Professor CHEUNG Pak Hang, Peter
Assistant Dean (Research)
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Pathology
CUHK Employment
- Assistant Dean (Research), Faculty of Medicine
- Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Pathology
Expertise
- Genomics
- Structural Biology
- Virology
- Data science
Education & Qualifications
BScH (Queen’s), MSc (Western), PhD (HKU)
Research Interests
- Gene Transcription
- Structural Biology
- Genomics
- Meta-Analysis in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Computational Biology
Additional Information
Award and Honour
Silver Award, HKUST-Sino One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition, 2019
Finalist, Young Scientist Awards, Hong Kong Institute of Science, 2015
Croucher-Butterfield Studentship, Croucher Foundation, 2010
Guest Lecturer, MSc Program in Analytical Chemistry, HKUST
Professional Service
- Member, Community of Practice - “The Innovation and Future of STEM Education”
Academic Engagement in CUHK
- Member, Research Impact Committee
- Postgraduate supervisor, MPhil / PhD in Chemical Pathology
- Lecturer, MBChB Program
Brief CV
Selected Publications
- Au, W. Y. and Cheung, P.P.H*. Effectiveness of heterologous and homologous COVID-19 vaccine regimens: a living systematic review with network meta-analysis. The British Medical Journal (BMJ), 377: e069989. (2022).
- Au, W. Y., Ye, C., Briner S.L., Suarez, G.D., Han, J., Xu, X., Park, J.G., Brindley, M.A., Martinez-Sobrido*, L., Cheung, P.P.H*. Systematic comparison between BNT162b2 and CoronaVac in the seroprotection against SARS-CoV-2 Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta variants, Journal of Infection, DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.02.030. (2022).
- Suarez, G.D., Suarez D.A., Tang Y.Y.K., Zhang J.-X., Li, J., Nagl, S., Cheung P.P.H.* Uncovering Mechanisms of RT-LAMP Colorimetric SARS-CoV-2 Detection to Improve Assay Reliability, Analytical Methods, DOI: 10.1039/D1AY01395E. (2022 ).
- W. Y. Au and P. P. H. Cheung*, Diagnostic performances of common nucleic acid tests for SARS-CoV-2 in hospitals and clinics: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Microbe, doi:10.1016/S2666-5247(21)00214-7. (2021).
- Xu, X., Zhang, L.*, Chu J.T.S., Wang, Y. Chin, A.W.H., Dai, Z., Poon, L.L.M., Cheung, P.P.-H.*, Huang, X.*. A Novel Mechanism of Enhanced Transcription Activity and Fidelity for Influenza A Viral RNA-dependent RNA Polymerase, Nucleic Acids Research, 49 (15), 8796. (2021).
- Cheung, P.P.H., Jiang, B., Booth, G.T., Chong, T.H., Unartar, I.C., Wang, Y., Suarez, G.D., Wang, J., Lis, J.T., Huang, X., Identifying Transcription Error-Enriched Genomic Loci Using Nuclear Run-On Circular-Sequencing Coupled with Background Error Modeling, Journal of Molecular Biology, S0022-2836(20)30284-9. (2020).
- Tse, K.M., Xu, J., Xu, L., Sheong, F.K., Wang, S., Chow, H.Y., Gao, X., Li, X., Cheung, P.P.H.*, Wang, D.*, Zhang, Y.*, Huang, X*. Intrinsic cleavage of RNA polymerase II adopts a nucleobase-independent mechanism assisted by transcript phosphate, Nature Catalysis, 2, 228–235. (2019).
- Cheung, P.P., Rogozin, I.B., Choy, K.T., Ng, H.Y., Peiris, J.S., and Yen, H.L Comparative mutational analyses of influenza A viruses. RNA 21, 36. (2015).
- Cheung, P.P., Watson, S.J., Choy, K.T., Fun Sia, S., Wong, D.D., Poon, L.L., Kellam, P., Guan, Y., Malik Peiris, J.S., and Yen, H.L. Generation and characterization of influenza A viruses with altered polymerase fidelity. Nature Communications 5, 4794. (2014).
- Cheung, P.P., Leung, Y.H., Chow, C.K., Ng, C.F., Tsang, C.L., Wu, Y.O., Ma, S.K., Sia, S.F., Guan, Y., and Peiris, J.S., Identifying the species-origin of faecal droppings used for avian influenza virus surveillance in wild-birds. Journal of Clinical Virology 46, 90. (2009).
*corresponding author