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​Prof. Ngai Sze WONG 王艾斯教授

Prof. Ngai Sze WONG

王艾斯教授

BSSc (CUHK), M.Phil (CUHK), PhD (CUHK)

Assistant Professor

Email: candy_wong@cuhk.edu.hk

 

ORCID: 0000-0003-3788-8114

Researcher ID: A-3145-2012

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Biography

Dr. Wong majored in Geography and Resources Management in her undergraduate days, and conducted research in the spatial epidemiology of methadone maintenance treatment utilization for her M.Phil study in the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Her geographic information system (GIS) skills were further trained when she worked as a GIS assistant consultant in an environmental impact assessment company, and in an IT company which resells Google geo-products. She established her research skills and knowledge of infectious diseases and public health when she worked as a research assistant in Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, CUHK, for around 4 years. She was also a part-time PhD student in School of Public Health, CUHK. Her doctoral study aimed at estimating HIV population viral load and simulating the impact of test-and-treat intervention on the HIV epidemic growth in Hong Kong through epidemic modelling. She later joined a joint China-US postdoc programme, working in South China-UNC STD Research Training Center in Guangzhou, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in US. Her postdoctoral studies focused on the HIV linkage and retention in care, and syphilis epidemiology with the use of epidemic modelling and spatiotemporal analyses in South China.

Research Interests

  • Epidemiology of infectious diseases, including HIV, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, syphilis, Influenza, TB, dengue and COVID-19

  • Application of spatial, temporal, social networking, epidemic modelling and molecular techniques to study epidemiology

  • Immune recovery of HIV patients following antiretroviral therapy

Selected Publications

  1. Wong, N. S., Chan, D. P., Chung, S. L., Kwan, T. H., Lee, K. C., Kwan, C. K., & Lee, S. S. (2024). Self-sampled multi-anatomic site testing for uncovering the community burden of undiagnosed Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection in men who have sex with men. Infection, 52(2), 491–502.

  2. Wong, N. S., Chan, D. P., Kwan, T. H., Lui, G. C., Lee, K. C., & Lee, S. S. (2024). Dynamicity of HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Usage Pattern and Association with Executed Adherence in MSM: An Implementation Study in Hong Kong. AIDS and behavior, 28(4), 1327–1344.

  3. Wong, N. S., Chan, D. P. C., Poon, C. M., Chan, C. P., Lau, L. H. W., Yeoh, E. K., & Lee, S. S. (2023). Hepatitis B burden and population immunity in a high endemicity city - a geographically random household epidemiology study for evaluating achievability of elimination. Epidemiology and infection, 151, e22.

  4. Wong, N. S., Chan, D. P., Chan, C. P., Poon, C. M., Wong, G. L., Wong, V. W., & Lee, S. S. (2022). Point-of-care hepatitis C reflex testing and treatment referral in methadone clinic settings in Hong Kong-a pilot study. IJID regions, 5, 8–12.

  5. Wong, N. S. (co-first), Lee, S. S., Chan, D. P. C., Li, T. C. M., Ho, T. H. Y., Luk, F. W. L., Chow, K. M., Tso, E. Y. K., Yeoh, E. K., Wong, S. Y. S., Hui, D. S. C., & Lui, G. C. Y. (2022). Trajectory patterns of SARS-CoV-2 neutralising antibody response in convalescent COVID-19 patients. Communications medicine, 2, 53.

  6. Wong, N. S., Wong, B. C. K., Chan, J. M. C., Wong, K. H., Tsang, O. T. Y., Mok, C. K. P., Hui, D. S. C., Lee, S. S., & Chan, D. P. C. (2022). Surrogate neutralization responses following severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 vaccination in people with HIV: comparison between inactivated and mRNA vaccine. AIDS (London, England), 36(9), 1255–1264.

  7. Chan, C. P., Lee, S. S., & Wong, N. S.* (2021). Adherence of nurses to annual seasonal influenza vaccination over a 5-year period. The Journal of hospital infection, 112, 6–15.

  8. Wong, N. S., Lee, S. S., Kwan, T. H., & Yeoh, E. K. (2020). Settings of virus exposure and their implications in the propagation of transmission networks in a COVID-19 outbreak. The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific, 4, 100052.

  9. Wong, N. S., Leung, C. C., & Lee, S. S. (2020). Abrupt Subsidence of Seasonal Influenza after COVID-19 Outbreak, Hong Kong, China. Emerging infectious diseases, 26(11), 2753–2755.

  10. Wong, N. S., Kwan, T. H., Lee, K., Lau, J., & Lee, S. S. (2020). Delineation of chemsex patterns of men who have sex with men in association with their sexual networks and linkage to HIV prevention. The International journal on drug policy, 75, 102591.

  11. Wong, N. S., Chan, K., Wong, B., Leung, C. C., Chan, W. K., Lin, A., Lui, G., Mitchell, K. M., & Lee, S. S. (2019). Latent Tuberculosis Infection Testing Strategies for HIV-Positive Individuals in Hong Kong. JAMA network open, 2(9), e1910960.

  12. Wong, N. S., Leung, C. C., Chan, K., Chan, W. K., Lin, A., & Lee, S. S. (2019). A longitudinal study on latent TB infection screening and its association with TB incidence in HIV patients. Scientific reports, 9(1), 10093.

Last Updated: 22 May 2024

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