Prof. Gary Ka-ki CHUNG
鍾嘉麒教授
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ORCID: 0000-0002-8652-212X
ResearcherID: ABA-1266-2021
Bio
Dr. Gary Chung is a social epidemiologist who studies public health issues and related social determinants of health through an equity lens. With a nutritionist background, Dr. Chung obtained his PhD in Public Health at The JC School of Public Health and Primary Care of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, focusing on the socioeconomic patterning of obesity and cardiometabolic conditions. His research interests go beyond nutrition-related issues but also cover mental health, healthcare access, health and social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, population health monitoring, and related health equity issues across the socioeconomic ladder, gender, and ethnic minority groups. Before returning to the School as a Research Assistant Professor, Dr. Chung completed his postdoctoral training at the CUHK Institute of Health Equity as the awardee of the RGC Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme 2021/22.
Research Interest
• Health equity
• Public health nutrition
• Healthcare access
• Social determinants of health
• Population health monitoring
Recent Funded Research Projects
• Principal Investigator, Tailored mobile messaging intervention on obesity management among South Asian women in Hong Kong: a randomized wait-list controlled trial, Health and Medical Research Fund, Oct 2024 – Sep 2026
• Principal Investigator, Secular trend and age-period-cohort modelling on the socioeconomic inequalities in general and abdominal obesity in Hong Kong, Health and Medical Research Fund, Sep 2023 – Feb 2025
• Co-Investigator, Increasing public acceptance on vaccination and non-pharmaceutical interventions: A quantitative survey to inform government communication), Health and Medical Research Fund, Oct 2023 – Oct 2024
• Co-Investigator, A convergent parallel mixed-method study on the healthcare needs, service utilization, and disease burden among refugees and asylum seekers in Hong Kong, CUHK Direct Grants, Jun 2023 – June 2024
• Co-Investigator, Trajectories of healthy life expectancy by sex and districts in Hong Kong: A population-based retrospective cohort study (Ref: 19202031), Health and Medical Research Fund, Jul 2022 – Dec 2023
• Co-Investigator, Health & Social Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Young People across the Socioeconomic Ladder: A Cross-Country Comparative Study, Worldwide Universities Network Research Development Fund, Jan 2021 – Dec 2022
Selected Publications
1. Chung GK, Hung H, Vargas DC, Lee W, Sharma B, Tong LS, Tang TL, Munir H, Wong CY, Wong EL, Dong D, Yeoh EK. Risk Factors Associated With General and Abdominal Obesity Among South Asian Minorities in Hong Kong. Health Educ Behav 2024 (ahead of print). doi: 10.1177/10901981241267992
2. Chung GK, Liu X, Massar K, Schelleman-Offermans K, Bosma H, Chan YH, Chan SM, Chen JK, Wong H, Chung RY. Socioeconomic inequalities in psychosocial well-being among adolescents under the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-regional comparative analysis in Hong Kong, mainland China, and the Netherlands. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2024 (ahead of print). doi: 10.1007/s00127-024-02649-7
3. Chung GK, Marmot M, Ho IY, Chan SM, Lai ET, Wong SY, Yeoh EK, Woo J, Chung RY. Secular trends of life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy at age 65 and associated gender and area-level socioeconomic inequalities in Hong Kong: a serial cross-sectional study between 2007 and 2020. Lancet Reg Health West Pac 2023; 41:100909. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100909
4. Chung GK, Robinson M, Marmot M, Woo J. Monitoring socioeconomic inequalities in health in Hong Kong: Insights and lessons from the UK and Australia. Lancet Reg Health West Pac 2022; 31:100636. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100636
5. Chung GK, Chan SM, Chan YH, et al. Socioeconomic Patterns of COVID-19 Clusters in Low-Incidence City, Hong Kong. Emerg Infect Dis 2021; 27(11): 2874-7. doi: 10.3201/eid2711.204840
6. Chung GK, Lai FTT, Chan DC, Wong H, Yeoh EK, Chung RY. Socioeconomic disadvantages over the lifecourse and their influence on obesity among older Hong Kong Chinese adults. Eur J Public Health 2020; 30(5): 1013-8. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa072
7. Chung GK, Yu RHY, Ho SS, et al. Prospective association of obesity patterns with subclinical carotid plaque development in early postmenopausal Chinese women. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2020; 28(7): 1342-50. doi: 10.1002/oby.22820
8. Chung RY (co-first), Chung GK (co-first), Gordon D, et al. Housing affordability effects on physical and mental health: household survey in a population with the world’s greatest housing affordability stress. J Epidemiol Community Health 2020; 74: 164-72. doi: 10.1136/jech-2019-212286
9. Chung GK, Dong D, Wong SY, Wong H, Chung RY. Perceived poverty and health, and their roles in the poverty-health vicious cycle: a qualitative study of major stakeholders in the healthcare setting in Hong Kong. Int J Equity Health 2020; 19(1): 13. doi: 10.1186/s12939-020-1127-7
10. Chung GK, Chung RY, Chan DC, et al. The independent role of deprivation in abdominal obesity beyond income poverty. A population-based household survey in Chinese adults. J Public Health (Oxf) 2019; 41(3): 476–86. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdy161