Shi Zhao
Professor，Doctoral Supervisor
Department of Epidemiology and
Biostatistics, School of Public Health
Tianjin Medical University
22 Qixiangtai Road
Tianjin 300070
Phone: +86-22-83336619
Email Address: zhaoshi.cmsa@gmail.com
Education （最高学位起 倒序）
Ph.D., Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, 2019.08-2022.08
M.S., Applied Mathematics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China, 2016.09-2018.09
B.S., Applied Statistics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China, 2012.08-2016.09
Professional Background （最高职称起 倒序）
2024-now, Professor, Tianjin Medical University, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health
2022-2023, PostDoc, Chinese University of Hong Kong, College of Public Health and Primary Care
2018-2019, Research Assistant, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, School of Nursing, School of Medical and Social Sciences
Awards Received
1.Stanford-Elsevier global top 2% scientists, 2021, 2022, 2023
2.Hong Kong Polytechnic University Outstanding Alumni Award for Scholarly Achievement (Young Alumni), 2023
Other Roles
1.Editorial Board, BMC Infectious Diseases
2.Editorial Board, BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Publications（近5年最具代表性的，不多于15篇）
1.S Zhao#*, W Cao#, G Liao, Z Guo, L Xu, C Shen, C Chang, X Liang, K Wang, D He, S Sun*, R Chen*, F Dominici. (2024) All cause and cause specific mortality associated with transition to daylight saving time in US: nationwide time series observational study based on weekly data. BMJ Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjmed-2023-000771
2.K Wang#*, S Zhao#, EKP Lee, SZM Yau, AY Wu, CT Hung, EK Yeoh*. (2024) Risks of dementia among patients with diabetes in a multidisciplinary, primary care program. JAMA Network Open. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.55733
3.S Zhao#, CKP Mok#, YS Tang, C Chen, Y Sun, KC Chong*, DSC Hui*. (2024) Inferring Incidence of Unreported SARS-CoV-2 Infections Using Seroprevalence of Open Reading Frame 8 Antigen, Hong Kong. Emerging Infectious Diseases. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3002.231332
4.K Wang#, Z Guo#, T Zeng#, S Sun, Y Lu, J Wang, S Li, Z Luan, H Li, J Zhang, Y Wang, Y Lu*, S Zhao*. (2023) Transmission Characteristics and Inactivated Vaccine Effectiveness Against Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.5 Variants in Urumqi, China. JAMA Network Open. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.5755
5.J Huang#, S Zhao#, MKC Chong#, Y Zhou, W Lu, F Fang, PPH Cheung, KC Lai, DSC Hui, CKP Mok*. (2023) Infection rate in Guangzhou after easing the zero-COVID policy: seroprevalence results to ORF8 antigen. Lancet Infectious Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00112-3
6.L Han#, S Zhao#, S Li#, S Gu, X Deng, L Yang*, J Ran*. (2023) Excess Cardiovascular Mortality across Multiple COVID-19 Waves in the United States from March 2020 to March 2022. Nature Cardiovascular Research. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44161-023-00220-2
7.Z Guo#, S Zhao#*, S Sun, D He, MKC Chong*, EK Yeoh. (2022) Estimation of the serial interval of monkeypox during the early outbreak in 2022. Journal of Medical Virology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.28248
8.S Zhao*, MKC Chong, S Ryu, Z Guo, M He, B Chen, SS Musa, J Wang, Y Wu, D He*, MH Wang. (2022) Characterizing superspreading potential of infectious disease: Decomposition of individual transmissibility. PLoS Computational Biology. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010281
9.S Zhao, J Lou, L Cao, H Zheng, MKC Chong, Z Chen, RWY Chan, BCY Zee, PKS Chan, MH Wang*. (2021) Quantifying the transmission advantage associated with N501Y substitution of SARS-CoV-2 in the UK: An early data-driven analysis. Journal of Travel Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taab011
10.S Zhao*, Q Lin, J Ran, SS Musa, G Yang, W Wang*, Y Lou, D Gao, L Yang, D He*, MH Wang. (2020) Preliminary estimation of the basic reproduction number of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in China, from 2019 to 2020: A data-driven analysis in the early phase of the outbreak. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.01.050
11.S Zhao, Z Guo, S Sun, CT Hung, EYM Leung, Y Wei, H Wang, K Li, CHK Yam, TY Chow, J Gao, KM Jia, KC Chong*, EK Yeoh. (2023) Effectiveness of BNT162b2 and Sinovac vaccines against the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during Omicron-predominance in Hong Kong: A retrospective cohort study of COVID-19 cases. Journal of Clinical Virology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2023.105547
12.J Ran#, S Zhao#, L Han, G Liao, K Wang, MH Wang, D He*. (2020) A Re-analysis in Exploring the Association between Temperature and COVID-19 Transmissibility: An Ecological Study with 154 Chinese Cities. European Respiratory Journal. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01253-2020
13.J Ran#, S Zhao#, L Han#, Y Ge, MKC Chong, W Cao*, S Sun*. (2021) Increase in Diabetes Mortality Associated with COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States. Diabetes Care. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc21-0213
14.S Zhao*. (2020) To avoid the noncausal association between environmental factor and COVID-19 when using aggregated data: simulation-based counterexamples for demonstration. Science of the Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141590
15.S Zhao, L Stone*, D Gao, D He*. (2018) Modelling the Large-scale Yellow Fever Outbreak in Luanda, Angola, and the Impact of Vaccination. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006158
Grants（最具代表性的，不多于10个）
1. Hong Kong HMRF: Strategic purchasing for health: developing a framework for the design and simulation of a need-based capitation payment model for community-based primary healthcare in Hong Kong. (grant Number: 08220147) 2024-2026
2. Hong Kong HMRF: Developing a checklist to guide the implementation of readmission risk prediction model for heart failure patients after discharge: a systematic scoping review and semi-structured interview. (grant Number: 20210491) 2023-2025
3. Hong Kong HMRF: Comparing the timing, diagnosis, and patient characteristics among short-, medium-, and long-term hospital readmissions in a cohort of elderly patients. (grant Number: 19202591) 2022-2023