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Dr. Leonia Hiuwan LAU

Assistant Professor

Office:16/F, School of Nursing, Ma Kam Chan Memorial Building
Telephone:(852) 3725 6258
Email:leonialau@twc.edu.hk

Academic and Professional Qualifications

BNurs (Hons), MPH, PhD, RN

Author Identifications

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0848-1406

Biography

Dr. Leonia Lau serves as an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing at Tung Wah University of Hong Kong. She is a registered nurse with substantial clinical experience in paediatric nursing (neonatal intensive care and special baby care) in both public and private hospitals.

Dr. Lau obtained her Bachelor of Nursing from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), followed by a Master of Public Health from The University of Hong Kong. She further completed her PhD degree in Public Health and received postdoctoral training at CUHK.

Her research interest focusses on infectious diseases epidemiology and control, public health and primary health care, as well as neonatal and child health. Her research also includes using qualitative approaches to understand the elderly's and patients’ lived experiences, resilience, and coping strategies development.

Academic and Professional Qualifications

BNurs (Hons), MPH, PhD, RN

Author Identifications

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0848-1406

Biography

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Lau, L. H. W., Lee, M. P., Wong, B. C., Kwong, T. S., Hui, W. M., Chan, J. M., & Lee, S. S. (2024). HIV-related public stigma in the era of "Undetectable = Untransmittable": a population-based study in Hong Kong. BMC public health, 24(1), Article 1517. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18974-0.
Lau, L.H.W., Lam, Q.S.K., Siu, M.M.., Suen, L.K.P. & Lam, S.C. (2024). Compliance of healthcare workers in a psychiatric inpatient ward to infection control practices during the COVID-19 pandemic: A participant observation study supplemented with a self-reported survey. BMC Infectious Diseases, 24, Article: 592. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-09429-3
Lau, L. H. W., Wong, N. S., Leung, C. C., Chan, C. K., Tai, L., Lau, A. K. H., Lin, C., & Lee, S. S. (2023). Association of ambient PM2.5 concentration with tuberculosis reactivation diseases—an integrated spatio-temporal analysis. IJID Regions, 8, 145-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijregi.2023.08.001
Wong, N. S., Chan, D. P. C., Poon, C. M., Chan, C. P., Lau, L. H. W., Yeoh, E. K., & Lee, S. S. (2023). Hepatitis B burden and population immunity in a high endemicity city - a geographically random household epidemiology study for evaluating achievability of elimination. Epidemiology and infection, 151, e22. https://doi.org/10.1017/S095026882300002X
Wong, N. S., Lau, L. H. W., Chan, D. P. C., Lee, C. K., & Lee, S. S. (2022). Low level of dengue infection and transmission risk in Hong Kong: an integrated analysis of temporal seroprevalence results and corresponding meteorological data. International journal of environmental health research, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/09603123.2022.2149709
Lau, L. H. W., Wong, N. S., Leung, C. C., Chan, C. K., Lau, A. K. H., Tian, L., & Lee, S. S. (2021). Seasonality of tuberculosis in intermediate endemicity setting dominated by reactivation diseases in Hong Kong. Scientific reports, 11(1), 20259. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-99651-9
Lau, L. H. W., Lee, S. S., & Wong, N. S. (2020). The continuum of influenza vaccine hesitancy among nursing professionals in Hong Kong. Vaccine, 38(43), 6785–6793. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.08.038