Associate professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
* chengqu@hust.edu.cn
Academic Areas
Infectious disease epidemiology
Research Interests
1. Mathematical model of infectious diseases
2. Spatio-temporal statistical model of infectious diseases
3. Diseases of interest including dengue, tuberculosis, HFMD, COVID-19, etc.
Education
2011.08-2017.07 Ph.D. in Department of Earth System Science
Tsinghua University
2007.08-2011.07 B.S., Major in Geographic Information System
Zhejiang University
Professional/working Experience
2022.01-present Associate Professor in Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Tongji Medical College
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
2017.09-2021.11 Postdoctoral Fellow in Divi-sion of Environmental Health Sciences
University of California, Berkeley
Select Publications
Journal Article
1. Cheng Q*, Spear RC. Exploring the Local Determinants of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission and Control via an Exposure-Based Model. Environ Sci Technol. 2022 Jan 11.
2. Cheng Q#, Collender PA#, Heaney AK#, Li X, Dasan R, Li C, Lewnard JA, Zelner JL, Liang S, Chang HH, Waller LA, Lopman BA, Yang C, Remais JV*. The DIOS framework for optimizing infectious disease surveillance: Numerical methods for simulation and multi-objective optimization of surveillance network architectures. PLoS Comput Biol. 2020 Dec 4;16(12):e1008477.
3. Cheng Q, Trangucci R, Nelson KN, Fu W, Collender PA, Head JR, Hoover CM, Skaff NK, Li T, Li X, You Y, Fang L, Liang S, Yang C, He J, Zelner JL, Remais JV*. Prenatal and early-life exposure to the Great Chinese Famine increased the risk of tuberculosis in adulthood across two generations. PNAS. 2020 Nov 3;117(44):27549-55.
4. Cheng Q#, Jing Q#, Spear RC, Marshall JM, Yang Z*, Gong P*. The interplay of climate, intervention and imported cases as determinants of the 2014 dengue outbreak in Guangzhou. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 Jun 22;11(6):e0005701.
5. Cheng Q#, Jing Q#, Spear RC, Marshall JM, Yang Z*, Gong P*. Climate and the timing of imported cases as determinants of the dengue outbreak in Guangzhou, 2014: evidence from a mathematical model. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 Feb 10;10(2):e0004417.
6. Li T#, Cheng Q#, Li C, Stokes E, Collender P, Ohringer A, Li X, Li J, Zelner JL, Liang S, Yang C, Remais JV*, He J*. Evidence for heterogeneity in China’s progress against pulmonary tuberculosis: uneven reductions in a major center of ongoing transmission, 2005–2017. BMC Infect Dis. 2019 Dec;19(1):1-1.
7. Jiang B, Liang S, Peng ZR, Cong H, Levy M, Cheng Q, Wang T, Remais JV*. Transport and public health in China: the road to a healthy future. The Lancet. 2017 Oct 14;390(10104):1781-91.
8. Yang J, Siri JG, Remais JV, Cheng Q, Zhang H, Chan KK, Sun Z, Zhao Y, Cong N, Li X, Zhang W, Bai Y, Bi J, Cai W, Chan EYY, Chen W, Fan W, Fu H, He J, Huang H, Ji JS, Jia P, Jiang X, Kwan MP, Li T, Li X, Liang S, Liang X, Liang L, Liu Q, Lu Y, Luo Y, Ma X, Schwartlander B, Shen Z, Shi P, Su J, Wu T, Yang C, Yin Y, Zhang Q, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Xu B*, Gong P*. The Tsinghua–Lancet Commission on Healthy Cities in China: unlocking the power of cities for a healthy China. The Lancet. 2018 May 26;391(10135):2140-84.
