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Chris Fook Sheng Ng
Associate Professor
Academic titleB.Sc., M.App.Stats., Ph.D.
InterestsEnvironmental epidemiology, atmospheric environment, air pollution and health, environmental statistics, biostatistics
Dr. Chris Fook Sheng Ng is interested in the modeling of health risk functions associated with atmospheric exposures such as air pollution, wildfire smoke, desert dust, pollen, outdoor temperatures and rainfall. He is involved in multiple international collaborations to investigate the health effects of air pollution such as desert dust and smoke haze on human morbidity and mortality in different regions of the world.
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Education
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- 2008-2011
- Doctor of Philosopy in Health Science, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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- 2003-2005
- Master of Applied Statistics (Distinction), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- 1999-2002
- Bachelor of Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
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Academic Appointments
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- 2021 - present
- Associate Professor, Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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- 2018 - 2021
- Associate Professor, School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Japan
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- 2018 - 2019
- Rutherford Fellow, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
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- 2015 - 2018
- Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Japan
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- 2013 - 2015
- JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Human Ecology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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- 2011 - 2013
- Research Associate, Environmental Epidemiology Section, Center for Environmental Health Sciences, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan
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- Hironori Nishikawa, Xerxes Tesoro Seposo, Lina Madaniyazi, Yoonhee Kim, Aurelio Tobías, Makiko Yamagami, Satbyul Estella Kim, Akinori Takami, Seiji Sugata, Yasushi Honda, Kayo Ueda, Masahiro Hashizume, Chris Fook Sheng Ng. Long-term trends in mortality risk associated with short-term exposure to air pollution in 10 Japanese cities between 1977 and 2015. Environmental Research. 2023, 15: 115108.
- Hayon Michelle Choi, Whanhee Lee, Dominic Roye, Seulkee Heo, Aleš Urban, Alireza Entezari, Ana Maria Vicedo-Cabrera, Antonella Zanobetti, Antonio Gasparrini, Antonis Analitis, Aurelio Tobias, Ben Armstrong, Bertil Forsberg, Carmen Íñiguez, Christofer Åström, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Ene Indermitte, Eric Lavigne, Fatemeh Mayvaneh, Fiorella Acquaotta, Francesco Sera, Hans Orru, Ho Kim, Jan Kyselý, Joana Madueira, Joel Schwartz, Jouni J.K. Jaakkola, Klea Katsouyanni, Magali Hurtado Diaz, Martina S. Ragettli, Masahiro Hashizume, Mathilde Pascal, Niilo Ryti, Noah Scovronick, Samuel Osorio, Shilu Tong, Xerxes Seposo, Yasushi Honda, Yoonhee Kim, Yue-Liang Guo, Yuming Guo, Michelle L. Bell. Corrigendum to “Effect modification of greenness on the association between heat and mortality: A multi-city multi-country study”. eBioMedicine. 2023, 87: 104396.
- Xerxes Seposo, Kayo Ueda, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Lina Madaniyazi, Seiji Sugata, Ayako Yoshino, Akinori Takami. Roles of oxides of nitrogen in the ozone-cardiorespiratory visit association. Environmental Pollution. 2023 Accepted.
- Luise Nathalie Nottmeyer, Ben Armstrong, Rachel Lowe, Sam Abbott, Sophie Meakin, Kathleen O’Reilly, Rosa Von Borries, Rochelle Schneider, Dominic Royé, Masahiro Hashizume, Mathilde Pascal, Aurelio Tobias, Ana Maria Vicedo-Cabrera, Eric Lavigne, Patricia Matus Correa, Nicolás Valdés Ortega, Jan Kynčl, Aleš Urban, Hans Orru, Niilo Ryti, Jouni Jaakkola, Marco Dallavalle, Alexandra Schneider, Yasushi Honda, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Barrak Alahmad, Gabriel Carrasco, Iulian Horia Holobâc, Ho Kim, Whanhee Lee, Carmen Iñiguez, Michelle Bell, Antonella Zanobetti, Joel Schwartz, Noah Scovronick, Micheline de Sousa Zanotti Stagliorio Coélho, Paulo Hilario Nascimento Saldiva, Magali Hurtado Diaz, Antonio Gasparrini, Francesco Sera. The association of COVID-19 incidence with temperature, humidity, and UV radiation – A global multi-city analysis. Science of the Total Environment. 2023, 854: 158636.
- Xerxes Seposo; Kayo Ueda; Chris Fook Sheng Ng; Lina Madaniyazi; Seiji Sugata; Ayako Yoshino; Akinori Takami. Role of oxides of nitrogen in the ozone-cardiorespiratory visit association. Environmental Pollution. 2023-01. 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120802
- Szu Yu Lin; Chris Fook Sheng Ng; Yoonhee Kim; Zin Wai Htay; Alton Quan Cao; Rui Pan; Masahiro Hashizume. Ambient temperature and nervous system diseases-related mortality in Japan from 2010 to 2019: A time-stratified case-crossover analysis. Science of The Total Environment. 2023-01. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161464.
- Michiko Toizumi, Chisei Satoh, Billy J Quilty, Hien Anh Thi Nguyen, Lina Madaniyazi, Lien Thuy Le, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Minoru Hara, Chihiro Iwasaki, Mizuki Takegata, Noriko Kitamura, Monica Larissa Nation, Catherine Satzke, Hung Thai Do, Minh Xuan Bui, Kim Mulholland, Stefan Flasche, Duc Anh Dang, Ken-ichi Kaneko, and Lay-Myint Yoshida. Effect of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on Prevalence of Otitis Media with Effusion among Children in Vietnam. Vaccine. 2022, 40(36): 5366-5375.
- Cong Liu , Jing Cai , Renjie Chen , Francesco Sera , Yuming Guo , Shilu Tong , Shanshan Li , Eric Lavigne , Patricia Matus Correa , Nicolas Valdes Ortega , Hans Orru, Marek Maasikmets , Jouni J.K. Jaakkola , Niilo Ryti , Susanne Breitner , Alexandra Schneider , Klea Katsouyanni , Evangelina Samoli , Masahiro Hashizume ; Yasushi Honda , Chris Fook Sheng Ng , Magali Hurtado Diaz , César De la Cruz Valencia , Shilpa Rao , Alfonso Diz-Lois Palomares , Susana Pereira da Silva , Joana Madureira , Iulian Horia Holobâc , Simona Fratianni , Noah Scovronick , Rebecca M. Garland , Aurelio Tobias , Carmen Íñiguez ; Bertil Forsberg , Christofer Åström , Ana Maria Vicedo-Cabrera , Martina S. Ragettli , Yue-Liang Leon Guo , Shih- Chun Pan , Ai Milojevic , Michelle L. Bell , Antonella Zanobetti , Joel Schwartz , Antonio Gasparrini , Haidong Kan. Coarse Particulate Air Pollution and Daily Mortality: A Global Study in 205 Cities. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2022, 206(8), 999-1007.
- Saira Tasmin, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Andrew Stickley, Shinya Yasumoto, Chiho Watanabe. Acute effects of ambient temperature on lung function of a panel of school children living in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Science of the Total Environment. 2022; 838: 156139.
- Khine Mya New, Mya Myat Ngwe Tun, Theingi Win Myat, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Moh Moh Htun, Htin Lin, Nang Sarm Hom, Aung Min Soe, Annie Elong Ngono, Shinjiro Hamano, Kouichi Morita, Kyaw Zin Thant, Sujan Shresta, Hlaing Myat Thu, and Meng Ling Moi. Acute-Phase Serum Cytokine Levels and Correlation with Clinical Outcomes in Children and Adults with Primary and Secondary Dengue Virus Infection in Myanmar between 2017 and 2019. Pathogens. 2022, 11(5): 558.
- Ikkoh Yasuda, Motoi Suzuki, Haruka Maeda, Mayumi Terada, Eiichiro Sando, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Lay-Myint Yoshida, Konisuke Morimoto. Respiratory virus detection in the upper respiratory tract of asymptomatic, community-dwelling older people. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2022, 22: 411.
- Paul LC Chua, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Lina Madaniyazi, Xerxes Seposo, Miguel Antonio Salazar, Veronika Huber, Masahiro Hashizume. Projecting temperature-attributable mortality and hospital admissions due to enteric infections in the Philippines. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2022; 130(2): 027011.
- Paul LC Chua, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Aurelio Tobias, Xerxes Seposo, Masahiro Hashizume. Associations between ambient temperature and enteric infections by pathogen: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Planetary Health. 2022; 6(3): e202-e218.
- Lina Madaniyazi, Chau-Ren Jung, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Xerxes Seposo, Masahiro Hashizume, Shoji F. Nakayama, and the Japan Environment and Children’s Study Group. Early life exposure to indoor air pollutants and the risk of neurodevelopmental delays: the Japan Environment and Children’s Study. Environmental International. 2022; 158: 107004.
- Pierre Masselot, Francesco Sera, Rochelle Schneider, Haidong Kan, Éric Lavigne, Massimo Stafoggia, Aurelio Tobias, Hong Chen, Richard T. Burnett, Joel Schwartz, Antonella Zanobetti, Michelle L. Bell, Bing- Yu Chen, Yue-Liang Leon Guo, Martina S. Ragettli, Ana Maria Vicedo-Cabrera, Christofer Åström, Bertil Forsberg, Carmen Íñiguez, Rebecca M. Garland, Noah Scovronick, Joana Madureira, Baltazar Nunes, César De la Cruz Valencia, Magali Hurtado Diaz, Yasushi Honda, Masahiro Hashizume, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Evangelia Samoli, Klea Katsouyanni, Alexandra Schneider, Susanne Breitner, Niilo R.I. Ryti, Jouni J.K. Jaakkola, Marek Maasikmets, Hans Orru, Yuming Guo, Nicolás Valdés Ortega, Patricia Matus Correa, Shilu Tong, Antonio Gasparrini. Differential mortality risks associated with PM2.5 components: a multi-country multi-city study. Epidemiology. 2022; 33(2): 167-175. https://doi.org/10.1097/ede.0000000000001455 Differential mortality risks associated with PM2.5 components: a multi-country multi-city study. Epidemiology. 2022; 33(2): 167-175.
- Daisuke Onozuka, Yuta Tanoue, Shuhei Nomura, Takayuki Kawashima, Daisuke Yoneoka, Akifumi Eguchi, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Kentaro Matsuura, Shoi Shi, Koji Makiyama, Shinya Uryu, Yumi Kawamura, Shinichi Takayanagi, Stuart Gilmour, Takehiko I. Hayashi, Hiroaki Miyata, Francesco Sera, Tomimasa Sunagawa, Takuri Takahashi, Yuuki Tsuchihashi, Yusuke Kobayashi, Yuzo Arima, Kazuhiko Kanou, Motoi Suzuki, Masahiro Hashizume. Reduced mortality during the COVID-19 outbreak in Japan, 2020: a two-stage interrupted time-series design. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2022; 51(1): 75-84.
- Chua PLC, Ng CFS, Tobias A, Seposo XT, Hashizume M. Associations between ambient temperature and enteric infections by pathogen: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Planetary Health. 2022; 6(3): e202-e218. doi:10.1016/S2542-5196(22)00003-1
- Chua PLC, Ng CFS, Madaniyazi L, Seposo X, Salazar MA, Huber V, Hashizume M. Projecting temperature-attributable mortality and hospital admissions due to enteric infections in the Philippines. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2022; 130(2): 027011. doi:10.1289/EHP9324
- Chua PLC, Ng CFS, Tobias A, Seposo XT, Hashizume M.. Associations between ambient temperature and enteric infections by pathogen: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Planet Health. 2022;6(3):e202-e218. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(22)00003-1.
- Xerxes Tesoro Seposo, Lina Madaniyazi, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Masahiro Hashizume, Yasushi Honda. COVID-19 pandemic modifies temperature and heat-related illness ambulance transport association in Japan: A nationwide observational study. Environmental Health. 2021; 20: 122.
- Ikkoh Yasuda, Nobuo Saito, Motoi Suzuki, Edmundo B. Lopez, Jose Benito Villarama, Eumelia P. Salva, Elizabeth Freda O. Telan, Dorcas Valencia Umipig, Rontgene M. Solante, Ferdinand De Guzman, Maricel R. Ribo, Ana Ria Sayo, Jezreel Lazaro, Michio Yasunamia, Nobuo Koizumi, Emi Kitashoja, Kentaro Sakashita, Shingo Inoue, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Chris Smith, Christopher M. Parry, Koya Ariyoshi. Unique characteristics of new complete blood count parameters, the Immature Platelet Fraction and the Immature Platelet Fraction Count, in dengue patients. PLOS ONE. 2021; 16(11): e0258936.
- Yoonhee Kim, Eun Ha Park, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Yeonseung Chung, Kunio Hashimoto, Kasumi Tashiro, Hideki Hasunuma, Masataka Doi, Kei Tamura, Hiroyuki Moriuchi, Yuji Nishiwaki, Hwajin Kim, Seung-Muk Yi, Ho Kim, Masahiro Hashizume. Respiratory function declines in children with asthma associated with chemical species of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in Nagasaki, Japan. Environmental Health. 2021; 20: 110.
- Francesco Sera, Ben Armstrong, Sam Abbott, Sophie Meakin, Kathleen O’Reilly, Rosa von Borries, Rochelle Schneider, Dominic Royé, Masahiro Hashizume, Mathilde Pascal, Aurelio Tobias, Ana Maria Vicedo-Cabrera, MCC Collaborative Research Network*, CMMID COVID-19 working group, Antonio Gasparrini, Rachel Lowe. (* includes Chris Fook Sheng Ng, who contributed to data collection and manuscript preparation) Potential drivers of COVID-19 seasonality in 409 cities across 26 countries. Nature Communications. 2021; 12: 5968.
- Lina Madaniyazi, Xerxes Seposo, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Aurelio Tobias, Michiko Toizumi, Hiroyuki Moriuchi, Lay-Myint Yoshida, Masahiro Hashizume. Respiratory syncytial virus outbreaks are predicted after the COVID-19 pandemic in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2021; online ahead of print.
- Aurelio Tobías, Masahiro Hashizume, Yasushi Honda, Francesco Sera, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Yoonhee Kim, Dominic Roye, Yeonseung Chung, Tran Ngoc Dang, Ho Kim, Whanhee Lee, Carmen Íñiguez, Ana Vicedo-Cabrera, Rosana Abrutzky, Yuming Guo, Shilu Tong, Micheline de Sousa Zanotti Stagliorio Coelho, Paulo Hilario Nascimento Saldiva, Eric Lavigne, Patricia Matus Correa, Nicolás Valdés Ortega, Haidong Kan, Samuel Osorio, Jan Kyselý, Aleš Urban, Hans Orru, Ene Indermitte, Jouni J. K. Jaakkola, Niilo R.I. Ryti, Mathilde Pascal, Veronika Huber, Alexandra Schneider, Klea Katsouyanni, Antonis Analitis, Alireza Entezari, Fatemeh Mayvaneh, Patrick Goodman, Ariana Zeka, Paola Michelozzi, Francesca de'Donato, Barrak Alahmad, Magali Hurtado Diaz, César De la Cruz Valencia, Ala Overcenco, Danny Houthuijs,Caroline Ameling, Shilpa Rao, Francesco Di Ruscio, Xerxes Seposo, Baltazar Nunes, João Paulo Teixeira, Iulian Horia Holobâc, Noah Scovronick, Fiorella Acquaotta, Bertil Forsberg, Christofer Åström, Martina S. Ragettli, Yue-Liang Leon Guo, Bing-Yu Chen, Shanshan Li, Valentina Colistro, Antonella Zanobetti, Joel Schwartz, Do Van Dung, Ben Armstrong, Antonio Gasparrini. Geographical variations of the minimum mortality temperature at a global scale: a multi-country study. Environmental Epidemiology. 2021; 5: e169.
- Hironori Nishikawa, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Lina Madaniyazi, Xerxes Tesoro Seposo, Bhim Gopal Dhoubhadel, Dhiraj Pokhrel, Amod K Pokhrel, Sharat Chandra Verma, Dhruba Shrestha, Ganendra Bhakta Raya, Masahiro Hashizume. Ambient PM2.5 and daily hospital admission for acute respiratory infections: effect modification by weight status of children. Atmosphere 2021; 12: 1009.
- Paul LC Chua, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Adovich Rivera, Eumelia Salva, Miguel Antonio Salazar, Veronika Huber, Masahiro Hashizume. Association between ambient temperature and severe diarrhoea in the National Capital Region, Philippines. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18: 8191.
- Lina Madaniyazi, Yeonseung Chung, Yoonhee Kim, Aurelio Tobias, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Xerxes Seposo, Yuming Guo, Yasushi Honda, Antonio Gasparrini, Ben Armstrong, Masahiro Hashizume. Seasonality of mortality under a changing climate: a time-series analysis of mortality in Japan between 1972 and 2015. Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine. 2021
- Lina Madaniyazi, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Xerxes Seposo, Michiko Toizumi, Lay Myint Yoshida, Yasuda Honda, Masahiro Hashizume. Role of temperature, influenza and other local characteristics in seasonality of mortality: a population-based time-series study in Japan. BMJ Open. 2021; 11: e044876.
- Lina Madaniyazi, Ben Armstrong, Yeonseung Chung, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Xerxes Seposo, Yoonhee Kim, Aurelio Tobias, Yuming Guo, Francesco Sera, Yasushi Honda, Antonio Gasparrini, Masahiro Hashizume. Multi-country Multi-city (MCC) Collaborative Research Network. Seasonal variation in mortality and the role of temperature: a multi-country multi-city study. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2021; online ahead of print.
- Paul LC Chua, Veronika Huber, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Xerxes T Seposo, Lina Madaniyazi, Simon Hales, Alistair Woodward, Masahiro Hashizume. Global Projections of temperature-attributable mortality due to enteric infections: an aetiology-specific modelling study. Lancet Planetary Health. 2021; 5: e436:e445.
- Xerxes Seposo, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Lina Madaniyazi. Immediate and delayed meteorological effects on COVID-19 time-varying infectiousness in Tropical Cities. Atmosphere. 2021; 12: 513.
- Aurelio Tobias, Lina Madaniyazi, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Xerxes Seposo, Masahiro Hashizume. Can SARS-CoV-2 global seasonality be determined after one year of pandemic? Environmental Epidemiology. 2021; 5: e146.
- Xia Meng, Cong Liu, Renjie Chen, Francesco Sera, Ana Maria Vicedo-Cabrera, Ai Milojevic, Yuming Guo, Shilu Tong, Micheline de Sousa Zanotti Stagliorio Coelho, Paulo Hilario Nascimento Saldiva, Eric Lavigne, Patricia Matus Correa, Nicolas Valdes Ortega, Samuel Osorio Garcia, Jan Kyselý, Aleš Urban, Hans Orru, Marek Maasikmets, Jouni Jaakkola, Niilo Ryti, Veronika Huber, Alexandra Schneider, Klea Katsouyanni, Antonis Analitis, Masahiro Hashizume, Yasushi Honda, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Baltazar Nunes, João Paulo Teixeira, Iulian Horia Holobaca, Simona Fratianni, Ho Kim, Aurelio Tobias, Carmen Íñiguez, Bertil Forsberg, Christofer Åström, Martina S. Ragettli, Yue-Liang Leon Guo, Shih-Chun Pan, Shanshan Li, Michelle L. Bell, Antonella Zanobetti, Joel Schwartz, Tangchun Wu, Antonio Gasparrini, Haidong Kan. Short term associations of ambient nitrogen dioxide with daily total, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality: a multi-location analysis in 398 cities. British Medical Journal. 2021; 372: n534.
- Ayesha Ferdosi Kabir, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Shinya Yasumoto, Taiichi Hayashi, Chiho Watanabe. Effect of ambient temperature on daily nebulized asthma hospital visits in a tropic city of Dhaka, Bangladesh. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(3): 890.
- Shinya Uryu, Yuta Tanoue, Shuhei Nomura, Kentara Matsuura, Koji Makiyama, Takayuki Kawashima, Daisuke Yoneoka, Akifumi Eguchi, Yumi Kawamura, Stuart Gilmour, Haruka Sakamoto, Kazuki Shimizu,Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Masahiro Hashizume. Trends in emergency transportation due to heat illness under the new normal lifestyle in the COVID-19 era, in Japan and 47 prefectures. Science of the Total Environment. 2021; 768: 144723.
- Chua PLC, Ng CFS, Rivera A, Salva E, Salazar MA, Huber V, Hashizume M. Association between ambient temperature and severe diarrhoea in the National Capital Region, Philippines. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(15): 8191. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18158191.
- Chua PLC, Huber V, Ng CFS, Seposo X, Madaniyazi L, Hales S, Woodward A, Hashizume M. Global projections of temperature-attributable mortality due to enteric infections. The Lancet Planetary Health. 2021; 5(7): e436-e445. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00152-2.
- Madaniyazi L, Armstrong B, Chung Y, Ng CFS, Seposo X, Kim Y, Tobias A, Guo Y, Sera F, Honda Y, Gasparrini A, Hashizume M: Multi-country Multi-city (MCC) Collaborative Research Network. Seasonal variation in mortality and the role of temperature: a multi-country multi-city study. Int J Epidemiol. 2021 doi: 10.1093/ije/dyab143.
- Chua PLC, Huber V, Ng CFS, Seposo XT, Madaniyazi L, Hales S, Woodward A, Hashizume M. Global projections of temperature-attributable mortality due to enteric infections: a modelling study. Lancet Planet Health. 2021;5(7):e436-e445. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00152-2.
- Takayuki Kawashima, Shuhei Nomura, Yuta Tanoue, Daisuke Yoneoka, Akifumi Eguchi, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Kentaro Matsuura, Shoi Shi, Koji Makiyama, Shinya Uryu, Yumi Kawamura, Shinichi Takayanagi, Stuart Gilmour, Hiroaki Miyata, Tomimasa Sunagawa, Takuri Takahashi, Yuuki Tsuchihashi, Yusuke Kobayashi, Yuzo Arima, Kazuhiko Kanou, Motoi Suzuki, Masahiro Hashizume. Estimation of excess all-cause deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan and 47 prefectures, January to May 2020. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2020; 27: 789-795.
- Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Xerxes T Seposo, Meng Ling Moi, Muhammad Abdul Basit Ahmad Tajudin, Lina Madaniyazi, Mazrura Sahani. Characteristics of COVID-19 epidemic and control measures to curb transmission in Malaysia. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2020; 101: 409-411.
- Nang Mon Hsai, Mitsuaki Matsui, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Cho Thet Khaing, Imoto Atsuko, Ahmed M Sayed, Nguyen Tien Huy, Yasuhiko Kamiya, Kazuhiko Moji. Satisfaction of pregnant women with antenatal care services at Women and Children Hospital in South Okkalapa, Myanmar: a facility-based cross-sectional study triangulated with qualitative study. Patient Preference and Adherence. 2020; 14: 2489-2499.
- Masahiro Hashizume, Yoonhee Kim, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Yeonseung Chung, Lina Madaniyazi, Michelle L Bell, Yue Leon Guo, Haidong Kan, Yasushi Honda, Seung-Muk Yi, Ho Kim, Yuji Nishiwaki. Health effects of Asian dust: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2020; 128(6): 066001.
- Kisung Sim, Yoonhee Kim, Masahiro Hashizume, Antonio Gasparrini, Ben Armstrong, Francesco Sera, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Yasushi Honda, Yeonseung Chung. Spatio-temporal heterogeneity in the temperature-suicide association: a nationwide study in Japan from 1972-2015. Environmental International. 2020; 142: 105829.
- Co Thach Nguyen, Meng Ling Moi, Thi Quynh Mai Le, Thi Thu Thuy Nguyen, Thi Bich Hau Vu, Hai Tuan Nguyen, Thi Thu Hang Pham, Thi Hien Thu Le, Le Manh Hung Nguyen, Minh Huong Phu Ly, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Taichiro Takemura, Kouchi Morita, Futoshi Hasebe. Prevalence of Zika virus neutralizing antibodies in healthy adults in Vietnam during and after the Zika virus epidemic season: a longitudinal population-based survey. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2020; 20(1): 332.
- Keita Shimmei, Takahiro Nakamura, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Masahiro Hashizume, Yoshitaka Murakami, Aya Maruyama, Takako Misaki, Nobuhiko Okabe, Yuji Nishiwaki. Association Between Seasonal Influenza and Absolute Humidity: Time-Series Analysis with Daily Surveillance Data in Japan. Scientific Reports. 2020; 10: 7764.
- Ana M Vicedo-Cabrera, Francesco Sera, Cong Liu, Ben Armstrong, Ai Milojevic, Yuming Guo, Shilu Tong, Eric Lavigne, Jan Kyselý, Aleš Urban, Hans Orru, Ene Indermitte, Mathilde Pascal, Veronika Huber, Alexandra Schneider, Klea Katsouyanni, Evangelia Samoli, Massimo Stafoggia, Matteo Scortichini, Masahiro Hashizume, Yasushi Honda, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Magali Hurtado-Diaz, Julio Cruz, Susana Silva, Joana Madureira, Noah Scovronick, Rebecca M. Garland, Ho Kim, Aurelio Tobias, Carmen Íñiguez, Bertil Forsberg, Christofer Åström, Martina S Ragettli, Martin Röösli, Yue-Liang Leon Guo, Bing-Yu Chen, Antonella Zanobetti, Joel Schwartz, Michelle L Bell, Haidong Kan, and Antonio Gasparrini. Short term association between ozone and mortality: global two stage time series study in 406 locations in 20 countries. British Medical Journal. 2020; 368: m108.
- Hashizume M, Kim Y, Ng CFS, Chung Y, Madaniyazi L, Bell ML, Guo YL, Kan H, Honda Y, Yi SM, Kim H, Nishiwaki Y. Health effects of Asian dust: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Environ Health Perspect. 2020 Jun;128(6):66001. doi: 10.1289/EHP5312.
- Yoonhee Kim, J. Venkata Ratnam, Takeshi Doi, Yushi Morioka, Swadhin Behera, Ataru Tsuzuki, Noboru Minakawa, Neville Sweijd, Philip Kruger, Rajendra Maharaj, Chisato Imai, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Yeonseung Chung. Malaria predictions based on seasonal climate forecasts in South Africa: A time series distributed lag nonlinear model. Scientific Reports. 2019; 9(1):17882.
- Yoonhee Kim, Ho Kim, Antonio Gasparrini, Ben Armstrong, Yasushi Honda, Yeonseung Chung, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Aurelio Tobias, Carmen Íñiguez, Eric Lavigne, Francesco Sera, Ana M. Vicedo-Cabrera, Martina S. Ragettli, Noah Scovronick, Fiorella Acquaotta, Bing-Yu Chen, Yue-Liang Leon Guo, Xerxes Seposo, Tran Ngoc Dang, Micheline de Sousa Zanotti Stagliorio Coelho, Paulo Hilario Nascimento Saldiva, Anna Kosheleva, Antonella Zanobetti, Joel Schwartz, Michelle L. Bell, Masahiro Hashizume. Suicide and Ambient Temperature: A Multi-City Multi-Country Study. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2019; 127(11): 117007.
- Naohiko Matsushita, Yoonhee Kim, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Masao Moriyama, Tamotsu Igarashi, Kazuhida Yamamoto, Wellington Otieno, Noboru Minakawa, Masahiro Hashizume. Differences of rainfall-malaria associations in lowland and highland in Western Kenya. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16(19): 3693.
- Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Masahiro Hashizume, Yasushi Obase, Masataka Doi, Kei Tamura, Shinya Tomari, Tetsuya Kawano, Chizu Fukushima, Hiroto Matsuse, Yeonseung Chung, Yoonhee Kim, Kenichi Kunimitsu, Shigeru Kohno, Hiroshi Mukae. Associations of chemical composition and sources of PM2.5 with lung function of severe asthmatic adults in a low concentration environment in Nagasaki, Japan. Environmental Pollution. 2019; 252: 599-606
- Saira Tasmin, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Andrew Stickley, Md Nasiruddin, Golam Saroar, Shinya Yasumoto, Chiho Watanabe. Effects of short-term exposure to ambient particulate matter on the lung function of school children in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Epidemiology. 2019; 30 Suppl 1: S15-S23.
- Roksana Khan, Shoko Konishi, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Masahiro Umezaki, Ayesha Ferdosi Kabir, Saira Tasmin, Chiho Watanabe. Association between short-term exposure to fine particulate matter and daily emergency room visits at a cardiovascular hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Science of the Total Environment. 2019; 646: 1030-1036.
- Andrew Stickley, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Chiho Watanabe, Yosuke Inoue, Ai Koyanagi, Shoko Konishi. General thoughts of death and mortality: findings from the Komo-Ise cohort, Japan. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. 2018; 28(6): 662-669.
- Yeonseung Chung, Daewon Yang, Antonio Gasparrini, Ana M. Vicedo-Cabrera, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Yoonhee Kim, Yasushi Honda, Masahiro Hashizume. Changing susceptibility to non-optimum temperatures in Japan, 1972-2012: the role of climate, demographic and socio-economic factors. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2018; 126(5): 057002.
- Naohiko Matsushita, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Yoonhee Kim, Motoi Suzuki, Nobuo Saito, Koya Ariyoshi, Eumelia P. Salva, Efren M. Dimaano, Jose B. Villarama, Winston S. Go, Masahiro Hashizume. The non-linear and lagged short-term relationship between rainfall and leptospirosis and the intermediate role of floods in the Philippines. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2018; 12(4): e0006331.
- Yoonhee Kim, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Yeonseung Chung, Ho Kim, Yasushi Honda, Yue Leon Guo, Youn-Hee Lim, Bing-Yu Chen, Lisa A. Page, Masahiro Hashizume. Air pollution and suicide in 10 cities in Northeast Asia: a time-stratified case-crossover analysis. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2018; 126(3): 037002. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP2223.
- Shoko Konishi, Soyoko Sakata, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Chiho Watanabe. Conception delay and spontaneous and indicated preterm birth among primiparous women in Japan. Journal of Health and Human Ecology. 2018; 84(4): 117-128. https://doi.org/10.3861/kenko.84.4_117.
- Shoko Konishi, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Chiho Watanabe. U-shaped association between fertility and mortality in a community-based sample of Japanese women. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2018; 72: 337-341. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2017-209809.
- Soyoko Sakata, Shoko Konishi, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Chiho Watanabe. Preterm birth rates in Japan from 1979 to 2014: analysis of national vital statistics. The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research. 2018; 44(3): 390-396. https://doi.org/10.1111/jog.13460.
- Yoonhee Kim, Antonio Gasparrini, Masahiro Hashizume, Yasushi Honda, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Ben Armstrong. Heat-related mortality in Japan after the 2011 Fukushima disaster: an analysis of potential influence of reduced electricity consumption. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2017; 125(7). https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP493.
- Soyoko Sakata, Shoko Konishi, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Reiko Kishikawa, Chiho Watanabe. Association of Asian Dust with daily medical consultations for pollinosis in Fukuoka City, Japan. Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine. 2017; 22, 25. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12199-017-0623-x.
- Andrew Stickley, Chris Fook Sheng Ng *, Shoko Konishi, Ai Konayagi, Chiho Watanabe. Airborne pollen and suicide mortality in Tokyo, 2001-2011. Environmental Research. 2017; 155: 134–140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2017.02.008.
- Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Melanie Boeckmann, Kayo Ueda, Hajo Zeeb, Hiroshi Nitta, Chiho Watanabe, Yasushi Honda. Heat-related mortality: effect modification and adaptation in Japan from 1972 to 2010. Global Environmental Change. 2016; 39: 234–243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.05.006.
- Daisuke Goto, Kayo Ueda, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Akinori Takami, Toshinori Ariga, Keisuke Matsuhashi, Teruyuki Nakajima. Estimation of excess mortality due to long-term exposure to PM2.5 in Japan using a high-resolution model for present and future scenarios. Atmospheric Environment. 2016; 140: 320–332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.06.015.
- Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Andrew Stickley, Shoko Konishi, Chiho Watanabe. Ambient air pollution and suicide in Tokyo, 2001-2011. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2016; 201: 194–202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2016.05.006.
- Toki Fillman, Hana Shimuzu-Furusawa, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Rajendra Prasad Parajuli, Chiho Watanabe. Association of Cadmium and Arsenic Exposure with Salivary Telomere Length in Adolescents in Terai, Nepal. Environmental Research. 2016; 149: 8–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2016.04.037
- Andrew Stickley, Chris Fook Sheng Ng *, Yosuke Inoue, Aki Yazawa, Ai Koyanagi, Manami Kodaka, Jordan E. DeVylder, Chiho Watanabe. Birthdays are associated with an increased risk of suicide in Japan: evidence from 27,007 deaths in Tokyo in 2001- 2010. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2016; 200: 259–265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2016.04.028.
- Shoko Konishi, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Andrew Stickley, Chiho Watanabe. Pollinosis and all-cause mortality among middle-aged and elderly Japanese: a population-based cohort study. Clinical and Experimental Allergy. 2016; 46, 1083–1089. https://doi.org/10.1111/cea.12638
- Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Yutaka Matsuyama, Yasuo Ohashi. Case-only method to estimate the relative incidence of adverse events for comparison of two treatments: application in disseminated intravascular coagulation patients. Japanese Journal of Biometrics 2015. 2015; 36(1): 13–24. https://doi.org/10.5691/jjb.36.13
- Teruyuki Nakajima, Ryoichi Imasu, Akinori Takami, Daisuke Goto, Haruo Tsuruta, Junya Uchida, Tie Dai, Shota Misawa, Kayo Ueda, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Chiho Watanabe, Shoko Konishi, Yousuke Sato, Atsushi Higuchi, Yuji Masutomi, Akinobu Murakami, Kazuaki Tsuchiya, Hiroaki Kondo, Yousuke Niwa, Kei Yoshimura, Toshimasa Ohara, Yu Morino, Nick Schutgens, Kengo Sudo, Toshihiko Takemura, Toshiro Inoue, Yutaka Arai, Ryo Murata, Ryoma Yonemoto, Trieu Tran Thi Ngoc, Mitsuo Uematsu, Masaki Satoh, Hirofumi Tomita, Hisashi Yashiro, Hara Masayuki. Development of Seamless Chemical Assimilation System and Its Application for Atmospheric Environmental Materials. Journal of the Japan Society for Simulation Technology. 2015; 34(2): 104-114.
- Daisuke Goto, Tie Dai, Masaki Satoh, Hirofumi Tomita, Junya Uchida, Shoto Misawa, Toshiro Inoue, Haruo Tsuruta, Kayo Ueda, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Akinori Takami, Nobuo Sugimoto, Atsushi Shimizu, Toshimasa Ohara, Teruyuki Nakajima. Application of a global nonhydrostatic model with a stretched-grid system to regional aerosol simulations around Japan. Geoscientific Model Development 2015. 2015; 8: 235–259. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-235-2015.
- Chisa Shinsugi, Andrew Stickley, Shoko Konishi, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Chiho Watanabe. Seasonality of child and adolescent injury mortality in Japan, 2000-2010. Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2014. 2014; 20(1): 36–43. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12199-014-0421-7.
- Shoko Konishi, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Andrew Stickley, Shinichi Nishihata, Chisa Shinsugi, Kayo Ueda, Akinori Takami, Chiho Watanabe. Particulate matter modifies the association between airborne pollen and daily medical consultations for pollinosis in Tokyo. Science of the Total Environment. 2014; 499: 125–132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.08.045
- Kim Y, Kim H, Gasparrini A, Armstrong B, Honda Y, Chung Y, Ng CFS, Tobias A, Iniguez C, Lavigne E, Sera F, Vicedo-Cabrera AM, Ragettli MS, Scovronick N, Acquaotta F, Chen BY, Guo YLL, Seposo X, Dang TN, Coelho MSZS, Saldiva PHN, Kosheleva A, Zanobetti A, Schwartz J, Bell ML, Hashizume M. Suicide and ambient temperature: a multi-country multi-city study. Environ Health Perspect. 2019;127(11):117007. doi:10.1289/EHP4898
- Kim Y, Ratnam JV, Doi T, Morioka Y, Behera S, Tsuzuki A, Minakawa N, Sweijd N, Kruger P, Maharaj R, Imai CC, Ng CFN, Chung Y, Hashizume M. Malaria predictions based on seasonal climate forecasts in South Africa: A time series distributed lag nonlinear model. Scientific Reports. 2019;9(1):17882. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-53838-3.
- Onozuka D, Gasparrini A, Sera F, Hashizume M, Honda Y. Modeling future projections of temperature-related excess morbidity due to infectious gastroenteritis under climate change conditions in Japan. Environ Health Perspect. 2019;127(7):77006. doi: 10.1289/EHP4731.
- Ng CFS, Hashizume M, Obase Y, Doi M, Tamura K, Tomari S, Kawano T, Fukushima C, Matsuse H, Chung Y, Kim Y, Kunimitsu K, Kohno S, Mukae H. Associations of chemical composition and sources of PM2.5 with lung function of severe asthmatic adults in a low air pollution environment of urban Nagasaki, Japan. Environ Pollut. 2019;252(Pt A):599-606. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2019.05.117.
- Chung Y, Yang DW, Gasparrini A, Vicedo-Cabrera AM, Ng CFS, Kim Y, Honda Y, Hashizume M. Changing susceptibility to non-optimum temperatures in Japan, 1972-2012: the role of climate, demographic and socio-economic factors. Environ Health Perspect. 2018 DOI:10.1289/EHP2546.
- Matsushita N, Ng CFS, Kim Y, Suzuki M, Saito N, Ariyoshi K, Salva EP, Dimaano EM, Villarama JB, Go WS, Hashizume M. The non-linear and lagged short-term relationship between rainfall and leptospirosis and the intermediate role of floods in the Philippines. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018;12(4)
- Kim Y, Ng CFS, Chung Y, Kim H, Honda Y, Guo YL, Lim YH, Chen BY, Page LA, Hashizume M. Air pollution and suicide in 10 cities in northeast Asia: A time-stratified case-crossover analysis. Environ Health Perspect. 2018;126(3):037002. doi: 10.1289/EHP2223.
- Kim Y, Gasparrini A, Hashizume M*, Honda Y, Ng CFS, Armstrong B. Heat-related mortality in Japan after the 2011 Fukushima disaster: An analysis of potential influence of reduced electricity consumption. Environ Health Perspect. 2017;125(7):077005. doi: 10.1289/EHP493.
- Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Kayo Ueda, Ayano Takeuchi, Hiroshi Nitta, Shoko Konishi, Rinako Bagrowicz, Chiho Watanabe, Akinori Takami. Socio-geographic variation in the effects of heat and cold on daily mortality in Japan. Journal of Epidemiology. 2014; 24(1): 15–24.
- Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Kayo Ueda, Masaji Ono, Hiroshi Nitta, Akinori Takami. Characterizing the effect of summer temperature on heat-stroke-related emergency ambulance dispatches in the Kanto area of Japan. International Journal of Biometeorology. 2014; 58(5): 941–948.
- Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Kayo Ueda, Hiroshi Nitta, Ayano Takeuchi. Seasonal variation in the acute effects of ozone on premature mortality among elderly Japanese. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 2013; 185(10): 8767–76.
- Kayo Ueda, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Hiroshi Nitta. The health effects of photochemical oxidant: results of 20 cities study and overseas findings. Journal of Japan Society for Atmospheric Environment. 2012; 47(1): A9–A11.
- Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Lucy Chai See Lum, Noor Azina Ismail, Lian Huat Tan, Christina Phoay Lay Tan. Clinicians’ diagnostic practice of dengue infections. Journal of Clinical Virology. 2007.