Annual Scientific Meeting
Hong Kong College of Community Medicine
“Public Health at the Crossroads – Where do
we go from here?”
20 September 2014
Pao Yue Kong Auditorium, G/F, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Jockey Club Building,
99 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong
Programme
9:00am – 9:30am
Registration
9:30am – 9:45am
Opening Ceremony
Officiating Guest : Prof Sophia Chan, Under Secretary for Food and
Health, Food and Health Bureau, Government of the HKSAR
Keynote Address (I)
Moderator : Dr Ben Fong
9:45am – 10:30am
Keynote Address (I) (Dr TY Chau Lecture)
Investing in the Social Determinants of Health
Prof Ichiro Kawachi
Professor of Social Epidemiology and Chair, Department of Social
and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health
Free Papers Session (1-2)
Moderator : Prof Samuel Wong
10:30am –10:45am
Free Paper 1
Does where you live matter for health in one of the world's most
densely populated cities? A Multilevel analysis of Neighbourhood
cohesion, Population density and Health-Related Quality of Life in
the FAMILY Cohort
Dr Michael Ni
School of Public Health, the University of Hong Kong
10:45am – 11:00am
Free Paper 2
Socioeconomic correlates of multimorbidity. A population-based
household survey of 25,780 Hong Kong Chinese
Dr Chung Yat Nork Roger
JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, the Chinese
University of Hong Kong
11:00am – 11:20am
Tea Break
Keynote Address (II)
Moderator : Dr Chuang Shuk Kwan
11:20am – 12:05pm
Keynote Address (II)
Response to Emerging Infections in the 21st Century: Integrating
the laboratory, epidemiology, modelling and public health practice
Prof J.S. Malik Peiris
Director, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine,
the University of Hong Kong
Free Papers Session (3-6)
Moderator : Dr Pang Fei Chau
12:05pm - 12:20pm
Free Paper 3
A norovirus outbreak among Hong Kong and Taiwan tourists linked
to a restaurant in the Republic of Korea
Dr Wong Miu Ling
Department of Health, the HKSAR
12:20pm – 12:35pm
Free Paper 4
Gestational age, birth weight and childhood hospitalizations for
asthma: Evidence from the “Children of 1997” birth cohort
Dr Leung Yue Yan June
School of Public Health, the University of Hong Kong
12:35pm – 12:50pm
Free Paper 5
A systematic review of hospitalization fatality risk of influenza
A(H1N1)pdm09 virus
Ms Jessica Wong
School of Public Health, the University of Hong Kong
12:50pm – 1:05pm
Free Paper 6
The MTRC Worker Health and Wellbeing month – What is it like to
be a Construction Worker?
Dr Tin Sze Pui Pamela
School of Public Health, the University of Hong Kong
1: 05 pm – 2:30pm
Lunch
Venue : Foyer
Keynote Address (III)
Moderator : Dr Cheung Wai Lun
2:30 – 3:15pm
Keynote Address (III)
Transdisciplinary Sciences for Frontiers of Knowledge in Public
Health and Health Systems
Prof EK Yeoh
Director, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of
Medicine, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Free Papers Session (7-10)
Moderator : Dr Joan Fok
3:15pm – 3:30pm
Free Paper 7
What Family-Based Factors are Associated with Happiness? A
Multi-Level High-Dimensional Association Study of The Family
Cohort
Dr Herbert Pang
School of Public Health, the University of Hong Kong
3:30pm – 3:45pm
Free Paper 8
Evaluation of Moderate Alcohol Use with Heart Rate and QT Interval
Using Mendelian Randomization Analysis Among Older Southern
Chinese Men in the GuangZhou Biobank Cohort Study
Dr Au Yeung Shiu Lun
School of Public Health, the University of Hong Kong
3:45pm – 4:00pm
Free Paper 9
Home Smoking Ban, Family Smoking and Quit Attempts in Hong
Kong Adolescent Smokers
Mr Chen Jian Jiu
School of Public Health, the University of Hong Kong
4:00pm – 4:15pm
Free Paper 10
Social Gradient in Body Mass Index from Childhood to
Adolescence: Prospective Observations from Hong Kong’s
‘‘Children of 1997’’ Birth Cohort
Dr Connie Hui
School of Public Health, the University of Hong Kong
4:15pm – 4:25pm
Closing Ceremony
4:25pm – 5:00pm
Cocktail reception followed by Fellowship Conferment Ceremony
Our Keynote Speakers :
Professor Ichiro KAWACHI
Professor Ichiro Kawachi, MB ChB, Ph.D., is Professor of Social Epidemiology, and Chair of the
Social & Behavioral Sciences Department at the Harvard School of Public Health. Kawachi
received both his medical degree and Ph.D. (in epidemiology) from the University of Otago, New
Zealand. He has taught at the Harvard School of Public Health since 1992. In 2013, he
launched a MOOC course through Harvard edX called “Health and Society” (PHx 201), in which
32,000 participants registered from throughout the world. Kawachi is the author of over 600
papers and 10 books on the social and economic determinants of population health. He was the
co-editor (with Lisa Berkman) of the first textbook on Social Epidemiology, published by Oxford
University Press in 2000 (new & revised edition forthcoming in July 2014). His other books
include The Health of Nations (The New Press, 2002); Neighborhoods and Health (Oxford
University Press, 2003); Globalization and Health (Oxford University Press, 2006); Social Capital
and Health (Springer, 2008); and the Oxford Handbook of Public Health Practice (Oxford
University Press, 2013). Kawachi is the Co-Editor in Chief (with S.V. Subramanian) of the
international journal Social Science & Medicine. He is an elected member of the Institute of
Medicine of the US National Academy of Sciences.
Professor Joseph Sriyal Malik PEIRIS
Professor Joseph Sriyal Malik Peiris, MBBS, D. Phil (Oxon), FRCPath, FHKAM (Path), FRCP, FRS,
SBS is Director of School of Public Health of the University of Hong Kong. His research presently
focuses on the virology, ecology, pathogenesis and epidemiology of animal and human influenza and
other respiratory viral infections. He has a particular interest in emerging viral infections and in virus
infections at the animal-human interface. In 2003, he played a key role in the discovery that a novel
coronavirus was the cause of SARS. In collaboration with his colleagues at the School of Public Health,
his research has elucidated the emergence, transmission and pathogenesis of avian influenza viruses
H5N1, H9N2, H7N9 and the pandemic H1N1 virus of 2009 and more recently, of the MERS
coronavirus. He has served on key international scientific advisory bodies including the WHO and FAO,
including the WHO SAGE committee and on the WHO Joint Investigation Team on Human Infection
with Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus, in April 2013. He has published over 520 peer-reviewed scientific
papers, reviews and book chapters which have been cited over 28,000 times in the scientific literature.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 2006. He was awarded the Legion
d'Honneur of the Republic of France in 2007 and the Silver Bauhinia Star of the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region in 2008.
Professor YEOH Eng Kiong
Professor YEOH Eng Kiong, GBS, OBE, JP MBBS(HK), FHKAM, FHKCCM, FHKCP, FFPHM(UK),
FRCP(Edin), FRCP(Lond), FRCPS(Glasg), FRACMA, FRACP is Professor of Public Health, Director
at the JC School of Public Health and Primary Care of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
(CUHK) and also Head of Division of Health System, Policy and Management at the JC School of
Public Health and Primary Care. His research is in health systems, services and policy with an
interest in applying systems thinking in studying how the complex components of health systems
interact and interrelate to improve health. He is involved in collaborative work with research
networks such as the Association of Pacific Rim Universities World Institute in studies on health
systems and training for policy, and is also Chairman of the World Bank Institute Asia Network for
Capacity Building in Health Systems Strengthening (ANHSS). He is a member to the
International Advisory Board of the National University of Singapore Initiative to improve health in
Asia, which seeks to contribute to thinking and policy formulation in public health & health
systems development in Asia.
Prior to joining The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Professor Yeoh was Secretary for Health,
Welfare and Food of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. From
1990 – 1999, Professor Yeoh was head of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority with the responsibility
of the management and transformation of the public hospital system. As a clinician, he pioneered
public health programmes in the prevention of Hepatitis B and HIV/AIDS. Professor Yeoh has held
many key positions in professional bodies, both locally and internationally. He was awarded JP in
1993, OBE in 1997 by the Hong Kong Government and GBS in 2005 by the Government of the
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in recognition of his public service.
Annual Scientific Meeting
Hong Kong College of Community Medicine
“Public Health at the Crossroads – Where do we go from here?”
20 September 2014
REGISTRATION FORM
Name :
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Institution : ____________________________________________________________________
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Registration Fee: (Buffet lunch and snacks during tea break are included in the registration fee)
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Payment Method
Please send a completed registration form with a crossed cheque payable to “Hong Kong College of
Community Medicine “ to the College Chamber, Room 908, 9/F., HKAMJC Building, 99 Wong Chuk Hang
Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong.
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Please register before 24 August 2014 Sunday
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Annual Scientific Meeting
Hong Kong College of Community Medicine
“Public Health at the Crossroads – Where do we go from here?”
Rules for Abstract Submission
1.
Abstracts should be submitted using the electronic Abstract Form and received by 6 July 2014.
(Extended to 20 July 2014)
2.
Organise the body of the abstract as follows :
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state the purpose of the study (preferably one sentence);
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describe the methods used;
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summarise the results;
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state the conclusions reached.
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Work in progress is also acceptable
3.
Abstracts should not exceed 350 words. Extra words would be edited without further notice.
4.
Use standard abbreviations. Place special or unusual abbreviations in parentheses after the full
term the first time it appears.
Use Arabic numerals to indicate numbers, except at the
beginning of a sentence.
5.
Presenter must register for the Scientific Meeting.
6.
Submit the completed Abstract Form electronically to: Secretariat, Annual Scientific Meeting,
Room 908, 9/F., HKAMJC Building, 99 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong.
Please send the soft copy (in Arial Font 11) by e-mail to yandy_hkccm@hkam.org.hk
7.
The A4 size Abstract Form can be downloaded from www.hkccm.org.hk or obtained from the
College Secretariat via yandy_hkccm@hkam.org.hk
EXAMPLE
SMOKING OR HEALTH: WHAT SHOULD BE THE NEXT STEPS IN THE
PREVENTION OF TOBACCO RELATED DISEASES IN HONG KONG
Hedley AJ, Department of Community Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, Hong
Kong
Annual Scientific Meeting
Hong Kong College of Community Medicine
“Public Health at the Crossroads – Where do we go from here?”
20 September 2014
Organizing Committee :
Chairperson :
Dr Tsang Ho Fai Thomas
Members :
Dr Chan Kwok Tim
Dr Choi Hiu Yeung Jacqueline
Dr Ho Lei Ming Raymond
Dr Leung Yue Yan June
Miss Yandy Ho
Ms Alice Wong
Scientific Committee :
Dr Ho Shiu Wei William
Prof Lam Tai Hing
Dr Mak Sin Ping
Prof Yu Tak Sun Ignatius