• Our fields of specialization are:

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1. Non-communicable Disease and Aging

2. Environmental Health and Infectious Diseases

3. Global Health Policy, Health System & Healthcare Delivery

4. Mental Well-Being, Social & Health Behavior, Addiction

5. Bioinformatics, Machine Learning and Big Data

6. Family Medicine and Primary Health Care

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• International Perspectives and International Cooperation

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JCSPHPC has established collaborations with various international organizations as we believe in collaboration and emphasize international partnership. Closer links have been established with 254 universities/institutions in 26 different countries. Links with mainland China are of particular importance and many staff members have extensive collaborations with universities and other organizations in the mainland.

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Apart from the international links, JCSPHPC actively maintains collaboration with local government departments and medical organizations in Hong Kong:

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• Food and Health Bureau, HKSAR Government

• Hong Kong Academy of Medicine

• Hong Kong College of Community Medicine

• Hospital Authority

• The Hong Kong College of Family Physicians

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• ​Opportunities to research exchange in overseas

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Every year around 13% of our full-time PhD students can get the grants from CUHK to conduct supervised research in prestigious universities over the world, such as:

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• Karolinska Institutet

• Utrecht University

• University of Oxford

• Yale University

• Brown University

• University of California Berkeley

• University of Toronto

• University of Sydney

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• Our teaching medium is English

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• Excellent teachers

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We have very experienced and excellent academic staff in the School, such as:

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• Prof. EK Yeoh  - Systems for Health

• Prof. Emily Chan  - Disaster and Global Health

• Prof. Joseph Lau  - Behavioural Health

• Prof. SS Lee - Infectious diseases

• Prof. Shelly Tse - Occupational and environmental health, cancer epidemiology

• Prof. Martin Wong  - Prevention and screening of chronic disease 

• Prof. Samuel Wong  - Interventional studies for common mental health problems in primary care and Multimorbidity in Primary Care 

• Prof. Benny Zee  - Clinical trials methodology including pharmaceutical statistics, Public Health issues including infectious disease modelling, Bioinformatics including microarray data analysis, image processing and diagnostic methods

 

For more details about our academic staff.

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• Interdisciplinary research excellence

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We have the following well-established research areas:

E.g. Interventions for chronic disease and mental health problems in primary care, Evaluation of primary care models and outcomes relevant to primary care services, Cancer screening in community and primary care settings, Global Health, Climate change, HIV, Addiction, Mental Health, Evidence-based Medicine, 24/7 Society and Public Health Exposome, Pollution and Smart Cities, Clinical trials, Health policy, Regulation of health system, Health system management, Healthcare resources, Healthcare financing, Quality of care: patient experience and engagement, patient preference and health utility,  Promotion of HPV self-sampling as patient choice in cervical cancer screening HPV, Equity in health and health care; Person-centered care and etc.

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• CUHK in the international ranking (Source: CUHK Webpage: https://www.cuhk.edu.hk/english/aboutus/cuhk-rankings.html)

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• Ranked 38th in QS World University Rankings 2022

• Ranked 11th in QS Asia University Rankings 2022

• Ranked 49th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022

• Ranked 7th in the Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2022

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• MPhil-PhD programme in Public Health

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We offer the articulated MPhil-PhD programme in Public Health and we support interdisciplinary studies in the fields of public health and primary care.

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• You may refer to the Graduate School webpage about application and admission (https://www.gs.cuhk.edu.hk/admissions/programme/medicine#mphil-phd-in-public-health)

• Application deadline:

  • For MPhil / PhD applicants: 1 December 2022;

  • For non-HKPFS PhD applicants: 1 December 2022;

  • For part-time PhD applicants: Applications are accepted throughout the year.

• Admission date: 1 August for Term 1 intake or 1 January for Term 2 intake​

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Studentship and Scholarship

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• CUHK Postgraduate Studentships (Scholarship/Stipend)

  • The CUHK Postgraduate Studentship is available for full-time research postgraduate students throughout normative study period in 3 or 4 years which is to be decided by the Graduate School

  • Monthly stipend in 22-23 is HK$18,025 (pre-candidacy / PGS-1) or HK$18,525 (post-candidacy / PGS-2).

 

• Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS) from the RGC

  • Apart from the CUHK regular scholarship, the HKSAR Government offers the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship to full-time PhD students.  It offers HK$27,100 per month to the awardees and a conference and research-related travel allowance at HK$13,600 per year. A tuition waiver will be provided to HKPFS awardees during their whole normative study period. Also it provides an award for lodging in the first year of study of HKPFS awardees. The awardees will have guaranteed on-campus accommodation during the normative study period and their on-campus hostel fee will be waived in the first year of study. HKPFS awardees with a normative study period of 4 years, CUHK provides stipend and conference travel allowance at HKPFS level for the fourth year of study. 

  • The application deadline

    • To submit an initial application to RGC by 12 noon, 1 December 2022 HKT; and

    • To submit full application to CUHK by 5pm, 1 December 2022 HKT.

  • Applicants can visit https://cerg1.ugc.edu.hk/hkpfs/index.html#award for more information from the RGC and from the Graduate School https://www.gs.cuhk.edu.hk/admissions/scholarships-fees/hkpfs

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• Tuition Fee

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Tuition fee is HK$42,100 per year.

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​A tuition waiver will be provided to local Hong Kong students during their normative study period under the Tuition Waiver Scheme for Local Research Postgraduate (RPg) Students. Please refer to this link.

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• How to apply PhD/MPhil programme? 

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• CUHK Main Round for full time PhD/MPhil application 2023-24 has started and deadline will be on 1 December 2022. You can find Online Application, application procedure/ preparation on website of the Graduate School

• RPg admission prospectus

• University’s entry requirement

• More details can be found in our programme leaflet and on the webpage of Graduate Schools:  https://www.gs.cuhk.edu.hk/admissions/programme/medicine#mphil-phd-in-public-health

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Our funded places are limited. MPhil and PhD applicants have to compete these places together.  If you want to graduate at the master’s level, please consider our taught programmes in Master of Public Health, Master of Science in Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Master of Science in Health Services Management, as well as these diploma and postgraduate diploma programmes. 

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For more details about our taught postgraduate programmes, you may refer to our webpage https://www.sphpc.cuhk.edu.hk/tpg

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• Accomplishments of our PhD graduates

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A number of our PhD graduates are currently working in the academia, research and healthcare-related sectors in Hong Kong, Mainland and overseas.  For example, 9 of them are serving as professorial staff / Lecturers in The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Below are other examples (in alphabetical order): 

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Local

• CHEUNG Yee Lai, Eliza - Clinical Psychologist cum Service-in-charge, Psychological Support Service, Hong Kong Red Cross; MHPSS Technical Advisor, Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

• HOU Jing (Rebecca) - Family Medicine Specialist Higher Trainee in Kowloon Central, HKSAR

• LI Xue - Assistant Professor, jointly appointed between the Department of Medicine and the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, The University of Hong Kong

• LING Sai On - Chief of Service of the Respiratory Medical Department in Kowloon Hospital

• LO Ka-hei, Kenneth – Assistant Professor, Dept. of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

• LUI Wai Sze Wacy - Senior Psychologist in OASIS, Hospital Authority, HKSAR

• WONG Chiu-yi Claudie - Environmental Protection Officer in the Department of Environmental Protection, HKSAR Government

• WONG Yuk Shim, Doris - Professional Consultant in the Nethersole School of Nursing, CUHK

• XIA Xiaoxuan - Postdoctoral Fellow in Department of Statistics, CUHK.

• ZHANG Dexing, Daisy – Research Assistant Professor, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, CUHK 

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Mainland

• CAI Yue - Associate Professor in Center for Health Statistics and Information, National Health Commission, China

• CHEN Ruirui (Cherry) - Programme Coordinator at the Women & Children Hospital in Shenzhen

• CHEN Weiqing – Professor, Department of Medical Statistics, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University

• GU Jing- Professor and Chair, Department of Medical Statistics, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University

• GUO Yawei (Vivian) – Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University

• HAN Xiaoran -  Biostatistician, Pfizer Inc., Shanghai

• HAO Chun - Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University

• HE Qiqiang - Associate Director, School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University

• JIANG Yu – Associate Director, School of Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College

• LI Jinghua - Associate Professor, Department of Health policy and Management, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University

• LIN Hualiang – Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University

• LIU Xudong – Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University

• LIU Zhaomin – Professor, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University

• LUO Chao (Tina) - Biostatistician in Boehringer Ingelheim, Shanghai

• MEN Routing - Doctor in the West China Hospital Sichuan University

• SUN Rui - Associate Fellow in the Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University

• WANG Haoxiang – Associate Professor, Department of Health policy and Management, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University

• WENG Haoyi - Senior Bioinformatics Analyst at WeGene

• WU Xin Yin (Irene) - Professor, Xiangya School of Public Health, Central South University, China

• ZHANG Caixia - Chair, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University

• ZHAN Siyan - Chair, Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University

• ZHANG Zilong – Associate Professor, Sun Yat-sen University

 
Overseas

• CAO Wangnan – Research Associate at the Center for Evidence Synthesis in Health, School of Public Health, Brown University

• CHEN Shanquan - Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge, UK

• DI Mengyang, Miranda - Resident, Internal Medicine, Brown University, USA

• FONG Hildy Felicia - Executive Director, UC Berkeley Center for Global Public Health, USA

• LAM Ching Yu, Holly - Medical Council Early Career Research Fellow in the Department of Genomic and Environmental Medicine at Imperial College in the UK

• LI Mengjie, Maggie - Research Associate at University of Drexel, USA

• LI Wentao - Research Fellow and Resident (doctor) Monash University, Australia

• MOU Jin - Senior Research Epidemiologist, MultiCare Health System, Hospital In Tacoma, Washington, USA

• WANG Pin (Alpin) - Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Public Health at Yale University

• WU Shenghui - Assistant Professor, The University of Texas Health at San Antonio, USA

• XIE Shaohua - Assistant Professor, Karolinska Institutet, SwedenYANG Xueying - Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina

• YUAN Qi - Research Fellow, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore

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• ​Selected Publications for RPg students for the past 5 years

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High Impact Journals (with 2021 Impact factor 10.0 and above)

(In reverse chronological order and the name of RPg students in bold)

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• Lirong Cao, Jingzhi Lou, See Yeung Chan, Hong Zheng, Caiqi Liu, Shi Zhao, Qi Li, Chris Ka Pun Mok, Renee Wan Yi Chan, Marc Ka Chun Chong, William Ka Kei Wu, Zigui Chen, Eliza Lai Yi Wong, Paul Kay Sheung Chan, Benny Chung Ying Zee, Eng Kiong Yeoh, Maggie Haitian Wang (2022).  Rapid evaluation of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic infection with SARS-CoV-2 variants by analysis of genetic distance. Nature Medicine, 28, 1715-1722.

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• Shi Zhao, Zihao Guo, Marc Ka Chun Chong, Daihai He, Maggie H Wang (2022).   Superspreading potential of SARS-CoV-2 Delta variants under intensive disease control measures in China. Journal of Travel Medicine, 29(3).

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• Zihao Guo, Shi Zhao, Shui Shan Lee, Chris Ka Pun Mok, Ngai Sze Wong, Jingxuan Wang, Katherine Min Jia, Maggie Haitian Wang, Carrie Ho Kwan Yam, Tsz Yu Chow, Ka Chun Chong, Eng Kiong Yeoh (2022).  Superspreading potential of COVID-19 outbreak seeded by Omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2 in Hong Kong. Journal of Travel Medicine, published online on 18 Apr 2022.

 

• Zihao Guo, Shi Zhao, Sukhyun Ryu, Chris Ka Pun Mok, Chi Tim Hung, Ka Chun Chong, Eng Kiong Yeoh (2022). Superspreading potential of infection seeded by the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 1 variant in South Korea.  Journal of Infection, 85(3), 77-79.​​

 

• Yansu He, Wente Liu, Shangyang Lin, Zhiyuan Li , Hong Qiu, Steve Hung Lam Yim, Hsiaochi Chuang, Kinfai Ho (2022). Association of traffic air pollution with severity of obstructive sleep apnea in urban areas of Northern Taiwan: A cross-sectional study. The Science of The Total Environment, 827, 25 June 2022.

 

• Junjie Huang, Wing Sze Pang, Veeleah Lok, Lin Zhang, Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno III, Wanghong Xu, Zhi-Jie Zheng, Edmar Elcarte, Mellissa Withers, Martin C. S. Wong & NCD Global Health Research Group, Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) (2022).  Incidence, mortality, risk factors, and trends for Hodgkin lymphoma: a global data analysis.  Journal of Hematology & Oncology, published online on 11 May 2022.

 

• JJ Huang, YY Deng, MS Tin, V Lok, CH Ngai, L Zhang, D Lucero-Prisno, WH Xu, ZJ Zheng, E Elcarte, M Wither, MCS Wong (2022). Distribution, Risk Factors, and Temporal Trends for Lung Cancer Incidence and Mortality.  Chest, 161 (4), 1101-1111.

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• Shi Zhao, Jingzhi Lou, Lirong Cao, Hong Zheng, Marc K C Chong, Zigui Chen, Renee W Y Chan, Benny C Y Zee,  Paul K S Chan, and Maggie H Wang (2021). Quantifying the transmission advantage associated with N501Y substitution of SARS-CoV-2 in the UK: an early data-driven analysis.  Journal of Travel Medicine, Published online on 28 Jan 2021.

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• Shi Zhao, Jingzhi Lou, Lirong Cao, Hong Zheng, Zigui Chen, Renee W Y Chan, Benny C Y Zee, Paul K S Chan, Marc K C Chong, Maggie H Wang (2021).  An early assessment of a case fatality risk associated with P.1 SARS-CoV-2 lineage in Brazil: an ecological study.  Journal of Travel Medicine, 28(7), published online on 21 Jun 2021.

 

• Jingxuan Wang, Shi Zhao, Xiao Chen, Ziyue Huang, Marc Ka Chun Chong, Zihao Guo, Mohammad Javanbakht, Jinjun Ran (2021). The reproductive number of Lassa fever: A systematic review.  Journal of Travel Medicine, 28(3), published online on 14 Apr 2021.

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