Qu Cheng

Associate Prof at HUST, China. Infectious disease modeling. Spatio-temporal statistics.

[Qu Cheng @CanalCheng]

@MarshallJohnM @slwu89 @UCBerkeley Congrats, Dr. Wu!!

[Justin Remais @Justin_Remais]

Just out in @PLOSCompBiol—@CanalCheng @AlexKHeaney & Phil Collender @UCBerkeley lead the development of DIOS, a computational framework to strengthen infectious disease surveillance through simulation and optimization of network architecture https://t.co/rT0RL5cyDw @UCBerkeleySPH

[Qu Cheng @CanalCheng]

5/ The DIOS platform is now available to tailor real-world systems to address setting- and disease-specific surveillance challenges (e.g., optimizing #COVID19 testing) and to stimulate new collaborations btw health planners and computational scientists.
https://t.co/0OFQGTP81A

[Qu Cheng @CanalCheng]

1/ Just out in @PLOSCompBiol—Designing infectious #disease #surveillance systems thru numerical optimization can achieve better performance w/fewer resources, w/@AlexKHeaney @jLewnard @jzelner @B_Lopman @Justin_Remais, others https://t.co/UZbH47xeHu
@UCBerkeleySPH @CENDUCBerkeley

[Qu Cheng @CanalCheng]

4/ We demonstrate how DIOS can identify optimal designs that better achieve infectious disease surveillance goals across a wide range of epidemiologic scenarios, affirming the value of surveillance system design through quantitative, adaptive analysis

[Qu Cheng @CanalCheng]

Our study about the long-term impact of #famine on #tuberculosis w/ @Trangucc @kbratnelson @Pres_Hoover_II @JenniferR_Head @NickSkaff @jzelner @Justin_Remais and others was reported by @ScienceMagazine 🥳🎉

Famine's intergenerational partner https://t.co/Vm0vdSz85C

[Matthias Groschel @iMGroschel]

Malnutrition during childhood may increase risk of TB disease as adult. 👇

[Qu Cheng @CanalCheng]

Our new work on the long-term impact of famine on TB risk! with @Trangucc @kbratnelson @Pres_Hoover_II @JenniferR_Head @NickSkaff @Justin_Remais and others

[PNASNews @PNASNews]

Prenatal and early-life exposure to the Great Chinese Famine may have increased the risk of contracting pulmonary tuberculosis in adulthood, a study finds. In PNAS: https://t.co/fuTYjkVKhk

[Qu Cheng @CanalCheng]

@JPaulGraham @Justin_Remais @MDPIOpenAccess Congrats, Lauren!

[Qu Cheng @CanalCheng]

9/ With a wave of famines potentially ahead due to food system shocks and economic stresses associated with the #COVID19 pandemic (according to the #NobelPeacePrize winning @WFP), urgent action is needed now to protect populations and prevent long-term health impacts!

[Qu Cheng @CanalCheng]

8/ Other mechanisms underlying the intergenerational effect may include weakened immune function and increased disease susceptibility in F2 due to intergenerational transmission of low birth weight and diabetes