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., Cross-sectional study on parental pro-drinking practices and adolescent alcohol drinking in Hong Kong, BMJ Open. 2016, 6: e009804.

CHEN J., Ho D.S.Y., AU W.M., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Family smoking, exposure to secondhand smoke at home and family unhappiness in children, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2015, 12(11): 14557-70.

Ho D.S.Y., AU W.M., Wang M.P., TIN S.P.P., HUANG R. and Lam T.H., A Hong Kong adolescent alcohol control programme using simple and innovative methods to reach adolescents and parents. (abstract & poster presentation), Health Promotion Symposium 2015, 20 November 2015, Hong Kong. 2015.

Researcher : Akhee SJ

List of Research Outputs

Akhee S.J., Lestra M., Swee L.K., Fan Y., Lamers M.M., Tafesse F.G., Theile C.S., Spooner E., Bruzzone R., Ploegh H.L. and Sanyal S., Usp12 stabilizes the T-cell receptor complex at the cell surface during signaling, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2016, 113(6): 705-14.

Researcher : Ali ST

Project Title:	Epidemics5 Fifth International Conference on Infectious Disease Dynamics; Seasonal forces and influenza transmission in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Ali ST
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	12/2015
Completion Date:	12/2015

Researcher : Au WY

List of Research Outputs

Bassig B.A., Au W.Y., Mang O., Ngan R., Morton L.M., Ip D.K.M., Hu W., Zheng T., Seow W.J., Xu J., Lan Q. and Rothman N., Subtype-specific incidence rates of lymphoid malignancies in Hong Kong compared to the United States, 2001-2010, Cancer Epidemiol. 2016, 42: 15-23.

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:	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., LONG M., Cheng K.K., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Evaluation of moderate alcohol use with QT interval and heart rate using mendelian randomization analysis among older Southern Chinese men in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 182(4): 320-7.

Au Yeung S.L.R., Cheng K.K., Zhao J., Zhang W., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted 17beta-estradiol and cardiovascular risk factors in women: A Mendelian randomization analysis using young women in Hong Kong and older women in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Annals of Epidemiology. 2016, 26(3): 171-5.

Au Yeung S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted 17beta-estradiol, cognitive function and depressive symptoms in women: A Mendelian randomization in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Preventive Medicine. 2016, 88: 80-5.

Kwok M.K., Au Yeung S.L.R., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Birth weight and adult cardiovascular risk factors using multiple birth status as an instrumental variable in the 1958 British Birth Cohort, Preventive Medicine. 2016, 84: 69-75.

LAI T.C., Au Yeung S.L.R., Lin S.C., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Brief Report: Maternal age of menarche and adiposity: Evidence from Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" birth cohort, Epidemiology. 2016, 27: 433-437.

Xu L., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Alcohol use and gamma-glutamyltransferase using a mendelian randomization design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, PLoS One. 2015, 10(9): e0137790.

Researcher : BAUDON EM

List of Research Outputs

BAUDON E.M., Poon L.L.M., Dao T.D., Pham N.T., Cowling B.J., Peyre M., Nguyen K.V. and Peiris J.S.M., Detection of novel reassortant influenza A (H3N2) and H1N1 2009 pandemic viruses in swine in Hanoi, Vietnam, Zoonoses and Public Health. 2015, 62(6): 429-34.

Researcher : Bond HS

List of Research Outputs

Bond H.S., Sullivan S.G. and Cowling B.J., Regression approaches in the test-negative study design for assessment of influenza vaccine effectiveness, Epidemiology and Infection. 2016, 144: 1601-1611.

Researcher : Bruzzone R

List of Research Outputs

Li M.Y., Bruzzone R. and Wang P.G., New tricks for KDEL receptors, Oncotarget. 2015, 6(31): 30425-6.

Taylor A., Foo S.S., Bruzzone R., Dinh L.V., King N.J. and Mahalingam S., Fc receptors in antibody-dependent enhancement of viral infections, Immunological Reviews. 2015, 268(1): 340-64.

Yip M.S., LEUNG H.L., Li P.H., Cheung C.Y., Dutry I.C.A., Li D., Daëron M., Bruzzone R., Peiris J.S.M. and Jaume M.D.A., Antibody-dependent enhancement of SARS coronavirus infection and its role in the pathogenesis of SARS, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2016, 22(3 Suppl 4): 25-31.

Researcher : Bui HT

List of Research Outputs

Hui P.Y., Kuok I.T., Kang S.R., Li H.S., Ng M.M.T., Bui H.T., Peiris J.S.M., Chan W.Y. and Chan M.C.W., Modulation of sterol biosynthesis regulates viral replication and cytokine production in influenza A virus infected human alveolar epithelial cells, Antiviral Research. 2015, 119: 1-7.

Researcher : CAO P

List of Research Outputs

SUN S., CAO P., Chan K.P., Tsang H., Wong C.M. and Thach T.Q., Temperature as a modifier of the effects of fine particulate matter on acute mortality in Hong Kong, Environmental Pollution. 2015, 205: 357-364.

WANG X., Yang L., Chan K.H., Chan K.P., CAO P., Lau E.H.Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Age and Sex Differences in Rates of Influenza-Associated Hospitalizations in Hong Kong, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 182(4): 335-44.

Researcher : CHAN MS

List of Research Outputs

Chan M.S., Damdinjav B., Perera R.A.P.M., Chu K.W., Khishgee B., Enkhbold B., Poon L.L.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Absence of MERS-Coronavirus in Bactrian Camels, Southern Mongolia, November 2014, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2015, 21(7): 1269-71.

Chu K.W., Oladipo J.O., Perera R.A.P.M., Kuranga S.A., Chan M.S., Poon L.L.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in dromedary camels in Nigeria, 2015, Euro Surveillance. 2015, 20(49).

Shehata M.M., Chu K.W., Gomaa M.R., AbiSaid M., El Shesheny R., Kandeil A., Bagato O., CHAN M.S., Barbour E.K., Shaib H.S., McKenzie P.P., Webby R.J., Ali M.A., Peiris J.S.M. and Kayali G., Surveillance for coronaviruses in bats, Lebanon and Egypt, 2013–2015, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2016, 22(1): 148-150.

Researcher : CHEN J

List of Research Outputs

CHEN J., Ho D.S.Y., AU W.M., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Family smoking, exposure to secondhand smoke at home and family unhappiness in children, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2015, 12(11): 14557-70.

CHEN J., Ho D.S.Y., Leung L.T., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Flavoured e-cigarette use among Hong Kong adolescent ever e-cigarette users, The 8th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control 23-24 June 2016, Macau. 2016, p.126.

CHEN J., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Reactions to thirdhand smoke are associated with openness to smoking in young never smoking children, Journal of Community Health. 2016, 41: 461-467.

Ho D.S.Y., Leung L.T., CHEN J., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Peer influence on intention to use electronic cigarettes in Hong Kong adolescents, The 8th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control 23-24 June 2016, Macau. 2016, p.141.

Leung L.T., Ho D.S.Y., CHEN J., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Electronic cigarette use and smoking urges in never smoking Hong Kong adolescents (abstract & oral presentation), The 8th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control 23-24 June 2016, Macau. 2016, p.63.

Researcher : Cauchemez ST

List of Research Outputs

Freeman G., Perera R.A.P.M., Ngan E., Fang J., Cauchemez S.T., Ip D.K.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Quantifying homologous and heterologous antibody titre rises after influenza virus infection, Epidemiology and Infection. 2016, 144: 2306-2316.

TSANG K.L., Fang J., Perera R.A.P.M., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Cauchemez S.T. and Cowling B.J., Interpreting Seroepidemiologic Studies of Influenza in a Context of Nonbracketing Sera, Epidemiology. 2016, 27: 152-158.

Tsang K.L., Lau L.L., Cauchemez S.T. and Cowling B.J., Household transmission of influenza virus, Trends in Microbiology. 2016, 24: 123-133.

Tsang K.L., Fang J., Chan K.H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Cowling B.J. and Cauchemez S.T., Individual correlates of infectivity of influenza A Virus infections in households, PLoS One. 2016, 11: e0154418.

Tsang K.L., Cauchemez S.T., Fang J., Chan K.H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Individual correlates of infectivity of influenza virus infections in households, The Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Hong Kong, 19 September 2015.. 2015.

Tsang K.L., Cowling B.J., Fang J., Chan K.H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cauchemez S.T., Influenza A virus shedding and infectivity in households, Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2015, 212: 1420-1428.

Xu C., Chan K.H., Tsang K.L., Fang J., Fung R.O.P., Ip D.K.M., Cauchemez S.T., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Comparative epidemiology of influenza B Yamagata- and Victoria-lineage viruses in households, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 182: 705-713.

Researcher : Cerin E

Project Title:	IPEN Adolescent: lnternational Studv of Built Environments and Physical Activity
Investigator(s):	Cerin E
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	University of California - General Award
Start Date:	08/2012

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

Barnett A., Cerin E., ZHANG J., Sit C.H.P., Johnston J.M., Cheung M.M.C. and Lee R.S.Y., Associations between the neighbourhood environment characteristics and physical activity in older adults with specific types of chronic conditions: The ALECS cross-sectional study, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 2016, 13(1): 53.

Cerin E., Ames D., Ellis K., Lautenschlager N.T., Rowe C.C., Rainey-Smith S., Villemagne V., Fowler C., Robertson J.S., Maruff P., Macauley P., Martins R.N. and Masters C.L., Characteristics of the neighbourhood environment are associated with MRI brain volumetric and amyloid β burden measures: findings from the Australian Imaging, Biomarkers and Lifestyle (AIBL) Study, Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, Washington DC, USA. 2015.

Cerin E., Deputy Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 2015.

Cerin E., Sit C.H.P., ZHANG J., Barnett A., Cheung M.M.C., Lai P.C., Johnston J.M. and Lee R.S.Y., Neighbourhood environment, physical activity, quality of life and depressive symptoms in Hong Kong older adults: A protocol for an observational study, BMJ Open. 2016, 6(1): e010384.

Lamb K.E., Lukar T.E., Cerin E. and Ball K., Statistical Approaches Used to Assess the Equity of Access to Food Outlets: A Systematic Review, AIMS Public Health. 2015, 2: 358-401.

Sallis J., Cerin E., Conway T.L., Adams M.A., Frank L.D., Pratt M., Salvo D., Schipperijn J., Smith G., Cain K.L., Davey R., Kerr J., Lai P.C., Mitas J., Reis R., Sarmiento O.L., Schofield G., Troelsen J., Van Dyck D., De Bourdeaudhuij I. and Owen N., Physical activity in relation to urban environments in 14 cities worldwide: a cross-sectional study, The Lancet. UK, Elsevier Ltd, 2016, 387: 2207-17.

Suen Y.N., Cerin E., Huang W. and Mellecker R.R., Measures of environmental correlates of physical activity for urban Chinese preschool-aged children: development and reliability, Sage Open. 2015, Jul-Sept 2015: 1-8.

Van Cauwenberg J., Cerin E., Timperio A., Salmon J., Deforche B. and Veitch J., Park proximity, quality and recreational physical activity among mid-older aged adults: moderating effects of individual factors and area of residence, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 2015, 12: 46.

Researcher : Chan BHY

List of Research Outputs

Kavikondala S., Stewart S.M., Ni M.Y., Chan B.H.Y., Lee H., Li K.K., McDowell I.W., Johnston J.M., Chan S.S.C., Lam T.H., Lam W.W.T., Fielding R. and Leung G.M., Structure and Validity of Family Harmony Scale: An Instrument for Measuring Harmony, Psychological Assessment. 2016, 28(3): 307-318.

Lam T.H., Chan B.H.Y., Yuan Y. and Ni M.Y., Smoking and family harmony among Chinese in a general population: evidence from the family cohort (abstract & poster presentation), SRNT 2016 Annual Meeting, March 2-5, 2016, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 2016.

Ni M.Y., Chan B.H.Y., Yuan Y., Yiu K.L. and Lam T.H., FAMILY Project Cohort Wave 2 Findings Overall Report, School of Public Health, HKU. 2015.

Ni M.Y., Li K.L., Yu N.X., Pang H.M.H., Chan B.H.Y., Leung G.M. and Stewart S.M., Normative data and psychometric properties of the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) and the abbreviated version (CD-RISC2) among the general population in Hong Kong, Quality of Life Research. 2016, 25(1): 111-6.

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, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting. 2015.

Researcher : Chan DKC

Project Title:	Meta-analysis and systematic review of the psychology of health and safety behaviours
Investigator(s):	Chan DKC
Department:	Institute of Human Performance
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	01/2016

Project Title:	Learn-to-Swim Pilot Project: Coach Workshops, Baseline Survey, Project Assessment and Evaluation
Investigator(s):	Chan DKC, Macfarlane DJ
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust - General Award
Start Date:	02/2016

Project Title:	British Society for the Psychology of Individual Differences Conference; Why Students Are Not Motivated to Study After-School? A Cross-Cultural Application of the Trans-Contextual Model in UK, China, and Pakistan
Investigator(s):	Chan DKC
Department:	Institute of Human Performance
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	04/2016
Completion Date:	04/2016

List of Research Outputs

Chan D.K.C., Editorial Board Member, Frontiers in Psychology. 2016.

Hagger M. .S., Chan D.K.C., Protogerou C. and Chatzisarantis L. .D., Using meta-analytic path analysis to test theoretical predictions in health behavior: An illustration based on meta-analyses of the theory of planned behavior, Preventive Medicine. 2016, 89: 154-161.

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 in relation to incidence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in 48 countries/regions, BMC Cancer. 2015, 15(1): 994.

SUN S., CAO P., Chan K.P., Tsang H., Wong C.M. and Thach T.Q., Temperature as a modifier of the effects of fine particulate matter on acute mortality in Hong Kong, Environmental Pollution. 2015, 205: 357-364.

SUN S., Tian L., Qiu H., Chan K.P., Tsang H., Tang H.K.R., Lee R.S., Thach T.Q. and Wong C.M., The influence of pre-existing health conditions on short-term mortality risks of temperature: Evidence from a prospective Chinese elderly cohort in Hong Kong, Environmental Research. 2016, 148: 7-14.

WANG X., Yang L., Chan K.H., Chan K.P., CAO P., Lau E.H.Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Age and Sex Differences in Rates of Influenza-Associated Hospitalizations in Hong Kong, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 182(4): 335-44.

Wong C.M., Tsang H., Lai H.K., Thomas G.N., Lam H.K.B., Chan K.P., ZHENG Q., Ayres J.G., Lee R.S.Y., Lam T.H. and Thach T.Q., Cancer mortality risks from long-term exposure to ambient fine particle, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 2016, 25(5): 839-45.

Wong C.M., Tsang H., Lai H.K., Thach T.Q., Thomas G.N., Chan K.P., Lee S.Y., Ayres J.G., Lam T.H. and Leung W.K., STROBE-long-term exposure to ambient fine particulate air pollution and hospitalization due to peptic ulcers, Medicine (Baltimore). 2016, 95(18): e3543.

Wong C.M., Lai H.K., Tsang H., Thach T.Q., Thomas G.N., LAM K.B., Chan K.P., Yang L., Lau A.K., Ayres J.G., Lee S.Y., Chan W.M., Hedley A.J. and Lam T.H., Satellite-based estimates of long-term exposure to fine particles and association with mortality in elderly Hong Kong residents, Environmental Health Perspectives. 2015, 123(11): 1167-72.

Researcher : Chan LY

List of Research Outputs

Chan W.Y., Chan L.Y., Mok K.P., Tao K.P., Chan M.C.W., Peiris J.S.M. and Nicholls J.M., Risk assessment of human infection by H9 influenza viruses using an explant system, Pathology. 2016, 48 Suppl 1: S105.

Researcher : Chan MCW

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
Completion Date:	10/2015

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 Fund 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 Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2015

Project Title:	Mechanism of delay onset of apoptosis by highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus in respiratory epithelial cells
Investigator(s):	Chan MCW
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2016

List of Research Outputs

Chan M.C.W., Kuok I.T., Leung C.Y.H., Hui P.Y., Doak S.A., Lau E.H.Y., Nicholls J.M., Fang X., Guan Y., Lee J.W., Chan W.Y., Webster R.G., Matthay M.A. and Peiris J.S.M., Human mesenchymal stromal cells reduce influenza A H5N1-associated acute lung injury in vitro and in vivo, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2016, 113(13): 3621-6.

Chan W.Y., Chan L.Y., Mok K.P., Tao K.P., Chan M.C.W., Peiris J.S.M. and Nicholls J.M., Risk assessment of human infection by H9 influenza viruses using an explant system, Pathology. 2016, 48 Suppl 1: S105.

Hui P.Y., Li H.S., Cheung M.C., Chan W.Y., Yuen K.M., Mok K.P., Nicholls J.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Chan M.C.W., Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus delays apoptotic responses via activation of STAT3, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 28593.

Hui P.Y., Kuok I.T., Kang S.R., Li H.S., Ng M.M.T., Bui H.T., Peiris J.S.M., Chan W.Y. and Chan M.C.W., Modulation of sterol biosynthesis regulates viral replication and cytokine production in influenza A virus infected human alveolar epithelial cells, Antiviral Research. 2015, 119: 1-7.

Kwok H.H., Poon P.Y., Fok S.P., Yue P.Y.K., Mak N.K., Chan M.C.W., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong R.N., Anti-inflammatory effects of indirubin derivatives on influenza A virus-infected human pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 18941.

Researcher : Chan MS

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Chan SSC

Project Title:	A one year surveillance study of nurses' preventive measures and health status in relation to the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Chan SSC, Tiwari AFY, Leung GM, Leung SSK, Lam TH, Salili F
Department:	School of Nursing
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	11/2003

Project Title:	Implementing clinical problem based learning (PBL) in undergraduate nursing students: the assessment of needs, difficulties, and learning resources
Investigator(s):	Chan SSC, Tiwari AFY
Department:	School of Nursing
Source(s) of Funding:	Leung Kau Kui Research and Teaching Endowment Fund - Teaching Grants
Start Date:	02/2005

Project Title:	Smoking cessation and advocacy training among health professionals in Beijing and Guangzhou
Investigator(s):	Chan SSC, Lam TH
Department:	School of Nursing
Source(s) of Funding:	Cancer Research United Kingdom (CRUK) - General Award
Start Date:	06/2008

Project Title:	Provision of Service of a Youth Quitline Programme for Youth Smokers under the Department of Health (2011-2013)
Investigator(s):	Chan SSC
Department:	School of Nursing
Source(s) of Funding:	Tobacco Control Office
Start Date:	06/2011

Project Title:	Promoting smoking cessation in the community via Quit to Win Contest 2012: a cluster randomized control trial of 18 districts in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Chan SSC, Wong CN, Lam TH
Department:	School of Nursing
Source(s) of Funding:	Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health - General Award
Start Date:	04/2012

List of Research Outputs

Lai Y.K.A., Lam T.H., Wan N.T.A. and Chan S.S.C., Training workshop for applying Logic Model Framework in design, implementation and evaluation of community-based family intervention in Happy Family Kitchen Project in Hong Kong . , 37th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2016.

Researcher : Chan WY

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

List of Research Outputs

Chan M.C.W., Kuok I.T., Leung C.Y.H., Hui P.Y., Doak S.A., Lau E.H.Y., Nicholls J.M., Fang X., Guan Y., Lee J.W., Chan W.Y., Webster R.G., Matthay M.A. and Peiris J.S.M., Human mesenchymal stromal cells reduce influenza A H5N1-associated acute lung injury in vitro and in vivo, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2016, 113(13): 3621-6.

Chan W.Y., Chan L.Y., Mok K.P., Tao K.P., Chan M.C.W., Peiris J.S.M. and Nicholls J.M., Risk assessment of human infection by H9 influenza viruses using an explant system, Pathology. 2016, 48 Suppl 1: S105.

Hui P.Y., Li H.S., Cheung M.C., Chan W.Y., Yuen K.M., Mok K.P., Nicholls J.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Chan M.C.W., Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus delays apoptotic responses via activation of STAT3, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 28593.

Wong O.L., Cowling B.J., Lo S.V., Chan W.Y. and Schooling C.M., Projecting ischaemic heart disease mortality and morbidity in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2015, 21(Suppl 6): S19-22.

Researcher : Chan WY

List of Research Outputs

Wong O.L., Cowling B.J., Lo S.V., Chan W.Y. and Schooling C.M., Projecting ischaemic heart disease mortality and morbidity in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2015, 21(Suppl 6): S19-22.

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 Fund 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 Fund 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

Jiang C., Chan Y.H., Xu L., Jin Y.L., Zhu T., Zhang W., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Smoking and serum vitamin D in older Chinese people: Cross-sectional analysis based on the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, BMJ Open. 2016, 6(6): e010946.

Researcher : Chen K

List of Research Outputs

Hui W.H.R., Cheung L.C., Chu W.M., Fong C.Y., Lau H.W.I., Leung C.Y., Leung E., Leung S.N.S., Yip K.K.Y., Yung V.Q., Chen K. and Chan L.K., Preclinical medical students’ usage of mobile devices in lectures, a cross sectional study on usage pattern and factors affecting usage, Frontiers in Medical and Health Sciences Education. 2015.

Ma Q., CHAN H...S... and Chen K., Personal and other factors affecting acceptance of smartphone technology by older Chinese adults, Applied Ergonomics. 2016, 54: 62-71.

Researcher : Cheng KK

List of Research Outputs

Au Yeung S.L.R., Jiang C., LONG M., Cheng K.K., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Evaluation of moderate alcohol use with QT interval and heart rate using mendelian randomization analysis among older Southern Chinese men in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 182(4): 320-7.

Au Yeung S.L.R., Cheng K.K., Zhao J., Zhang W., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted 17beta-estradiol and cardiovascular risk factors in women: A Mendelian randomization analysis using young women in Hong Kong and older women in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Annals of Epidemiology. 2016, 26(3): 171-5.

Au Yeung S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted 17beta-estradiol, cognitive function and depressive symptoms in women: A Mendelian randomization in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Preventive Medicine. 2016, 88: 80-5.

Jiang B., He Y., Zho 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 and counselling for smoking cessation in an observational cohort study in China, BMJ Open. 2016, 6(1):e009381.

Jiang C., Chan Y.H., Xu L., Jin Y.L., Zhu T., Zhang W., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Smoking and serum vitamin D in older Chinese people: Cross-sectional analysis based on the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, BMJ Open. 2016, 6(6): e010946.

Ni M.Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Gilman S.E., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Stress across the life course and depression in a rapidly developing population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2016, 31(6): 629-37.

Pan J., Xu L., Cai S.X., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhao H.J., Zhang W., Jin Y.L., Lin J.M., Thomas G.N. and Lam T.H., The association of pulmonary function with carotid atherosclerosis in older Chinese: Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study-CVD Subcohort, Atherosclerosis. 2015, 243(2): 469-76.

SUN Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Fruit and vegetable consumption and cardiovascular risk factors in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, PLoS One. 2015, 10(8): e0135380.

SUN Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Nut consumption and cardiovascular risk in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, PLoS One. 2015, 10(9): e0137178.

Wu L., He Y., Jiang B., Zuo F., Liu Q.H., Zhang L., Zhou C.X., Liu M., Chen H.Y., Cheng K.K., Chan S.S.C. and Lam T.H., Effectiveness of additional follow-up telephone counseling in a smoking cessation clinic in Beijing and predictors of quitting among Chinese male smokers, BMC Public Health. 2016, 16(1): 63.

Xu L., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Alcohol use and gamma-glutamyltransferase using a mendelian randomization design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, PLoS One. 2015, 10(9): e0137790.

Xu L., Jiang C., Schooling C.M., Zhang W., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Liver enzymes and incident diabetes in China: A prospective analysis of 10 764 participants in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2015, 69(11): 1040-4.

Yang S.S., Jin Y.L., He Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W. and Lam T.H., Childhood passive smoking exposure and age at menarche in Chinese women who had never smoked: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, PLoS One. 2015, 10(7): e0130429.

ZHAO J., Lam T.H., Jiang C., Cherny S.S., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., A Mendelian randomization study of testosterone and cognition in men, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 21306.

Researcher : Cheung CL

List of Research Outputs

HUANG P.Y., Lee C.C., Yip C.H., Cheung C.L., YU G., Lam T.Y., Smith D.K., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Genetic characterization of highly pathogenic H5 influenza viruses from poultry in Taiwan, 2015, Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 2016, 38: 96-100.

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 CY

List of Research Outputs

Yip M.S., LEUNG H.L., Li P.H., Cheung C.Y., Dutry I.C.A., Li D., Daëron M., Bruzzone R., Peiris J.S.M. and Jaume M.D.A., Antibody-dependent enhancement of SARS coronavirus infection and its role in the pathogenesis of SARS, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2016, 22(3 Suppl 4): 25-31.

Researcher : Cheung MC

List of Research Outputs

Hui P.Y., Li H.S., Cheung M.C., Chan W.Y., Yuen K.M., Mok K.P., Nicholls J.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Chan M.C.W., Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus delays apoptotic responses via activation of STAT3, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 28593.

Researcher : Cheung PPH

List of Research Outputs

Luk G.S., Leung C.Y.H., Sia S.F., Choy K.T., ZHOU J., Ho C.K., Cheung P.P.H., Lee E.F., Wai C.K., Li P.C., Ip S.M., Poon L.L.M., Lindsley W.G., Peiris J.S.M. and Yen H., Transmission of H7N9 influenza viruses with a polymorphism at PB2 residue 627 in chickens and ferrets, Journal of Virology. 2015, 89(19): 9939-51.

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
Completion Date:	09/2016

Project Title:	2016 Society for Resarch on Nicotine and Tobacco 22nd Annual Meeting; Using WhatsApp and Facebook social groups for smoking relapse prevention: A pilot pragmatic randomized controlled trial /Helping smoking fathers with an infant to quit: The family-based intervention impact on marital satisfaction and partner support to quit
Investigator(s):	Cheung YTD
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	03/2016
Completion Date:	03/2016

List of Research Outputs

Cheung K.C., Cheung Y.T.D., Wang M.P., Li W.H.C. and Lam T.H., Promotion and Brief Intervention of Smoking Cessation at the Smoking Hotspots (abstract & poster presentation), The 6th Hong Kong International Nursing Forum, 10-11 December. Hong Kong, 2015.

Cheung Y.T.D., Li W.H.C., Wang M.P., Lam O.B.C., Kwong A., Lai V., Chan S.S.C. and Lam T.H., Best Poster Award, Incentive-Based Smoking Cessation via Quit to Win Contest (2009) in Hong Kong, The 6th Hong Kong International Nursing Forum, 10-11 December. Hong Kong, 2015.

Cheung Y.T.D., Wang M.P., Chan S.S.C. and Lam T.H., Helping smoking fathers with an infant to quit: The family-based intervention impact on marital satisfaction and partner support to quit (abstract & poster presentation), SRNT 2016 Annual Meeting, March 2-5, 2016, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 2016.

Cheung Y.T.D., Li W.H.C., Wang M.P., Lam O.B.C., Kwong A., Lai V., Chan S.S.C. and Lam T.H., Incentive-Based Smoking Cessation via Quit to Win Contest (2009) in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), The 6th Hong Kong International Nursing Forum, 10-11 December. Hong Kong, 2015.

Cheung Y.T.D., Chan C.H.H., Lai C.K.J., Chan W.F., Wang M.P., Li W.H.C., Chan S.S.C. and Lam T.H., Using WhatsApp and Facebook online social groups for smoking relapse prevention for recent quitters: a pilot pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial, Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2015, 17(10):e238.

Cheung Y.T.D., Chan C.H.H., Lai C.K.J., Chan W.F., Wang M.P., Li W.H.C., Chan S.S.C. and Lam T.H., Using WhatsApp and Facebook social groups for smoking relapse prevention: A pilot pragmatic randomized controlled trial (abstract & oral presentation), SRNT 2016 Annual Meeting, March 2-5, 2016, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 2016.

Pikis J., Krysinska K., Cheung Y.T.D., Too L., Spittal M. and Robinson J., “Hotspots” and “copycats”: a plea for more thoughtful language about suicide – Authors' reply, The Lancet Psychiatry. 2016, 3: 20.

Pirkis J., Too L., Spittal M., Krysinska K., Robinson J. and Cheung Y.T.D., Interventions to reduce suicides at suicide hotspots: a systematic review and meta-analysis, The Lancet Psychiatry. 2015, 2: 994-1001.

Wang M.P., Cheung Y.T.D., Li W.H.C., Lam O.B.C., Kwong A., Lai V. and Lam T.H., Effect of “cut down to quit” on smoking cessation: a randomized controlled trial (abstract & oral presentation), SRNT 2016 Annual Meeting, March 2-5, 2016, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 2016.

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 LML
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	04/2014
Completion Date:	09/2015

Project Title:	A systematic study of influenza A viruses with PB2-701 and 702 random mutations on viral fitness, host specificity and nuclear import of PB2
Investigator(s):	Chin WH, Poon LML
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	07/2015

List of Research Outputs

Chin W.H., Adaptive potential of recombinant influenza A viruses with different H2N2 polymerase complexes, ANIMATION SCIENTIFIQUE Séminaire - Institut Pasteur de Dakar. 2016.

Chin W.H., Yen H., Krauss S., Webby R.J. and Poon L.L.M., Recombinant influenza virus with a pandemic H2N2 polymerase complex has a higher adaptive potential than one with seasonal H2N2 polymerase complex, Journal of General Virology. 2016, 97(3): 611-9.

Chin W.H., The roles of influenza viral polymerase complex in virus replication and host adaptation, Area of Excellence on Control of Pandemic and Inter-Pandemic Influenza - Research Seminar. 2016.

Doak S.A., Mallajosyula V.V., Li O.T.W., Chin W.H., Carnell G., Temperton N., Varadarajan R. and Poon L.M.L., Stalking influenza by vaccination with pre-fusion headless HA mini-stem, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 22666.

Poon L.M.L., Li O.T.W., Chin W.H., Mallajosyula V.A., Varadarajan R., Carnell G. and Temperton N., Stalking influenza by vaccination with pre-fusion headless HA mini-stem , Lorne Infection and Immunity. 2016.

Researcher : Choi CY

List of Research Outputs

Lai P.C., Choi C.Y., Wong P.Y.P., Thach T.Q., Wong M.S., CHENG W., Krämer A. and Wong C.M., Spatial analytical methods for deriving a historical map of physiological equivalent temperature of Hong Kong, Building and Environment. 2016, 99: 22-28.

Researcher : Choy KT

List of Research Outputs

Luk G.S., Leung C.Y.H., Sia S.F., Choy K.T., ZHOU J., Ho C.K., Cheung P.P.H., Lee E.F., Wai C.K., Li P.C., Ip S.M., Poon L.L.M., Lindsley W.G., Peiris J.S.M. and Yen H., Transmission of H7N9 influenza viruses with a polymorphism at PB2 residue 627 in chickens and ferrets, Journal of Virology. 2015, 89(19): 9939-51.

Researcher : Chu KW

List of Research Outputs

Al Hammadi Z.M., Chu K.W., Eltahir Y.M., Al Hosani F., Al Mulla M., Tarnini W., Hall A.J., Perera R.A.P.M., Abdelkhalek M.M., Peiris J.S.M., Al Muhairi S.S. and Poon L.L.M., Asymptomatic MERS-CoV Infection in Humans Possibly Linked to Infected Dromedaries Imported from Oman to United Arab Emirates, May 2015, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2015, 21(12): 2197-200.

Chan M.S., Damdinjav B., Perera R.A.P.M., Chu K.W., Khishgee B., Enkhbold B., Poon L.L.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Absence of MERS-Coronavirus in Bactrian Camels, Southern Mongolia, November 2014, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2015, 21(7): 1269-71.

Chu K.W., Oladipo J.O., Perera R.A.P.M., Kuranga S.A., Chan M.S., Poon L.L.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in dromedary camels in Nigeria, 2015, Euro Surveillance. 2015, 20(49).

Fagbo S.F., Skakni L., Chu K.W., Garbati M.A., Joseph M., Peiris J.S.M. and Hakawi A.M., Molecular Epidemiology of Hospital Outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2014, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2015, 21: 1981-8.

Hemida M.G., Elmoslemany A., Al-Hizab F., Alnaeem A., Almathen F., Faye B., Chu K.W., Perera R.A.P.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Dromedary Camels and the Transmission of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 2015, n/a-n/a.

Leung N.H.L., ZHOU J., Chu K.W., Yu H., Lindsley W.G., Beezhold D.H., Yen H., Li Y., Seto W.H., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Quantification of Influenza Virus RNA in Aerosols in Patient Rooms, PLoS One. 2016, 11(2): e0148669.

Shehata M.M., Chu K.W., Gomaa M.R., AbiSaid M., El Shesheny R., Kandeil A., Bagato O., CHAN M.S., Barbour E.K., Shaib H.S., McKenzie P.P., Webby R.J., Ali M.A., Peiris J.S.M. and Kayali G., Surveillance for coronaviruses in bats, Lebanon and Egypt, 2013–2015, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2016, 22(1): 148-150.

Researcher : Chu TWJ

List of Research Outputs

Lam T.H., Lai Y.K.A., Wan N.T.A. and Chu T.W.J., Poster Competition 2nd Prize: "Zero time exercise - a new approach to promote activity - a pilot study under HK Jockey Club Family Project", Faculty of Public Health Conference, UK. United Kingdom, UK Faculty of Public Health, 2016.

Wang M.P., Chu T.W.J., Viswanath K., Wan N.T.A., Lam T.H. and Chan S.S.C., Using information and communication technologies for family communication and its association with family well-being in Hong Kong: FAMILY Project, Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2015, 17(8): e207.

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:	Outstanding Young Researcher Award 2010-11
Investigator(s):	Cowling BJ
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Outstanding Young Researcher Award
Start Date:	12/2011

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
Completion Date:	09/2016

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
Completion Date:	03/2016

Project Title:	Real-time estimation of the severity of influenza viruses
Investigator(s):	Cowling BJ, Wu JTK, Lau EHY, Wu P, Ip DKM
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

Project Title:	Modelling the Spread and Impact of Antimicrobial Resistence in the Western Pacific Region
Investigator(s):	Cowling BJ, Wu P
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	World Health Organization (WHO) - General Award
Start Date:	07/2015

Project Title:	Influenza Epidemiology and Control in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Cowling BJ
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Croucher Senior Research Fellowships in Natural Sciences, Technology and Medicine
Start Date:	01/2016

Project Title:	Research Output Prize (Faculty of Medicine)
Investigator(s):	Cowling BJ, Wu JTK, Wu P, Lau EHY, Ni MY, Leung GM
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Research Output Prize (in Faculty)
Start Date:	02/2016

List of Research Outputs

BAUDON E.M., Poon L.L.M., Dao T.D., Pham N.T., Cowling B.J., Peyre M., Nguyen K.V. and Peiris J.S.M., Detection of novel reassortant influenza A (H3N2) and H1N1 2009 pandemic viruses in swine in Hanoi, Vietnam, Zoonoses and Public Health. 2015, 62(6): 429-34.

Bond H.S., Sullivan S.G. and Cowling B.J., Regression approaches in the test-negative study design for assessment of influenza vaccine effectiveness, Epidemiology and Infection. 2016, 144: 1601-1611.

Cheung D.H., TSANG K.L., Fang J., Xu J., Chan K.H., Ip D.K.M., Peiris J.S.M., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Association of Oseltamivir Treatment With Virus Shedding, Illness, and Household Transmission of Influenza Viruses, Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2015, 212(3): 391-6.

Chiu S.S.S., Feng S., Chan K.H., Lo J.Y., Chan L.Y., So L.Y., Cowling B.J. and Peiris J.S.M., Hospital-based vaccine effectiveness against influenza B lineages, Hong Kong, 2009−14, Vaccine. 2016, 34(19): 2164-9.

Cowling B.J., FENG S., Finelli L., Steffens A. and Fowlkes A., Assessment of influenza vaccine effectiveness in a sentinel surveillance network 2010–13, United States, Vaccine. 2016, 34: 61-66.

Cowling B.J. and Leung G.M., Effectiveness of an internet-delivered handwashing intervention (letter), The Lancet. 2016, 387: 337.

Cowling B.J., Kwan Y.W., Wong S.C., Feng S., Leung C.W., Chan L.Y., Chan K.H., Ng T.K., To W.K., Peiris J.S.M. and Chiu S.S.S., Interim estimates of the effectiveness of influenza vaccination against influenza-associated hospitalization in children in Hong Kong, 2015-16, Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 2016.

FENG S., Cowling B.J. and Sullivan S.G., Influenza vaccine effectiveness by test-negative design – comparison of inpatient and outpatient settings, Vaccine. 2016, 34: 1672-1679.

Freeman G., Perera R.A.P.M., Ngan E., Fang J., Cauchemez S.T., Ip D.K.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Quantifying homologous and heterologous antibody titre rises after influenza virus infection, Epidemiology and Infection. 2016, 144: 2306-2316.

He D., Chiu A.P., Lin Q. and Cowling B.J., Differences in the seasonality of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus and influenza in the Middle East, International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2015, 40: 15 - 16.

Ip D.K.M., Lau E.H.Y., Tam Y.H., So H.C., Cowling B.J. and Kwok H.K.H., Acute respiratory infections associated productivity loss among healthcare workers in Hong Kong , 1st International Meeting on Respiratory Pathogens, Singapore, 2-4 September 2015.. 2015.

Ip D.K.M., Lau E.H.Y., Tam Y.H., So H.C., Cowling B.J. and Kwok H.K.H., Increases in absenteeism among health care workers in Hong Kong during influenza epidemics, 2004–2009, BMC Infectious Diseases. 2015, 15.

Ip D.K.M., Lau L.L., Chan K.H., Fang J., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., The dynamic relationship between clinical symptomatology and viral shedding In naturally acquired seasonal and pandemic influenza virus infections, Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2015, 62(4): 431-7.

Lang H.H.B., Zhi H. and Cowling B.J., Assessing perioperative body weight changes in patients thyroidectomised for a benign non-toxic nodular goitre, Clinical Endocrinology. 2015, Epub on 2015-09-19.

Lau M.S., Cowling B.J., Cook A.R. and Riley S., Inferring influenza dynamics and control in households, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2015, 112(29): 9094-9.

Leung N.H.L., ZHOU J., Chu K.W., Yu H., Lindsley W.G., Beezhold D.H., Yen H., Li Y., Seto W.H., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Quantification of Influenza Virus RNA in Aerosols in Patient Rooms, PLoS One. 2016, 11(2): e0148669.

Leung V.K., Cowling B.J., Feng S. and Sullivan S.G., Concordance of interim and final estimates of influenza vaccine effectiveness: a systematic review, Eurosurveillance. 2016, 21.

Liao Q., Cowling B.J., Wu P., Leung G.M., Fielding R. and Lam W.W.T., Population Behavior Patterns in Response to the Risk of Influenza A(H7N9) in Hong Kong, December 2013–February 2014, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2015, 22: 672-682.

Liao Q., Lam W.W.T., Cowling B.J. and Fielding R., Psychosocial Influences on Parental Decision-Making Regarding Vaccination Against Seasonal Influenza for Young Children in Hong Kong: a Longitudinal Study, 2012-2013., Int J Behav Med. 2016.

Liao Q., Wu P., Lam W.W.T., Fang J., Wu J.T.K., Leung G.M., Fielding R. and Cowling B.J., Public risk perception and attitudes towards live poultry markets before and after their closure due to influenza A(H7N9), Hong Kong, January–February 2014, Journal of Public Health. 2016, 38: 34-43.

PARK M.A., Wu P., Goldstein E., Kim W.J. and Cowling B.J., Influenza-associated excess mortality in South Korea, American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2016, 50: e111-e119.

Peiris J.S.M., Cowling B.J., Wu J.T.K., Feng L., Guan Y., Yu H. and Leung G.M., Interventions to reduce zoonotic and pandemic risks from avian influenza in Asia, The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2016, 16: 252-258.

Poon L.L.M., Song T., Rosenfeld R., Lin X., Rogers M.B., Zhou B., Sebra R., Halpin R.A., Guan Y., Twaddle A., DePasse J.V., Stockwell T.B., Wentworth D.E., Holmes E.C., Greenbaum B., Peiris J.S.M., Cowling B.J. and Ghedin E., Quantifying influenza virus diversity and transmission in humans, Nature Genetics. 2016, 48(2): 195-200.

Qin Y., Horby P.W., TSANG K.L., Chen E., Gao L., Ou J., Nguyen T.H., Duong T.N., Gasimov V., Feng L., Wu P., Jiang H., Ren X., Peng Z., Li S., Li M., Zheng J., Liu S., Hu S., Hong R., Farrar J.J., Leung G.M., Gao G.F., Cowling B.J. and Yu H., Differences in the Epidemiology of Human Cases of Avian Influenza A(H7N9) and A(H5N1) Viruses Infection, Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2015, 61(4): 563-71.

Qin Y., Zhang Y., Wu P., Feng S., Zheng J., Yang P., Pan Y., Wang Q., Feng L., Pang X., Puig-Barbera J., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Influenza vaccine effectiveness in preventing hospitalization among Beijing residents in China, 2013–15, Vaccine. 2016, 34: 2329-2333.

Schooling C.M. and Cowling B.J., Type of question could inform the taxonomy of bias (Letter), Epidemiology. 2015, 26(4):e48.

TSANG K.L., Fang J., Perera R.A.P.M., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Cauchemez S.T. and Cowling B.J., Interpreting Seroepidemiologic Studies of Influenza in a Context of Nonbracketing Sera, Epidemiology. 2016, 27: 152-158.

Takahashi S., Liao Q., Van Boeckel T.P., Xing W., Sun J., Hsiao V.Y., Metcalf C.J.E., Chang Z., Liu F., Zhang J., Wu J.T.K., Cowling B.J., Leung G.M., Farrar J.J., Van Doorn H.R., Grenfell B.T. and Yu H., Hand, foot, and mouth disease in China: modeling epidemic dynamics of enterovirus serotypes and implications for vaccination, PLOS Medicine. 2016, 13: e1001958.

Tam Y.H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Estimating Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Using the Test-Negative Design in Hong Kong, 1st International Meeting on Respiratory Pathogens, Singapore, 2-4 September 2015. ISIRV.

Tsang K.L., Lau L.L., Cauchemez S.T. and Cowling B.J., Household transmission of influenza virus, Trends in Microbiology. 2016, 24: 123-133.

Tsang K.L., Fang J., Chan K.H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Cowling B.J. and Cauchemez S.T., Individual correlates of infectivity of influenza A Virus infections in households, PLoS One. 2016, 11: e0154418.

Tsang K.L., Cauchemez S.T., Fang J., Chan K.H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Individual correlates of infectivity of influenza virus infections in households, The Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Hong Kong, 19 September 2015.. 2015.

Tsang K.L., Cowling B.J., Fang J., Chan K.H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cauchemez S.T., Influenza A virus shedding and infectivity in households, Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2015, 212: 1420-1428.

Virlogeux V.M.L., PARK M.A., Wu J.T.K. and Cowling B.J., Association between Severity of MERS-CoV Infection and Incubation Period, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2016, 22: 526-528.

Virlogeux V.M.L., Yang J., Fang J., Feng L., Tsang T.K., Jiang H., Wu P., Zheng J., Lau E.H.Y., Qin Y., Peng Z., Peiris J.S.M., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Association between the Severity of Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Infections and Length of the Incubation Period, PLoS One. 2016, 11(2): e0148506.

Virlogeux V.M.L., Fang J., Wu J.T.K., Ho L.M., Peiris J.S.M., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Brief Report: Incubation Period Duration and Severity of Clinical Disease Following Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection, Epidemiology. 2015, 26(5): 666-9.

Virlogeux V.M.L., Li M., Tsang K.L., Feng L., Fang J., Jiang H., Wu P., Zheng J., Lau E.H.Y., Cao Y., Qin Y., Liao Q., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Estimating the distribution of the incubation periods of human avian influenza A(H7N9) virus infections, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 182: 723-729.

Wei L., Chan K.H., Ip D.K.M., Fang J., Fung R.O.P., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Burden, seasonal pattern, and symptomatology of acute respiratory illnesses of different viral etiology in children presenting at outpatient clinics in Hong Kong. , Clinical Microbiology and Infection . 2015, 21(9): 861-6.

Wong O.L., Tsang J.W.H., Cowling B.J. and Leung G.M., Generalised cost-effectiveness analysis for breast cancer prevention and care in Hong Kong Chinese, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2015, 21(Suppl 6): S9-12.

Wong O.L., Lam W.W.T., Wong C.N., Cowling B.J., Leung G.M. and Fielding R., Informed decision making for breast cancer screening among Hong Kong Chinese women: Development and pilot testing of a decision aid (abstract and poster presentation), 11th World Congress in Health Economics, 12-15 July 2015, Milan. Milan, International Health Economics Association, 2015.

Wong O.L., Cowling B.J., Lo S.V., Chan W.Y. and Schooling C.M., Projecting ischaemic heart disease mortality and morbidity in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2015, 21(Suppl 6): S19-22.

Wong O.L., Lam W.W.T., Wong C.N., Cowling B.J., Leung G.M. and Fielding R., Towards informed decisions on breast cancer screening: Development and pilot testing of a decision aid for Chinese women, Patient Education and Counseling. 2015, 98(8): 961-9.

Wong Y.T., Zhang W., Kargbo B., Haque U., Hu W., Wu P., Kamara A., Chen Y., Kargbo B., Glass G.E., Yang R., Cowling B.J. and Liu C., Assessment of the severity of Ebola virus disease in Sierra Leone in 2014–2015, Epidemiology and Infection. 2016, 144: 1473-1481.

Wong Y.T., Kelly H., Cheung C.M., Shiu E.Y.C., Wu P., Ni M.Y., Ip D.K.M. and Cowling B.J., Hospitalization fatality risk of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09: a systematic review and meta-analysis., American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 182(4): 294-301.

Wong Y.T., Wu P., Lau E.H.Y., Tsang K.L., Fang J., Ho L.M. and Cowling B.J., Real-time estimation of the hospitalization fatality risk of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 in Hong Kong, Epidemiology and Infection. 2016, 144: 1579-1583.

Wu J., Lau E.H.Y., Xing Q., Zou L., Zhang H., Yen H., Song Y., Zhong H., Lin J., Kang M., Cowling B.J., Huang G. and Ke C., Seasonality of avian influenza A(H7N9) activity and risk of human A(H7N9) infections from live poultry markets., Journal of Infection. 2015, 71(6): 690-3.

Wu J.T.K., Jit M., Zheng Y., Leung S.M., Xing W., Yang J., Liao Q., Cowling B.J., YANG B., Lau E.H.Y., Takahashi S., Farrar J.J., Grenfell B.T., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Correction: Routine pediatric enterovirus 71 vaccination in China: a cost-effectiveness analysis, PLoS Medicine. 2016, 13: e1002013.

Wu J.T.K., Jit M., Zheng Y., LEUNG S.M., Xing W., Yang J., Liao Q., Cowling B.J., YANG B., Lau E.H.Y., Takahashi S., Farrar J.J., Grenfell B.T., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Routine pediatric enterovirus 71 vaccination in China: a cost-effectiveness analysis, PLoS Medicine. 2016, 13(3): e1001975.

Wu P., Peng Z., Fang J., Feng L., Tsang K.L., Jiang H., Lau E.H.Y., Yang J., Zheng J., Qin Y., Li Z., Leung G.M., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Human infection with influenza A(H7N9) virus during 3 major epidemic waves, China, 2013–2015, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2016, 22: 964-972.

Wu P., Wang L., Cowling B.J., Yu J., Fang J., Li F., Zeng L., Wu J.T.K., Li Z., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Live Poultry Exposure and Public Response to Influenza A(H7N9) in Urban and Rural China during Two Epidemic Waves in 2013-2014., PLoS One. 2015, 10(9):e0137831.

Xu C., Chan K.H., Tsang K.L., Fang J., Fung R.O.P., Ip D.K.M., Cauchemez S.T., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Comparative epidemiology of influenza B Yamagata- and Victoria-lineage viruses in households, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 182: 705-713.

Xu C., Perera R.A.P.M., Chan K.H., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Ng S., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Effect of serum 25-hydroxyitamin Don influenza infection in Hong Kong, The Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Hong Kong, 19 September 2015.. 2015.

YANG B., Wu P., Wu J.T.K., Lau E.H.Y., Leung G.M., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Seroprevalence of Enterovirus 71 Antibody Among Children in China: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis., Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2015.

YANG B., Lau E.H.Y., Wu P. and Cowling B.J., Transmission of hand, foot and mouth disease and its potential driving factors in Hong Kong, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 27500.

Yang L., Cowling B.J. and Liao Q., Intention to receive influenza vaccination prior to the summer influenza season in adults of Hong Kong, 2015., Vaccine. 2015.

Yang W., Cowling B.J., Lau E.H.Y. and Shaman J., Forecasting Influenza Epidemics in Hong Kong, PLoS Computational Biology. 2015, 11(7): e1004383.

Yuan J., Lau E.H.Y., Li K., Leung C.Y.H., Yang Z., Xie C., Liu Y., Liu Y., Ma X., Liu J., Li X., Chen K., Luo L., Di B., Cowling B.J., Tang X., Leung G.M., Wang M. and Peiris J.S.M., Effect of Live Poultry Market Closure on Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Activity in Guangzhou, China, 2014, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2015, 21(10): 1784-93.

ZHANG Y., FENG S. and Cowling B.J., Changes in the primary outcome in Ebola vaccine trial (Correspondence), The Lancet. 2016, 387: 1509.

Zhao X., Fang J., Ohmit S.E., Monto A.S., Cook A.R. and Cowling B.J., Quantifying protection against influenza virus infection measured by hemagglutination-inhibition assays in vaccine trials, Epidemiology. 2016, 27: 143-151.

van der Vries E., Ip D.K.M., Cowling B.J., Zhang J.D., Tong X., Wojtowicz K., Schutten M. and Boucher C.A., Outcomes and Susceptibility to Neuraminidase Inhibitors in Individuals Infected with Different Influenza B Lineages: the Influenza Resistance Information Study., The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2016, 213 (2): 183-190.

Researcher : Doak SA

Project Title:	Understanding vaccine induced T cell protection from influenza viruses
Investigator(s):	Doak SA, Poon LML, 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 LML
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Small Project Funding
Start Date:	04/2015
Completion Date:	09/2016

Project Title:	Understanding alternate immune correlates of protection in household transmission of influenza
Investigator(s):	Doak SA, Poon LML, Cowling BJ
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	07/2015

Project Title:	Infection and Immunity; Targeting influenza by vaccination with pre-fusion headless HA mini-stem
Investigator(s):	Doak SA
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	02/2016
Completion Date:	02/2016

List of Research Outputs

Chan M.C.W., Kuok I.T., Leung C.Y.H., Hui P.Y., Doak S.A., Lau E.H.Y., Nicholls J.M., Fang X., Guan Y., Lee J.W., Chan W.Y., Webster R.G., Matthay M.A. and Peiris J.S.M., Human mesenchymal stromal cells reduce influenza A H5N1-associated acute lung injury in vitro and in vivo, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2016, 113(13): 3621-6.

Doak S.A., Mallajosyula V.V., Li O.T.W., Chin W.H., Carnell G., Temperton N., Varadarajan R. and Poon L.M.L., Stalking influenza by vaccination with pre-fusion headless HA mini-stem, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 22666.

Fan L.Y., Doak S.A., Wong K.S.C., Li O.T.W., Nicholls J.M., Rabadan R., Peiris J.S.M. and Poon L.L.M., Generation of live attenuated influenza virus by using codon usage bias, Journal of Virology. 2015, 89: 10762-73.

Researcher : Dutry ICA

List of Research Outputs

Yip M.S., LEUNG H.L., Li P.H., Cheung C.Y., Dutry I.C.A., Li D., Daëron M., Bruzzone R., Peiris J.S.M. and Jaume M.D.A., Antibody-dependent enhancement of SARS coronavirus infection and its role in the pathogenesis of SARS, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2016, 22(3 Suppl 4): 25-31.

Researcher : FENG S

List of Research Outputs

Chiu S.S.S., Feng S., Chan K.H., Lo J.Y., Chan L.Y., So L.Y., Cowling B.J. and Peiris J.S.M., Hospital-based vaccine effectiveness against influenza B lineages, Hong Kong, 2009−14, Vaccine. 2016, 34(19): 2164-9.

Cowling B.J., FENG S., Finelli L., Steffens A. and Fowlkes A., Assessment of influenza vaccine effectiveness in a sentinel surveillance network 2010–13, United States, Vaccine. 2016, 34: 61-66.

Cowling B.J., Kwan Y.W., Wong S.C., Feng S., Leung C.W., Chan L.Y., Chan K.H., Ng T.K., To W.K., Peiris J.S.M. and Chiu S.S.S., Interim estimates of the effectiveness of influenza vaccination against influenza-associated hospitalization in children in Hong Kong, 2015-16, Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 2016.

FENG S., Cowling B.J. and Sullivan S.G., Influenza vaccine effectiveness by test-negative design – comparison of inpatient and outpatient settings, Vaccine. 2016, 34: 1672-1679.

Leung V.K., Cowling B.J., Feng S. and Sullivan S.G., Concordance of interim and final estimates of influenza vaccine effectiveness: a systematic review, Eurosurveillance. 2016, 21.

Qin Y., Zhang Y., Wu P., Feng S., Zheng J., Yang P., Pan Y., Wang Q., Feng L., Pang X., Puig-Barbera J., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Influenza vaccine effectiveness in preventing hospitalization among Beijing residents in China, 2013–15, Vaccine. 2016, 34: 2329-2333.

ZHANG Y., FENG S. and Cowling B.J., Changes in the primary outcome in Ebola vaccine trial (Correspondence), The Lancet. 2016, 387: 1509.

Researcher : Fan LY

List of Research Outputs

Fan L.Y., Doak S.A., Wong K.S.C., Li O.T.W., Nicholls J.M., Rabadan R., Peiris J.S.M. and Poon L.L.M., Generation of live attenuated influenza virus by using codon usage bias, Journal of Virology. 2015, 89: 10762-73.

Researcher : Fan Y

List of Research Outputs

Akhee S.J., Lestra M., Swee L.K., Fan Y., Lamers M.M., Tafesse F.G., Theile C.S., Spooner E., Bruzzone R., Ploegh H.L. and Sanyal S., Usp12 stabilizes the T-cell receptor complex at the cell surface during signaling, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2016, 113(6): 705-14.

Researcher : Fang J

List of Research Outputs

Cheung D.H., TSANG K.L., Fang J., Xu J., Chan K.H., Ip D.K.M., Peiris J.S.M., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Association of Oseltamivir Treatment With Virus Shedding, Illness, and Household Transmission of Influenza Viruses, Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2015, 212(3): 391-6.

Freeman G., Perera R.A.P.M., Ngan E., Fang J., Cauchemez S.T., Ip D.K.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Quantifying homologous and heterologous antibody titre rises after influenza virus infection, Epidemiology and Infection. 2016, 144: 2306-2316.

Ip D.K.M., Lau L.L., Chan K.H., Fang J., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., The dynamic relationship between clinical symptomatology and viral shedding In naturally acquired seasonal and pandemic influenza virus infections, Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2015, 62(4): 431-7.

Liao Q., Wu P., Lam W.W.T., Fang J., Wu J.T.K., Leung G.M., Fielding R. and Cowling B.J., Public risk perception and attitudes towards live poultry markets before and after their closure due to influenza A(H7N9), Hong Kong, January–February 2014, Journal of Public Health. 2016, 38: 34-43.

TSANG K.L., Fang J., Perera R.A.P.M., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Cauchemez S.T. and Cowling B.J., Interpreting Seroepidemiologic Studies of Influenza in a Context of Nonbracketing Sera, Epidemiology. 2016, 27: 152-158.

Tsang K.L., Fang J., Chan K.H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Cowling B.J. and Cauchemez S.T., Individual correlates of infectivity of influenza A Virus infections in households, PLoS One. 2016, 11: e0154418.

Tsang K.L., Cauchemez S.T., Fang J., Chan K.H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Individual correlates of infectivity of influenza virus infections in households, The Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Hong Kong, 19 September 2015.. 2015.

Tsang K.L., Cowling B.J., Fang J., Chan K.H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cauchemez S.T., Influenza A virus shedding and infectivity in households, Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2015, 212: 1420-1428.

Virlogeux V.M.L., Yang J., Fang J., Feng L., Tsang T.K., Jiang H., Wu P., Zheng J., Lau E.H.Y., Qin Y., Peng Z., Peiris J.S.M., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Association between the Severity of Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Infections and Length of the Incubation Period, PLoS One. 2016, 11(2): e0148506.

Virlogeux V.M.L., Fang J., Wu J.T.K., Ho L.M., Peiris J.S.M., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Brief Report: Incubation Period Duration and Severity of Clinical Disease Following Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection, Epidemiology. 2015, 26(5): 666-9.

Virlogeux V.M.L., Li M., Tsang K.L., Feng L., Fang J., Jiang H., Wu P., Zheng J., Lau E.H.Y., Cao Y., Qin Y., Liao Q., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Estimating the distribution of the incubation periods of human avian influenza A(H7N9) virus infections, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 182: 723-729.

Wei L., Chan K.H., Ip D.K.M., Fang J., Fung R.O.P., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Burden, seasonal pattern, and symptomatology of acute respiratory illnesses of different viral etiology in children presenting at outpatient clinics in Hong Kong. , Clinical Microbiology and Infection . 2015, 21(9): 861-6.

Wong Y.T., Wu P., Lau E.H.Y., Tsang K.L., Fang J., Ho L.M. and Cowling B.J., Real-time estimation of the hospitalization fatality risk of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 in Hong Kong, Epidemiology and Infection. 2016, 144: 1579-1583.

Wu P., Peng Z., Fang J., Feng L., Tsang K.L., Jiang H., Lau E.H.Y., Yang J., Zheng J., Qin Y., Li Z., Leung G.M., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Human infection with influenza A(H7N9) virus during 3 major epidemic waves, China, 2013–2015, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2016, 22: 964-972.

Wu P., Wang L., Cowling B.J., Yu J., Fang J., Li F., Zeng L., Wu J.T.K., Li Z., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Live Poultry Exposure and Public Response to Influenza A(H7N9) in Urban and Rural China during Two Epidemic Waves in 2013-2014., PLoS One. 2015, 10(9):e0137831.

Xu C., Chan K.H., Tsang K.L., Fang J., Fung R.O.P., Ip D.K.M., Cauchemez S.T., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Comparative epidemiology of influenza B Yamagata- and Victoria-lineage viruses in households, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 182: 705-713.

Xu C., Perera R.A.P.M., Chan K.H., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Ng S., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Effect of serum 25-hydroxyitamin Don influenza infection in Hong Kong, The Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Hong Kong, 19 September 2015.. 2015.

Zhao X., Fang J., Ohmit S.E., Monto A.S., Cook A.R. and Cowling B.J., Quantifying protection against influenza virus infection measured by hemagglutination-inhibition assays in vaccine trials, Epidemiology. 2016, 27: 143-151.

Researcher : Feng S

List of Research Outputs

FENG S., Cowling B.J. and Sullivan S.G., Influenza vaccine effectiveness by test-negative design – comparison of inpatient and outpatient settings, Vaccine. 2016, 34: 1672-1679.

Leung V.K., Cowling B.J., Feng S. and Sullivan S.G., Concordance of interim and final estimates of influenza vaccine effectiveness: a systematic review, Eurosurveillance. 2016, 21.

ZHANG Y., FENG S. and Cowling B.J., Changes in the primary outcome in Ebola vaccine trial (Correspondence), The Lancet. 2016, 387: 1509.

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 WHJ, 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:	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

Project Title:	Asian Oncology Summit; Key unmet supportive care needs in Asian women with breast cancer in eight Asian countries
Investigator(s):	Fielding R
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	03/2016
Completion Date:	03/2016

List of Research Outputs

Fielding R., Communication skills: How to Break Bad News to breast cancer patients, Commissioned program on breaking bad news to breast cancer patients, Hospital Authority. 2016.

Fielding R., Pain, meaning and communication, The Hong Kong Pain Society Annual Meeting, Hong Kong. 2015.

Fielding R., Lam W.W.T. and Chu T.W.A., Psychology Workshop On Cancer Pain Management, Annual Scientific Meeting 2015 Of The Hong Kong Pain Society. 2015.

Kavikondala S., Stewart S.M., Ni M.Y., Chan B.H.Y., Lee H., Li K.K., McDowell I.W., Johnston J.M., Chan S.S.C., Lam T.H., Lam W.W.T., Fielding R. and Leung G.M., Structure and Validity of Family Harmony Scale: An Instrument for Measuring Harmony, Psychological Assessment. 2016, 28(3): 307-318.

Kim E.Y., Liao Q., Yu E.S., Kim J.H., Yoon S.W., Lam W.W.T. and Fielding R., Middle East respiratory syndrome in South Korea during 2015: Risk-related perceptions and quarantine attitudes., Am J Infect Control. 2016.

Lam W.W.T., Law W.L., Poon T.C.J., Fong D.Y.T., Girgis A. and Fielding R., A longitudinal study of supportive care needs among Chinese patients awaiting colorectal cancer surgery, Psycho-oncology. 2016, 25(5): 496-505.

Lam W.W.T., Yoon S.W., Sze W.K., Ng A.W., Soong I., Kwong A., Suen T.K.D., Tsang J.J., Yeo W., Wong K.Y. and Fielding R., Comparing the meanings of living with advanced breast cancer between women resilient to distress and women with persistent distress: a qualitative study, Psycho-Oncology. 2016, Epub on 2016-04-26.

Lam W.W.T., Yeo W., Suen J., Ho W.M., Tsang W.H.J., 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. 2016, 25(1): 58-65.

Lam W.W.T., Liao Q., Wong J.H.F., Lai C.L., Yuen R.M.F., Tsang J.W.H. and Fielding R., Measuring and validating a general cancer predisposition perception scale: an adaptation of the revised-IPQ-genetic predisposition scale, PLoS One. 2015, 10: e0142620.

Liao Q., Yuan J., Lau E.H.Y., Chen J.Y., Yang Z.C., Ma X.W., Chen J.D., Liu Y.H., Wang C., Tang X.P., Liu Y.F., Zhuo L., Zhang W., Wang M. and Fielding R., Live bird exposure among the general public, Guangzhou, China, May 2013., PLoS ONE. 2015.

Liao Q., Cowling B.J., Wu P., Leung G.M., Fielding R. and Lam W.W.T., Population Behavior Patterns in Response to the Risk of Influenza A(H7N9) in Hong Kong, December 2013–February 2014, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2015, 22: 672-682.

Liao Q., Lam W.W.T., Cowling B.J. and Fielding R., Psychosocial Influences on Parental Decision-Making Regarding Vaccination Against Seasonal Influenza for Young Children in Hong Kong: a Longitudinal Study, 2012-2013., Int J Behav Med. 2016.

Liao Q., Wu P., Lam W.W.T., Fang J., Wu J.T.K., Leung G.M., Fielding R. and Cowling B.J., Public risk perception and attitudes towards live poultry markets before and after their closure due to influenza A(H7N9), Hong Kong, January–February 2014, Journal of Public Health. 2016, 38: 34-43.

Tin S.P.P., Lam W.W.T., Yoon S.W., ZHANG N., XIA N., ZHANG W., MA K., Fielding R. and Shaman J., Workplace health promotion: assessing the cardiopulmonary risks of the construction workforce in Hong Kong, PLOS ONE. 2016, 11(1): e0146286.

Wang D.L., Lam W.W.T. and Fielding R., Cervical cancer prevention practices through screening and vaccination: A cross-sectional study among Hong Kong Chinese women, Gynecologic Oncology. 2015, 138(2): 311-16.

Wang D.L., Lam W.W.T., Wu J.T.K. and Fielding R., Chinese new immigrant mothers' perception about adult-onset non-communicable diseases prevention during childhood, Health Promotion International. Oxford University Press, 2015, 30(4): 929-41.

Wang D.L., Lam W.W.T. and Fielding R., Hong Kong Chinese parental attitudes towards vaccination and associated socio-demographic disparities, Vaccine. Elsevier, 2016, 34(12): 1426-9.

Wang D.L., Lam W.W.T., Wu J.T.K. and Fielding R., Psychosocial determinants of Chinese parental HPV vaccination intention for adolescent girls: preventing cervical cancer, Psycho-Oncology. 2015, 24(10): 1233-40.

Wong O.L., Lam W.W.T., Wong C.N., Cowling B.J., Leung G.M. and Fielding R., Informed decision making for breast cancer screening among Hong Kong Chinese women: Development and pilot testing of a decision aid (abstract and poster presentation), 11th World Congress in Health Economics, 12-15 July 2015, Milan. Milan, International Health Economics Association, 2015.

Wong O.L., Lam W.W.T., Wong C.N., Cowling B.J., Leung G.M. and Fielding R., Towards informed decisions on breast cancer screening: Development and pilot testing of a decision aid for Chinese women, Patient Education and Counseling. 2015, 98(8): 961-9.

Wong W.S., Chow Y.F., Chen P.P., Wong S. and Fielding R., A longitudinal analysis on pain treatment satisfaction among Chinese patients with chronic pain: predictors and association with medical adherence, disability, and quality of life, Quality of Life Research. 2015, 24(9): 2087-97.

Wong W.S., Chen P.P., Chow Y.F., Wong S. and Fielding R., A study of the reliability and concurrent validity of the Chinese version of the pain medication attitude questionnaire (ChPMAQ) in a sample of Chinese patients with chronic pain, Pain Medicine. 2016, 17(6): 1137-44.

Wong W.S., McCracken L., Wong S., Chen P.P., Chow Y.F. and Fielding R., The Chinese version of the 8-item Committed Action Questionnaire (ChCAQ-8): a preliminary analysis of the factorial and criterion validity, Psychological Assessment. 2016, 28(6): e111-8.

Wong W.S., Chen P.P., Chow Y.F., Wong S. and Fielding R., The reliability and validity of the Cantonese version of the pain treatment satisfaction scale (ChPTSS) in a sample of Chinese patients with chronic pain, Pain Medicine. Wiley, 2015, 16(12): 2316-23.

ZHANG N., Fielding R., Soong I., Chan K.K.L., Tsang W.H.J., Lee V.H.F., Lee C., Ng A., Sez W.K., Tin S.P.P. and Lam W.W.T., Illness perceptions among cancer survivors, Supportive Care in Cancer. Springer, 2016, 24(3): 1295-1304.

Researcher : Fong SM

Project Title:	The Potential Effects Of Qigong Training On Relieving The Side Effects Of Cancer Treatments In Nasopharyngeal Cancer Survivors: A Pilot Study
Investigator(s):	Fong SM, Masters RSW, Tse MA
Department:	Institute of Human Performance
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	11/2013
Completion Date:	10/2015

Project Title:	Enhancing neuromuscular performance and central nervous system plasticity through functional movement-power training to improve balance strategies in children with developmental coordination disorder: A randomised controlled trial
Investigator(s):	Fong SM
Department:	Institute of Human Performance
Source(s) of Funding:	Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Start Date:	01/2015

Project Title:	Randomised controlled trial of Qigong training programme to alleviate arm oedema, reduce shoulder impairment, improve body balance and quality of life in community-dwelling breast cancer survivors
Investigator(s):	Fong SM, Macfarlane DJ
Department:	Institute of Human Performance
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2015

Project Title:	ISPRM2016 10th International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine World Congress; Mental Attention is associated with Motor Performance in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder/Functional Movement-Power Training for Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial/Lower limb muscle reflex contraction latency, peak force and movement control in children with developmental coordination disorder/Task-Specific Balance Training for Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial/Direction-specific impairment of stability limits and falls in children with developmental coordination disorder
Investigator(s):	Fong SM
Department:	Institute of Human Performance
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	05/2016
Completion Date:	06/2016

List of Research Outputs

Fong S.M., Ng S.S.M., CHENG T.Y.Y., Wong J.Y.H., Yu Y.T.E., CHOW C.C., Chak Y.T.C., Chan I.K.Y. and Chung L.M.Y., Effects of Ving Tsun Chinese martial art training on upper extremity muscle strength and eye-hand coordination in community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults: A pilot study, Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2016.

Liu K.P.Y., Balderi K., Leung T.L.F., Yue A.S.Y., Lam N.C.W., Cheung J.T.Y., Fong S.M., Sum C.M.W., Bissett M., Rye R. and Mok V.C.T., A Randomized Controlled Trial of Self-regulated Modified Constraint-induced Movement Therapy in Sub-acute Stroke Patients, European Journal of Neurology. 2016.

Researcher : Freeman G

List of Research Outputs

Freeman G., Perera R.A.P.M., Ngan E., Fang J., Cauchemez S.T., Ip D.K.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Quantifying homologous and heterologous antibody titre rises after influenza virus infection, Epidemiology and Infection. 2016, 144: 2306-2316.

Researcher : Fung ROP

List of Research Outputs

Wei L., Chan K.H., Ip D.K.M., Fang J., Fung R.O.P., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Burden, seasonal pattern, and symptomatology of acute respiratory illnesses of different viral etiology in children presenting at outpatient clinics in Hong Kong. , Clinical Microbiology and Infection . 2015, 21(9): 861-6.

Xu C., Chan K.H., Tsang K.L., Fang J., Fung R.O.P., Ip D.K.M., Cauchemez S.T., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Comparative epidemiology of influenza B Yamagata- and Victoria-lineage viruses in households, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 182: 705-713.

Researcher : Gan T

List of Research Outputs

Zhu W., Li L., Yan Z., Gan T., Li L., Chen R., Chen R., Zheng Z., Hong W., Wang J., Smith D.K., Guan Y., Zhu H. and Shu Y., Dual E627K and D701N mutations in the PB2 protein of A(H7N9) influenza virus increased its virulence in mammalian models, Scientific Reports. 2015, 5: 14170.

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:	Special Research Achievement Award 2003-2004
Investigator(s):	Guan Y
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Special Research Achievement Award
Start Date:	11/2004

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:	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
Completion Date:	03/2016

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 M.C.W., Kuok I.T., Leung C.Y.H., Hui P.Y., Doak S.A., Lau E.H.Y., Nicholls J.M., Fang X., Guan Y., Lee J.W., Chan W.Y., Webster R.G., Matthay M.A. and Peiris J.S.M., Human mesenchymal stromal cells reduce influenza A H5N1-associated acute lung injury in vitro and in vivo, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2016, 113(13): 3621-6.

Guan Y. and Zhu H., Development of the H7N9 influenza virus in China and risk assessment of the multiple genotypes., CEIRS 1st Annual Network Meeting & CEIRS Surveillance Meeting. 2015.

Guan Y. and Zhu H., Dissemination and development of the H7N9 influenza viruses in China , 11th National Virology Conference and the 6th Wuhan International Symposium on Modern Virology. 2015.

Guan Y. and Dorosten C., Editorial overview: Emerging viruses: Interspecies transmission, Current Opinion in Virology. 2016, 16: v-vi.

Guan Y. and Smith G.J., Genetic characterisation of H9N2 influenza viruses in southern China, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2016, 22(3 Suppl 4): 4-6.

HUANG P.Y., Lee C.C., Yip C.H., Cheung C.L., YU G., Lam T.Y., Smith D.K., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Genetic characterization of highly pathogenic H5 influenza viruses from poultry in Taiwan, 2015, Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 2016, 38: 96-100.

Khan A., Farooqui A., Guan Y. and Kelvin D.J., Lessons to learn from MERS-CoV outbreak in South Korea, The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries. 2015, 9(6): 543-6.

Lam T.Y., Zhu H., Chong Y.L., Holmes E.C. and Guan Y., Puzzling origins of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2014., Journal of Virology. 2015, 89(19): 10130-2.

Peiris J.S.M., Cowling B.J., Wu J.T.K., Feng L., Guan Y., Yu H. and Leung G.M., Interventions to reduce zoonotic and pandemic risks from avian influenza in Asia, The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2016, 16: 252-258.

Poon L.L.M., Song T., Rosenfeld R., Lin X., Rogers M.B., Zhou B., Sebra R., Halpin R.A., Guan Y., Twaddle A., DePasse J.V., Stockwell T.B., Wentworth D.E., Holmes E.C., Greenbaum B., Peiris J.S.M., Cowling B.J. and Ghedin E., Quantifying influenza virus diversity and transmission in humans, Nature Genetics. 2016, 48(2): 195-200.

Sabir J.S., Lam T.Y., Ahmed M.M., Li L., Shen Y., Abo-Aba S.E., Qureshi M.I., Abu-Zeid M., Zhang Y., Khiyami M.A., Alharbi N.S., Hajrah N.H., Sabir M.J., Mutwakil M.H., Kabli S.A., Alsulaimany F.A., Obaid A.Y., Zhou B., Smith D.K., Holmes E.C., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Co-circulation of three camel coronavirus species and recombination of MERS-CoVs in Saudi Arabia, Science. 2016, 351(6268): 81-4.

Shu Y., Guan Y., Yuan Z., Wang D., Zhu H., Zhou J., Gao R., Hu Y., Zhang X., Cao B., Wang Y., Gao G.F., Wu G., Jie Z. and Jiang T., First Prize, National Medical Science and Technology Award, 2015年中华医学科技奖一等奖, Chinese Medical Association (CMA). 中华医学会, 2015.

Wang J., Wu M., Hong W., Fan X., Chen R., Zheng Z., Zeng Y., Huang R., Zhang Y., Lam T.Y., Smith D.K., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Infectivity and Transmissibility of Avian H9N2 Influenza Viruses in Pigs, Journal of Virology. 2016, 90(7): 3506-14.

Wu C., Zhang L., Li P., Cai Q., Peng X., Yin K., Chen X., Ren H., Zhong S., Weng Y., Guan Y., Chen S., Wu J., Li J. and Lin T., Fragment-wise design of inhibitors to 3C proteinase from enterovirus 71, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 2016, 1860(6): 1299-307.

Zhang L., Huang G., Cai Q., Zhao C., Tang L., Ren H., Li P., Li N., Huang J., Chen X., Guan Y., You H., Chen S., Li J. and Lin T., Optimize the interactions at S4 with efficient inhibitors targeting 3C proteinase from enterovirus 71, Journal of Molecular Recognition. 2016, 29(11): 520-27.

Zhu H., Lam T.Y., Smith D.K. and Guan Y., Emergence and development of H7N9 influenza viruses in China, Current Opinion in Virology. 2016, 16: 106-13.

Zhu W., Li L., Yan Z., Gan T., Li L., Chen R., Chen R., Zheng Z., Hong W., Wang J., Smith D.K., Guan Y., Zhu H. and Shu Y., Dual E627K and D701N mutations in the PB2 protein of A(H7N9) influenza virus increased its virulence in mammalian models, Scientific Reports. 2015, 5: 14170.

Researcher : HUANG PY

List of Research Outputs

HUANG P.Y., Lee C.C., Yip C.H., Cheung C.L., YU G., Lam T.Y., Smith D.K., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Genetic characterization of highly pathogenic H5 influenza viruses from poultry in Taiwan, 2015, Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 2016, 38: 96-100.

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., Cross-sectional study on parental pro-drinking practices and adolescent alcohol drinking in Hong Kong, BMJ Open. 2016, 6: e009804.

HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Sociodemographic risk factors of alcohol drinking in Hong Kong adolescents, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2016, 70(4): 374-9.

Ho D.S.Y., AU W.M., Wang M.P., TIN S.P.P., HUANG R. and Lam T.H., A Hong Kong adolescent alcohol control programme using simple and innovative methods to reach adolescents and parents. (abstract & poster presentation), Health Promotion Symposium 2015, 20 November 2015, Hong Kong. 2015.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., HUANG R., Leung L.T. and Lam T.H., Alcohol drinking in Hong Kong adolescents, WHO Regional Forum on Protecting Young People from the Harmful Use of Alcohol, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China, 29 - 30 April 2016. 2016.

Researcher : He Y

List of Research Outputs

Jiang B., He Y., Zho 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 and counselling for smoking cessation in an observational cohort study in China, BMJ Open. 2016, 6(1):e009381.

Wu L., He Y., Jiang B., Zuo F., Liu Q.H., Zhang L., Zhou C.X., Liu M., Chen H.Y., Cheng K.K., Chan S.S.C. and Lam T.H., Effectiveness of additional follow-up telephone counseling in a smoking cessation clinic in Beijing and predictors of quitting among Chinese male smokers, BMC Public Health. 2016, 16(1): 63.

Yang S.S., Jin Y.L., He Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W. and Lam T.H., Childhood passive smoking exposure and age at menarche in Chinese women who had never smoked: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, PLoS One. 2015, 10(7): e0130429.

Researcher : Hedley AJ

List of Research Outputs

Wong C.M., Lai H.K., Tsang H., Thach T.Q., Thomas G.N., LAM K.B., Chan K.P., Yang L., Lau A.K., Ayres J.G., Lee S.Y., Chan W.M., Hedley A.J. and Lam T.H., Satellite-based estimates of long-term exposure to fine particles and association with mortality in elderly Hong Kong residents, Environmental Health Perspectives. 2015, 123(11): 1167-72.

Researcher : Ho CK

List of Research Outputs

Luk G.S., Leung C.Y.H., Sia S.F., Choy K.T., ZHOU J., Ho C.K., Cheung P.P.H., Lee E.F., Wai C.K., Li P.C., Ip S.M., Poon L.L.M., Lindsley W.G., Peiris J.S.M. and Yen H., Transmission of H7N9 influenza viruses with a polymorphism at PB2 residue 627 in chickens and ferrets, Journal of Virology. 2015, 89(19): 9939-51.

Researcher : Ho CYH

List of Research Outputs

Ho C.Y.H., Mui M., Wan N.T.A., Ng Y.L., Stewart S.M., Yew C., Lam T.H. and Chan S.S.C., Happy family kitchen II: A cluster randomized controlled trial of a community-based family intervention for enhancing family communication and well-being in Hong Kong, Frontiers in Psychology. Lausanne Switzerland, Frontiers, 2016, 7(638): 1-10.

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:	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

Project Title:	13th International Congress on Obesity; Obesity and underweight trends in Hong Kong primary school children
Investigator(s):	Ho DSY
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	05/2016
Completion Date:	05/2016

Project Title:	Sugar-sweetened beverage intake in Hong Kong primary school children: prevalence, risk factors and prospective effects on weight change
Investigator(s):	Ho DSY, Wang MP, Chen J, Lam TH
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2016

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., Cross-sectional study on parental pro-drinking practices and adolescent alcohol drinking in Hong Kong, BMJ Open. 2016, 6: e009804.

CHEN J., Ho D.S.Y., AU W.M., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Family smoking, exposure to secondhand smoke at home and family unhappiness in children, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2015, 12(11): 14557-70.

CHEN J., Ho D.S.Y., Leung L.T., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Flavoured e-cigarette use among Hong Kong adolescent ever e-cigarette users, The 8th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control 23-24 June 2016, Macau. 2016, p.126.

CHEN J., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Reactions to thirdhand smoke are associated with openness to smoking in young never smoking children, Journal of Community Health. 2016, 41: 461-467.

HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Sociodemographic risk factors of alcohol drinking in Hong Kong adolescents, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2016, 70(4): 374-9.

Ho D.S.Y., AU W.M., Wang M.P., TIN S.P.P., HUANG R. and Lam T.H., A Hong Kong adolescent alcohol control programme using simple and innovative methods to reach adolescents and parents. (abstract & poster presentation), Health Promotion Symposium 2015, 20 November 2015, Hong Kong. 2015.

Ho D.S.Y., RUAN R., Fong D.Y.T., Lee K.Y., Chung W.H. and Lam T.H., Obesity and underweight trends in Hong Kong primary school children, Obesity Review. 2016, 17: 121.

Ho D.S.Y., Obesity-related Epidemiological Studies in Hong Kong Children, The Third Oriental Congress of Pediatrics. 2015.

Ho D.S.Y., Leung L.T., CHEN J., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Peer influence on intention to use electronic cigarettes in Hong Kong adolescents, The 8th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control 23-24 June 2016, Macau. 2016, p.141.

Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lai H.K. and Lam T.H., Secondary school YouTube video competition for tobacco control. (abstract & poster presentation), Health Promotion Symposium 2015, 20 November 2015, Hong Kong.. 2015.

Ip P., Chan E.K.L., Chow C.B., Lam T.H., Ho D.S.Y., Wong W.H.S. and Wong M.F., An Internet-Based Intervention to Promote Alcohol-Related Attitudinal and Behavioral Change Among Adolescents: Protocol of a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial, JMIR Res Protoc.. 2016.

Jiang N., Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Leung L.T. and Lam T.H., Electronic cigarette use among adolescents: a cross-sectional study in Hong Kong, BMC Public Health. 2016, 16.

Jiang N., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Leung L.T. and Lam T.H., Waterpipe smoking among adolescents in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), SRNT 2016 Annual Meeting, March 2-5, 2016, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 2016.

Jiang N., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Leung L.T. and Lam T.H., Waterpipe smoking among secondary school students in Hong Kong, International Journal of Public Health. 2016, 61(4): 427-34.

LIN J., Jiang C., Ho D.S.Y., Zhang W., MAI Z., Xu L., Lo C.M.M. and Lam T.H., Smoking and nasopharyngeal carcinoma mortality: a cohort study of 101823 adults in Guangzhou, China, BMC Cancer. 2015, 15(1): 906.

Leung L.T., Ho D.S.Y., CHEN J., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Electronic cigarette use and smoking urges in never smoking Hong Kong adolescents (abstract & oral presentation), The 8th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control 23-24 June 2016, Macau. 2016, p.63.

Leung L.T., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Exposure to secondhand smoke from neighbours and respiratory symptoms in never-smoking adolescents in Hong Kong: a cross-sectional study, BMJ Open. 2015, 5: e008607.

MAI Z., Ho D.S.Y., Lo C.M.M., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Living with Smoker(s) was Associated with Lower Likelihood of Quitting: Hong Kong Lifestyle and Mortality Study (abstract & poster presentation), The 6th Hong Kong International Nursing Forum, 10-11 December. Hong Kong, 2015.

MAI Z., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Ho L.M. and Lam T.H., Living with smoker(s) was associated with lower odds of quitting: prospective evidence from the Hong Kong Population Health Survey (abstract & oral presentation), The 8th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control 23-24 June 2016, Macau. 2016, p.70.

MAI Z., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Mentioning smoking on death certificates: Health benefits of quitting in the Hong Kong mortality case-control study (Abstract and poster presentation), The IARC 50th Anniversary Conference, Lyon, France, 7-10 June 2016. Lyon, France, International Agency for Research on Cancer.

NCD Risk Factor Collaboration , Lam T.H., Ho D.S.Y. and Jiang C., Effects of diabetes definition on global surveillance of diabetes prevalence and diagnosis: A pooled analysis of 96 population-based studies with 331288 participants, Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. 2015, 3(8): 624-637.

NCD Risk Factor Collaboration , Lam T.H., Ho D.S.Y. and Jiang C., Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: A pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19·2 million participants, The Lancet. 2016, 387(10026): 1377-96.

NCD Risk Factor Collaboration , Lam T.H., Ho D.S.Y. and Jiang C., Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4·4 million participants, Lancet. 2016, 387(10027): 1513-30.

Suen Y.N., Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Kwong A.C.S., Lai V.W.Y. and Lam T.H., Prevalence and predictors of third hand smoke exposure in Hong Kong: findings from a territory-wide survey in 2014., The 8th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control 23-24 June 2016, Macau. Macau, 2016, p.161.

Vackova D., Lam T.H. and Ho D.S.Y., The College Prize for Poster Presentation at the 2015 Annual Scientific meeting (Hong Kong College of Community Medicine): Is the parenting style associated with low fruit and vegetable consumption in primary school children in Hong Kong? The Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific meeting, 19. September 2015, HKCCM. 2015.

Vackova D., Lam T.H. and Ho D.S.Y., The College Prize for Poster presentation: Vackova D, Prof Lam TH, Ho SY: Is the parenting style associated with low fruit and vegetable consumption in primary school children in Hong Kong? The Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific meeting, 19. September 2015, poster No P8, HKCCM. 2015.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., HUANG R., Leung L.T. and Lam T.H., Alcohol drinking in Hong Kong adolescents, WHO Regional Forum on Protecting Young People from the Harmful Use of Alcohol, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China, 29 - 30 April 2016. 2016.

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, 50: 124-7.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Leung L.T. and Lam T.H., Electronic cigarette use and respiratory symptoms in Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong, JAMA Pediatrics. 2016, 170(1): 89-91.

Wang M.P., WU Y., Ho L.M., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Factors Predicting Weight Change among Chinese Adults in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), The 6th Hong Kong International Nursing Forum, 10-11 December. Hong Kong, 2015.

Researcher : Ho LM

List of Research Outputs

CHEN Y., Seto W.K.W., Ho L.M., Fung J.Y.Y., Jim M.H., Yip W.K.G., Fan K.Y.Y., ZHEN Z., Liu J., Yuen R.M.F., Lau C.P., Tse H.F. and Yiu K.H., Relation of Tricuspid Regurgitation to Liver Stiffness Measured by Transient Elastography in Patients With Left-Sided Cardiac Valve Disease, The American Journal of Cardiology. 2016, 117(4): 640-646.

MAI Z., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Ho L.M. and Lam T.H., Living with smoker(s) was associated with lower odds of quitting: prospective evidence from the Hong Kong Population Health Survey (abstract & oral presentation), The 8th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control 23-24 June 2016, Macau. 2016, p.70.

Virlogeux V.M.L., Fang J., Wu J.T.K., Ho L.M., Peiris J.S.M., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Brief Report: Incubation Period Duration and Severity of Clinical Disease Following Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection, Epidemiology. 2015, 26(5): 666-9.

Wang M.P., WU Y., Ho L.M., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Factors Predicting Weight Change among Chinese Adults in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), The 6th Hong Kong International Nursing Forum, 10-11 December. Hong Kong, 2015.

Wong Y.T., Wu P., Lau E.H.Y., Tsang K.L., Fang J., Ho L.M. and Cowling B.J., Real-time estimation of the hospitalization fatality risk of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 in Hong Kong, Epidemiology and Infection. 2016, 144: 1579-1583.

Yeung W.F., Chung K.F., HO Y.Y.F. and Ho L.M., Predictors of dropout from internet-based self-help cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia, Behaviour Research and Therapy. 2015, 73: 19-24.

Researcher : Holm M

List of Research Outputs

Holm M., Leung Y.Y.J. and Johnston J.M., Developing and evaluating an interactive online concept map for Evidence Based Practice teaching in undergraduate medical education, 13th Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference (APMEC). Singapore: National University of Singapore, 13-16 January, 2016.

Luk Y., Ngai C., Chau S.S., Lam M.Y.A., Wong O.W. and Holm M., Clinicians' experience with and attitudes toward discussing advance directives with terminally Ill patients and their families in a Chinese community, Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2015, 18(9): 794-8.

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
Completion Date:	05/2016

Project Title:	Doris Zimmern HKU-Cambridge Hughes Hall Fellowships 2014-15 (Second Round)
Investigator(s):	Hui LL
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Doris Zimmern HKU-Cambridge Hughes Hall Fellowships
Start Date:	09/2014

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:	9th World Congress Developmental Origin of Health and Disease; Late prematurity and adiposity in adolescents: evidence from "Children of 1997" Birth Cohort
Investigator(s):	Hui LL
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	11/2015
Completion Date:	11/2015

Project Title:	Serum interleukin 6 and insulin resistance - a Mendelian randomization study
Investigator(s):	Hui LL, Schooling CM, Au Yeung SLR
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	04/2016

Project Title:	Cardiovascular disease risk factors in late adolescence of late preterm and early term births: a prospective observation from the "Children of 1997" birth cohort
Investigator(s):	Hui LL, Schooling CM
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	04/2016

List of Research Outputs

Hui L.L., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Social patterning in adiposity in adolescence: prospective observations from the chinese birth cohort ‘‘Children of 1997’’, PLoS One. 2016, 11: e0146198.

Hui L.L., Wong M.Y., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., The Association of Infant Growth Patterns with Adiposity in Adolescence: Prospective Observations from Hong Kong's 'Children of 1997' Birth Cohort, Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 2015, 29(4): 326-34.

Researcher : Hui PY

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
Completion Date:	09/2016

Project Title:	Role of focal adhesion kinase in influenza virus infection and potential therapeutic effects of its inhibitor in severe human influenza disease
Investigator(s):	Hui PY, Chan WY, Chan MCW, Nicholls JM
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	08/2015

List of Research Outputs

Chan M.C.W., Kuok I.T., Leung C.Y.H., Hui P.Y., Doak S.A., Lau E.H.Y., Nicholls J.M., Fang X., Guan Y., Lee J.W., Chan W.Y., Webster R.G., Matthay M.A. and Peiris J.S.M., Human mesenchymal stromal cells reduce influenza A H5N1-associated acute lung injury in vitro and in vivo, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2016, 113(13): 3621-6.

Hui P.Y., Li H.S., Cheung M.C., Chan W.Y., Yuen K.M., Mok K.P., Nicholls J.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Chan M.C.W., Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus delays apoptotic responses via activation of STAT3, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 28593.

Hui P.Y., Kuok I.T., Kang S.R., Li H.S., Ng M.M.T., Bui H.T., Peiris J.S.M., Chan W.Y. and Chan M.C.W., Modulation of sterol biosynthesis regulates viral replication and cytokine production in influenza A virus infected human alveolar epithelial cells, Antiviral Research. 2015, 119: 1-7.

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:	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
Completion Date:	03/2016

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

Project Title:	Effect of host genetic polymorphism on transmission of influenza virus infection in a household setting
Investigator(s):	Ip DKM, Cherny SS, Cowling BJ
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	09/2015

Project Title:	A Randomized Controlled Trial on the Effect of Fever Suppression by Antipyretics on Influenza
Investigator(s):	Ip DKM, Cowling BJ, Peiris JSM
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	03/2016

Project Title:	Development and evaluation of a smartphone apps-based school absenteeism reporting system for infectious disease surveillance among local schools in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Ip DKM, Cowling BJ, Lau EHY
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	04/2016

Project Title:	Fight the Flu: Health promotion in Primary Schools and Kindergartens in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Ip DKM, Cowling BJ, Tam YH, Lau EHY, Wong YT, So HC, Au CYJ
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health Care and Promotion Fund - Research Grant Projects
Start Date:	06/2016

List of Research Outputs

Bassig B.A., Au W.Y., Mang O., Ngan R., Morton L.M., Ip D.K.M., Hu W., Zheng T., Seow W.J., Xu J., Lan Q. and Rothman N., Subtype-specific incidence rates of lymphoid malignancies in Hong Kong compared to the United States, 2001-2010, Cancer Epidemiol. 2016, 42: 15-23.

Cheung D.H., TSANG K.L., Fang J., Xu J., Chan K.H., Ip D.K.M., Peiris J.S.M., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Association of Oseltamivir Treatment With Virus Shedding, Illness, and Household Transmission of Influenza Viruses, Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2015, 212(3): 391-6.

Freeman G., Perera R.A.P.M., Ngan E., Fang J., Cauchemez S.T., Ip D.K.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Quantifying homologous and heterologous antibody titre rises after influenza virus infection, Epidemiology and Infection. 2016, 144: 2306-2316.

Ip D.K.M., Lau E.H.Y., Tam Y.H., So H.C., Cowling B.J. and Kwok H.K.H., Acute respiratory infections associated productivity loss among healthcare workers in Hong Kong , 1st International Meeting on Respiratory Pathogens, Singapore, 2-4 September 2015.. 2015.

Ip D.K.M., Lau E.H.Y., Tam Y.H., So H.C., Cowling B.J. and Kwok H.K.H., Increases in absenteeism among health care workers in Hong Kong during influenza epidemics, 2004–2009, BMC Infectious Diseases. 2015, 15.

Ip D.K.M., Lau L.L., Chan K.H., Fang J., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., The dynamic relationship between clinical symptomatology and viral shedding In naturally acquired seasonal and pandemic influenza virus infections, Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2015, 62(4): 431-7.

Liu Y., Tam Y.H., Yuan J., Chen F., Cai W., Liu J., Ma X., Xie C., Zheng C., Zhuo L., Cao X., Tan H., Li B., Xie H., Liu Y. and Ip D.K.M., A Foodborne Outbreak of Gastroenteritis Caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Norovirus through Non-Seafood Vehicle, PLoS ONE. 2015, 10(9): e0137848.

TSANG K.L., Fang J., Perera R.A.P.M., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Cauchemez S.T. and Cowling B.J., Interpreting Seroepidemiologic Studies of Influenza in a Context of Nonbracketing Sera, Epidemiology. 2016, 27: 152-158.

Tam Y.H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Estimating Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Using the Test-Negative Design in Hong Kong, 1st International Meeting on Respiratory Pathogens, Singapore, 2-4 September 2015. ISIRV.

Tsang K.L., Fang J., Chan K.H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Cowling B.J. and Cauchemez S.T., Individual correlates of infectivity of influenza A Virus infections in households, PLoS One. 2016, 11: e0154418.

Tsang K.L., Cauchemez S.T., Fang J., Chan K.H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Individual correlates of infectivity of influenza virus infections in households, The Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Hong Kong, 19 September 2015.. 2015.

Tsang K.L., Cowling B.J., Fang J., Chan K.H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cauchemez S.T., Influenza A virus shedding and infectivity in households, Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2015, 212: 1420-1428.

Wei L., Chan K.H., Ip D.K.M., Fang J., Fung R.O.P., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Burden, seasonal pattern, and symptomatology of acute respiratory illnesses of different viral etiology in children presenting at outpatient clinics in Hong Kong. , Clinical Microbiology and Infection . 2015, 21(9): 861-6.

Wong Y.T., Kelly H., Cheung C.M., Shiu E.Y.C., Wu P., Ni M.Y., Ip D.K.M. and Cowling B.J., Hospitalization fatality risk of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09: a systematic review and meta-analysis., American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 182(4): 294-301.

Xu C., Chan K.H., Tsang K.L., Fang J., Fung R.O.P., Ip D.K.M., Cauchemez S.T., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Comparative epidemiology of influenza B Yamagata- and Victoria-lineage viruses in households, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 182: 705-713.

Xu C., Perera R.A.P.M., Chan K.H., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Ng S., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Effect of serum 25-hydroxyitamin Don influenza infection in Hong Kong, The Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Hong Kong, 19 September 2015.. 2015.

van der Vries E., Ip D.K.M., Cowling B.J., Zhang J.D., Tong X., Wojtowicz K., Schutten M. and Boucher C.A., Outcomes and Susceptibility to Neuraminidase Inhibitors in Individuals Infected with Different Influenza B Lineages: the Influenza Resistance Information Study., The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2016, 213 (2): 183-190.

Researcher : Ip KKK

List of Research Outputs

Yan S., Yip T.F., Li S., Ip K.K.K., Li P.H. and Lee M.Y., TLR10 Plays A Regulatory Role In Type I Interferon Responses Upon Polyinosinic:Polycytidylic Acid Activation, TOLL 2015: Targeting Innate Immunity, Marbella, Spain. 2015.

Researcher : Jaume MDA

List of Research Outputs

Yip M.S., LEUNG H.L., Li P.H., Cheung C.Y., Dutry I.C.A., Li D., Daëron M., Bruzzone R., Peiris J.S.M. and Jaume M.D.A., Antibody-dependent enhancement of SARS coronavirus infection and its role in the pathogenesis of SARS, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2016, 22(3 Suppl 4): 25-31.

Researcher : Jiang C

List of Research Outputs

Au Yeung S.L.R., Jiang C., LONG M., Cheng K.K., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Evaluation of moderate alcohol use with QT interval and heart rate using mendelian randomization analysis among older Southern Chinese men in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 182(4): 320-7.

Au Yeung S.L.R., Cheng K.K., Zhao J., Zhang W., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted 17beta-estradiol and cardiovascular risk factors in women: A Mendelian randomization analysis using young women in Hong Kong and older women in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Annals of Epidemiology. 2016, 26(3): 171-5.

Au Yeung S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted 17beta-estradiol, cognitive function and depressive symptoms in women: A Mendelian randomization in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Preventive Medicine. 2016, 88: 80-5.

Jiang C., Chan Y.H., Xu L., Jin Y.L., Zhu T., Zhang W., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Smoking and serum vitamin D in older Chinese people: Cross-sectional analysis based on the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, BMJ Open. 2016, 6(6): e010946.

LIN J., Jiang C., Ho D.S.Y., Zhang W., MAI Z., Xu L., Lo C.M.M. and Lam T.H., Smoking and nasopharyngeal carcinoma mortality: a cohort study of 101823 adults in Guangzhou, China, BMC Cancer. 2015, 15(1): 906.

NCD Risk Factor Collaboration , Lam T.H., Ho D.S.Y. and Jiang C., Effects of diabetes definition on global surveillance of diabetes prevalence and diagnosis: A pooled analysis of 96 population-based studies with 331288 participants, Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. 2015, 3(8): 624-637.

NCD Risk Factor Collaboration , Lam T.H., Ho D.S.Y. and Jiang C., Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: A pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19·2 million participants, The Lancet. 2016, 387(10026): 1377-96.

NCD Risk Factor Collaboration , Lam T.H., Ho D.S.Y. and Jiang C., Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4·4 million participants, Lancet. 2016, 387(10027): 1513-30.

Ni M.Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Gilman S.E., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Stress across the life course and depression in a rapidly developing population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2016, 31(6): 629-37.

Pan J., Xu L., Cai S.X., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhao H.J., Zhang W., Jin Y.L., Lin J.M., Thomas G.N. and Lam T.H., The association of pulmonary function with carotid atherosclerosis in older Chinese: Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study-CVD Subcohort, Atherosclerosis. 2015, 243(2): 469-76.

SUN Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Fruit and vegetable consumption and cardiovascular risk factors in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, PLoS One. 2015, 10(8): e0135380.

SUN Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Nut consumption and cardiovascular risk in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, PLoS One. 2015, 10(9): e0137178.

Xu L., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Alcohol use and gamma-glutamyltransferase using a mendelian randomization design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, PLoS One. 2015, 10(9): e0137790.

Xu L., Jiang C., Schooling C.M., Zhang W., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Liver enzymes and incident diabetes in China: A prospective analysis of 10 764 participants in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2015, 69(11): 1040-4.

Yang S.S., Jin Y.L., He Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W. and Lam T.H., Childhood passive smoking exposure and age at menarche in Chinese women who had never smoked: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, PLoS One. 2015, 10(7): e0130429.

ZHAO J., Lam T.H., Jiang C., Cherny S.S., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., A Mendelian randomization study of testosterone and cognition in men, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 21306.

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 Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	01/2015
Completion Date:	10/2016

Project Title:	The 22nd annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT); ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE AWARENESS AND USE AMONG CHINESE ADULTS IN HONG KONG/WATERPIPE SMOKING AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN HONG KONG /SMOKEFREE LAWS AND HAZARDOUS DRINKING: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY AMONG US ADULTS
Investigator(s):	Jiang N
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	03/2016
Completion Date:	03/2016

Project Title:	Research Study on Perceptions of E-cigarettes and Waterpipe among Young Adults in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Jiang N, Lam TH, Ho DSY, Wang MP
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health - General Award
Start Date:	06/2016

Project Title:	Perceptions about electronic cigarettes and waterpipe among young adults in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Jiang N, Lam TH, Wang MP, Ho DSY
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2016
Completion Date:	10/2016

List of Research Outputs

Jiang N., Cortese D.K., Lewis M.J. and Ling P.M., Booze and butts: A content analysis of the presence of alcohol in tobacco industry lifestyle magazines, Addictive Behaviors Reports. 2016, 3: 14-20.

Jiang N., Chen J., Wang M.P., McGhee S., Kwong A., Lai V. and Lam T.H., Electronic cigarette awareness and use among Chinese adults in Hong Kong (abstract & oral presentation), SRNT 2016 Annual Meeting, March 2-5, 2016, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 2016.

Jiang N., Chen J., Wang M.P., McGhee S., Kwong A.C.S., Lai V.W.Y. and Lam T.H., Electronic cigarette awareness and use among adults in Hong Kong, Addictive Behaviors. 2016, 52: 34-38.

Jiang N., Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Leung L.T. and Lam T.H., Electronic cigarette use among adolescents: a cross-sectional study in Hong Kong, BMC Public Health. 2016, 16.

Jiang N., Gonzalez M., Ling P., Young-Wolff K. and Glantz S., Smokefree laws and hazardous drinking: A cross-sectional study among U.S. adults (abstract & poster presentation), SRNT 2016 Annual Meeting, March 2-5, 2016, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 2016.

Jiang N., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Leung L.T. and Lam T.H., Waterpipe smoking among adolescents in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), SRNT 2016 Annual Meeting, March 2-5, 2016, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 2016.

Jiang N., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Leung L.T. and Lam T.H., Waterpipe smoking among secondary school students in Hong Kong, International Journal of Public Health. 2016, 61(4): 427-34.

Lam T.H. and Jiang N., Electronic cigarettes: a major controversy in public health, Inhalation Asia 2015: Pulmonary And Intranasal Drug Delivery Conference. 2015.

Wang M.P., Li W.H.C., Jiang N., Chu L.Y., Kwong A., Lai V. and Lam T.H., E-cigarette awareness, perceptions and use among community-recruited smokers in Hong Kong, PLoS One. 2015, 10(10): e0141683.

Researcher : Johnston JM

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

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

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

Project Title:	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., ZHANG J., Sit C.H.P., Johnston J.M., Cheung M.M.C. and Lee R.S.Y., Associations between the neighbourhood environment characteristics and physical activity in older adults with specific types of chronic conditions: The ALECS cross-sectional study, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 2016, 13(1): 53.

Cerin E., Sit C.H.P., ZHANG J., Barnett A., Cheung M.M.C., Lai P.C., Johnston J.M. and Lee R.S.Y., Neighbourhood environment, physical activity, quality of life and depressive symptoms in Hong Kong older adults: A protocol for an observational study, BMJ Open. 2016, 6(1): e010384.

Holm M., Leung Y.Y.J. and Johnston J.M., Developing and evaluating an interactive online concept map for Evidence Based Practice teaching in undergraduate medical education, 13th Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference (APMEC). Singapore: National University of Singapore, 13-16 January, 2016.

Kavikondala S., Stewart S.M., Ni M.Y., Chan B.H.Y., Lee H., Li K.K., McDowell I.W., Johnston J.M., Chan S.S.C., Lam T.H., Lam W.W.T., Fielding R. and Leung G.M., Structure and Validity of Family Harmony Scale: An Instrument for Measuring Harmony, Psychological Assessment. 2016, 28(3): 307-318.

Ng V.H.L., Mak C.M. and Johnston J.M., Cost-effectiveness analysis of newborn screening for organic acidemias in Hong Kong, SM Journal of Clinical Pathology. 2016, 1(1): 1001.

Quan J., Pang H.M.H., Wong O.L., Johnston J.M. and Leung G.M., Diabetes Incidence And Prevalence In Hong Kong During 2007-13, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scienfitic Meeting . 2015.

Quan J., Johnston J.M., Leung G.M., Zhang H.Y., Jian W.Y., Fang H., Pang D., Zheng Y.L., Tan K.B., Chen B., Iizuka T. and Eggleston K., Net Value from Improved Chronic Disease Management to Avoid Hospitalizations: Evidence from Diabetes in Japan, Beijing, Hong Kong, and Singapore, “The Economics of Ageing & Health” as part of the “Next World Program”. Shanghai, The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2016.

Quan J., Wong O.L., Johnston J.M. and Leung G.M., Valuing diabetes care in Hong Kong implications for developing health services in mainland China (abstract and oral presentation), 11th World Congress in Health Economics, 12-15 July 2015, Milan. Milan, International Health Economics Association, 2015.

Vackova D., Johnston J.M. and Lam T.H., Evaluation of effectiveness of training programme on health related research for medical students, 17th Ottawa Conference and the ANZAHPE 2016 Conference 19-23 March 2016 at the Perth. 2016.

Researcher : Kang SR

List of Research Outputs

Hui P.Y., Kuok I.T., Kang S.R., Li H.S., Ng M.M.T., Bui H.T., Peiris J.S.M., Chan W.Y. and Chan M.C.W., Modulation of sterol biosynthesis regulates viral replication and cytokine production in influenza A virus infected human alveolar epithelial cells, Antiviral Research. 2015, 119: 1-7.

Researcher : Kavikondala S

List of Research Outputs

Kavikondala S., Stewart S.M., Ni M.Y., Chan B.H.Y., Lee H., Li K.K., McDowell I.W., Johnston J.M., Chan S.S.C., Lam T.H., Lam W.W.T., Fielding R. and Leung G.M., Structure and Validity of Family Harmony Scale: An Instrument for Measuring Harmony, Psychological Assessment. 2016, 28(3): 307-318.

Researcher : Kien FS

List of Research Outputs

Kien F.S., MA H., Bruzzone R., Poon L.M.L. and Nal B., Definition of the cellular interactome of the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus: identification of human cellular regulators of viral entry, assembly, and egress, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2016, 22(Suppl 4): S10-2.

Researcher : Kuok IT

List of Research Outputs

Chan M.C.W., Kuok I.T., Leung C.Y.H., Hui P.Y., Doak S.A., Lau E.H.Y., Nicholls J.M., Fang X., Guan Y., Lee J.W., Chan W.Y., Webster R.G., Matthay M.A. and Peiris J.S.M., Human mesenchymal stromal cells reduce influenza A H5N1-associated acute lung injury in vitro and in vivo, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2016, 113(13): 3621-6.

Hui P.Y., Kuok I.T., Kang S.R., Li H.S., Ng M.M.T., Bui H.T., Peiris J.S.M., Chan W.Y. and Chan M.C.W., Modulation of sterol biosynthesis regulates viral replication and cytokine production in influenza A virus infected human alveolar epithelial cells, Antiviral Research. 2015, 119: 1-7.

Researcher : Kwok HKH

List of Research Outputs

Ip D.K.M., Lau E.H.Y., Tam Y.H., So H.C., Cowling B.J. and Kwok H.K.H., Acute respiratory infections associated productivity loss among healthcare workers in Hong Kong , 1st International Meeting on Respiratory Pathogens, Singapore, 2-4 September 2015.. 2015.

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., Davoudi B., Riley S. and Pourbohloul B., Early real time estimation of the basic reproductive number of emerging or reemerging infectious diseases in a contact heterogeneity community: Using data of Hong Kong 2009 H1N1 Pandemic Influenza as an illustrative example, PLos One. 2015, 10: e0137959.

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 SC
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	01/2014
Completion Date:	08/2016

Project Title:	Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and metabolomic profile in adolescence
Investigator(s):	Kwok MK, Schooling CM
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	05/2016

Project Title:	2016 Epidemiology Congress of the Americas meeting; Pathways from parental educational attainment to adolescent blood pressure: evidence from 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:	06/2016
Completion Date:	06/2016

List of Research Outputs

Kwok M.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Associations of birth order with early adolescent growth, pubertal onset, blood pressure and size: Evidence from Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort, PLOS ONE. 2016, 11: e0153787.

Kwok M.K., Au Yeung S.L.R., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Birth weight and adult cardiovascular risk factors using multiple birth status as an instrumental variable in the 1958 British Birth Cohort, Preventive Medicine. 2016, 84: 69-75.

Leung Y.Y.J., Kwok M.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Breastfeeding and childhood hospitalizations for asthma and other wheezing disorders, Annals of Epidemiology. 2016, 26: 21-27.e3.

Researcher : LAI TC

List of Research Outputs

LAI T.C., Au Yeung S.L.R., Lin S.C., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Brief Report: Maternal age of menarche and adiposity: Evidence from Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" birth cohort, Epidemiology. 2016, 27: 433-437.

Researcher : LAI YKA

List of Research Outputs

LAI Y.K.A., Mui M., Wan N.T.A., Stewart S.M., Lam T.H. and Chan S.S.C., Development and Model-based evaluation of a Train-the-trainer Workshop for the Large Preventive Positive Psychology Happy Family Kitchen Project in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), The 6th Hong Kong International Nursing Forum, 10-11 December. Hong Kong, 2015.

Lai Y.K.A., Mui M.W.M., Wan N.T.A., Stewart S.M., Lam T.H. and Chan S.S.C., A practical example for development and model-based evaluation on a train-the-trainer workshop for the large preventive positive psychology Happy Family Kitchen Project in Hong Kong , The 6th Hong Kong International Nursing Forum . 2015.

Lai Y.K.A., Mui M.W., Wan N.T.A., Stewart S.M., Yew C., Lam T.H. and Chan S.S.C., Development and two-year follow-up evaluation of a training workshop for the large preventive positive psychology happy family kitchen project in Hong Kong, PLoS One. 2016, 11(1): e0147712.

Lai Y.K.A., Does Motivational Education improve CPAP adherence? , Hong Kong Sleep Society Annual Meeting 2015 . 2015.

Lai Y.K.A., Key Steps for Reinforrcing CPAP Compliance and Adherence , Hong Kong Society of Sleep Medicine Workshop 2016 . 2016.

Lai Y.K.A., Lam T.H., Wan N.T.A. and Chan S.S.C., Training workshop for applying Logic Model Framework in design, implementation and evaluation of community-based family intervention in Happy Family Kitchen Project in Hong Kong . , 37th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2016.

Lam T.H., Lai Y.K.A., Wan N.T.A. and Chu T.W.J., Poster Competition 2nd Prize: "Zero time exercise - a new approach to promote activity - a pilot study under HK Jockey Club Family Project", Faculty of Public Health Conference, UK. United Kingdom, UK Faculty of Public Health, 2016.

Lam T.H., Lai Y.K.A. and Wan N.T.A., Zero-time exercise, a new approach to promote physical activity: a pilot study under Hong Kong Jockey Club FAMILY Project, FPH Annual Conference and Public Health Exhibition 2016.

Researcher : LEUNG HL

List of Research Outputs

Yip M.S., LEUNG H.L., Li P.H., Cheung C.Y., Dutry I.C.A., Li D., Daëron M., Bruzzone R., Peiris J.S.M. and Jaume M.D.A., Antibody-dependent enhancement of SARS coronavirus infection and its role in the pathogenesis of SARS, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2016, 22(3 Suppl 4): 25-31.

Researcher : LEUNG LT

List of Research Outputs

CHEN J., Ho D.S.Y., Leung L.T., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Flavoured e-cigarette use among Hong Kong adolescent ever e-cigarette users, The 8th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control 23-24 June 2016, Macau. 2016, p.126.

Ho D.S.Y., Leung L.T., CHEN J., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Peer influence on intention to use electronic cigarettes in Hong Kong adolescents, The 8th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control 23-24 June 2016, Macau. 2016, p.141.

Jiang N., Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Leung L.T. and Lam T.H., Electronic cigarette use among adolescents: a cross-sectional study in Hong Kong, BMC Public Health. 2016, 16.

Jiang N., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Leung L.T. and Lam T.H., Waterpipe smoking among adolescents in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), SRNT 2016 Annual Meeting, March 2-5, 2016, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 2016.

Jiang N., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Leung L.T. and Lam T.H., Waterpipe smoking among secondary school students in Hong Kong, International Journal of Public Health. 2016, 61(4): 427-34.

Leung L.T., Ho D.S.Y., CHEN J., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Electronic cigarette use and smoking urges in never smoking Hong Kong adolescents (abstract & oral presentation), The 8th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control 23-24 June 2016, Macau. 2016, p.63.

Leung L.T., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Exposure to secondhand smoke from neighbours and respiratory symptoms in never-smoking adolescents in Hong Kong: a cross-sectional study, BMJ Open. 2015, 5: e008607.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., HUANG R., Leung L.T. and Lam T.H., Alcohol drinking in Hong Kong adolescents, WHO Regional Forum on Protecting Young People from the Harmful Use of Alcohol, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China, 29 - 30 April 2016. 2016.

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, 50: 124-7.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Leung L.T. and Lam T.H., Electronic cigarette use and respiratory symptoms in Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong, JAMA Pediatrics. 2016, 170(1): 89-91.

Researcher : LEUNG SM

List of Research Outputs

Wu J.T.K., Jit M., Zheng Y., Leung S.M., Xing W., Yang J., Liao Q., Cowling B.J., YANG B., Lau E.H.Y., Takahashi S., Farrar J.J., Grenfell B.T., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Correction: Routine pediatric enterovirus 71 vaccination in China: a cost-effectiveness analysis, PLoS Medicine. 2016, 13: e1002013.

Wu J.T.K., Jit M., Zheng Y., LEUNG S.M., Xing W., Yang J., Liao Q., Cowling B.J., YANG B., Lau E.H.Y., Takahashi S., Farrar J.J., Grenfell B.T., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Routine pediatric enterovirus 71 vaccination in China: a cost-effectiveness analysis, PLoS Medicine. 2016, 13(3): e1001975.

Yang J., Jit M., LEUNG S.M., Zheng Y.M., Feng L.Z., Wang L.P., Lau E.H.Y., Wu J.T.K. and Yu H.J., The economic burden of influenza-associated outpatient visits and hospitalizations in China: a retrospective survey, Infectious Diseases of Poverty. 2015, 4.

Researcher : LI J

List of Research Outputs

Huang Q., LI J., Sun Y., Wang R., Cheng X. and Chen H., Efficacy of EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors in the adjuvant treatment for operable Non-small cell lung cancer by a meta-analysis, Chest. 2016, 149(6): 1384-92.

Researcher : LIN J

List of Research Outputs

LIN J., Jiang C., Ho D.S.Y., Zhang W., MAI Z., Xu L., Lo C.M.M. and Lam T.H., Smoking and nasopharyngeal carcinoma mortality: a cohort study of 101823 adults in Guangzhou, China, BMC Cancer. 2015, 15(1): 906.

Researcher : LONG M

List of Research Outputs

Au Yeung S.L.R., Jiang C., LONG M., Cheng K.K., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Evaluation of moderate alcohol use with QT interval and heart rate using mendelian randomization analysis among older Southern Chinese men in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 182(4): 320-7.

Researcher : LUK SMG

List of Research Outputs

LUK S.M.G., Yen H. and Peiris J.S.M., Supervisor of MPhil student: Luk So Mui Geraldine; thesis title: “Transmission an dTissue Distribution of H7N9 Viruses in Chickens, The University of Hong Kong.. 2015.

Researcher : Lai HK

List of Research Outputs

Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lai H.K. and Lam T.H., Secondary school YouTube video competition for tobacco control. (abstract & poster presentation), Health Promotion Symposium 2015, 20 November 2015, Hong Kong.. 2015.

Wong C.M., Tsang H., Lai H.K., Thomas G.N., Lam H.K.B., Chan K.P., ZHENG Q., Ayres J.G., Lee R.S.Y., Lam T.H. and Thach T.Q., Cancer mortality risks from long-term exposure to ambient fine particle, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 2016, 25(5): 839-45.

Wong C.M., Tsang H., Lai H.K., Thach T.Q., Thomas G.N., Chan K.P., Lee S.Y., Ayres J.G., Lam T.H. and Leung W.K., STROBE-long-term exposure to ambient fine particulate air pollution and hospitalization due to peptic ulcers, Medicine (Baltimore). 2016, 95(18): e3543.

Wong C.M., Lai H.K., Tsang H., Thach T.Q., Thomas G.N., LAM K.B., Chan K.P., Yang L., Lau A.K., Ayres J.G., Lee S.Y., Chan W.M., Hedley A.J. and Lam T.H., Satellite-based estimates of long-term exposure to fine particles and association with mortality in elderly Hong Kong residents, Environmental Health Perspectives. 2015, 123(11): 1167-72.

Researcher : Lai YKA

List of Research Outputs

Lai Y.K.A., Does Motivational Education improve CPAP adherence? , Hong Kong Sleep Society Annual Meeting 2015 . 2015.

Lai Y.K.A., Key Steps for Reinforrcing CPAP Compliance and Adherence , Hong Kong Society of Sleep Medicine Workshop 2016 . 2016.

Researcher : Lam HKB

List of Research Outputs

Wong C.M., Tsang H., Lai H.K., Thomas G.N., Lam H.K.B., Chan K.P., ZHENG Q., Ayres J.G., Lee R.S.Y., Lam T.H. and Thach T.Q., Cancer mortality risks from long-term exposure to ambient fine particle, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 2016, 25(5): 839-45.

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:	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:	Efficacy of a short-bout handgrip exercise intervention for smoking cessation: a pilot randomized controlled trial
Investigator(s):	Lam TH, Cheung YTD, Wang MP, Li WHC
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Community Services
Start Date:	05/2016

Project Title:	FPH Annual Conference and Public Health Exhibition 2016 "Public health in a cold climate: Melting hearts and minds with evidence"; Zero-time exercises (ZTEx), a new approach to promote physical activity and mental health: a pilot study under Hong Kong Jockey Club FAMILY project
Investigator(s):	Lam TH
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	06/2016
Completion Date:	06/2016

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., Cross-sectional study on parental pro-drinking practices and adolescent alcohol drinking in Hong Kong, BMJ Open. 2016, 6: e009804.

Au Yeung S.L.R., Jiang C., LONG M., Cheng K.K., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Evaluation of moderate alcohol use with QT interval and heart rate using mendelian randomization analysis among older Southern Chinese men in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 182(4): 320-7.

Au Yeung S.L.R., Cheng K.K., Zhao J., Zhang W., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted 17beta-estradiol and cardiovascular risk factors in women: A Mendelian randomization analysis using young women in Hong Kong and older women in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Annals of Epidemiology. 2016, 26(3): 171-5.

Au Yeung S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted 17beta-estradiol, cognitive function and depressive symptoms in women: A Mendelian randomization in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Preventive Medicine. 2016, 88: 80-5.

CHEN J., Ho D.S.Y., AU W.M., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Family smoking, exposure to secondhand smoke at home and family unhappiness in children, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2015, 12(11): 14557-70.

CHEN J., Ho D.S.Y., Leung L.T., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Flavoured e-cigarette use among Hong Kong adolescent ever e-cigarette users, The 8th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control 23-24 June 2016, Macau. 2016, p.126.

CHEN J., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Reactions to thirdhand smoke are associated with openness to smoking in young never smoking children, Journal of Community Health. 2016, 41: 461-467.

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 C.N., Leung D.Y.P. and Lam T.H., Misconceptions about smoking in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a qualitative analysis, Journal of Clinical Nursing. 2015, 24(17-18): 2545-2553.

Chen J., Wang M.P., Wang X., Viswanath K., Lam T.H. and Chan S.S.C., Secondhand smoke exposure (SHS) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in Chinese never smokers in Hong Kong, BMJ Open. 2015, 5: e007694.

Cheung K.C., Cheung Y.T.D., Wang M.P., Li W.H.C. and Lam T.H., Promotion and Brief Intervention of Smoking Cessation at the Smoking Hotspots (abstract & poster presentation), The 6th Hong Kong International Nursing Forum, 10-11 December. Hong Kong, 2015.

Cheung T.Y., Li W.H.C., Lam T.H. and Chan S.S.C., Brief intervention to promote smoking cessation and improve glycemic control in smokers with type 2 diabetes: a randomized controlled trial, The 8th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control 23-24 June 2016, Macau. 2016, p.125.

Cheung Y.T.D., Li W.H.C., Wang M.P., Lam O.B.C., Kwong A., Lai V., Chan S.S.C. and Lam T.H., Best Poster Award, Incentive-Based Smoking Cessation via Quit to Win Contest (2009) in Hong Kong, The 6th Hong Kong International Nursing Forum, 10-11 December. Hong Kong, 2015.

Cheung Y.T.D., Wang M.P., Chan S.S.C. and Lam T.H., Helping smoking fathers with an infant to quit: The family-based intervention impact on marital satisfaction and partner support to quit (abstract & poster presentation), SRNT 2016 Annual Meeting, March 2-5, 2016, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 2016.

Cheung Y.T.D., Li W.H.C., Wang M.P., Lam O.B.C., Kwong A., Lai V., Chan S.S.C. and Lam T.H., Incentive-Based Smoking Cessation via Quit to Win Contest (2009) in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), The 6th Hong Kong International Nursing Forum, 10-11 December. Hong Kong, 2015.

Cheung Y.T.D., Chan C.H.H., Lai C.K.J., Chan W.F., Wang M.P., Li W.H.C., Chan S.S.C. and Lam T.H., Using WhatsApp and Facebook online social groups for smoking relapse prevention for recent quitters: a pilot pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial, Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2015, 17(10):e238.

Cheung Y.T.D., Chan C.H.H., Lai C.K.J., Chan W.F., Wang M.P., Li W.H.C., Chan S.S.C. and Lam T.H., Using WhatsApp and Facebook social groups for smoking relapse prevention: A pilot pragmatic randomized controlled trial (abstract & oral presentation), SRNT 2016 Annual Meeting, March 2-5, 2016, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 2016.

HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Sociodemographic risk factors of alcohol drinking in Hong Kong adolescents, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2016, 70(4): 374-9.

Hirakawa Y., Lam T.H., Welborn T., Kim H.C., Ho S., Fang X.H., Ueshima H., Suh I., Giles G. and Woodward M., The impact of body mass index on the associations of lipids with the risk of coronary heart disease in the Asia Pacific region, Preventive Medicine Reports. 2016, 3: 79-82.

Ho C.Y.H., Mui M., Wan N.T.A., Ng Y.L., Stewart S.M., Yew C., Lam T.H. and Chan S.S.C., Happy family kitchen II: A cluster randomized controlled trial of a community-based family intervention for enhancing family communication and well-being in Hong Kong, Frontiers in Psychology. Lausanne Switzerland, Frontiers, 2016, 7(638): 1-10.

Ho D.S.Y., AU W.M., Wang M.P., TIN S.P.P., HUANG R. and Lam T.H., A Hong Kong adolescent alcohol control programme using simple and innovative methods to reach adolescents and parents. (abstract & poster presentation), Health Promotion Symposium 2015, 20 November 2015, Hong Kong. 2015.

Ho D.S.Y., RUAN R., Fong D.Y.T., Lee K.Y., Chung W.H. and Lam T.H., Obesity and underweight trends in Hong Kong primary school children, Obesity Review. 2016, 17: 121.

Ho D.S.Y., Leung L.T., CHEN J., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Peer influence on intention to use electronic cigarettes in Hong Kong adolescents, The 8th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control 23-24 June 2016, Macau. 2016, p.141.

Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lai H.K. and Lam T.H., Secondary school YouTube video competition for tobacco control. (abstract & poster presentation), Health Promotion Symposium 2015, 20 November 2015, Hong Kong.. 2015.

Jiang B., He Y., Zho 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 and counselling for smoking cessation in an observational cohort study in China, BMJ Open. 2016, 6(1):e009381.

Jiang C., Chan Y.H., Xu L., Jin Y.L., Zhu T., Zhang W., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Smoking and serum vitamin D in older Chinese people: Cross-sectional analysis based on the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, BMJ Open. 2016, 6(6): e010946.

Jiang N., Chen J., Wang M.P., McGhee S., Kwong A., Lai V. and Lam T.H., Electronic cigarette awareness and use among Chinese adults in Hong Kong (abstract & oral presentation), SRNT 2016 Annual Meeting, March 2-5, 2016, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 2016.

Jiang N., Chen J., Wang M.P., McGhee S., Kwong A.C.S., Lai V.W.Y. and Lam T.H., Electronic cigarette awareness and use among adults in Hong Kong, Addictive Behaviors. 2016, 52: 34-38.

Jiang N., Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Leung L.T. and Lam T.H., Electronic cigarette use among adolescents: a cross-sectional study in Hong Kong, BMC Public Health. 2016, 16.

Jiang N., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Leung L.T. and Lam T.H., Waterpipe smoking among adolescents in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), SRNT 2016 Annual Meeting, March 2-5, 2016, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 2016.

Jiang N., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Leung L.T. and Lam T.H., Waterpipe smoking among secondary school students in Hong Kong, International Journal of Public Health. 2016, 61(4): 427-34.

Kavikondala S., Stewart S.M., Ni M.Y., Chan B.H.Y., Lee H., Li K.K., McDowell I.W., Johnston J.M., Chan S.S.C., Lam T.H., Lam W.W.T., Fielding R. and Leung G.M., Structure and Validity of Family Harmony Scale: An Instrument for Measuring Harmony, Psychological Assessment. 2016, 28(3): 307-318.

Kwan S.K.J., Xu L., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W.S., Cheung K.K. and Lam T.H., Depressive symptoms predict memory decline over subsequent 4 years: longitudinal analysis of the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, 11th International Symposium on Healthy Aging "Science and Aging: An Era of Discovery". 2016.

LAI Y.K.A., Mui M., Wan N.T.A., Stewart S.M., Lam T.H. and Chan S.S.C., Development and Model-based evaluation of a Train-the-trainer Workshop for the Large Preventive Positive Psychology Happy Family Kitchen Project in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), The 6th Hong Kong International Nursing Forum, 10-11 December. Hong Kong, 2015.

LIN J., Jiang C., Ho D.S.Y., Zhang W., MAI Z., Xu L., Lo C.M.M. and Lam T.H., Smoking and nasopharyngeal carcinoma mortality: a cohort study of 101823 adults in Guangzhou, China, BMC Cancer. 2015, 15(1): 906.

Lai Y.K.A., Mui M.W.M., Wan N.T.A., Stewart S.M., Lam T.H. and Chan S.S.C., A practical example for development and model-based evaluation on a train-the-trainer workshop for the large preventive positive psychology Happy Family Kitchen Project in Hong Kong , The 6th Hong Kong International Nursing Forum . 2015.

Lai Y.K.A., Mui M.W., Wan N.T.A., Stewart S.M., Yew C., Lam T.H. and Chan S.S.C., Development and two-year follow-up evaluation of a training workshop for the large preventive positive psychology happy family kitchen project in Hong Kong, PLoS One. 2016, 11(1): e0147712.

Lai Y.K.A., Lam T.H., Wan N.T.A. and Chan S.S.C., Training workshop for applying Logic Model Framework in design, implementation and evaluation of community-based family intervention in Happy Family Kitchen Project in Hong Kong . , 37th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2016.

Lam T.H. and Jiang N., Electronic cigarettes: a major controversy in public health, Inhalation Asia 2015: Pulmonary And Intranasal Drug Delivery Conference. 2015.

Lam T.H., Lai Y.K.A., Wan N.T.A. and Chu T.W.J., Poster Competition 2nd Prize: "Zero time exercise - a new approach to promote activity - a pilot study under HK Jockey Club Family Project", Faculty of Public Health Conference, UK. United Kingdom, UK Faculty of Public Health, 2016.

Lam T.H., Chan B.H.Y., Yuan Y. and Ni M.Y., Smoking and family harmony among Chinese in a general population: evidence from the family cohort (abstract & poster presentation), SRNT 2016 Annual Meeting, March 2-5, 2016, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 2016.

Lam T.H. and Xu L., Smoking kills up to two in every three smokers, The 8th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control 23-24 June 2016, Macau. 2016, p.43-44.

Lam T.H., Lai Y.K.A. and Wan N.T.A., Zero-time exercise, a new approach to promote physical activity: a pilot study under Hong Kong Jockey Club FAMILY Project, FPH Annual Conference and Public Health Exhibition 2016.

Lam T.H., 香港卫生医疗服务, HKU SPACE Institute for China Business Summer Training Programme, 21 July 2015, Hong Kong. Hong Kong, HKU SPACE, 2015.

Lau O.S., Suen Y.N., Wang M.P., Li W.H.C., Chan W.F., Chan S.S.C. and Lam T.H., Evaluating a workplace smoking cessation programme in Hong Kong (abstract & oral presentation), The 8th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control 23-24 June 2016, Macau. 2016, p.61.

Leung D.Y.P., Chan S.S.C., Chan V. and Lam T.H., Hardcore smoking after comprehensive smoke-free legislation and health warnings on cigarette packets in Hong Kong, Public Health. 2016, 132: 50-56.

Leung L.T., Ho D.S.Y., CHEN J., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Electronic cigarette use and smoking urges in never smoking Hong Kong adolescents (abstract & oral presentation), The 8th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control 23-24 June 2016, Macau. 2016, p.63.

Leung L.T., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Exposure to secondhand smoke from neighbours and respiratory symptoms in never-smoking adolescents in Hong Kong: a cross-sectional study, BMJ Open. 2015, 5: e008607.

Li W.H.C., Chan S.S.C., Wan S.F., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., An evaluation study of a gender-specific smoking cessation program to help Hong Kong Chinese women quit smoking, BMC Public Health. 2015, 15:986.

Li W.H.C., Chan S.S.C., Chan W.F., Lam O.B.C., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., HKU Women Smoking Cessation Hotline - Smoker Characteristics and Quit Rate (abstract & poster presentation), The 6th Hong Kong International Nursing Forum, 10-11 December. Hong Kong, 2015.

Li W.H.C., Chan S.S.C. and Lam T.H., The Quitline Service in Helping Youth Quit Smoking in Hong Kong: A Ten Year Experience (abstract & oral presentation), The 6th Hong Kong International Nursing Forum, 10-11 December. Hong Kong, 2015.

MAI Z., Ho D.S.Y., Lo C.M.M., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Living with Smoker(s) was Associated with Lower Likelihood of Quitting: Hong Kong Lifestyle and Mortality Study (abstract & poster presentation), The 6th Hong Kong International Nursing Forum, 10-11 December. Hong Kong, 2015.

MAI Z., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Ho L.M. and Lam T.H., Living with smoker(s) was associated with lower odds of quitting: prospective evidence from the Hong Kong Population Health Survey (abstract & oral presentation), The 8th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control 23-24 June 2016, Macau. 2016, p.70.

MAI Z., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Mentioning smoking on death certificates: Health benefits of quitting in the Hong Kong mortality case-control study (Abstract and poster presentation), The IARC 50th Anniversary Conference, Lyon, France, 7-10 June 2016. Lyon, France, International Agency for Research on Cancer.

MAI Z., Lo C.M.M., Xu J., Chan K.P., Wong C.M., Lung M.L. and Lam T.H., Milk consumption in relation to incidence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in 48 countries/regions, BMC Cancer. 2015, 15(1): 994.

NCD Risk Factor Collaboration , Lam T.H., Ho D.S.Y. and Jiang C., Effects of diabetes definition on global surveillance of diabetes prevalence and diagnosis: A pooled analysis of 96 population-based studies with 331288 participants, Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. 2015, 3(8): 624-637.

NCD Risk Factor Collaboration , Lam T.H., Ho D.S.Y. and Jiang C., Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: A pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19·2 million participants, The Lancet. 2016, 387(10026): 1377-96.

NCD Risk Factor Collaboration , Lam T.H., Ho D.S.Y. and Jiang C., Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4·4 million participants, Lancet. 2016, 387(10027): 1513-30.

Ni M.Y., Chan B.H.Y., Yuan Y., Yiu K.L. and Lam T.H., FAMILY Project Cohort Wave 2 Findings Overall Report, School of Public Health, HKU. 2015.

Ni M.Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Gilman S.E., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Stress across the life course and depression in a rapidly developing population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2016, 31(6): 629-37.

Pan J., Xu L., Cai S.X., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhao H.J., Zhang W., Jin Y.L., Lin J.M., Thomas G.N. and Lam T.H., The association of pulmonary function with carotid atherosclerosis in older Chinese: Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study-CVD Subcohort, Atherosclerosis. 2015, 243(2): 469-76.

SUN Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Fruit and vegetable consumption and cardiovascular risk factors in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, PLoS One. 2015, 10(8): e0135380.

SUN Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Nut consumption and cardiovascular risk in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, PLoS One. 2015, 10(9): e0137178.

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. 2016, 45: 64-72.

Shen C., Lee R.S.Y., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Is traditional Chinese exercise associated with lower mortality rates in older people? Evidence from a prospective Chinese elderly cohort study in Hong Kong, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2016, 183(1): 36-45.

Soong S.S., Wang M.P., Mui M., Viswanath K., Lam T.H. and Chan S.S.C., A “Community Fit” community-based participatory research program for family health, happiness, and harmony: design and implementation, JMIR Research Protocols. 2015, 4(4): e126.

Suen Y.N., Chan W.F., Wang M.P., Li W.H.C., Lau O.S., Chan S.S.C. and Lam T.H., Best Poster Award, Effectiveness of a Workplace Intervention to Promote Smoking Cessation in Hong Kong, The 6th Hong Kong International Nursing Forum, 10-11 December. Hong Kong, 2015.

Suen Y.N., Wang M.P., Li W.H.C., Kwong A.C.S., Lai V.W.Y., Chan S.S.C. and Lam T.H., Brief advice and active referral for smoking cessation services among community smokers: a study protocol for randomized controlled trial, BMC Public Health. 2016, 16: 387.

Suen Y.N., Chan W.F., Wang M.P., Li W.H.C., Lau O.S., Chan S.S.C. and Lam T.H., Effectiveness of a Workplace Intervention to Promote Smoking Cessation in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), The 6th Hong Kong International Nursing Forum, 10-11 December. Hong Kong, 2015.

Suen Y.N., Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Kwong A.C.S., Lai V.W.Y. and Lam T.H., Prevalence and predictors of third hand smoke exposure in Hong Kong: findings from a territory-wide survey in 2014., The 8th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control 23-24 June 2016, Macau. Macau, 2016, p.161.

Tang S.M., Zhang H., Cheung Y.Y., Xu M., Ho J.C.Y., Zhou W., Cherny S.S., Zhang Y., Holmen O., Au K.W., Yu H., Xu L., Jia J., PORSCH R.M., Sun L., Xu W., Zheng H., Wong L.Y., Mu Y., Dou J., Fong H.Y., Wang S., Hong X., Dong L., Liao Y., Wang J., Lam S.M.L., Su X., Yan H., Yang M.L., Chen J., Siu D.C.W., Xie G., Woo Y.C., Wu Y., Tan K.C.B., Hveem K., Cheung B.M.Y., Zöllner S., Xu A., Eugene Chen Y., Jiamg C.Q., Jiang Y., Lam T.H., Ganesh S.K., Huo Y., Sham P.C., Lam K.S.L., Willer C.J., Tse H.F. and Gao W., Exome-wide association analysis reveals novel coding sequence variants associated with lipid traits in Chinese, Nature Communications. 2015, 6: 10206.

Vackova D., Johnston J.M. and Lam T.H., Evaluation of effectiveness of training programme on health related research for medical students, 17th Ottawa Conference and the ANZAHPE 2016 Conference 19-23 March 2016 at the Perth. 2016.

Vackova D., Lam T.H. and Ho D.S.Y., The College Prize for Poster Presentation at the 2015 Annual Scientific meeting (Hong Kong College of Community Medicine): Is the parenting style associated with low fruit and vegetable consumption in primary school children in Hong Kong? The Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific meeting, 19. September 2015, HKCCM. 2015.

Vackova D., Lam T.H. and Ho D.S.Y., The College Prize for Poster presentation: Vackova D, Prof Lam TH, Ho SY: Is the parenting style associated with low fruit and vegetable consumption in primary school children in Hong Kong? The Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific meeting, 19. September 2015, poster No P8, HKCCM. 2015.

WU Y., Wang M.P., Li W.H.C., Kwong A.C.S., Lai V.W.Y. and Lam T.H., Electronic cigarette use did not predict quitting at 6-month follow-up among adult smokers in Hong Kong (abstract & oral presentation), The 8th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control 23-24 June 2016, Macau. 2016, p.62.

Wang M.P., Suen Y.N., Li W.H.C., Kwong A.C.S., Lai V.W.Y., Chan S.S.C. and Lam T.H., A randomized controlled trial of brief advice plus active referral to smoking cessation services on smokers in 2015 Quit-to-Win project in Hong Kong, The 8th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control 23-24 June 2016, Macau. 2016, p.121-122.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., HUANG R., Leung L.T. and Lam T.H., Alcohol drinking in Hong Kong adolescents, WHO Regional Forum on Protecting Young People from the Harmful Use of Alcohol, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China, 29 - 30 April 2016. 2016.

Wang M.P., Li W.H.C., Jiang N., Chu L.Y., Kwong A., Lai V. and Lam T.H., E-cigarette awareness, perceptions and use among community-recruited smokers in Hong Kong, PLoS One. 2015, 10(10): e0141683.

Wang M.P., Cheung Y.T.D., Li W.H.C., Lam O.B.C., Kwong A., Lai V. and Lam T.H., Effect of “cut down to quit” on smoking cessation: a randomized controlled trial (abstract & oral presentation), SRNT 2016 Annual Meeting, March 2-5, 2016, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 2016.

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, 50: 124-7.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Leung L.T. and Lam T.H., Electronic cigarette use and respiratory symptoms in Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong, JAMA Pediatrics. 2016, 170(1): 89-91.

Wang M.P., WU Y., Ho L.M., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Factors Predicting Weight Change among Chinese Adults in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), The 6th Hong Kong International Nursing Forum, 10-11 December. Hong Kong, 2015.

Wang M.P., Chen J., Lam T.H., Lau C.P. and Chan S.S.C., Impact of secondhand smoke exposure on smoking cessation in cardiac patients, Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2015, 66(5): 592-593.

Wang M.P., Chu T.W.J., Viswanath K., Wan N.T.A., Lam T.H. and Chan S.S.C., Using information and communication technologies for family communication and its association with family well-being in Hong Kong: FAMILY Project, Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2015, 17(8): e207.

Wong C.M., Tsang H., Lai H.K., Thomas G.N., Lam H.K.B., Chan K.P., ZHENG Q., Ayres J.G., Lee R.S.Y., Lam T.H. and Thach T.Q., Cancer mortality risks from long-term exposure to ambient fine particle, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 2016, 25(5): 839-45.

Wong C.M., Tsang H., Lai H.K., Thach T.Q., Thomas G.N., Chan K.P., Lee S.Y., Ayres J.G., Lam T.H. and Leung W.K., STROBE-long-term exposure to ambient fine particulate air pollution and hospitalization due to peptic ulcers, Medicine (Baltimore). 2016, 95(18): e3543.

Wong C.M., Lai H.K., Tsang H., Thach T.Q., Thomas G.N., LAM K.B., Chan K.P., Yang L., Lau A.K., Ayres J.G., Lee S.Y., Chan W.M., Hedley A.J. and Lam T.H., Satellite-based estimates of long-term exposure to fine particles and association with mortality in elderly Hong Kong residents, Environmental Health Perspectives. 2015, 123(11): 1167-72.

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. 2016, 18(3): 251-8.

Wu L., He Y., Jiang B., Zuo F., Liu Q.H., Zhang L., Zhou C.X., Liu M., Chen H.Y., Cheng K.K., Chan S.S.C. and Lam T.H., Effectiveness of additional follow-up telephone counseling in a smoking cessation clinic in Beijing and predictors of quitting among Chinese male smokers, BMC Public Health. 2016, 16(1): 63.

Xu L., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Alcohol use and gamma-glutamyltransferase using a mendelian randomization design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, PLoS One. 2015, 10(9): e0137790.

Xu L., Jiang C., Schooling C.M., Zhang W., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Liver enzymes and incident diabetes in China: A prospective analysis of 10 764 participants in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2015, 69(11): 1040-4.

Yang S.S., Jin Y.L., He Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W. and Lam T.H., Childhood passive smoking exposure and age at menarche in Chinese women who had never smoked: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, PLoS One. 2015, 10(7): e0130429.

Yu N.X., Lam T.H., Liu I.K.F. and Stewart S.M., Mediation of short and longer term effects of an intervention program to enhance resilience in immigrants from Mainland China to Hong Kong, Frontiers in Psychology. 2015, 6: 1769.

ZHAO J., Lam T.H., Jiang C., Cherny S.S., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., A Mendelian randomization study of testosterone and cognition in men, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 21306.

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. 2016, 11(1): 70-84.

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 Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	03/2015

List of Research Outputs

HUANG P.Y., Lee C.C., Yip C.H., Cheung C.L., YU G., Lam T.Y., Smith D.K., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Genetic characterization of highly pathogenic H5 influenza viruses from poultry in Taiwan, 2015, Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 2016, 38: 96-100.

Lam T.Y., Zhu H., Chong Y.L., Holmes E.C. and Guan Y., Puzzling origins of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2014., Journal of Virology. 2015, 89(19): 10130-2.

Oong X.Y., Ng K.T., Lam T.Y., Pang Y.K., Chan K.G., Hanafi N.S., Kamarulzaman A. and Tee K.K., Epidemiological and Evolutionary Dynamics of Influenza B Viruses in Malaysia, 2012-2014, PLOS ONE. 2015, 10: e0136254.

Sabir J.S., Lam T.Y., Ahmed M.M., Li L., Shen Y., Abo-Aba S.E., Qureshi M.I., Abu-Zeid M., Zhang Y., Khiyami M.A., Alharbi N.S., Hajrah N.H., Sabir M.J., Mutwakil M.H., Kabli S.A., Alsulaimany F.A., Obaid A.Y., Zhou B., Smith D.K., Holmes E.C., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Co-circulation of three camel coronavirus species and recombination of MERS-CoVs in Saudi Arabia, Science. 2016, 351(6268): 81-4.

Wang J., Wu M., Hong W., Fan X., Chen R., Zheng Z., Zeng Y., Huang R., Zhang Y., Lam T.Y., Smith D.K., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Infectivity and Transmissibility of Avian H9N2 Influenza Viruses in Pigs, Journal of Virology. 2016, 90(7): 3506-14.

Watson S.J., Pinky L., Reid S.M., Lam T.Y., Cotten M., Kelly M., Van Reeth K., Qiu Y., Simon G., Bonin E., Foni E., Chiapponi C., Larsen L., Hjulsager C., Markowska-Daniel I., Urbaniak K., Dürrwald R., Schlegel M., Huovilainen A., Davidson I., Dán A., Loeffen W., Edwards S., Bublot M., Vila T., Maldonado J., Valls L., Brown I.H., Pybus O.G. and Kellam P., Molecular Epidemiology and Evolution of Influenza Viruses Circulating within European Swine between 2009 and 2013, Journal of Virology. 2015, 89: 9920-9931.

Zhu H., Lam T.Y., Smith D.K. and Guan Y., Emergence and development of H7N9 influenza viruses in China, Current Opinion in Virology. 2016, 16: 106-13.

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 WHJ, 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 WHJ
Department:	Community Medicine
Source(s) of Funding:	Hong Kong Cancer Fund - General Award
Start Date:	06/2010

Project Title:	Supportive care needs in cancer patients
Investigator(s):	Lam WWT, Fielding R, Tsang WHJ, 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:	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:	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 WHJ
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	01/2014
Completion Date:	03/2016

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 WHJ, Yoon SW
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2015

Project Title:	Developing and testing a decision aid to support Chinese parents’ HPV vaccination decision-making for adolescent girls: a randomised controlled trial
Investigator(s):	Lam WWT, Fielding R, Liao Q
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	07/2015

Project Title:	17th World Congress of Psycho-oncology and psychosocial academy; Health information needs of Chinese patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer: a longitudinal study/Cancer survivorship: Chinese women in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Lam WWT
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	07/2015
Completion Date:	08/2015

Project Title:	Pregnant women’s health information needs and information seeking behaviour and their influence on postpartum adjustment in Hong Kong: a longitudinal study
Investigator(s):	Lam WWT, Tarrant AM, Liao Q, Fielding R, Yoon SW
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	09/2015

Project Title:	The role of metacognition and cognitive attentional syndrome on fear of cancer recurrence: a longitudinal study
Investigator(s):	Lam WWT, Fielding R, Fong DYT, Foo CC, Law WL, Tsang WHJ, Kwong A
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2016

Project Title:	2015-2017 Documenting Plan - related symptoms in Chinese Cancer Patients: Hong Kong, Beijing, Tianjin and Taipei
Investigator(s):	Lam WWT
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Hong Kong Cancer Fund - General Award
Start Date:	03/2016

List of Research Outputs

Fielding R., Lam W.W.T. and Chu T.W.A., Psychology Workshop On Cancer Pain Management, Annual Scientific Meeting 2015 Of The Hong Kong Pain Society. 2015.

Kavikondala S., Stewart S.M., Ni M.Y., Chan B.H.Y., Lee H., Li K.K., McDowell I.W., Johnston J.M., Chan S.S.C., Lam T.H., Lam W.W.T., Fielding R. and Leung G.M., Structure and Validity of Family Harmony Scale: An Instrument for Measuring Harmony, Psychological Assessment. 2016, 28(3): 307-318.

Kim E.Y., Liao Q., Yu E.S., Kim J.H., Yoon S.W., Lam W.W.T. and Fielding R., Middle East respiratory syndrome in South Korea during 2015: Risk-related perceptions and quarantine attitudes., Am J Infect Control. 2016.

Lam W.W.T., Law W.L., Poon T.C.J., Fong D.Y.T., Girgis A. and Fielding R., A longitudinal study of supportive care needs among Chinese patients awaiting colorectal cancer surgery, Psycho-oncology. 2016, 25(5): 496-505.

Lam W.W.T., Yoon S.W., Sze W.K., Ng A.W., Soong I., Kwong A., Suen T.K.D., Tsang J.J., Yeo W., Wong K.Y. and Fielding R., Comparing the meanings of living with advanced breast cancer between women resilient to distress and women with persistent distress: a qualitative study, Psycho-Oncology. 2016, Epub on 2016-04-26.

Lam W.W.T., Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health, Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom. 2016.

Lam W.W.T., Yeo W., Suen J., Ho W.M., Tsang W.H.J., 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. 2016, 25(1): 58-65.

Lam W.W.T., Liao Q., Wong J.H.F., Lai C.L., Yuen R.M.F., Tsang J.W.H. and Fielding R., Measuring and validating a general cancer predisposition perception scale: an adaptation of the revised-IPQ-genetic predisposition scale, PLoS One. 2015, 10: e0142620.

Liao Q., Cowling B.J., Wu P., Leung G.M., Fielding R. and Lam W.W.T., Population Behavior Patterns in Response to the Risk of Influenza A(H7N9) in Hong Kong, December 2013–February 2014, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2015, 22: 672-682.

Liao Q., Lam W.W.T., Cowling B.J. and Fielding R., Psychosocial Influences on Parental Decision-Making Regarding Vaccination Against Seasonal Influenza for Young Children in Hong Kong: a Longitudinal Study, 2012-2013., Int J Behav Med. 2016.

Liao Q., Wu P., Lam W.W.T., Fang J., Wu J.T.K., Leung G.M., Fielding R. and Cowling B.J., Public risk perception and attitudes towards live poultry markets before and after their closure due to influenza A(H7N9), Hong Kong, January–February 2014, Journal of Public Health. 2016, 38: 34-43.

Tin S.P.P., Lam W.W.T., Yoon S.W., ZHANG N., XIA N., ZHANG W., MA K., Fielding R. and Shaman J., Workplace health promotion: assessing the cardiopulmonary risks of the construction workforce in Hong Kong, PLOS ONE. 2016, 11(1): e0146286.

Wang D.L., Lam W.W.T. and Fielding R., Cervical cancer prevention practices through screening and vaccination: A cross-sectional study among Hong Kong Chinese women, Gynecologic Oncology. 2015, 138(2): 311-16.

Wang D.L., Lam W.W.T., Wu J.T.K. and Fielding R., Chinese new immigrant mothers' perception about adult-onset non-communicable diseases prevention during childhood, Health Promotion International. Oxford University Press, 2015, 30(4): 929-41.

Wang D.L., Lam W.W.T. and Fielding R., Hong Kong Chinese parental attitudes towards vaccination and associated socio-demographic disparities, Vaccine. Elsevier, 2016, 34(12): 1426-9.

Wang D.L., Lam W.W.T., Wu J.T.K. and Fielding R., Psychosocial determinants of Chinese parental HPV vaccination intention for adolescent girls: preventing cervical cancer, Psycho-Oncology. 2015, 24(10): 1233-40.

Wong O.L., Lam W.W.T., Wong C.N., Cowling B.J., Leung G.M. and Fielding R., Informed decision making for breast cancer screening among Hong Kong Chinese women: Development and pilot testing of a decision aid (abstract and poster presentation), 11th World Congress in Health Economics, 12-15 July 2015, Milan. Milan, International Health Economics Association, 2015.

Wong O.L., Lam W.W.T., Wong C.N., Cowling B.J., Leung G.M. and Fielding R., Towards informed decisions on breast cancer screening: Development and pilot testing of a decision aid for Chinese women, Patient Education and Counseling. 2015, 98(8): 961-9.

ZHANG N., Fielding R., Soong I., Chan K.K.L., Tsang W.H.J., Lee V.H.F., Lee C., Ng A., Sez W.K., Tin S.P.P. and Lam W.W.T., Illness perceptions among cancer survivors, Supportive Care in Cancer. Springer, 2016, 24(3): 1295-1304.

Researcher : Lamers MM

List of Research Outputs

Akhee S.J., Lestra M., Swee L.K., Fan Y., Lamers M.M., Tafesse F.G., Theile C.S., Spooner E., Bruzzone R., Ploegh H.L. and Sanyal S., Usp12 stabilizes the T-cell receptor complex at the cell surface during signaling, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2016, 113(6): 705-14.

Lamers M.M. and Sanyal S., Clinical and epidemiological features of the 2014 large-scale dengue outbreak in Guangzhou city, China, BMC Infect Dis. 2016.

Mok K.P., Da Guan W., Liu X.Q., Lamers M.M., Li X.B., Wang M., Zhang J., Zhang Q.L., Li Z.T., Huang J.C., Lin J.Y., Zhang Y.H., Zhao P., Lee H.Y.H., Chen L., Li Y.M., Peiris J.S.M., Chen R.C., Zhong N.S. and Yang Z.F., Genetic characterization of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N6) virus, Guangdong, China, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2015, 21(12): 2268-71.

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
Completion Date:	11/2016

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

Project Title:	2015 International Society for Disease Surveillance Annual Conference; Impact of Interventions on Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Activity in Live Poultry Markets/Using health-seeking pattern to estimate disease burden from sentinel surveillance
Investigator(s):	Lau EHY
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	12/2015
Completion Date:	12/2015

List of Research Outputs

Chan M.C.W., Kuok I.T., Leung C.Y.H., Hui P.Y., Doak S.A., Lau E.H.Y., Nicholls J.M., Fang X., Guan Y., Lee J.W., Chan W.Y., Webster R.G., Matthay M.A. and Peiris J.S.M., Human mesenchymal stromal cells reduce influenza A H5N1-associated acute lung injury in vitro and in vivo, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2016, 113(13): 3621-6.

Charles-Smith L.E., Reynolds T.L., Cameron M.A., Conway M., Lau E.H.Y., Olsen J.M., Pavlin J.A., Shigematsu M., Streichert L.C., Suda K.J., Corley C.D. and Braunstein L.A., Using Social Media for Actionable Disease Surveillance and Outbreak Management: A Systematic Literature Review, PLOS ONE. 2015, 10: e0139701.

Ip D.K.M., Lau E.H.Y., Tam Y.H., So H.C., Cowling B.J. and Kwok H.K.H., Acute respiratory infections associated productivity loss among healthcare workers in Hong Kong , 1st International Meeting on Respiratory Pathogens, Singapore, 2-4 September 2015.. 2015.

Ip D.K.M., Lau E.H.Y., Tam Y.H., So H.C., Cowling B.J. and Kwok H.K.H., Increases in absenteeism among health care workers in Hong Kong during influenza epidemics, 2004–2009, BMC Infectious Diseases. 2015, 15.

Liao Q., Yuan J., Lau E.H.Y., Chen J.Y., Yang Z.C., Ma X.W., Chen J.D., Liu Y.H., Wang C., Tang X.P., Liu Y.F., Zhuo L., Zhang W., Wang M. and Fielding R., Live bird exposure among the general public, Guangzhou, China, May 2013., PLoS ONE. 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, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting. 2015.

Park S.W., Perera R.A.P.M., Choe P.G., Lau E.H.Y., Choi S.J., Chun J.Y., Oh H.S., Song K., Bang J.H., Kim E.S., Kim H.B., Park W.B., Kim N.J., Poon L.L.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Oh M.D., Comparison of serological assays in human Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)-coronavirus infection, Euro Surveillance. 2015, 20(41).

Park W.B., Perera R.A.P.M., Choe P.G., Lau E.H.Y., Choi S.J., Chun J.Y., Oh H.S., Song K.H., Bang J.H., Kim E.S., Kim H.B., Park S.W., Kim N.J., Poon L.L.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Oh M.D., Kinetics of serologic responses to MERS coronavirus infection in humans, South Korea, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2015, 21(12): 2186-9.

Virlogeux V.M.L., Yang J., Fang J., Feng L., Tsang T.K., Jiang H., Wu P., Zheng J., Lau E.H.Y., Qin Y., Peng Z., Peiris J.S.M., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Association between the Severity of Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Infections and Length of the Incubation Period, PLoS One. 2016, 11(2): e0148506.

Virlogeux V.M.L., Li M., Tsang K.L., Feng L., Fang J., Jiang H., Wu P., Zheng J., Lau E.H.Y., Cao Y., Qin Y., Liao Q., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Estimating the distribution of the incubation periods of human avian influenza A(H7N9) virus infections, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 182: 723-729.

WANG X., Yang L., Chan K.H., Chan K.P., CAO P., Lau E.H.Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Age and Sex Differences in Rates of Influenza-Associated Hospitalizations in Hong Kong, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 182(4): 335-44.

Wong Y.T., Wu P., Lau E.H.Y., Tsang K.L., Fang J., Ho L.M. and Cowling B.J., Real-time estimation of the hospitalization fatality risk of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 in Hong Kong, Epidemiology and Infection. 2016, 144: 1579-1583.

Wu J., Lau E.H.Y., Xing Q., Zou L., Zhang H., Yen H., Song Y., Zhong H., Lin J., Kang M., Cowling B.J., Huang G. and Ke C., Seasonality of avian influenza A(H7N9) activity and risk of human A(H7N9) infections from live poultry markets., Journal of Infection. 2015, 71(6): 690-3.

Wu J.T.K., Jit M., Zheng Y., Leung S.M., Xing W., Yang J., Liao Q., Cowling B.J., YANG B., Lau E.H.Y., Takahashi S., Farrar J.J., Grenfell B.T., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Correction: Routine pediatric enterovirus 71 vaccination in China: a cost-effectiveness analysis, PLoS Medicine. 2016, 13: e1002013.

Wu J.T.K., Jit M., Zheng Y., LEUNG S.M., Xing W., Yang J., Liao Q., Cowling B.J., YANG B., Lau E.H.Y., Takahashi S., Farrar J.J., Grenfell B.T., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Routine pediatric enterovirus 71 vaccination in China: a cost-effectiveness analysis, PLoS Medicine. 2016, 13(3): e1001975.

Wu P., Peng Z., Fang J., Feng L., Tsang K.L., Jiang H., Lau E.H.Y., Yang J., Zheng J., Qin Y., Li Z., Leung G.M., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Human infection with influenza A(H7N9) virus during 3 major epidemic waves, China, 2013–2015, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2016, 22: 964-972.

YANG B., Wu P., Wu J.T.K., Lau E.H.Y., Leung G.M., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Seroprevalence of Enterovirus 71 Antibody Among Children in China: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis., Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2015.

YANG B., Lau E.H.Y., Wu P. and Cowling B.J., Transmission of hand, foot and mouth disease and its potential driving factors in Hong Kong, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 27500.

Yang J., Jit M., LEUNG S.M., Zheng Y.M., Feng L.Z., Wang L.P., Lau E.H.Y., Wu J.T.K. and Yu H.J., The economic burden of influenza-associated outpatient visits and hospitalizations in China: a retrospective survey, Infectious Diseases of Poverty. 2015, 4.

Yang W., Cowling B.J., Lau E.H.Y. and Shaman J., Forecasting Influenza Epidemics in Hong Kong, PLoS Computational Biology. 2015, 11(7): e1004383.

Yuan J., Lau E.H.Y., Li K., Leung C.Y.H., Yang Z., Xie C., Liu Y., Liu Y., Ma X., Liu J., Li X., Chen K., Luo L., Di B., Cowling B.J., Tang X., Leung G.M., Wang M. and Peiris J.S.M., Effect of Live Poultry Market Closure on Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Activity in Guangzhou, China, 2014, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2015, 21(10): 1784-93.

Researcher : Lee CF

List of Research Outputs

Kwok C., Ogunsiji O. and Lee C.F., Validation of the Breast Cancer Screening Beliefs Questionnaire among African Australian women, In: Martin Caraher, BMC Public Health . 2016, 16: 117.

Lee C.F., Ho J.W.C., Fong D.Y.T., Macfarlane D.J., Cerin E., Lee A.M., Leung S., Taylor A. and Cheng K.K., Effects of Dietary and Physical Activity Interventions on Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes in Colorectal Cancer Survivors, In: Wan Chong Hua, 2nd World Chinese Quality of Life Conference cum 7th National Quality of Life Conference. 2016, 73.

Luo N., Cheung Y.B., Ng R. and Lee C.F., Mapping and direct valuation: do they give equivalent EQ-5D-5L index scores?, In: Prof Holger Schunemann, Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 2015, 13: 166.

Researcher : Lee H

List of Research Outputs

Kavikondala S., Stewart S.M., Ni M.Y., Chan B.H.Y., Lee H., Li K.K., McDowell I.W., Johnston J.M., Chan S.S.C., Lam T.H., Lam W.W.T., Fielding R. and Leung G.M., Structure and Validity of Family Harmony Scale: An Instrument for Measuring Harmony, Psychological Assessment. 2016, 28(3): 307-318.

Researcher : Lee HYH

List of Research Outputs

Mok K.P., Da Guan W., Liu X.Q., Lamers M.M., Li X.B., Wang M., Zhang J., Zhang Q.L., Li Z.T., Huang J.C., Lin J.Y., Zhang Y.H., Zhao P., Lee H.Y.H., Chen L., Li Y.M., Peiris J.S.M., Chen R.C., Zhong N.S. and Yang Z.F., Genetic characterization of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N6) virus, Guangdong, China, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2015, 21(12): 2268-71.

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

Project Title:	TOLL 2015 Targeting Innate Immunity; Role of TLR10 as an innate immune sensor for influenza virus infection
Investigator(s):	Lee MY
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	09/2015
Completion Date:	10/2015

Project Title:	Determining the involvement of TLR10-a novel innate immune sensor in influenza virus pathogenesis
Investigator(s):	Lee MY, Sanyal S
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	03/2016

List of Research Outputs

YIP T.F., Lee M.Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Supervisor of MPhil student: Yip Tsz Fung; thesis title: "Characterization of an Orphan Innate Immune Receptor – Sub-cellular Localization, Ligand Identification and Cellular Events for Signaling Activation of Toll-like Receptor 10, The University of Hong Kong. 2015.

Yan S., Yip T.F., Li S., Ip K.K.K., Li P.H. and Lee M.Y., TLR10 Plays A Regulatory Role In Type I Interferon Responses Upon Polyinosinic:Polycytidylic Acid Activation, TOLL 2015: Targeting Innate Immunity, Marbella, Spain. 2015.

Researcher : Lee RSY

List of Research Outputs

Barnett A., Cerin E., ZHANG J., Sit C.H.P., Johnston J.M., Cheung M.M.C. and Lee R.S.Y., Associations between the neighbourhood environment characteristics and physical activity in older adults with specific types of chronic conditions: The ALECS cross-sectional study, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 2016, 13(1): 53.

Cerin E., Sit C.H.P., ZHANG J., Barnett A., Cheung M.M.C., Lai P.C., Johnston J.M. and Lee R.S.Y., Neighbourhood environment, physical activity, quality of life and depressive symptoms in Hong Kong older adults: A protocol for an observational study, BMJ Open. 2016, 6(1): e010384.

Shen C., Lee R.S.Y., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Is traditional Chinese exercise associated with lower mortality rates in older people? Evidence from a prospective Chinese elderly cohort study in Hong Kong, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2016, 183(1): 36-45.

Wong C.M., Tsang H., Lai H.K., Thomas G.N., Lam H.K.B., Chan K.P., ZHENG Q., Ayres J.G., Lee R.S.Y., Lam T.H. and Thach T.Q., Cancer mortality risks from long-term exposure to ambient fine particle, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 2016, 25(5): 839-45.

Researcher : Leung CYH

List of Research Outputs

Tharakaraman K., Subramanian V., Viswanathan K., Sloan S., Yen H., Barnard D.L., Leung C.Y.H., Szretter K.J., Koch T.J., Delaney J.C., Babcock G.J., Wogan G.N., Sasisekharan R. and Shriver Z., A broadly neutralizing human monoclonal antibody is effective against H7N9, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2015, 112: 10890-10895.

Yuan J., Lau E.H.Y., Li K., Leung C.Y.H., Yang Z., Xie C., Liu Y., Liu Y., Ma X., Liu J., Li X., Chen K., Luo L., Di B., Cowling B.J., Tang X., Leung G.M., Wang M. and Peiris J.S.M., Effect of Live Poultry Market Closure on Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Activity in Guangzhou, China, 2014, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2015, 21(10): 1784-93.

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

Project Title:	11th World Congress "Health Economics and Nutrition; Valuing diabetes care in Hong Kong: implications for developing health services in mainland China
Investigator(s):	Leung GM
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	07/2015
Completion Date:	07/2015

Project Title:	Preventing breast cancer in Hong Kong Chinese women through personalised risk stratification and characterisation: an epidemiologic modelling study and the development of a biorepository of cases and controls
Investigator(s):	Leung GM, Kwong A, Wong OL, Lam WWT, Khoo US
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Commissioned Study on Risk of Breast Cancer in Hong Kong
Start Date:	10/2015

Project Title:	Evaluating the health and health care impact of Hong Kong’s pilot colorectal cancer screening programme
Investigator(s):	Leung GM, Law WL, Leung WK
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Commissioned Study on Evaluation of Government's Colorectal Cancer Screening Pilot Programme
Start Date:	12/2015

List of Research Outputs

Au Yeung S.L.R., Jiang C., LONG M., Cheng K.K., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Evaluation of moderate alcohol use with QT interval and heart rate using mendelian randomization analysis among older Southern Chinese men in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 182(4): 320-7.

Au Yeung S.L.R., Cheng K.K., Zhao J., Zhang W., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted 17beta-estradiol and cardiovascular risk factors in women: A Mendelian randomization analysis using young women in Hong Kong and older women in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Annals of Epidemiology. 2016, 26(3): 171-5.

Au Yeung S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted 17beta-estradiol, cognitive function and depressive symptoms in women: A Mendelian randomization in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Preventive Medicine. 2016, 88: 80-5.

Kavikondala S., Stewart S.M., Ni M.Y., Chan B.H.Y., Lee H., Li K.K., McDowell I.W., Johnston J.M., Chan S.S.C., Lam T.H., Lam W.W.T., Fielding R. and Leung G.M., Structure and Validity of Family Harmony Scale: An Instrument for Measuring Harmony, Psychological Assessment. 2016, 28(3): 307-318.

Leung G.M., Editorial Board Member, Global Health Journal. 2016.

Leung Y.Y.J., Lam H.S., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Gestational age, birth weight and childhood hospitalizations for asthma and other wheezing disorders: Evidence from the “Children of 1997” birth cohort, Annual Scientific Meeting, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine. 2015.

Leung Y.Y.J., Lam H.S., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Gestational age, birthweight for gestational age, and childhood hospitalizations for asthma and other wheezing disorders, Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 2016, 30(2): 149-59.

Ni M.Y., Li K.L., Yu N.X., Pang H.M.H., Chan B.H.Y., Leung G.M. and Stewart S.M., Normative data and psychometric properties of the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) and the abbreviated version (CD-RISC2) among the general population in Hong Kong, Quality of Life Research. 2016, 25(1): 111-6.

Ni M.Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Gilman S.E., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Stress across the life course and depression in a rapidly developing population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2016, 31(6): 629-37.

Peiris J.S.M., Cowling B.J., Wu J.T.K., Feng L., Guan Y., Yu H. and Leung G.M., Interventions to reduce zoonotic and pandemic risks from avian influenza in Asia, The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2016, 16: 252-258.

Quan J., Pang H.M.H., Wong O.L., Johnston J.M. and Leung G.M., Diabetes Incidence And Prevalence In Hong Kong During 2007-13, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scienfitic Meeting . 2015.

Quan J., Johnston J.M., Leung G.M., Zhang H.Y., Jian W.Y., Fang H., Pang D., Zheng Y.L., Tan K.B., Chen B., Iizuka T. and Eggleston K., Net Value from Improved Chronic Disease Management to Avoid Hospitalizations: Evidence from Diabetes in Japan, Beijing, Hong Kong, and Singapore, “The Economics of Ageing & Health” as part of the “Next World Program”. Shanghai, The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2016.

Quan J., Wong O.L., Johnston J.M. and Leung G.M., Valuing diabetes care in Hong Kong implications for developing health services in mainland China (abstract and oral presentation), 11th World Congress in Health Economics, 12-15 July 2015, Milan. Milan, International Health Economics Association, 2015.

SUN Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Fruit and vegetable consumption and cardiovascular risk factors in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, PLoS One. 2015, 10(8): e0135380.

SUN Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Nut consumption and cardiovascular risk in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, PLoS One. 2015, 10(9): e0137178.

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. 2016, 45: 64-72.

Schooling C.M. and Leung G.M., Learning from anomalies: the case of cholesterol and ischaemic heart disease, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2016, 45: 290-292.

Tam Y.H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Estimating Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Using the Test-Negative Design in Hong Kong, 1st International Meeting on Respiratory Pathogens, Singapore, 2-4 September 2015. ISIRV.

Tsang K.L., Cauchemez S.T., Fang J., Chan K.H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Individual correlates of infectivity of influenza virus infections in households, The Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Hong Kong, 19 September 2015.. 2015.

Wong O.L., Tsang J.W.H., Cowling B.J. and Leung G.M., Generalised cost-effectiveness analysis for breast cancer prevention and care in Hong Kong Chinese, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2015, 21(Suppl 6): S9-12.

Wong O.L., Lam W.W.T., Wong C.N., Cowling B.J., Leung G.M. and Fielding R., Informed decision making for breast cancer screening among Hong Kong Chinese women: Development and pilot testing of a decision aid (abstract and poster presentation), 11th World Congress in Health Economics, 12-15 July 2015, Milan. Milan, International Health Economics Association, 2015.

Wong O.L., Lam W.W.T., Wong C.N., Cowling B.J., Leung G.M. and Fielding R., Towards informed decisions on breast cancer screening: Development and pilot testing of a decision aid for Chinese women, Patient Education and Counseling. 2015, 98(8): 961-9.

Xu C., Perera R.A.P.M., Chan K.H., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Ng S., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Effect of serum 25-hydroxyitamin Don influenza infection in Hong Kong, The Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Hong Kong, 19 September 2015.. 2015.

ZHAO J., Lam T.H., Jiang C., Cherny S.S., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., A Mendelian randomization study of testosterone and cognition in men, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 21306.

Researcher : Leung LT

List of Research Outputs

Jiang N., Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Leung L.T. and Lam T.H., Electronic cigarette use among adolescents: a cross-sectional study in Hong Kong, BMC Public Health. 2016, 16.

Jiang N., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Leung L.T. and Lam T.H., Waterpipe smoking among secondary school students in Hong Kong, International Journal of Public Health. 2016, 61(4): 427-34.

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, 50: 124-7.

Wang M.P., Ho D.S.Y., Leung L.T. and Lam T.H., Electronic cigarette use and respiratory symptoms in Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong, JAMA Pediatrics. 2016, 170(1): 89-91.

Researcher : Leung NHL

List of Research Outputs

Leung N.H.L., ZHOU J., Chu K.W., Yu H., Lindsley W.G., Beezhold D.H., Yen H., Li Y., Seto W.H., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Quantification of Influenza Virus RNA in Aerosols in Patient Rooms, PLoS One. 2016, 11(2): e0148669.

Researcher : Leung SM

List of Research Outputs

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 SC, 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. and Johnston J.M., Developing and evaluating an interactive online concept map for Evidence Based Practice teaching in undergraduate medical education, 13th Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference (APMEC). Singapore: National University of Singapore, 13-16 January, 2016.

Leung Y.Y.J., Kwok M.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Breastfeeding and childhood hospitalizations for asthma and other wheezing disorders, Annals of Epidemiology. 2016, 26: 21-27.e3.

Leung Y.Y.J., Lam H.S., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Gestational age, birth weight and childhood hospitalizations for asthma and other wheezing disorders: Evidence from the “Children of 1997” birth cohort, Annual Scientific Meeting, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine. 2015.

Leung Y.Y.J., Lam H.S., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Gestational age, birthweight for gestational age, and childhood hospitalizations for asthma and other wheezing disorders, Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 2016, 30(2): 149-59.

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. 2016, 45: 64-72.

Zhao J., Leung Y.Y.J., Lin S.C. and Schooling C.M., Cigarette smoking and testosterone in men and women: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies, Preventive Medicine. 2016, 85: 1-10.

Researcher : Li HS

List of Research Outputs

Hui P.Y., Li H.S., Cheung M.C., Chan W.Y., Yuen K.M., Mok K.P., Nicholls J.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Chan M.C.W., Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus delays apoptotic responses via activation of STAT3, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 28593.

Hui P.Y., Kuok I.T., Kang S.R., Li H.S., Ng M.M.T., Bui H.T., Peiris J.S.M., Chan W.Y. and Chan M.C.W., Modulation of sterol biosynthesis regulates viral replication and cytokine production in influenza A virus infected human alveolar epithelial cells, Antiviral Research. 2015, 119: 1-7.

Researcher : Li KL

List of Research Outputs

Ni M.Y., Li K.L., Yu N.X., Pang H.M.H., Chan B.H.Y., Leung G.M. and Stewart S.M., Normative data and psychometric properties of the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) and the abbreviated version (CD-RISC2) among the general population in Hong Kong, Quality of Life Research. 2016, 25(1): 111-6.

Researcher : Li L

List of Research Outputs

Sabir J.S., Lam T.Y., Ahmed M.M., Li L., Shen Y., Abo-Aba S.E., Qureshi M.I., Abu-Zeid M., Zhang Y., Khiyami M.A., Alharbi N.S., Hajrah N.H., Sabir M.J., Mutwakil M.H., Kabli S.A., Alsulaimany F.A., Obaid A.Y., Zhou B., Smith D.K., Holmes E.C., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Co-circulation of three camel coronavirus species and recombination of MERS-CoVs in Saudi Arabia, Science. 2016, 351(6268): 81-4.

Zhu W., Li L., Yan Z., Gan T., Li L., Chen R., Chen R., Zheng Z., Hong W., Wang J., Smith D.K., Guan Y., Zhu H. and Shu Y., Dual E627K and D701N mutations in the PB2 protein of A(H7N9) influenza virus increased its virulence in mammalian models, Scientific Reports. 2015, 5: 14170.

Researcher : Li OTW

List of Research Outputs

Doak S.A., Mallajosyula V.V., Li O.T.W., Chin W.H., Carnell G., Temperton N., Varadarajan R. and Poon L.M.L., Stalking influenza by vaccination with pre-fusion headless HA mini-stem, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 22666.

Fan L.Y., Doak S.A., Wong K.S.C., Li O.T.W., Nicholls J.M., Rabadan R., Peiris J.S.M. and Poon L.L.M., Generation of live attenuated influenza virus by using codon usage bias, Journal of Virology. 2015, 89: 10762-73.

Poon L.M.L., Li O.T.W., Chin W.H., Mallajosyula V.A., Varadarajan R., Carnell G. and Temperton N., Stalking influenza by vaccination with pre-fusion headless HA mini-stem , Lorne Infection and Immunity. 2016.

Researcher : Li PH

List of Research Outputs

Yan S., Yip T.F., Li S., Ip K.K.K., Li P.H. and Lee M.Y., TLR10 Plays A Regulatory Role In Type I Interferon Responses Upon Polyinosinic:Polycytidylic Acid Activation, TOLL 2015: Targeting Innate Immunity, Marbella, Spain. 2015.

Yip M.S., LEUNG H.L., Li P.H., Cheung C.Y., Dutry I.C.A., Li D., Daëron M., Bruzzone R., Peiris J.S.M. and Jaume M.D.A., Antibody-dependent enhancement of SARS coronavirus infection and its role in the pathogenesis of SARS, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2016, 22(3 Suppl 4): 25-31.

Researcher : Li S

List of Research Outputs

Yan S., Yip T.F., Li S., Ip K.K.K., Li P.H. and Lee M.Y., TLR10 Plays A Regulatory Role In Type I Interferon Responses Upon Polyinosinic:Polycytidylic Acid Activation, TOLL 2015: Targeting Innate Immunity, Marbella, Spain. 2015.

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
Completion Date:	05/2016

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
Completion Date:	03/2016

Project Title:	Developing an adapted version of risk ladder for risk and benefit presentation to aid parents’ decision making regarding children’s seasonal influenza vaccination
Investigator(s):	Liao Q, Fielding R, Lam WWT
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2016

List of Research Outputs

Kim E.Y., Liao Q., Yu E.S., Kim J.H., Yoon S.W., Lam W.W.T. and Fielding R., Middle East respiratory syndrome in South Korea during 2015: Risk-related perceptions and quarantine attitudes., Am J Infect Control. 2016.

Lam W.W.T., Liao Q., Wong J.H.F., Lai C.L., Yuen R.M.F., Tsang J.W.H. and Fielding R., Measuring and validating a general cancer predisposition perception scale: an adaptation of the revised-IPQ-genetic predisposition scale, PLoS One. 2015, 10: e0142620.

Liao Q., Yuan J., Lau E.H.Y., Chen J.Y., Yang Z.C., Ma X.W., Chen J.D., Liu Y.H., Wang C., Tang X.P., Liu Y.F., Zhuo L., Zhang W., Wang M. and Fielding R., Live bird exposure among the general public, Guangzhou, China, May 2013., PLoS ONE. 2015.

Liao Q., Cowling B.J., Wu P., Leung G.M., Fielding R. and Lam W.W.T., Population Behavior Patterns in Response to the Risk of Influenza A(H7N9) in Hong Kong, December 2013–February 2014, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2015, 22: 672-682.

Liao Q., Lam W.W.T., Cowling B.J. and Fielding R., Psychosocial Influences on Parental Decision-Making Regarding Vaccination Against Seasonal Influenza for Young Children in Hong Kong: a Longitudinal Study, 2012-2013., Int J Behav Med. 2016.

Liao Q., Wu P., Lam W.W.T., Fang J., Wu J.T.K., Leung G.M., Fielding R. and Cowling B.J., Public risk perception and attitudes towards live poultry markets before and after their closure due to influenza A(H7N9), Hong Kong, January–February 2014, Journal of Public Health. 2016, 38: 34-43.

Yang L., Cowling B.J. and Liao Q., Intention to receive influenza vaccination prior to the summer influenza season in adults of Hong Kong, 2015., Vaccine. 2015.

Researcher : Lin S

Project Title:	Characteristics of gut microbiota in Chinese adolescents and its related diseases
Investigator(s):	Lin SC, 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

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Lin SC

Project Title:	Characteristics of gut microbiota in Chinese adolescents and its related diseases
Investigator(s):	Lin SC, 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

List of Research Outputs

LAI T.C., Au Yeung S.L.R., Lin S.C., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Brief Report: Maternal age of menarche and adiposity: Evidence from Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" birth cohort, Epidemiology. 2016, 27: 433-437.

WANG H., Lin S.C., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Age at onset of puberty and adolescent depression: "Children of 1997" birth cohort, Pediatrics. 2016, 137: e20153231.

Zhao J., Leung Y.Y.J., Lin S.C. and Schooling C.M., Cigarette smoking and testosterone in men and women: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies, Preventive Medicine. 2016, 85: 1-10.

Researcher : Lo CMM

List of Research Outputs

LIN J., Jiang C., Ho D.S.Y., Zhang W., MAI Z., Xu L., Lo C.M.M. and Lam T.H., Smoking and nasopharyngeal carcinoma mortality: a cohort study of 101823 adults in Guangzhou, China, BMC Cancer. 2015, 15(1): 906.

MAI Z., Ho D.S.Y., Lo C.M.M., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Living with Smoker(s) was Associated with Lower Likelihood of Quitting: Hong Kong Lifestyle and Mortality Study (abstract & poster presentation), The 6th Hong Kong International Nursing Forum, 10-11 December. Hong Kong, 2015.

MAI Z., Lo C.M.M., Xu J., Chan K.P., Wong C.M., Lung M.L. and Lam T.H., Milk consumption in relation to incidence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in 48 countries/regions, BMC Cancer. 2015, 15(1): 994.

Researcher : Lo SV

List of Research Outputs

Wong O.L., Cowling B.J., Lo S.V., Chan W.Y. and Schooling C.M., Projecting ischaemic heart disease mortality and morbidity in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2015, 21(Suppl 6): S19-22.

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., Cross-sectional study on parental pro-drinking practices and adolescent alcohol drinking in Hong Kong, BMJ Open. 2016, 6: e009804.

HUANG R., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Sociodemographic risk factors of alcohol drinking in Hong Kong adolescents, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2016, 70(4): 374-9.

Leung L.T., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Lo W.S. and Lam T.H., Exposure to secondhand smoke from neighbours and respiratory symptoms in never-smoking adolescents in Hong Kong: a cross-sectional study, BMJ Open. 2015, 5: e008607.

Researcher : Lu LS

List of Research Outputs

Domercant J.W., Puttkammer N., Lu L.S., Francois K., Duncan D., Grand/Pierre R., Lowrance D. and Adler M., Attrition from antiretroviral treatment services among pregnant and non-pregnant patients following adoption of Option B plus in Haiti, International AIDS Society. 2015, 18.

Researcher : MA H

List of Research Outputs

Kien F.S., MA H., Bruzzone R., Poon L.M.L. and Nal B., Definition of the cellular interactome of the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus: identification of human cellular regulators of viral entry, assembly, and egress, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2016, 22(Suppl 4): S10-2.

Researcher : MA K

List of Research Outputs

Tin S.P.P., Lam W.W.T., Yoon S.W., ZHANG N., XIA N., ZHANG W., MA K., Fielding R. and Shaman J., Workplace health promotion: assessing the cardiopulmonary risks of the construction workforce in Hong Kong, PLOS ONE. 2016, 11(1): e0146286.

Researcher : MAI Z

List of Research Outputs

LIN J., Jiang C., Ho D.S.Y., Zhang W., MAI Z., Xu L., Lo C.M.M. and Lam T.H., Smoking and nasopharyngeal carcinoma mortality: a cohort study of 101823 adults in Guangzhou, China, BMC Cancer. 2015, 15(1): 906.

MAI Z., Ho D.S.Y., Lo C.M.M., Wang M.P. and Lam T.H., Living with Smoker(s) was Associated with Lower Likelihood of Quitting: Hong Kong Lifestyle and Mortality Study (abstract & poster presentation), The 6th Hong Kong International Nursing Forum, 10-11 December. Hong Kong, 2015.

MAI Z., Ho D.S.Y., Wang M.P., Ho L.M. and Lam T.H., Living with smoker(s) was associated with lower odds of quitting: prospective evidence from the Hong Kong Population Health Survey (abstract & oral presentation), The 8th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control 23-24 June 2016, Macau. 2016, p.70.

MAI Z., Ho D.S.Y. and Lam T.H., Mentioning smoking on death certificates: Health benefits of quitting in the Hong Kong mortality case-control study (Abstract and poster presentation), The IARC 50th Anniversary Conference, Lyon, France, 7-10 June 2016. Lyon, France, International Agency for Research on Cancer.

MAI Z., Lo C.M.M., Xu J., Chan K.P., Wong C.M., Lung M.L. and Lam T.H., Milk consumption in relation to incidence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in 48 countries/regions, BMC Cancer. 2015, 15(1): 994.

Researcher : McDowell IW

List of Research Outputs

Kavikondala S., Stewart S.M., Ni M.Y., Chan B.H.Y., Lee H., Li K.K., McDowell I.W., Johnston J.M., Chan S.S.C., Lam T.H., Lam W.W.T., Fielding R. and Leung G.M., Structure and Validity of Family Harmony Scale: An Instrument for Measuring Harmony, Psychological Assessment. 2016, 28(3): 307-318.

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 Fund 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

Chan C.K.W., Gangwani R.A., McGhee S., Lian J. and Wong D.S.H., Cost-Effectiveness of Screening for Intermediate Age-Related Macular Degeneration during Diabetic Retinopathy Screening, Ophthalmology. 2015, 122: 2278-85.

Chan C.K.W., Gangwani R.A., McGhee S., Lian J. and Wong D.S.H., Cost-effectiveness of screening for intermediate age-related macular degeneration during diabetic retinopathy screening, OPHTHALMOLOGY. American Academy of Ophthalmology, 2015, 122: 2278-85.

JIAO F., Fung S.C.C., Wan Y.F., McGhee S., Wong C.K.H., Dai D., Kwok R. and Lam C.L.K., Long-term effects of the multidisciplinary risk assessment and management program for patients with diabetes mellitus (RAMP-DM): a population-based cohort study, Cardiovascular Diabetology. BioMed Central Ltd, 2015, 14: 105.

Jiang N., Chen J., Wang M.P., McGhee S., Kwong A., Lai V. and Lam T.H., Electronic cigarette awareness and use among Chinese adults in Hong Kong (abstract & oral presentation), SRNT 2016 Annual Meeting, March 2-5, 2016, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 2016.

Jiang N., Chen J., Wang M.P., McGhee S., Kwong A.C.S., Lai V.W.Y. and Lam T.H., Electronic cigarette awareness and use among adults in Hong Kong, Addictive Behaviors. 2016, 52: 34-38.

Lian J., Gangwani R.A., McGhee S., Chan C.K.W., Lam C.L.K. and Wong D.S.H., Systematic screening for diabetic retinopathy (DR) in Hong Kong: prevalence of DR and visual impairment among diabetic population, British Journal of Ophthalmology. 2015, bjophthalmol-2015-307382.

Lian J., McGhee S., Gangwani R.A., Chan C.K.W., Lam C.L.K., Yap M.K. and Wong D.S.H., The impact of a co-payment on the cost-effectiveness of screening for diabetic retinopathy, Journal of Public Health. 2015.

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 Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	03/2014

Project Title:	The pathogenic role of the adaptation in the polymerase basic 2 protein of the new identified duck isolated H7N9 lineage in mammalian hosts
Investigator(s):	Mok KP, Peiris JSM
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	07/2015

Project Title:	Characterization of the new identified human pathogenic avian-origin influenza (H5N6) virus
Investigator(s):	Mok KP
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2016

List of Research Outputs

Blanc F., Furio L., Moisy D., Yen H., Chignard M., Letavernier E., Naffakh N., Mok K.P. and Si-Tahar M., Targeting host calpain proteases decreases influenza A virus infection, American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 2016, 310(7): L689-99.

Chan W.Y., Chan L.Y., Mok K.P., Tao K.P., Chan M.C.W., Peiris J.S.M. and Nicholls J.M., Risk assessment of human infection by H9 influenza viruses using an explant system, Pathology. 2016, 48 Suppl 1: S105.

Guan W.D., Mok K.P., Chen Z.L., Feng L.Q., Li Z.T., Huang J.C., Ke C.W., Deng X., Ling Y., Wu S.G., Niu X.F., Perera R.A.P.M., Xu Y.D., Zhao J., Zhang L.Q., Li Y.M., Chen R.C., Peiris J.S.M., Chen L. and Zhong N.S., Characteristics of Traveler with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, China, 2015, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2015, 21(12): 2278-80.

Hui P.Y., Li H.S., Cheung M.C., Chan W.Y., Yuen K.M., Mok K.P., Nicholls J.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Chan M.C.W., Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus delays apoptotic responses via activation of STAT3, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 28593.

Mok K.P., Da Guan W., Liu X.Q., Lamers M.M., Li X.B., Wang M., Zhang J., Zhang Q.L., Li Z.T., Huang J.C., Lin J.Y., Zhang Y.H., Zhao P., Lee H.Y.H., Chen L., Li Y.M., Peiris J.S.M., Chen R.C., Zhong N.S. and Yang Z.F., Genetic characterization of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N6) virus, Guangdong, China, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2015, 21(12): 2268-71.

Yang Z.F., Mok K.P., Peiris J.S.M. and Zhong N.S., Human infection with a novel avian influenza A(H5N6) virus, New England Journal of Medicine. 2015, 373(5): 487-9.

Researcher : Ng CYB

List of Research Outputs

Miguel E., Perera R.A.P.M., Baubekova A., Chevalier V., Faye B., Akhmetsadykov N., Ng C.Y.B., Roge F. and Peiris J.S.M., Absence of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in Camelids, Kazakhstan, 2015, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2016, 22(3): 555-7.

Researcher : Ng MMT

List of Research Outputs

Hui P.Y., Kuok I.T., Kang S.R., Li H.S., Ng M.M.T., Bui H.T., Peiris J.S.M., Chan W.Y. and Chan M.C.W., Modulation of sterol biosynthesis regulates viral replication and cytokine production in influenza A virus infected human alveolar epithelial cells, Antiviral Research. 2015, 119: 1-7.

Researcher : Ng YL

List of Research Outputs

Ho C.Y.H., Mui M., Wan N.T.A., Ng Y.L., Stewart S.M., Yew C., Lam T.H. and Chan S.S.C., Happy family kitchen II: A cluster randomized controlled trial of a community-based family intervention for enhancing family communication and well-being in Hong Kong, Frontiers in Psychology. Lausanne Switzerland, Frontiers, 2016, 7(638): 1-10.

Researcher : Ngan E

List of Research Outputs

Freeman G., Perera R.A.P.M., Ngan E., Fang J., Cauchemez S.T., Ip D.K.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Quantifying homologous and heterologous antibody titre rises after influenza virus infection, Epidemiology and Infection. 2016, 144: 2306-2316.

Researcher : Ni MY

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 Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2015
Completion Date:	05/2016

Project Title:	Why do Hong Kong people live longer?
Investigator(s):	Ni MY
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Start Date:	01/2016

List of Research Outputs

Kavikondala S., Stewart S.M., Ni M.Y., Chan B.H.Y., Lee H., Li K.K., McDowell I.W., Johnston J.M., Chan S.S.C., Lam T.H., Lam W.W.T., Fielding R. and Leung G.M., Structure and Validity of Family Harmony Scale: An Instrument for Measuring Harmony, Psychological Assessment. 2016, 28(3): 307-318.

Lam T.H., Chan B.H.Y., Yuan Y. and Ni M.Y., Smoking and family harmony among Chinese in a general population: evidence from the family cohort (abstract & poster presentation), SRNT 2016 Annual Meeting, March 2-5, 2016, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 2016.

Ni M.Y., Chan B.H.Y., Yuan Y., Yiu K.L. and Lam T.H., FAMILY Project Cohort Wave 2 Findings Overall Report, School of Public Health, HKU. 2015.

Ni M.Y., Li K.L., Yu N.X., Pang H.M.H., Chan B.H.Y., Leung G.M. and Stewart S.M., Normative data and psychometric properties of the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) and the abbreviated version (CD-RISC2) among the general population in Hong Kong, Quality of Life Research. 2016, 25(1): 111-6.

Ni M.Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Gilman S.E., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Stress across the life course and depression in a rapidly developing population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2016, 31(6): 629-37.

Ni M.Y., The President’s Prize for Best Paper Presentation 2015: Ni MY, Chan BHY, Leung GM, Lau EHY, Pang H. Transmissibility of the Ice Bucket Challenge among globally influential celebrities: retrospective cohort study. BMJ 2014; 349:g7185 , Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting. 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, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting. 2015.

Wong Y.T., Kelly H., Cheung C.M., Shiu E.Y.C., Wu P., Ni M.Y., Ip D.K.M. and Cowling B.J., Hospitalization fatality risk of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09: a systematic review and meta-analysis., American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 182(4): 294-301.

Researcher : PARK MA

List of Research Outputs

PARK M.A., Wu P., Goldstein E., Kim W.J. and Cowling B.J., Influenza-associated excess mortality in South Korea, American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2016, 50: e111-e119.

Virlogeux V.M.L., PARK M.A., Wu J.T.K. and Cowling B.J., Association between Severity of MERS-CoV Infection and Incubation Period, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2016, 22: 526-528.

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:	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 Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	10/2014

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

Project Title:	Translational tools for treatment and management of mesothelioma
Investigator(s):	Pang HMH, Lam CLD
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Pneumoconiosis Compensation Fund Board - General Award
Start Date:	08/2015

Project Title:	2nd International Symposium on Data Driven Health and Medicine; Integrative Pathway Analysis using Graph-based Learning
Investigator(s):	Pang HMH
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	06/2016
Completion Date:	07/2016

List of Research Outputs

Dong K., Pang H.M.H., Tong T. and Genton M., Shrinkage-based diagonal Hotelling’s tests for high-dimensional small sample size data, Journal of Multivariate Analysis. 2016, 143: 127-142.

Ni M.Y., Li K.L., Yu N.X., Pang H.M.H., Chan B.H.Y., Leung G.M. and Stewart S.M., Normative data and psychometric properties of the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) and the abbreviated version (CD-RISC2) among the general population in Hong Kong, Quality of Life Research. 2016, 25(1): 111-6.

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, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting. 2015.

Pang H.M.H., Associate Editor, Frontiers in Plant Science / Genetics / Bioengineering and Biotechnology (Bioinformatics and Computational Biology). 2016.

Pang H.M.H. and Wang X., Statistical aspect of translational and correlative studies in clinical trials, Chinese Clinical Oncology. 2016.

Pang H.M.H., U.S. Chinese Anti-Cancer Association-Asian Fund for Cancer Research Scholar Award, U.S. Chinese Anti-Cancer Association and Asian Fund for Cancer Research. 2015.

Quan J., Pang H.M.H., Wong O.L., Johnston J.M. and Leung G.M., Diabetes Incidence And Prevalence In Hong Kong During 2007-13, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scienfitic Meeting . 2015.

Salama J., Gu L., Wang X., Pang H.M.H., Bogart J., Crawford J., Schild S., Vokes E. and Ready N., Positive Interaction between Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation and Maintenance Sunitinib for Untreated Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients After Standard Chemotherapy: A Secondary Analysis of CALGB 30504 (ALLIANCE), Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 2016, 11: 361-369.

Smith E., Pang H.M.H., Ye C., Cirrincione C., Fleishman S., Paskett E., Ahles T., Bressler L., Le-Lindqwister N., Fadul C., Loprinzi C. and Shapiro C., Predictors of duloxetine response in patients with oxaliplatin-induced painful chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN): a secondary analysis of randomised controlled trial - CALGB/alliance 170601, European Journal of Cancer Care. 2015, n/a-n/a.

Stinchcombe T., Zhang Y., Vokes E., Schiller J., Bradley J., Curran W., Movsas B., Schild S., Clamon G., Govindan R., Blumenschein G., Socinski M., Ready N., Akerley W., Cohen H., Pang H.M.H. and Wang X., A pooled analysis of concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) for patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who participated in u.s. cooperative group trials: Comparing the outcomes of elderly to younger patients (pts), 2016 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting. American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2016, 34.

Wang X., Lian H., Nwogu C., D’Cunha J. and Pang H.M.H., Short term and long term outcomes for VATS and Open lobectomy: Results from statistical analysis adjusting for treatment selection bias, 7th Asian Oncology Summit 2015.

Wang X., Gu L., Zhang Y., Sargent D., Richards W., Ganti A., Crawford J., Cohen H., Stinchcombe T., Vokes E. and Pang H.M.H., Validation of survival prognostic models for non-small-cell lung cancer in stage- and age-specific groups, Lung Cancer. 2015, 90: 281-287.

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 LML
Department:	Microbiology
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	09/2003

Project Title:	Outstanding Researcher Award 2003-2004
Investigator(s):	Peiris JSM
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Outstanding Researcher Award
Start Date:	07/2004

Project Title:	Special Research Achievement Award 2003-2004
Investigator(s):	Peiris JSM
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Special Research Achievement Award
Start Date:	11/2004

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
Completion Date:	11/2016

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
Completion Date:	06/2016

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
Completion Date:	03/2016

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 LML, 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

Project Title:	HKU Centennial Distinguished Chinese Scholars Scheme 2015-16
Investigator(s):	Peiris JSM
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	HKU Centennial Distinguished Chinese Scholars Scheme
Start Date:	09/2015

List of Research Outputs

Al Hammadi Z.M., Chu K.W., Eltahir Y.M., Al Hosani F., Al Mulla M., Tarnini W., Hall A.J., Perera R.A.P.M., Abdelkhalek M.M., Peiris J.S.M., Al Muhairi S.S. and Poon L.L.M., Asymptomatic MERS-CoV Infection in Humans Possibly Linked to Infected Dromedaries Imported from Oman to United Arab Emirates, May 2015, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2015, 21(12): 2197-200.

BAUDON E.M., Poon L.L.M., Dao T.D., Pham N.T., Cowling B.J., Peyre M., Nguyen K.V. and Peiris J.S.M., Detection of novel reassortant influenza A (H3N2) and H1N1 2009 pandemic viruses in swine in Hanoi, Vietnam, Zoonoses and Public Health. 2015, 62(6): 429-34.

Chan M.C.W., Kuok I.T., Leung C.Y.H., Hui P.Y., Doak S.A., Lau E.H.Y., Nicholls J.M., Fang X., Guan Y., Lee J.W., Chan W.Y., Webster R.G., Matthay M.A. and Peiris J.S.M., Human mesenchymal stromal cells reduce influenza A H5N1-associated acute lung injury in vitro and in vivo, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2016, 113(13): 3621-6.

Chan M.S., Damdinjav B., Perera R.A.P.M., Chu K.W., Khishgee B., Enkhbold B., Poon L.L.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Absence of MERS-Coronavirus in Bactrian Camels, Southern Mongolia, November 2014, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2015, 21(7): 1269-71.

Chan W.Y., Chan L.Y., Mok K.P., Tao K.P., Chan M.C.W., Peiris J.S.M. and Nicholls J.M., Risk assessment of human infection by H9 influenza viruses using an explant system, Pathology. 2016, 48 Suppl 1: S105.

Chen H., Liu S., Liu J., Chai C., Mao H., Yu Z., Tang Y., Zhu G., Chen H.X., Zhu C., Shao H., Tan S., Wang Q., Bi Y., Zou Z., Liu G., Jin T., Jiang C., Gao G.F., Peiris J.S.M., Yu H. and Chen E., Nosocomial Co-Transmission of Avian Influenza A(H7N9) and A(H1N1)pdm09 Viruses between 2 Patients with Hematologic Disorders, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2016, 22(4): 598-607.

Cheung D.H., TSANG K.L., Fang J., Xu J., Chan K.H., Ip D.K.M., Peiris J.S.M., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Association of Oseltamivir Treatment With Virus Shedding, Illness, and Household Transmission of Influenza Viruses, Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2015, 212(3): 391-6.

Chiu S.S.S., Feng S., Chan K.H., Lo J.Y., Chan L.Y., So L.Y., Cowling B.J. and Peiris J.S.M., Hospital-based vaccine effectiveness against influenza B lineages, Hong Kong, 2009−14, Vaccine. 2016, 34(19): 2164-9.

Chu K.W., Oladipo J.O., Perera R.A.P.M., Kuranga S.A., Chan M.S., Poon L.L.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in dromedary camels in Nigeria, 2015, Euro Surveillance. 2015, 20(49).

Cowling B.J., Kwan Y.W., Wong S.C., Feng S., Leung C.W., Chan L.Y., Chan K.H., Ng T.K., To W.K., Peiris J.S.M. and Chiu S.S.S., Interim estimates of the effectiveness of influenza vaccination against influenza-associated hospitalization in children in Hong Kong, 2015-16, Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 2016.

Crameri G., Durr P.A., Klein R., Foord A., Yu M., Riddell S., Haining J., Johnson D., Hemida M.G., Barr J., Peiris J.S.M., Middleton D. and Wang L.F., Experimental infection and response to rechallenge of alpacas with middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2016, 22(6): 1071-4.

Fagbo S.F., Skakni L., Chu K.W., Garbati M.A., Joseph M., Peiris J.S.M. and Hakawi A.M., Molecular Epidemiology of Hospital Outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2014, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2015, 21: 1981-8.

Fan L.Y., Doak S.A., Wong K.S.C., Li O.T.W., Nicholls J.M., Rabadan R., Peiris J.S.M. and Poon L.L.M., Generation of live attenuated influenza virus by using codon usage bias, Journal of Virology. 2015, 89: 10762-73.

Freeman G., Perera R.A.P.M., Ngan E., Fang J., Cauchemez S.T., Ip D.K.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Quantifying homologous and heterologous antibody titre rises after influenza virus infection, Epidemiology and Infection. 2016, 144: 2306-2316.

Guan W.D., Mok K.P., Chen Z.L., Feng L.Q., Li Z.T., Huang J.C., Ke C.W., Deng X., Ling Y., Wu S.G., Niu X.F., Perera R.A.P.M., Xu Y.D., Zhao J., Zhang L.Q., Li Y.M., Chen R.C., Peiris J.S.M., Chen L. and Zhong N.S., Characteristics of Traveler with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, China, 2015, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2015, 21(12): 2278-80.

Hemida M.G., Elmoslemany A., Al-Hizab F., Alnaeem A., Almathen F., Faye B., Chu K.W., Perera R.A.P.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Dromedary Camels and the Transmission of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 2015, n/a-n/a.

Hui D.S. and Peiris J.S.M., Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2015, 192(3): 278-9.

Hui D.S. and Peiris J.S.M., Reply: Middle east respiratory syndrome: A concern, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2015, 192(9): 1135-6.

Hui P.Y., Li H.S., Cheung M.C., Chan W.Y., Yuen K.M., Mok K.P., Nicholls J.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Chan M.C.W., Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus delays apoptotic responses via activation of STAT3, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 28593.

Hui P.Y., Kuok I.T., Kang S.R., Li H.S., Ng M.M.T., Bui H.T., Peiris J.S.M., Chan W.Y. and Chan M.C.W., Modulation of sterol biosynthesis regulates viral replication and cytokine production in influenza A virus infected human alveolar epithelial cells, Antiviral Research. 2015, 119: 1-7.

Ip D.K.M., Lau L.L., Chan K.H., Fang J., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., The dynamic relationship between clinical symptomatology and viral shedding In naturally acquired seasonal and pandemic influenza virus infections, Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2015, 62(4): 431-7.

Kwok H.H., Poon P.Y., Fok S.P., Yue P.Y.K., Mak N.K., Chan M.C.W., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong R.N., Anti-inflammatory effects of indirubin derivatives on influenza A virus-infected human pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 18941.

LUK S.M.G., Yen H. and Peiris J.S.M., Supervisor of MPhil student: Luk So Mui Geraldine; thesis title: “Transmission an dTissue Distribution of H7N9 Viruses in Chickens, The University of Hong Kong.. 2015.

Laurie K.L., Engelhardt O.G., Wood J., Heath A., Katz J.M., Peiris J.S.M., Hoschler K., Hungnes O., Zhang W. and Van Kerkhove M.D., International Laboratory Comparison of Influenza Microneutralization Assays for A(H1N1)pdm09, A(H3N2), and A(H5N1) Influenza Viruses by CONSISE, Clinical and Vaccine Immunology. 2015, 22(8): 957-64.

Leung N.H.L., ZHOU J., Chu K.W., Yu H., Lindsley W.G., Beezhold D.H., Yen H., Li Y., Seto W.H., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Quantification of Influenza Virus RNA in Aerosols in Patient Rooms, PLoS One. 2016, 11(2): e0148669.

Lewis N.S., Russell C.A., Langat P., Anderson T.K., Berger K., Bielejec F., Burke D.F., Dudas G., Fonville J.M., Fouchier R.A.M., Kellam P., Koel B.F., Lemey P., Nguyen T., Nuansrichy B., Peiris J.S.M., Saito T., Simon G., Skepner E., Takemae N., Webby R.J., Van Reeth K., Brookes S.M., Larsen L., Watson S.J., Brown I.H. and Vincent A.L., The global antigenic diversity of swine influenza A viruses, eLife. 2016, 5: e12217.

Luk G.S., Leung C.Y.H., Sia S.F., Choy K.T., ZHOU J., Ho C.K., Cheung P.P.H., Lee E.F., Wai C.K., Li P.C., Ip S.M., Poon L.L.M., Lindsley W.G., Peiris J.S.M. and Yen H., Transmission of H7N9 influenza viruses with a polymorphism at PB2 residue 627 in chickens and ferrets, Journal of Virology. 2015, 89(19): 9939-51.

Miguel E., Perera R.A.P.M., Baubekova A., Chevalier V., Faye B., Akhmetsadykov N., Ng C.Y.B., Roge F. and Peiris J.S.M., Absence of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in Camelids, Kazakhstan, 2015, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2016, 22(3): 555-7.

Mok K.P., Da Guan W., Liu X.Q., Lamers M.M., Li X.B., Wang M., Zhang J., Zhang Q.L., Li Z.T., Huang J.C., Lin J.Y., Zhang Y.H., Zhao P., Lee H.Y.H., Chen L., Li Y.M., Peiris J.S.M., Chen R.C., Zhong N.S. and Yang Z.F., Genetic characterization of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N6) virus, Guangdong, China, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2015, 21(12): 2268-71.

Oladipo O.J. and Peiris J.S.M., Supervisor of MPH student Oladipo Jamiu Olakusehin; thesis title: “Virologic and Sero-Epidemiological studies of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Infections in Dromedary Camels in Nigeria, The University of Hong Kong.. 2015.

Park S.W., Perera R.A.P.M., Choe P.G., Lau E.H.Y., Choi S.J., Chun J.Y., Oh H.S., Song K., Bang J.H., Kim E.S., Kim H.B., Park W.B., Kim N.J., Poon L.L.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Oh M.D., Comparison of serological assays in human Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)-coronavirus infection, Euro Surveillance. 2015, 20(41).

Park W.B., Perera R.A.P.M., Choe P.G., Lau E.H.Y., Choi S.J., Chun J.Y., Oh H.S., Song K.H., Bang J.H., Kim E.S., Kim H.B., Park S.W., Kim N.J., Poon L.L.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Oh M.D., Kinetics of serologic responses to MERS coronavirus infection in humans, South Korea, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2015, 21(12): 2186-9.

Peiris J.S.M., 1st International Meeting on Respiratory Pathogens in Singapore, organized by ISIRV, Plenary lecture: Emerging Respiratory Viruses of Concern. 2015.

Peiris J.S.M., 48th Council of Directors, Institut Pasteur International Network Meeting in France, Institut Pasteur. 2016.

Peiris J.S.M., CEIRS Annual Meeting and CEIRS Surveillance Meeting, organized by NIAID / NIH, US Government. Session: Surveillance; Title: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Africa, NIAID / NIH, US Government. 2016.

Peiris J.S.M., Council of Directors, Institut Pasteur International Network. 2016.

Peiris J.S.M., Fellow, American Society of Microbiology. 2016.

Peiris J.S.M., Founding Member, The Hong Kong Academy of Sciences. 2016.

Peiris J.S.M., Honorary Fellow, The Hong Kong College of Community Medicine. 2016.

Peiris J.S.M., ICAAC 2015 in San Diego, USA, Emerging Respiratory Viral Pathogens in the Session of The Challenge of Avian Influenza Viruses to Humans. 2015.

Peiris J.S.M., Institut Pasteur International Network – Asia Regional Meeting: session: Challenges, regional partnerships and targeted funding; title: “Getting Readey to Answer Public Health Great Challenges” in Shanghai, China, Institut Pasteur. 2016.

Peiris J.S.M., Institut of Pasteur: Infectious Disease Outbreak Investigation Course: Course Co-organizer in Paris, France, Institut Pasteur. 2016.

Peiris J.S.M., Cowling B.J., Wu J.T.K., Feng L., Guan Y., Yu H. and Leung G.M., Interventions to reduce zoonotic and pandemic risks from avian influenza in Asia, The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2016, 16: 252-258.

Peiris J.S.M., Invited Technical Meetings on “Understanding Ebola Virus at the animal-human interface” and “Understanding MERS-CoV at the animal-human interface" in Rome, Italy, Organized by FAO of the United Nations. 2016.

Peiris J.S.M., Invited workshop “The Emergence of new Epidemic Viruses: what knowledge have we gained, what questions have we not asked, and what more do we need to do? Session / Title: The process of post-transfer adaptation. How often, and by what mechanisms viruses become optimized for replication in and transmission to the new host? in Washington, USA, Sponsored by NIH USA, hosted by Cornell University / Columbia University / UC San Francisco / NIAID and USA Federal agencies. 2015.

Peiris J.S.M., MERS Mission to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, WHO. 2016.

Peiris J.S.M., Organized by Science Council of Asia (SCA); 16th Conference of the SCA; Theme: Science for the People: Mobilizing Modern Technologies for Sustainable Development in Asia, Plenary talk: Responding to novel emerging epidemics: The “One Health” approach. 2016.

Peiris J.S.M., Scientific Meeting re: Celebrating 90 Years of Excellence in Microbiology and Immunology "Our Achievements, Vision and Future", organized by National University of Singapore, Keynote lecture: Emergence and Pathogenesis of Zoonotic and Pandemic Influenza. 2015.

Peiris J.S.M., Temporary Advisor and Resource Speaker; Title: Seroepidemiolgy Asymptomatic Infection and its Significance for Viral Transmission" and "Future Research Collaboration; co-Chair for gorup: Laboratory Diagnosis and Virology, Co-organized by WHO, the Korea Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), the Korean Academy of Medical Science (KAMS) and the JW Lee Centre for Global Medicine (CGM) of Seoul National University. 2015 International Symposium on Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).. 2015.

Peiris J.S.M., The 10th Asia-Pacific Congress of Medical Virology 2015 (APCMV), Plenary lecture: Emerging Infectious Diseases: Avian influenza and MERS and Moderator of the session "Influenza". 2015.

Peiris J.S.M., The 1st Science and Technology Innovation Summit, organized by The Academy of Sciences of Hong Kong, Speech: Emerging Viral Diseases. 2015.

Peiris J.S.M., To attend CEIRS 1st Annual Network Meeting and CEIRS Surveillance Meeting in Rochester, USA, organized by NIAID / NIH, US Government. 2015.

Peiris J.S.M., WHO informal consultation on Anticipating Emerging Infectious Disease Epidemics; Moderator of the Session “Future Epidemics: moving and burry targets”., WHO. 2015.

Peiris J.S.M., WHO meeting for launching the Tool for Influenza Pandemic Risk Assiessment (TIPRA), WHO. 2016.

Poon L.L.M., Song T., Rosenfeld R., Lin X., Rogers M.B., Zhou B., Sebra R., Halpin R.A., Guan Y., Twaddle A., DePasse J.V., Stockwell T.B., Wentworth D.E., Holmes E.C., Greenbaum B., Peiris J.S.M., Cowling B.J. and Ghedin E., Quantifying influenza virus diversity and transmission in humans, Nature Genetics. 2016, 48(2): 195-200.

Shehata M.M., Chu K.W., Gomaa M.R., AbiSaid M., El Shesheny R., Kandeil A., Bagato O., CHAN M.S., Barbour E.K., Shaib H.S., McKenzie P.P., Webby R.J., Ali M.A., Peiris J.S.M. and Kayali G., Surveillance for coronaviruses in bats, Lebanon and Egypt, 2013–2015, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2016, 22(1): 148-150.

TSANG K.L., Fang J., Perera R.A.P.M., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Cauchemez S.T. and Cowling B.J., Interpreting Seroepidemiologic Studies of Influenza in a Context of Nonbracketing Sera, Epidemiology. 2016, 27: 152-158.

Tam Y.H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Estimating Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Using the Test-Negative Design in Hong Kong, 1st International Meeting on Respiratory Pathogens, Singapore, 2-4 September 2015. ISIRV.

Tsang K.L., Fang J., Chan K.H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Cowling B.J. and Cauchemez S.T., Individual correlates of infectivity of influenza A Virus infections in households, PLoS One. 2016, 11: e0154418.

Tsang K.L., Cauchemez S.T., Fang J., Chan K.H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Individual correlates of infectivity of influenza virus infections in households, The Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Hong Kong, 19 September 2015.. 2015.

Tsang K.L., Cowling B.J., Fang J., Chan K.H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cauchemez S.T., Influenza A virus shedding and infectivity in households, Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2015, 212: 1420-1428.

Virlogeux V.M.L., Yang J., Fang J., Feng L., Tsang T.K., Jiang H., Wu P., Zheng J., Lau E.H.Y., Qin Y., Peng Z., Peiris J.S.M., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Association between the Severity of Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Infections and Length of the Incubation Period, PLoS One. 2016, 11(2): e0148506.

Virlogeux V.M.L., Fang J., Wu J.T.K., Ho L.M., Peiris J.S.M., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Brief Report: Incubation Period Duration and Severity of Clinical Disease Following Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection, Epidemiology. 2015, 26(5): 666-9.

WANG X., Yang L., Chan K.H., Chan K.P., CAO P., Lau E.H.Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Age and Sex Differences in Rates of Influenza-Associated Hospitalizations in Hong Kong, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 182(4): 335-44.

Wang Z., Nicholls J.M., Liu F., Wang J., Feng Z., Liu D., Sun Y., Zhou C., Li Y., Li H., Qi S., Huang X., Sui J., Liao Q., Peiris J.S.M., Yu H. and Wang Y., Pulmonary and central nervous system pathology in fatal cases of hand foot and mouth disease caused by enterovirus A71 infection, Pathology. 2016, 48(3): 267-74.

Wei L., Chan K.H., Ip D.K.M., Fang J., Fung R.O.P., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Burden, seasonal pattern, and symptomatology of acute respiratory illnesses of different viral etiology in children presenting at outpatient clinics in Hong Kong. , Clinical Microbiology and Infection . 2015, 21(9): 861-6.

Xu C., Chan K.H., Tsang K.L., Fang J., Fung R.O.P., Ip D.K.M., Cauchemez S.T., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Comparative epidemiology of influenza B Yamagata- and Victoria-lineage viruses in households, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 182: 705-713.

Xu C., Perera R.A.P.M., Chan K.H., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Ng S., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Effect of serum 25-hydroxyitamin Don influenza infection in Hong Kong, The Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Hong Kong, 19 September 2015.. 2015.

YIP T.F., Lee M.Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Supervisor of MPhil student: Yip Tsz Fung; thesis title: "Characterization of an Orphan Innate Immune Receptor – Sub-cellular Localization, Ligand Identification and Cellular Events for Signaling Activation of Toll-like Receptor 10, The University of Hong Kong. 2015.

Yang Z.F., Mok K.P., Peiris J.S.M. and Zhong N.S., Human infection with a novel avian influenza A(H5N6) virus, New England Journal of Medicine. 2015, 373(5): 487-9.

Yip M.S., LEUNG H.L., Li P.H., Cheung C.Y., Dutry I.C.A., Li D., Daëron M., Bruzzone R., Peiris J.S.M. and Jaume M.D.A., Antibody-dependent enhancement of SARS coronavirus infection and its role in the pathogenesis of SARS, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2016, 22(3 Suppl 4): 25-31.

Yuan J., Lau E.H.Y., Li K., Leung C.Y.H., Yang Z., Xie C., Liu Y., Liu Y., Ma X., Liu J., Li X., Chen K., Luo L., Di B., Cowling B.J., Tang X., Leung G.M., Wang M. and Peiris J.S.M., Effect of Live Poultry Market Closure on Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Activity in Guangzhou, China, 2014, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2015, 21(10): 1784-93.

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
Completion Date:	02/2016

List of Research Outputs

Al Hammadi Z.M., Chu K.W., Eltahir Y.M., Al Hosani F., Al Mulla M., Tarnini W., Hall A.J., Perera R.A.P.M., Abdelkhalek M.M., Peiris J.S.M., Al Muhairi S.S. and Poon L.L.M., Asymptomatic MERS-CoV Infection in Humans Possibly Linked to Infected Dromedaries Imported from Oman to United Arab Emirates, May 2015, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2015, 21(12): 2197-200.

Chan M.S., Damdinjav B., Perera R.A.P.M., Chu K.W., Khishgee B., Enkhbold B., Poon L.L.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Absence of MERS-Coronavirus in Bactrian Camels, Southern Mongolia, November 2014, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2015, 21(7): 1269-71.

Chu K.W., Oladipo J.O., Perera R.A.P.M., Kuranga S.A., Chan M.S., Poon L.L.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in dromedary camels in Nigeria, 2015, Euro Surveillance. 2015, 20(49).

Freeman G., Perera R.A.P.M., Ngan E., Fang J., Cauchemez S.T., Ip D.K.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Quantifying homologous and heterologous antibody titre rises after influenza virus infection, Epidemiology and Infection. 2016, 144: 2306-2316.

Guan W.D., Mok K.P., Chen Z.L., Feng L.Q., Li Z.T., Huang J.C., Ke C.W., Deng X., Ling Y., Wu S.G., Niu X.F., Perera R.A.P.M., Xu Y.D., Zhao J., Zhang L.Q., Li Y.M., Chen R.C., Peiris J.S.M., Chen L. and Zhong N.S., Characteristics of Traveler with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, China, 2015, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2015, 21(12): 2278-80.

Hemida M.G., Elmoslemany A., Al-Hizab F., Alnaeem A., Almathen F., Faye B., Chu K.W., Perera R.A.P.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Dromedary Camels and the Transmission of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 2015, n/a-n/a.

Miguel E., Perera R.A.P.M., Baubekova A., Chevalier V., Faye B., Akhmetsadykov N., Ng C.Y.B., Roge F. and Peiris J.S.M., Absence of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in Camelids, Kazakhstan, 2015, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2016, 22(3): 555-7.

Park S.W., Perera R.A.P.M., Choe P.G., Lau E.H.Y., Choi S.J., Chun J.Y., Oh H.S., Song K., Bang J.H., Kim E.S., Kim H.B., Park W.B., Kim N.J., Poon L.L.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Oh M.D., Comparison of serological assays in human Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)-coronavirus infection, Euro Surveillance. 2015, 20(41).

Park W.B., Perera R.A.P.M., Choe P.G., Lau E.H.Y., Choi S.J., Chun J.Y., Oh H.S., Song K.H., Bang J.H., Kim E.S., Kim H.B., Park S.W., Kim N.J., Poon L.L.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Oh M.D., Kinetics of serologic responses to MERS coronavirus infection in humans, South Korea, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2015, 21(12): 2186-9.

TSANG K.L., Fang J., Perera R.A.P.M., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Cauchemez S.T. and Cowling B.J., Interpreting Seroepidemiologic Studies of Influenza in a Context of Nonbracketing Sera, Epidemiology. 2016, 27: 152-158.

Xu C., Perera R.A.P.M., Chan K.H., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Ng S., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Effect of serum 25-hydroxyitamin Don influenza infection in Hong Kong, The Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Hong Kong, 19 September 2015.. 2015.

Researcher : Poon LLM

Project Title:	Reverse genetic for a coronavirus responsible for severe acute respiratory syndrome
Investigator(s):	Poon LML, 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 LML
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 LML
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 LML
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	02/2013
Completion Date:	04/2016

Project Title:	Characterization of fibronectin-mediated influenza A virus infection in human cells.
Investigator(s):	Poon LML, Chan WY
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2014
Completion Date:	12/2015

Project Title:	Generation of a replication-incompetent NP-knockout influenza virus that allows expression of galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose (alpha-Gal) in infected cells to enhance adaptive immune response
Investigator(s):	Poon LML, Doak SA
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	07/2015

Project Title:	Vaccination scheme development to stimulate both B and T cell dependent heterosubtypic protection against Influenza A viruses in mice
Investigator(s):	Poon LML, Doak SA
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	07/2015

Project Title:	Detection and characterization of antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) responses against human H7N9 virus in humans and mice
Investigator(s):	Poon LML, Doak SA
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	05/2016

List of Research Outputs

Al Hammadi Z.M., Chu K.W., Eltahir Y.M., Al Hosani F., Al Mulla M., Tarnini W., Hall A.J., Perera R.A.P.M., Abdelkhalek M.M., Peiris J.S.M., Al Muhairi S.S. and Poon L.L.M., Asymptomatic MERS-CoV Infection in Humans Possibly Linked to Infected Dromedaries Imported from Oman to United Arab Emirates, May 2015, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2015, 21(12): 2197-200.

BAUDON E.M., Poon L.L.M., Dao T.D., Pham N.T., Cowling B.J., Peyre M., Nguyen K.V. and Peiris J.S.M., Detection of novel reassortant influenza A (H3N2) and H1N1 2009 pandemic viruses in swine in Hanoi, Vietnam, Zoonoses and Public Health. 2015, 62(6): 429-34.

Chan M.S., Damdinjav B., Perera R.A.P.M., Chu K.W., Khishgee B., Enkhbold B., Poon L.L.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Absence of MERS-Coronavirus in Bactrian Camels, Southern Mongolia, November 2014, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2015, 21(7): 1269-71.

Chin W.H., Yen H., Krauss S., Webby R.J. and Poon L.L.M., Recombinant influenza virus with a pandemic H2N2 polymerase complex has a higher adaptive potential than one with seasonal H2N2 polymerase complex, Journal of General Virology. 2016, 97(3): 611-9.

Chu K.W., Oladipo J.O., Perera R.A.P.M., Kuranga S.A., Chan M.S., Poon L.L.M. and Peiris J.S.M., Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in dromedary camels in Nigeria, 2015, Euro Surveillance. 2015, 20(49).

Corman V.M., Baldwin H.J., Tateno A.F., Zerbinati R.M., Annan A., Owusu M., Nkrumah E.E., Maganga G.D., Oppong S., Adu-Sarkodie Y., Vallo P., da Silva Filho L.V., Leroy E.M., Thiel V., van der Hoek L., Poon L.L.M., Tschapka M., Drosten C. and Drexler J.F., Evidence for an Ancestral Association of human coronavirus 229E with bats, Journal of Virology. 2015, 89(23): 11858-70.

Fan L.Y., Doak S.A., Wong K.S.C., Li O.T.W., Nicholls J.M., Rabadan R., Peiris J.S.M. and Poon L.L.M., Generation of live attenuated influenza virus by using codon usage bias, Journal of Virology. 2015, 89: 10762-73.

Luk G.S., Leung C.Y.H., Sia S.F., Choy K.T., ZHOU J., Ho C.K., Cheung P.P.H., Lee E.F., Wai C.K., Li P.C., Ip S.M., Poon L.L.M., Lindsley W.G., Peiris J.S.M. and Yen H., Transmission of H7N9 influenza viruses with a polymorphism at PB2 residue 627 in chickens and ferrets, Journal of Virology. 2015, 89(19): 9939-51.

Park S.W., Perera R.A.P.M., Choe P.G., Lau E.H.Y., Choi S.J., Chun J.Y., Oh H.S., Song K., Bang J.H., Kim E.S., Kim H.B., Park W.B., Kim N.J., Poon L.L.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Oh M.D., Comparison of serological assays in human Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)-coronavirus infection, Euro Surveillance. 2015, 20(41).

Park W.B., Perera R.A.P.M., Choe P.G., Lau E.H.Y., Choi S.J., Chun J.Y., Oh H.S., Song K.H., Bang J.H., Kim E.S., Kim H.B., Park S.W., Kim N.J., Poon L.L.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Oh M.D., Kinetics of serologic responses to MERS coronavirus infection in humans, South Korea, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2015, 21(12): 2186-9.

Poon L.L.M., Song T., Rosenfeld R., Lin X., Rogers M.B., Zhou B., Sebra R., Halpin R.A., Guan Y., Twaddle A., DePasse J.V., Stockwell T.B., Wentworth D.E., Holmes E.C., Greenbaum B., Peiris J.S.M., Cowling B.J. and Ghedin E., Quantifying influenza virus diversity and transmission in humans, Nature Genetics. 2016, 48(2): 195-200.

Researcher : Poon LML

Project Title:	Reverse genetic for a coronavirus responsible for severe acute respiratory syndrome
Investigator(s):	Poon LML, 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 LML
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 LML
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 LML
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	02/2013
Completion Date:	04/2016

Project Title:	Characterization of fibronectin-mediated influenza A virus infection in human cells.
Investigator(s):	Poon LML, Chan WY
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	01/2014
Completion Date:	12/2015

Project Title:	Generation of a replication-incompetent NP-knockout influenza virus that allows expression of galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose (alpha-Gal) in infected cells to enhance adaptive immune response
Investigator(s):	Poon LML, Doak SA
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	07/2015

Project Title:	Vaccination scheme development to stimulate both B and T cell dependent heterosubtypic protection against Influenza A viruses in mice
Investigator(s):	Poon LML, Doak SA
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	07/2015

Project Title:	Detection and characterization of antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) responses against human H7N9 virus in humans and mice
Investigator(s):	Poon LML, Doak SA
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	05/2016

List of Research Outputs

Doak S.A., Mallajosyula V.V., Li O.T.W., Chin W.H., Carnell G., Temperton N., Varadarajan R. and Poon L.M.L., Stalking influenza by vaccination with pre-fusion headless HA mini-stem, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 22666.

Kien F.S., MA H., Bruzzone R., Poon L.M.L. and Nal B., Definition of the cellular interactome of the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus: identification of human cellular regulators of viral entry, assembly, and egress, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2016, 22(Suppl 4): S10-2.

Poon L.M.L., Highly Cited Researchers , Thomson Reuters. 2015.

Poon L.M.L., Emerging Infections: How can we improve preparedness?, 2015.

Poon L.M.L., Minor influenza viral sequence variations between successive transmission, 2016.

Poon L.M.L., Li O.T.W., Chin W.H., Mallajosyula V.A., Varadarajan R., Carnell G. and Temperton N., Stalking influenza by vaccination with pre-fusion headless HA mini-stem , Lorne Infection and Immunity. 2016.

Researcher : Qiu H

List of Research Outputs

Lin H., Ma W., Qiu H., Vaughn M.G., Nelson E.J., Qian Z. and Tian L., Is standard deviation of daily PM2.5 concentration associated with respiratory mortality?, Environmental Pollution. 2016, 216: 208-14.

Qiu H., Tian L., Ho K.F., Yu I.T., Thach T.Q. and Wong C.M., Who is more vulnerable to death from extremely cold temperatures? A case-only approach in Hong Kong with a temperate climate, International Journal of Biometeorology. 2016, 60(5): 711-7.

SUN S., Tian L., Qiu H., Chan K.P., Tsang H., Tang H.K.R., Lee R.S., Thach T.Q. and Wong C.M., The influence of pre-existing health conditions on short-term mortality risks of temperature: Evidence from a prospective Chinese elderly cohort in Hong Kong, Environmental Research. 2016, 148: 7-14.

Tian L., Qiu H., Pun V.C., Ho K.F., Chan C.S. and Yu I.T.S., Carbon monoxide and stroke: A time series study of ambient air pollution and emergency hospitalizations, International Journal of Cardiology. 2015, 201: 4-9.

Tian L., Qiu H., SUN S. and Lin H., Emergency cardiovascular hospitalization risk attributable to cold temperatures in Hong Kong, Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 2016, 9(2): 135-42.

Researcher : Quan J

List of Research Outputs

Quan J., Pang H.M.H., Wong O.L., Johnston J.M. and Leung G.M., Diabetes Incidence And Prevalence In Hong Kong During 2007-13, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scienfitic Meeting . 2015.

Quan J., Johnston J.M., Leung G.M., Zhang H.Y., Jian W.Y., Fang H., Pang D., Zheng Y.L., Tan K.B., Chen B., Iizuka T. and Eggleston K., Net Value from Improved Chronic Disease Management to Avoid Hospitalizations: Evidence from Diabetes in Japan, Beijing, Hong Kong, and Singapore, “The Economics of Ageing & Health” as part of the “Next World Program”. Shanghai, The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2016.

Quan J., Wong O.L., Johnston J.M. and Leung G.M., Valuing diabetes care in Hong Kong implications for developing health services in mainland China (abstract and oral presentation), 11th World Congress in Health Economics, 12-15 July 2015, Milan. Milan, International Health Economics Association, 2015.

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., Obesity and underweight trends in Hong Kong primary school children, Obesity Review. 2016, 17: 121.

Researcher : Ren X

List of Research Outputs

Qin Y., Horby P.W., TSANG K.L., Chen E., Gao L., Ou J., Nguyen T.H., Duong T.N., Gasimov V., Feng L., Wu P., Jiang H., Ren X., Peng Z., Li S., Li M., Zheng J., Liu S., Hu S., Hong R., Farrar J.J., Leung G.M., Gao G.F., Cowling B.J. and Yu H., Differences in the Epidemiology of Human Cases of Avian Influenza A(H7N9) and A(H5N1) Viruses Infection, Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2015, 61(4): 563-71.

Researcher : Riley S

List of Research Outputs

Kwok K.O., Davoudi B., Riley S. and Pourbohloul B., Early real time estimation of the basic reproductive number of emerging or reemerging infectious diseases in a contact heterogeneity community: Using data of Hong Kong 2009 H1N1 Pandemic Influenza as an illustrative example, PLos One. 2015, 10: e0137959.

Researcher : SUN S

List of Research Outputs

SUN S., CAO P., Chan K.P., Tsang H., Wong C.M. and Thach T.Q., Temperature as a modifier of the effects of fine particulate matter on acute mortality in Hong Kong, Environmental Pollution. 2015, 205: 357-364.

SUN S., Tian L., Qiu H., Chan K.P., Tsang H., Tang H.K.R., Lee R.S., Thach T.Q. and Wong C.M., The influence of pre-existing health conditions on short-term mortality risks of temperature: Evidence from a prospective Chinese elderly cohort in Hong Kong, Environmental Research. 2016, 148: 7-14.

Tian L., Qiu H., SUN S. and Lin H., Emergency cardiovascular hospitalization risk attributable to cold temperatures in Hong Kong, Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 2016, 9(2): 135-42.

Researcher : SUN Y

List of Research Outputs

SUN Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Fruit and vegetable consumption and cardiovascular risk factors in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, PLoS One. 2015, 10(8): e0135380.

SUN Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Nut consumption and cardiovascular risk in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, PLoS One. 2015, 10(9): e0137178.

Researcher : Sanyal S

Project Title:	Mechanism of Influenza NS1-mediated inhibition of interferon-I response: effect on ISG15
Investigator(s):	Sanyal S
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2014

Project Title:	Host factors involved in dengue infection
Investigator(s):	Sanyal S
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	12/2014

Project Title:	Development of therapeutic strategies against viral infections by targeting the host ubiquitylation machinery and its modulation of the innate immune response
Investigator(s):	Sanyal S, Bruzzone R
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	07/2015

Project Title:	Deciphering the Influenza Viral Polymerase Interplay with Host Ubiquitin-proteasome System in Correlation with Pathogenesis
Investigator(s):	Sanyal S
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Institut Pasteur
Start Date:	07/2015

Project Title:	Role of Tsg101 in the process of influenza virus assembly and release
Investigator(s):	Sanyal S
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	11/2015

Project Title:	EMBO conference on characterization of post translational modifications; Role of post-translational modifications in immunity and infection
Investigator(s):	Sanyal S
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	04/2016
Completion Date:	04/2016

Project Title:	Role of Usp4 in T cell receptor signaling
Investigator(s):	Sanyal S
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2016

List of Research Outputs

Akhee S.J., Lestra M., Swee L.K., Fan Y., Lamers M.M., Tafesse F.G., Theile C.S., Spooner E., Bruzzone R., Ploegh H.L. and Sanyal S., Usp12 stabilizes the T-cell receptor complex at the cell surface during signaling, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2016, 113(6): 705-14.

Lamers M.M. and Sanyal S., Clinical and epidemiological features of the 2014 large-scale dengue outbreak in Guangzhou city, China, BMC Infect Dis. 2016.

Sanyal S., Mechanism of nuclear-cytosol shuttling of Usp12, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2016.

Sanyal S., Role of lipid droplets in biogenesis of dengue virus particles, EMBO conference: Innate Immunity in Host Pathogen Interactions. 2016.

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., LONG M., Cheng K.K., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Evaluation of moderate alcohol use with QT interval and heart rate using mendelian randomization analysis among older Southern Chinese men in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 182(4): 320-7.

Au Yeung S.L.R., Cheng K.K., Zhao J., Zhang W., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted 17beta-estradiol and cardiovascular risk factors in women: A Mendelian randomization analysis using young women in Hong Kong and older women in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Annals of Epidemiology. 2016, 26(3): 171-5.

Au Yeung S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted 17beta-estradiol, cognitive function and depressive symptoms in women: A Mendelian randomization in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Preventive Medicine. 2016, 88: 80-5.

Hui L.L., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Social patterning in adiposity in adolescence: prospective observations from the chinese birth cohort ‘‘Children of 1997’’, PLoS One. 2016, 11: e0146198.

Hui L.L., Wong M.Y., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., The Association of Infant Growth Patterns with Adiposity in Adolescence: Prospective Observations from Hong Kong's 'Children of 1997' Birth Cohort, Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 2015, 29(4): 326-34.

Kwok M.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Associations of birth order with early adolescent growth, pubertal onset, blood pressure and size: Evidence from Hong Kong’s “Children of 1997” birth cohort, PLOS ONE. 2016, 11: e0153787.

Kwok M.K., Au Yeung S.L.R., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Birth weight and adult cardiovascular risk factors using multiple birth status as an instrumental variable in the 1958 British Birth Cohort, Preventive Medicine. 2016, 84: 69-75.

LAI T.C., Au Yeung S.L.R., Lin S.C., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Brief Report: Maternal age of menarche and adiposity: Evidence from Hong Kong's "Children of 1997" birth cohort, Epidemiology. 2016, 27: 433-437.

Leung Y.Y.J., Kwok M.K., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Breastfeeding and childhood hospitalizations for asthma and other wheezing disorders, Annals of Epidemiology. 2016, 26: 21-27.e3.

Leung Y.Y.J., Lam H.S., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Gestational age, birth weight and childhood hospitalizations for asthma and other wheezing disorders: Evidence from the “Children of 1997” birth cohort, Annual Scientific Meeting, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine. 2015.

Leung Y.Y.J., Lam H.S., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Gestational age, birthweight for gestational age, and childhood hospitalizations for asthma and other wheezing disorders, Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 2016, 30(2): 149-59.

Ni M.Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Gilman S.E., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Stress across the life course and depression in a rapidly developing population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2016, 31(6): 629-37.

SUN Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Fruit and vegetable consumption and cardiovascular risk factors in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, PLoS One. 2015, 10(8): e0135380.

SUN Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Nut consumption and cardiovascular risk in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, PLoS One. 2015, 10(9): e0137178.

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. 2016, 45: 64-72.

Schooling C.M. and Leung G.M., Learning from anomalies: the case of cholesterol and ischaemic heart disease, International Journal of Epidemiology. 2016, 45: 290-292.

Schooling C.M. and Leung G.M., Testosterone and cardiovascular risk (Correspondence), The Lancet, Diabetes & Endocrinology. 2015, 3(9): 682.

Schooling C.M. and Cowling B.J., Type of question could inform the taxonomy of bias (Letter), Epidemiology. 2015, 26(4):e48.

Shen C., Lee R.S.Y., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Is traditional Chinese exercise associated with lower mortality rates in older people? Evidence from a prospective Chinese elderly cohort study in Hong Kong, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2016, 183(1): 36-45.

WANG H., Lin S.C., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Age at onset of puberty and adolescent depression: "Children of 1997" birth cohort, Pediatrics. 2016, 137: e20153231.

WANG H., Leung G.M., Lam H.S. and Schooling C.M., Gestational age and adolescent mental health: evidence from Hong Kong's 'Children of 1997' birth cohort, Archives Of Disease In Childhood. 2015, 100(9): 856-62.

Wong O.L., Cowling B.J., Lo S.V., Chan W.Y. and Schooling C.M., Projecting ischaemic heart disease mortality and morbidity in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2015, 21(Suppl 6): S19-22.

XU X., Khong P.L., WONG M.L.N., Ho R.T.H., Schooling C.M., Yeung P.S., Lee T.M.C. and Hui S.K., The heritability of structural brain network, The 24th Annual Meeting of ISMRM, Singapore. 2016, 1107.

Xu L., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Alcohol use and gamma-glutamyltransferase using a mendelian randomization design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, PLoS One. 2015, 10(9): e0137790.

Xu L., Jiang C., Schooling C.M., Zhang W., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Liver enzymes and incident diabetes in China: A prospective analysis of 10 764 participants in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2015, 69(11): 1040-4.

ZHAO J., Lam T.H., Jiang C., Cherny S.S., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., A Mendelian randomization study of testosterone and cognition in men, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 21306.

Zhao J., Leung Y.Y.J., Lin S.C. and Schooling C.M., Cigarette smoking and testosterone in men and women: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies, Preventive Medicine. 2016, 85: 1-10.

Researcher : Seto WH

List of Research Outputs

Leung N.H.L., ZHOU J., Chu K.W., Yu H., Lindsley W.G., Beezhold D.H., Yen H., Li Y., Seto W.H., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Quantification of Influenza Virus RNA in Aerosols in Patient Rooms, PLoS One. 2016, 11(2): e0148669.

Researcher : Shen C

List of Research Outputs

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. 2016, 45: 64-72.

Shen C., Lee R.S.Y., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Is traditional Chinese exercise associated with lower mortality rates in older people? Evidence from a prospective Chinese elderly cohort study in Hong Kong, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2016, 183(1): 36-45.

Researcher : Shiu EYC

List of Research Outputs

Wong Y.T., Kelly H., Cheung C.M., Shiu E.Y.C., Wu P., Ni M.Y., Ip D.K.M. and Cowling B.J., Hospitalization fatality risk of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09: a systematic review and meta-analysis., American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 182(4): 294-301.

Researcher : Sia SF

List of Research Outputs

Luk G.S., Leung C.Y.H., Sia S.F., Choy K.T., ZHOU J., Ho C.K., Cheung P.P.H., Lee E.F., Wai C.K., Li P.C., Ip S.M., Poon L.L.M., Lindsley W.G., Peiris J.S.M. and Yen H., Transmission of H7N9 influenza viruses with a polymorphism at PB2 residue 627 in chickens and ferrets, Journal of Virology. 2015, 89(19): 9939-51.

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

HUANG P.Y., Lee C.C., Yip C.H., Cheung C.L., YU G., Lam T.Y., Smith D.K., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Genetic characterization of highly pathogenic H5 influenza viruses from poultry in Taiwan, 2015, Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 2016, 38: 96-100.

Sabir J.S., Lam T.Y., Ahmed M.M., Li L., Shen Y., Abo-Aba S.E., Qureshi M.I., Abu-Zeid M., Zhang Y., Khiyami M.A., Alharbi N.S., Hajrah N.H., Sabir M.J., Mutwakil M.H., Kabli S.A., Alsulaimany F.A., Obaid A.Y., Zhou B., Smith D.K., Holmes E.C., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Co-circulation of three camel coronavirus species and recombination of MERS-CoVs in Saudi Arabia, Science. 2016, 351(6268): 81-4.

Shi L., Yu B., Cai C.H., Huang W., Zheng B., Smith D.K. and Huang J., Combined prokaryotic–eukaryotic delivery and expression of therapeutic factors through a primed autocatalytic positive-feedback loop, Journal of Controlled Release. 2016, 222: 130-140.

Wang J., Wu M., Hong W., Fan X., Chen R., Zheng Z., Zeng Y., Huang R., Zhang Y., Lam T.Y., Smith D.K., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Infectivity and Transmissibility of Avian H9N2 Influenza Viruses in Pigs, Journal of Virology. 2016, 90(7): 3506-14.

Zhu H., Lam T.Y., Smith D.K. and Guan Y., Emergence and development of H7N9 influenza viruses in China, Current Opinion in Virology. 2016, 16: 106-13.

Zhu W., Li L., Yan Z., Gan T., Li L., Chen R., Chen R., Zheng Z., Hong W., Wang J., Smith D.K., Guan Y., Zhu H. and Shu Y., Dual E627K and D701N mutations in the PB2 protein of A(H7N9) influenza virus increased its virulence in mammalian models, Scientific Reports. 2015, 5: 14170.

Researcher : So HC

List of Research Outputs

Ip D.K.M., Lau E.H.Y., Tam Y.H., So H.C., Cowling B.J. and Kwok H.K.H., Acute respiratory infections associated productivity loss among healthcare workers in Hong Kong , 1st International Meeting on Respiratory Pathogens, Singapore, 2-4 September 2015.. 2015.

Ip D.K.M., Lau E.H.Y., Tam Y.H., So H.C., Cowling B.J. and Kwok H.K.H., Increases in absenteeism among health care workers in Hong Kong during influenza epidemics, 2004–2009, BMC Infectious Diseases. 2015, 15.

Researcher : Song WA

List of Research Outputs

Tin Y.K., Song W.A., 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 2012/13, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2016, 22(Suppl 3): S2-23.

Researcher : Soong SS

List of Research Outputs

Soong S.S., Wang M.P., Mui M., Viswanath K., Lam T.H. and Chan S.S.C., A “Community Fit” community-based participatory research program for family health, happiness, and harmony: design and implementation, JMIR Research Protocols. 2015, 4(4): e126.

Researcher : Stewart SM

List of Research Outputs

Ho C.Y.H., Mui M., Wan N.T.A., Ng Y.L., Stewart S.M., Yew C., Lam T.H. and Chan S.S.C., Happy family kitchen II: A cluster randomized controlled trial of a community-based family intervention for enhancing family communication and well-being in Hong Kong, Frontiers in Psychology. Lausanne Switzerland, Frontiers, 2016, 7(638): 1-10.

Kavikondala S., Stewart S.M., Ni M.Y., Chan B.H.Y., Lee H., Li K.K., McDowell I.W., Johnston J.M., Chan S.S.C., Lam T.H., Lam W.W.T., Fielding R. and Leung G.M., Structure and Validity of Family Harmony Scale: An Instrument for Measuring Harmony, Psychological Assessment. 2016, 28(3): 307-318.

LAI Y.K.A., Mui M., Wan N.T.A., Stewart S.M., Lam T.H. and Chan S.S.C., Development and Model-based evaluation of a Train-the-trainer Workshop for the Large Preventive Positive Psychology Happy Family Kitchen Project in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), The 6th Hong Kong International Nursing Forum, 10-11 December. Hong Kong, 2015.

Lai Y.K.A., Mui M.W.M., Wan N.T.A., Stewart S.M., Lam T.H. and Chan S.S.C., A practical example for development and model-based evaluation on a train-the-trainer workshop for the large preventive positive psychology Happy Family Kitchen Project in Hong Kong , The 6th Hong Kong International Nursing Forum . 2015.

Lai Y.K.A., Mui M.W., Wan N.T.A., Stewart S.M., Yew C., Lam T.H. and Chan S.S.C., Development and two-year follow-up evaluation of a training workshop for the large preventive positive psychology happy family kitchen project in Hong Kong, PLoS One. 2016, 11(1): e0147712.

Ni M.Y., Li K.L., Yu N.X., Pang H.M.H., Chan B.H.Y., Leung G.M. and Stewart S.M., Normative data and psychometric properties of the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) and the abbreviated version (CD-RISC2) among the general population in Hong Kong, Quality of Life Research. 2016, 25(1): 111-6.

Yu N.X., Lam T.H., Liu I.K.F. and Stewart S.M., Mediation of short and longer term effects of an intervention program to enhance resilience in immigrants from Mainland China to Hong Kong, Frontiers in Psychology. 2015, 6: 1769.

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. 2016, 11(1): 70-84.

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., Cross-sectional study on parental pro-drinking practices and adolescent alcohol drinking in Hong Kong, BMJ Open. 2016, 6: e009804.

Ho D.S.Y., AU W.M., Wang M.P., TIN S.P.P., HUANG R. and Lam T.H., A Hong Kong adolescent alcohol control programme using simple and innovative methods to reach adolescents and parents. (abstract & poster presentation), Health Promotion Symposium 2015, 20 November 2015, Hong Kong. 2015.

Tin S.P.P., Lam W.W.T., Yoon S.W., ZHANG N., XIA N., ZHANG W., MA K., Fielding R. and Shaman J., Workplace health promotion: assessing the cardiopulmonary risks of the construction workforce in Hong Kong, PLOS ONE. 2016, 11(1): e0146286.

ZHANG N., Fielding R., Soong I., Chan K.K.L., Tsang W.H.J., Lee V.H.F., Lee C., Ng A., Sez W.K., Tin S.P.P. and Lam W.W.T., Illness perceptions among cancer survivors, Supportive Care in Cancer. Springer, 2016, 24(3): 1295-1304.

Researcher : TSANG KL

List of Research Outputs

Cheung D.H., TSANG K.L., Fang J., Xu J., Chan K.H., Ip D.K.M., Peiris J.S.M., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Association of Oseltamivir Treatment With Virus Shedding, Illness, and Household Transmission of Influenza Viruses, Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2015, 212(3): 391-6.

Qin Y., Horby P.W., TSANG K.L., Chen E., Gao L., Ou J., Nguyen T.H., Duong T.N., Gasimov V., Feng L., Wu P., Jiang H., Ren X., Peng Z., Li S., Li M., Zheng J., Liu S., Hu S., Hong R., Farrar J.J., Leung G.M., Gao G.F., Cowling B.J. and Yu H., Differences in the Epidemiology of Human Cases of Avian Influenza A(H7N9) and A(H5N1) Viruses Infection, Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2015, 61(4): 563-71.

TSANG K.L., Fang J., Perera R.A.P.M., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Cauchemez S.T. and Cowling B.J., Interpreting Seroepidemiologic Studies of Influenza in a Context of Nonbracketing Sera, Epidemiology. 2016, 27: 152-158.

Tsang K.L., Lau L.L., Cauchemez S.T. and Cowling B.J., Household transmission of influenza virus, Trends in Microbiology. 2016, 24: 123-133.

Tsang K.L., Fang J., Chan K.H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M., Cowling B.J. and Cauchemez S.T., Individual correlates of infectivity of influenza A Virus infections in households, PLoS One. 2016, 11: e0154418.

Tsang K.L., Cauchemez S.T., Fang J., Chan K.H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Individual correlates of infectivity of influenza virus infections in households, The Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Hong Kong, 19 September 2015.. 2015.

Tsang K.L., Cowling B.J., Fang J., Chan K.H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cauchemez S.T., Influenza A virus shedding and infectivity in households, Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2015, 212: 1420-1428.

Virlogeux V.M.L., Li M., Tsang K.L., Feng L., Fang J., Jiang H., Wu P., Zheng J., Lau E.H.Y., Cao Y., Qin Y., Liao Q., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Estimating the distribution of the incubation periods of human avian influenza A(H7N9) virus infections, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 182: 723-729.

Wong Y.T., Wu P., Lau E.H.Y., Tsang K.L., Fang J., Ho L.M. and Cowling B.J., Real-time estimation of the hospitalization fatality risk of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 in Hong Kong, Epidemiology and Infection. 2016, 144: 1579-1583.

Wu P., Peng Z., Fang J., Feng L., Tsang K.L., Jiang H., Lau E.H.Y., Yang J., Zheng J., Qin Y., Li Z., Leung G.M., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Human infection with influenza A(H7N9) virus during 3 major epidemic waves, China, 2013–2015, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2016, 22: 964-972.

Xu C., Chan K.H., Tsang K.L., Fang J., Fung R.O.P., Ip D.K.M., Cauchemez S.T., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Comparative epidemiology of influenza B Yamagata- and Victoria-lineage viruses in households, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 182: 705-713.

Researcher : Tam YH

Project Title:	International Meeting on Respiratory Pathogens; Estimating Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Using the Test-Negative Design in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Tam YH
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	09/2015
Completion Date:	09/2015

Project Title:	Immunogenicity of twice-annual vaccination against seasonal influenza for two hemispheres in elderly in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):	Tam YH, Cowling BJ, Ip DKM, Peiris JSM
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Centre for Health Protection
Start Date:	09/2015

List of Research Outputs

Ip D.K.M., Lau E.H.Y., Tam Y.H., So H.C., Cowling B.J. and Kwok H.K.H., Acute respiratory infections associated productivity loss among healthcare workers in Hong Kong , 1st International Meeting on Respiratory Pathogens, Singapore, 2-4 September 2015.. 2015.

Ip D.K.M., Lau E.H.Y., Tam Y.H., So H.C., Cowling B.J. and Kwok H.K.H., Increases in absenteeism among health care workers in Hong Kong during influenza epidemics, 2004–2009, BMC Infectious Diseases. 2015, 15.

Liu Y., Tam Y.H., Yuan J., Chen F., Cai W., Liu J., Ma X., Xie C., Zheng C., Zhuo L., Cao X., Tan H., Li B., Xie H., Liu Y. and Ip D.K.M., A Foodborne Outbreak of Gastroenteritis Caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Norovirus through Non-Seafood Vehicle, PLoS ONE. 2015, 10(9): e0137848.

Tam Y.H., Ip D.K.M., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Estimating Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Using the Test-Negative Design in Hong Kong, 1st International Meeting on Respiratory Pathogens, Singapore, 2-4 September 2015. ISIRV.

Tam Y.H., Infectious disease epidemiology and outbreak investigation, Infection Prevention and Control Course for Health Care Professionals, 2016, School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. 2016.

Researcher : Tang HKR

List of Research Outputs

SUN S., Tian L., Qiu H., Chan K.P., Tsang H., Tang H.K.R., Lee R.S., Thach T.Q. and Wong C.M., The influence of pre-existing health conditions on short-term mortality risks of temperature: Evidence from a prospective Chinese elderly cohort in Hong Kong, Environmental Research. 2016, 148: 7-14.

Researcher : Tao KP

List of Research Outputs

Chan W.Y., Chan L.Y., Mok K.P., Tao K.P., Chan M.C.W., Peiris J.S.M. and Nicholls J.M., Risk assessment of human infection by H9 influenza viruses using an explant system, Pathology. 2016, 48 Suppl 1: S105.

Researcher : Thach TQ

Project Title:	The Mortality Effects of Long-Term Traffic-Related Exposure in a Cohort of Chinese Elderly
Investigator(s):	Thach TQ, Wong CM, Tian L, Lee RSY
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	08/2015

List of Research Outputs

Lai P.C., Choi C.Y., Wong P.Y.P., Thach T.Q., Wong M.S., CHENG W., Krämer A. and Wong C.M., Spatial analytical methods for deriving a historical map of physiological equivalent temperature of Hong Kong, Building and Environment. 2016, 99: 22-28.

Qiu H., Tian L., Ho K.F., Yu I.T., Thach T.Q. and Wong C.M., Who is more vulnerable to death from extremely cold temperatures? A case-only approach in Hong Kong with a temperate climate, International Journal of Biometeorology. 2016, 60(5): 711-7.

SUN S., CAO P., Chan K.P., Tsang H., Wong C.M. and Thach T.Q., Temperature as a modifier of the effects of fine particulate matter on acute mortality in Hong Kong, Environmental Pollution. 2015, 205: 357-364.

SUN S., Tian L., Qiu H., Chan K.P., Tsang H., Tang H.K.R., Lee R.S., Thach T.Q. and Wong C.M., The influence of pre-existing health conditions on short-term mortality risks of temperature: Evidence from a prospective Chinese elderly cohort in Hong Kong, Environmental Research. 2016, 148: 7-14.

Wong C.M., Tsang H., Lai H.K., Thomas G.N., Lam H.K.B., Chan K.P., ZHENG Q., Ayres J.G., Lee R.S.Y., Lam T.H. and Thach T.Q., Cancer mortality risks from long-term exposure to ambient fine particle, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 2016, 25(5): 839-45.

Wong C.M., Tsang H., Lai H.K., Thach T.Q., Thomas G.N., Chan K.P., Lee S.Y., Ayres J.G., Lam T.H. and Leung W.K., STROBE-long-term exposure to ambient fine particulate air pollution and hospitalization due to peptic ulcers, Medicine (Baltimore). 2016, 95(18): e3543.

Wong C.M., Lai H.K., Tsang H., Thach T.Q., Thomas G.N., LAM K.B., Chan K.P., Yang L., Lau A.K., Ayres J.G., Lee S.Y., Chan W.M., Hedley A.J. and Lam T.H., Satellite-based estimates of long-term exposure to fine particles and association with mortality in elderly Hong Kong residents, Environmental Health Perspectives. 2015, 123(11): 1167-72.

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 Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	02/2004

List of Research Outputs

Pan J., Xu L., Cai S.X., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhao H.J., Zhang W., Jin Y.L., Lin J.M., Thomas G.N. and Lam T.H., The association of pulmonary function with carotid atherosclerosis in older Chinese: Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study-CVD Subcohort, Atherosclerosis. 2015, 243(2): 469-76.

Wong C.M., Tsang H., Lai H.K., Thomas G.N., Lam H.K.B., Chan K.P., ZHENG Q., Ayres J.G., Lee R.S.Y., Lam T.H. and Thach T.Q., Cancer mortality risks from long-term exposure to ambient fine particle, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 2016, 25(5): 839-45.

Wong C.M., Tsang H., Lai H.K., Thach T.Q., Thomas G.N., Chan K.P., Lee S.Y., Ayres J.G., Lam T.H. and Leung W.K., STROBE-long-term exposure to ambient fine particulate air pollution and hospitalization due to peptic ulcers, Medicine (Baltimore). 2016, 95(18): e3543.

Researcher : Tian L

Project Title:	Occurrence mode, enrichment and migration of nano-quartz in Late-Permian coals from Eastern Yunnan
Investigator(s):	Tian L
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) - General Program
Start Date:	01/2013

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 Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	05/2015
Completion Date:	04/2016

List of Research Outputs

Chuang H.C., Ho K.F., Cao J.J., Chuang K.J., Ho S.S.H., Feng P.H., Tian L., Lee C.H., Han Y.M., Lee C.N. and Cheng T.J., Effects of non-protein-type amino acids of fine particulate matter on E-cadherin and inflammatory responses in mice, Toxicology Letters. 2015, 237: 174-80.

Lin H., Tao J., Du Y., Liu T., Qian Z., Tian L., Di Q., Zeng W., Xiao J., Guo L., Li X., Xu Y. and Ma W., Differentiating the effects of characteristics of PM pollution on mortality from ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes, International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 2016, 219(2): 204-11.

Lin H., Ma W., Qiu H., Vaughn M.G., Nelson E.J., Qian Z. and Tian L., Is standard deviation of daily PM2.5 concentration associated with respiratory mortality?, Environmental Pollution. 2016, 216: 208-14.

Lin H., Tao J., Du Y., Liu T., Qian Z., Tian L., Di Q., Rutherford S., Guo L., Zeng W., Xiao J., Li X., He Z., Xu Y. and Ma W., Particle size and chemical constituents of ambient particulate pollution associated with cardiovascular mortality in Guangzhou, China, Environmental Pollution. 2016, 208: 758-66.

Qiu H., Tian L., Ho K.F., Yu I.T., Thach T.Q. and Wong C.M., Who is more vulnerable to death from extremely cold temperatures? A case-only approach in Hong Kong with a temperate climate, International Journal of Biometeorology. 2016, 60(5): 711-7.

SUN S., Tian L., Qiu H., Chan K.P., Tsang H., Tang H.K.R., Lee R.S., Thach T.Q. and Wong C.M., The influence of pre-existing health conditions on short-term mortality risks of temperature: Evidence from a prospective Chinese elderly cohort in Hong Kong, Environmental Research. 2016, 148: 7-14.

Tian L., Qiu H., Pun V.C., Ho K.F., Chan C.S. and Yu I.T.S., Carbon monoxide and stroke: A time series study of ambient air pollution and emergency hospitalizations, International Journal of Cardiology. 2015, 201: 4-9.

Tian L., Qiu H., SUN S. and Lin H., Emergency cardiovascular hospitalization risk attributable to cold temperatures in Hong Kong, Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 2016, 9(2): 135-42.

Tian L., Epidemiological studies of air pollution and health, Changzhi Medical College . 2015.

Researcher : Tin SPP

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Tin YK

List of Research Outputs

Tin Y.K., Song W.A., 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 2012/13, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2016, 22(Suppl 3): S2-23.

Researcher : Tsang H

List of Research Outputs

SUN S., CAO P., Chan K.P., Tsang H., Wong C.M. and Thach T.Q., Temperature as a modifier of the effects of fine particulate matter on acute mortality in Hong Kong, Environmental Pollution. 2015, 205: 357-364.

SUN S., Tian L., Qiu H., Chan K.P., Tsang H., Tang H.K.R., Lee R.S., Thach T.Q. and Wong C.M., The influence of pre-existing health conditions on short-term mortality risks of temperature: Evidence from a prospective Chinese elderly cohort in Hong Kong, Environmental Research. 2016, 148: 7-14.

Wong C.M., Tsang H., Lai H.K., Thomas G.N., Lam H.K.B., Chan K.P., ZHENG Q., Ayres J.G., Lee R.S.Y., Lam T.H. and Thach T.Q., Cancer mortality risks from long-term exposure to ambient fine particle, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 2016, 25(5): 839-45.

Wong C.M., Tsang H., Lai H.K., Thach T.Q., Thomas G.N., Chan K.P., Lee S.Y., Ayres J.G., Lam T.H. and Leung W.K., STROBE-long-term exposure to ambient fine particulate air pollution and hospitalization due to peptic ulcers, Medicine (Baltimore). 2016, 95(18): e3543.

Wong C.M., Lai H.K., Tsang H., Thach T.Q., Thomas G.N., LAM K.B., Chan K.P., Yang L., Lau A.K., Ayres J.G., Lee S.Y., Chan W.M., Hedley A.J. and Lam T.H., Satellite-based estimates of long-term exposure to fine particles and association with mortality in elderly Hong Kong residents, Environmental Health Perspectives. 2015, 123(11): 1167-72.

Researcher : Tsang KL

List of Research Outputs

Tsang K.L., Lau L.L., Cauchemez S.T. and Cowling B.J., Household transmission of influenza virus, Trends in Microbiology. 2016, 24: 123-133.

Researcher : Vackova D

List of Research Outputs

Vackova D., Johnston J.M. and Lam T.H., Evaluation of effectiveness of training programme on health related research for medical students, 17th Ottawa Conference and the ANZAHPE 2016 Conference 19-23 March 2016 at the Perth. 2016.

Vackova D., Lam T.H. and Ho D.S.Y., The College Prize for Poster Presentation at the 2015 Annual Scientific meeting (Hong Kong College of Community Medicine): Is the parenting style associated with low fruit and vegetable consumption in primary school children in Hong Kong? The Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific meeting, 19. September 2015, HKCCM. 2015.

Vackova D., Lam T.H. and Ho D.S.Y., The College Prize for Poster presentation: Vackova D, Prof Lam TH, Ho SY: Is the parenting style associated with low fruit and vegetable consumption in primary school children in Hong Kong? The Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific meeting, 19. September 2015, poster No P8, HKCCM. 2015.

Researcher : Virlogeux VML

List of Research Outputs

Virlogeux V.M.L., PARK M.A., Wu J.T.K. and Cowling B.J., Association between Severity of MERS-CoV Infection and Incubation Period, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2016, 22: 526-528.

Virlogeux V.M.L., Yang J., Fang J., Feng L., Tsang T.K., Jiang H., Wu P., Zheng J., Lau E.H.Y., Qin Y., Peng Z., Peiris J.S.M., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Association between the Severity of Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Infections and Length of the Incubation Period, PLoS One. 2016, 11(2): e0148506.

Virlogeux V.M.L., Fang J., Wu J.T.K., Ho L.M., Peiris J.S.M., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Brief Report: Incubation Period Duration and Severity of Clinical Disease Following Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection, Epidemiology. 2015, 26(5): 666-9.

Virlogeux V.M.L., Li M., Tsang K.L., Feng L., Fang J., Jiang H., Wu P., Zheng J., Lau E.H.Y., Cao Y., Qin Y., Liao Q., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Estimating the distribution of the incubation periods of human avian influenza A(H7N9) virus infections, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 182: 723-729.

Researcher : Viswanath K

List of Research Outputs

Chen J., Wang M.P., Wang X., Viswanath K., Lam T.H. and Chan S.S.C., Secondhand smoke exposure (SHS) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in Chinese never smokers in Hong Kong, BMJ Open. 2015, 5: e007694.

Wang M.P., Chu T.W.J., Viswanath K., Wan N.T.A., Lam T.H. and Chan S.S.C., Using information and communication technologies for family communication and its association with family well-being in Hong Kong: FAMILY Project, Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2015, 17(8): e207.

Researcher : WANG H

List of Research Outputs

WANG H., Lin S.C., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Age at onset of puberty and adolescent depression: "Children of 1997" birth cohort, Pediatrics. 2016, 137: e20153231.

WANG H., Leung G.M., Lam H.S. and Schooling C.M., Gestational age and adolescent mental health: evidence from Hong Kong's 'Children of 1997' birth cohort, Archives Of Disease In Childhood. 2015, 100(9): 856-62.

Researcher : WANG X

List of Research Outputs

Chen J., Wang M.P., Wang X., Viswanath K., Lam T.H. and Chan S.S.C., Secondhand smoke exposure (SHS) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in Chinese never smokers in Hong Kong, BMJ Open. 2015, 5: e007694.

WANG X., Yang L., Chan K.H., Chan K.P., CAO P., Lau E.H.Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Age and Sex Differences in Rates of Influenza-Associated Hospitalizations in Hong Kong, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 182(4): 335-44.

Researcher : Wan NTA

List of Research Outputs

Ho C.Y.H., Mui M., Wan N.T.A., Ng Y.L., Stewart S.M., Yew C., Lam T.H. and Chan S.S.C., Happy family kitchen II: A cluster randomized controlled trial of a community-based family intervention for enhancing family communication and well-being in Hong Kong, Frontiers in Psychology. Lausanne Switzerland, Frontiers, 2016, 7(638): 1-10.

LAI Y.K.A., Mui M., Wan N.T.A., Stewart S.M., Lam T.H. and Chan S.S.C., Development and Model-based evaluation of a Train-the-trainer Workshop for the Large Preventive Positive Psychology Happy Family Kitchen Project in Hong Kong (abstract & poster presentation), The 6th Hong Kong International Nursing Forum, 10-11 December. Hong Kong, 2015.

Lai Y.K.A., Mui M.W.M., Wan N.T.A., Stewart S.M., Lam T.H. and Chan S.S.C., A practical example for development and model-based evaluation on a train-the-trainer workshop for the large preventive positive psychology Happy Family Kitchen Project in Hong Kong , The 6th Hong Kong International Nursing Forum . 2015.

Lai Y.K.A., Mui M.W., Wan N.T.A., Stewart S.M., Yew C., Lam T.H. and Chan S.S.C., Development and two-year follow-up evaluation of a training workshop for the large preventive positive psychology happy family kitchen project in Hong Kong, PLoS One. 2016, 11(1): e0147712.

Lai Y.K.A., Lam T.H., Wan N.T.A. and Chan S.S.C., Training workshop for applying Logic Model Framework in design, implementation and evaluation of community-based family intervention in Happy Family Kitchen Project in Hong Kong . , 37th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2016.

Lam T.H., Lai Y.K.A., Wan N.T.A. and Chu T.W.J., Poster Competition 2nd Prize: "Zero time exercise - a new approach to promote activity - a pilot study under HK Jockey Club Family Project", Faculty of Public Health Conference, UK. United Kingdom, UK Faculty of Public Health, 2016.

Lam T.H., Lai Y.K.A. and Wan N.T.A., Zero-time exercise, a new approach to promote physical activity: a pilot study under Hong Kong Jockey Club FAMILY Project, FPH Annual Conference and Public Health Exhibition 2016.

Wang M.P., Chu T.W.J., Viswanath K., Wan N.T.A., Lam T.H. and Chan S.S.C., Using information and communication technologies for family communication and its association with family well-being in Hong Kong: FAMILY Project, Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2015, 17(8): e207.

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. 2016, 11(1): 70-84.

Researcher : Wang DL

List of Research Outputs

Wang D.L., Lam W.W.T. and Fielding R., Cervical cancer prevention practices through screening and vaccination: A cross-sectional study among Hong Kong Chinese women, Gynecologic Oncology. 2015, 138(2): 311-16.

Wang D.L., Lam W.W.T., Wu J.T.K. and Fielding R., Chinese new immigrant mothers' perception about adult-onset non-communicable diseases prevention during childhood, Health Promotion International. Oxford University Press, 2015, 30(4): 929-41.

Wang D.L., Lam W.W.T. and Fielding R., Hong Kong Chinese parental attitudes towards vaccination and associated socio-demographic disparities, Vaccine. Elsevier, 2016, 34(12): 1426-9.

Wang D.L., Zhan L., Zhang J. and Xia Z., Nurses’ blame attributions towards different types of cancer: A cross-sectional study, International Journal of Nursing Studies. 2015, 52: 1600-1606.

Wang D.L., Lam W.W.T., Wu J.T.K. and Fielding R., Psychosocial determinants of Chinese parental HPV vaccination intention for adolescent girls: preventing cervical cancer, Psycho-Oncology. 2015, 24(10): 1233-40.

Researcher : Wang J

List of Research Outputs

Wang J., Wu M., Hong W., Fan X., Chen R., Zheng Z., Zeng Y., Huang R., Zhang Y., Lam T.Y., Smith D.K., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Infectivity and Transmissibility of Avian H9N2 Influenza Viruses in Pigs, Journal of Virology. 2016, 90(7): 3506-14.

Researcher : Wang L

Project Title:	Fifth International Conference on Infectious Disease Dynamics 2015; The dynamics underlying global spread of emerging infectious diseases
Investigator(s):	Wang L
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	12/2015
Completion Date:	12/2015

List of Research Outputs

Wang L., Outstanding Reviewer, Journal Of Theoretical Biology. 2015.

Wang L., Outstanding Reviewer, PHYSICA A. Amsterdam, Netherlands, Elsevier, 2015.

Researcher : Wang X

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Wong CM

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 LML, Chan KH, Peiris JSM
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Health and Medical Research Fund - Full Grant
Start Date:	01/2013
Completion Date:	06/2016

List of Research Outputs

Lai P.C., Choi C.Y., Wong P.Y.P., Thach T.Q., Wong M.S., CHENG W., Krämer A. and Wong C.M., Spatial analytical methods for deriving a historical map of physiological equivalent temperature of Hong Kong, Building and Environment. 2016, 99: 22-28.

MAI Z., Lo C.M.M., Xu J., Chan K.P., Wong C.M., Lung M.L. and Lam T.H., Milk consumption in relation to incidence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in 48 countries/regions, BMC Cancer. 2015, 15(1): 994.

Qiu H., Tian L., Ho K.F., Yu I.T., Thach T.Q. and Wong C.M., Who is more vulnerable to death from extremely cold temperatures? A case-only approach in Hong Kong with a temperate climate, International Journal of Biometeorology. 2016, 60(5): 711-7.

SUN S., CAO P., Chan K.P., Tsang H., Wong C.M. and Thach T.Q., Temperature as a modifier of the effects of fine particulate matter on acute mortality in Hong Kong, Environmental Pollution. 2015, 205: 357-364.

SUN S., Tian L., Qiu H., Chan K.P., Tsang H., Tang H.K.R., Lee R.S., Thach T.Q. and Wong C.M., The influence of pre-existing health conditions on short-term mortality risks of temperature: Evidence from a prospective Chinese elderly cohort in Hong Kong, Environmental Research. 2016, 148: 7-14.

WANG X., Yang L., Chan K.H., Chan K.P., CAO P., Lau E.H.Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Age and Sex Differences in Rates of Influenza-Associated Hospitalizations in Hong Kong, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 182(4): 335-44.

Wong C.M., Tsang H., Lai H.K., Thomas G.N., Lam H.K.B., Chan K.P., ZHENG Q., Ayres J.G., Lee R.S.Y., Lam T.H. and Thach T.Q., Cancer mortality risks from long-term exposure to ambient fine particle, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 2016, 25(5): 839-45.

Wong C.M., Tsang H., Lai H.K., Thach T.Q., Thomas G.N., Chan K.P., Lee S.Y., Ayres J.G., Lam T.H. and Leung W.K., STROBE-long-term exposure to ambient fine particulate air pollution and hospitalization due to peptic ulcers, Medicine (Baltimore). 2016, 95(18): e3543.

Wong C.M., Lai H.K., Tsang H., Thach T.Q., Thomas G.N., LAM K.B., Chan K.P., Yang L., Lau A.K., Ayres J.G., Lee S.Y., Chan W.M., Hedley A.J. and Lam T.H., Satellite-based estimates of long-term exposure to fine particles and association with mortality in elderly Hong Kong residents, Environmental Health Perspectives. 2015, 123(11): 1167-72.

Researcher : Wong CN

List of Research Outputs

Wong O.L., Lam W.W.T., Wong C.N., Cowling B.J., Leung G.M. and Fielding R., Informed decision making for breast cancer screening among Hong Kong Chinese women: Development and pilot testing of a decision aid (abstract and poster presentation), 11th World Congress in Health Economics, 12-15 July 2015, Milan. Milan, International Health Economics Association, 2015.

Wong O.L., Lam W.W.T., Wong C.N., Cowling B.J., Leung G.M. and Fielding R., Towards informed decisions on breast cancer screening: Development and pilot testing of a decision aid for Chinese women, Patient Education and Counseling. 2015, 98(8): 961-9.

Researcher : Wong JHF

List of Research Outputs

Lam W.W.T., Liao Q., Wong J.H.F., Lai C.L., Yuen R.M.F., Tsang J.W.H. and Fielding R., Measuring and validating a general cancer predisposition perception scale: an adaptation of the revised-IPQ-genetic predisposition scale, PLoS One. 2015, 10: e0142620.

Researcher : Wong KSC

List of Research Outputs

Fan L.Y., Doak S.A., Wong K.S.C., Li O.T.W., Nicholls J.M., Rabadan R., Peiris J.S.M. and Poon L.L.M., Generation of live attenuated influenza virus by using codon usage bias, Journal of Virology. 2015, 89: 10762-73.

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 Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	06/2014

Project Title:	The 11th World Congress in Health Economics; Informed decision making for breast cancer screening among Hong Kong Chinese women: development and pilot testing of a decision aid
Investigator(s):	Wong OL
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	07/2015
Completion Date:	07/2015

List of Research Outputs

Liu S.H.K., Wong O.L. and Leung W.K., Helicobacter pylori associated gastric intestinal metaplasia: Treatment and surveillance , World Journal of Gastroenterology. 2016, 22(3): 1311-20.

Quan J., Pang H.M.H., Wong O.L., Johnston J.M. and Leung G.M., Diabetes Incidence And Prevalence In Hong Kong During 2007-13, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scienfitic Meeting . 2015.

Quan J., Wong O.L., Johnston J.M. and Leung G.M., Valuing diabetes care in Hong Kong implications for developing health services in mainland China (abstract and oral presentation), 11th World Congress in Health Economics, 12-15 July 2015, Milan. Milan, International Health Economics Association, 2015.

Wong K.C., Sze K.Y., Wong O.L., Wong C.M. and Kumta S.M., Patient-specific instrument can achieve same accuracy with less resection time than navigation assistance in periacetabular pelvic tumor surgery: A cadaveric study, International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. 2016, 11(2): 307-16.

Wong O.L., Tsang J.W.H., Cowling B.J. and Leung G.M., Generalised cost-effectiveness analysis for breast cancer prevention and care in Hong Kong Chinese, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2015, 21(Suppl 6): S9-12.

Wong O.L., Lam W.W.T., Wong C.N., Cowling B.J., Leung G.M. and Fielding R., Informed decision making for breast cancer screening among Hong Kong Chinese women: Development and pilot testing of a decision aid (abstract and poster presentation), 11th World Congress in Health Economics, 12-15 July 2015, Milan. Milan, International Health Economics Association, 2015.

Wong O.L., Cowling B.J., Lo S.V., Chan W.Y. and Schooling C.M., Projecting ischaemic heart disease mortality and morbidity in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Medical Journal. 2015, 21(Suppl 6): S19-22.

Wong O.L., Lam W.W.T., Wong C.N., Cowling B.J., Leung G.M. and Fielding R., Towards informed decisions on breast cancer screening: Development and pilot testing of a decision aid for Chinese women, Patient Education and Counseling. 2015, 98(8): 961-9.

Researcher : Wong YT

List of Research Outputs

Wong Y.T., Zhang W., Kargbo B., Haque U., Hu W., Wu P., Kamara A., Chen Y., Kargbo B., Glass G.E., Yang R., Cowling B.J. and Liu C., Assessment of the severity of Ebola virus disease in Sierra Leone in 2014–2015, Epidemiology and Infection. 2016, 144: 1473-1481.

Wong Y.T., Kelly H., Cheung C.M., Shiu E.Y.C., Wu P., Ni M.Y., Ip D.K.M. and Cowling B.J., Hospitalization fatality risk of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09: a systematic review and meta-analysis., American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 182(4): 294-301.

Wong Y.T., Wu P., Lau E.H.Y., Tsang K.L., Fang J., Ho L.M. and Cowling B.J., Real-time estimation of the hospitalization fatality risk of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 in Hong Kong, Epidemiology and Infection. 2016, 144: 1579-1583.

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:	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
Completion Date:	06/2016

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

Project Title:	MIDAS Network Meeting; The dynamic underlying global spread of emerging infectious diseases
Investigator(s):	Wu JTK
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	05/2016
Completion Date:	05/2016

List of Research Outputs

Liao Q., Wu P., Lam W.W.T., Fang J., Wu J.T.K., Leung G.M., Fielding R. and Cowling B.J., Public risk perception and attitudes towards live poultry markets before and after their closure due to influenza A(H7N9), Hong Kong, January–February 2014, Journal of Public Health. 2016, 38: 34-43.

Peiris J.S.M., Cowling B.J., Wu J.T.K., Feng L., Guan Y., Yu H. and Leung G.M., Interventions to reduce zoonotic and pandemic risks from avian influenza in Asia, The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2016, 16: 252-258.

Takahashi S., Liao Q., Van Boeckel T.P., Xing W., Sun J., Hsiao V.Y., Metcalf C.J.E., Chang Z., Liu F., Zhang J., Wu J.T.K., Cowling B.J., Leung G.M., Farrar J.J., Van Doorn H.R., Grenfell B.T. and Yu H., Hand, foot, and mouth disease in China: modeling epidemic dynamics of enterovirus serotypes and implications for vaccination, PLOS Medicine. 2016, 13: e1001958.

Virlogeux V.M.L., PARK M.A., Wu J.T.K. and Cowling B.J., Association between Severity of MERS-CoV Infection and Incubation Period, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2016, 22: 526-528.

Virlogeux V.M.L., Fang J., Wu J.T.K., Ho L.M., Peiris J.S.M., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Brief Report: Incubation Period Duration and Severity of Clinical Disease Following Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection, Epidemiology. 2015, 26(5): 666-9.

Wang D.L., Lam W.W.T., Wu J.T.K. and Fielding R., Chinese new immigrant mothers' perception about adult-onset non-communicable diseases prevention during childhood, Health Promotion International. Oxford University Press, 2015, 30(4): 929-41.

Wang D.L., Lam W.W.T., Wu J.T.K. and Fielding R., Psychosocial determinants of Chinese parental HPV vaccination intention for adolescent girls: preventing cervical cancer, Psycho-Oncology. 2015, 24(10): 1233-40.

Wu J.T.K., Jit M., Zheng Y., Leung S.M., Xing W., Yang J., Liao Q., Cowling B.J., YANG B., Lau E.H.Y., Takahashi S., Farrar J.J., Grenfell B.T., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Correction: Routine pediatric enterovirus 71 vaccination in China: a cost-effectiveness analysis, PLoS Medicine. 2016, 13: e1002013.

Wu J.T.K., Jit M., Zheng Y., LEUNG S.M., Xing W., Yang J., Liao Q., Cowling B.J., YANG B., Lau E.H.Y., Takahashi S., Farrar J.J., Grenfell B.T., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Routine pediatric enterovirus 71 vaccination in China: a cost-effectiveness analysis, PLoS Medicine. 2016, 13(3): e1001975.

Wu P., Wang L., Cowling B.J., Yu J., Fang J., Li F., Zeng L., Wu J.T.K., Li Z., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Live Poultry Exposure and Public Response to Influenza A(H7N9) in Urban and Rural China during Two Epidemic Waves in 2013-2014., PLoS One. 2015, 10(9):e0137831.

YANG B., Wu P., Wu J.T.K., Lau E.H.Y., Leung G.M., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Seroprevalence of Enterovirus 71 Antibody Among Children in China: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis., Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2015.

Yang J., Jit M., LEUNG S.M., Zheng Y.M., Feng L.Z., Wang L.P., Lau E.H.Y., Wu J.T.K. and Yu H.J., The economic burden of influenza-associated outpatient visits and hospitalizations in China: a retrospective survey, Infectious Diseases of Poverty. 2015, 4.

Researcher : Wu KM

List of Research Outputs

Tarrant A.M., Lok Y.W.K., Fong D.Y.T., Wu K.M., Lee L.Y.I., Sham S.Y.A., Lam C., BAI L., WONG CHEUNG K.L., Wong M.Y.E., Chan P.T. and Dodgson J.E., Effect on Baby-Friendly Hospital Steps When Hospitals Implement a Policy to Pay for Infant Formula, Journal of Human Lactation. 2016, 32: 238-249.

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
Completion Date:	04/2016

Project Title:	Incidence, Severity, and Impact of Influenza Conference 2016; Severity of human infections with influenza A(H7N9) in China, 2013-2015
Investigator(s):	Wu P
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:	01/2016
Completion Date:	01/2016

List of Research Outputs

Liao Q., Cowling B.J., Wu P., Leung G.M., Fielding R. and Lam W.W.T., Population Behavior Patterns in Response to the Risk of Influenza A(H7N9) in Hong Kong, December 2013–February 2014, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2015, 22: 672-682.

Liao Q., Wu P., Lam W.W.T., Fang J., Wu J.T.K., Leung G.M., Fielding R. and Cowling B.J., Public risk perception and attitudes towards live poultry markets before and after their closure due to influenza A(H7N9), Hong Kong, January–February 2014, Journal of Public Health. 2016, 38: 34-43.

PARK M.A., Wu P., Goldstein E., Kim W.J. and Cowling B.J., Influenza-associated excess mortality in South Korea, American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2016, 50: e111-e119.

Qin Y., Horby P.W., TSANG K.L., Chen E., Gao L., Ou J., Nguyen T.H., Duong T.N., Gasimov V., Feng L., Wu P., Jiang H., Ren X., Peng Z., Li S., Li M., Zheng J., Liu S., Hu S., Hong R., Farrar J.J., Leung G.M., Gao G.F., Cowling B.J. and Yu H., Differences in the Epidemiology of Human Cases of Avian Influenza A(H7N9) and A(H5N1) Viruses Infection, Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2015, 61(4): 563-71.

Qin Y., Zhang Y., Wu P., Feng S., Zheng J., Yang P., Pan Y., Wang Q., Feng L., Pang X., Puig-Barbera J., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Influenza vaccine effectiveness in preventing hospitalization among Beijing residents in China, 2013–15, Vaccine. 2016, 34: 2329-2333.

Virlogeux V.M.L., Yang J., Fang J., Feng L., Tsang T.K., Jiang H., Wu P., Zheng J., Lau E.H.Y., Qin Y., Peng Z., Peiris J.S.M., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Association between the Severity of Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Infections and Length of the Incubation Period, PLoS One. 2016, 11(2): e0148506.

Virlogeux V.M.L., Li M., Tsang K.L., Feng L., Fang J., Jiang H., Wu P., Zheng J., Lau E.H.Y., Cao Y., Qin Y., Liao Q., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Estimating the distribution of the incubation periods of human avian influenza A(H7N9) virus infections, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 182: 723-729.

Wong Y.T., Zhang W., Kargbo B., Haque U., Hu W., Wu P., Kamara A., Chen Y., Kargbo B., Glass G.E., Yang R., Cowling B.J. and Liu C., Assessment of the severity of Ebola virus disease in Sierra Leone in 2014–2015, Epidemiology and Infection. 2016, 144: 1473-1481.

Wong Y.T., Kelly H., Cheung C.M., Shiu E.Y.C., Wu P., Ni M.Y., Ip D.K.M. and Cowling B.J., Hospitalization fatality risk of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09: a systematic review and meta-analysis., American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 182(4): 294-301.

Wong Y.T., Wu P., Lau E.H.Y., Tsang K.L., Fang J., Ho L.M. and Cowling B.J., Real-time estimation of the hospitalization fatality risk of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 in Hong Kong, Epidemiology and Infection. 2016, 144: 1579-1583.

Wu P., Peng Z., Fang J., Feng L., Tsang K.L., Jiang H., Lau E.H.Y., Yang J., Zheng J., Qin Y., Li Z., Leung G.M., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Human infection with influenza A(H7N9) virus during 3 major epidemic waves, China, 2013–2015, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2016, 22: 964-972.

Wu P., Wang L., Cowling B.J., Yu J., Fang J., Li F., Zeng L., Wu J.T.K., Li Z., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Live Poultry Exposure and Public Response to Influenza A(H7N9) in Urban and Rural China during Two Epidemic Waves in 2013-2014., PLoS One. 2015, 10(9):e0137831.

YANG B., Wu P., Wu J.T.K., Lau E.H.Y., Leung G.M., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Seroprevalence of Enterovirus 71 Antibody Among Children in China: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis., Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2015.

YANG B., Lau E.H.Y., Wu P. and Cowling B.J., Transmission of hand, foot and mouth disease and its potential driving factors in Hong Kong, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 27500.

Researcher : XIA N

List of Research Outputs

Tin S.P.P., Lam W.W.T., Yoon S.W., ZHANG N., XIA N., ZHANG W., MA K., Fielding R. and Shaman J., Workplace health promotion: assessing the cardiopulmonary risks of the construction workforce in Hong Kong, PLOS ONE. 2016, 11(1): e0146286.

Researcher : Xu C

List of Research Outputs

Xu C., Chan K.H., Tsang K.L., Fang J., Fung R.O.P., Ip D.K.M., Cauchemez S.T., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Comparative epidemiology of influenza B Yamagata- and Victoria-lineage viruses in households, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 182: 705-713.

Xu C., Perera R.A.P.M., Chan K.H., Fang J., Ip D.K.M., Ng S., Leung G.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Effect of serum 25-hydroxyitamin Don influenza infection in Hong Kong, The Hong Kong College of Community Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Hong Kong, 19 September 2015.. 2015.

Researcher : Xu J

List of Research Outputs

Bassig B.A., Au W.Y., Mang O., Ngan R., Morton L.M., Ip D.K.M., Hu W., Zheng T., Seow W.J., Xu J., Lan Q. and Rothman N., Subtype-specific incidence rates of lymphoid malignancies in Hong Kong compared to the United States, 2001-2010, Cancer Epidemiol. 2016, 42: 15-23.

Cheung D.H., TSANG K.L., Fang J., Xu J., Chan K.H., Ip D.K.M., Peiris J.S.M., Leung G.M. and Cowling B.J., Association of Oseltamivir Treatment With Virus Shedding, Illness, and Household Transmission of Influenza Viruses, Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2015, 212(3): 391-6.

Lee V.H.F., Wang J.J., Xu J., Sihoe D.L.A. and Wong M.P., Genetic variants associated with longer telomere length are associated with increased lung cancer risk among never-smoking women in Asia: a report from the female lung cancer consortium in Asia, International Journal of Cancer. 2015, 137: 311-319.

MAI Z., Lo C.M.M., Xu J., Chan K.P., Wong C.M., Lung M.L. and Lam T.H., Milk consumption in relation to incidence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in 48 countries/regions, BMC Cancer. 2015, 15(1): 994.

Xu J., Gene-expression profiling of buccal epithelium among non-smoking women exposed to household air pollution from smoky coal, Carcinogenesis. 2015, bgv150.

Xu J., Subtype-specific incidence rates of lymphoid malignancies in Hong Kong compared to the United States, 2001–2010, Cancer Epidemiology. 2016, 42: 15-23.

Researcher : Xu J

List of Research Outputs

Xu J., Gene-expression profiling of buccal epithelium among non-smoking women exposed to household air pollution from smoky coal, Carcinogenesis. 2015, bgv150.

Xu J., Subtype-specific incidence rates of lymphoid malignancies in Hong Kong compared to the United States, 2001–2010, Cancer Epidemiology. 2016, 42: 15-23.

Researcher : Xu L

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:	Establishment of cardiovascular risk prediction score in middle-age to older Chinese people
Investigator(s):	Xu L, Lam TH
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	Seed Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	01/2016

Project Title:	A prospective study of Southern Chinese dietary pattern, foods and nutrients with cardiovascular disease mortality
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:	04/2016

Project Title:	International Congress on Obesity; Changes In Central Obesity In An Older Chinese Population In Rapid Economic Transition: 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:	05/2016
Completion Date:	05/2016

List of Research Outputs

Jiang C., Chan Y.H., Xu L., Jin Y.L., Zhu T., Zhang W., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Smoking and serum vitamin D in older Chinese people: Cross-sectional analysis based on the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, BMJ Open. 2016, 6(6): e010946.

Kwan S.K.J., Xu L., Jiang C.Q., Zhang W.S., Cheung K.K. and Lam T.H., Depressive symptoms predict memory decline over subsequent 4 years: longitudinal analysis of the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, 11th International Symposium on Healthy Aging "Science and Aging: An Era of Discovery". 2016.

LIN J., Jiang C., Ho D.S.Y., Zhang W., MAI Z., Xu L., Lo C.M.M. and Lam T.H., Smoking and nasopharyngeal carcinoma mortality: a cohort study of 101823 adults in Guangzhou, China, BMC Cancer. 2015, 15(1): 906.

Lam T.H. and Xu L., Smoking kills up to two in every three smokers, The 8th Cross-Strait Conference on Tobacco Control 23-24 June 2016, Macau. 2016, p.43-44.

Pan J., Xu L., Cai S.X., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhao H.J., Zhang W., Jin Y.L., Lin J.M., Thomas G.N. and Lam T.H., The association of pulmonary function with carotid atherosclerosis in older Chinese: Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study-CVD Subcohort, Atherosclerosis. 2015, 243(2): 469-76.

Tang S.M., Zhang H., Cheung Y.Y., Xu M., Ho J.C.Y., Zhou W., Cherny S.S., Zhang Y., Holmen O., Au K.W., Yu H., Xu L., Jia J., PORSCH R.M., Sun L., Xu W., Zheng H., Wong L.Y., Mu Y., Dou J., Fong H.Y., Wang S., Hong X., Dong L., Liao Y., Wang J., Lam S.M.L., Su X., Yan H., Yang M.L., Chen J., Siu D.C.W., Xie G., Woo Y.C., Wu Y., Tan K.C.B., Hveem K., Cheung B.M.Y., Zöllner S., Xu A., Eugene Chen Y., Jiamg C.Q., Jiang Y., Lam T.H., Ganesh S.K., Huo Y., Sham P.C., Lam K.S.L., Willer C.J., Tse H.F. and Gao W., Exome-wide association analysis reveals novel coding sequence variants associated with lipid traits in Chinese, Nature Communications. 2015, 6: 10206.

Xu L., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Alcohol use and gamma-glutamyltransferase using a mendelian randomization design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, PLoS One. 2015, 10(9): e0137790.

Xu L., Jiang C., Schooling C.M., Zhang W., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Liver enzymes and incident diabetes in China: A prospective analysis of 10 764 participants in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2015, 69(11): 1040-4.

Researcher : YANG B

List of Research Outputs

Wu J.T.K., Jit M., Zheng Y., Leung S.M., Xing W., Yang J., Liao Q., Cowling B.J., YANG B., Lau E.H.Y., Takahashi S., Farrar J.J., Grenfell B.T., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Correction: Routine pediatric enterovirus 71 vaccination in China: a cost-effectiveness analysis, PLoS Medicine. 2016, 13: e1002013.

Wu J.T.K., Jit M., Zheng Y., LEUNG S.M., Xing W., Yang J., Liao Q., Cowling B.J., YANG B., Lau E.H.Y., Takahashi S., Farrar J.J., Grenfell B.T., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Routine pediatric enterovirus 71 vaccination in China: a cost-effectiveness analysis, PLoS Medicine. 2016, 13(3): e1001975.

YANG B., Wu P., Wu J.T.K., Lau E.H.Y., Leung G.M., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Seroprevalence of Enterovirus 71 Antibody Among Children in China: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis., Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2015.

YANG B., Lau E.H.Y., Wu P. and Cowling B.J., Transmission of hand, foot and mouth disease and its potential driving factors in Hong Kong, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 27500.

Researcher : YIP TF

List of Research Outputs

YIP T.F., Lee M.Y. and Peiris J.S.M., Supervisor of MPhil student: Yip Tsz Fung; thesis title: "Characterization of an Orphan Innate Immune Receptor – Sub-cellular Localization, Ligand Identification and Cellular Events for Signaling Activation of Toll-like Receptor 10, The University of Hong Kong. 2015.

Yan S., Yip T.F., Li S., Ip K.K.K., Li P.H. and Lee M.Y., TLR10 Plays A Regulatory Role In Type I Interferon Responses Upon Polyinosinic:Polycytidylic Acid Activation, TOLL 2015: Targeting Innate Immunity, Marbella, Spain. 2015.

Researcher : YU G

List of Research Outputs

HUANG P.Y., Lee C.C., Yip C.H., Cheung C.L., YU G., Lam T.Y., Smith D.K., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Genetic characterization of highly pathogenic H5 influenza viruses from poultry in Taiwan, 2015, Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 2016, 38: 96-100.

Researcher : Yan S

List of Research Outputs

Yan S., Yip T.F., Li S., Ip K.K.K., Li P.H. and Lee M.Y., TLR10 Plays A Regulatory Role In Type I Interferon Responses Upon Polyinosinic:Polycytidylic Acid Activation, TOLL 2015: Targeting Innate Immunity, Marbella, Spain. 2015.

Researcher : Yang J

List of Research Outputs

Wu J.T.K., Jit M., Zheng Y., Leung S.M., Xing W., Yang J., Liao Q., Cowling B.J., YANG B., Lau E.H.Y., Takahashi S., Farrar J.J., Grenfell B.T., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Correction: Routine pediatric enterovirus 71 vaccination in China: a cost-effectiveness analysis, PLoS Medicine. 2016, 13: e1002013.

Wu J.T.K., Jit M., Zheng Y., LEUNG S.M., Xing W., Yang J., Liao Q., Cowling B.J., YANG B., Lau E.H.Y., Takahashi S., Farrar J.J., Grenfell B.T., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Routine pediatric enterovirus 71 vaccination in China: a cost-effectiveness analysis, PLoS Medicine. 2016, 13(3): e1001975.

Wu P., Peng Z., Fang J., Feng L., Tsang K.L., Jiang H., Lau E.H.Y., Yang J., Zheng J., Qin Y., Li Z., Leung G.M., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Human infection with influenza A(H7N9) virus during 3 major epidemic waves, China, 2013–2015, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2016, 22: 964-972.

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., Yang L., Chan K.H., Chan K.P., CAO P., Lau E.H.Y., Peiris J.S.M. and Wong C.M., Age and Sex Differences in Rates of Influenza-Associated Hospitalizations in Hong Kong, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 182(4): 335-44.

Wong C.M., Lai H.K., Tsang H., Thach T.Q., Thomas G.N., LAM K.B., Chan K.P., Yang L., Lau A.K., Ayres J.G., Lee S.Y., Chan W.M., Hedley A.J. and Lam T.H., Satellite-based estimates of long-term exposure to fine particles and association with mortality in elderly Hong Kong residents, Environmental Health Perspectives. 2015, 123(11): 1167-72.

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
Completion Date:	06/2016

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:	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 Fund for Basic Research
Start Date:	05/2015
Completion Date:	04/2016

List of Research Outputs

Blanc F., Furio L., Moisy D., Yen H., Chignard M., Letavernier E., Naffakh N., Mok K.P. and Si-Tahar M., Targeting host calpain proteases decreases influenza A virus infection, American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 2016, 310(7): L689-99.

Chin W.H., Yen H., Krauss S., Webby R.J. and Poon L.L.M., Recombinant influenza virus with a pandemic H2N2 polymerase complex has a higher adaptive potential than one with seasonal H2N2 polymerase complex, Journal of General Virology. 2016, 97(3): 611-9.

LUK S.M.G., Yen H. and Peiris J.S.M., Supervisor of MPhil student: Luk So Mui Geraldine; thesis title: “Transmission an dTissue Distribution of H7N9 Viruses in Chickens, The University of Hong Kong.. 2015.

Leung N.H.L., ZHOU J., Chu K.W., Yu H., Lindsley W.G., Beezhold D.H., Yen H., Li Y., Seto W.H., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Quantification of Influenza Virus RNA in Aerosols in Patient Rooms, PLoS One. 2016, 11(2): e0148669.

Luk G.S., Leung C.Y.H., Sia S.F., Choy K.T., ZHOU J., Ho C.K., Cheung P.P.H., Lee E.F., Wai C.K., Li P.C., Ip S.M., Poon L.L.M., Lindsley W.G., Peiris J.S.M. and Yen H., Transmission of H7N9 influenza viruses with a polymorphism at PB2 residue 627 in chickens and ferrets, Journal of Virology. 2015, 89(19): 9939-51.

Tharakaraman K., Subramanian V., Viswanathan K., Sloan S., Yen H., Barnard D.L., Leung C.Y.H., Szretter K.J., Koch T.J., Delaney J.C., Babcock G.J., Wogan G.N., Sasisekharan R. and Shriver Z., A broadly neutralizing human monoclonal antibody is effective against H7N9, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2015, 112: 10890-10895.

Wu J., Lau E.H.Y., Xing Q., Zou L., Zhang H., Yen H., Song Y., Zhong H., Lin J., Kang M., Cowling B.J., Huang G. and Ke C., Seasonality of avian influenza A(H7N9) activity and risk of human A(H7N9) infections from live poultry markets., Journal of Infection. 2015, 71(6): 690-3.

Yen H., Current and novel antiviral strategies for influenza infection, Current Opinion in Virology. 2016, 18: 126-134.

Researcher : Yip CH

List of Research Outputs

HUANG P.Y., Lee C.C., Yip C.H., Cheung C.L., YU G., Lam T.Y., Smith D.K., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Genetic characterization of highly pathogenic H5 influenza viruses from poultry in Taiwan, 2015, Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 2016, 38: 96-100.

Researcher : Yip TF

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Yiu KL

List of Research Outputs

Ni M.Y., Chan B.H.Y., Yuan Y., Yiu K.L. and Lam T.H., FAMILY Project Cohort Wave 2 Findings Overall Report, School of Public Health, HKU. 2015.

Researcher : Yoon SW

List of Research Outputs

Lam W.W.T., Yoon S.W., Sze W.K., Ng A.W., Soong I., Kwong A., Suen T.K.D., Tsang J.J., Yeo W., Wong K.Y. and Fielding R., Comparing the meanings of living with advanced breast cancer between women resilient to distress and women with persistent distress: a qualitative study, Psycho-Oncology. 2016, Epub on 2016-04-26.

Tin S.P.P., Lam W.W.T., Yoon S.W., ZHANG N., XIA N., ZHANG W., MA K., Fielding R. and Shaman J., Workplace health promotion: assessing the cardiopulmonary risks of the construction workforce in Hong Kong, PLOS ONE. 2016, 11(1): e0146286.

Researcher : Yu H

List of Research Outputs

Qin Y., Horby P.W., TSANG K.L., Chen E., Gao L., Ou J., Nguyen T.H., Duong T.N., Gasimov V., Feng L., Wu P., Jiang H., Ren X., Peng Z., Li S., Li M., Zheng J., Liu S., Hu S., Hong R., Farrar J.J., Leung G.M., Gao G.F., Cowling B.J. and Yu H., Differences in the Epidemiology of Human Cases of Avian Influenza A(H7N9) and A(H5N1) Viruses Infection, Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2015, 61(4): 563-71.

Qin Y., Zhang Y., Wu P., Feng S., Zheng J., Yang P., Pan Y., Wang Q., Feng L., Pang X., Puig-Barbera J., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Influenza vaccine effectiveness in preventing hospitalization among Beijing residents in China, 2013–15, Vaccine. 2016, 34: 2329-2333.

Virlogeux V.M.L., Li M., Tsang K.L., Feng L., Fang J., Jiang H., Wu P., Zheng J., Lau E.H.Y., Cao Y., Qin Y., Liao Q., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Estimating the distribution of the incubation periods of human avian influenza A(H7N9) virus infections, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 182: 723-729.

Wu J.T.K., Jit M., Zheng Y., Leung S.M., Xing W., Yang J., Liao Q., Cowling B.J., YANG B., Lau E.H.Y., Takahashi S., Farrar J.J., Grenfell B.T., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Correction: Routine pediatric enterovirus 71 vaccination in China: a cost-effectiveness analysis, PLoS Medicine. 2016, 13: e1002013.

Wu J.T.K., Jit M., Zheng Y., LEUNG S.M., Xing W., Yang J., Liao Q., Cowling B.J., YANG B., Lau E.H.Y., Takahashi S., Farrar J.J., Grenfell B.T., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Routine pediatric enterovirus 71 vaccination in China: a cost-effectiveness analysis, PLoS Medicine. 2016, 13(3): e1001975.

Wu P., Peng Z., Fang J., Feng L., Tsang K.L., Jiang H., Lau E.H.Y., Yang J., Zheng J., Qin Y., Li Z., Leung G.M., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Human infection with influenza A(H7N9) virus during 3 major epidemic waves, China, 2013–2015, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2016, 22: 964-972.

Wu P., Wang L., Cowling B.J., Yu J., Fang J., Li F., Zeng L., Wu J.T.K., Li Z., Leung G.M. and Yu H., Live Poultry Exposure and Public Response to Influenza A(H7N9) in Urban and Rural China during Two Epidemic Waves in 2013-2014., PLoS One. 2015, 10(9):e0137831.

YANG B., Wu P., Wu J.T.K., Lau E.H.Y., Leung G.M., Yu H. and Cowling B.J., Seroprevalence of Enterovirus 71 Antibody Among Children in China: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis., Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2015.

Researcher : Yu NX

List of Research Outputs

Ni M.Y., Li K.L., Yu N.X., Pang H.M.H., Chan B.H.Y., Leung G.M. and Stewart S.M., Normative data and psychometric properties of the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) and the abbreviated version (CD-RISC2) among the general population in Hong Kong, Quality of Life Research. 2016, 25(1): 111-6.

Yu N.X., Lam T.H., Liu I.K.F. and Stewart S.M., Mediation of short and longer term effects of an intervention program to enhance resilience in immigrants from Mainland China to Hong Kong, Frontiers in Psychology. 2015, 6: 1769.

Researcher : Yuan Y

List of Research Outputs

Lam T.H., Chan B.H.Y., Yuan Y. and Ni M.Y., Smoking and family harmony among Chinese in a general population: evidence from the family cohort (abstract & poster presentation), SRNT 2016 Annual Meeting, March 2-5, 2016, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 2016.

Ni M.Y., Chan B.H.Y., Yuan Y., Yiu K.L. and Lam T.H., FAMILY Project Cohort Wave 2 Findings Overall Report, School of Public Health, HKU. 2015.

Researcher : Yuen KM

List of Research Outputs

Hui P.Y., Li H.S., Cheung M.C., Chan W.Y., Yuen K.M., Mok K.P., Nicholls J.M., Peiris J.S.M. and Chan M.C.W., Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus delays apoptotic responses via activation of STAT3, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 28593.

Researcher : ZHANG J

List of Research Outputs

Barnett A., Cerin E., ZHANG J., Sit C.H.P., Johnston J.M., Cheung M.M.C. and Lee R.S.Y., Associations between the neighbourhood environment characteristics and physical activity in older adults with specific types of chronic conditions: The ALECS cross-sectional study, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 2016, 13(1): 53.

Cerin E., Sit C.H.P., ZHANG J., Barnett A., Cheung M.M.C., Lai P.C., Johnston J.M. and Lee R.S.Y., Neighbourhood environment, physical activity, quality of life and depressive symptoms in Hong Kong older adults: A protocol for an observational study, BMJ Open. 2016, 6(1): e010384.

Mok K.P., Da Guan W., Liu X.Q., Lamers M.M., Li X.B., Wang M., Zhang J., Zhang Q.L., Li Z.T., Huang J.C., Lin J.Y., Zhang Y.H., Zhao P., Lee H.Y.H., Chen L., Li Y.M., Peiris J.S.M., Chen R.C., Zhong N.S. and Yang Z.F., Genetic characterization of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N6) virus, Guangdong, China, Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2015, 21(12): 2268-71.

Researcher : ZHANG N

List of Research Outputs

Tin S.P.P., Lam W.W.T., Yoon S.W., ZHANG N., XIA N., ZHANG W., MA K., Fielding R. and Shaman J., Workplace health promotion: assessing the cardiopulmonary risks of the construction workforce in Hong Kong, PLOS ONE. 2016, 11(1): e0146286.

ZHANG N., Fielding R., Soong I., Chan K.K.L., Tsang W.H.J., Lee V.H.F., Lee C., Ng A., Sez W.K., Tin S.P.P. and Lam W.W.T., Illness perceptions among cancer survivors, Supportive Care in Cancer. Springer, 2016, 24(3): 1295-1304.

Researcher : ZHANG W

List of Research Outputs

Au Yeung S.L.R., Jiang C., LONG M., Cheng K.K., Liu B., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Evaluation of moderate alcohol use with QT interval and heart rate using mendelian randomization analysis among older Southern Chinese men in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, American Journal of Epidemiology. 2015, 182(4): 320-7.

Au Yeung S.L.R., Cheng K.K., Zhao J., Zhang W., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted 17beta-estradiol and cardiovascular risk factors in women: A Mendelian randomization analysis using young women in Hong Kong and older women in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Annals of Epidemiology. 2016, 26(3): 171-5.

Au Yeung S.L.R., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted 17beta-estradiol, cognitive function and depressive symptoms in women: A Mendelian randomization in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Preventive Medicine. 2016, 88: 80-5.

Jiang C., Chan Y.H., Xu L., Jin Y.L., Zhu T., Zhang W., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Smoking and serum vitamin D in older Chinese people: Cross-sectional analysis based on the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, BMJ Open. 2016, 6(6): e010946.

LIN J., Jiang C., Ho D.S.Y., Zhang W., MAI Z., Xu L., Lo C.M.M. and Lam T.H., Smoking and nasopharyngeal carcinoma mortality: a cohort study of 101823 adults in Guangzhou, China, BMC Cancer. 2015, 15(1): 906.

Ni M.Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Gilman S.E., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Stress across the life course and depression in a rapidly developing population: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2016, 31(6): 629-37.

Pan J., Xu L., Cai S.X., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhao H.J., Zhang W., Jin Y.L., Lin J.M., Thomas G.N. and Lam T.H., The association of pulmonary function with carotid atherosclerosis in older Chinese: Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study-CVD Subcohort, Atherosclerosis. 2015, 243(2): 469-76.

SUN Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Fruit and vegetable consumption and cardiovascular risk factors in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, PLoS One. 2015, 10(8): e0135380.

SUN Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Nut consumption and cardiovascular risk in older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, PLoS One. 2015, 10(9): e0137178.

Tin S.P.P., Lam W.W.T., Yoon S.W., ZHANG N., XIA N., ZHANG W., MA K., Fielding R. and Shaman J., Workplace health promotion: assessing the cardiopulmonary risks of the construction workforce in Hong Kong, PLOS ONE. 2016, 11(1): e0146286.

Xu L., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Au Yeung S.L.R., Zhang W., Lam T.H. and Schooling C.M., Alcohol use and gamma-glutamyltransferase using a mendelian randomization design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, PLoS One. 2015, 10(9): e0137790.

Xu L., Jiang C., Schooling C.M., Zhang W., Cheng K.K. and Lam T.H., Liver enzymes and incident diabetes in China: A prospective analysis of 10 764 participants in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2015, 69(11): 1040-4.

Yang S.S., Jin Y.L., He Y., Jiang C., Cheng K.K., Zhang W. and Lam T.H., Childhood passive smoking exposure and age at menarche in Chinese women who had never smoked: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, PLoS One. 2015, 10(7): e0130429.

ZHAO J., Lam T.H., Jiang C., Cherny S.S., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., A Mendelian randomization study of testosterone and cognition in men, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 21306.

Researcher : ZHANG Y

List of Research Outputs

Sabir J.S., Lam T.Y., Ahmed M.M., Li L., Shen Y., Abo-Aba S.E., Qureshi M.I., Abu-Zeid M., Zhang Y., Khiyami M.A., Alharbi N.S., Hajrah N.H., Sabir M.J., Mutwakil M.H., Kabli S.A., Alsulaimany F.A., Obaid A.Y., Zhou B., Smith D.K., Holmes E.C., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Co-circulation of three camel coronavirus species and recombination of MERS-CoVs in Saudi Arabia, Science. 2016, 351(6268): 81-4.

Wang J., Wu M., Hong W., Fan X., Chen R., Zheng Z., Zeng Y., Huang R., Zhang Y., Lam T.Y., Smith D.K., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Infectivity and Transmissibility of Avian H9N2 Influenza Viruses in Pigs, Journal of Virology. 2016, 90(7): 3506-14.

ZHANG Y., FENG S. and Cowling B.J., Changes in the primary outcome in Ebola vaccine trial (Correspondence), The Lancet. 2016, 387: 1509.

Researcher : ZHAO J

List of Research Outputs

Au Yeung S.L.R., Cheng K.K., Zhao J., Zhang W., Jiang C., Lam T.H., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., Genetically predicted 17beta-estradiol and cardiovascular risk factors in women: A Mendelian randomization analysis using young women in Hong Kong and older women in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, Annals of Epidemiology. 2016, 26(3): 171-5.

ZHAO J., Lam T.H., Jiang C., Cherny S.S., Liu B., Cheng K.K., Zhang W., Leung G.M. and Schooling C.M., A Mendelian randomization study of testosterone and cognition in men, Scientific Reports. 2016, 6: 21306.

Zhao J., Leung Y.Y.J., Lin S.C. and Schooling C.M., Cigarette smoking and testosterone in men and women: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies, Preventive Medicine. 2016, 85: 1-10.

Researcher : ZHENG Q

List of Research Outputs

Wong C.M., Tsang H., Lai H.K., Thomas G.N., Lam H.K.B., Chan K.P., ZHENG Q., Ayres J.G., Lee R.S.Y., Lam T.H. and Thach T.Q., Cancer mortality risks from long-term exposure to ambient fine particle, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 2016, 25(5): 839-45.

Researcher : ZHOU J

List of Research Outputs

Leung N.H.L., ZHOU J., Chu K.W., Yu H., Lindsley W.G., Beezhold D.H., Yen H., Li Y., Seto W.H., Peiris J.S.M. and Cowling B.J., Quantification of Influenza Virus RNA in Aerosols in Patient Rooms, PLoS One. 2016, 11(2): e0148669.

Luk G.S., Leung C.Y.H., Sia S.F., Choy K.T., ZHOU J., Ho C.K., Cheung P.P.H., Lee E.F., Wai C.K., Li P.C., Ip S.M., Poon L.L.M., Lindsley W.G., Peiris J.S.M. and Yen H., Transmission of H7N9 influenza viruses with a polymorphism at PB2 residue 627 in chickens and ferrets, Journal of Virology. 2015, 89(19): 9939-51.

Researcher : Zhang J

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Zhang W

List of Research Outputs

Researcher : Zhang Y

List of Research Outputs

ZHANG Y., FENG S. and Cowling B.J., Changes in the primary outcome in Ebola vaccine trial (Correspondence), The Lancet. 2016, 387: 1509.

Researcher : Zhao J

List of Research Outputs

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. 2016, 11(1): 70-84.

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
Completion Date:	10/2015

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
Completion Date:	03/2016

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

Project Title:	Continuous evolution of H10N8 influenza viruses in chickens and molecular determinants for their infectivity in mammals
Investigator(s):	Zhu H, Guan Y, Lam TY
Department:	School of Public Health
Source(s) of Funding:	General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:	10/2015

List of Research Outputs

HUANG P.Y., Lee C.C., Yip C.H., Cheung C.L., YU G., Lam T.Y., Smith D.K., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Genetic characterization of highly pathogenic H5 influenza viruses from poultry in Taiwan, 2015, Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 2016, 38: 96-100.

Lam T.Y., Zhu H., Chong Y.L., Holmes E.C. and Guan Y., Puzzling origins of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2014., Journal of Virology. 2015, 89(19): 10130-2.

Sabir J.S., Lam T.Y., Ahmed M.M., Li L., Shen Y., Abo-Aba S.E., Qureshi M.I., Abu-Zeid M., Zhang Y., Khiyami M.A., Alharbi N.S., Hajrah N.H., Sabir M.J., Mutwakil M.H., Kabli S.A., Alsulaimany F.A., Obaid A.Y., Zhou B., Smith D.K., Holmes E.C., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Co-circulation of three camel coronavirus species and recombination of MERS-CoVs in Saudi Arabia, Science. 2016, 351(6268): 81-4.

Shu Y., Guan Y., Yuan Z., Wang D., Zhu H., Zhou J., Gao R., Hu Y., Zhang X., Cao B., Wang Y., Gao G.F., Wu G., Jie Z. and Jiang T., First Prize, National Medical Science and Technology Award, 2015年中华医学科技奖一等奖, Chinese Medical Association (CMA). 中华医学会, 2015.

Wang J., Wu M., Hong W., Fan X., Chen R., Zheng Z., Zeng Y., Huang R., Zhang Y., Lam T.Y., Smith D.K., Zhu H. and Guan Y., Infectivity and Transmissibility of Avian H9N2 Influenza Viruses in Pigs, Journal of Virology. 2016, 90(7): 3506-14.

Zhu H., Continuous Evolution and risk assessment of the H5 and H7 subtypes of avian influenza viruses in China, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID): 9th Annual CEIRS (Centres of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance) Network Meeting. 2016.

Zhu H., Lam T.Y., Smith D.K. and Guan Y., Emergence and development of H7N9 influenza viruses in China, Current Opinion in Virology. 2016, 16: 106-13.

Zhu H., Influenza Surveillance and Techniques, Train-the-trainer bioinformatics workshop for the Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI), hosted by World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). 2016.

Zhu H., Walk with Dreams – A Journey Confronting Viruses. , Hear Tide TED Talks, hosted by the Communist Youth League of Chaozhou Government. 2016.

Zhu W., Li L., Yan Z., Gan T., Li L., Chen R., Chen R., Zheng Z., Hong W., Wang J., Smith D.K., Guan Y., Zhu H. and Shu Y., Dual E627K and D701N mutations in the PB2 protein of A(H7N9) influenza virus increased its virulence in mammalian models, Scientific Reports. 2015, 5: 14170.

Researcher : Zhu W

List of Research Outputs

Zhu W., Li L., Yan Z., Gan T., Li L., Chen R., Chen R., Zheng Z., Hong W., Wang J., Smith D.K., Guan Y., Zhu H. and Shu Y., Dual E627K and D701N mutations in the PB2 protein of A(H7N9) influenza virus increased its virulence in mammalian models, Scientific Reports. 2015, 5: 14170.

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