Prof Ian Wong
@ian_hku
Full time Professor @HKU and hon prof @ucl and @AucklandU Christian, husband, dad. Pharmaco-Epidemiologist
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https://www.pharma.hku.hk/en/Our-People/Professoriate 23-04-2020 16:30:37
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Our recent Nitin Joshi paper shows Tixagevimab–cilgavimab is effective in reducing #COVID19 infection among #immunocompromised patients. Read our target trial emulation study: doi.org/10.1007/s40264… Vincent Yan Rainee Yang Eric YF Wan HKU Pharmacy
Congrats! Faery Wei KANG Callie_Huang Vincent Yan Luna Wei Yue Rainee Yang Prof Ian Wong Esther Chan @ CSMPR HKU HKU Pharmacy #CSMPR #HKU #HKUMed #HKUPharm #pharmacy #research #drugsafety #medsafety #drug #med #medication
Our work published @JAMA Network found biosimilars are cost-effective options for patients with rheumatoid arthritis failed first-line therapy. We advocate early access to bDMARDs/biosimlars, for better disease management and cost saving. HKU Medicine jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…
Worth reading thoughtful Lancet Psychiatry editorial from Glyn Lewis and Gemma Lewis. True prevalence of antidepressant discontinuation symptoms 8-14%. Overlap of discontinuation and relapse symptoms is obvious and arguing about which is which helps nobody thelancet.com/journals/lanps…
Our important study in antiviral medications for patients with COVID-19 published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases Many thanks Ivan Hung, MD FRCP (Lon,Edin) @mhchoijohn Prof Ian Wong Esther Chan @ CSMPR HKU HKU Medicine Dept. of Family Medicine and Primary Care, HKU HKU Pharmacy thelancet.com/journals/lanin…
Our another study in statin collaborating with Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Yale University published in Journal of Clinical Epidemiology showed no increase risk of cancers after statin use. Many thanks Wanchun (Wendy) Xu Goodarz Danaei HKU Medicine Dept. of Family Medicine and Primary Care, HKU HKU Pharmacy jclinepi.com/article/S0895-…
My PhD extension study in 10-year risk prediction of CVD in diabetes population published in Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism. Many thanks my PhD supervisor Cindy Lam and all co-authors. HKU Medicine Dept. of Family Medicine and Primary Care, HKU HKU Pharmacy doi.org/10.1111/dom.15…
Our study published in Liver International Communication showed that concomitant hepatic steatosis was associated with increased ALI risk among patients with CHB infection suffering from COVID-19. Many thanks! loeymak Carlos KH Wong Prof Ian Wong Wai-Kay Seto doi.org/10.1002/lci2.84
Our latest work summarises evidence on sex-based outcomes of anticoagulants in AF. We had to dive into full texts & appendices of >500 papers to find sex-based results. Couldn’t have done this without the team Jan Chobanov Pajaree Mongkhon Edil Zixuan Wang! openheart.bmj.com/content/11/2/e…
Our paper on J PharmPolicy & Prac finds that direct oral anticoagulants #DOACs were associated with greater quality-adjusted life years #QALY improvements and lower overall costs compared to low-molecular-weight heparin #LMWH. Full article: doi.org/10.1080/205232…
Our Psychiatry Research Journal study finds that #lithium may lower #fracture risk in #bipolardisorder patients compared to #antipsychotics and #antiepileptics. Full paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.psyc… (1/2)
This is particularly relevant for patients with serious mental illness #SMI who are more prone to #falls due to their behaviours and helps inform treatment decisions. (2/2) Vanessa Ng Miriam Leung Wallis Lau Esther Chan @ CSMPR HKU Prof Joseph F Hayes David Osborn Prof Ian Wong Kenneth Man
Our CARE study showed the comparative effectiveness and safety of BNT162b2 and CoronaVac published in international journal of infectious diseases. Many thanks Prof Ian Wong Esther Chan @ CSMPR HKU Boyuan Wang HKU Medicine Dept. of Family Medicine and Primary Care, HKU HKU Pharmacy Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health ijidonline.com/article/S1201-…
Our Managing Director Joseph Wu & Lead Scientist Joshua Ho showed to the press how the Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health award winning invention #Vitogram enables the detection of valvular heart disease, with an estimated accuracy of 81% – a level comparable to a doctor’s assessment using a stethoscope.
