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Session III
Infection & Immunology and Public Health
Seminar Room 7, LG1, Laboratory Block

Chairpersons:
Professor Shizuo Akira, Osaka University, Japan
Professor Sir Rory Collins, University of Oxford, UK

Moderator:
Dr HK Lai, Department of Community Medicine

Time

Session No.

Presentations

0830-0840

3.01

HIV Tat Modulation of Endotoxin- and Bacterial-Induction of Cytokines in Primary Human Blood Macrophages

Au Kin Yi, PhD Candidate
Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

0840-0850

3.02

Moderate Alcohol Use and Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Men Using a Mendelian Randomization Design in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study

Au Yeung Shiu Lun Ryan, PhD Candidate
Department of Community Medicine

0850-0900

3.03

Prevalence, Course, and Risk Factors for Antenatal Anxiety

Chan Chui Yi, PhD Candidate
Department of Psychiatry

0900-0910

3.04

Multiple Data Streams for Influenza Surveillance

Cheng Ka Yeung, PhD Candidate
Department of Community Medicine

0910-0920

3.05

Experimental Analysis of the Mutational Rate of Influenza Virus

Cheung Peter Pak-Hang, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology

0920-0930

3.06

Detection of Plasmodium Falciparum Lactate Dehydrogenase by Aptamer-nanoparticle Conjugates

Cheung Yee Wai, PhD Candidate
School of Public Health

0930-0940

3.07

Comparison of Polymerase Activities of Chimeric Polymerase Complexes of Influenza Viruses from Different Hosts

Chin Wing Hong, PhD Candidate
School of Public Health

0940-0950

3.08

Attitude and Acceptance of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccines in Hong Kong: A Population-based Survey on Adolescents and Mothers of Adolescent Girl

Choi Cheuk Wai, PhD Candidate
Department of Community Medicine

0950-1000

3.09

Avian Coronavirus in Wild Aquatic Birds

Chu Ka Wing, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology

1000-1010

3.10

Susceptibility of Subsets of Human Macrophages to Pandemic H1N1 Influenza A infection

Dutry Isabelle Cecile Angele, PhD Candidate
School of Public Health

1010-1020

3.11

Inequality and Inequity in Access to Health Care and Treatment of Non-communicable Diseases in China: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study

Elwell-Sutton Timothy Mark, PhD Candidate
Department of Community Medicine

1020-1030

3.12

CCR5 Antagonist TD-0680 Involves a Distinct Mechanism for Enhanced Potency against Both HIV-1 And SIV

Kang Yuanxi, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology

1040-1050

3.13

A Study of Paternal Mental Health Problems during Pregnancy: an Examination of Risk Factors for Perceived Stress, Anxiety and Depression and their Impact on Paternal-fetal Attachment

Koh Yee Woen, PhD Candidate
Department of Psychiatry

1050-1100

3.14

STD-NMR as a Novel Method to Study Influenza Virus-receptor Interaction

Lai Chun Cheong, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology

1100-1110

3.15

The Study of Virulence Determinants of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

Lam Tsz Hin, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology

1110-1120

3.16

Influenza Viral Loads and Infectivity

Lau Lee Hang Lincoln, PhD Candidate
Department of Community Medicine

1120-1130

3.17

Fibronectin: Role of Viral-cell Association of Influenza A Virus Based on Sialic Acid Binding Preferences

Leung Sze Yui Horasis, PhD Candidate
School of Public Health

1130-1140

3.18

F18, a Novel Small Molecule NNRTI, Inhibits HIV-1 Replication Using Distinct Binding Motifs

Lu Xiaofan, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology

1140-1150

3.19

Human Annexin A6 Interacts with the Influenza A Virus M2 Protein and Negatively Modulates Infection

Ma Huailiang, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology

1150-1200

3.20

A Policy Analysis on National Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Target Groups before, during and after the 2009 Pandemic

Ng Sophia, PhD Candidate
Department of Community Medicine

1200-1330

Lunch for Chairpersons and Moderators

1330-1340

3.21

Prevention of Acute and Chronic Graft-versus-host Disease with in Vitro Polyclonal Expanded Natural Regulatory T Cells

Shao Liang, PhD Candidate
Department of Medicine

1340-1350

3.22

Mucosal Inoculation with Vaccinia-based Vaccine Improved Immune Responses to SIV-Adenovirus Vaccine in Quantity and Quality

Tang Xian, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology

1350-1400

3.23

Smoking Family, Secondhand Smoke at Home and Smoking among Adolescents in Hong Kong

Wang Man Ping, PhD Candidate
Department of Community Medicine

1400-1410

3.24

A Preliminary Study for Development of Oral Vaccines for Poultry and Wild Birds against Avian H5N1 Influenza Virus Infection

Zhang Ke, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology

1410-1420

3.25

A Study of Influenza Virus-like Particle as Vaccine and Target for ssDNA Aptamer Selection

Zhang Naru, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology

1420-1430

3.26

A Large-scale Genome-wide Association Study Identifies X-linked TMEM187, HCFC1, NAA10, ARHGAP4, PRPS2 as Risk Loci for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Zhang Yan, PhD Candidate
Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

1430-1440

3.27

Comparative Immunological Evaluation of Recombinant Salmonella Typhimurium Strains Expressing Model Antigens as Live Oral Vaccines

Zheng Songyue, PhD Candidate
Department of Biochemistry

1440-1450

3.28

Epidemiology and Health-related Quality of Life (HRQOL) of Sub-health in the Hong Kong Chinese Population

Huang Wenwei, PhD Candidate
Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care

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