Faculty Profiles - LEUNG Kathy Sze Man | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Kathy Sze Man LEUNG
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PhD in Infectious Disease Modeling
The University of Hong Kong, 2017

Associate Professor
Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas

(852) 3469 3560
ksmleung@ust.hk
Room IAS3013

Google Scholar

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ORCID

0000-0003-4777-388X

ResearcherID

D-5605-2017

Scopus ID

57194749530

Research Interest

Infectious disease modeling
Epidemiology
Digital medicine
AI application in medicine
Microbiology

Publications

2026 6

Cost-effectiveness and health impact of gender-neutral and single-dose HPV vaccination in Hong Kong: a modeling analysis

The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, v. 71, p. 1-13, article number 101892
Choi, Horace Cheuk Wai; Leung, Kathy; Jit, Mark; Wu, Joseph T.
Article

Efficacy and effectiveness of long-acting monoclonal antibodies and vaccines against RSV: a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies from 2018 to 2025

eClinicalMedicine, v. 96, p. 1-11, article number 104017
Du, Jiayi; Li, Sophie; Hung, Ivan F.N.; Wu, Joseph T.; Leung, Kathy
Article

Evaluating large language models on multilingual vaccine knowledge: a benchmark study

npj Vaccines
Chen, Siyuan; Wass, Lily; Wu, Zhengdong; Garay, Lucas; Vizoso, José; Leung, Kathy; Wu, Joseph; Lin, Leesa
Article

How understanding the diversity of perspectives and systems in governments can increase the impact of scientific research

Communications health, v. 1, (1), p. 13
Hadley, Liza; Ben Miled, Slimane; Clapham, Hannah E; Djaafara, Bimandra A; Dyson, Louise; Funk, Sebastian; Gog, Julia R; Heesterbeek, Hans; Hill, Edward M; Howerton, Emily; Isham, Valerie; Kebir, Amira; Keeling, Matt; Kissler, Stephen M; Lessler, Justin; Leung, Kathy; McBryde, Emma; McCaw, James M; Mercado, Chris Erwin G; Mollison, Denis; Thumbi, S M; Pan-Ngum, Wirichada; Pellis, Lorenzo; Pérez-Reche, Francisco J; Plank, Michael J; Thompson, Robin N; Tran-Kiem, Cécile
Article

Optimizing global genomic surveillance for early detection of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants

Nature Communications, v. 17, (1), p. 1-14, article number 4322
Gu, Haogao; Li, Jifan; Sun, Wanying; Li, Mengting; Leung, Kathy; Wu, Joseph T.; Yuan, Hsiang Yu; Wang, Maggie H.; Yang, Bingyi; McKay, Matthew R.; Ning, Ning; Poon, Leo L.M.
Article

The impact of public health and social measures on social contact patterns and transmission of COVID-19 in Hong Kong

BMC Medicine
Choi, Horace; Prem, Kiesha; Kwok, Shirley; Lau, Eric; Leung, Gabriel M; Jit, Mark; Leung, Kathy; Wu, Joseph T
Article

2025 1

HLA-B*15:01-positive severe COVID-19 patients lack CD8⁺ T cell pools with highly expanded public clonotypes

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 122, (36), p. 1-10, article number e2503145122
PHOSP-COVID Collaborative Group; Rowntree, Louise C.; Allen, Lilith F.; Hagen, Ruth R.; McQuilten, Hayley A.; Quadeer, Ahmed A.; Chaurasia, Priyanka; Kaewpreedee, Prathanporn; Lee, Kelly W.K.; Cohen, Carolyn A.; Petersen, Jan; Littler, Dene R.; Habel, Jennifer R.; Zhang, Wuji; Cheng, Samuel M.S.; Chan, Ken Ka Pang; Kwok, Janette S.Y.; Leung, Kathy S.M.; Wu, Joseph T.; Lee, Cheuk Kwong; Davies, Jane; Pannaraj, Pia S.; Kaity Allen, E.; Thomas, Paul G.; Tosif, Shidan; Crawford, Nigel W.; Lappas, Martha; Thevarajan, Irani; Lewin, Sharon R.; Kent, Stephen J.; Juno, Jennifer A.; Bond, Katherine A.; Williamson, Deborah A.; Holmes, Natasha E.; Smibert, Olivia C.; Gordon, Claire L.; Trubiano, Jason A.; Kotsimbos, Tom C.; Cheng, Allen C.; Efstathiou, Claudia; Turtle, Lance; Thwaites, Ryan S.; Brightling, Christopher E.; Rossjohn, Jamie; McKay, Matthew R.; Tian, Jinmin; Liu, William Jun; Gao, George Fu; Xu, Jianqing; Sonehara, Kyuto; Ishii, Ken J.; Ho, Namkoong; Okada, Yukinori; Peirisa, Malik; Hui, David S.C.; Poon, Leo L.M.; Doherty, Peter C.; Nguyen, Thi H.O.; Valkenburg, Sophie A.; Kedzierska, Katherine
Article

Article 6

Cost-effectiveness and health impact of gender-neutral and single-dose HPV vaccination in Hong Kong: a modeling analysis

The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, v. 71, p. 1-13, article number 101892
Choi, Horace Cheuk Wai; Leung, Kathy; Jit, Mark; Wu, Joseph T.

Efficacy and effectiveness of long-acting monoclonal antibodies and vaccines against RSV: a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies from 2018 to 2025

eClinicalMedicine, v. 96, p. 1-11, article number 104017
Du, Jiayi; Li, Sophie; Hung, Ivan F.N.; Wu, Joseph T.; Leung, Kathy

Evaluating large language models on multilingual vaccine knowledge: a benchmark study

npj Vaccines
Chen, Siyuan; Wass, Lily; Wu, Zhengdong; Garay, Lucas; Vizoso, José; Leung, Kathy; Wu, Joseph; Lin, Leesa

How understanding the diversity of perspectives and systems in governments can increase the impact of scientific research

Communications health, v. 1, (1), p. 13
Hadley, Liza; Ben Miled, Slimane; Clapham, Hannah E; Djaafara, Bimandra A; Dyson, Louise; Funk, Sebastian; Gog, Julia R; Heesterbeek, Hans; Hill, Edward M; Howerton, Emily; Isham, Valerie; Kebir, Amira; Keeling, Matt; Kissler, Stephen M; Lessler, Justin; Leung, Kathy; McBryde, Emma; McCaw, James M; Mercado, Chris Erwin G; Mollison, Denis; Thumbi, S M; Pan-Ngum, Wirichada; Pellis, Lorenzo; Pérez-Reche, Francisco J; Plank, Michael J; Thompson, Robin N; Tran-Kiem, Cécile

Optimizing global genomic surveillance for early detection of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants

Nature Communications, v. 17, (1), p. 1-14, article number 4322
Gu, Haogao; Li, Jifan; Sun, Wanying; Li, Mengting; Leung, Kathy; Wu, Joseph T.; Yuan, Hsiang Yu; Wang, Maggie H.; Yang, Bingyi; McKay, Matthew R.; Ning, Ning; Poon, Leo L.M.

The impact of public health and social measures on social contact patterns and transmission of COVID-19 in Hong Kong

BMC Medicine
Choi, Horace; Prem, Kiesha; Kwok, Shirley; Lau, Eric; Leung, Gabriel M; Jit, Mark; Leung, Kathy; Wu, Joseph T

Article 1

HLA-B*15:01-positive severe COVID-19 patients lack CD8⁺ T cell pools with highly expanded public clonotypes

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 122, (36), p. 1-10, article number e2503145122
PHOSP-COVID Collaborative Group; Rowntree, Louise C.; Allen, Lilith F.; Hagen, Ruth R.; McQuilten, Hayley A.; Quadeer, Ahmed A.; Chaurasia, Priyanka; Kaewpreedee, Prathanporn; Lee, Kelly W.K.; Cohen, Carolyn A.; Petersen, Jan; Littler, Dene R.; Habel, Jennifer R.; Zhang, Wuji; Cheng, Samuel M.S.; Chan, Ken Ka Pang; Kwok, Janette S.Y.; Leung, Kathy S.M.; Wu, Joseph T.; Lee, Cheuk Kwong; Davies, Jane; Pannaraj, Pia S.; Kaity Allen, E.; Thomas, Paul G.; Tosif, Shidan; Crawford, Nigel W.; Lappas, Martha; Thevarajan, Irani; Lewin, Sharon R.; Kent, Stephen J.; Juno, Jennifer A.; Bond, Katherine A.; Williamson, Deborah A.; Holmes, Natasha E.; Smibert, Olivia C.; Gordon, Claire L.; Trubiano, Jason A.; Kotsimbos, Tom C.; Cheng, Allen C.; Efstathiou, Claudia; Turtle, Lance; Thwaites, Ryan S.; Brightling, Christopher E.; Rossjohn, Jamie; McKay, Matthew R.; Tian, Jinmin; Liu, William Jun; Gao, George Fu; Xu, Jianqing; Sonehara, Kyuto; Ishii, Ken J.; Ho, Namkoong; Okada, Yukinori; Peirisa, Malik; Hui, David S.C.; Poon, Leo L.M.; Doherty, Peter C.; Nguyen, Thi H.O.; Valkenburg, Sophie A.; Kedzierska, Katherine

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2025 1

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Projects

From January 2024 to December 2026

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