Prof. Kin-on KWOK

郭健安教授

Assistant Professor

Prof. Kin On Kwok joined The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care of the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2016. He obtained his PhD degree in Public Health Medicine from the University of Hong Kong in 2008. He is currently the concentration coordinator of Environmental / Occupational Health and Infectious Diseases in the Master of Public Health curriculum. In addition to supervising graduate students, he currently teaches two courses including Biostatistics and Practical Data Collection, Management and Analysis in the undergraduate curriculum. In 2018 and 2019, he has been awarded with “Teachers of the Years Award” by Faculty of Medicine, CUHK. His main publications are on infectious diseases epidemiology, infection control of emerging diseases and dynamics model in infectious diseases. He is currently the principal and co-investigators for several ongoing local and international research projects funded by University Grants Committee, Food and Health Bureau and Wellcome Trust. He is also Deputy Section Editor of Virology Journal, Associate editor of Frontiers in Medicine/Public health/Sociology/Psychiatry and Plos One and Guest editor of Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal and Vaccines.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, he had done more than 300 interviews by many international media including Ignites Asia, the New York Times, Bloomberg, Nature News, NTV Broadcasting Company (Russia) and numerous local media including TVB, Now TV, RTHK, Headlife and South China Morning Post on various topics related to infection control and epidemiology of COVID-19, influenza, and other infectious diseases.

My main research interest is to study Transmission dynamics of infectious disease; Infectious disease epidemiology; and Infectious disease surveillance, particularly in respiratory viruses including influenza virus and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV), and antimicrobial resistance (AMR).  I am particularly intrigued by the development of mathematical transmission model and the use of statistical models in understanding infectious diseases epidemiology to inform infection control policies.

​(* corresponding author)

1. Kwok KO*, Wan In W, Huang Y, Wong A, Tang A, Wong SYS. Estimation of early phase local-to-local transmissibility and importation hazard of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic under assorted containment measures in Hong Kong. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2022 Jan-Feb;45:102226. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.102226. Epub 2021 Nov 30. (IF=6.211; JIF percentile of 91% in Infectious Diseases in Year 2020)

2. Kwok KO*, Wei WI, Ma BHM, Ip M, Cheung H, Hui E, Tang A, McNeil E, Wong SYS, Yeoh EK. Antibiotic use among COVID-19 patients in Hong Kong, January 2018 to March 2021. J Infect. 2022 Feb 17:S0163-4453(22)00078-0. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.02.014. (IF=6.072; JIF percentile of 90% in Infectious Diseases in Year 2020)

3. Kwok KO*, Li KK, Wei WI, Fong Tsoi MT, Tang A, Lam HS, McNeil EB, Shan Wong SY. Likelihood of COVID-19 vaccination among primary school students in Hong Kong. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2022 Jan;28(1):142-144. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2021.09.029. (IF=8.067; JIF percentile of 95% in Infectious Diseases in Year 2020)

4. Kwok KO*, Li KK, Tang A, Tsoi MTF, Chan EYY, Tang JWT, Wong A, Wei WI, Wong SYS. Psychobehavioral Responses and Likelihood of Receiving COVID-19 Vaccines during the Pandemic, Hong Kong. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Jul;27(7):1802-1810. doi: 10.3201/eid2707.210054. (IF=6.883; JIF percentile of 93% in Infectious Diseases in Year 2020)

5. Kwok KO*, Wei WI, Huang Y, Kam KM, Chan YYE, Riley S, Chan HHH, Hui DSC, Wong SYS, Yeoh EK. Evolving epidemiological characteristics of COVID-19 in Hong Kong, January to August 2020: Retrospective Study. J Med Internet Res. 2021 Apr 16. 23(4):e26645. doi:10.2196/26645. (IF=6.424; JIF percentile of 82% in Respiratory System in Year 2020)

6. Kwok KO, Huang Y, Tsoi MTF, Tang A, Wong SYS, Wei WI, Hui DSC. Epidemiology, clinical spectrum, viral kinetics and impact of COVID-19 in the Asia-Pacific region. Respirology. 2021 Apr;26(4):322-333. doi: 10.1111/resp.14026. (IF=5.428; JIF percentile of 91% in Health Care Sciences & Services in Year 2020) 

7. Kin On Kwok*, Kin-Kit Li, Wan In Wei, Arthur Tang, Samuel Yeung Shan WONG, Shui Shan Lee. Influenza vaccine uptake, COVID-19 vaccination intention and vaccine hesitancy among nurses: a survey. Int J Nurs Stud. 2021 Feb;114:103854. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103854. (IF=5.837; JIF percentile of 100% in Nursing in 2020)

8. Kwok KO*, Li KK, Chan HHH, Yi YY, Tang A, Wei WI, Wong SYS. Community Responses during Early Phase of COVID-19 Epidemic, Hong Kong. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Jul;26(7):1575-1579. doi: 10.3201/eid2607.200500. (IF=6.883; JIF percentile of 93% in Infectious Diseases in Year 2020)

9. Kwok KO*, Wong VWY, Wei WI, Wong SYS, Tang JW. Epidemiological characteristics of the first 53 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 epidemic in Hong Kong, 13 February 2020. Euro Surveill. 2020 Apr;25(16):2000155. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.16.2000155. (IF=6.307; JIF percentile of 92% in Infectious Diseases in Year 2020)

10. Kwok KO*, Wong V, Wei VWI, Wong SYS, Tang JW. Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) cases in Hong Kong and implications for further spread. J Infect. 2020 Jun;80(6):671-693. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.02.002. (IF=6.072; JIF percentile of 90% in Infectious Diseases in Year 2020)

11. Kin On Kwok*, Arthur Tang, Vivian W I Wei, Woo Hyun Park, Eng Kiong Yeoh, Steven Riley. Epidemic Models of Contact Tracing: Systematic Review of Transmission Studies of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. Comput Struct Biotechnol J. 2019 Jan 26;17:186-194. doi: 10.1016/j.csbj.2019.01.003. (IF = 7.271; JIF percentile of 85% in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in Year 2020)

Last Updated: 8 June 2022