Biography (只提供英文版)
- Co-Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
- Editor-in-Chief for Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses; has been researching on COVID-19 epidemiology and transmission dynamics, publishing related work in the New England Journal of Medicine, Science, and Nature Medicine
- Design and implement large field studies of influenza transmission in the community and the effectiveness and impact of control measures including vaccination, with focus also on immunity to infections at the individual and population level of respiratory viruses including influenza and coronaviruses
- SRFS project — to examine optimal vaccination strategies for older adults in the context of repeat vaccination effects, with a view to reducing the substantial morbidity and mortality caused by influenza virus infections in this age group, and the pressure on hospital systems during severe influenza epidemics
- Awards and Honours:
- RGC Senior Research Fellow (2020)
- Croucher Senior Research Fellowship (2015)
Project Title (只提供英文版)
- Determining Optimal Influenza Vaccination Strategies in Hong Kong
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高本恩教授于2003年在英国华威大学获得医学统计哲学博士学位,并于2004年加入香港大学公共卫生学院。高教授自2013年起担任流行病学和生物统计学分部主任,及香港大学公共卫生学院世界卫生组织传染病流行病学及控制合作中心联席总监。
高教授主要从事传染病流行病学的学术研究。自本年一月首被发现起,他积极投入有关2019冠状病毒病(COVID-19)的研究,包括其传播过程、特征及机制,及公共卫生防控措施的有效性,并将成果发表于学术期刊新英格兰医学(New England Journal of Medicine)、科学(Science)及自然医学(Nature Medicine),增加科学界对COVID-19的知识。过去十年,他设计及开展有关流感社区传播及控制措施包括流感疫苗有效性的大型临床研究。他目前主要集中研究呼吸道病毒包括流感及冠状病毒的传播模式、疫苗有效性、及呼吸道感染的个人和群体免疫。高教授有480篇出版物收录于「斯高帕斯数据库」(Scopus),共被引用超过16,000次。他被ISI Web of Knowledge评为「首1%被引用最多的科学家」。
高教授是皇家统计学院及英国公共卫生学院院士。他亦是学术期刊流感及其他呼吸道病毒(Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses)的总编辑,和新发传染病(Emerging Infectious Diseases)的副编辑。