Leung, Gabriel M
Chair Professor
Medicine
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
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 Interest
Infectious disease epidemiology Paediatric and lifecourse epidemiology Health services and policy research
Publications
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Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease in China: Modeling Epidemic Dynamics of Enterovirus Serotypes and Implications for Vaccination Journal:PLoS Medicine
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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
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A Mendelian randomization study of testosterone and cognition in men Journal:Scientific Reports
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Interventions to reduce zoonotic and pandemic risks from avian influenza in Asia Journal:The Lancet Infectious Diseases
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Breastfeeding and childhood hospitalizations for asthma and other wheezing disorders Journal:Annals of Epidemiology
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Toward a Common Secure Future: Four Global Commissions in the Wake of Ebola Journal:PLoS Medicine
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Longitudinal patterns and predictors of depression trajectories related to the 2014 occupy central/umbrella movement in Hong Kong Journal:American Journal of Public Health
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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
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Preliminary epidemiologic assessment of human infections with highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N6) virus, China Journal:Clinical Infectious Diseases
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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
