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Leung, Gabriel M

Chair Professor
Medicine
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Professor Medicine
Biography

Gabriel Leung became the fortieth Dean of the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine in August 2013. Leung, a clinician and a respected public health authority, concurrently holds the Chair of Public Health Medicine. Previously he was Professor and Head of Community Medicine and served as Hong Kong’s first Under Secretary for Food and Health and fifth Director of the Chief Executive's Office in government.

Research Intrest

Infectious disease epidemiology Paediatric and lifecourse epidemiology Health services and policy research

List of Publications
Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease in China: Modeling Epidemic Dynamics of Enterovirus Serotypes and Implications for Vaccination Journal:PLoS Medicine
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:Journal of Public Health
A Mendelian randomization study of testosterone and cognition in men Journal:Scientific Reports
Interventions to reduce zoonotic and pandemic risks from avian influenza in Asia Journal:The Lancet Infectious Diseases
Breastfeeding and childhood hospitalizations for asthma and other wheezing disorders Journal:Annals of Epidemiology
Toward a Common Secure Future: Four Global Commissions in the Wake of Ebola Journal:PLoS Medicine
Longitudinal patterns and predictors of depression trajectories related to the 2014 occupy central/umbrella movement in Hong Kong Journal:American Journal of Public Health
Epidemiology of avian influenza A H7N9 virus in human beings across five epidemics in mainland China, 2013–17: an epidemiological study of laboratory-confirmed case series Journal:The Lancet Infectious Diseases
Preliminary epidemiologic assessment of human infections with highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N6) virus, China Journal:Clinical Infectious Diseases
Age at menarche and cardiovascular risk factors using Mendelian randomization in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study Journal:Preventive Medicine Au Yeung, SLRJiang, CCheng, KKXu, LZhang, W
The ecology of health care in Hong Kong Journal:Social Science and Medicine
Cohort profile: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study, a Guangzhou-Hong Kong-Birmingham collaboration Journal:International Journal of Epidemiology
Reducing the impact of the next influenza pandemic using household-based public health interventions Journal:PLoS Medicine
What is the most cost-effective population-based cancer screening program for Chinese women? Journal:Journal of Clinical Oncology
Facemasks and hand hygiene to prevent influenza transmission in households: A cluster randomized trial Journal:Annals of Internal Medicine
Protective efficacy of seasonal influenza vaccination against seasonal and pandemic influenza virus infection during 2009 in Hong Kong Journal:Clinical Infectious Diseases
Optimizing resource allocation for breast cancer prevention and care among Hong Kong Chinese women Journal:Cancer
Human infection with avian influenza A H7N9 virus: An assessment of clinical severity Journal:The Lancet
Effect of closure of live poultry markets on poultry-to-person transmission of avian influenza A H7N9 virus: an ecological study Journal:The Lancet
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