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Dr. WONG Ngai Sze, Candy
PhD (CUHK), M.Phil (CUHK), BSSc (CUHK)

Assistant Professor, S.H. Ho Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, CUHK

Email: candy_wong@cuhk.edu.hk
Tel: (852) 2252 8862
ORCID: 0000-0003-3788-8114

Biography

Dr. Wong majored in Geography and Resources Management in her undergraduate days, and conducted research in the spatial epidemiology of methadone maintenance treatment utilization for her M.Phil study in the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Her geographic information system (GIS) skills were further trained when she worked as a GIS assistant consultant in an environmental impact assessment company, and as a GIS consultant in an IT company which resells Google geo-products. She established her research skills and knowledge of infectious diseases and public health when she worked as a research assistant in Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, CUHK, for around 4 years. She was also a part-time PhD student in School of Public Health, CUHK. Her doctoral study aimed at estimating HIV population viral load and simulating the impact of test-and-treat intervention on the HIV epidemic growth in Hong Kong through epidemic modelling. She later joined a joint China-US postdoc programme, working as an early career researcher in South China-UNC STD Research Training Center in Guangzhou, China, and as postdoc research associate in Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Her postdoctoral studies focused on the HIV linkage and retention in care, and syphilis epidemiology with the use of epidemic modelling and spatiotemporal analyses in South China.

Dr. Wong conducted teaching in general infectious diseases at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, CUHK. By 2023, she has published more than 90 papers in peer-reviewed academic journals.

Research Interests

  • Epidemiology of infectious diseases, including HIV, hepatitis C, sexually transmitted diseases, influenza, TB, COVID-19, and dengue
  • Application of spatial, temporal, social networking, and epidemic modelling to study epidemiology

Selected Publications