Emily Ying Yang Chan
Quick Facts
Biography
Emily Ying Yang Chan is a humanitarian doctor and public health academic based in Hong Kong, China. She is the Assistant Dean (External Affairs) and Professor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Faculty of Medicine, Head of the Division of Global Health and Humanitarian Medicine at the Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Director at the Centre for Global Health (CGH), Director of the Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC), Director of the Centre of Excellence (ICoE-CCOUC) of Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR), Visiting Professor of Public Health Medicine at the Oxford University Nuffield Department of Medicine, Fellow at Harvard University FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Honorary Professor at University of Hong Kong Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, and Fellow at Hong Kong Academy of Medicine. She was appointed CEO of the GX Foundation in 2019.
Academic and medical training
She received her academic training from Johns Hopkins University, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong (HKU), The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Research and experience
Her research interests include climate change and health, health and environmental co-benefits, disaster and humanitarian medicine, global and planetary health, violence and injury epidemiology, healthy settings, health needs and programme impact evaluation, evidence-based medical and public health interventions in resource deficit settings.
She has been involved in professional technical public health specialist training programmes of the Hong Kong SAR Government (2011–present), Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) (2013–2015) and the Health Emergency Response Office of China's National Health and Family Planning Commission (2013–2015). In addition, through the CCOUC China Ethnic Minority Health Project (EMHP) she established in 2009, her team has outreached more than 18,000 villagers in 49 remote, disaster-prone, resource-deficit rural settings in 11 provinces in China and trained about 700 students and scholars from CUHK, HKU, Oxford University and Harvard University. Professor Chan has also established research and training projects in Bhutan and Nepal. Moreover, the international online course "Public Health Principles in Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response" developed by her team to examine the application of public health principles in planning and responding to disaster and humanitarian crises has more than 8,000 students enrolled from six continents since its launch in May 2014. Another two international online courses "Climate Change and Health" and "Research Methodology for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response" by her team have also been launched.
Emily Chan is also a Co-chairperson of the World Health Organization Thematic Platform for Health Emergency & Disaster Risk Management Research Network (WHO H-EDRM Research Network), a Co-chairperson of the World Health Organization COVID-19 Research Roadmap Social Science working group, a member of the Asia Science Technology and Academia Advisory Group of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR ASTAAG) and a member of the Third China Committee for Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR China), and serves in various technical consultation capacities for World Health Organization (WHO). She has extensive experience in serving as frontline emergency relief practitioner in the mid-1990s that spans across 20 countries.
Public services
- Member, Council of The Open University of Hong Kong (OUHK) (Appointed since 20 June 2018 for a period of three years)
- Member, Corruption Prevention Advisory Committee of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), Hong Kong SAR Government (Appointed since January 2018)
- Member, Strategic Advisory Committee, Hong Kong Observatory (appointed since February 2016)
Awards and recognition
Emily Chan was awarded the 2007 Nobuo Maeda International Research Award of the American Public Health Association and has published more than 200 international peer-reviewed academic/technical/conference articles and seven of these appeared in The Lancet and Bulletin of the World Health Organization. Her community public health resilience and disaster-health related papers have been used as policy references within the WHO and the Health Emergency Response Office of China's National Health and Family Planning Commission. She has also received the Hong Kong Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award in 2004, Caring Physicians of the World Award in 2005, Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World Award in 2005, Hong Kong Humanity Award in 2007, 2015 Leader of the Year Award in 2016, the National Geographic Chinese Explorer Award from the National Geographic Magazine, the 2017 UGC Teaching Award by the University Grants Committee of Hong Kong, a second prize in the 2018 National Teaching Achievement Award (High Education) from the Ministry of Education (MoE), PRC, and nominee of the biennial United Nations Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction in 2019.
Publications
Peer-review journal publications
Human health security
- Chan EYY, Chiu CP, Chan GKW. Medical and health risks associated with communicable diseases of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh 2017. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2018;68:39-43.
- Tam G, Chan EYY, Liu S. A web-based course on public health principles in disaster and medical humanitarian response: survey among students and faculty. JMIR Med Educ. 2018;4(1):e2. DOI: 10.2196/mededu.8495
- Smith AD, Chan EYY. Disaster risk reduction in Myanmar: a need for focus on community preparedness and improved evaluation of initiatives. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2017 Nov 20:1-5. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2017.107. [Epub ahead of print]
- Newnham EA, Balsari S, Lam RPK, Kashyap S, Pham P, Chan EYY, Patrick K, Leaning J. Self-efficacy and barriers to disaster evacuation in Hong Kong. Int J Public Health. 2017 Sep 20. doi: 10.1007/s00038-017-1036-8. [Epub ahead of print]
- Chan EYY, Shi P. Health and risks: integrating health into disaster risk reduction, risk communication, and building resilient communities. Int J Disaster Risk Sci. 2017;8(2):107-108.
- Chan EYY, Huang Z, Mark CKM, Guo C. Weather information acquisition and health significance during extreme cold weather in a subtropical city: a cross-sectional survey in Hong Kong. Int J Disaster Risk Sci. 2017;8(2):134-144.
- Chan EYY, Murray V. What are the health research needs for the Sendai Framework? The Lancet. 2017; 390(10106):e35–e36. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31670-7.
- Chan EYY, Guo C, Lee P, Liu S, Mark CKM. Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (Health-EDRM) in remote ethnic minority areas of rural China: the case of a flood-prone village in Sichuan. Int J Disaster Risk Sci. 2017;8(2):156-163.
- Lo STT, Chan EYY, Chan GKW, Murray V, Abrahams J, Ardalan A, Kayano R, Chung JWY. Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (Health-EDRM): developing the research field within the Sendai Framework paradigm. Int J Disaster Risk Sci. 2017. ;8(2):145-149.
- Burkle, Frederick M.; Erickson, Timothy; von Schreeb, Johan; Kayden, Stephanie; Redmond, Anthony; Chan, Emily YY; Della Corte, Francesco; Cranmer, Hilarie; Otomo, Yasuhiro; Johnson, Kirsten; Roy, Nobhojit (2017). "The Solidarity and Health Neutrality of Physicians in War & Peace". PLoS Currents. 9. doi:10.1371/currents.dis.1a1e352febd595087cbeb83753d93a4c. PMC 5300702. PMID 28228974.
- Hemstock, SL; Buliruarua, L-A; Chan, EYY; Chan, G; Jacot Des, Combes H; Davey, P; Farrell, P; Griffiths, S; Hansen, H; Hatch, T; Holloway, A; Manuella-Morris, T; Martin, T; Renaud, FG; Ronan, K; Ryan, B; Szarzynski, J; Shaw, D; Yasukawa, S; Yeung, T; Murray, V (September 2016). "Accredited qualifications for capacity development in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation" (PDF). Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies. 20 (1): 15–34.
- Chan, Emily YY; Yue, Janice; Lee, Poyi; Wang, Susan Shuxin (2016). "Socio-demographic Predictors for Urban Community Disaster Health Risk Perception and Household Based Preparedness in a Chinese Urban City". PLoS Currents. 8. doi:10.1371/currents.dis.287fb7fee6f9f4521af441a236c2d519. PMC 5569964. PMID 28856059.
- Chan, Emily YY; Cheng, Calvin KY; Tam, Greta; Huang, Zhe; Lee, Poyi (2015). "Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Hong Kong population towards human A/H7N9 influenza pandemic preparedness, China, 2014". BMC Public Health. 15 (1): 943. doi:10.1186/s12889-015-2245-9. PMC 4579795. PMID 26395243.
- Chan, Emily Ying-Yang; Cheng, Calvin Ka-Yeung; Tam, Greta Chun-Huen; Huang, Zhe; Lee, Po Yi (2015). "Willingness of future A/H7N9 influenza vaccine uptake: A cross-sectional study of Hong Kong community". Vaccine. 33 (38): 4737–40. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.07.046. PMID 26226564.
- Chan, Emily Y Y; Wang, Zhe; Mark, Carman K M; Da Liu, Si (2015). "Industrial accidents in China: risk reduction and response". The Lancet. 386 (10002): 1421–2. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00424-9. PMC 7138044. PMID 26466026.
- Barnett-Vanes, Ashton; Hung, Kevin KC; Maruthappu, Mahiben; Shalhoub, Joseph; Chan, Emily YY (2013). "Improving health in humanitarian crises: from reactive to proactive". The Lancet. 382 (9893): 679. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61768-7. PMID 23972802.
- Chan, Emily Y. Y. (2013). "Bottom-up disaster resilience". Nature Geoscience. 6 (5): 327–8. Bibcode:2013NatGe...6..327C. doi:10.1038/ngeo1815.
- Chan, Emily Y. Y.; Kim, Jean H.; Lin, Cherry; Cheung, Eliza Y. L.; Lee, Polly P. Y. (2012). "Is Previous Disaster Experience a Good Predictor for Disaster Preparedness in Extreme Poverty Households in Remote Muslim Minority Based Community in China?". Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 16 (3): 466–72. doi:10.1007/s10903-012-9761-9. PMC 4008776. PMID 23264186.
- Chan, Emily Y Y; Liu, Sida; Hung, Kevin K C (2013). "Typhoon Haiyan and beyond". The Lancet. 382 (9908): 1873. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62415-0. PMID 24275504.
- Hung, K.K.; Cocks, R.A.; Poon, W.K.; Chan, E.Y.; Rainer, T.H.; Graham, C.A. (May 2013). "Medical volunteers in commercial flight medical diversions". Aviat Space Environ Med. 84 (5): 491–7. doi:10.3357/ASEM.3452.2013. PMID 23713215.
- 陈英凝, 高杨. 中国偏远农村及少数民族地区的医疗卫生现状及防灾需要. 伤害医学(电子版)2013年.
- Hung, K.K.C., Chan, E.Y.Y., & Graham, C.A. (2012) Disaster training: Lessons learnt from the 2008 Sichuan China Earthquake. International Paramedic Practice, June–August 2012, Vol1. No4. Pg 133–140
- Hung, Kevin KC; Lam, Eva CC; Chan, Emily YY; Graham, Colin A (2013). "Disease pattern and chronic illness in rural China: The Hong Kong Red Cross basic health clinic after 2008 Sichuan earthquake". Emergency Medicine Australasia. 25 (3): 252–9. doi:10.1111/1742-6723.12080. PMID 23759047.
- Chan, Emily Y.Y.; Hung, Kevin K.C.; Yue, Cai (2011). "An epidemiological study of technological disasters in China". European Journal of Emergency Medicine. 18 (4): 234–7. doi:10.1097/MEJ.0b013e3283421097. PMID 21715984.
- Chan, Emily Y.Y.; Hung, Kevin K.C.; Yue, Cai (2011). "An epidemiological study of technological disasters in China". European Journal of Emergency Medicine. 18 (4): 234–7. doi:10.1097/MEJ.0b013e3283421097. PMID 21715984.
- Chan, E.Y.Y.; Koo, S.D. (2011). "(A109) Systematic Literature Review on Pediatric Sleep Disturbance Management Post-Disaster: Implications of Post-Disaster Pediatric Clinical Management in Developing Countries". Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 26 (S1): s38. doi:10.1017/S1049023X11001269.
- Chan, E.Y.Y.; Lin, C.L.Y.; Lee, P.P.Y.; Zheng, I.; Cheung, E.Y.L.; Lam, S.C. (2011). "(A119) Preliminary Results of Post-Flooding Impacts on Rural Elderly in Hainan Province, China". Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 26 (S1): s41. doi:10.1017/S1049023X11001361.
- Chan, E.Y.Y.; Wong, S.Y.; Griffiths, S.M.; Graham, C.A. (2011). "(A20) An Disaster Education Framework to Bridge Natural Disaster Medical Response and Primary Care Development in Developing Countries". Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 26 (S1): s7. doi:10.1017/S1049023X11000379.
- Cheung, E.Y.L.; Chan, E.Y.Y.; Lam, H.P.; Lin, C.L.Y.; Lee, P.P.Y. (2011). "(A262) Post Disaster Mental Health among Ethnic Minorities in Rural China: Results from Qualitative Studies". Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 26 (S1): s88–s89. doi:10.1017/S1049023X11002792.
- Cheung, E.Y.L.; Chan, E.Y.Y.; Lee, S.H. (2011). "(P1-99) Comparative Descriptive Analysis of Post-Disaster Psychological Interventions". Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 26 (S1): s139. doi:10.1017/S1049023X11004316.
- Cheung, E.Y.L.; Chan, E.Y.Y.; Lin, C.L.Y.; Lee, P.P.Y. (2011). "(P1-95) Clinical Effectiveness of Psychological First Aid Training among Emergency Responders in Chinese Population: Preliminary Results of 3-Month Follow-Up". Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 26 (S1): s137–s138. doi:10.1017/S1049023X11004274.
- Hung, K.; Chan, E.Y.Y.; Lam, E.; Rainer, T.; Graham, C. (2011). "(P2-99) Disease Pattern in a Rural Setting Three Weeks After the 2008 Sichuan, China Earthquake—Hong Kong Red Cross Basic Health Clinic in Yanmen". Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 26 (S1): s176. doi:10.1017/S1049023X11005437.
- Lin, C.L.Y.; Hung, K.; Chan, E.Y.Y.; Lee, P.P.Y. (2011). "(P1-53) Effectiveness of 'Understanding Disasters' Training Among Health Care Professionals and Responders in China". Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 26 (S1): s123–s124. doi:10.1017/S1049023X11003852.
- Yuen, H.Y.; Chan, E.Y.Y.; Ahuja, A.T. (2011). "(A229) Use of Portable Ultrasound in Triage in Field Settings". Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 26 (S1): s78. doi:10.1017/S1049023X11002469.
- Chan, E. Y. Y.; Gao, Y.; Griffiths, S. M. (2009). "Literature review of health impact post-earthquakes in China 1906-2007". Journal of Public Health. 32 (1): 52–61. doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdp078. PMID 19654131.
- Chan, Emily YY; Griffiths, Sian M (2010). "The epidemiology of mine accidents in China". The Lancet. 376 (9741): 575–7. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60660-5. PMID 20728741.
- Chan, Emily Y.Y.; Kim, Jacqueline J. (2010). "Characteristics and health outcomes of internally displaced population in unofficial rural self-settled camps after the 2005 Kashmir, Pakistan earthquake". European Journal of Emergency Medicine. 17 (3): 136–41. doi:10.1097/MEJ.0b013e32832fca1c. PMID 19644381.
- Chan, Emily Y.Y.; Kim, Jackie (2011). "Chronic health needs immediately after natural disasters in middle-income countries". European Journal of Emergency Medicine. 18 (2): 111–4. doi:10.1097/MEJ.0b013e32833dba19. PMID 20679898.
- Hung, Kevin K. C. (2010). "Predictors of Flight Diversions and Deaths for In-flight Medical Emergencies in Commercial Aviation". Archives of Internal Medicine. 170 (15): 1401–2. doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2010.267. PMID 20696972.
- Lau, Joseph T. F.; Yu, Xiaonan; Zhang, Jianxin; Mak, Winnie W. S.; Choi, Kai Chow; Lui, Wacy W. S.; Zhang, Jianxin; Chan, Emily Y. Y. (2010). "Psychological Distress among Adolescents in Chengdu, Sichuan at 1 Month after the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake". Journal of Urban Health. 87 (3): 504–23. doi:10.1007/s11524-010-9447-3. PMC 2871082. PMID 20405226.
- Yu, Xiao-nan; Lau, Joseph T.F.; Zhang, Jianxin; Mak, Winnie W.S.; Choi, Kai Chow; Lui, Wacy W.S.; Zhang, Jianxin; Chan, Emily Y.Y. (2010). "Posttraumatic growth and reduced suicidal ideation among adolescents at month 1 after the Sichuan Earthquake". Journal of Affective Disorders. 123 (1–3): 327–31. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2009.09.019. PMID 19910053.
- Chan, EY (2009). "Why are older peoples' health needs forgotten post-natural disaster relief in developing countries? A healthcare provider survey of 2005 Kashmir, Pakistan earthquake". American Journal of Disaster Medicine. 4 (2): 107–12. doi:10.5055/ajdm.2009.0016. PMID 19522128.
- Chan, Emily Y.Y.; Kim, Jacqueline J. (2010). "Remote mobile health service utilization post 2005 Kashmir–Pakistan earthquake". European Journal of Emergency Medicine. 17 (3): 158–63. doi:10.1097/MEJ.0b013e328331ddd3. PMID 19809333.
- Chan, E.Y.Y. (2008). "Doctors in natural disaster relief setting". The Hong Kong Practitioners. 30 (3): 152–3. Archived from the original on June 1, 2009. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
- Chan, Emily YY (2008). "The untold stories of the Sichuan earthquake". The Lancet. 372 (9636): 359–62. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61141-1. PMID 18675675.
- Chan, Emily Y.Y.; Griffiths, Sian (2009). "Comparison of Health Needs of Older People between Affected Rural and Urban Areas after the 2005 Kashmir, Pakistan Earthquake". Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 24 (5): 365–71. doi:10.1017/S1049023X00007159. PMID 20066635.
- Chan, EYY; Griffiths, SM; Chan, CW (2008). "Public-health risks of melamine in milk products". The Lancet. 372 (9648): 1444–5. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61604-9. PMC 7135274. PMID 18970965.
- Chan, EY; Sondorp, E (2007). "Medical interventions following natural disasters: missing out on chronic medical needs". Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health. 19 Spec No: 45–51. doi:10.1177/101053950701901S08. PMID 18277528.
- Chan, EY (2006). "Evidence-based public health practices: challenges for health needs assessments in disasters". Hong Kong Medical Journal. 12 (4): 324–6. PMID 16912364.
- Chan, E (2003). "Médecins Sans Frontières experience in the provision of health care in complex settings". Hong Kong Medical Journal = Xianggang Yi Xue Za Zhi. 9 (1): 67. PMID 12547962.
Climate change and environmental health
- Chan EYY, Wang SS, Ho JY, Huang Z, Liu S, Guo C. Socio-demographic predictors of health and environmental co-benefit behaviours for climate change mitigation in urban China. PLoS One. Published online 2017 Nov 27. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188661
- Chan EY, Gao Y, Li L, Lee PY. (2017). Injuries caused by pets in Asian urban households: a cross-sectional telephone survey. BMJ Open, 7(1), e012813. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012813
- Zhang N, Miao R, Huang H, Chan EYY. (2016). Contact infection of infectious disease on board a cruise ship. Scientific Report [Internet]. 2016 December 8; 6: 38790. doi: 10.1038/srep38790
- Goggins, William B; Chan, Emily YY (2017). "A study of the short-term associations between hospital admissions and mortality from heart failure and meteorological variables in Hong Kong". International Journal of Cardiology. 228: 537–542. doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.11.106. PMID 27875731.
- Lam, Holly Ching-yu; Li, Albert Martin; Chan, Emily Ying-yang; Goggins, William Bernard (2016). "The short-term association between asthma hospitalisations, ambient temperature, other meteorological factors and air pollutants in Hong Kong: a time-series study". Thorax. 71 (12): thoraxjnl–2015–208054. doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-208054. PMID 27343213.
- Lee, K. L.; Chan, Y. H.; Lee, T. C.; Goggins, W. B.; Chan, E. Y. (2016). "The development of the Hong Kong Heat Index for enhancing the heat stress information service of the Hong Kong Observatory". International Journal of Biometeorology. 60 (7): 1029–39. Bibcode:2016IJBm...60.1029L. doi:10.1007/s00484-015-1094-7. PMID 26546311.
- Wang, Pin; Goggins, William B.; Chan, Emily Y. Y. (2016). "Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in Hong Kong: A Time-Series Analysis on Its Relationship with Weather". PLoS ONE. 11 (8): e0161006. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1161006W. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161006. PMC 4988669. PMID 27532865.
- Goggins, W. B.; Yang, C.; Hokama, T.; Law, L. S. K.; Chan, E. Y. Y. (2015). "Using Annual Data to Estimate the Public Health Impact of Extreme Temperatures". American Journal of Epidemiology. 182 (1): 80–7. doi:10.1093/aje/kwv013. PMID 26009315.
- Qiu, Hong; Yu, Ignatius Tak-sun; Tse, Lap Ah; Chan, Emily Y.Y.; Wong, Tze Wai; Tian, Linwei (2015). "Greater temperature variation within a day associated with increased emergency hospital admissions for asthma". Science of the Total Environment. 505: 508–13. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.003. PMID 25461053.
- Gao, Yang; Chan, Emily YY; Li, Liping; Lau, Patrick WC; Wong, Tze Wai (2014). "Chronic effects of ambient air pollution on respiratory morbidities among Chinese children: a cross-sectional study in Hong Kong". BMC Public Health. 14 (1): 105. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-14-105. PMC 3914361. PMID 24484614.
- Wang, F.; Yeung, K. L.; Chan, W. C.; Kwok, C. C. H.; Leung, S. L.; Wu, C.; Chan, E. Y. Y.; Yu, I. T. S.; Yang, X. R.; Tse, L. A. (2013). "A meta-analysis on dose-response relationship between night shift work and the risk of breast cancer". Annals of Oncology. 24 (11): 2724–32. doi:10.1093/annonc/mdt283. PMID 23975662.
- Wang, F.; Zhang, L.; Zhang, Y.; Zhang, B.; He, Y.; Xie, S.; Li, M.; Miao, X.; Chan, E. Y. Y.; Tang, J. L.; Wong, M. C. S.; Li, Z.; Yu, I. T. S.; Tse, L. A. (2014). "Meta-analysis on night shift work and risk of metabolic syndrome". Obesity Reviews. 15 (9): 709–20. doi:10.1111/obr.12194. PMID 24888416.
- Chan, Emily YY; Goggins, William B; Yue, Janice SK; Lee, Poyi (2013). "Hospital admissions as a function of temperature, other weather phenomena and pollution levels in an urban setting in China". Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 91 (8): 576–84. doi:10.2471/BLT.12.113035. PMC 3738307. PMID 23940405.
- Gao, Y.; Chan, E. Y. Y.; Li, L. P.; He, Q. Q.; Wong, T. W. (2012). "Chronic effects of ambient air pollution on lung function among Chinese children". Archives of Disease in Childhood. 98 (2): 128–35. doi:10.1136/archdischild-2011-301541. PMID 23235891.
- Goggins, William B; Chan, Emily YY; Yang, Chunyuh; Chong, Marc (2013). "Associations between mortality and meteorological and pollutant variables during the cool season in two Asian cities with sub-tropical climates: Hong Kong and Taipei". Environmental Health. 12 (1): 59. doi:10.1186/1476-069X-12-59. PMC 3733824. PMID 23870087.
- Goggins, William B.; Ren, Chao; Ng, Edward; Yang, Chunyuh; Chan, Emily Y.Y. (2013). "Effect modification of the association between meteorological variables and mortality by urban climatic conditions in the tropical city of Kaohsiung, Taiwan" (PDF). Geospatial Health. 8 (1): 37–44. doi:10.4081/gh.2013.52. PMID 24258881.
- Chan, Emily Ying Yang; Goggins, William B; Kim, Jacqueline Jakyoung; Griffiths, Sian M (2012). "A study of intracity variation of temperature-related mortality and socioeconomic status among the Chinese population in Hong Kong". Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 66 (4): 322–7. doi:10.1136/jech.2008.085167. PMC 3292716. PMID 20974839.
- Gao, Yang; Chan, Emily Y.Y.; Zhu, Yingjia; Wong, Tze Wai (2013). "Adverse effect of outdoor air pollution on cardiorespiratory fitness in Chinese children". Atmospheric Environment. 64: 10–17. Bibcode:2013AtmEn..64...10G. doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.09.063.
- Cook, Alex R.; Goggins, William B.; Chan, Emily Y. Y.; Ng, Edward; Ren, Chao; Chen, Liang (2012). "Effect Modification of the Association between Short-term Meteorological Factors and Mortality by Urban Heat Islands in Hong Kong". PLoS ONE. 7 (6): e38551. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...738551G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0038551. PMC 3382248. PMID 22761684.
- Goggins, William B.; Chan, Emily Y.Y.; Yang, Chun-Yuh (2013). "Weather, pollution, and acute myocardial infarction in Hong Kong and Taiwan". International Journal of Cardiology. 168 (1): 243–9. doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.09.087. PMID 23041014.
- Goggins, William B.; Woo, Jean; Ho, Suzanne; Chan, Emily Y. Y.; Chau, P. H. (2011). "Weather, season, and daily stroke admissions in Hong Kong". International Journal of Biometeorology. 56 (5): 865–72. Bibcode:2012IJBm...56..865G. doi:10.1007/s00484-011-0491-9. PMID 21915799.
- Gupta, Saurabh; Carmichael, Catriona; Simpson, Christina; Clarke, Mike J; Allen, Claire; Gao, Yang; Chan, Emily Y Y; Murray, Virginia; Clarke, Mike J (2012). "Electric fans for reducing adverse health impacts in heatwaves". The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (7): CD009888. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD009888.pub2. PMC 6457598. PMID 22786530.
- Tsang, Siu Ling (2012). "A Pilot Study on Unintentional Household Injury among Children with Intellectual Disability in Hong Kong". Injury Medicine. 1 (1): 25–32. Archived from the original on October 24, 2016. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
- Yang, Guo-Jing; Tanner, Marcel; Utzinger, Jürg; Malone, John B; Bergquist, Robert; YY Chan, Emily; Gao, Qi; Zhou, Xiao-Nong (2012). "Malaria surveillance-response strategies in different transmission zones of the People's Republic of China: preparing for climate change". Malaria Journal. 11 (1): 426. doi:10.1186/1475-2875-11-426. PMC 3547762. PMID 23256579.
- Chan, E.Y.Y.; Kim, J.H.; Lee, P.P.Y.; Lin, C.L.Y. (2011). "(A74) Analysis of Health Risk Perception and Behavior Changes during Elevated Temperatures for an Urban Chinese Population". Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 26 (S1): s26. doi:10.1017/S1049023X11000914.
- Chan, E.Y.Y.; Lee, P.P.Y.; Leung, J.M.S. (2011). "(P1-85) Health Seeking Behavior Post-Unintentional Household Injury in Hong Kong". Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 26 (S1): s134. doi:10.1017/S1049023X11004171.
- Chan, Emily Ying Yang; Goggins, William B.; Kim, Jacqueline Jakyoung; Griffiths, Sian; Ma, Timothy K. W. (2011). "Help-Seeking Behavior during Elevated Temperature in Chinese Population". Journal of Urban Health. 88 (4): 637–50. doi:10.1007/s11524-011-9599-9. PMC 3157502. PMID 21761264.
- Chan, Emily Y. Y.; Kim, Jean H.; Griffiths, Sian M.; Lau, Joseph T. F.; Yu, Ignatius (2009). "Does Living Density Matter for Nonfatal Unintentional Home Injury in Asian Urban Settings? Evidence from Hong Kong". Journal of Urban Health. 86 (6): 872–86. doi:10.1007/s11524-009-9389-9. PMC 2791815. PMID 19636708.
- 陈横; 李丽萍; 陈英凝等 (2009). "沿海城市高温热浪与每日居民死亡关系的研究.环境与健康杂志" [Study on the Relationship between High Temperature Heat Wave and Daily Mortality in Coastal Cities]. Journal of Environment and Health (in Chinese). 26 (11): 988–91.
- Chan, EY; Kim, JH; Ng, Q; Griffiths, S; Lau, JT (2008). "A descriptive study of nonfatal, unintentional home-based injury in urban settings: evidence from Hong Kong". Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health. 20 Suppl: 39–48. PMID 19533860.
- Tian, Linwei; Bi, Yan; Ho, Suzanne C; Liu, Wenjie; Liang, Song; Goggins, William B; Chan, Emily YY; Zhou, Shuisen; Sung, Joseph JY (2008). "One-year delayed effect of fog on malaria transmission: a time-series analysis in the rain forest area of Mengla County, south-west China". Malaria Journal. 7 (1): 110. doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-110. PMC 2441628. PMID 18565224.
Global health and primary care related/migration/urbanization
- Li J, Chung PH, Leung CLK, Nishikiori N, Chan EYY, Yeoh EK. The strategic framework of tuberculosis control and prevention in the elderly: a scoping review towards End TB targets. Infectious Diseases of Poverty. 2017; 6:70. doi:10.1186/s40249-017-0284-4
- Hung, Kevin K.C.; Lin, Agatha K.Y.; Cheng, Calvin K.Y.; Chan, Emily Y.Y.; Graham, Colin A. (2014). "Travel Health Risk Perceptions and Preparations Among Travelers at Hong Kong International Airport". Journal of Travel Medicine. 21 (4): 288–91. doi:10.1111/jtm.12112. PMID 24620927.
- Xu, F; Wang, X; Ware, R. S.; Tse, L. A.; Wang, Z; Hong, X; Chan, E. Y.; Li, J; Wang, Y (2014). "A school-based comprehensive lifestyle intervention among Chinese kids against Obesity (CLICK-Obesity) in Nanjing City, China: the baseline data". Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 23 (1): 48–54. doi:10.6133/apjcn.2014.23.1.04. PMC 4346187. PMID 24561972.
- Dasgupta, Kaberi; Xu, Fei; Ware, Robert S.; Tse, Lap Ah; Wang, YouFa; Wang, ZhiYong; Hong, Xin; Chan, Emily Ying Yang; Dunstan, David W.; Owen, Neville (2014). "Joint Associations of Physical Activity and Hypertension with the Development of Type 2 Diabetes among Urban Men and Women in Mainland China". PLoS ONE. 9 (2): e88719. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...988719X. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0088719. PMC 3923808. PMID 24551143.
- Zhang, Harry; Gao, Yang; Li, Liping; Chan, Emily Y. Y.; Lau, Joseph; Griffiths, Sian M. (2013). "Parental Migration, Self-Efficacy and Cigarette Smoking among Rural Adolescents in South China". PLoS ONE. 8 (3): e57569. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...857569G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0057569. PMC 3592888. PMID 23520474.
- Cheung, Polly; Hung, W. K.; Cheung, Catherine; Chan, Amy; Wong, T. T.; Li, Lawrence; Chan, Sharon W. W.; Chan, K. W.; Choi, Peter; Kwan, W. H.; Yau, C. C.; Chan, Emily Y. Y.; Law, Stephen C. K.; Kwan, Daisy (2012). "Early Data from the First Population-Wide Breast Cancer-Specific Registry in Hong Kong". World Journal of Surgery. 36 (4): 723–9. doi:10.1007/s00268-012-1426-2. PMID 22270992.
- Chan, E; Griffiths, S (2010). "The implication of water on public health: the case of China". Perspectives in Public Health. 130 (5): 209–10. doi:10.1177/1757913910379187. PMID 21086814.
- Chan, E. Y Y; Griffiths, S.; Gao, Y.; Chan, C. W.; Fok, T. F. (2008). "Addressing disparities in children's health in China". Archives of Disease in Childhood. 93 (4): 346–52. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.130146. PMID 18356388.
- Gao, Y.; Griffiths, S.; Chan, E. Y. Y. (2008). "Community-based interventions to reduce overweight and obesity in China: a systematic review of the Chinese and English literature". Journal of Public Health. 30 (4): 436–48. doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdm057. PMID 17989084.
- Wong, William CW; Holroyd, Eleanor; Chan, Emily Y; Griffiths, Sian; Bingham, Amie (2008). "'One country, two systems': Sociopolitical implications for female migrant sex workers in Hong Kong". BMC International Health and Human Rights. 8 (1): 13. doi:10.1186/1472-698X-8-13. PMC 2629761. PMID 19077260.
Books and book chapters
- Chan EYY, Shaw R. (eds.) Public health and disasters - Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management in Asia. Tokyo: Springer; forthcoming.
- Chan EYY. Essentials for health protection: Four key components. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2020. 256 p.
- Fakhruddin B, Bostrom A, Cui P, Yu L, Zou Q, Sillmann J, Johnston D, Jimenez V, Chan EYY, Chan GKW, Hung H, Huang Z, Wong CKP, et al. Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) (Contributing Paper to GAR 2019). UNISDR; 2019.
- Chan EYY. Disaster public health and older people (Routledge Humanitarian Studies). London: Routledge; 2019. 258 p.
- Chan EYY. Climate Change and Urban Health. London: Routledge; 2019. 288 p.
- Lo S, Lyne K, Chan E, Capon A, Chapter 2: Planetary health and resilience in Asia. In: Legido-Quigley H, Asgard-Jirhabdeh N, editors. Resilient and people-centred health systems: progress, challenges and future directions in Asia. WHO; 2018.
- Chan EYY, Building bottom-up health and disaster risk reduction programmes. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2018.
- 刘思达,陈英凝。大型活动灾难的预防、监测和预警。刘中民主編,现代城市灾难医学救援。北京:清华大学出版社;2018年:38-40。[[null Liu SD,] Chan EYY. Disaster prevention, monitoring and warning for mass events. In: Liu ZM, editor. Current medical assistants of the city disaster. Beijing: Tsinghua University Press; 2018: 38-40. Chinese.]
- Chan EYY, Ho JY. Urban community disaster and emergency health risk perceptions and preparedness. In: Shaw R, Shiwaku K, Izumi T, editors. Science and technology in disaster risk reduction in Asia: potentials and challenges. London: Academic Press; 2017: 95-110.
- Shaw R, Chan E, Fang L, Lu L, Shi P, Yang S, Chan G, Wong J, editors. Co-designing DRR solutions: towards participatory action and communication in science, technology and academia. Hong Kong, China: ASTAAG, IRDR and CCOUC; 2017, 98 p.
- Chan EYY, Hung KKC, Wong CKP, Jamtsho R, Ho JY. Community awareness and response in 2010 Bumthang Great Fire, Bhutan. In: Shaw R, Chan E, Fang L, Lu L, Shi P, Yang S, Chan G, Wong J, editors. Co-designing DRR solutions: towards participatory action and communication in science, technology and academia. Hong Kong, China: ASTAAG, IRDR and CCOUC; 2017: 57-58.
- Guo CL, Chan EYY, Chung PPW. Disaster response and health risk management during 2010 Hainan flooding in China. In: Shaw R, Chan E, Fang L, Lu L, Shi P, Yang S, Chan G, Wong J, editors. Co-designing DRR solutions: towards participatory action and communication in science, technology and academia. Hong Kong, China: ASTAAG, IRDR and CCOUC; 2017: 33-34.
- Ho JY, Chan EYY. Translating information from evidence to practice: the case of clenbuterol and food safety in China since late 1990s. In: Shaw R, Chan E, Fang L, Lu L, Shi P, Yang S, Chan G, Wong J, editors. Co-designing DRR solutions: towards participatory action and communication in science, technology and academia. Hong Kong, China: ASTAAG, IRDR and CCOUC; 2017: 64-65.
- Huang Z, Chan EYY. Weather information dissemination during cold wave in a subtropical metropolis: a case study in Hong Kong. In: Shaw R, Chan E, Fang L, Lu L, Shi P, Yang S, Chan G, Wong J, editors. Co-designing DRR solutions: towards participatory action and communication in science, technology and academia. Hong Kong, China: ASTAAG, IRDR and CCOUC; 2017: 4-5.
- Chan EYY, Public health humanitarian responses to natural disasters (Routledge Humanitarian Studies) . London: Routledge; 2017. ISBN 978-1-138-95370-3
- 陈英凝,刘思达。灾难现场评估。刘中民,张连阳主編,中国基层医生灾难创伤紧急救治技术手册。北京:中华医学电子音像出版社;2016年:12-19。[Chan EYY, Liu SD. Field assessment for disaster. In: Liu ZM, Zhang LY, editors. Handbook of disaster injury emergency treatment techniques for primary care physicians in China. Beijing: Chinese Medical Multimedia Press; 2016: 12-19. Chinese.]
- 陳英凝,陳廣慧,黃嘉寶,黃喆,翁家俊,劉思達。中國農村健康及備災:進階培訓手冊。香港:CCOUC災害與人道救援研究所;2016。[Chan EYY, Chan GKW, Wong CKP, Huang Z, Yung TKC, Liu SD. Health and disaster preparedness in rural China: advanced training manual. Hong Kong: CCOUC and WZQCF; 2016. Traditional Chinese.]
- Chan EYY, Li W. Role of government and NGOs. In: Wolfson N, Lerner A, Roshal L, editors. Orthopedics in disasters: orthopedic injuries in natural disasters and mass casualty events. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg; 2016: 47-59.
- Chan EYY, Liu KS, Lee PY, Ling KWK, Wong CS. Training manual on Health and Disaster Preparedness in Rural China. WZQ; February 2016.
- 陳英凝。公共衛生與通識教育︰跨單元議題剖析。香港︰香港教育圖書公司;2015。[Chan EYY. Public health and liberal studies: analysis of cross-module issues. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Educational Publishing Company; 2015. Chinese.]
- 陳英凝。香港的城市災害準備情況。馬宗晉主編,十萬個為甚麼‧災難與防護。香港:商務印書館;2015年。
- 陈英凝,朱迎佳,李宝仪,刘思达。中国农村健康及防灾培训手冊(简体版)。香港:CCOUC灾害与人道救援研究所,无止桥慈善基金;2015年6月。
- 陳英凝,朱迎佳,李寶儀,劉思達。中國農村健康及防灾培訓手册。香港:CCOUC灾害與人道救援研究所,無止橋慈善基金;2015年3月。
- Chan EYY. Responding to disasters in low-income countries. In: Griffiths SM, Tang JL, Yeoh EK, editors. Routledge handbook of global public health in Asia. London: Routledge; 2014: 357-371.
- Chan EYY, Southgate RJ. Responding to chronic disease needs following disasters: a rethink using the Human Security approach. In: Hobson C, Bacon P, Cameron R, editors. Human security and natural disasters (Routledge Humanitarian Studies series). Tokyo: Routledge; 2014.
- Chan EYY, 1.4.3 Health needs of older people after earthquake. Wright J, Cave B. Chapter 1.4 Assessing health needs. In: Guest C, Ricciardi W, Kawachi I, Lang I, editors. Oxford handbook of public health practice. 3rd ed. Oxford University Press; 2013.
- 陈英凝。汶川救援点滴。无国界医生志愿工作者合著,无国界医生手记。中国长沙:湖南科学技术出版社;2012年3月:120-3。
- Chan EYY. Sans frontieres under the sun. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Economic Press; July 2005. Chinese.