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
讚詞
高本恩教授於2003年在英國華威大學獲得醫學統計哲學博士學位,並於2004年加入香港大學公共衞生學院。高教授自2013年起擔任流行病學和生物統計學分部主任,及香港大學公共衞生學院世界衞生組織傳染病流行病學及控制合作中心聯席總監。
高教授主要從事傳染病流行病學的學術研究。自本年一月首被發現起,他積極投入有關2019冠狀病毒病(COVID-19)的研究,包括其傳播過程、特徵及機制,及公共衛生防控措施的有效性,並將成果發表於學術期刊新英格蘭醫學(New England Journal of Medicine)、科學(Science)及自然醫學(Nature Medicine),增加科學界對COVID-19的知識。過去十年,他設計及開展有關流感社區傳播及控制措施包括流感疫苗有效性的大型臨床研究。他目前主要集中研究呼吸道病毒包括流感及冠狀病毒的傳播模式、疫苗有效性、及呼吸道感染的個人和群體免疫。高教授有480篇出版物收錄於「斯高帕斯數據庫」(Scopus),共被引用超過16,000次。他被ISI Web of Knowledge評為「首1%被引用最多的科學家」。
高教授是皇家統計學院及英國公共衞生學院院士。他亦是學術期刊流感及其他呼吸道病毒(Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses)的總編輯,和新發傳染病(Emerging Infectious Diseases)的副編輯。