Professor Leung, Sze Man Kathy 梁詩敏
Professor Leung, Sze Man Kathy 梁詩敏
Kathy Leung received her BS in Biological Sciences and Economics from School of Life Sciences and China Center for Economic Research at Peking University, MPhil and PhD from School of Public Health at The University of Hong Kong.
Kathy was initially a wet-bench trainee biochemist aiming to elucidate the signalling pathways of innate immunity against virus infections. Later she found her interest lies more in mathematics and statistics involved in biological processes. In recent years, her primary research is in mathematical modelling of a wide range of communicable and non-communicable diseases, such as influenza, MERS, hand-foot-and-mouth disease, HPV, cervical cancer, colorectal cancer and breast cancer. She also conducts epidemiological and economic evaluations of intervention strategies against communicable and non-communicable diseases, such as HFMD vaccination and breast cancer screening programmes. She was the core developer of HKU's first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Epidemics.
Year | Awarding Institution | Qualification |
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Peking University | BS in Biological Sciences and Economics | |
The University of Hong Kong | MPhil | |
The University of Hong Kong | PhD |
Awardees | Award Date | Honours / Awards / Prizes | Category |
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LEUNG, Man Chi LUN, Kai Yin Phyllis Yau, CYS Flores, FPC Yao, X | 2021-08-01 | Faculty Outstanding Research Output Award: Ni MY, Yao XI, Leung KS, et al. Depression and Post-Traumatic Stress During Major Social Unrest in Hong Kong: a ten-year prospective cohort. Lancet 2020 Jan;395(10220):273-284: Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong | Research Achievement |
2021-08-01 | Faculty Outstanding Research Output Award: Effects of adjusting public health, travel, and social measures during the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccination: a modelling study: LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong | Research Achievement |
Term Period | Position | Professional Societies |
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01/2024 - Present | Member of Immunization and vaccines related implementation research advisory committee (IVIR-AC) | World Health Organization |
11/2022 - Present | Editorial Board Member | Epidemics |
07/2021 - 04/2024 | Editorial Board Member | BMC Medicine |
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