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RESEARCH |
Publications in December 2025 and January 2026
Scholars’ Output Highlighted

The following are research papers published by SPH researchers in December 2025 and January 2026:
Gender equity and sustainable development through the lens of fertility intentions among highly educated women: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BMC Public Health
Ruobing Mei, Minghui Tan, Mengyun Liu, Leesa Lin*
Local and introduced lineages drive MERS-CoV recombination in Egyptian camels
Journal of Virology
Mokhtar Gomaa, Kimberly M. Edwards*, Ruixuan Wang*, Ahmed El Taweel, Yassmin Moatasim, Omnia Kutkat, Mina Nabil Kamel, Hamdy A. El-Nagar, Vijaykrishna Dhanasekaran*, Mohamed Ahmed Ali, Ghazi Kayali, Rabeh El-Shesheny
Nursing interns’ experiences of bullying from clinical instructors and nurses in China: a qualitative study
BMC Nursing
Yufeng Liao, Xiao Peng, Min Lin, Huanyu Zhang, Ruixia Xie, Heyan Tian, Weiqi Han, Liling Zhu, Shanquan Chen*, Rui Chen
Differential effects of mindfulness and grit on positive mental health outcomes in major depressive and bipolar disorders: A moderation analysis using an ecological momentary assessment approach
Journal of Affective Disorders
Joyce Xu Hao Jin, Heidi Ka Ying Lo, Iris Wai Tung Tsui, Ting Kin Ng, Ka Fai Chung, Suet Ying Yuen, Fiona Yan Yee Ho, Corine Sau Man Wong*, Chit Tat Lee, Chun Yin Poon, Kayla M. Teopiz, Christine Dri, Roger S. McIntyre
Sugar restriction in the first 1000 days after conception, and long-term respiratory health: a quasi-experiment study
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Jiazhen Zheng, Chuang Yang, Zhen Zhou, Jinghan Huang, Qiang Tu, Haisheng Wu*, Quan Yang, Wenbo Huang, Junchun Shen, Feng Cao
Global need, regional action: opportunities to improve cancer survivorship care in the Western Pacific
The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific
Michael Jefford, Fiona Crawford-Williams, Carolyn Taylor, Miyako Takahashi, Wendy W.T. Lam*, Alexandre Chan, Bogda Koczwara, Yan Lou, Raymond J. Chan
Retrospective assessment of vaccination policy optimizations during an Omicron BA.2 epidemic in Hong Kong: A modelling study
Journal of Infection and Public Health
Benjamin R. Young*, Faith Ho*, Yun Lin*, Eric H.Y. Lau*, Peng Wu*, Benjamin J. Cowling*, Tim K. Tsang*
Prevalence, persistence, and severity of 12-month and 30-day DSM-5 disorders in the World Mental Health Hong Kong Study
The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific
Corine S.M. Wong*, Candi M.C. Leung*, Shiyi Wu*, Francis P. Flores*, Yoona Kim*, Xiao Xiao*, Solomon B.K. Wong*, Wing Chung Chang, Wai Chi Chan, Nancy Xiaonan Yu, Calvin P.W. Cheng, Albert K.K. Chung, Edwin H.M. Lee, Wai Tat Chiu, William G. Axinn, Ronald C. Kessler, Michael Y. Ni*
Shared mineral pathology in malignant and non-malignant lung tissues of non-smoking women from Xuan Wei, China
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Zheshen Han*, Zaoxiu Hu, Zhouxi Fang, Ying Chen, Guangjian Li, Jingli Ren, Jinhui Li, Hongli Lin*, Renyue Ji*, Jian Zhang, Weijun Li, Fang Guo*, Yunchao Huang, Linwei Tian*
Interpersonal conflicts, social media use and depression associated with protests
Nature Medicine
Jian Shi*, Candi M. C. Leung*, Roujia Chen*, Xiao Xiao*, Francis P. Flores*, Ke Ning, Tiffany S. W. Ma*, Solomon B. K. Wong*, Corine S. M. Wong*, Yoona Kim*, Ichiro Kawachi, Gabriel M. Leung*, Michael Y. Ni*
Computational screening of natural inhibitors against Plasmodium falciparum kinases: Toward novel antimalarial therapies
PLOS One
Muharib Alruwaili, Sonia Younas*, Abozer Y Elderdery, Intisar Alruwaili, Jeremy Millis, Muhammad Umer Khan, Hasan Ejaz
Bringing patients and family onboard: Validation of advance care planning communication assessment tool (ACP-CAT) with patient and family perspectives
Palliative Medicine
Steven T W Chu, Helen Y L Chan, Tracy W T Chen, Annie O L Kwok, Harinder S Gill, Kwok-Wai Tsang, Doris M W Tse, Desmond Y H Yap, Terence Yip, Sze Kit Yuen, Robert M Arnold, Jacqueline K Yuen*
Learning from the omicron BA.4/5 dominance: Strategies for future vaccination preparedness
Vaccine
Jialiang Jiang, Kwok Fai Lam, Eric Ho Yin Lau*, Guosheng Yin, Yun Lin*, Benjamin John Cowling*
Childhood neglect and adult mental disorders: A sibling-comparison study
Journal of Affective Disorders
Candi M.C. Leung*, Yanyan Ni*, Corine S.M. Wong*, W.C. Chan, Ichiro Kawachi, Gabriel M. Leung*, Michael Y. Ni*
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* Member of School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong
- This list is compiled by searching in Scopus using the keywords “School of Public Health, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong” for December 2025 and January 2026
- Arranged by date of publication