2015.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Leung L.T. and Lam T.H., Electronic cigarette use and its association with smoking in Hong Kong Chinese adolescents, Addictive Behaviors. 2015.

Researcher : LEUNG YC

List of Research Outputs

LEUNG Y.C., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Migrant status and child and adolescent psychological well-being: evidence from Hong Kong's 'Children of 1997' birth cohort, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2015, 2015;69: 156–161.

Researcher : LIANG H

List of Research Outputs

LIANG H., Lam T.Y., Fan X., Chen X., Zeng Y., ZHOU J., Duan L., Tse M.T., Chan C.H., Li L., Leung T.Y., Yip C.H., Cheung C.L., Zhou B., Smith D.K., Poon L.L.M., Peiris J.S.M., Guan Y. and Zhu H., Expansion of genotypic diversity and establishment of 2009 H1N1 pandemic-origin internal genes in pigs in China., Journal of Virology. 2014, 88(18): 10864-74.

Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., Zhou B., Duan L., Cheung C.L., MA C., Lycett S., Leung C.Y.H., Chen X., Li L., Hong W., CHAI Y., Zhou L., LIANG H., OU Z., Liu Y., Farooqui A., Kelvin D., Poon L.L.M., Smith D.K., Pybus O., Leung G.M., Shu Y., Webster R., Webby R., Peiris J.S.M., Rambaut A., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Research Output Prize, The University of Hong Kong. 2014.

Researcher : LIN J

List of Research Outputs

LIN J., Lo C.M.M., MAI Z., Jiang C., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Smoking and nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) mortality: A Guangzhou Cohort Study on 129135 Chinese males (Abstract and Poster presentation), 19th Research Postgraduate Symposium, 10-11 December, 2014, Hong Kong. 2014, P5.14.

LIN J., Lo C.M.M., MAI Z., Jiang C., Zhang W., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Tobacco and alcohol consumption and nasopharyngeal carcinama (NPC) mortality: A Guangzhou cohort study on 93672 Chinese males (abstract and poster presentation), European Congress of Epidemiology 2015, 25-27 June 2015, Maastricht, Netherlands. Netherlands, Maastricht University, 2015, 207.

Researcher : LONG M

List of Research Outputs

ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., LONG M., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted testosterone and electrocardiographic QT interval duration in Chinese: A Mendelian randomization analysis in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 44(2): 613-20.

Researcher : Lai HK

List of Research Outputs

WANG Y., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S., Lai H.K. and Lam T.H., Hong Kong Chinese adolescents' self-reported smoking and perceptions of parenting styles, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2015, 22(2): 268-75.

Wong C.M., Chan W.M., Yang L., Chan K.P., Lai H.K., Thach T.Q., Ho L.M., Lam T.H. and Peiris J.S.M., Effect of lifestyle factors on risk of mortality associated with influenza in elderly people, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2014, 20(SuppI6): S16-9.

Researcher : Lai YKA

List of Research Outputs

Lai Y.K.A., Hook Up and Acquisition on Polysomnography, Certificate Course on Respiratory Medicine, Hong Kong Thoracic Society. 2014.

Researcher : Lam CK

List of Research Outputs

Ip D.K.M., Lau E.H.Y., Tam Y.H., So H.C., Lam C.K., Cowling B.J. and Leung G.M., Evaluation of an electronic smart-card based school absenteeism surveillance system , 2014 International Society for Disease Surveillance Conference, Philadelphia, USA, 9– 11 December 2014. USA, Int'l Society for Disease Surveillance.

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: Evidence from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Annals of Epidemiology. 2014, 24(8): 606-11.

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:	Assessing the corporate environment in promoting tobacco control and evaluation of smoking cessation programme in workplaces in Hong Kong (First Phase)
Investigator(s):	Lam TH, Lee KY, Wong CN, Wang MP
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Smoking Cessation Program in Workplace (SCPW)
Start Date:	12/2012
Completion Date:	12/2014

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:	20th IEA World Congress of Epidemiology; Smoking kills at least 1 out of 2 smokers?--A 10-year follow-up study in Hong Kong, China
Investigator(s):	Lam TH
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	08/2014
Completion Date:	08/2014

List of Research Outputs

AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S., Tin S.P.P., HUANG R. and Lam T.H., Alcohol drinking and pro-drinking practices in parents of Hong Kong adolescents, Alcohol and Alcoholism. 2014, 49(6): 668-74.

AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S., Tin S.P.P., HUANG R. and Lam T.H., Correlates of pro-drinking practices in drinking parents of adolescents in Hong Kong, PLoS One. 2015, 10(3): e0119554.

AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., HUANG R. and Lam T.H., Perceived benefits and harms of alcohol drinking and their association with parental drinking and pro-drinking practices in Hong Kong adolescent (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

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: Evidence from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Annals of Epidemiology. 2014, 24(8): 606-11.

CHEN J., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., LEUNG L.T., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Family smoking, home smoking ban and morning and heavier smoking in adolescent smokers (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

CHEN J., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Home Smoking Ban, Family Smoking and Quit Attempts in Hong Kong Adolescent Smokers (Abstract & oral presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

Chan S.S.C., Wong C.N., Cheung Y.T.D., Leung R.Y., Lau L., Lai V. and Lam T.H., A block randomized controlled trial of a brief smoking cessation counseling and advice through short message service on participants who joined the Quit to Win Contest in Hong Kong, Health Education Research. Oxford, 2015, 30: 609-621.

Chan S.S.C., Cheung Y.T.D., Wan S.F., Leung D.Y.P. and Lam T.H., Feasibility and effectiveness of a pilot outreach smoking cessation programme at smoking hotspots in Hong Kong, 6th Global Conference of the Alliance for Healthy Cities, Hong Kong. 29 October-1 November. 2014.

Chan S.S.C., Cheung Y.T.D., Wong C.N., Lam O.B.C., Leung D., Lau L., Lai V. and Lam T.H., Predictors of intention to quit at participation and six-month abstinence in the participants of Hong Kong Quit-to-Win Contest (2009-2013) (abstract & poster presentation), 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 17-21 March. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2015.

Chan S.S.C., Cheung Y.T.D., Leung Y.P., Mak Y.W., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., Secondhand smoke exposure and maternal action to protect children from secondhand smoke: Pre- and post-smokefree legislation in Hong Kong, PLoS One. 2014, 9(8): e105781.

Chan Y.H., Yiu K.H., Lau G.K.K., Yiu Y.F., Li S.W., Lam T.H., Lau C.P., Siu C.W. and Tse H.F., The CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc scores predict adverse vascular function, ischemic stroke and cardiovascular death in high-risk patients without atrial fibrillation: Role of incorporating PR prolongation, Atherosclerosis. 2014, 237(2): 504-13.

Chan Y.H., Lau K.K., Yiu K.H., Li L.S.W., Tam S., Lam T.H., Lau C.P., Siu D.C.W., Cheung B.M.Y. and Tse H.F., Vascular protective effects of statin-related increase in serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D among high-risk cardiac patients, Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine. 2015, 16: 51-58.

Chan Y.H., Lau G.K.K., Yiu K.H., Li L.S.W., Tam S., Lam T.H., Lau C.P., Siu D.C.W., Cheung B.M.Y. and Tse H.F., Vascular protective effects of statin-related increase in serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D among high-risk cardiac patients, Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine (Hagerstown). 2015.

Chau T.K., Fong D.Y.T., Chan S.S.C., Wong J.Y.H., Li W.H.C., Tan K.C.B., Leung A.Y.M., Wong D.T.W., Leung D.Y.P. and Lam T.H., Misconceptions about smoking in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A qualitative analysis (abstract), The 7th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 2-3 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, COSH, 2014.

Chen J., Wang M.P., McGhee S., Kwong A., Lai V. and Lam T.H., Awareness and perceived harmfulness of e-cigarettes and their associations with smokers: intention to quit in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 17-21 March. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2015.

Chen J., McGhee S., Townsend J., Lam T.H. and Hedley A.J., Did the tobacco industry inflate estimates of illicit cigarette consumption in Asia? An empirical analysis, Tobacco Control. 2015, 24(e2): e161-7.

Chen J., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Positive reactions to third-hand smoke exposure are associated with smoking susceptibility among young children in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 17-21 March. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2015.

Chen J., McGhee S., Lau M.M.L., Lai V. and Lam T.H., Public opinion towards tobacco tax increase findings from COSH 2012-13 survey in Hong Kong (abstract), The 7th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 2-3 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, COSH, 2014.

Chen J., McGhee S., Lau M.M.L., Lai V. and Lam T.H., Smoke-free home and its association with secondhand smoke exposure at work findings from COSH 2012-13 survey in Hong Kong (abstract), The 7th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 2-3 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, COSH, 2014.

Chen J., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Unacceptability and embarrassment towards parental smoking in Hong Kong adolescents (abstract), The 7th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 2-3 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, COSH, 2014.

Cheung Y.T.D., Lai W.S.I., Lam O.B.C., Lau L., Lai V., Li W.H.C. and Lam T.H., A Block Randomized Controlled Trial Of A Small Cash Incentive On Smoking Cessation In The Hong Kong Quit To Win Contest 2013 (abstract), The 7th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 2-3 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, COSH, 2014.

Cheung Y.T.D., Lam T.H., Leung D.Y.P., Abdullah A.S.M. and Chan S.S.C., Nicotine replacement therapy to aid gradual cessation in smokers with no intention to quit: Association between reduction quantity and later abstinence, Preventive Medicine Reports. 2015, 2: 196-201.

Cheung Y.T.D., Chan W.F., Chan C.H.H., Tam S.Y.J., Lai C.K.J., Wan Y.R., Lau T.K.A. and Lam T.H., Understanding Smoking Urge, Lapse And Relapse In Ex-smokers: A Retrospective Analysis Of Ex-smokers (abstract), The 7th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 2-3 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, COSH, 2014.

Dai S.Y., Ho D.S.Y., Mok H.Y., Yung H.Y.D., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Doctor-diagnosed sleep apnoea in Hong Kong adolescents: prevalence and associations with night-eating and dinner time (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

Fabrizio C.S., Lam T.H., Hirschmann M.A.R., Pang I., Yu X., Wang X. and Stewart S.M., Parental emotional management benefits family relationships: A randomized controlled trial in Hong Kong, China, Behaviour Research and Therapy. 2015, 71: 115-24.

Gui H., Jiang C., Cherny S.S., Sham P.C., Xu L., Liu B., Jin Y.L., Zhu T., Zhang W., Thomas G.N., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Influence of Alzheimer's disease genes on cognitive decline: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Neurobiology of Aging. 2014, 35: 2422.e3–2422.e8.

HOU W.W., Tse M.A., Lam T.H., 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., Diabetes Medicine. 2015, 32(4): 505-12.

HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Awareness Of Youth Telephone Quitline And Willingness To Use Aids For Smoking Cessation In Hong Kong Adolescents (abstract) , The 7th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 2-3 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, COSH, 2014.

HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Exposure To Drinkers At Home And The Intention To Drink In Hong Kong Adolescent Never And Ever Drinkers (abstract & Poster Presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., WANG Y., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Independent association between parental smoking and non-authoritative parenting style as reported by Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 17-21 March. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2015.

HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Perceived drinking prevalence in adolescents, parents, teachers and doctors, and its association with adolescent drinking and intention to drink (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

He Y., Lam T.H., Jiang B., Li L.S., Sun D.L., Wu L., Liu M., Yang S.S., Wang Y.Y., Tobias D.K., Sun Q. and Hu F.B., Changes in BMI before and during economic development and subsequent risk of cardiovascular disease and total mortality: A 35-year follow-up study in China, Diabetes Care. 2014, 37(9): 2540-7.

Ho D.S.Y., HUANG R., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., A School-based Survey on Adolescent Alcohol Drinking in Hong Kong, Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Food and Health Bureau, 2014.

Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., LEUNG L.T. and Lam T.H., E-cigarette use, nicotine addiction and intention to quit among adolescent smokers in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 17-21 March. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2015.

Ho D.S.Y., CHEN J., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Parental Smoking Modifies The Association Between Home Smoking Ban And Adolescent Smoking (abstract), The 7th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 2-3 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, COSH, 2014.

Ho D.S.Y., Leung L.T., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Reasons For Not Quitting And Its Association With Smoking Cessation Service Use In Hong Kong Adolescent Current Smokers (Abstract & Poster Presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

Ho D.S.Y., RUAN R., Fong D.Y.T., Lee K.Y., Chung W.H. and Lam T.H., Sweetness preference and its association with socio-demographic characteristics in Hong Kong children, Hot topic conference 2015: Dietary Sugars, Obesity and Metabolic Disease Risk. 2015.

Ho D.S.Y., HUANG R., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Three-year follow-up of the Hong Kong Student Obesity Surveillance project (HKSOS) on trends and predictors of adolescent obesity and related behaviours, Journal Club, Food and Health Bureau. 2014.

Ho L.M., Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Changes in individual weight status based on body mass index and waist circumference in Hong Kong Chinese, PLoS One. 2015, 10(3): e0119827.

Huang Y., Ho D.S.Y., HUANG R., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Night-eating in Hong Kong adolescents: prevalence and associations with dinner habits, bedtime and weight status (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

Jagielski A.C., Jiang C., Xu L., Taheri S., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H. and Thomas G.N., Glycaemia is associated with cognitive impairment in older adults: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Age and Ageing. 2015, 44(1): 65-71.

Jiang B., He Y., Zuo F., Wu L., Liu Q.H., Zhang L., Zhou C.X., Cheng K.K., Chan S.S.C. and Lam T.H., Effectiveness of Varenicline with counseling programs on smoking cessation in a targeted clinical setting in China (in Chinese), Chinese Journal of Epidemiology. 2014, 35(12): 1349-53.

Jiang N., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Leung L.T. and Lam T.H., Electronic Cigarette Use Among Adolescents: A Cross-sectional Study In Hong Kong (abstract), The 7th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 2-3 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, COSH, 2014.

Jiang N., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Leung L.T. and Lam T.H., Intention To Quit Smoking And Quit Attempts Among Adolescent Smokers: A Cross-sectional Study In Hong Kong (Abstract & Poster Presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

Johnston J.M., Jiang N., Shetye S.S. and Lam T.H., Brief review of smoking cessation training for medical students worldwide: A new initiative of experiential learning for tobacco control in Hong Kong, Global Health Journal. 2014, 1(2): 55-65.

Kwong A., Lai V., Lau L., Li W.H.C. and Lam T.H., “Quit to Win”: a smoking cessation promotion and scientific research project with community participation (abstract & poster presentation), 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 17-21 March. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2015.

Kwong A., Lai V., Lau M.M.L. and Lam T.H., 全面禁止煙草推廣：委員會的倡議工作及展望 (abstract), The 7th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 2-3 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, COSH, 2014.

LEUNG L.T., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Aided smoking cessation and its association with smoking urge in the morning and smoking intention in Hong Kong adolescent ex-smokers (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

LEUNG L.T., Ho D.S.Y., AU W.M., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Parental pro-smoking practices and smoking susceptibility among children in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 17-21 March. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2015.

LIN J., Lo C.M.M., MAI Z., Jiang C., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Smoking and nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) mortality: A Guangzhou Cohort Study on 129135 Chinese males (Abstract and Poster presentation), 19th Research Postgraduate Symposium, 10-11 December, 2014, Hong Kong. 2014, P5.14.

LIN J., Lo C.M.M., MAI Z., Jiang C., Zhang W., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Tobacco and alcohol consumption and nasopharyngeal carcinama (NPC) mortality: A Guangzhou cohort study on 93672 Chinese males (abstract and poster presentation), European Congress of Epidemiology 2015, 25-27 June 2015, Maastricht, Netherlands. Netherlands, Maastricht University, 2015, 207.

Lai C.K.J., Chan W.F., Cheung Y.T.D., Chan C.H.H., Tam S.Y.J., Wan Y.R., Lau T.K.A. and Lam T.H., Feasibility and effectiveness of social networking service for relapse prevention: a qualitative study and a pilot randomized controlled trial (abstract), The 7th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 2-3 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, COSH, 2014.

Lai V., Lau M.M.L., Li W.H.C. and Lam T.H., 戒煙大贏家 - 聯合社區網絡為戒煙創造有利環境 (abstract), The 7th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 2-3 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, COSH, 2014.

Lam T.H., Chan S.S.C., Leung G.M., Fong D.Y.T., Leung S., Emmons K., Leung A.Y.M. and Leung D.Y.P., A proactive family smoking cessation intervention for parents of children 0-18 months: A randomised controlled trial, Health Research Symposium 2014, Hong Kong. 15 November. 2014.

Lam T.H., Best Science and Best Practice: Promoting FAMILY 3Hs (Health, Happiness and Harmony) using innovative and simple approaches, "Seminar on positive parenting and family cohesion" in Student Health Service, Department of Health, 7 March 2015, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Department of Health, HKSAR, 2015.

Lam T.H., Stewart S.M., Hirschmann M.A.R., Fabrizio C.S. and Yu X., Can randomized controlled trials be conducted in community social service settings?, Public Health. 2015, 129(5): 601-3.

Lam T.H., Clinical research methodology and clinical epidemiology, Teaching in Macau Kiang Wu Hospital, 1 June 2015, Macau. Macau, Macau Kiang Wu Hospital, 2015.

Lam T.H., Wang M.P., Leung L.T. and Ho D.S.Y., E-cigarette use was associated with respiratory symptoms among Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong (abstract & oral presentation), 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 17-21 March. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2015.

Lam T.H., Cheung Y.T.D., Leung Y.P., Abdullah A.S.M. and Chan S.S.C., Effectiveness of smoking reduction intervention for hardcore smokers, Tobacco Induced Diseases. 2015, 13(1): 9.

Lam T.H., Evidence and recommendations of the CEWG on population-based breast cancer screening (Powerpoint presentation), Hong Kong Primary Care Conference 2015, 30-31 May 2015. Hong Kong, HK College of Family Physicians.

Lam T.H., Mui M., Wan N.T.A., Soong S.S., Wang X. and Chan S.S.C., Happy Family Kitchen II, a community-based participatory research (CBPR) to enhance Family Health, Happiness and Harmony in Hong Kong: A cluster randomized control trial under FAMILY: A Jockey Club Initiative for a Harmonious Society Project, 6th Global Conference of the Alliance for the Healthy Cities, Hong Kong, 29 October–1 November. 2014.

Lam T.H., Chen J., Wang M.P., Wang X., Soong S.S., Wan N.T.A. and Chan S.S.C., Second-hand smoke exposure and health-related quality of life in never smokers: The Hong Kong Jockey Club Family project (abstract & oral presentation), 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 17-21 March. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2015.

Lam T.H., Xu L., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Lee R.S.Y. and Leung G.M., Smoking and mortality in a prospective cohort study of elderly Chinese in Hong Kong, Addiction. 2015, 110(3): 502-10.

Lam T.H., Xu L., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Lee R.S.Y. and Leung G.M., Smoking kills at least 1 out of 2 smokers? – A 10-year follow-up study in Hong Kong, China (abstract and poster presentation), 20th IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 17-21 August 2014, Anchorage, USA. Alaska, USA, WCE, 2014.

Lam T.H., Leung C., Wan N.T.A., Soong S.S., Wang X. and Chan S.S.C., Strengthening family relationship to increase family health, happiness and harmony: Findings from a Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR) project under FAMILY: A Jockey Club Initiative for a Harmonious Society Project in Hong Kong, 6th Global Conference of the Alliance for the Healthy Cities, Hong Kong, 29 October–1 November. 2014.

Lam T.H., To add money to become MMPOWER and emphasize “at least one in two smokers dies” in W (abstract and powerpoint presentation), The 7th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 2-3 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, COSH, 2014.

Lam T.H. and Ho D.S.Y., Tobacco, In: Roger Detels, Martin Gulliford, Quarraisha Abdool Karim and Chorh Chuan Tan, Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health, 6th Edition. Oxford University Press, 2015, 3: 1217-32.

Lam T.H., 預防癌症的原則和實證 (powerpoint presentation), Health Promotion Sharing Forum, 22 May 2015, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Centre for Health Protection, 2015.

Leung G.M., Ni M.Y., Wong P.T., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., Stewart S.M., Schooling C.M., Johnston J.M., Lam W.W.T., Chan S.S.C., McDowell I., Pang H.M.H., Fielding R. and Lam T.H., Cohort Profile: FAMILY Cohort, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2015.

Leung L.T., Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Low-price Cigarette Purchase And Nicotine Dependence In Hong Kong Adolescent Smokers (abstract), The 7th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 2-3 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, COSH, 2014.

Leung L.T., Ho D.S.Y., AU W.M., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Parental Anti-smoking And Pro-smoking Communications And Smoking Susceptibility In Hong Kong Children (Abstract & Poster Presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

Li W.H.C., Chan S.S.C., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Helping cancer patients quit smoking by increasing their risk perception: A study protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial, BMC Cancer. 2015, 15: 490.

Li W.H.C., Chan S.S.C. and Lam T.H., Helping cancer patients to quit smoking by understanding their risk perception, behavior, and attitudes related to smoking, Psycho-Oncology. 2014, 23(8): 870-877.

Li W.H.C., Chan S.S.C. and Lam T.H., Smoking among Hong Kong Chinese women: behavior, attitudes and experience, BMC Public Health. 2015, 15: 183.

Li W.H.C., Chan S.S.C., Lau L., Lai V. and Lam T.H., Smoking and health survey in Hong Kong women (abstract), The 7th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 2-3 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, COSH, 2014.

Li W.H.C., Chan S.S.C. and Lam T.H., The youth quitline (5111 4333) in Hong Kong since 2005: Nine-year experience (abstract), The 7th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 2-3 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, COSH, 2014.

Lin Q., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Xu L., Jin Y.L. and Cheng K.K., Past occupational dust exposure, depressive symptoms and anxiety in retired Chinese factory workers: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Journal of Occupational Health. 2014, 56: 444-52.

MAI Z., Lo C.M.M., Xu J., Chan K.P., Wong C.M., Lung M.L. and Lam T.H., Milk consumption and nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC): An ecological study in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), 19th Research Postgraduate Symposium, 10-11 December 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2014.

MAI Z., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo C.M.M. and Lam T.H., Quitting smoking and mortality: risk of all-cause mortality decreased sharply in 5-9 years after quitting smoking among Chinese (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

Mok H.Y., Ho D.S.Y., Yung H.Y.D., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Doctor-diagnosed gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in Hong Kong adolescents: prevalence and atypical symptoms (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. http://www.med.hku.hk/ewa2014/, Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

RUAN R., Ho D.S.Y., Tin S.P.P., CHEN J., Lee K.Y., Chung W.H. and Lam T.H., Daily total fluid intake and changes in body mass index among Hong Kong primary school students (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

RUAN R., Ho D.S.Y., Fong D.Y.T., Lee K.Y., Chung W.H. and Lam T.H., Lifestyle correlates of preference for sweet food in Hong Kong children, Hot topic conference 2015: Dietary Sugars, Obesity and Metabolic Disease Risk. 2015.

SHEN C., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Zhou J.X., Johnston J.M., Lee S.Y. and Lam T.H., Self-rated health and mortality in a prospective Chinese elderly cohort study in Hong Kong, Preventive Medicine. 2014, 67C: 112-8.

SUN Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Leg length is associated with lower values of inflammatory markers in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Annals of Human Biology. 2015, 42(2): 143-9.

Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Leung S.L., Lam T.H., Lee S.Y., Shen C., Leung Y.Y.J. and Leung G.M., Cohort Profile: Hong Kong Department of Health Elderly Health Service Cohort, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2014.

Tamrakar M., Ho D.S.Y., HUANG R., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Self-reported halitosis in Hong Kong adolescents: prevalence and association with socio-demographic characteristics and self-rated health (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

WANG Y., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S., Lai H.K. and Lam T.H., Hong Kong Chinese adolescents' self-reported smoking and perceptions of parenting styles, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2015, 22(2): 268-75.

Wan N.T.A., Lam T.H., Mui M., Soong S.S., Wang X. and Chan S.S.C., Promoting family communication, harmony, happiness and health through a community-based project in Hong Kong: the Happy Family Kitchen Project II, Visioning the Future of Families: Policy and Practice, CIFA 4th Regional Symposium, Shanghai, 13-15 November. 2014.

Wang M.P., Wang X., Viswanath K., Wan N.T.A., Lam T.H. and Chan S.S.C., Digital inequalities of family life information seeking and family well-being among Chinese adults in Hong Kong: A population survey, Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2014, 16(10): e227.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., LEUNG L.T. and Lam T.H., E-cigarette use was associated with the intention to smoke in Chinese adolescents (abstract & poster presentation), 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 17-21 March. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2015.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Leung L.T. and Lam T.H., Electronic cigarette use and its association with smoking in Hong Kong Chinese adolescents, Addictive Behaviors. 2015.

Wang M.P., Wang X., Lam T.H., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., Ex-smokers are happier than current smokers among Chinese adults in Hong Kong, Addiction. 2014, 109(7): 1165-1171.

Wang M.P., Lam T.H., Wong Y.M.B., Lau O.S. and Chan S.S., Promoting workplace smokefree policy and smoking cessation in Hong Kong (abstract), The 7th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 2-3 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, COSH, 2014.

Wang M.P., Lam T.H., Wong Y.M.B., Lau O.S. and Chan S.S.C., Promoting workplace smokefree policy and smoking cessation in Hong Kong, The 7th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, Hong Kong, 2-3 September. 2014.

Wang M.P., Lam T.H., Wong Y.M.B., Koh D. and Chan S.S.C., Smoking family, paternal smoking at home and saliva cotinine levels of young children in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 17-21 March. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2015.

Wang M.P., Wang X., Lam T.H., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., The tobacco endgame in Hong Kong: Public support for a total ban on tobacco sale, Tobacco Control. 2015, 24(2): 162-7.

Wang X., Wang M.P., Lam T.H., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., Physically active adults reported higher levels of family happiness, harmony and health: findings from the Hong Kong Family and Health Information and Trends Survey (FHinTs) under FAMILY: A Jockey Club Initiative for a Harmonious Society Project, 6th Global Conference of the Alliance for the Healthy Cities, Hong Kong, 29 October–1 November. 2014.

Wong C.M., Chan W.M., Yang L., Chan K.P., Lai H.K., Thach T.Q., Ho L.M., Lam T.H. and Peiris J.S.M., Effect of lifestyle factors on risk of mortality associated with influenza in elderly people, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2014, 20(SuppI6): S16-9.

Wong C.N., Chan S.S.C. and Lam T.H., Depressive Symptoms Delayed Quit Attempts and Shortened Abstinence in Young Smokers of the Hong Kong Youth Quitline, Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 2015.

Wong Y.M.B., Lam T.H., Wang M.P., Chan S.S.C. and Quee K.S., Avoidance practices in smoking households and children’s salivary cotinine level (abstract & poster presentation), 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 17-21 March. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2015.

Wong Y.M.B., Li W.H.C., Lam O.B.C., Wong C.N., Chan S.S.C. and Lam T.H., Smoking cessation telephone counseling for youth: effective regardless of recruitment methods? (abstract & poster presentation), 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 17-21 March. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2015.

Woodward M., Peters S.A.E., Batty G.D., Ueshima H., Woo J., Giles G.G., Barzi F., Ho S., Huxley R.R., Arima H.]., Fang X.H., Dobson A., Lam T.H. and Vathesatogkit P., Socioeconomic status in relation to cardiovascular disease and cause-specific mortality: a comparison of Asian and Australasian populations in a pooled analysis, BMJ Open. 2015, 5(3): e006408.

Wu L., He Y., Jiang B., Zhang D., Tian H., Zuo F., Lam T.H. and Cheung Y.T.D., The effect of a very brief smoking-reduction intervention in smokers who have no intention to quit: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial, BMC Public Health. 2015, 15: 418.

Xu L., Kwan S.K.J., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W.S., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Depressive symptoms predict memory decline over subsequent 4 years, and vice versa: longitudinal analysis of the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (Platform Presentation), British Geriatrics Society Spring Meeting (Nottingham, UK). 2015.

Xu L., Jiang C., Schooling C.M., Zhang W., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Prediction of 4-year incident diabetes in older Chinese: Recalibration of the Framingham diabetes score on Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Preventive Medicine. 2014, 69C: 63-68.

Xu L., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Zhang W., Cherny S.S., Thomas G.N. and Cheng K.K., Sleep duration and memory in the elderly Chinese: Longitudinal analysis of the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Sleep. 2014, 37(11): 1737-44.

Yip P.S.F., Lee A.M., Cheung K.B., Lam E., Tu E.J.C., Jao M., Lam T.H., Yan L., Mok J.H.F., Ng M.L., Siu Y.M. and Yip K.Y., Report on the Survey of Family Planning Knowledge, Attitude and Practice in Hong Kong 2012. Hong Kong, The Family Planning Association of Hong Kong, 2014, pp 168.

Yung H.Y.D., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Fidgeting in Hong Kong adolescents and its associations with physical activity and weight status (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Kavikondala S., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted 17β-estradiol and systemic inflammation in women: a separate-sample Mendelian randomisation analysis in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2014, 68(8): 780-5.

ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., LONG M., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted testosterone and electrocardiographic QT interval duration in Chinese: A Mendelian randomization analysis in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 44(2): 613-20.

ZHONG Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Liu B., Jin Y.L., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Height, its components, and coagulability among older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, American Journal of Human Biology. 2014, 26(5): 603-8.

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 chinese men, PLoS One. 2015, 10(5): e0126442.

Zhou Q., Chan S.S.C., Stewart S.M., Leung C.S.C., Wan N.T.A. and Lam T.H., The effectiveness of positive psychology interventions in enhancing positive behaviors and family relationships in Hong Kong: A community-based participatory research project, The Journal of Positive Psychology. 2015, 1-15.

Researcher : Lam TY

Project Title:	Using family-wide ancestral genome sequences to detect novel viral species in metagenomic samples
Investigator(s):	Lam TY, Zhu H, Guan Y
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	03/2015

Project Title:	PRAGMA 28; Metagenomic and phylogenomic applications in studying biological and medical sciences
Investigator(s):	Lam TY
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	04/2015
Completion Date:	04/2015

List of Research Outputs

LIANG H., Lam T.Y., Fan X., Chen X., Zeng Y., ZHOU J., Duan L., Tse M.T., Chan C.H., Li L., Leung T.Y., Yip C.H., Cheung C.L., Zhou B., Smith D.K., Poon L.L.M., Peiris J.S.M., Guan Y. and Zhu H., Expansion of genotypic diversity and establishment of 2009 H1N1 pandemic-origin internal genes in pigs in China., Journal of Virology. 2014, 88(18): 10864-74.

Lam T.Y., Zhou B., Wang J., CHAI Y., Shen Y., Chen X., MA C., Hong W., Chen Y., Zhang Y., Duan L., Chen P., Jiang J., Zhang Y., Li L., Poon L.L.M., Webby R.J., Smith D.K., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Holmes E.C., Guan Y. and Zhu H., Dissemination, divergence and establishment of H7N9 influenza viruses in China, Nature. 2015, 522(7554): 102-5.

Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., Zhou B., Duan L., Cheung C.L., MA C., Lycett S., Leung C.Y.H., Chen X., Li L., Hong W., CHAI Y., Zhou L., LIANG H., OU Z., Liu Y., Farooqui A., Kelvin D., Poon L.L.M., Smith D.K., Pybus O., Leung G.M., Shu Y., Webster R., Webby R., Peiris J.S.M., Rambaut A., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Research Output Prize, The University of Hong Kong. 2014.

Liu W., Fan H., Raghwani J., Lam T.Y., Li J., Pybus O.G., Yao H.W., Wo Y., Liu K., An X.P., Pei G.Q., Li H., Wang H.Y., Zhao J.J., Jiang T., Ma M.J., Xia X., Dong Y.D., Zhao T.Y., Jiang J.F., Yang Y.H., Guan Y., Tong Y. and Cao W.C., Occurrence and Reassortment of Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Viruses Derived from Coinfected Birds in China, Journal of Virology. 2014, 88(22): 13344-51.

MA C., Lam T.Y., CHAI Y., Wang J., Fan X., Hong W., Zhang Y., Li L., Liu Y., Smith D.K., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Emergence and Evolution of H10 Subtype Influenza Viruses in Poultry in China, Journal of Virology. 2015, 89(7): 3534-41.

Scotch M., Lam T.Y., Pabilonia K.L., Anderson T., Baroch J., Kohler D. and DeLiberto T.J., Diffusion of influenza viruses among migratory birds with a focus on the Southwest United States., Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 2014, 26(2014): 185-93.

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:	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

Project Title:	The role of cognitive bias in relation to persistent distress among women diagnosed with breast cancer
Investigator(s):	Lam WWT, Fielding R, Lee TMC, Tsang JWH, Yoon SW
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2015

List of Research Outputs

Fielding R., Cowling B.J., Liao Q. and Lam W.W.T., Behavioural changes in relation to risk perception and prevention of avian and human influenza in Hong Kong, 2006 to 2010 , Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2014, 20(Suppl4): S26-8.

Fielding R. and Lam W.W.T., Psychosocial and physical outcomes after surgery for breast cancer: a 5-to-6 year follow-up, Hong Kong Medical Journal. Hong Kong Academy of Medicine and the Hong Kong Medical Asso, 2014, 20 Suppl 7: S9-12.

Lam W.W.T., Fielding R., Butow P., Cowling B.J., Chan M., Or A., Kwong A. and Suen T.K.D., Decision aids for breast cancer surgery: a randomised controlled trial, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2014, 20(Suppl. 7): 24-27.

Lam W.W.T., Developing evidence in psychological issues, Asia Pacific Hospice Conference. 2015.

Lam W.W.T., Yeo W., Suen J., Ho W.M., Tsang J.W.H., Soong S.I., Yau T.K., Wong K.Y., Sze W.K., Ng A.W., Kwong A., Suen T.K.D., Fong D.Y.T., Ho S. and Fielding R., Goal adjustment influence on psychological well-being following advanced breast cancer diagnosis, Psycho-Oncology. 2015, Epub on 2015-6-18.

Lam W.W.T., Kwok N.T., Liao Q., Chan M., Or A., Kwong A., Suen T.K.D. and Fielding R., Psychometric assessment of the Chinese version of the decisional conflict scale in Chinese women making decision for breast cancer surgery, Health Expectations. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2015, 18(2): 210-20.

Lam W.W.T., Section editor, Current Breast Cancer Reports. Springer, 2015.

Lam W.W.T., Fielding R., Chan M., Kwong A., Or A. and Suen T.K.D., The effect of decision aids on treatment decision making for breast cancer surgery: A randomized controlled trial (Abstract & poster presentation), Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong . Hong Kong, Food and Health Bureau, 2014.

Lam W.W.T., Ng J., Tsang J.W.H., Yau T.K., Soong I., Yeo W., Suen J., Ho W.M., Wong K.Y., Kwong A., Suen T.K.D., Sze W.K. and Ng A., Trajectory patterns of supportive care needs among Chinese women with advanced breast cancer, IPOS 15th World Congress. 2014.

Leung G.M., Ni M.Y., Wong P.T., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., Stewart S.M., Schooling C.M., Johnston J.M., Lam W.W.T., Chan S.S.C., McDowell I., Pang H.M.H., Fielding R. and Lam T.H., Cohort Profile: FAMILY Cohort, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2015.

Liao Q., Cowling B.J., Lam W.W.T. and Fielding R., Behavioural changes in relation to risk perception and prevention of avian and human influenza in the general population of Hong Kong, 2006 to 2010 (Abstract & poster presentation), Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Food and Health Bureau, 2014.

Liao Q., Lam W.W.T., Cowling B.J. and Fielding R., Parental decision-making regarding vaccination against seasonal influenza for young children in Hong Kong: A longitudinal study, 2012-2013 (Abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

Liao Q., Lam W.W.T. and Fielding R., Perceived Risk Of Lung Cancer Among Active Smokers, Passive Smokers And Non-smokers, 21th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress. 2014.

Liao Q., Lam W.W.T. and Fielding R., Perceived risk of lung cancer among active smokers, passive smokers and non-smokers, 21st Hong Kong International Cancer Congress. 2014.

MA K., Liao Q., Lam W.W.T. and Fielding R., Risk perception of food safety and trust in food-safety information among new Chinese immigrant parents in Hong Kong (Abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

Ng K.M., Lam W.W.T. and Johnston J.M., The Development and Implementation of an e-Portfolio for Interdisciplinary Learning: The Experience in the Patient Care Project in Hong Kong, 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia. 2014.

Tin S.P.P., Lam W.W.T., Xia N., Yoon S.W., Rowlinson S.M., Koh T.Y., SHEN J., AWALE R., Howarth S., O'Shea D. and Fielding R., The MTR worker health and wellbeing month - what is it like to be a construction worker? (Abstract & oral & presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

Wang D.L., Lam W.W.T., Wu J.T.K. and Fielding R., A preliminary analysis on factors affecting Chinese parental HPV vaccination intention for adolescent girls (Abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

Wang D.L., Lam W.W.T., Wu J.T.K. and Fielding R., Hong Kong Chinese women's lay beliefs about cervical cancer causation and prevention, Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention . 2014, 15(18): 7679-86.

Xia N., Tin S.P.P., Lam W.W.T., Yoon S.W., Rowlinson S.M., Koh T.Y., Shen Y., Awale R., Howarth S., O'Shea D. and Fielding R., Patterns of Cancer-Related Risk Behaviors among Hong Kong Construction Workers- A Latent Class Analysis., the 21st Hong Kong International Cancer Congress. 2014.

ZHANG W., Lam W.W.T. and Fielding R., Symptom experience for patients with lung cancer in Mainland China - Preliminary analysis of a qualitative study (Abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong . Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

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:	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:	2014 ISDS conference; Epidemiological inferences using public information, influenza H7N9 epidemic in China/Evaluation of an electronic smart-card based school absenteeism surveillance system
Investigator(s):	Lau EHY
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	12/2014
Completion Date:	12/2014

Project Title:	Transmission dynamics of hand, foot and mouth disease in children and its implications for school-based control strategies
Investigator(s):	Lau EHY
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Start Date:	01/2015

Project Title:	Optimizing avian influenza surveillance strategy in live poultry market setting
Investigator(s):	Lau EHY, Cowling BJ, Wu JTK, Leung CYH, Peiris JSM
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	05/2015

List of Research Outputs

Chen Z., Liu H., Lu J., Luo L., Li K., Liu Y., Lau E.H.Y., Di B., Wang H., Yang Z. and Xiao X., Asymptomatic, Mild, and Severe Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Infection in Humans, Guangzhou, China, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2014, 20(9).

Feng L., Wu J.T.K., Liu X., Yang P., TSANG K.L., Jiang H., Wu P., Yang J., Fang J., Qin Y., Lau E.H.Y., Li M., Zheng J., Peng Z., Xie Y., Wang Q., Li Z., Leung G.M., Gao G.F., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Clinical severity of human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus, China, 2013/14, Eurosurveillance. 2014, 2014;19(49): pii=20984.

Ip D.K.M., Lau E.H.Y., Tam Y.H., So H.C., Lam C.K., Cowling B.J. and Leung G.M., Evaluation of an electronic smart-card based school absenteeism surveillance system , 2014 International Society for Disease Surveillance Conference, Philadelphia, USA, 9– 11 December 2014. USA, Int'l Society for Disease Surveillance.

Ip D.K.M., Cowling B.J., Yu H., Wu P., Lau E.H.Y. and Leung G.M., Public Health considerations for influenza A(H7N9) infection., 46th APACPH Conference, Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia, 17-19 October 2014. APACPH.

Lau E.H.Y., Wu P., Wong Y.T., Wu J.T.K., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Age-specific seriousness of avian influenza A(H7N9) in the second-wave epidemic in China (Poster presentation) , International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance, Vienna, Austria, 31 October–3 November 2014. Austria, Int'l Society for Infectious Diseases.

Lau E.H.Y., Emerging approaches to surveillance (Lecture), Pasteur Institute International Course Surveillance of Influenza-like Illness, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, November 17-21, 2014.. Vietnam, Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City, 2014.

Lau E.H.Y., Epidemic detection thresholds (Hands-on practical), Pasteur Institute International Course Surveillance of Influenza-like Illness, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, November 17-21, 2014.. Vietnam, Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City, 2014.

Lau E.H.Y., Epidemic detection thresholds 2 (Lecture) , Pasteur Institute International Course Surveillance of Influenza-like Illness, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, November 17-21, 2014.. Vietnam, Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City, 2014.

Lau E.H.Y., Epidemiological Inferences Using Public Information Across Waves of Influenza H7N9 Epidemic in China (Oral presentation), 3rd International Conference on Digital Disease Detection 3, Florence, Italy, 21–22 May 2015. Italy, Digital Disease Detection 3.

Lau E.H.Y., Zheng J., TSANG K.L., Liao Q., Lewis B., Brownstein J.S., Sanders S., Mekaru S.R., Rivers C., Leung G.M., Feng L., Cowling B.J. and Yu H., Epidemiological inferences using public information, influenza H7N9 epidemic in China (Poster presentation), 2014 International Society for Disease Surveillance Conference, Philadelphia, USA, 9–11 December 2014. USA, Int'l Society for Disease Surveillance.

Lau E.H.Y., Introduction to R for Biosurveillance (Workshop, Hands-on practical) , 2014 International Society for Disease Surveillance Conference, Philadelphia, USA, 9–11 December 2014. USA, Int'l Society for Disease Surveillance, 2014.

Lau E.H.Y., Mortality/morbidity burden (Hands-on practical), Pasteur Institute International Course Surveillance of Influenza-like Illness, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, November 17-21, 2014.. Vietnam, Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City, 2014.

Liao Q., Ip D.K.M., TSANG K.L., Cao B., Jiang H., Liu F., Zheng J., Peng Z., Wu P., Huai Y., Lau E.H.Y., Feng L., Leung G.M., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., A clinical prediction rule for diagnosing human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) in a hospital emergency department setting, BMC Medicine. 2014, 12:127: 1 - 9.

Ma X., Liao Q., Yuan J., Liu Y., Liu Y., Chen J., Liu J., Cai W., Cowling B.J., Di B., Fielding R., Wang M., Yang Z., Leung G.M. and Lau E.H.Y., Knowledge, attitudes and practices relating to influenza A(H7N9) risk among live poultry traders in Guangzhou City, China, BMC Infectious Diseases. 2014, 14(1): 554.

Ni M.Y., Chan B.H.Y., Leung G.M., Lau E.H.Y. and Pang H.M.H., Transmissibility of the Ice Bucket Challenge among globally influential celebrities: retrospective cohort study, BMJ. 2014, 349: g7185-g7185.

Seto W.K.W., Lau E.H.Y., Wu J.T.K., Hung I.F.N., Leung W.K., Fung J.Y.Y., Lai C.L. and Yuen R.M.F., An epidemiological association between the trends of nucleoside analogue prescription and liver cancer incidence from 1999 to 2012 in Hong Kong, China, Poster presentation at the International Liver Congress™ 2015 – 50^th Annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver. Journal of hepatology : the journal of the European Association for the Study of the Liver. 2015, 62(Suppl 2): S435.

Wong Y.T., Wu P., Goldstein E., Lau E.H.Y., Ip D.K.M., Wu J.T.K. and Cowling B.J., Analysis of potential changes in seriousness of influenza A and B viruses in Hong Kong from 2001 to 2011, Epidemiology and Infection . 2015, 143(4): 766-71.

Wu P., Jiang H., Wu J.T.K., Chen E., He J., Zhou H., WEI L., Yang J., YANG B., Qin Y., Fang J., Li M., TSANG K.L., Zheng J., Lau E.H.Y., Cao Y., Chai C., Zhong H., Li Z., Leung G.M., Feng L., Gao G.F., Cowling B.J. and Yu H., Poultry Market Closures and Human Infection with Influenza A(H7N9) Virus, China, 2013-14, Emerging Infectious Diseases . 2014, 20(11): 1891-4.

Yuan J., Liao Q., Xie C.J., Ma X.W., Cai W.F., Liu Y.H., Liu Y.F., Su W.Z., Ma Y., Yang Z.C., Fielding R., Wang M. and Lau E.H.Y., Attitudinal changes toward control measures in live poultry markets among the general public and live poultry traders, Guangzhou, China, January-February, 2014, American Journal of Infection Control . 2014, 42(12): 1322-24.

Yuan J., Liao Q., Lau E.H.Y., Yang Z.C., Ma X.W., Chen J.D., Liu Y.H., Wang C., Tang X.P., Liu Y.F., Leung G.M., Xiao X.C., Fielding R., Wang M. and Cowling B.J., Early public response to influenza A(H7N9) virus, Guangzhou, China, May 30–June 7, 2013 (Letter) , Emerging Infectious Diseases . 2014, 20(7): 1238-1240.

Zhou Y., Cowling B.J., Wu P., Chan W.M., Lee S.Y., Lau E.H.Y. and Schooling C.M., Adiposity and influenza-associated respiratory mortality: a cohort study., Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2015, 60(10):e49-57.

Researcher : Lau PN

List of Research Outputs

LIANG W., CHOW Y.T., Lau P.N., Zhou Q.T., Kwok P.C.L., Leung G.P.H., Mason A.J.M., Chan H.K., Poon L.L.M. and Lam J.K.W., Inhalable powder formulations of siRNA and pH responsive peptides with antiviral activity against H1N1 influenza virus, Molecular Pharmaceutics. 2015, 12: 910-921.

Researcher : Lee H

List of Research Outputs

LEE K.Y., Lee H. and Macfarlane D.J., Associations between Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity and Neighbourhood Recreational Facilities: The Features of the Facilities Matter, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2014, 11: 12594-12610.

Leung G.M., Ni M.Y., Wong P.T., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., Stewart S.M., Schooling C.M., Johnston J.M., Lam W.W.T., Chan S.S.C., McDowell I., Pang H.M.H., Fielding R. and Lam T.H., Cohort Profile: FAMILY Cohort, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2015.

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

Project Title:	Determining the ligand and function of TLR10: a novel innate immune sensor in viral infection
Investigator(s):	Lee MY, Jin D, Peiris JSM
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	10/2014

List of Research Outputs

Lee M.Y., Most Promising Young Researcher Award, Hong Kong Food and Health Bureau. 2014.

Researcher : Lee RSY

List of Research Outputs

Barnett A., Cerin E., Ching S.K.C., Johnston J.M. and Lee R.S.Y., Neighbourhood environment, sitting time and motorised transport in older adults: A cross-sectional study in Hong Kong, BMJ open. 2015, 5(4): e007557.

Lam T.H., Xu L., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Lee R.S.Y. and Leung G.M., Smoking and mortality in a prospective cohort study of elderly Chinese in Hong Kong, Addiction. 2015, 110(3): 502-10.

Lam T.H., Xu L., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Lee R.S.Y. and Leung G.M., Smoking kills at least 1 out of 2 smokers? – A 10-year follow-up study in Hong Kong, China (abstract and poster presentation), 20th IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 17-21 August 2014, Anchorage, USA. Alaska, USA, WCE, 2014.

Researcher : Leung CYH

List of Research Outputs

Leung C.Y.H., Nicholls J.M., Ho C.K., Sia S.F., Mok K.P., Doak S.A., Cheung P.P.H., Hui P.Y., Chan W.Y., Guan Y., Akira S. and Peiris J.S.M., Highly pathogenic avian influenza A H5N1 and pandemic H1N1 virus infections have different phenotypes in Toll-like Receptor (TLR) 3 knock-out mice, Journal of General Virology. 2014, 95(Pt 9): 1870-9.

Leung C.Y.H., Luk G. and Peiris J.S.M., Protective efficacy of poultry vaccines against recently circulating highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus isolater from markets and farms in Hong Kong 2008 (Parallel Session 2), Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong.. 2014.

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: Evidence from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Annals of Epidemiology. 2014, 24(8): 606-11.

Chan S.S.C., Cheung Y.T.D., Leung Y.P., Mak Y.W., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., Secondhand smoke exposure and maternal action to protect children from secondhand smoke: Pre- and post-smokefree legislation in Hong Kong, PLoS One. 2014, 9(8): e105781.

Freeman G., Ng S., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Multivariate analysis of factors affecting the immunogenicity of trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine in school-age children, Epidemiology and Infection. 2015, 143(3): 540-9.

HOU W.W., Tse M.A., Lam T.H., 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., Diabetes Medicine. 2015, 32(4): 505-12.

Lam C.L.K., Yu Y.T.E., Lo Y.C.Y., Wong C.K.H., Mercer S.M., Fong D.Y.T., Lee A., Lam T.P. and Leung G.M., Having a Family Doctor is Associated with Some Better Patient-Reported Outcomes of Primary Care Consultations, Frontiers in Medicine. Frontiers, 2014, 1: 29.

Lam T.H., Chan S.S.C., Leung G.M., Fong D.Y.T., Leung S., Emmons K., Leung A.Y.M. and Leung D.Y.P., A proactive family smoking cessation intervention for parents of children 0-18 months: A randomised controlled trial, Health Research Symposium 2014, Hong Kong. 15 November. 2014.

Lam T.H., Xu L., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Lee R.S.Y. and Leung G.M., Smoking and mortality in a prospective cohort study of elderly Chinese in Hong Kong, Addiction. 2015, 110(3): 502-10.

Lam T.H., Xu L., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Lee R.S.Y. and Leung G.M., Smoking kills at least 1 out of 2 smokers? – A 10-year follow-up study in Hong Kong, China (abstract and poster presentation), 20th IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 17-21 August 2014, Anchorage, USA. Alaska, USA, WCE, 2014.

Lam T.Y., Zhou B., Wang J., CHAI Y., Shen Y., Chen X., MA C., Hong W., Chen Y., Zhang Y., Duan L., Chen P., Jiang J., Zhang Y., Li L., Poon L.L.M., Webby R.J., Smith D.K., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Holmes E.C., Guan Y. and Zhu H., Dissemination, divergence and establishment of H7N9 influenza viruses in China, Nature. 2015, 522(7554): 102-5.

Leung G.M., A post-Ebola world of global infectious disease governance, Keynote at the European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention Annual Influenza Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden. 2015.

Leung G.M., Asia’s health: opportunities and challenges in the coming decades, Keynote panelist at the Fung Healthcare Leadership Summit, presented by the Fung Foundation and organised by IDS Medical Systems Group, Singapore. 2015.

Leung G.M., Ni M.Y., Wong P.T., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., Stewart S.M., Schooling C.M., Johnston J.M., Lam W.W.T., Chan S.S.C., McDowell I., Pang H.M.H., Fielding R. and Lam T.H., Cohort Profile: FAMILY Cohort, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2015.

Leung G.M., FPH Service Award, Faculty of Public Health of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom. 2014.

Leung G.M., Faculty Outstanding Research Output Award, The University of Hong Kong. 2014.

Leung Y.Y.J., Li A.M., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Mode of delivery and childhood hospitalizations for asthma and other wheezing disorders., Clinical and Experimental Allergy. 2015, 45(6): 1109-17.

Leung Y.Y.J., Li A.M., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Mode of delivery and childhood hospitalizations for asthma: Evidence from the “Children of 1997” birth cohort, Annual Scientific Meeting, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine. 2014.

Liao Q., Ip D.K.M., TSANG K.L., Cao B., Jiang H., Liu F., Zheng J., Peng Z., Wu P., Huai Y., Lau E.H.Y., Feng L., Leung G.M., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., A clinical prediction rule for diagnosing human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) in a hospital emergency department setting, BMC Medicine. 2014, 12:127: 1 - 9.

SUN Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Leg length is associated with lower values of inflammatory markers in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Annals of Human Biology. 2015, 42(2): 143-9.

Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Leung S.L., Lam T.H., Lee S.Y., Shen C., Leung Y.Y.J. and Leung G.M., Cohort Profile: Hong Kong Department of Health Elderly Health Service Cohort, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2014.

Tam Y.H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Estimating Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Using the Test-negative Design, 46th APACPH Conference Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia, 17-19 October 2014. USA, Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health.

Wang L., Cowling B.J., Wu P., Yu J., Li F., Zeng L., Wu J.T.K., Li Z., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Human Exposure to Live Poultry and Psychological and Behavioral Responses to Influenza A(H7N9), China, Emerging Infectious Diseases . 2014, 20(8): 1296–1305.

Wong O.L., Schooling C.M., Cowling B.J. and Leung G.M., Breast cancer incidence and mortality in a transitioning Chinese population: Current and future trends, British Journal of Cancer. 2015, 112(1): 167-70.

Wong O.L., Tsang J.W.H., Cowling B.J. and Leung G.M., Optimizing resource allocation for breast cancer prevention and care among Hong Kong Chinese women: A generalized cost-effectiveness analysis (abstract), Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Food and Health Bureau, HKSAR, 2014, 72.

Yuan J., Liao Q., Lau E.H.Y., Yang Z.C., Ma X.W., Chen J.D., Liu Y.H., Wang C., Tang X.P., Liu Y.F., Leung G.M., Xiao X.C., Fielding R., Wang M. and Cowling B.J., Early public response to influenza A(H7N9) virus, Guangzhou, China, May 30–June 7, 2013 (Letter) , Emerging Infectious Diseases . 2014, 20(7): 1238-1240.

ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Kavikondala S., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted 17β-estradiol and systemic inflammation in women: a separate-sample Mendelian randomisation analysis in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2014, 68(8): 780-5.

ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., LONG M., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted testosterone and electrocardiographic QT interval duration in Chinese: A Mendelian randomization analysis in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 44(2): 613-20.

ZHONG Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Liu B., Jin Y.L., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Height, its components, and coagulability among older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, American Journal of Human Biology. 2014, 26(5): 603-8.

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 chinese men, PLoS One. 2015, 10(5): e0126442.

Researcher : Leung LT

List of Research Outputs

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Leung L.T. and Lam T.H., Electronic cigarette use and its association with smoking in Hong Kong Chinese adolescents, Addictive Behaviors. 2015.

Researcher : Leung TY

List of Research Outputs

LIANG H., Lam T.Y., Fan X., Chen X., Zeng Y., ZHOU J., Duan L., Tse M.T., Chan C.H., Li L., Leung T.Y., Yip C.H., Cheung C.L., Zhou B., Smith D.K., Poon L.L.M., Peiris J.S.M., Guan Y. and Zhu H., Expansion of genotypic diversity and establishment of 2009 H1N1 pandemic-origin internal genes in pigs in China., Journal of Virology. 2014, 88(18): 10864-74.

Researcher : Leung YYJ

Project Title:	Prediction of cardiovascular disease using the Framingham risk score in older adults in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Leung YYJ, Lin S, Schooling CM, Lam TH
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	04/2015

List of Research Outputs

Holm M., Leung Y.Y.J., Hung C.H.N. and Johnston J.M., Knowledge and use of online point-of-care tools in undergraduate medical students (Poster presentation), 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, 2014.

Holm M., Leung Y.Y.J., Hung C.H.N. and Johnston J.M., Online voluntary assessment: longitudinal evaluation of undergraduate medical students' uptake and perception - A mixed methods study (abstract and poster presentation), International Conference: Assessment for Learning in Higher Education 2015, 14-15 May 2015, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, HKU, 2015.

Leung Y.Y.J., Health care policies in Hong Kong (powerpoint presentation), Future Leaders Initiative Programme 2014, 12-13 & 18-20 July 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Future Leaders Initiative Programme 2014, 2014.

Leung Y.Y.J., Health care policies in Hong Kong, Future Leaders Initiative Programme: Health equity, on 12-13&18-20 July 2014 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, FLIP, 2014.

Leung Y.Y.J., Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Training and Research Scholarship, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine. 2014.

Leung Y.Y.J., Li A.M., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Mode of delivery and childhood hospitalizations for asthma and other wheezing disorders., Clinical and Experimental Allergy. 2015, 45(6): 1109-17.

Leung Y.Y.J., Li A.M., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Mode of delivery and childhood hospitalizations for asthma: Evidence from the “Children of 1997” birth cohort, Annual Scientific Meeting, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine. 2014.

Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Leung S.L., Lam T.H., Lee S.Y., Shen C., Leung Y.Y.J. and Leung G.M., Cohort Profile: Hong Kong Department of Health Elderly Health Service Cohort, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2014.

Researcher : Li L

List of Research Outputs

LIANG H., Lam T.Y., Fan X., Chen X., Zeng Y., ZHOU J., Duan L., Tse M.T., Chan C.H., Li L., Leung T.Y., Yip C.H., Cheung C.L., Zhou B., Smith D.K., Poon L.L.M., Peiris J.S.M., Guan Y. and Zhu H., Expansion of genotypic diversity and establishment of 2009 H1N1 pandemic-origin internal genes in pigs in China., Journal of Virology. 2014, 88(18): 10864-74.

Lam T.Y., Zhou B., Wang J., CHAI Y., Shen Y., Chen X., MA C., Hong W., Chen Y., Zhang Y., Duan L., Chen P., Jiang J., Zhang Y., Li L., Poon L.L.M., Webby R.J., Smith D.K., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Holmes E.C., Guan Y. and Zhu H., Dissemination, divergence and establishment of H7N9 influenza viruses in China, Nature. 2015, 522(7554): 102-5.

Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., Zhou B., Duan L., Cheung C.L., MA C., Lycett S., Leung C.Y.H., Chen X., Li L., Hong W., CHAI Y., Zhou L., LIANG H., OU Z., Liu Y., Farooqui A., Kelvin D., Poon L.L.M., Smith D.K., Pybus O., Leung G.M., Shu Y., Webster R., Webby R., Peiris J.S.M., Rambaut A., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Research Output Prize, The University of Hong Kong. 2014.

MA C., Lam T.Y., CHAI Y., Wang J., Fan X., Hong W., Zhang Y., Li L., Liu Y., Smith D.K., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Emergence and Evolution of H10 Subtype Influenza Viruses in Poultry in China, Journal of Virology. 2015, 89(7): 3534-41.

Researcher : Li M

List of Research Outputs

Li M., Grandadam M., Kwok K.T.H., Lagache T., Siu Y.L., Zhang J., Sayteng K., Kudelko M.A., Qin C.F., Olivo-Marin J.C., Bruzzone R. and Wang P., KDEL receptors assist dengue virus exit from the endoplasmic reticulum, Cell Reports. 2015, 10(9): 1496–1507.

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

List of Research Outputs

Chin W.H., Li O.T.W., Mok K.P., Ng K.W., Peiris J.S.M. and Poon L.L.M., Influenza A viruses with different amino acid residues at PB2-627 display distinct replication properties in vitro and in vivo: Revealing the sequence plasticity of PB2-627 position, Virology. 2014, 468-470: 545–55.

Doak S.A., Li O.T.W., 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. , International Congress of Immunology, Milan, Italy. 2015.

Doak S.A., Li O.T.W., Peiris J.S.M., Perera L.P. and Poon L.L.M., Universal influenza vaccine utilizes T cells for mechanism of protection as killers and coordinators, Keystone Symposia Viral Immunity (A2), Breckenridge, USA. 2015.

Wong K.S.C., Tsang G.C.H., Chan K.H., Li O.T.W., Peiris J.S.M. and Poon L.L.M., A novel molecular test for influenza B virus detection and lineage differentiation, Journal of Medical Virology. 2014, 86(12): 2171-6.

Yen H., Liang C.H., Wu C.Y., Forrest H.L., Ferguson A., Choy K.T., Jones J., Wong D.D.Y., Cheung P.P.H., Li O.T.W., Yuen K.M., Chan W.Y., Poon L.L.M., Chan M.C.W., Nicholls J.M., Krauss S., Wong C.H., Webster R.G., Webby R. and Peiris J.S.M., Hemagglutinin–neuraminidase Balance Confers Respiratory-Droplet Transmissibility of the Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Virus in Ferrets (Abstract & poster presentation), Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong. 2014, P66-Ab0011.

Researcher : Liao Q

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

Project Title:	Chinese adults' preference for influenza vaccination: a discrete choice experiment
Investigator(s):	Liao Q, Fielding R, Chen J, Lam WWT, Wong CKH
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	03/2015

Project Title:	Perceived health risk from usual dietary practices among parents with young children in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Liao Q, Fielding R, Lam WWT
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	06/2015

List of Research Outputs

Fielding R., Cowling B.J., Liao Q. and Lam W.W.T., Behavioural changes in relation to risk perception and prevention of avian and human influenza in Hong Kong, 2006 to 2010 , Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2014, 20(Suppl4): S26-8.

He L., Liao Q., Huang Y.Q., Feng S. and Zhuang X.M., Parents’ perception and their decision on their children’s vaccination against seasonal influenza in Guangzhou, Chinese Medical Journal. 2015, 128(3): 327-41.

Lam W.W.T., Kwok N.T., Liao Q., Chan M., Or A., Kwong A., Suen T.K.D. and Fielding R., Psychometric assessment of the Chinese version of the decisional conflict scale in Chinese women making decision for breast cancer surgery, Health Expectations. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2015, 18(2): 210-20.

Liao Q., Cowling B.J., Lam W.W.T. and Fielding R., Behavioural changes in relation to risk perception and prevention of avian and human influenza in the general population of Hong Kong, 2006 to 2010 (Abstract & poster presentation), Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Food and Health Bureau, 2014.

Liao Q., Lam W.W.T., Cowling B.J. and Fielding R., Parental decision-making regarding vaccination against seasonal influenza for young children in Hong Kong: A longitudinal study, 2012-2013 (Abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

Liao Q., Lam W.W.T. and Fielding R., Perceived Risk Of Lung Cancer Among Active Smokers, Passive Smokers And Non-smokers, 21th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress. 2014.

Liao Q., Lam W.W.T. and Fielding R., Perceived risk of lung cancer among active smokers, passive smokers and non-smokers, 21st Hong Kong International Cancer Congress. 2014.

MA K., Liao Q., Lam W.W.T. and Fielding R., Risk perception of food safety and trust in food-safety information among new Chinese immigrant parents in Hong Kong (Abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

Ma X., Liao Q., Yuan J., Liu Y., Liu Y., Chen J., Liu J., Cai W., Cowling B.J., Di B., Fielding R., Wang M., Yang Z., Leung G.M. and Lau E.H.Y., Knowledge, attitudes and practices relating to influenza A(H7N9) risk among live poultry traders in Guangzhou City, China, BMC Infectious Diseases. 2014, 14(1): 554.

Yuan J., Liao Q., Xie C.J., Ma X.W., Cai W.F., Liu Y.H., Liu Y.F., Su W.Z., Ma Y., Yang Z.C., Fielding R., Wang M. and Lau E.H.Y., Attitudinal changes toward control measures in live poultry markets among the general public and live poultry traders, Guangzhou, China, January-February, 2014, American Journal of Infection Control . 2014, 42(12): 1322-24.

Yuan J., Liao Q., Lau E.H.Y., Yang Z.C., Ma X.W., Chen J.D., Liu Y.H., Wang C., Tang X.P., Liu Y.F., Leung G.M., Xiao X.C., Fielding R., Wang M. and Cowling B.J., Early public response to influenza A(H7N9) virus, Guangzhou, China, May 30–June 7, 2013 (Letter) , Emerging Infectious Diseases . 2014, 20(7): 1238-1240.

Researcher : Lim Wai SKW

List of Research Outputs

Cowling B.J., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Chan K.H., Lim Wai S.K.W., So H.C., Chu K.W., Wong Y.T., Shiu E.Y.C., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Leung G.M., Incidence of influenza virus infections in children in Hong Kong in a 3-year randomized placebo-controlled vaccine study, 2009-2012, Clinical Infectious Diseases . 2014, 59(4): 517-24.

Researcher : Lin S

Project Title:	Characteristics of gut microbiota in Chinese adolescents and its related diseases
Investigator(s):	Lin S, Schooling CM, Cowling BJ, Pang HMH
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	04/2015

Researcher : Liu Y

List of Research Outputs

Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., Zhou B., Duan L., Cheung C.L., MA C., Lycett S., Leung C.Y.H., Chen X., Li L., Hong W., CHAI Y., Zhou L., LIANG H., OU Z., Liu Y., Farooqui A., Kelvin D., Poon L.L.M., Smith D.K., Pybus O., Leung G.M., Shu Y., Webster R., Webby R., Peiris J.S.M., Rambaut A., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Research Output Prize, The University of Hong Kong. 2014.

MA C., Lam T.Y., CHAI Y., Wang J., Fan X., Hong W., Zhang Y., Li L., Liu Y., Smith D.K., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Emergence and Evolution of H10 Subtype Influenza Viruses in Poultry in China, Journal of Virology. 2015, 89(7): 3534-41.

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
Completion Date:	11/2014

List of Research Outputs

LIN J., Lo C.M.M., MAI Z., Jiang C., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Smoking and nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) mortality: A Guangzhou Cohort Study on 129135 Chinese males (Abstract and Poster presentation), 19th Research Postgraduate Symposium, 10-11 December, 2014, Hong Kong. 2014, P5.14.

LIN J., Lo C.M.M., MAI Z., Jiang C., Zhang W., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Tobacco and alcohol consumption and nasopharyngeal carcinama (NPC) mortality: A Guangzhou cohort study on 93672 Chinese males (abstract and poster presentation), European Congress of Epidemiology 2015, 25-27 June 2015, Maastricht, Netherlands. Netherlands, Maastricht University, 2015, 207.

MAI Z., Lo C.M.M., Xu J., Chan K.P., Wong C.M., Lung M.L. and Lam T.H., Milk consumption and nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC): An ecological study in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), 19th Research Postgraduate Symposium, 10-11 December 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2014.

MAI Z., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo C.M.M. and Lam T.H., Quitting smoking and mortality: risk of all-cause mortality decreased sharply in 5-9 years after quitting smoking among Chinese (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

Researcher : Lo WS

List of Research Outputs

AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S., Tin S.P.P., HUANG R. and Lam T.H., Alcohol drinking and pro-drinking practices in parents of Hong Kong adolescents, Alcohol and Alcoholism. 2014, 49(6): 668-74.

AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S., Tin S.P.P., HUANG R. and Lam T.H., Correlates of pro-drinking practices in drinking parents of adolescents in Hong Kong, PLoS One. 2015, 10(3): e0119554.

CHEN J., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., LEUNG L.T., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Family smoking, home smoking ban and morning and heavier smoking in adolescent smokers (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

Dai S.Y., Ho D.S.Y., Mok H.Y., Yung H.Y.D., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Doctor-diagnosed sleep apnoea in Hong Kong adolescents: prevalence and associations with night-eating and dinner time (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Awareness Of Youth Telephone Quitline And Willingness To Use Aids For Smoking Cessation In Hong Kong Adolescents (abstract) , The 7th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 2-3 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, COSH, 2014.

HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Exposure To Drinkers At Home And The Intention To Drink In Hong Kong Adolescent Never And Ever Drinkers (abstract & Poster Presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., WANG Y., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Independent association between parental smoking and non-authoritative parenting style as reported by Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 17-21 March. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2015.

Ho D.S.Y., HUANG R., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., A School-based Survey on Adolescent Alcohol Drinking in Hong Kong, Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Food and Health Bureau, 2014.

Ho D.S.Y., HUANG R., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Three-year follow-up of the Hong Kong Student Obesity Surveillance project (HKSOS) on trends and predictors of adolescent obesity and related behaviours, Journal Club, Food and Health Bureau. 2014.

Huang Y., Ho D.S.Y., HUANG R., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Night-eating in Hong Kong adolescents: prevalence and associations with dinner habits, bedtime and weight status (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

LEUNG L.T., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Aided smoking cessation and its association with smoking urge in the morning and smoking intention in Hong Kong adolescent ex-smokers (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

Mok H.Y., Ho D.S.Y., Yung H.Y.D., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Doctor-diagnosed gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in Hong Kong adolescents: prevalence and atypical symptoms (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. http://www.med.hku.hk/ewa2014/, Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

Tamrakar M., Ho D.S.Y., HUANG R., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Self-reported halitosis in Hong Kong adolescents: prevalence and association with socio-demographic characteristics and self-rated health (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

WANG Y., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S., Lai H.K. and Lam T.H., Hong Kong Chinese adolescents' self-reported smoking and perceptions of parenting styles, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2015, 22(2): 268-75.

Yung H.Y.D., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Fidgeting in Hong Kong adolescents and its associations with physical activity and weight status (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

Researcher : Louie KKP

List of Research Outputs

Tian L., Ho K.F., Wang T., Qiu H., Pun V.C., Chan C.S., Louie K.K.P. and Yu I.T.S., Ambient carbon monoxide and the risk of hospitalization due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2014, 180(12): 1159-67.

Researcher : MA C

List of Research Outputs

Lam T.Y., Zhou B., Wang J., CHAI Y., Shen Y., Chen X., MA C., Hong W., Chen Y., Zhang Y., Duan L., Chen P., Jiang J., Zhang Y., Li L., Poon L.L.M., Webby R.J., Smith D.K., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Holmes E.C., Guan Y. and Zhu H., Dissemination, divergence and establishment of H7N9 influenza viruses in China, Nature. 2015, 522(7554): 102-5.

Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., Zhou B., Duan L., Cheung C.L., MA C., Lycett S., Leung C.Y.H., Chen X., Li L., Hong W., CHAI Y., Zhou L., LIANG H., OU Z., Liu Y., Farooqui A., Kelvin D., Poon L.L.M., Smith D.K., Pybus O., Leung G.M., Shu Y., Webster R., Webby R., Peiris J.S.M., Rambaut A., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Research Output Prize, The University of Hong Kong. 2014.

MA C., Lam T.Y., CHAI Y., Wang J., Fan X., Hong W., Zhang Y., Li L., Liu Y., Smith D.K., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Emergence and Evolution of H10 Subtype Influenza Viruses in Poultry in China, Journal of Virology. 2015, 89(7): 3534-41.

Researcher : MA K

List of Research Outputs

MA K., Liao Q., Lam W.W.T. and Fielding R., Risk perception of food safety and trust in food-safety information among new Chinese immigrant parents in Hong Kong (Abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

Researcher : MAI Z

List of Research Outputs

LIN J., Lo C.M.M., MAI Z., Jiang C., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Smoking and nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) mortality: A Guangzhou Cohort Study on 129135 Chinese males (Abstract and Poster presentation), 19th Research Postgraduate Symposium, 10-11 December, 2014, Hong Kong. 2014, P5.14.

LIN J., Lo C.M.M., MAI Z., Jiang C., Zhang W., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Tobacco and alcohol consumption and nasopharyngeal carcinama (NPC) mortality: A Guangzhou cohort study on 93672 Chinese males (abstract and poster presentation), European Congress of Epidemiology 2015, 25-27 June 2015, Maastricht, Netherlands. Netherlands, Maastricht University, 2015, 207.

MAI Z., Lo C.M.M., Xu J., Chan K.P., Wong C.M., Lung M.L. and Lam T.H., Milk consumption and nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC): An ecological study in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), 19th Research Postgraduate Symposium, 10-11 December 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2014.

MAI Z., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo C.M.M. and Lam T.H., Quitting smoking and mortality: risk of all-cause mortality decreased sharply in 5-9 years after quitting smoking among Chinese (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 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

Chan S.S.C., Cheung Y.T.D., Leung Y.P., Mak Y.W., Leung G.M. and Lam T.H., Secondhand smoke exposure and maternal action to protect children from secondhand smoke: Pre- and post-smokefree legislation in Hong Kong, PLoS One. 2014, 9(8): e105781.

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

Chen J., Wong C.K.H., McGhee S., Pang P.K.P. and Yu W.C., A Comparison between the EQ-5D and the SF-6D in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), PLoS ONE. 2014, 9 (11): e112389.

Chen J., Wang M.P., McGhee S., Kwong A., Lai V. and Lam T.H., Awareness and perceived harmfulness of e-cigarettes and their associations with smokers: intention to quit in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 17-21 March. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2015.

Chen J., McGhee S., Townsend J., Lam T.H. and Hedley A.J., Did the tobacco industry inflate estimates of illicit cigarette consumption in Asia? An empirical analysis, Tobacco Control. 2015, 24(e2): e161-7.

Chen J., McGhee S., Lau M.M.L., Lai V. and Lam T.H., Public opinion towards tobacco tax increase findings from COSH 2012-13 survey in Hong Kong (abstract), The 7th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 2-3 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, COSH, 2014.

Chen J., McGhee S., Lau M.M.L., Lai V. and Lam T.H., Smoke-free home and its association with secondhand smoke exposure at work findings from COSH 2012-13 survey in Hong Kong (abstract), The 7th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control, 2-3 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, COSH, 2014.

Fung S.C.C., JIAO F., Wan Y.F., McGhee S., Wong C.K.H., Dai D., Kwok R.L.P. and Lam C.L.K., Cost-Effectiveness Study of the Multidisciplinary Risk Factor Assessment and Management Programme for Patients with Diabetic Mellitus (RAMP-DM) in Hong Kong- three year experience, World Health Summit Regional Meeting - Kyoto. 2015.

Gangwani R.A., McGhee S., Lai J.S.M., Chan C.K.W. and Wong D.S.H., Detection of Glaucoma and Its Association With Diabetic Retinopathy in a Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Program, Journal of Glaucoma. 2014, 1.

Gangwani R.A., McGhee S. and Wong D.S.H., Quality Assurance in Diabetic Retinopathy screening programme in Hong Kong , Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, The University of Hong Kong, March 2015.

Gangwani R.A., McGhee S., Lam C.L.K. and Wong D.S.H., Quality Assurance in Diabetic Retinopathy screening programme in Hong Kong, Hospital Authority Convention 2015, Hong Kong. 2015.

Gangwani R.A., Lee K.M.C., Sum R.W.M., McGhee S. and Wong D.S.H., Training and accreditation of optometrists for diabetic retinopathy screening in Hong Kong, Hospital Authority Convention 2015, Hong Kong.. 2015.

JIAO F., Fung S.C.C., Wan Y.F., McGhee S., Wong C.K.H. and Lam C.L.K., Effectiveness of a Multidisciplinary Risk Assessment and Management Program for patients with diabetes (RAMP-DM) in preventing diabetic complications: three-year follow-up of a prospective propensity score matched comparative study, The 19th Research Postgraduate Symposium (RPS 2014). Hong Kong, The University of Hong Kong, 2014.

JIAO F., Lam C.L.K., Wong C.K.H., Fung S.C.C. and McGhee S., Patient-Level Estimates of Diabetic Complications on Direct Medical Cost, Value in Health. 2014, 17: A340.

Lam C.L.K., Wong C.K.H., Law W.L., Poon T.C.J., McGhee S. and Fong D.Y.T., A Study on Health-related Quality of Life of patients with Colorectal Neoplasm and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Colorectal Cancer Screening in Hong Kong, Health Research Symposium 2014. Hong Kong, Ab0005.

Wong C.K.H., Lam C.L.K., Law W.L., Poon T.C.J., McGhee S. and Fong D.Y.T., Best Poster Award on "Health-related Quality of Life of Patients with Colorectal Neoplasm and Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Colorectal Cancer Screening in Hong Kong", Health Research Symposium 2014. 2014.

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

List of Research Outputs

Chin W.H., Li O.T.W., Mok K.P., Ng K.W., Peiris J.S.M. and Poon L.L.M., Influenza A viruses with different amino acid residues at PB2-627 display distinct replication properties in vitro and in vivo: Revealing the sequence plasticity of PB2-627 position, Virology. 2014, 468-470: 545–55.

Chin W.H., Mok K.P., Zhu H., Guan Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Poon L.L.M., Use of fractional factorial design to study the compatibility of viral ribonucleoprotein gene segments of human H7N9 virus and circulating human influenza subtypes, Influenza and other respiratory viruses. 2014, 8(5): 580-4.

Guan W.D., Gong X.Y., Mok K.P., Chen T.T., Wu S.G., Pan S.H., Cowling B.J., Yang Z.F. and Chen D.H., Surveillance for seasonal influenza virus prevalence in hospitalized children with lower respiratory tract infection in Guangzhou, China during the post-pandemic era., PLoS One. 2015, 10(4): e0120983.

Yang Z.F., Mok K.P., Liu X.Q., Li X.B., He J.F., Guan W.D., Xu Y.H. and Pan W.Q., Clinical, Virological and Immunological Features from Patients Infected with Re-Emergent Avian-Origin Human H7N9 Influenza Disease of Varying Severity in Guangdong Province, PLoS One. 2015, 10(2): e0117846.

Researcher : Ng IHY

List of Research Outputs

Chan W.Y., Hemida M.G., Kayali G., Chu K.W., Poon L.L.M., Alnaeem A., Ali M.A., Tao K.P., Ng I.H.Y., Chan M.C.W., Guan Y., Nicholls J.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Tropism and replication of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus from dromedary camels in the human respiratory tract: an in-vitro and ex-vivo study, Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 2014, 2(10): 813-22.

Hemida M.G., Chu K.W., Poon L.L.M., Perera R.A.P.M., Alhammadi M.A., Ng I.H.Y., Siu Y., Guan Y., Alnaeem A. and Peiris J.S.M., MERS coronavirus in dromedary camel herd, Saudi Arabia , Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2014, 20 (7): 1231-4.

Yen H., ZHOU J., Choy K.T., Sia S.F., TENG O., Ng I.H.Y., Fang J., Hu Y., Wang W., Cowling B.J., Nicholls J.M., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., The R292K mutation that confers resistance to neuraminidase inhibitors leads to competitive fitness loss of A/Shanghai/1/2013(H7N9) influenza virus in ferrets, Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2014, 210 (12): 1900-8.

Researcher : Ng KM

List of Research Outputs

Ng K.M., Lam W.W.T. and Johnston J.M., The Development and Implementation of an e-Portfolio for Interdisciplinary Learning: The Experience in the Patient Care Project in Hong Kong, 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia. 2014.

Researcher : Ng KW

List of Research Outputs

Chin W.H., Li O.T.W., Mok K.P., Ng K.W., Peiris J.S.M. and Poon L.L.M., Influenza A viruses with different amino acid residues at PB2-627 display distinct replication properties in vitro and in vivo: Revealing the sequence plasticity of PB2-627 position, Virology. 2014, 468-470: 545–55.

Researcher : Ng YL

List of Research Outputs

Forwood S...E..., Ahern A...L..., Hollands G...J..., Ng Y.L. and Marteau T...M..., Priming healthy eating. You can't prime all the people all of the time , In: P. Atkins, C. Collins, C. Davis, J.O. Fisher, N. Geary, M. Hetherington, S. Higgs, D. Hoffman, A. Jansen, K. Keller, L. Lähteenmäki, H. Raynor, P. Scholliers, M. Siegrist, D.M. Small, Appetite. Elsevier, 2015, 89.

Pechey R., Monsivais P., Ng Y.L. and Marteau T.M., Why don’t poor men eat fruit? Socioeconomic differences in motivations for fruit consumption, In: P. Atkins, C. Collins, C. Davis, J.O. Fisher, N. Geary, M. Hetherington, S. Higgs, D. Hoffman, A. Jansen, K. Keller, L. Lähteenmäki, H. Raynor, P. Scholliers, M. Siegrist, D.M. Small, Appetite. Elsevier, 2014, 84.

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

Project Title:	A conceptual framework for Hong Kong’s life expectancy gains: A qualitative study
Investigator(s):	Ni MY, Schooling CM, Lam WWT
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2015

List of Research Outputs

Cowling B.J., Wu J.T.K., Lau E.H.Y., Ni M.Y., Ip D.K.M. and Fang J., Faculty Outstanding Research Output Award, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong.. 2014.

Leung G.M., Ni M.Y., Wong P.T., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., Stewart S.M., Schooling C.M., Johnston J.M., Lam W.W.T., Chan S.S.C., McDowell I., Pang H.M.H., Fielding R. and Lam T.H., Cohort Profile: FAMILY Cohort, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2015.

Ni M.Y., Chan B.H.Y., Leung G.M., Lau E.H.Y. and Pang H.M.H., Transmissibility of the Ice Bucket Challenge among globally influential celebrities: retrospective cohort study, BMJ. 2014, 349: g7185-g7185.

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., Leung C.Y.H., Chen X., Li L., Hong W., CHAI Y., Zhou L., LIANG H., OU Z., Liu Y., Farooqui A., Kelvin D., Poon L.L.M., Smith D.K., Pybus O., Leung G.M., Shu Y., Webster R., Webby R., Peiris J.S.M., Rambaut A., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Research Output Prize, The University of Hong Kong. 2014.

Researcher : PARK MA

List of Research Outputs

Cowling B.J., PARK M.A., Fang J., Wu P., Leung G.M. and Wu J.T.K., Preliminary epidemiological assessment of MERS-CoV outbreak in South Korea, May to June 2015, Eurosurveillance. 2015, 2015;20(25):pii=21163.

Researcher : Pang HMH

Project Title:	Translational meta-analysis for elderly lung cancer patients
Investigator(s):	Pang HMH
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services - General Award
Start Date:	12/2013

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
Completion Date:	07/2014

Project Title:	Longitudinal Metagenomics Study of Individuals with Seasonal Influenza
Investigator(s):	Pang HMH, Cowling BJ, Peiris JSM
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	10/2014

Project Title:	36th Annual Lorne Genome Conference; Integrative Epigenetic Pathway Analysis identifies Hedgehog Pathway as the Best Classifier of Fibrosis Severity in Human Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Investigator(s):	Pang HMH
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	02/2015
Completion Date:	02/2015

Project Title:	Comparative Effectiveness Analysis of Lung Cancer Data from Randomized Clinical Trials and Observational Studies
Investigator(s):	Pang HMH
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	06/2015

List of Research Outputs

Jia J., Dellinger A., Weiss E., Bulusu A., Rushing C., Li H., Howard L., Kaplan N., Pang H.M.H., Hurwitz H. and Nixon A., Direct Evidence of Target Inhibition with Anti-VEGF, EGFR, and mTOR Therapies in a Clinical Model of Wound Healing, Clinical Cancer Research. 2015.

Leung G.M., Ni M.Y., Wong P.T., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., Stewart S.M., Schooling C.M., Johnston J.M., Lam W.W.T., Chan S.S.C., McDowell I., Pang H.M.H., Fielding R. and Lam T.H., Cohort Profile: FAMILY Cohort, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2015.

Liu Y., Starr M., Brady J., Rushing C., Bulusu A., Pang H.M.H., Honeycutt W., Amara A., Altomare I., Uronis H., Hurwitz H. and Nixon A., Biomarker Signatures Correlate with Clinical Outcome in Refractory Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Patients Receiving Bevacizumab and Everolimus, Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 2015, 14: 1048-1056.

Ni M.Y., Chan B.H.Y., Leung G.M., Lau E.H.Y. and Pang H.M.H., Transmissibility of the Ice Bucket Challenge among globally influential celebrities: retrospective cohort study, BMJ. 2014, 349: g7185-g7185.

Pang H.M.H., Guest Editor, Cancer Informatics. 2014, 2014:Suppl. 7.

Pang H.M.H., Nixon A. and Dellinger A., Integrative Pathway Analysis Using Graph-Based Learning with Applications to TCGA Colon and Ovarian Data, Cancer Informatics. 2014, 1.

Pang H.M.H. and Zhao H., Statistical Analysis of Biomarkers from Omics Technologies, In: Walter R. Young, Ding-Geng (Din) Chen , Clinical Trial Biostatistics and Biopharmaceutical Applications. Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2014.

Pang H.M.H. and Zhao H., Stratified Pathway Analysis to Identify Gene Sets Associated with Oral Contraceptive Use and Breast Cancer, Cancer Informatics. 2014, 73.

Rushing C., Bulusu A., Hurwitz H., Nixon A. and Pang H.M.H., A leave-one-out cross-validation SAS macro for the identification of markers associated with survival, Computers in Biology and Medicine. 2015, 57: 123-129.

Uronis H.E., Jia J., Bendell J., Howard L., Ready N.A., Lee P.A., Starr M.D., Dellinger A., Pang H.M.H., Nixon A.B. and Hurwitz H.I., A Phase I/biomarker study of bevacizumab in combination with CNTO 95 in patients with advanced solid tumors, Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology. 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:	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:	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

Project Title:	Viral, Host and Environmental Determinants of Influenza Virus Transmission and Pathogenesis
Investigator(s):	Peiris JSM, Cowling BJ, Guan Y, Li Y, Nicholls JM, Poon LLM, Tu W, Yen H, Zhu H, Chan MCW, Lam TY, Jin D, Lee MY, Sanyal S, Mok KP, Sham PC
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Theme-based Research Scheme
Start Date:	01/2015

Project Title:	Public Health Responses to threats of emerging, epidemic and endemic infectious diseases
Investigator(s):	Peiris JSM, Cowling BJ, Wu JTK, Guan Y
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Commissioned Research on Control of Infectious Diseases (Phase III)
Start Date:	01/2015

Project Title:	Role of influenza virus surface glycoproteins in virus-induced cell stress and inflammation
Investigator(s):	Peiris JSM, Yen H
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	03/2015

List of Research Outputs

Chan W.Y., Hemida M.G., Kayali G., Chu K.W., Poon L.L.M., Alnaeem A., Ali M.A., Tao K.P., Ng I.H.Y., Chan M.C.W., Guan Y., Nicholls J.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Tropism and replication of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus from dromedary camels in the human respiratory tract: an in-vitro and ex-vivo study, Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 2014, 2(10): 813-22.

Cheung P.P.H., Rogozin I.B., Choy K.T., Ng I.H.Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Yen H., Comparative mutational analyses of influenza A viruses, RNA. 2015, 21(1): 36-47.

Cheung P.P.H., Watson S.J., Choy K.T., Sia S.F., Wong D.D.Y., Poon L.L.M., Kellam P., Guan Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Yen H., Generation and characterization of influenza A viruses with altered polymerase fidelity , Nature Communications. 2014, 5: 4794.

Chin W.H., Li O.T.W., Mok K.P., Ng K.W., Peiris J.S.M. and Poon L.L.M., Influenza A viruses with different amino acid residues at PB2-627 display distinct replication properties in vitro and in vivo: Revealing the sequence plasticity of PB2-627 position, Virology. 2014, 468-470: 545–55.

Chin W.H., Perera R.A.P.M., Guan Y., Halfmann P., Kawaoka Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Poon L.L.M., Pseudoparticle neutralization assay for detecting ebola- neutralizing antibodies in biosafety level 2 settings, Clinical Chemistry. 2015, 61(6): 885-6.

Chin W.H., Mok K.P., Zhu H., Guan Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Poon L.L.M., Use of fractional factorial design to study the compatibility of viral ribonucleoprotein gene segments of human H7N9 virus and circulating human influenza subtypes, Influenza and other respiratory viruses. 2014, 8(5): 580-4.

Chiu S.S.S., Ho P.L., Peiris J.S.M., Chan K.H. and Chan L.Y., Population-based hospitalization incidence of respiratory viruses in community-acquired pneumonia in children younger than 5 years of age, Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 2014, 8(6): 626-7.

Cowling B.J., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Chan K.H., Lim Wai S.K.W., So H.C., Chu K.W., Wong Y.T., Shiu E.Y.C., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Leung G.M., Incidence of influenza virus infections in children in Hong Kong in a 3-year randomized placebo-controlled vaccine study, 2009-2012, Clinical Infectious Diseases . 2014, 59(4): 517-24.

Cowling B.J., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Chan K.H., Wong Y.T., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Leung G.M., Incidence of influenza virus infections in children in Hong Kong in a three year randomized placebo-controlled vaccine study (abstract & poster presentation), Influenza 2014: One Influenza, One World, One Health, 9-11 September 2014, Oxford, UK. UK, LibPubMedia Ltd, 2014.

Cowling B.J., Ip D.K.M., Fang J., Suntarattiwong P., Olsen S.J., Levy J., Uyeki T.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Chotpitayasunondh T., Nishiura H. and Simmerman J.M., Modes of Transmission of Influenza B Virus in Households, PLoS One . 2014, 9(9): e108850.

Cowling B.J., Peiris J.S.M. and Leung G.M., Reply to Collignon et al., Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2015, 2015;60(3): 489–90.

Cowling B.J., Chan K.H., Feng S., Chan L.Y., Lo J.Y.C., Peiris J.S.M. and Chiu S.S.S., The effectiveness of influenza vaccination in preventing hospitalizations in children in Hong Kong, 2009–2013, Vaccine. Elsevier, 2014, 32: 5278-5284.

DUTRY I.C.A., Li J., Li P.H., Bruzzone R., Peiris J.S.M. and Jaume M.D.A., The effects of macrophage polarity on influenza virus replication and innate immune responses, Journal of Clinical & Cellular Immunology. 2015, 6: 297.

Doak S.A., Li O.T.W., 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. , International Congress of Immunology, Milan, Italy. 2015.

Doak S.A., Li O.T.W., Peiris J.S.M., Perera L.P. and Poon L.L.M., Universal influenza vaccine utilizes T cells for mechanism of protection as killers and coordinators, Keystone Symposia Viral Immunity (A2), Breckenridge, USA. 2015.

Freeman G., Ng S., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Multivariate analysis of factors affecting the immunogenicity of trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine in school-age children, Epidemiology and Infection. 2015, 143(3): 540-9.

Ghazi K. and Peiris J.S.M., A more detailed picture of the epidemiology of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2015, 15(5): 495-7.

Hayden G.F., Farrar J. and Peiris J.S.M., Towards improving clinical management of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection, Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2014, 14 (7): 544–6.

Hemida M.G., Al-Naeem A., Perera R.A.P.M., Chin W.H., Poon L.L.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Lack of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Transmission from Infected Camels, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2015, 21(4): 699-701.

Hemida M.G., Chu K.W., Poon L.L.M., Perera R.A.P.M., Alhammadi M.A., Ng I.H.Y., Siu Y., Guan Y., Alnaeem A. and Peiris J.S.M., MERS coronavirus in dromedary camel herd, Saudi Arabia , Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2014, 20 (7): 1231-4.

Jia N., Barclay W.S., Roberts K., Yen H., Chan W.Y., Lam A.K., Air G., Peiris J.S.M., Dell A., Nicholls J.M. and Haslam S.M., Glycomic characterization of respiratory tract tissues of ferrets: implications for its use in influenza virus infection studies, Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2014, 289(41): 28489-504.

Kwok K.O., Cowling B.J., Wei W.I., Peiris J.S.M. and Riley S., Social contacts and the locations in which they occur as risk factors for influenza infection, In: Kin O. Kwok, Benjamin J. Cowling, Vivian W. I. Wei, Kendra M. Wu, Jonathan M. Read, Justin Lessler, Derek A. Cummings, J. S. Malik Peiris, Steven Riley, Proceedings B Royal Society. 2014.

LIANG H., Lam T.Y., Fan X., Chen X., Zeng Y., ZHOU J., Duan L., Tse M.T., Chan C.H., Li L., Leung T.Y., Yip C.H., Cheung C.L., Zhou B., Smith D.K., Poon L.L.M., Peiris J.S.M., Guan Y. and Zhu H., Expansion of genotypic diversity and establishment of 2009 H1N1 pandemic-origin internal genes in pigs in China., Journal of Virology. 2014, 88(18): 10864-74.

Lam T.Y., Zhou B., Wang J., CHAI Y., Shen Y., Chen X., MA C., Hong W., Chen Y., Zhang Y., Duan L., Chen P., Jiang J., Zhang Y., Li L., Poon L.L.M., Webby R.J., Smith D.K., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Holmes E.C., Guan Y. and Zhu H., Dissemination, divergence and establishment of H7N9 influenza viruses in China, Nature. 2015, 522(7554): 102-5.

Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., Zhou B., Duan L., Cheung C.L., MA C., Lycett S., Leung C.Y.H., Chen X., Li L., Hong W., CHAI Y., Zhou L., LIANG H., OU Z., Liu Y., Farooqui A., Kelvin D., Poon L.L.M., Smith D.K., Pybus O., Leung G.M., Shu Y., Webster R., Webby R., Peiris J.S.M., Rambaut A., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Research Output Prize, The University of Hong Kong. 2014.

Leung C.Y.H., Nicholls J.M., Ho C.K., Sia S.F., Mok K.P., Doak S.A., Cheung P.P.H., Hui P.Y., Chan W.Y., Guan Y., Akira S. and Peiris J.S.M., Highly pathogenic avian influenza A H5N1 and pandemic H1N1 virus infections have different phenotypes in Toll-like Receptor (TLR) 3 knock-out mice, Journal of General Virology. 2014, 95(Pt 9): 1870-9.

Leung C.Y.H., Luk G. and Peiris J.S.M., Protective efficacy of poultry vaccines against recently circulating highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus isolater from markets and farms in Hong Kong 2008 (Parallel Session 2), Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong.. 2014.

MA C., Lam T.Y., CHAI Y., Wang J., Fan X., Hong W., Zhang Y., Li L., Liu Y., Smith D.K., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Emergence and Evolution of H10 Subtype Influenza Viruses in Poultry in China, Journal of Virology. 2015, 89(7): 3534-41.

Meliopoulos V.A., Karlsson E.A., Kercher L., Cline T., Freiden P., Duan S., Vogel P., Webby R.J., Guan Y., Peiris J.S.M., Thomas P.G. and Schultz-Cherry S., Human H7N9 and H5N1 influenza viruses differ in induction of cytokines and tissue tropism., Journal of Virology. 2014, 88(22): 12982-91.

Memish Z.A., Alsahly A., Masri M.A., Heil G.L., Anderson B.D., Peiris J.S.M., Khan S.U. and Gray G.C., Sparse evidence of MERS-CoV infection among animal workers living in Southern Saudi Arabia during 2012, Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 2015, 9(2): 64-7.

Ng O.W., Keng C.T., Leung S.W., Peiris J.S.M., Poon L.L.M. and Tan Y.J., Substitution at Aspartic Acid 1128 in the SARS Coronavirus Spike Glycoprotein Mediates Escape from a S2 Domain-Targeting Neutralizing Monoclonal Antibody, PLoS one. 2014, 9(7): e102415.

Nicholls J.M., Tsai P.N., Chan W.Y., Hui P.Y., Chan M.C.W., Peiris J.S.M., Chan K.H., Yuen K.Y. and To K.K.W., Fatal H7N9 pneumonia complicated by viral infection of a prosthetic cardiac valve – An autopsy study, Journal of Clinical Virology. 2014, 61(3): 466-9.

Peiris J.S.M. and Yen H., Animal and human influenzas, Revue scientifique et technique. 2014, 33(2): 539-53.

Peiris J.S.M., Chair of Section IV - Pathogens and Lecture: Session I: Influenza; title: Update on H7N9, XVII International Symposium on Respiratory Viral Infections; Vancouver, Canada during 6-9 March, 2015. 2015.

Peiris J.S.M., Invited member, DUKE-NUS Emerging Infectious Diseases Program Review Panel, Singapore. 2015.

Peiris J.S.M., Invited participant, International Scientific Meeting on MERS-CoV, WHO Cairo, Eqypt, WHO. 2015.

Peiris J.S.M., Keynote and symposium speaker: Session: Respiratory infections - Emerging Pathogens; title: MERS coronavirus: The animal-human interface, Courage Fund Infectious Disease Conference in Singapore during 11-13 March, 2015. 2015.

Peiris J.S.M., Keynote lecture for the plenary session 'Intervention Strategies' title: Rapid intervention strategies: from SARS to MERS and to chair the parallel session 'One Health implementation: case studies', 3rd International One Health Congress organized by Erasmus University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 15-18 March, 2015. 2015.

Peiris J.S.M., Lecture: OH and influenza and Coronavirus, One Health Master Class - SEA-EU-NET 2015 organized by CIRAD - Network, Bangkok, 1 June, 2015. 2015.

Peiris J.S.M., Lecture: Protective Efficacy of Poultry Vaccines Against Recent Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 Virus Isolates from Markets and Farms in Hong Kong, 2008, Health Research Symposium 2014 organized by Food and Health Bureau, Hong Kong on 13 November, 2014. 2014.

Peiris J.S.M., Lecture: Virus outbreaks, detection, management and control., Symposium "Virology in the last 4 decades: Breaktroughs and Benefits". Rotterdam, The Netherlands.. 2014.

Peiris J.S.M., Participant, WHO Consultation and Information Meeting on the Composition of Influenza Virus Vaccines for the Northern Hemisphere 2015-16, WHO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland, WHO. 2015.

Peiris J.S.M., Plenary lecture: Challenge of Emerging Viral Infections., 127th Anniversary International Medical Congress of the SLMA 2014. Colombo, Sri Lanka.. 2014.

Peiris J.S.M., Scientific Advisory Board Member, Keystone Symposia, Colorado, USA. 2015.

Peiris J.S.M., Scientific Advisory Board member, PREPARE Second Annual Meeting, funded by European Commission, Venice, Italy. 2015.

Peiris J.S.M., Scientific Advisory Board, IOHC 2015 - 3rd International One Health Congress, Venice, Italy, Organized by Erasmus MC, funded by European Commission. 2015.

Peiris J.S.M., Scientific Advisory Board, XVII International Symposium on Respiratory Viral Infections, Vancouver, Canada, The Macrae Foundation. 2015.

Peiris J.S.M., Temporary Adviser / Emergency Deployment - MERS CoV mission to Seoul, Korea, WHO. 2015.

Peiris J.S.M., Theme: Viral diseases without borders. Plenary lecture: EIDS with pandemic threat; Title: "Ex vivo cultures of the human respiratory tract: Risk assessing viruses for zoonotic and pandemic threat", International Congress on Medical Virology 2014 (ICMV 2014) organized by Virology Association (Thailand), Mahidol University and the Biosafety Association (Thailand) in Bangkok during 6-7 November, 2014.. 2014.

Peiris J.S.M., Zoonotic influenza expert and adviser; 5th Asia Pacific workshop on multisectoral collaboration for the prevention and control of zoonoses, Bangkok, Thailand, WHO. 2014.

Perera K.V.H.K.K., Vijaykrishna D., Premarathna A.G., Jayamaha C.J., Wickramasinghe G., Cheung C.L., Yeung M.F., Poon L.L.M., Perera A.K., Barr I.G., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Molecular epidemiology of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus among humans and swine, Sri Lanka., Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2014, 20(12): 2080-4.

Perera K.V.H.K.K. and Peiris J.S.M., The Influenza Viruses, Ceylon Medical Journal. 2015, 60(1): 1-4.

Tam Y.H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Estimating Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Using the Test-negative Design, 46th APACPH Conference Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia, 17-19 October 2014. USA, Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health.

Tang J.W., Gao C.X., Cowling B.J., Koh G.C., Chu K.W., Heilbronn C., Lloyd B., Pantelic J., Nicolle A.D., Klettner C.A., Peiris J.S.M., Sekhar C., Cheong D.K.W., Tham K.W., Koay E.S.C., Tsui W., Kwong A., Chan K. and Li Y., Absence of Detectable Influenza RNA Transmitted via Aerosol during Various Human Respiratory Activities – Experiments from Singapore and Hong Kong, PLoS One . 2014, 9(9): e107338.

Tu W., Lau Y.L. and Peiris J.S.M., Use of humanised mice to study antiviral activity of human γδ-T cells against influenza A viruses, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2014, 20(Suppl 6): S4-6.

Wong C.M., Chan W.M., Yang L., Chan K.P., Lai H.K., Thach T.Q., Ho L.M., Lam T.H. and Peiris J.S.M., Effect of lifestyle factors on risk of mortality associated with influenza in elderly people, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2014, 20(SuppI6): S16-9.

Wong D.D.Y., Choy K.T., Chan W.Y., Sia S.F., Chiu H.P., Cheung P.P.H., Chan M.C.W., Peiris J.S.M. and Yen H., Comparable Fitness and Transmissibility between Oseltamivir-Resistant Pandemic 2009 and Seasonal H1N1 Influenza Viruses with the H275Y Neuraminidase Mutation (Abstract & poster presentation), Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong. 2014, P65-Ab0010.

Wong K.S.C., Tsang G.C.H., Chan K.H., Li O.T.W., Peiris J.S.M. and Poon L.L.M., A novel molecular test for influenza B virus detection and lineage differentiation, Journal of Medical Virology. 2014, 86(12): 2171-6.

Wu J.T.K., Lee C.K., Ho P.L., Hung I.F.N., Lin C.K., Lau Y.L., Leung G.M., Cowling B.J. and Peiris J.S.M., A Detailed Longitudinal Study of Infection Attack Rates Among Healthy Adults in Hong Kong During the Epidemic of the Human Swine Influenza A/H1N1 Virus in 2009, Health Research Symposium 2014, Hong Kong, 15 Nov 2014. (Poster presentation). 2014.

Wu J.T.K., Hung I.F.N., Lau Y.L., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., A Longitudinal Study of Infection Attack Rates Among Hospital Outpatients in Hong Kong During Epidemic of the Human Swine Influenza A/H1N1 Virus in 2009 by Tracking Temporal Changes in Age-specific Seroprevalence Rates, Health Research Symposium 2014, Hong Kong, 15 Nov 2014. (Poster presentation). 2014.

Wu Y., Tu W., Lam K.T., Chow K.H., Ho P.L., Guan Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Lau Y.L., Lethal coinfection of influenza virus and Streptococcus pneumoniae lowers antibody response to influenza virus in lung and reduces numbers of germinal center B cells, T follicular helper cells, and plasma cells in mediastinal lymph Node., Journal of Virology. 2015, 89(4): 2013-23.

Xu C., Perera R.A.P.M., Chan Y.H., Fang J., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Kam A.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Determinants of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in Hong Kong., Br J Nutr.. 2015, 8: 1-8.

Xu C., Perera R.A.P.M., Chan Y.H., Fang J., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Kam M.S., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Determinants of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in Hong Kong, British journal of nutrition . 2015, 2015 Jul;114(1): 144-51.

Yang L., Chan K.H., Suen L.K.P., Chan K.P., WANG X., CAO P., He D., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Age-specific epidemic waves of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus in a subtropical city, Scientific Reports. 2015, 5: 10390.

Yang L., Chan K.H., Suen L.K.P., Chan K.P., WANG X., CAO P., He D., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Impact of the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic on Age-Specific Epidemic Curves of Other Respiratory Viruses: A Comparison of Pre-Pandemic, Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Periods in a Subtropical City, PLoS One. 2015, 10(4): e0125447.

Yen H., Liang C.H., Wu C.Y., Forrest H.L., Ferguson A., Choy K.T., Jones J., Wong D.D.Y., Cheung P.P.H., Li O.T.W., Yuen K.M., Chan W.Y., Poon L.L.M., Chan M.C.W., Nicholls J.M., Krauss S., Wong C.H., Webster R.G., Webby R. and Peiris J.S.M., Hemagglutinin–neuraminidase Balance Confers Respiratory-Droplet Transmissibility of the Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Virus in Ferrets (Abstract & poster presentation), Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong. 2014, P66-Ab0011.

Yen H., ZHOU J., Choy K.T., Sia S.F., TENG O., Ng I.H.Y., Fang J., Hu Y., Wang W., Cowling B.J., Nicholls J.M., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., The R292K mutation that confers resistance to neuraminidase inhibitors leads to competitive fitness loss of A/Shanghai/1/2013(H7N9) influenza virus in ferrets, Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2014, 210 (12): 1900-8.

Zhang X., Song Z., He J., Yen H., Li J., Zhu Z., Tian D., Wang W., Xu L., Guan W., Liu Y., Wang S., Shi B., Zhang W., Qin B., Cai J., Wan Y., Xu C., Ren X., Chen H., Liu L., Yang Y., Zhou X., Zhou W., Xu J., Zhang X., Peiris J.S.M., Hu Y. and Yuan Z., Drug susceptibility profile and pathogenicity of H7N9 influenza virus (Anhui1 lineage) with R292K substitution, Emerging Microbes & Infections. 2014, 3(11): e78.

Zhao J., Perera R.A.P.M., Kayali G., Meyerholz D., Perlman S., Peiris J.S.M. and Sandri-Goldin R.M., Passive Immunotherapy with Dromedary Immune Serum in an Experimental Animal Model for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection, Journal of Virology. 2015, 89(11): 6117-6120.

Researcher : Perera KVHKK

List of Research Outputs

Perera K.V.H.K.K., Vijaykrishna D., Premarathna A.G., Jayamaha C.J., Wickramasinghe G., Cheung C.L., Yeung M.F., Poon L.L.M., Perera A.K., Barr I.G., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Molecular epidemiology of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus among humans and swine, Sri Lanka., Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2014, 20(12): 2080-4.

Perera K.V.H.K.K. and Peiris J.S.M., The Influenza Viruses, Ceylon Medical Journal. 2015, 60(1): 1-4.

Researcher : Perera RAPM

Project Title:	Seroprevalence of hemagglutinin stalk binding antibody during 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic
Investigator(s):	Perera RAPM, Peiris JSM, Cowling BJ
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	03/2015

List of Research Outputs

Chin W.H., Perera R.A.P.M., Guan Y., Halfmann P., Kawaoka Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Poon L.L.M., Pseudoparticle neutralization assay for detecting ebola- neutralizing antibodies in biosafety level 2 settings, Clinical Chemistry. 2015, 61(6): 885-6.

Cowling B.J., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Chan K.H., Lim Wai S.K.W., So H.C., Chu K.W., Wong Y.T., Shiu E.Y.C., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Leung G.M., Incidence of influenza virus infections in children in Hong Kong in a 3-year randomized placebo-controlled vaccine study, 2009-2012, Clinical Infectious Diseases . 2014, 59(4): 517-24.

Cowling B.J., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Chan K.H., Wong Y.T., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Leung G.M., Incidence of influenza virus infections in children in Hong Kong in a three year randomized placebo-controlled vaccine study (abstract & poster presentation), Influenza 2014: One Influenza, One World, One Health, 9-11 September 2014, Oxford, UK. UK, LibPubMedia Ltd, 2014.

Freeman G., Ng S., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Multivariate analysis of factors affecting the immunogenicity of trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine in school-age children, Epidemiology and Infection. 2015, 143(3): 540-9.

Hemida M.G., Al-Naeem A., Perera R.A.P.M., Chin W.H., Poon L.L.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Lack of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Transmission from Infected Camels, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2015, 21(4): 699-701.

Hemida M.G., Chu K.W., Poon L.L.M., Perera R.A.P.M., Alhammadi M.A., Ng I.H.Y., Siu Y., Guan Y., Alnaeem A. and Peiris J.S.M., MERS coronavirus in dromedary camel herd, Saudi Arabia , Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2014, 20 (7): 1231-4.

Xu C., Perera R.A.P.M., Chan Y.H., Fang J., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Kam A.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Determinants of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in Hong Kong., Br J Nutr.. 2015, 8: 1-8.

Xu C., Perera R.A.P.M., Chan Y.H., Fang J., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Kam M.S., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Determinants of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in Hong Kong, British journal of nutrition . 2015, 2015 Jul;114(1): 144-51.

Zhao J., Perera R.A.P.M., Kayali G., Meyerholz D., Perlman S., Peiris J.S.M. and Sandri-Goldin R.M., Passive Immunotherapy with Dromedary Immune Serum in an Experimental Animal Model for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection, Journal of Virology. 2015, 89(11): 6117-6120.

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:	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:	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 W.Y., Hemida M.G., Kayali G., Chu K.W., Poon L.L.M., Alnaeem A., Ali M.A., Tao K.P., Ng I.H.Y., Chan M.C.W., Guan Y., Nicholls J.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Tropism and replication of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus from dromedary camels in the human respiratory tract: an in-vitro and ex-vivo study, Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 2014, 2(10): 813-22.

Cheung P.P.H., Watson S.J., Choy K.T., Sia S.F., Wong D.D.Y., Poon L.L.M., Kellam P., Guan Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Yen H., Generation and characterization of influenza A viruses with altered polymerase fidelity , Nature Communications. 2014, 5: 4794.

Chin W.H., Li O.T.W., Mok K.P., Ng K.W., Peiris J.S.M. and Poon L.L.M., Influenza A viruses with different amino acid residues at PB2-627 display distinct replication properties in vitro and in vivo: Revealing the sequence plasticity of PB2-627 position, Virology. 2014, 468-470: 545–55.

Chin W.H., Perera R.A.P.M., Guan Y., Halfmann P., Kawaoka Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Poon L.L.M., Pseudoparticle neutralization assay for detecting ebola- neutralizing antibodies in biosafety level 2 settings, Clinical Chemistry. 2015, 61(6): 885-6.

Chin W.H., Mok K.P., Zhu H., Guan Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Poon L.L.M., Use of fractional factorial design to study the compatibility of viral ribonucleoprotein gene segments of human H7N9 virus and circulating human influenza subtypes, Influenza and other respiratory viruses. 2014, 8(5): 580-4.

Doak S.A., Li O.T.W., 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. , International Congress of Immunology, Milan, Italy. 2015.

Doak S.A., Li O.T.W., Peiris J.S.M., Perera L.P. and Poon L.L.M., Universal influenza vaccine utilizes T cells for mechanism of protection as killers and coordinators, Keystone Symposia Viral Immunity (A2), Breckenridge, USA. 2015.

Hemida M.G., Al-Naeem A., Perera R.A.P.M., Chin W.H., Poon L.L.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Lack of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Transmission from Infected Camels, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2015, 21(4): 699-701.

Hemida M.G., Chu K.W., Poon L.L.M., Perera R.A.P.M., Alhammadi M.A., Ng I.H.Y., Siu Y., Guan Y., Alnaeem A. and Peiris J.S.M., MERS coronavirus in dromedary camel herd, Saudi Arabia , Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2014, 20 (7): 1231-4.

LIANG H., Lam T.Y., Fan X., Chen X., Zeng Y., ZHOU J., Duan L., Tse M.T., Chan C.H., Li L., Leung T.Y., Yip C.H., Cheung C.L., Zhou B., Smith D.K., Poon L.L.M., Peiris J.S.M., Guan Y. and Zhu H., Expansion of genotypic diversity and establishment of 2009 H1N1 pandemic-origin internal genes in pigs in China., Journal of Virology. 2014, 88(18): 10864-74.

LIANG W., CHOW Y.T., Lau P.N., Zhou Q.T., Kwok P.C.L., Leung G.P.H., Mason A.J.M., Chan H.K., Poon L.L.M. and Lam J.K.W., Inhalable powder formulations of siRNA and pH responsive peptides with antiviral activity against H1N1 influenza virus, Molecular Pharmaceutics. 2015, 12: 910-921.

Lam T.Y., Zhou B., Wang J., CHAI Y., Shen Y., Chen X., MA C., Hong W., Chen Y., Zhang Y., Duan L., Chen P., Jiang J., Zhang Y., Li L., Poon L.L.M., Webby R.J., Smith D.K., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Holmes E.C., Guan Y. and Zhu H., Dissemination, divergence and establishment of H7N9 influenza viruses in China, Nature. 2015, 522(7554): 102-5.

Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., Zhou B., Duan L., Cheung C.L., MA C., Lycett S., Leung C.Y.H., Chen X., Li L., Hong W., CHAI Y., Zhou L., LIANG H., OU Z., Liu Y., Farooqui A., Kelvin D., Poon L.L.M., Smith D.K., Pybus O., Leung G.M., Shu Y., Webster R., Webby R., Peiris J.S.M., Rambaut A., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Research Output Prize, The University of Hong Kong. 2014.

Ng O.W., Keng C.T., Leung S.W., Peiris J.S.M., Poon L.L.M. and Tan Y.J., Substitution at Aspartic Acid 1128 in the SARS Coronavirus Spike Glycoprotein Mediates Escape from a S2 Domain-Targeting Neutralizing Monoclonal Antibody, PLoS one. 2014, 9(7): e102415.

Perera K.V.H.K.K., Vijaykrishna D., Premarathna A.G., Jayamaha C.J., Wickramasinghe G., Cheung C.L., Yeung M.F., Poon L.L.M., Perera A.K., Barr I.G., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Molecular epidemiology of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus among humans and swine, Sri Lanka., Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2014, 20(12): 2080-4.

Poon L.L.M., Journal editor, Virus Evolution. Oxford University Press, 2015.

Poon L.L.M., MERS coronavirus sequences detected in dromedary camels from a single farm, Workshop on Next Generation Sequencing of Virus. 2015.

Poon L.L.M., MERS-CoV: from serological diagnosis to experimental research, FAO/OIE/WHO regional workshop on MERS-CoV and “One Health. 2015.

Poon L.L.M., MERS-CoV, the XIIIth International Symposium of Nidoviruses. 2014.

Poon L.L.M., Molecular detection of influenza viruses, working group meeting on PCR protocols for the detection of human and avian influenza viruses. 2014.

Poon L.L.M., Seroepidemiology of MERS-CoV in Humans and Camels, Advancement in Scientific Understanding of Avian Influenza and MERS as Emerging Respiratory Threat to Public Health in Asia and Beyond- From Viral Evolution to Animal and Human Hosts. 2015.

Wong K.S.C., Tsang G.C.H., Chan K.H., Li O.T.W., Peiris J.S.M. and Poon L.L.M., A novel molecular test for influenza B virus detection and lineage differentiation, Journal of Medical Virology. 2014, 86(12): 2171-6.

Yen H., Liang C.H., Wu C.Y., Forrest H.L., Ferguson A., Choy K.T., Jones J., Wong D.D.Y., Cheung P.P.H., Li O.T.W., Yuen K.M., Chan W.Y., Poon L.L.M., Chan M.C.W., Nicholls J.M., Krauss S., Wong C.H., Webster R.G., Webby R. and Peiris J.S.M., Hemagglutinin–neuraminidase Balance Confers Respiratory-Droplet Transmissibility of the Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Virus in Ferrets (Abstract & poster presentation), Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong. 2014, P66-Ab0011.

Researcher : Quan J

List of Research Outputs

Quan J., Hung C.H.N. and Johnston J.M., Association between attitudes to MOOCs and student profiles among Hong Kong postgraduates, 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia. 2014.

Tan P.H., Tyrrell H.E., Gao L., Xu D., Quan J., Gill D., Rai L., Ding Y., Plant G., Chen Y., Xue J.Z., Handa A.I., Greenall M.J., Walsh K. and Xue S.A., Adiponectin receptor signaling on dendritic cells blunts antitumor immunity. , Cancer Research. 2014.

Researcher : RUAN R

List of Research Outputs

Ho D.S.Y., RUAN R., Fong D.Y.T., Lee K.Y., Chung W.H. and Lam T.H., Sweetness preference and its association with socio-demographic characteristics in Hong Kong children, Hot topic conference 2015: Dietary Sugars, Obesity and Metabolic Disease Risk. 2015.

RUAN R., Ho D.S.Y., Tin S.P.P., CHEN J., Lee K.Y., Chung W.H. and Lam T.H., Daily total fluid intake and changes in body mass index among Hong Kong primary school students (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

RUAN R., Ho D.S.Y., Fong D.Y.T., Lee K.Y., Chung W.H. and Lam T.H., Lifestyle correlates of preference for sweet food in Hong Kong children, Hot topic conference 2015: Dietary Sugars, Obesity and Metabolic Disease Risk. 2015.

Researcher : Riley S

List of Research Outputs

Kwok K.O., Jiang C., Tan L.J., Lessler J., Read J., Zhu H., Guan Y., Cummings D. and Riley S., An international collaborative study on influenza viruses antibody titers and contact patterns of individuals in rural and urban household of Guangzhou, Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 2014, 35(4): 433-6.

Kwok K.O., Cowling B.J., Wei W.I., Peiris J.S.M. and Riley S., Social contacts and the locations in which they occur as risk factors for influenza infection, In: Kin O. Kwok, Benjamin J. Cowling, Vivian W. I. Wei, Kendra M. Wu, Jonathan M. Read, Justin Lessler, Derek A. Cummings, J. S. Malik Peiris, Steven Riley, Proceedings B Royal Society. 2014.

Researcher : SHEN C

List of Research Outputs

SHEN C., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Zhou J.X., Johnston J.M., Lee S.Y. and Lam T.H., Self-rated health and mortality in a prospective Chinese elderly cohort study in Hong Kong, Preventive Medicine. 2014, 67C: 112-8.

Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Leung S.L., Lam T.H., Lee S.Y., Shen C., Leung Y.Y.J. and Leung G.M., Cohort Profile: Hong Kong Department of Health Elderly Health Service Cohort, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2014.

Researcher : SUN Y

List of Research Outputs

SUN Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Leg length is associated with lower values of inflammatory markers in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Annals of Human Biology. 2015, 42(2): 143-9.

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: Evidence from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Annals of Epidemiology. 2014, 24(8): 606-11.

HOU W.W., Tse M.A., Lam T.H., 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., Diabetes Medicine. 2015, 32(4): 505-12.

LEUNG Y.C., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Migrant status and child and adolescent psychological well-being: evidence from Hong Kong's 'Children of 1997' birth cohort, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2015, 2015;69: 156–161.

Lam T.H., Xu L., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Lee R.S.Y. and Leung G.M., Smoking and mortality in a prospective cohort study of elderly Chinese in Hong Kong, Addiction. 2015, 110(3): 502-10.

Lam T.H., Xu L., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Lee R.S.Y. and Leung G.M., Smoking kills at least 1 out of 2 smokers? – A 10-year follow-up study in Hong Kong, China (abstract and poster presentation), 20th IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 17-21 August 2014, Anchorage, USA. Alaska, USA, WCE, 2014.

Leung G.M., Ni M.Y., Wong P.T., Lee H., Chan B.H.Y., Stewart S.M., Schooling C.M., Johnston J.M., Lam W.W.T., Chan S.S.C., McDowell I., Pang H.M.H., Fielding R. and Lam T.H., Cohort Profile: FAMILY Cohort, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2015.

Leung Y.Y.J., Li A.M., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Mode of delivery and childhood hospitalizations for asthma and other wheezing disorders., Clinical and Experimental Allergy. 2015, 45(6): 1109-17.

Leung Y.Y.J., Li A.M., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Mode of delivery and childhood hospitalizations for asthma: Evidence from the “Children of 1997” birth cohort, Annual Scientific Meeting, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine. 2014.

SHEN C., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Zhou J.X., Johnston J.M., Lee S.Y. and Lam T.H., Self-rated health and mortality in a prospective Chinese elderly cohort study in Hong Kong, Preventive Medicine. 2014, 67C: 112-8.

SUN Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Leg length is associated with lower values of inflammatory markers in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Annals of Human Biology. 2015, 42(2): 143-9.

Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Leung S.L., Lam T.H., Lee S.Y., Shen C., Leung Y.Y.J. and Leung G.M., Cohort Profile: Hong Kong Department of Health Elderly Health Service Cohort, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2014.

Schooling C.M., Au Yeung S.L.R. and Leung G.M., Why do statins reduce cardiovascular disease more than other lipid modulating therapies?, European Journal of Clinical Investigation. 2014, 2014; 44(11): 1135-40.

Tarrant A.M., Schooling C.M., Leung S.L.S., Mak K.H., Ho L.M. and Leung G.M., Impact of breastfeeding on infectious disease hospitalisation: the Children of 1997 cohort, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2014, 20(S4): 5-6.

WANG H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Adiposity and Early Adolescent Emotional/Behavioral Problems, Journal Of Pediatrics. 2015, 2015, 166(6): 1404-9.

WANG H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Life Course Body Mass Index and Adolescent Self-Esteem: Evidence from Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” Birth Cohort, Obesity (Silver Spring, Md. : Online). 2015, 2015; 23(2): 429–435.

Wong O.L., Schooling C.M., Cowling B.J. and Leung G.M., Breast cancer incidence and mortality in a transitioning Chinese population: Current and future trends, British Journal of Cancer. 2015, 112(1): 167-70.

Wong O.L., Schooling C.M. and Cowling B.J., Cost-effectiveness of Helicobacter pylori screening and treatment for gastric cancer in Hong Kong: a decision analytic approach, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2014, 20(Suppl 7): S13-5.

Wong O.L., Cowling B.J. and Schooling C.M., Vulnerability to diabetes in Chinese: An age-period-cohort analysis, Annals of Epidemiology. 2015, 25(1): 34-9.

Xu L., Jiang C., Schooling C.M., Zhang W., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Prediction of 4-year incident diabetes in older Chinese: Recalibration of the Framingham diabetes score on Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Preventive Medicine. 2014, 69C: 63-68.

ZHAO J. and Schooling C.M., Does falling testosterone with age among men underlie the increase in ischaemic heart disease, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2015, 2015;69: 393–396.

ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Kavikondala S., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted 17β-estradiol and systemic inflammation in women: a separate-sample Mendelian randomisation analysis in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2014, 68(8): 780-5.

ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., LONG M., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted testosterone and electrocardiographic QT interval duration in Chinese: A Mendelian randomization analysis in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 44(2): 613-20.

ZHAO J. and Schooling C.M., Promotion of “Low T” and citation bias in testosterone studies (Letter), International Journal of Cardiology. 2015, 2015; 184: 510–511.

ZHONG Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Liu B., Jin Y.L., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Height, its components, and coagulability among older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, American Journal of Human Biology. 2014, 26(5): 603-8.

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 chinese men, PLoS One. 2015, 10(5): e0126442.

Zhou Y., Cowling B.J., Wu P., Chan W.M., Lee S.Y., Lau E.H.Y. and Schooling C.M., Adiposity and influenza-associated respiratory mortality: a cohort study., Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2015, 60(10):e49-57.

Researcher : Seto WH

List of Research Outputs

Ho M.L., Cowling B.J., Seto W.H., Wong L.C. and Wong T.Y., Determinants of an effective antibiotic campaign: Lessons from Hong Kong, Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance . 2014, 2 (2014): 334–337.

Seto W.H., Cowling B.J., Cheung C.W.Y., Wong C.Y.Y., Ching P.T.Y., Pittet D. and Chen R.C.I., Impact of the first hand sanitizing relay world record on compliance with hand hygiene in a hospital, American Journal of Infection Control . 2015, 43 (2015): 295-7.

Researcher : Shen Y

List of Research Outputs

Lam T.Y., Zhou B., Wang J., CHAI Y., Shen Y., Chen X., MA C., Hong W., Chen Y., Zhang Y., Duan L., Chen P., Jiang J., Zhang Y., Li L., Poon L.L.M., Webby R.J., Smith D.K., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Holmes E.C., Guan Y. and Zhu H., Dissemination, divergence and establishment of H7N9 influenza viruses in China, Nature. 2015, 522(7554): 102-5.

Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., Zhou B., Duan L., Cheung C.L., MA C., Lycett S., Leung C.Y.H., Chen X., Li L., Hong W., CHAI Y., Zhou L., LIANG H., OU Z., Liu Y., Farooqui A., Kelvin D., Poon L.L.M., Smith D.K., Pybus O., Leung G.M., Shu Y., Webster R., Webby R., Peiris J.S.M., Rambaut A., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Research Output Prize, The University of Hong Kong. 2014.

Researcher : Shetye SS

List of Research Outputs

Johnston J.M., Jiang N., Shetye S.S. and Lam T.H., Brief review of smoking cessation training for medical students worldwide: A new initiative of experiential learning for tobacco control in Hong Kong, Global Health Journal. 2014, 1(2): 55-65.

Researcher : Shiu EYC

List of Research Outputs

Cowling B.J., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Chan K.H., Lim Wai S.K.W., So H.C., Chu K.W., Wong Y.T., Shiu E.Y.C., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Leung G.M., Incidence of influenza virus infections in children in Hong Kong in a 3-year randomized placebo-controlled vaccine study, 2009-2012, Clinical Infectious Diseases . 2014, 59(4): 517-24.

Researcher : Sia SF

List of Research Outputs

Cheung P.P.H., Watson S.J., Choy K.T., Sia S.F., Wong D.D.Y., Poon L.L.M., Kellam P., Guan Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Yen H., Generation and characterization of influenza A viruses with altered polymerase fidelity , Nature Communications. 2014, 5: 4794.

Leung C.Y.H., Nicholls J.M., Ho C.K., Sia S.F., Mok K.P., Doak S.A., Cheung P.P.H., Hui P.Y., Chan W.Y., Guan Y., Akira S. and Peiris J.S.M., Highly pathogenic avian influenza A H5N1 and pandemic H1N1 virus infections have different phenotypes in Toll-like Receptor (TLR) 3 knock-out mice, Journal of General Virology. 2014, 95(Pt 9): 1870-9.

Wong D.D.Y., Choy K.T., Chan W.Y., Sia S.F., Chiu H.P., Cheung P.P.H., Chan M.C.W., Peiris J.S.M. and Yen H., Comparable Fitness and Transmissibility between Oseltamivir-Resistant Pandemic 2009 and Seasonal H1N1 Influenza Viruses with the H275Y Neuraminidase Mutation (Abstract & poster presentation), Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong. 2014, P65-Ab0010.

Yen H., ZHOU J., Choy K.T., Sia S.F., TENG O., Ng I.H.Y., Fang J., Hu Y., Wang W., Cowling B.J., Nicholls J.M., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., The R292K mutation that confers resistance to neuraminidase inhibitors leads to competitive fitness loss of A/Shanghai/1/2013(H7N9) influenza virus in ferrets, Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2014, 210 (12): 1900-8.

Researcher : Siu Y

List of Research Outputs

Hemida M.G., Chu K.W., Poon L.L.M., Perera R.A.P.M., Alhammadi M.A., Ng I.H.Y., Siu Y., Guan Y., Alnaeem A. and Peiris J.S.M., MERS coronavirus in dromedary camel herd, Saudi Arabia , Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2014, 20 (7): 1231-4.

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

LIANG H., Lam T.Y., Fan X., Chen X., Zeng Y., ZHOU J., Duan L., Tse M.T., Chan C.H., Li L., Leung T.Y., Yip C.H., Cheung C.L., Zhou B., Smith D.K., Poon L.L.M., Peiris J.S.M., Guan Y. and Zhu H., Expansion of genotypic diversity and establishment of 2009 H1N1 pandemic-origin internal genes in pigs in China., Journal of Virology. 2014, 88(18): 10864-74.

Lam T.Y., Zhou B., Wang J., CHAI Y., Shen Y., Chen X., MA C., Hong W., Chen Y., Zhang Y., Duan L., Chen P., Jiang J., Zhang Y., Li L., Poon L.L.M., Webby R.J., Smith D.K., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Holmes E.C., Guan Y. and Zhu H., Dissemination, divergence and establishment of H7N9 influenza viruses in China, Nature. 2015, 522(7554): 102-5.

Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., Zhou B., Duan L., Cheung C.L., MA C., Lycett S., Leung C.Y.H., Chen X., Li L., Hong W., CHAI Y., Zhou L., LIANG H., OU Z., Liu Y., Farooqui A., Kelvin D., Poon L.L.M., Smith D.K., Pybus O., Leung G.M., Shu Y., Webster R., Webby R., Peiris J.S.M., Rambaut A., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Research Output Prize, The University of Hong Kong. 2014.

MA C., Lam T.Y., CHAI Y., Wang J., Fan X., Hong W., Zhang Y., Li L., Liu Y., Smith D.K., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Emergence and Evolution of H10 Subtype Influenza Viruses in Poultry in China, Journal of Virology. 2015, 89(7): 3534-41.

Tan L., Su S., Smith D.K., He S., Zheng Y., Shao Z., Ma J., Zhu H. and Zhang G., A combination of HA and PA mutations enhances virulence in a mouse-adapted H6N6 influenza A virus, Journal of Virology. 2014, 88(24): 14116-25.

Researcher : So HC

List of Research Outputs

Cowling B.J., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Chan K.H., Lim Wai S.K.W., So H.C., Chu K.W., Wong Y.T., Shiu E.Y.C., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Leung G.M., Incidence of influenza virus infections in children in Hong Kong in a 3-year randomized placebo-controlled vaccine study, 2009-2012, Clinical Infectious Diseases . 2014, 59(4): 517-24.

Ip D.K.M., Lau E.H.Y., Tam Y.H., So H.C., Lam C.K., Cowling B.J. and Leung G.M., Evaluation of an electronic smart-card based school absenteeism surveillance system , 2014 International Society for Disease Surveillance Conference, Philadelphia, USA, 9– 11 December 2014. USA, Int'l Society for Disease Surveillance.

Researcher : Soong SS

List of Research Outputs

Lam T.H., Mui M., Wan N.T.A., Soong S.S., Wang X. and Chan S.S.C., Happy Family Kitchen II, a community-based participatory research (CBPR) to enhance Family Health, Happiness and Harmony in Hong Kong: A cluster randomized control trial under FAMILY: A Jockey Club Initiative for a Harmonious Society Project, 6th Global Conference of the Alliance for the Healthy Cities, Hong Kong, 29 October–1 November. 2014.

Lam T.H., Chen J., Wang M.P., Wang X., Soong S.S., Wan N.T.A. and Chan S.S.C., Second-hand smoke exposure and health-related quality of life in never smokers: The Hong Kong Jockey Club Family project (abstract & oral presentation), 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 17-21 March. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2015.

Lam T.H., Leung C., Wan N.T.A., Soong S.S., Wang X. and Chan S.S.C., Strengthening family relationship to increase family health, happiness and harmony: Findings from a Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR) project under FAMILY: A Jockey Club Initiative for a Harmonious Society Project in Hong Kong, 6th Global Conference of the Alliance for the Healthy Cities, Hong Kong, 29 October–1 November. 2014.

Wan N.T.A., Lam T.H., Mui M., Soong S.S., Wang X. and Chan S.S.C., Promoting family communication, harmony, happiness and health through a community-based project in Hong Kong: the Happy Family Kitchen Project II, Visioning the Future of Families: Policy and Practice, CIFA 4th Regional Symposium, Shanghai, 13-15 November. 2014.

Researcher : Stewart SM

List of Research Outputs

Fabrizio C.S., Lam T.H., Hirschmann M.A.R., Pang I., Yu X., Wang X. and Stewart S.M., Parental emotional management benefits family relationships: A randomized controlled trial in Hong Kong, China, Behaviour Research and Therapy. 2015, 71: 115-24.

Lam T.H., Stewart S.M., Hirschmann M.A.R., Fabrizio C.S. and Yu X., Can randomized controlled trials be conducted in community social service settings?, Public Health. 2015, 129(5): 601-3.

Researcher : TENG O

List of Research Outputs

Yen H., ZHOU J., Choy K.T., Sia S.F., TENG O., Ng I.H.Y., Fang J., Hu Y., Wang W., Cowling B.J., Nicholls J.M., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., The R292K mutation that confers resistance to neuraminidase inhibitors leads to competitive fitness loss of A/Shanghai/1/2013(H7N9) influenza virus in ferrets, Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2014, 210 (12): 1900-8.

Researcher : TSANG KL

List of Research Outputs

Feng L., Wu J.T.K., Liu X., Yang P., TSANG K.L., Jiang H., Wu P., Yang J., Fang J., Qin Y., Lau E.H.Y., Li M., Zheng J., Peng Z., Xie Y., Wang Q., Li Z., Leung G.M., Gao G.F., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Clinical severity of human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus, China, 2013/14, Eurosurveillance. 2014, 2014;19(49): pii=20984.

Lau E.H.Y., Zheng J., TSANG K.L., Liao Q., Lewis B., Brownstein J.S., Sanders S., Mekaru S.R., Rivers C., Leung G.M., Feng L., Cowling B.J. and Yu H., Epidemiological inferences using public information, influenza H7N9 epidemic in China (Poster presentation), 2014 International Society for Disease Surveillance Conference, Philadelphia, USA, 9–11 December 2014. USA, Int'l Society for Disease Surveillance.

Liao Q., Ip D.K.M., TSANG K.L., Cao B., Jiang H., Liu F., Zheng J., Peng Z., Wu P., Huai Y., Lau E.H.Y., Feng L., Leung G.M., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., A clinical prediction rule for diagnosing human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) in a hospital emergency department setting, BMC Medicine. 2014, 12:127: 1 - 9.

Wu P., Jiang H., Wu J.T.K., Chen E., He J., Zhou H., WEI L., Yang J., YANG B., Qin Y., Fang J., Li M., TSANG K.L., Zheng J., Lau E.H.Y., Cao Y., Chai C., Zhong H., Li Z., Leung G.M., Feng L., Gao G.F., Cowling B.J. and Yu H., Poultry Market Closures and Human Infection with Influenza A(H7N9) Virus, China, 2013-14, Emerging Infectious Diseases . 2014, 20(11): 1891-4.

Researcher : Tam YH

List of Research Outputs

Ip D.K.M., Lau E.H.Y., Tam Y.H., So H.C., Lam C.K., Cowling B.J. and Leung G.M., Evaluation of an electronic smart-card based school absenteeism surveillance system , 2014 International Society for Disease Surveillance Conference, Philadelphia, USA, 9– 11 December 2014. USA, Int'l Society for Disease Surveillance.

Tam Y.H., Clinical medical education in Hong Kong, 香港临床医学教育培养的过程, Seminar of Chinese Society of Medical Education, Chinese Medical Association, Shanghai. 中华医学会医学教育分会医学教育改革与研究学组成立会暨研讨会, 2015.

Tam Y.H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Estimating Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Using the Test-negative Design, 46th APACPH Conference Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia, 17-19 October 2014. USA, Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health.

Tam Y.H., Infectious disease epidemiology and outbreak investigation, Master of Science in Infection Control programme, School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. 2015.

Tam Y.H., Rationale and purpose of influenza-like illness surveillance, International course on Surveillance of Influenza-like illness, Institut Pasteur of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. 2014.

Tam Y.H., Risk Assessment, Management and Communication, Master of Science in Environmental Science and Technology programme with Environmental Health and Food Safety, Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong. 2015.

Researcher : Tao KP

List of Research Outputs

Chan W.Y., Hemida M.G., Kayali G., Chu K.W., Poon L.L.M., Alnaeem A., Ali M.A., Tao K.P., Ng I.H.Y., Chan M.C.W., Guan Y., Nicholls J.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Tropism and replication of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus from dromedary camels in the human respiratory tract: an in-vitro and ex-vivo study, Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 2014, 2(10): 813-22.

Researcher : Thach TQ

List of Research Outputs

Thach T.Q., ZHENG Q., Lai P.C., Wong P.Y.P., Chau Y.K., Jahn H.J., Plass D., Katzschner L., Kraemer A. and Wong C.M., Assessing spatial associations between thermal stress and mortality in Hong Kong: a small-area ecological study, Science of the Total Environment. UK, Elsevier, 2015, 502(1): 666-672.

Wong C.M., Chan W.M., Yang L., Chan K.P., Lai H.K., Thach T.Q., Ho L.M., Lam T.H. and Peiris J.S.M., Effect of lifestyle factors on risk of mortality associated with influenza in elderly people, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2014, 20(SuppI6): S16-9.

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

Gui H., Jiang C., Cherny S.S., Sham P.C., Xu L., Liu B., Jin Y.L., Zhu T., Zhang W., Thomas G.N., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Influence of Alzheimer's disease genes on cognitive decline: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Neurobiology of Aging. 2014, 35: 2422.e3–2422.e8.

Xu L., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Zhang W., Cherny S.S., Thomas G.N. and Cheng K.K., Sleep duration and memory in the elderly Chinese: Longitudinal analysis of the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Sleep. 2014, 37(11): 1737-44.

Researcher : Tian L

Project Title:	Re-evaluation of the negative association between urban carbon monoxide and cardio-respiratory diseases in time-series studies
Investigator(s):	Tian L, Chan KP, Qiu H
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	05/2015

List of Research Outputs

Ho K.F., Ho S.S.H., Huang R.J., Liu S.X., Cao J.J., Zhang T., Chuang H.C., Chan C.S., Hu D. and Tian L., Characteristics of water-soluble organic nitrogen in fine particulate matter in the continental area of China, Atmospheric Environment. 2015, 106: 252-61.

Ho K.F., Huang R.J., Kawamura K., Tachibana E., Lee S.C., Ho S.S.H., Zhu T. and Tian L., Dicarboxylic acids, ketocarboxylic acids, α-dicarbonyls, fatty acids and benzoic acid in PM2.5 aerosol collected during CAREBeijing-2007: an effect of traffic restriction on air quality , Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 2015, 15(6): 3111-23.

Lee K.Y., Cao J.J., Lee C.H., Hsiao T.C., Yeh C.T., Huynh T.T., Han Y.M., Li X.D., Chuang K.J., Tian L., Ho K.F. and Chuang H.C., Inhibition of the WNT/β-catenin pathway by fine particulate matter in haze: Roles of metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, Atmospheric Environment. 2015, 109: 118-29.

Qiu H., Tian L., Ho K.F., Pun V.C., Wang X. and Yu I.T., Air pollution and mortality: Effect modification by personal characteristics and specific cause of death in a case-only study, Environmental Pollution . 2015, 199: 192-7.

Tian L., Ho K.F., Wang T., Qiu H., Pun V.C., Chan C.S., Louie K.K.P. and Yu I.T.S., Ambient carbon monoxide and the risk of hospitalization due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2014, 180(12): 1159-67.

Yang F., Kaul D., Wong K.C., Westerdahl D., Sun L., Ho K.F., Tian L., Brimblecombe P. and Ning Z., Heterogeneity of passenger exposure to air pollutants in public transport microenvironments, Atmospheric Environment . 2015, 109: 42-51.

Researcher : Tin SPP

List of Research Outputs

AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S., Tin S.P.P., HUANG R. and Lam T.H., Alcohol drinking and pro-drinking practices in parents of Hong Kong adolescents, Alcohol and Alcoholism. 2014, 49(6): 668-74.

AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S., Tin S.P.P., HUANG R. and Lam T.H., Correlates of pro-drinking practices in drinking parents of adolescents in Hong Kong, PLoS One. 2015, 10(3): e0119554.

RUAN R., Ho D.S.Y., Tin S.P.P., CHEN J., Lee K.Y., Chung W.H. and Lam T.H., Daily total fluid intake and changes in body mass index among Hong Kong primary school students (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

Tin S.P.P., The MTR Worker Health and Wellbeing Month May 2014, MTR 2014 Safety Professional Community Annual Forum (24th October 2014). 2014.

Tin S.P.P., The MTR Worker Health and Wellbeing Month May 2014, MTR Projects Division Tenth Contractors Safety Conference (29th September 2014). 2014.

Tin S.P.P., Lam W.W.T., Xia N., Yoon S.W., Rowlinson S.M., Koh T.Y., SHEN J., AWALE R., Howarth S., O'Shea D. and Fielding R., The MTR worker health and wellbeing month - what is it like to be a construction worker? (Abstract & oral & presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

Xia N., Tin S.P.P., Lam W.W.T., Yoon S.W., Rowlinson S.M., Koh T.Y., Shen Y., Awale R., Howarth S., O'Shea D. and Fielding R., Patterns of Cancer-Related Risk Behaviors among Hong Kong Construction Workers- A Latent Class Analysis., the 21st Hong Kong International Cancer Congress. 2014.

Researcher : Tin YK

List of Research Outputs

Tin Y.K., Tsoi P.K.O., Lee Y.H., Chong D.S.Y., Lam D.W.S., Yeung A.Y.T., Ma E.S.K. and Maw C.K.C., Hong Kong domestic health spending financial years 1989/90 to 2011/12, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2015, 21(Suppl 3): S2-23.

Researcher : Tse MT

List of Research Outputs

LIANG H., Lam T.Y., Fan X., Chen X., Zeng Y., ZHOU J., Duan L., Tse M.T., Chan C.H., Li L., Leung T.Y., Yip C.H., Cheung C.L., Zhou B., Smith D.K., Poon L.L.M., Peiris J.S.M., Guan Y. and Zhu H., Expansion of genotypic diversity and establishment of 2009 H1N1 pandemic-origin internal genes in pigs in China., Journal of Virology. 2014, 88(18): 10864-74.

Researcher : Vackova D

List of Research Outputs

Vackova D. and Johnston J.M., HKU MBBS Y4 Integrated Block B, PBL case: Edward 2015-2016 (Teaching material PBL case writing) ), HKU, LKS Faculty of Medicine. 2015.

Yao K.M., Tipoe G.L. and Vackova D., HKU MBBS Y1 IASM Block, PBL case 2 Ah Fai 2015-2016 (Teaching material PBL case writing), HKU, LKS Faculty of Medicine. 2015.

Researcher : Viswanath K

List of Research Outputs

Wang M.P., Wang X., Viswanath K., Wan N.T.A., Lam T.H. and Chan S.S.C., Digital inequalities of family life information seeking and family well-being among Chinese adults in Hong Kong: A population survey, Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2014, 16(10): e227.

Wang M.P., Wang X., Lam T.H., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., Ex-smokers are happier than current smokers among Chinese adults in Hong Kong, Addiction. 2014, 109(7): 1165-1171.

Wang M.P., Wang X., Lam T.H., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., The tobacco endgame in Hong Kong: Public support for a total ban on tobacco sale, Tobacco Control. 2015, 24(2): 162-7.

Wang X., Wang M.P., Lam T.H., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., Physically active adults reported higher levels of family happiness, harmony and health: findings from the Hong Kong Family and Health Information and Trends Survey (FHinTs) under FAMILY: A Jockey Club Initiative for a Harmonious Society Project, 6th Global Conference of the Alliance for the Healthy Cities, Hong Kong, 29 October–1 November. 2014.

Researcher : WANG H

List of Research Outputs

WANG H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Adiposity and Early Adolescent Emotional/Behavioral Problems, Journal Of Pediatrics. 2015, 2015, 166(6): 1404-9.

WANG H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Life Course Body Mass Index and Adolescent Self-Esteem: Evidence from Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” Birth Cohort, Obesity (Silver Spring, Md. : Online). 2015, 2015; 23(2): 429–435.

Researcher : WANG X

List of Research Outputs

Fabrizio C.S., Lam T.H., Hirschmann M.A.R., Pang I., Yu X., Wang X. and Stewart S.M., Parental emotional management benefits family relationships: A randomized controlled trial in Hong Kong, China, Behaviour Research and Therapy. 2015, 71: 115-24.

Lam T.H., Mui M., Wan N.T.A., Soong S.S., Wang X. and Chan S.S.C., Happy Family Kitchen II, a community-based participatory research (CBPR) to enhance Family Health, Happiness and Harmony in Hong Kong: A cluster randomized control trial under FAMILY: A Jockey Club Initiative for a Harmonious Society Project, 6th Global Conference of the Alliance for the Healthy Cities, Hong Kong, 29 October–1 November. 2014.

Lam T.H., Chen J., Wang M.P., Wang X., Soong S.S., Wan N.T.A. and Chan S.S.C., Second-hand smoke exposure and health-related quality of life in never smokers: The Hong Kong Jockey Club Family project (abstract & oral presentation), 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 17-21 March. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2015.

Lam T.H., Leung C., Wan N.T.A., Soong S.S., Wang X. and Chan S.S.C., Strengthening family relationship to increase family health, happiness and harmony: Findings from a Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR) project under FAMILY: A Jockey Club Initiative for a Harmonious Society Project in Hong Kong, 6th Global Conference of the Alliance for the Healthy Cities, Hong Kong, 29 October–1 November. 2014.

WANG X., Wong C.M., Yang L., Chan K.H., Soares Magalhaes R.J..., Clements A.C...A..., Tong S.L. and Hu W.B., Developing an epidemic forecasting model for influenza A in Brisbane, Australia based on climate and Hong Kong influenza A surveillance data, Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2014, 59(10): 1508-9.

Wan N.T.A., Lam T.H., Mui M., Soong S.S., Wang X. and Chan S.S.C., Promoting family communication, harmony, happiness and health through a community-based project in Hong Kong: the Happy Family Kitchen Project II, Visioning the Future of Families: Policy and Practice, CIFA 4th Regional Symposium, Shanghai, 13-15 November. 2014.

Wang M.P., Wang X., Viswanath K., Wan N.T.A., Lam T.H. and Chan S.S.C., Digital inequalities of family life information seeking and family well-being among Chinese adults in Hong Kong: A population survey, Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2014, 16(10): e227.

Wang M.P., Wang X., Lam T.H., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., Ex-smokers are happier than current smokers among Chinese adults in Hong Kong, Addiction. 2014, 109(7): 1165-1171.

Wang M.P., Wang X., Lam T.H., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., The tobacco endgame in Hong Kong: Public support for a total ban on tobacco sale, Tobacco Control. 2015, 24(2): 162-7.

Wang X., Wang M.P., Lam T.H., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., Physically active adults reported higher levels of family happiness, harmony and health: findings from the Hong Kong Family and Health Information and Trends Survey (FHinTs) under FAMILY: A Jockey Club Initiative for a Harmonious Society Project, 6th Global Conference of the Alliance for the Healthy Cities, Hong Kong, 29 October–1 November. 2014.

Yang L., Chan K.H., Suen L.K.P., Chan K.P., WANG X., CAO P., He D., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Age-specific epidemic waves of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus in a subtropical city, Scientific Reports. 2015, 5: 10390.

Yang L., Chan K.H., Suen L.K.P., Chan K.P., WANG X., CAO P., He D., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Impact of the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic on Age-Specific Epidemic Curves of Other Respiratory Viruses: A Comparison of Pre-Pandemic, Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Periods in a Subtropical City, PLoS One. 2015, 10(4): e0125447.

Researcher : WANG Y

List of Research Outputs

HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., WANG Y., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Independent association between parental smoking and non-authoritative parenting style as reported by Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 17-21 March. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2015.

WANG Y., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S., Lai H.K. and Lam T.H., Hong Kong Chinese adolescents' self-reported smoking and perceptions of parenting styles, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2015, 22(2): 268-75.

Researcher : WEI L

List of Research Outputs

WEI L., Liu W., Zhang X.A., Liu E.M., Wo Y., Cowling B.J. and Cao W.C., Detection of Viral and Bacterial Pathogens in Hospitalized Children With Acute Respiratory Illnesses, Chongqing, 2009–2013, Medicine (Baltimore : Online). 2015, 2015, 94(16):e742.

Wu P., Jiang H., Wu J.T.K., Chen E., He J., Zhou H., WEI L., Yang J., YANG B., Qin Y., Fang J., Li M., TSANG K.L., Zheng J., Lau E.H.Y., Cao Y., Chai C., Zhong H., Li Z., Leung G.M., Feng L., Gao G.F., Cowling B.J. and Yu H., Poultry Market Closures and Human Infection with Influenza A(H7N9) Virus, China, 2013-14, Emerging Infectious Diseases . 2014, 20(11): 1891-4.

Researcher : WU KM

List of Research Outputs

Tarrant A.M., Lok Y.W.K., Fong D.Y.T., Lee I.L., Sham A., Wu K.M., BAI L., WONG CHEUNG K.L., Wong E.M. and Dodgson J.E., Effect of a hospital policy of not accepting free infant formula on in-hospital formula supplementation rates and breast-feeding duration, Public Health Nutrition. 2015, 27: 1-11.

Tarrant A.M., Dodgson J.E. and WU K.M., Factors contributing to early breastfeeding cessation among Chinese mothers: an exploratory study, Midwifery. 2014, 30(10): 1088-1095.

Researcher : Wan NTA

List of Research Outputs

Lam T.H., Mui M., Wan N.T.A., Soong S.S., Wang X. and Chan S.S.C., Happy Family Kitchen II, a community-based participatory research (CBPR) to enhance Family Health, Happiness and Harmony in Hong Kong: A cluster randomized control trial under FAMILY: A Jockey Club Initiative for a Harmonious Society Project, 6th Global Conference of the Alliance for the Healthy Cities, Hong Kong, 29 October–1 November. 2014.

Lam T.H., Chen J., Wang M.P., Wang X., Soong S.S., Wan N.T.A. and Chan S.S.C., Second-hand smoke exposure and health-related quality of life in never smokers: The Hong Kong Jockey Club Family project (abstract & oral presentation), 16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, 17-21 March. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2015.

Lam T.H., Leung C., Wan N.T.A., Soong S.S., Wang X. and Chan S.S.C., Strengthening family relationship to increase family health, happiness and harmony: Findings from a Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR) project under FAMILY: A Jockey Club Initiative for a Harmonious Society Project in Hong Kong, 6th Global Conference of the Alliance for the Healthy Cities, Hong Kong, 29 October–1 November. 2014.

Wan N.T.A., Lam T.H., Mui M., Soong S.S., Wang X. and Chan S.S.C., Promoting family communication, harmony, happiness and health through a community-based project in Hong Kong: the Happy Family Kitchen Project II, Visioning the Future of Families: Policy and Practice, CIFA 4th Regional Symposium, Shanghai, 13-15 November. 2014.

Wang M.P., Wang X., Viswanath K., Wan N.T.A., Lam T.H. and Chan S.S.C., Digital inequalities of family life information seeking and family well-being among Chinese adults in Hong Kong: A population survey, Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2014, 16(10): e227.

Zhou Q., Chan S.S.C., Stewart S.M., Leung C.S.C., Wan N.T.A. and Lam T.H., The effectiveness of positive psychology interventions in enhancing positive behaviors and family relationships in Hong Kong: A community-based participatory research project, The Journal of Positive Psychology. 2015, 1-15.

Researcher : Wang DL

List of Research Outputs

Wang D.L., Lam W.W.T., Wu J.T.K. and Fielding R., A preliminary analysis on factors affecting Chinese parental HPV vaccination intention for adolescent girls (Abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

Wang D.L., Lam W.W.T., Wu J.T.K. and Fielding R., Hong Kong Chinese women's lay beliefs about cervical cancer causation and prevention, Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention . 2014, 15(18): 7679-86.

Researcher : Wang J

List of Research Outputs

Lam T.Y., Zhou B., Wang J., CHAI Y., Shen Y., Chen X., MA C., Hong W., Chen Y., Zhang Y., Duan L., Chen P., Jiang J., Zhang Y., Li L., Poon L.L.M., Webby R.J., Smith D.K., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Holmes E.C., Guan Y. and Zhu H., Dissemination, divergence and establishment of H7N9 influenza viruses in China, Nature. 2015, 522(7554): 102-5.

Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., Zhou B., Duan L., Cheung C.L., MA C., Lycett S., Leung C.Y.H., Chen X., Li L., Hong W., CHAI Y., Zhou L., LIANG H., OU Z., Liu Y., Farooqui A., Kelvin D., Poon L.L.M., Smith D.K., Pybus O., Leung G.M., Shu Y., Webster R., Webby R., Peiris J.S.M., Rambaut A., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Research Output Prize, The University of Hong Kong. 2014.

MA C., Lam T.Y., CHAI Y., Wang J., Fan X., Hong W., Zhang Y., Li L., Liu Y., Smith D.K., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Emergence and Evolution of H10 Subtype Influenza Viruses in Poultry in China, Journal of Virology. 2015, 89(7): 3534-41.

Researcher : Wang L

List of Research Outputs

He D.H., Lui R., Wang L., Tse C.K., Yang L. and Stone L., Global spatio-temporal patterns of influenza in the post-pandemic era, Scientific Reports. Nature Publishing Group, 2015, 5: 11013.

Wang L., Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award In Shanghai Municipality, 上海市优秀博士学位论文, Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, China. 上海市学位委员会, 2015.

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

Project Title:	A 3-year follow-up (2012 to 2015) study on secondhand smoke exposure and neighbourhood smoking infiltration
Investigator(s):	Wang MP, Lam TH, Li WHC, Ho DSY
Department:	School of Nursing
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	10/2014

Project Title:	Assessing the corporate environment in promoting tobacco control and evaluation of a smoking cessation programme in workplaces in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Wang MP, Lam TH
Department:	School of Nursing
Source(s) of Funding:	Smoking Cessation Program in Workplace (SCPW)
Start Date:	01/2015

Project Title:	Research Project on Smoking Cessation Program for Women in the Workplace
Investigator(s):	Wang MP, Lam TH, Chen J, Li WHC
Department:	School of Nursing
Source(s) of Funding:	Smoking Cessation Program for Women in the Workplace
Start Date:	01/2015

Project Title:	16th World Conference on Tobacco or Health; E-cigarette use was associated with the intention to smoke in Chinese adolescents/Smoking family, paternal smoking at home and saliva cotinine levels of young children in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Wang MP
Department:	School of Nursing
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	03/2015
Completion Date:	03/2015

Project Title:	Building capacity and promoting smoking cessation in the community via “Quit to Win” Contest 2015: a randomized controlled trial on brief intervention (AWARD model) and active referral to smoking cessation services
Investigator(s):	Wang MP, Lam TH, Li WHC, Suen YN, Cheung YTD
Department:	School of Nursing
Source(s) of Funding:	Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health - General Award
Start Date:	04/2015

List of Research Outputs

AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S., Tin S.P.P., HUANG R. and Lam T.H., Alcohol drinking and pro-drinking practices in parents of Hong Kong adolescents, Alcohol and Alcoholism. 2014, 49(6): 668-74.

AU W.M., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., HUANG R. and Lam T.H., Perceived benefits and harms of alcohol drinking and their association with parental drinking and pro-drinking practices in Hong Kong adolescent (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

Wang M.P., Wang X., Viswanath K., Wan N.T.A., Lam T.H. and Chan S.S.C., Digital inequalities of family life information seeking and family well-being among Chinese adults in Hong Kong: A population survey, Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2014, 16(10): e227.

Wang M.P., Wang X., Lam T.H., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., The tobacco endgame in Hong Kong: Public support for a total ban on tobacco sale, Tobacco Control. 2015, 24(2): 162-7.

Researcher : Wang P

List of Research Outputs

Li M., Grandadam M., Kwok K.T.H., Lagache T., Siu Y.L., Zhang J., Sayteng K., Kudelko M.A., Qin C.F., Olivo-Marin J.C., Bruzzone R. and Wang P., KDEL receptors assist dengue virus exit from the endoplasmic reticulum, Cell Reports. 2015, 10(9): 1496–1507.

Researcher : Wang X

List of Research Outputs

Wang M.P., Wang X., Lam T.H., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., Ex-smokers are happier than current smokers among Chinese adults in Hong Kong, Addiction. 2014, 109(7): 1165-1171.

Wang M.P., Wang X., Lam T.H., Viswanath K. and Chan S.S.C., The tobacco endgame in Hong Kong: Public support for a total ban on tobacco sale, Tobacco Control. 2015, 24(2): 162-7.

Researcher : Wei WI

List of Research Outputs

Kwok K.O., Cowling B.J., Wei W.I., Peiris J.S.M. and Riley S., Social contacts and the locations in which they occur as risk factors for influenza infection, In: Kin O. Kwok, Benjamin J. Cowling, Vivian W. I. Wei, Kendra M. Wu, Jonathan M. Read, Justin Lessler, Derek A. Cummings, J. S. Malik Peiris, Steven Riley, Proceedings B Royal Society. 2014.

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:	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:	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:	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

Project Title:	International Society of Environmental Epidemiology Conference 2014; Cancer mortality risks from long-term exposure to ambient particulates in a cohort of older population 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:	08/2014
Completion Date:	08/2014

List of Research Outputs

MAI Z., Lo C.M.M., Xu J., Chan K.P., Wong C.M., Lung M.L. and Lam T.H., Milk consumption and nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC): An ecological study in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), 19th Research Postgraduate Symposium, 10-11 December 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2014.

Thach T.Q., ZHENG Q., Lai P.C., Wong P.Y.P., Chau Y.K., Jahn H.J., Plass D., Katzschner L., Kraemer A. and Wong C.M., Assessing spatial associations between thermal stress and mortality in Hong Kong: a small-area ecological study, Science of the Total Environment. UK, Elsevier, 2015, 502(1): 666-672.

WANG X., Wong C.M., Yang L., Chan K.H., Soares Magalhaes R.J..., Clements A.C...A..., Tong S.L. and Hu W.B., Developing an epidemic forecasting model for influenza A in Brisbane, Australia based on climate and Hong Kong influenza A surveillance data, Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2014, 59(10): 1508-9.

Wong C.M., Chan W.M., Yang L., Chan K.P., Lai H.K., Thach T.Q., Ho L.M., Lam T.H. and Peiris J.S.M., Effect of lifestyle factors on risk of mortality associated with influenza in elderly people, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2014, 20(SuppI6): S16-9.

Yang L., Chan K.H., Suen L.K.P., Chan K.P., WANG X., CAO P., He D., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Age-specific epidemic waves of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus in a subtropical city, Scientific Reports. 2015, 5: 10390.

Yang L., Chan K.H., Suen L.K.P., Chan K.P., WANG X., CAO P., He D., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Impact of the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic on Age-Specific Epidemic Curves of Other Respiratory Viruses: A Comparison of Pre-Pandemic, Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Periods in a Subtropical City, PLoS One. 2015, 10(4): e0125447.

Researcher : Wong DDY

List of Research Outputs

Cheung P.P.H., Watson S.J., Choy K.T., Sia S.F., Wong D.D.Y., Poon L.L.M., Kellam P., Guan Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Yen H., Generation and characterization of influenza A viruses with altered polymerase fidelity , Nature Communications. 2014, 5: 4794.

Wong D.D.Y., Choy K.T., Chan W.Y., Sia S.F., Chiu H.P., Cheung P.P.H., Chan M.C.W., Peiris J.S.M. and Yen H., Comparable Fitness and Transmissibility between Oseltamivir-Resistant Pandemic 2009 and Seasonal H1N1 Influenza Viruses with the H275Y Neuraminidase Mutation (Abstract & poster presentation), Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong. 2014, P65-Ab0010.

Yen H., Liang C.H., Wu C.Y., Forrest H.L., Ferguson A., Choy K.T., Jones J., Wong D.D.Y., Cheung P.P.H., Li O.T.W., Yuen K.M., Chan W.Y., Poon L.L.M., Chan M.C.W., Nicholls J.M., Krauss S., Wong C.H., Webster R.G., Webby R. and Peiris J.S.M., Hemagglutinin–neuraminidase Balance Confers Respiratory-Droplet Transmissibility of the Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Virus in Ferrets (Abstract & poster presentation), Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong. 2014, P66-Ab0011.

Researcher : Wong KSC

List of Research Outputs

Wong K.S.C., Tsang G.C.H., Chan K.H., Li O.T.W., Peiris J.S.M. and Poon L.L.M., A novel molecular test for influenza B virus detection and lineage differentiation, Journal of Medical Virology. 2014, 86(12): 2171-6.

Researcher : Wong OL

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

Wong O.L. and Cowling B.J., Breast cancer incidence and mortality in a transitioning Chinese population: Current and future trends (abstract), Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Food and Health Bureau, HKSAR, 2014, 12.

Wong O.L., Schooling C.M., Cowling B.J. and Leung G.M., Breast cancer incidence and mortality in a transitioning Chinese population: Current and future trends, British Journal of Cancer. 2015, 112(1): 167-70.

Wong O.L., Schooling C.M. and Cowling B.J., Cost-effectiveness of Helicobacter pylori screening and treatment for gastric cancer in Hong Kong: a decision analytic approach, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2014, 20(Suppl 7): S13-5.

Wong O.L. and Cowling B.J., Disease burden of breast cancer: an exploration of trends for screening policy and resource allocation, Health Research Symposium 2014, November 2014, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, organized by the Food and Health Bureau, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. (Session speaker). 2014.

Wong O.L., Optimizing resource allocation for breast cancer prevention and care among Hong Kong Chinese women (abstract), The 21st Hong Kong International Cancer Congress, 21 November 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2014.

Wong O.L., Optimizing resource allocation for breast cancer prevention and care among Hong Kong Chinese women, The 21th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress, 21 November '14 in Hong Kong. (Plenary presentation under the theme of “Translating discoveries into prevention and care”). 2014.

Wong O.L., Tsang J.W.H., Cowling B.J. and Leung G.M., Optimizing resource allocation for breast cancer prevention and care among Hong Kong Chinese women: A generalized cost-effectiveness analysis (abstract), Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Food and Health Bureau, HKSAR, 2014, 72.

Wong O.L., Cowling B.J. and Schooling C.M., Vulnerability to diabetes in Chinese: An age-period-cohort analysis, Annals of Epidemiology. 2015, 25(1): 34-9.

Researcher : Wong YT

List of Research Outputs

Cowling B.J., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Chan K.H., Lim Wai S.K.W., So H.C., Chu K.W., Wong Y.T., Shiu E.Y.C., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Leung G.M., Incidence of influenza virus infections in children in Hong Kong in a 3-year randomized placebo-controlled vaccine study, 2009-2012, Clinical Infectious Diseases . 2014, 59(4): 517-24.

Cowling B.J., Perera R.A.P.M., Fang J., Chan K.H., Wong Y.T., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Leung G.M., Incidence of influenza virus infections in children in Hong Kong in a three year randomized placebo-controlled vaccine study (abstract & poster presentation), Influenza 2014: One Influenza, One World, One Health, 9-11 September 2014, Oxford, UK. UK, LibPubMedia Ltd, 2014.

Lau E.H.Y., Wu P., Wong Y.T., Wu J.T.K., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Age-specific seriousness of avian influenza A(H7N9) in the second-wave epidemic in China (Poster presentation) , International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance, Vienna, Austria, 31 October–3 November 2014. Austria, Int'l Society for Infectious Diseases.

Meyers T., Sawry S., Wong Y.T., Moultrie H., Pinillos F., Fairlie L. and Zyl G.V., Virologic Failure Among Children Taking Lopinavir/Ritonavir-containing First-line Antiretroviral Therapy in South Africa, Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal . 2015, 2015;34: 175–179.

Wong Y.T., Wu P., Goldstein E., Lau E.H.Y., Ip D.K.M., Wu J.T.K. and Cowling B.J., Analysis of potential changes in seriousness of influenza A and B viruses in Hong Kong from 2001 to 2011, Epidemiology and Infection . 2015, 143(4): 766-71.

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:	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:	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

Project Title:	Evaluating the performance of Hong Kong live poultry import screening against avian influenza A(H7N9)
Investigator(s):	Wu JTK, Peiris JSM
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Commissioned Studies on Emerging Influenza A Viruses with Epidemic Potential
Start Date:	07/2014

Project Title:	Outstanding Young Researcher Award 2013-14
Investigator(s):	Wu JTK
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Outstanding Young Researcher Award
Start Date:	12/2014

List of Research Outputs

Cowling B.J., Wu J.T.K., Lau E.H.Y., Ni M.Y., Ip D.K.M. and Fang J., Faculty Outstanding Research Output Award, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong.. 2014.

Cowling B.J., PARK M.A., Fang J., Wu P., Leung G.M. and Wu J.T.K., Preliminary epidemiological assessment of MERS-CoV outbreak in South Korea, May to June 2015, Eurosurveillance. 2015, 2015;20(25):pii=21163.

Feng L., Wu J.T.K., Liu X., Yang P., TSANG K.L., Jiang H., Wu P., Yang J., Fang J., Qin Y., Lau E.H.Y., Li M., Zheng J., Peng Z., Xie Y., Wang Q., Li Z., Leung G.M., Gao G.F., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Clinical severity of human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus, China, 2013/14, Eurosurveillance. 2014, 2014;19(49): pii=20984.

Lau E.H.Y., Wu P., Wong Y.T., Wu J.T.K., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Age-specific seriousness of avian influenza A(H7N9) in the second-wave epidemic in China (Poster presentation) , International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance, Vienna, Austria, 31 October–3 November 2014. Austria, Int'l Society for Infectious Diseases.

Seto W.K.W., Lau E.H.Y., Wu J.T.K., Hung I.F.N., Leung W.K., Fung J.Y.Y., Lai C.L. and Yuen R.M.F., An epidemiological association between the trends of nucleoside analogue prescription and liver cancer incidence from 1999 to 2012 in Hong Kong, China, Poster presentation at the International Liver Congress™ 2015 – 50^th Annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver. Journal of hepatology : the journal of the European Association for the Study of the Liver. 2015, 62(Suppl 2): S435.

Vackova D., Johnston J.M. and Wu J.T.K., A Novel Way Of How To Assess The Effectiveness Of The Public Health Undergraduate Programme Using The Donabedian Conceptual Model Of Structure-process-outcomes, Hong Kong College Of Communuity Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting 20 September 2014, Poster No 9. 2014.

Wang D.L., Lam W.W.T., Wu J.T.K. and Fielding R., A preliminary analysis on factors affecting Chinese parental HPV vaccination intention for adolescent girls (Abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

Wang D.L., Lam W.W.T., Wu J.T.K. and Fielding R., Hong Kong Chinese women's lay beliefs about cervical cancer causation and prevention, Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention . 2014, 15(18): 7679-86.

Wang L., Cowling B.J., Wu P., Yu J., Li F., Zeng L., Wu J.T.K., Li Z., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Human Exposure to Live Poultry and Psychological and Behavioral Responses to Influenza A(H7N9), China, Emerging Infectious Diseases . 2014, 20(8): 1296–1305.

Wong Y.T., Wu P., Goldstein E., Lau E.H.Y., Ip D.K.M., Wu J.T.K. and Cowling B.J., Analysis of potential changes in seriousness of influenza A and B viruses in Hong Kong from 2001 to 2011, Epidemiology and Infection . 2015, 143(4): 766-71.

Wu J.T.K., Lee C.K., Ho P.L., Hung I.F.N., Lin C.K., Lau Y.L., Leung G.M., Cowling B.J. and Peiris J.S.M., A Detailed Longitudinal Study of Infection Attack Rates Among Healthy Adults in Hong Kong During the Epidemic of the Human Swine Influenza A/H1N1 Virus in 2009, Health Research Symposium 2014, Hong Kong, 15 Nov 2014. (Poster presentation). 2014.

Wu J.T.K., Hung I.F.N., Lau Y.L., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., A Longitudinal Study of Infection Attack Rates Among Hospital Outpatients in Hong Kong During Epidemic of the Human Swine Influenza A/H1N1 Virus in 2009 by Tracking Temporal Changes in Age-specific Seroprevalence Rates, Health Research Symposium 2014, Hong Kong, 15 Nov 2014. (Poster presentation). 2014.

Wu P., Jiang H., Wu J.T.K., Chen E., He J., Zhou H., WEI L., Yang J., YANG B., Qin Y., Fang J., Li M., TSANG K.L., Zheng J., Lau E.H.Y., Cao Y., Chai C., Zhong H., Li Z., Leung G.M., Feng L., Gao G.F., Cowling B.J. and Yu H., Poultry Market Closures and Human Infection with Influenza A(H7N9) Virus, China, 2013-14, Emerging Infectious Diseases . 2014, 20(11): 1891-4.

Researcher : Wu KM

List of Research Outputs

Tarrant A.M., Dodgson J.E. and WU K.M., Factors contributing to early breastfeeding cessation among Chinese mothers: an exploratory study, Midwifery. 2014, 30(10): 1088-1095.

Researcher : Wu P

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

Cowling B.J., PARK M.A., Fang J., Wu P., Leung G.M. and Wu J.T.K., Preliminary epidemiological assessment of MERS-CoV outbreak in South Korea, May to June 2015, Eurosurveillance. 2015, 2015;20(25):pii=21163.

Feng L., Wu J.T.K., Liu X., Yang P., TSANG K.L., Jiang H., Wu P., Yang J., Fang J., Qin Y., Lau E.H.Y., Li M., Zheng J., Peng Z., Xie Y., Wang Q., Li Z., Leung G.M., Gao G.F., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Clinical severity of human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus, China, 2013/14, Eurosurveillance. 2014, 2014;19(49): pii=20984.

Lau E.H.Y., Wu P., Wong Y.T., Wu J.T.K., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Age-specific seriousness of avian influenza A(H7N9) in the second-wave epidemic in China (Poster presentation) , International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance, Vienna, Austria, 31 October–3 November 2014. Austria, Int'l Society for Infectious Diseases.

Liao Q., Ip D.K.M., TSANG K.L., Cao B., Jiang H., Liu F., Zheng J., Peng Z., Wu P., Huai Y., Lau E.H.Y., Feng L., Leung G.M., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., A clinical prediction rule for diagnosing human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) in a hospital emergency department setting, BMC Medicine. 2014, 12:127: 1 - 9.

Wang L., Cowling B.J., Wu P., Yu J., Li F., Zeng L., Wu J.T.K., Li Z., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Human Exposure to Live Poultry and Psychological and Behavioral Responses to Influenza A(H7N9), China, Emerging Infectious Diseases . 2014, 20(8): 1296–1305.

Wong Y.T., Wu P., Goldstein E., Lau E.H.Y., Ip D.K.M., Wu J.T.K. and Cowling B.J., Analysis of potential changes in seriousness of influenza A and B viruses in Hong Kong from 2001 to 2011, Epidemiology and Infection . 2015, 143(4): 766-71.

Wu P., Jiang H., Wu J.T.K., Chen E., He J., Zhou H., WEI L., Yang J., YANG B., Qin Y., Fang J., Li M., TSANG K.L., Zheng J., Lau E.H.Y., Cao Y., Chai C., Zhong H., Li Z., Leung G.M., Feng L., Gao G.F., Cowling B.J. and Yu H., Poultry Market Closures and Human Infection with Influenza A(H7N9) Virus, China, 2013-14, Emerging Infectious Diseases . 2014, 20(11): 1891-4.

Zhou Y., Cowling B.J., Wu P., Chan W.M., Lee S.Y., Lau E.H.Y. and Schooling C.M., Adiposity and influenza-associated respiratory mortality: a cohort study., Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2015, 60(10):e49-57.

Researcher : Xia N

List of Research Outputs

Tin S.P.P., Lam W.W.T., Xia N., Yoon S.W., Rowlinson S.M., Koh T.Y., SHEN J., AWALE R., Howarth S., O'Shea D. and Fielding R., The MTR worker health and wellbeing month - what is it like to be a construction worker? (Abstract & oral & presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

Xia N., Tin S.P.P., Lam W.W.T., Yoon S.W., Rowlinson S.M., Koh T.Y., Shen Y., Awale R., Howarth S., O'Shea D. and Fielding R., Patterns of Cancer-Related Risk Behaviors among Hong Kong Construction Workers- A Latent Class Analysis., the 21st Hong Kong International Cancer Congress. 2014.

Researcher : Xu C

List of Research Outputs

Xu C., Perera R.A.P.M., Chan Y.H., Fang J., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Kam A.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Determinants of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in Hong Kong., Br J Nutr.. 2015, 8: 1-8.

Xu C., Perera R.A.P.M., Chan Y.H., Fang J., Ng S., Ip D.K.M., Kam M.S., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Determinants of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in Hong Kong, British journal of nutrition . 2015, 2015 Jul;114(1): 144-51.

Researcher : Xu J

List of Research Outputs

Lan Q. and Xu J., Occupational exposure to diesel engine exhaust and alterations in lymphocyte subsets, Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2015, 72: 354-359.

MAI Z., Lo C.M.M., Xu J., Chan K.P., Wong C.M., Lung M.L. and Lam T.H., Milk consumption and nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC): An ecological study in Hong Kong (abstract and poster presentation), 19th Research Postgraduate Symposium, 10-11 December 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU, 2014.

Wang Z., Zhu B., Zhang M., Parikh H., Wong M.P., Xu J. and Wang J.J., Imputation and subset based association analysis across different cancer types identifies multiple independent risk loci in the TERT-CLPTM1L region on chromosome 5p15.33., In: Z. Wang, B. Zhu, M. Zhang, M. P. Wong, J. Wang, J, Xu and 205 editors, Hum Mol Genet . 2014, 23(24): 6616-33.

Xu J., He X.Z. and Lan Q., Environmental Pollution and Tumor, 环境污染与肿瘤, In: 赵平，王陇德，黎钧耀, Preventive Oncology. 预防肿瘤学, 中国，北京, 人民卫生出版社, 2015, 466-496.

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
Completion Date:	12/2014

Project Title:	Do common liver virus infections (HAV, HBV and HCV) contribute to high diabetes risk in China?
Investigator(s):	Xu L, Schooling CM, Lam TH
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	04/2015

Project Title:	American Diabetes Association's 75th Scientific Sessions ; Alcohol drinking and 4-year changes in fasting glucose in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study
Investigator(s):	Xu L
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	06/2015

List of Research Outputs

Gui H., Jiang C., Cherny S.S., Sham P.C., Xu L., Liu B., Jin Y.L., Zhu T., Zhang W., Thomas G.N., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Influence of Alzheimer's disease genes on cognitive decline: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Neurobiology of Aging. 2014, 35: 2422.e3–2422.e8.

Jagielski A.C., Jiang C., Xu L., Taheri S., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H. and Thomas G.N., Glycaemia is associated with cognitive impairment in older adults: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Age and Ageing. 2015, 44(1): 65-71.

Lam T.H., Xu L., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Lee R.S.Y. and Leung G.M., Smoking and mortality in a prospective cohort study of elderly Chinese in Hong Kong, Addiction. 2015, 110(3): 502-10.

Lam T.H., Xu L., Schooling C.M., Chan W.M., Lee R.S.Y. and Leung G.M., Smoking kills at least 1 out of 2 smokers? – A 10-year follow-up study in Hong Kong, China (abstract and poster presentation), 20th IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, 17-21 August 2014, Anchorage, USA. Alaska, USA, WCE, 2014.

Lin Q., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Xu L., Jin Y.L. and Cheng K.K., Past occupational dust exposure, depressive symptoms and anxiety in retired Chinese factory workers: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Journal of Occupational Health. 2014, 56: 444-52.

Xu L., Kwan S.K.J., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W.S., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Depressive symptoms predict memory decline over subsequent 4 years, and vice versa: longitudinal analysis of the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (Platform Presentation), British Geriatrics Society Spring Meeting (Nottingham, UK). 2015.

Xu L., Jiang C., Schooling C.M., Zhang W., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Prediction of 4-year incident diabetes in older Chinese: Recalibration of the Framingham diabetes score on Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Preventive Medicine. 2014, 69C: 63-68.

Xu L., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Zhang W., Cherny S.S., Thomas G.N. and Cheng K.K., Sleep duration and memory in the elderly Chinese: Longitudinal analysis of the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Sleep. 2014, 37(11): 1737-44.

ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., LONG M., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted testosterone and electrocardiographic QT interval duration in Chinese: A Mendelian randomization analysis in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 44(2): 613-20.

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 chinese men, PLoS One. 2015, 10(5): e0126442.

Researcher : YANG B

List of Research Outputs

Wu P., Jiang H., Wu J.T.K., Chen E., He J., Zhou H., WEI L., Yang J., YANG B., Qin Y., Fang J., Li M., TSANG K.L., Zheng J., Lau E.H.Y., Cao Y., Chai C., Zhong H., Li Z., Leung G.M., Feng L., Gao G.F., Cowling B.J. and Yu H., Poultry Market Closures and Human Infection with Influenza A(H7N9) Virus, China, 2013-14, Emerging Infectious Diseases . 2014, 20(11): 1891-4.

Researcher : Yang L

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):	Yang L, Thach TQ, Chiu SSS, Peiris JSM, Wong CM
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	03/2014

List of Research Outputs

WANG X., Wong C.M., Yang L., Chan K.H., Soares Magalhaes R.J..., Clements A.C...A..., Tong S.L. and Hu W.B., Developing an epidemic forecasting model for influenza A in Brisbane, Australia based on climate and Hong Kong influenza A surveillance data, Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2014, 59(10): 1508-9.

Wong C.M., Chan W.M., Yang L., Chan K.P., Lai H.K., Thach T.Q., Ho L.M., Lam T.H. and Peiris J.S.M., Effect of lifestyle factors on risk of mortality associated with influenza in elderly people, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2014, 20(SuppI6): S16-9.

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

Project Title:	Mutagenesis analysis to identify potential mutations that confer resistance to neuraminidase (NA) inhibitors in N9 and N8 glycoproteins derived from H7N9 and H10N8 influenza viruses
Investigator(s):	Yen H
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Commissioned Studies on Emerging Influenza A Viruses with Epidemic Potential
Start Date:	10/2014

Project Title:	Air sampling for influenza viruses at the poultry markets
Investigator(s):	Yen H
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:	05/2015

List of Research Outputs

Cheung P.P.H., Rogozin I.B., Choy K.T., Ng I.H.Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Yen H., Comparative mutational analyses of influenza A viruses, RNA. 2015, 21(1): 36-47.

Cheung P.P.H., Watson S.J., Choy K.T., Sia S.F., Wong D.D.Y., Poon L.L.M., Kellam P., Guan Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Yen H., Generation and characterization of influenza A viruses with altered polymerase fidelity , Nature Communications. 2014, 5: 4794.

Jia N., Barclay W.S., Roberts K., Yen H., Chan W.Y., Lam A.K., Air G., Peiris J.S.M., Dell A., Nicholls J.M. and Haslam S.M., Glycomic characterization of respiratory tract tissues of ferrets: implications for its use in influenza virus infection studies, Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2014, 289(41): 28489-504.

Peiris J.S.M. and Yen H., Animal and human influenzas, Revue scientifique et technique. 2014, 33(2): 539-53.

Wong D.D.Y., Choy K.T., Chan W.Y., Sia S.F., Chiu H.P., Cheung P.P.H., Chan M.C.W., Peiris J.S.M. and Yen H., Comparable Fitness and Transmissibility between Oseltamivir-Resistant Pandemic 2009 and Seasonal H1N1 Influenza Viruses with the H275Y Neuraminidase Mutation (Abstract & poster presentation), Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong. 2014, P65-Ab0010.

Yen H., Liang C.H., Wu C.Y., Forrest H.L., Ferguson A., Choy K.T., Jones J., Wong D.D.Y., Cheung P.P.H., Li O.T.W., Yuen K.M., Chan W.Y., Poon L.L.M., Chan M.C.W., Nicholls J.M., Krauss S., Wong C.H., Webster R.G., Webby R. and Peiris J.S.M., Hemagglutinin–neuraminidase Balance Confers Respiratory-Droplet Transmissibility of the Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Virus in Ferrets (Abstract & poster presentation), Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong. 2014, P66-Ab0011.

Yen H., ZHOU J., Choy K.T., Sia S.F., TENG O., Ng I.H.Y., Fang J., Hu Y., Wang W., Cowling B.J., Nicholls J.M., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., The R292K mutation that confers resistance to neuraminidase inhibitors leads to competitive fitness loss of A/Shanghai/1/2013(H7N9) influenza virus in ferrets, Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2014, 210 (12): 1900-8.

Zhang X., Song Z., He J., Yen H., Li J., Zhu Z., Tian D., Wang W., Xu L., Guan W., Liu Y., Wang S., Shi B., Zhang W., Qin B., Cai J., Wan Y., Xu C., Ren X., Chen H., Liu L., Yang Y., Zhou X., Zhou W., Xu J., Zhang X., Peiris J.S.M., Hu Y. and Yuan Z., Drug susceptibility profile and pathogenicity of H7N9 influenza virus (Anhui1 lineage) with R292K substitution, Emerging Microbes & Infections. 2014, 3(11): e78.

Researcher : Yeung MF

List of Research Outputs

Perera K.V.H.K.K., Vijaykrishna D., Premarathna A.G., Jayamaha C.J., Wickramasinghe G., Cheung C.L., Yeung M.F., Poon L.L.M., Perera A.K., Barr I.G., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Molecular epidemiology of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus among humans and swine, Sri Lanka., Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2014, 20(12): 2080-4.

Researcher : Yip CH

List of Research Outputs

LIANG H., Lam T.Y., Fan X., Chen X., Zeng Y., ZHOU J., Duan L., Tse M.T., Chan C.H., Li L., Leung T.Y., Yip C.H., Cheung C.L., Zhou B., Smith D.K., Poon L.L.M., Peiris J.S.M., Guan Y. and Zhu H., Expansion of genotypic diversity and establishment of 2009 H1N1 pandemic-origin internal genes in pigs in China., Journal of Virology. 2014, 88(18): 10864-74.

Researcher : Yoon SW

List of Research Outputs

Tin S.P.P., Lam W.W.T., Xia N., Yoon S.W., Rowlinson S.M., Koh T.Y., SHEN J., AWALE R., Howarth S., O'Shea D. and Fielding R., The MTR worker health and wellbeing month - what is it like to be a construction worker? (Abstract & oral & presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

Xia N., Tin S.P.P., Lam W.W.T., Yoon S.W., Rowlinson S.M., Koh T.Y., Shen Y., Awale R., Howarth S., O'Shea D. and Fielding R., Patterns of Cancer-Related Risk Behaviors among Hong Kong Construction Workers- A Latent Class Analysis., the 21st Hong Kong International Cancer Congress. 2014.

Researcher : Yu H

List of Research Outputs

Cowling B.J. and Yu H., Ebola: Worldwide Dissemination Risk and Response Priorities. , Lancet . 2015, 385(9962): 7-9.

Lau E.H.Y., Zheng J., TSANG K.L., Liao Q., Lewis B., Brownstein J.S., Sanders S., Mekaru S.R., Rivers C., Leung G.M., Feng L., Cowling B.J. and Yu H., Epidemiological inferences using public information, influenza H7N9 epidemic in China (Poster presentation), 2014 International Society for Disease Surveillance Conference, Philadelphia, USA, 9–11 December 2014. USA, Int'l Society for Disease Surveillance.

Wu P., Jiang H., Wu J.T.K., Chen E., He J., Zhou H., WEI L., Yang J., YANG B., Qin Y., Fang J., Li M., TSANG K.L., Zheng J., Lau E.H.Y., Cao Y., Chai C., Zhong H., Li Z., Leung G.M., Feng L., Gao G.F., Cowling B.J. and Yu H., Poultry Market Closures and Human Infection with Influenza A(H7N9) Virus, China, 2013-14, Emerging Infectious Diseases . 2014, 20(11): 1891-4.

Researcher : Yu X

List of Research Outputs

Fabrizio C.S., Lam T.H., Hirschmann M.A.R., Pang I., Yu X., Wang X. and Stewart S.M., Parental emotional management benefits family relationships: A randomized controlled trial in Hong Kong, China, Behaviour Research and Therapy. 2015, 71: 115-24.

Lam T.H., Stewart S.M., Hirschmann M.A.R., Fabrizio C.S. and Yu X., Can randomized controlled trials be conducted in community social service settings?, Public Health. 2015, 129(5): 601-3.

Researcher : Yuen KM

List of Research Outputs

Yen H., Liang C.H., Wu C.Y., Forrest H.L., Ferguson A., Choy K.T., Jones J., Wong D.D.Y., Cheung P.P.H., Li O.T.W., Yuen K.M., Chan W.Y., Poon L.L.M., Chan M.C.W., Nicholls J.M., Krauss S., Wong C.H., Webster R.G., Webby R. and Peiris J.S.M., Hemagglutinin–neuraminidase Balance Confers Respiratory-Droplet Transmissibility of the Pandemic H1N1 Influenza Virus in Ferrets (Abstract & poster presentation), Health Research Symposium 2014, 15 November 2014, Hong Kong. 2014, P66-Ab0011.

Researcher : Yung HYD

List of Research Outputs

Dai S.Y., Ho D.S.Y., Mok H.Y., Yung H.Y.D., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Doctor-diagnosed sleep apnoea in Hong Kong adolescents: prevalence and associations with night-eating and dinner time (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

Mok H.Y., Ho D.S.Y., Yung H.Y.D., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Doctor-diagnosed gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in Hong Kong adolescents: prevalence and atypical symptoms (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. http://www.med.hku.hk/ewa2014/, Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

Yung H.Y.D., Ho D.S.Y., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Fidgeting in Hong Kong adolescents and its associations with physical activity and weight status (abstract & poster presentation), The 2014 East-West Alliance Global Symposia, 27-28 October 2014, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, EWA, 2014.

Researcher : ZHANG W

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: Evidence from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Annals of Epidemiology. 2014, 24(8): 606-11.

Gui H., Jiang C., Cherny S.S., Sham P.C., Xu L., Liu B., Jin Y.L., Zhu T., Zhang W., Thomas G.N., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Influence of Alzheimer's disease genes on cognitive decline: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Neurobiology of Aging. 2014, 35: 2422.e3–2422.e8.

Jagielski A.C., Jiang C., Xu L., Taheri S., Zhang W., Cheng K.K., Lam T.H. and Thomas G.N., Glycaemia is associated with cognitive impairment in older adults: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Age and Ageing. 2015, 44(1): 65-71.

LIN J., Lo C.M.M., MAI Z., Jiang C., Zhang W., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Tobacco and alcohol consumption and nasopharyngeal carcinama (NPC) mortality: A Guangzhou cohort study on 93672 Chinese males (abstract and poster presentation), European Congress of Epidemiology 2015, 25-27 June 2015, Maastricht, Netherlands. Netherlands, Maastricht University, 2015, 207.

SUN Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Leg length is associated with lower values of inflammatory markers in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Annals of Human Biology. 2015, 42(2): 143-9.

Xu L., Jiang C., Schooling C.M., Zhang W., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Prediction of 4-year incident diabetes in older Chinese: Recalibration of the Framingham diabetes score on Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Preventive Medicine. 2014, 69C: 63-68.

Xu L., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Zhang W., Cherny S.S., Thomas G.N. and Cheng K.K., Sleep duration and memory in the elderly Chinese: Longitudinal analysis of the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Sleep. 2014, 37(11): 1737-44.

ZHANG W., Lam W.W.T. and Fielding R., Symptom experience for patients with lung cancer in Mainland China - Preliminary analysis of a qualitative study (Abstract & poster presentation), Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 20 September 2014, Hong Kong . Hong Kong, HKCCM, 2014.

ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Kavikondala S., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted 17β-estradiol and systemic inflammation in women: a separate-sample Mendelian randomisation analysis in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2014, 68(8): 780-5.

ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., LONG M., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted testosterone and electrocardiographic QT interval duration in Chinese: A Mendelian randomization analysis in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 44(2): 613-20.

ZHONG Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Liu B., Jin Y.L., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Height, its components, and coagulability among older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, American Journal of Human Biology. 2014, 26(5): 603-8.

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 chinese men, PLoS One. 2015, 10(5): e0126442.

Researcher : ZHAO J

List of Research Outputs

ZHAO J. and Schooling C.M., Does falling testosterone with age among men underlie the increase in ischaemic heart disease, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2015, 2015;69: 393–396.

ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Kavikondala S., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted 17β-estradiol and systemic inflammation in women: a separate-sample Mendelian randomisation analysis in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2014, 68(8): 780-5.

ZHAO J., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Xu L., LONG M., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted testosterone and electrocardiographic QT interval duration in Chinese: A Mendelian randomization analysis in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 44(2): 613-20.

ZHAO J. and Schooling C.M., Promotion of “Low T” and citation bias in testosterone studies (Letter), International Journal of Cardiology. 2015, 2015; 184: 510–511.

Researcher : ZHENG Q

List of Research Outputs

Choi C.Y., Thach T.Q., Lai P.C., Wong M.S., ZHENG Q., Wong C.M., Katzschner L. and Kreamer A., Developing a high-resolution Physiological Equivalent Temperature map to assess the spatial variation of thermal stress exposure for an elderly cohort of Chinese in Hong Kong, Oral presentation, ISEE 2014, 26th Annual International Society for Environmental Epidemiology Conference, held in Seattle, Washington, USA on August 24-28th, 2014.

Thach T.Q., ZHENG Q., Lai P.C., Wong P.Y.P., Chau Y.K., Jahn H.J., Plass D., Katzschner L., Kraemer A. and Wong C.M., Assessing spatial associations between thermal stress and mortality in Hong Kong: a small-area ecological study, Science of the Total Environment. UK, Elsevier, 2015, 502(1): 666-672.

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., Height, its components, and coagulability among older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, American Journal of Human Biology. 2014, 26(5): 603-8.

Researcher : ZHOU J

List of Research Outputs

LIANG H., Lam T.Y., Fan X., Chen X., Zeng Y., ZHOU J., Duan L., Tse M.T., Chan C.H., Li L., Leung T.Y., Yip C.H., Cheung C.L., Zhou B., Smith D.K., Poon L.L.M., Peiris J.S.M., Guan Y. and Zhu H., Expansion of genotypic diversity and establishment of 2009 H1N1 pandemic-origin internal genes in pigs in China., Journal of Virology. 2014, 88(18): 10864-74.

Yen H., ZHOU J., Choy K.T., Sia S.F., TENG O., Ng I.H.Y., Fang J., Hu Y., Wang W., Cowling B.J., Nicholls J.M., Guan Y. and Peiris J.S.M., The R292K mutation that confers resistance to neuraminidase inhibitors leads to competitive fitness loss of A/Shanghai/1/2013(H7N9) influenza virus in ferrets, Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2014, 210 (12): 1900-8.

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 chinese men, PLoS One. 2015, 10(5): e0126442.

Researcher : ZHOU J

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Zhang J

List of Research Outputs

Li M., Grandadam M., Kwok K.T.H., Lagache T., Siu Y.L., Zhang J., Sayteng K., Kudelko M.A., Qin C.F., Olivo-Marin J.C., Bruzzone R. and Wang P., KDEL receptors assist dengue virus exit from the endoplasmic reticulum, Cell Reports. 2015, 10(9): 1496–1507.

Researcher : Zhang W

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Zhang Y

List of Research Outputs

Lam T.Y., Zhou B., Wang J., CHAI Y., Shen Y., Chen X., MA C., Hong W., Chen Y., Zhang Y., Duan L., Chen P., Jiang J., Zhang Y., Li L., Poon L.L.M., Webby R.J., Smith D.K., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Holmes E.C., Guan Y. and Zhu H., Dissemination, divergence and establishment of H7N9 influenza viruses in China, Nature. 2015, 522(7554): 102-5.

MA C., Lam T.Y., CHAI Y., Wang J., Fan X., Hong W., Zhang Y., Li L., Liu Y., Smith D.K., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Emergence and Evolution of H10 Subtype Influenza Viruses in Poultry in China, Journal of Virology. 2015, 89(7): 3534-41.

Researcher : Zhou L

List of Research Outputs

Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., Zhou B., Duan L., Cheung C.L., MA C., Lycett S., Leung C.Y.H., Chen X., Li L., Hong W., CHAI Y., Zhou L., LIANG H., OU Z., Liu Y., Farooqui A., Kelvin D., Poon L.L.M., Smith D.K., Pybus O., Leung G.M., Shu Y., Webster R., Webby R., Peiris J.S.M., Rambaut A., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Research Output Prize, The University of Hong Kong. 2014.

Researcher : Zhou Q

List of Research Outputs

Zhou Q., Chan S.S.C., Stewart S.M., Leung C.S.C., Wan N.T.A. and Lam T.H., The effectiveness of positive psychology interventions in enhancing positive behaviors and family relationships in Hong Kong: A community-based participatory research project, The Journal of Positive Psychology. 2015, 1-15.

Researcher : Zhou Y

List of Research Outputs

Zhou Y., Cowling B.J., Wu P., Chan W.M., Lee S.Y., Lau E.H.Y. and Schooling C.M., Adiposity and influenza-associated respiratory mortality: a cohort study., Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2015, 60(10):e49-57.

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:	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

Project Title:	Molecular basis for the infectivity and transmissibility of the human isolated A(H7N9) influenza virus in a ferret model
Investigator(s):	Zhu H, Guan Y
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	12/2014

Project Title:	Research Output Prize (Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine)
Investigator(s):	Zhu H
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Research Output Prize (in Faculty)
Start Date:	12/2014

Project Title:	Molecular determinants for the interspecies transmission of an avian H6N1 virus that caused the human infection in Taiwan
Investigator(s):	Zhu H, Guan Y
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	03/2015

List of Research Outputs

Chin W.H., Mok K.P., Zhu H., Guan Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Poon L.L.M., Use of fractional factorial design to study the compatibility of viral ribonucleoprotein gene segments of human H7N9 virus and circulating human influenza subtypes, Influenza and other respiratory viruses. 2014, 8(5): 580-4.

Farooqui S., Leon A.J., Huang L., Wu S., Cai Y., Lin P., Chen W., Fang X., Zeng T., Liu Y., Zhang L., Su T., Chen W., Ghedin E., Zhu H., Guan Y. and Kelvin D.J., Genetic diversity of the 2013–14 human isolates of influenza H7N9 in China, BMC Infectious Diseases. 2015, 15: 109.

Kucharski A.J., Lessler J., Read J.M., Zhu H., Jiang C.Q., Guan Y., Cummings D.A. and Riley S., Estimating the life course of influenza A(H3N2) antibody responses from cross-sectional data, PLOS Biology. 2015, 13(3): e1002082.

Kwok K.O., Jiang C., Tan L.J., Lessler J., Read J., Zhu H., Guan Y., Cummings D. and Riley S., An international collaborative study on influenza viruses antibody titers and contact patterns of individuals in rural and urban household of Guangzhou, Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi. 2014, 35(4): 433-6.

LIANG H., Lam T.Y., Fan X., Chen X., Zeng Y., ZHOU J., Duan L., Tse M.T., Chan C.H., Li L., Leung T.Y., Yip C.H., Cheung C.L., Zhou B., Smith D.K., Poon L.L.M., Peiris J.S.M., Guan Y. and Zhu H., Expansion of genotypic diversity and establishment of 2009 H1N1 pandemic-origin internal genes in pigs in China., Journal of Virology. 2014, 88(18): 10864-74.

Lam T.Y., Zhou B., Wang J., CHAI Y., Shen Y., Chen X., MA C., Hong W., Chen Y., Zhang Y., Duan L., Chen P., Jiang J., Zhang Y., Li L., Poon L.L.M., Webby R.J., Smith D.K., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Holmes E.C., Guan Y. and Zhu H., Dissemination, divergence and establishment of H7N9 influenza viruses in China, Nature. 2015, 522(7554): 102-5.

Lam T.Y., Wang J., Shen Y., Zhou B., Duan L., Cheung C.L., MA C., Lycett S., Leung C.Y.H., Chen X., Li L., Hong W., CHAI Y., Zhou L., LIANG H., OU Z., Liu Y., Farooqui A., Kelvin D., Poon L.L.M., Smith D.K., Pybus O., Leung G.M., Shu Y., Webster R., Webby R., Peiris J.S.M., Rambaut A., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Research Output Prize, The University of Hong Kong. 2014.

MA C., Lam T.Y., CHAI Y., Wang J., Fan X., Hong W., Zhang Y., Li L., Liu Y., Smith D.K., Webby R.J., Peiris J.S.M., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Emergence and Evolution of H10 Subtype Influenza Viruses in Poultry in China, Journal of Virology. 2015, 89(7): 3534-41.

Su S., Tian J., Hong M., Zhou P., Lu G., Zhu H., Zhang G., Lai A. and Li S., Global and quantitative proteomic analysis of dogs infected by avian-like H3N2 canine influenza virus, Frontiers in Microbiology. 2015, 6: 228.

Tan L., Su S., Smith D.K., He S., Zheng Y., Shao Z., Ma J., Zhu H. and Zhang G., A combination of HA and PA mutations enhances virulence in a mouse-adapted H6N6 influenza A virus, Journal of Virology. 2014, 88(24): 14116-25.

Zaraket H., Baranovich T., Kaplan B.S., Carter R., Song M.S., Paulson J.C., Rehg J.E., Bahl J., Crumpton J.C., Seiler J., Edmonson M., Wu G., Karlsson E., Fabrizio T., Zhu H., Guan Y., Husain M., Schultz-Cherry S., Krauss S., McBride R., Webster R.G., Govorkova E.A., Zhang J., Russell C.J. and Webby R.J., Mammalian adaptation of influenza A(H7N9) virus is limited by a narrow genetic bottleneck, Nature Communications. 2015, 6: 6553.

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