Office: 16/F, School of Nursing, Ma Kam Chan Memorial Building, 31 Wylie Road, Homantin, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Telephone: (852) 3725 6258

Email: [email protected]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Leonia Lau serves as an Assistant Professor at the School of Nursing, Tung Wah College. 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 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 focuses 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 approach to understand the elderly's and patient’s lived experiences, resilience and coping strategies development. 

 

BNurs (Hons), MPH, PhD, RN

 

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0848-1406

 

Doctor of Philosophy, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)

Certificate in Infection Control, School of Nursing, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)

Master of Public Health, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)

Bachelor of Nursing (Hons), The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)

 

Fundamentals of Nursing

Research Methods

Nursing Therapeutics

 

Infectious disease epidemiology and control

Public Health and primary health care

Neonatal and child health

 

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 PM_2.5 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