e-Bulletin July 2026
RESEARCH |
Publications from April to June 2026
Scholars’ Output Highlighted

The following are research papers published by SPH researchers from April to June 2026:
Birth Imprinting Effects on the Antibody Responses of H7N9 Patients from 2013-2018 in China
Communications Medicine
Xia Lin*, Wenda Guan, Liping Chen, Yin Su, Zaolan Liang*, Cheng Xiao*, Yaqin Bai*, Hui Lei*, Fangmei Lin, Zhenting Huang, Isaac Cheuk Long Chow*, Bingyi Yang*, Tim K. Tsang*, Yunceng Weng, Nisha Bhandari, Raghavan Varadarajan, Malik Peiris*, Benjamin Cowling*, Tang Li, Maureen McGargill, Paul G. Thomas, Nanshan Zhong, Richard Webby, Zifeng Yang, Mark Zanin*, Sook-San Wong*
Adverse Selection or Beneficial Selection in Dual Western Medicine–Traditional Chinese Medicine Insurance Markets
Social Science and Medicine
Xiyin Chen*, Xinxin Han, Jianchao Quan*, David Bishai*
Comparative Performance of Risk Prediction Models for Kidney Disease: An External Validation Using 0.5 Million UK Biobank Participants
BMC Nephrology
Yikun Zhang*, Chun Hin Chan*, Hin Lai Ivan Lam*, David Bishai*, Philip Clarke, Sydney C.W. Tang, Jianchao Quan*
Hope Hp-GC Project—Program Implementation for Primary and Secondary Prevention of Gastric Cancer in Latin America
Helicobacter
Javier Uribe, José Darío Portillo-Miño, Gonzalo Latorre, Diego Reyes-Placencia, Mauricio Pizarro, José Ignacio Vargas, Alberto Espino, Camila Jure, Margarita Pizarro, Gabriela Bofill, Felipe Silva, Nilton Palacios, Natalia Díaz-Garrido, Laura Huidobro, Raúl Araya, Sergio Ledesma, William Otero, Lina Otero, José M Remes-Troche, Christian Campos, Monserrate Largacha, Oscar Varas, Dacio Cabrera, Alejandro Piscoya, Juan Ramírez, Oscar Laudanno, Sebastián Esteves, Sandra Cifuentes, Eduardo García, Ana María-Guzmán, Douglas Morgan, Manuel Espinoza*, Shailja C Shah, Jin Young Park, M Constanza Camargo, Arnoldo Riquelme
Oropouche Virus: Transmission, Epidemiology, Genetic Diversity, and Public Health Implications
eClinicalMedicine
Lorenzo Subissi, James R. Otieno, Christopher Ruis, Ingrid Rabe, Anurag Agrawal, Laith Jamal Abu-Raddad, Esam I. Azhar, Martin Beer, Haroldo Bezerra, Leon Caly, Meera Chand, Ariamys Companioni, Tulio de Oliveira, Isabelle Dietrich, Christian Drosten, Pablo Duran, Nuno R. Faria, Adeola Fowotade, Lionel Gresh, Baoying Huang, Jason Kindrachuk, Marion P.G. Koopmans, Bette Korber, Yee-Sin Leo, Placide Mbala-Kingebeni, Martina McMenamin, Nada M. Melhem, Vincent J. Munster, Bruno T.D. Nunes, Bas B. Oude Munnink, Felipe G. Naveca, Malik Peiris*, Gustavo Palacios, Paola Resende, Angel Rodriguez, Senjuti Saha, Tadaki Suzuki, Andrea Vicari, Anne von Gottberg, Pragya Yadav, Jairo Mendez-Rico, Maria D. Van Kerkhove, Diana P. Rojas
Reply to Rhazzar et al. The Impact of Author Name Ambiguity on Bibliometric Validity. Comment on “Ejaz et al. Bibliometric Analysis of Publications on the Omicron Variant from 2020 to 2022 in the Scopus Database Using R and VOSviewer. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 12407”
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Hasan Ejaz, Hafiz Muhammad Zeeshan, Fahad Ahmad,Syed Nasir Abbas Bukhari, Naeem Anwa, Awadh Alanazi, Ashina Sadiq, Kashaf Junaid, Muhammad Atif, Khalid Omer Abdalla Abosalif, Abid Iqbal, Manhal Ahmed Hamza, Sonia Younas*
Gender Disparities in the Prevalence, Trends, and Determinants of Later-Life Urinary Incontinence: A Disproportionate Burden on Women
Aging Medicine
Xiyin Chen*, Shaoxiang Jiang, Muqi Guo, Hao Zhang, Mouwang Zhou, Yao Yao
Standardizing Antiviral Response Metrics for Mono- and Combination Therapies in Acute, Chronic and Latent Viral Infections
Virology Journal
Pavlo Petakh, Erlend Ravlo, Qiuwei Pan, Roberto Bruzzone*, Valentyn Oksenych, Markus Vähä-Koskela, Oleksandr Kamyshnyi & Denis E. Kainov
Sustained Chlorination of Hospital Surfaces Restructures the Microbiome and Virome and Diversifies Resistance Genes
Environmental Science and Technology
Huaxin Lei, Shicong Du, Chengyue Li, Louise Yung*, Peihua Wang, Ling Yan Leung, Colin A. Graham, Hui-Ling Yen*, Yuguo Li, Alexander G. Lucaci, Christopher E. Mason, Patrick K. H. Lee
Multiancestry, Tissue-specific Genetics Inform Type 2 Diabetes Etiology
Trends in Genetics
Shiu Lun Au Yeung*, Gabriel Chun Yin Sung*, Ronald Ching Wan Ma
A Critique of the Cited Evidence Linking the Relationship Between Vaccines and Autism on the United States CDC Webpage
International Journal of Epidemiology
Gabriel Chun Yin Sung*, Shiu Lun Au Yeung*
Disparities in Deworming Coverage Between Children With and Without Disabilities: Insights From the DeWorm3 Trial in India
BMJ Global Health
Shanquan Chen*, Rohan Michael Ramesh, Kumudha Aruldas, Saravanakumar Puthupalayam Kaliappan, Bobeena Rachel Chandy, Beena Koshy, Smitha Jasper,Katherine E Halliday, Judd L Walson, William Oswald, Sitara Swarna Rao Ajjampur, Hannah Kuper
Shared Central Symptoms but Distinct Age-Specific Patterns in Problematic Short Video Use: Evidence from a Network Analysis Across Early, Middle, and Late Adolescence
Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
Luxia Jia, Dongyu Liu*, Xiyu Wei, Yuansi Wu, Sai Huang, Bao Zhang
Health Equity After a Colorectal Cancer Screening Program
JAMA Health Forum
Xuechen Xiong*, Carmen S. Ng*, Yikun Zhang*, Jiayi Liang*, Jo Yi Chow*, Sharon S. L. Pang*, Xinyu Du*, Wai Lun Law, Wai Keung Leung, Gabriel M. Leung*, Jianchao Quan*
Reply to: From De-Implementation to Culturally Responsive Decision Support: Rethinking Tube Feeding for Individuals With Advanced Dementia in Asia
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Steven T. W. Chu, Jacqueline K. Yuen*
Remarks:
* 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 April to June 2026
- Arranged by date of publication