Staff Profile

Biography

Valerie is a committed educator and researcher dedicated to inspiring her students in health promotion and education. She believes in unlocking their full potential by providing guidance and setting high yet achievable expectations, ensuring they feel supported every step of the way.

To spark her students' passion for learning, Valerie connects lessons to real-life situations and encourages curiosity through thought-provoking questions and interactive activities.

With over a decade of experience in community-based research, Valerie has honed her expertise in various methodologies. These include longitudinal before-after studies, cross-sectional studies, and randomised controlled trials. She's also skilled in systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and risk score development and validation. Valerie believes that collaboration among multidisciplinary teams is key to conducting impactful research.

She is dedicated to nurturing future healthcare leaders by sharing her enthusiasm and igniting their passion for knowledge.

Teaching Areas & Research Interests

• Health promotion
• Infectious prevention and control
• Epidemiology
• Community health

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

• Wong VWY, Wei WI, Kwok KO, Development and validation of a clinical risk score to estimate the probability of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus colonisation among residents in long-term care facilities in Hong Kong. Manuscript in preparation.
• Wong VWY, Huang Y, Wei WI, Wong SYS, Kwok KO. Approaches to multidrug-resistant organism prevention and control in long-term care facilities for older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control. 2022;11(1):7.
• Wong VWY, Fong DYT, Lok KYW, Wong JYH, Sing C, Choi AY, Yuen CYS, Tarrant M. Brief education to promote maternal influenza vaccine uptake: A randomized controlled trial. Vaccine. 2016;34:5243–50.
• Wong VW, Lok KY, Tarrant M. Interventions to increase the uptake of seasonal influenza vaccination among pregnant women: A systematic review. Vaccine. 2016;34(1):20-32.
• Wong VW, Tarrant M. Influenza-like illness among Hong Kong Chinese pregnant women. The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine. 2015;28(1):116-9.
• Wong VW, Cowling BJ, Aiello AE. Hand hygiene and risk of influenza virus infections in the community: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Epidemiology and Infection. 2014 May;142(5):922-32.

Modified Date: 14 Nov, 2024
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