Dr Wen-Qiang HE

Casual Academic

PhD. Epidemiology, The University of Melbourne

MD. Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics, Peking University (China)

Medicine & Health
School of Population Health

Dr Wen-Qiang He MD, PhD is a medically trained epidemiologist with a combined 10-years’ experience conducting large scale cohort studies and record linkage using electronic administrative health datasets and laboratory information systems.

He has expertise in statistical analysis including multivariate analysis, trend analysis, model prediction. His research involved vaccine-preventable diseases (influenza, hepatitis, pertussis), antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance.

  • Journal articles | 2023
    Chughtai AA; He WQ; Liu B, 2023, 'Associations between severe and notifiable respiratory infections during the first trimester of pregnancy and congenital anomalies at birth: a register-based cohort study', BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-023-05514-8
    Journal articles | 2023
    He WQ; Nassar N; Schneuer FJ; Lain SJ; Dunwoodie SL; Winlaw D; Giannoulatou E; Kirk E; Chapman G; Blue G; Sholler G, 2023, 'Examination of validity of identifying congenital heart disease from hospital discharge data without a gold standard: Using a data linkage approach', Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 37, pp. 303 - 312, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ppe.12976
    Journal articles | 2023
    Li C; Hall TG; Hall JJ; He WQ, 2023, 'Effectiveness of quadrivalent HPV vaccination in reducing vaccine-type and nonvaccine-type high risk HPV infection', Epidemiology and Infection, 151, pp. 1 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268823000213
    Journal articles | 2023
    Li C; He WQ, 2023, 'Global prediction of primary liver cancer incidences and mortality in 2040', Journal of Hepatology, 78, pp. e144 - e146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2022.12.002
    Journal articles | 2023
    Peng Z; He WQ; Hayen A; Hall J; Liu B, 2023, 'After-hours consultations and antibiotic prescribing for self-limiting upper respiratory tract infections in primary-care practices', Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 44, pp. 755 - 761, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2022.160
    Journal articles | 2022
    He WQ; Gianacas C; Muscatello DJ; Newall AT; McIntyre P; Cheng AC; Liu B, 2022, 'Effectiveness of influenza vaccination in reducing influenza-like illness and related antibiotic prescriptions in adults from a primary care-based case-control study', Journal of Infection, 85, pp. 660 - 665, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2022.10.028
    Journal articles | 2022
    He WQ; Guo GN; Li C, 2022, 'The impact of hepatitis B vaccination in the United States, 1999–2018', Hepatology, 75, pp. 1566 - 1578, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hep.32265
    Journal articles | 2022
    He WQ; Matthews GV; Liu B, 2022, 'Characteristics Associated with Monitoring and Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B in a Large Cohort of Australian Adults', Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 67, pp. 2600 - 2607, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10620-021-07008-z
    Journal articles | 2022
    Li C; He WQ, 2022, 'Comparison of primary liver cancer mortality estimates from World Health Organization, global burden disease and global cancer observatory', Liver International, 42, pp. 2299 - 2316, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/liv.15357
    Journal articles | 2022
    Li C; He WQ, 2022, 'Trends in Autism Spectrum Disorder Among Children and Adolescents in the US From 2016 to 2020', JAMA Pediatrics, 176, pp. 1270 - 1271, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.4109
    Journal articles | 2021
    He WQ; Gao X; Gao L; Ma Y; Sun D; Sun J, 2021, 'Contrasting Trends of Primary Liver Cancer Mortality in Chinese Mongol and Non-Mongol', Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 22, pp. 2757 - 2763, http://dx.doi.org/10.31557/APJCP.2021.22.9.2757
    Journal articles | 2021
    He WQ; Kirk MD; Hall J; Liu B, 2021, 'Prescribing antimicrobial drugs for acute gastroenteritis, primary care, australia, 2013-2018', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 27, pp. 1462 - 1467, http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2705.203692
    Journal articles | 2021
    He WQ; Li C, 2021, 'Recent global burden of cervical cancer incidence and mortality, predictors, and temporal trends', Gynecologic Oncology, 163, pp. 583 - 592, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygyno.2021.10.075
    Journal articles | 2021
    Li C; He WQ, 2021, 'The impact of universal hepatitis B vaccine on the trend of liver cancer from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017', Liver International, 41, pp. 1762 - 1774, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/liv.14821
    Journal articles | 2021
    Liu B; Spokes P; He W; Kaldor J, 2021, 'High risk groups for severe COVID-19 in a whole of population cohort in Australia', BMC Infectious Diseases, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06378-z
    Journal articles | 2020
    He WQ; Duong MC; Gidding H; MacLachlan J; Wood J; Kaldor JM; Liu B, 2020, 'Trends in chronic hepatitis B prevalence in Australian women by country of birth, 2000 to 2016', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 27, pp. 74 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.13202
    Journal articles | 2020
    He WQ; Kirk MD; Sintchenko V; Hall JJ; Liu B, 2020, 'Antibiotic Use Associated with Confirmed Influenza, Pertussis, and Nontyphoidal Salmonella Infections', Microbial Drug Resistance, 26, pp. 1482 - 1490, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/mdr.2020.0017
    Journal articles | 2020
    Liu BC; He WQ; Newall AT; Quinn HE; Bartlett M; Hayen A; Sheppeard V; Rose N; Raina MacIntyre C; McIntyre P, 2020, 'Effectiveness of acellular pertussis vaccine in older adults: Nested matched case-control study', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 71, pp. 340 - 350, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciz821
    Journal articles | 2019
    He WQ; Karl S; White MT; Nguitragool W; Monteiro W; Kuehn A; Gruszczyk J; França CT; Sattabongkot J; Lacerda MVG; Tham WH; Mueller I, 2019, 'Antibodies to Plasmodium vivax reticulocyte binding protein 2b are associated with protection against P. vivax malaria in populations living in low malaria transmission regions of Brazil and Thailand', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007596
    Journal articles | 2019
    He WQ; Shakri AR; Bhardwaj R; França CT; Stanisicid DI; Healer J; Kiniboro B; Robinson LJ; Guillotte-Blisnick M; Huon C; Siba P; Cowman A; King CL; Tham WH; Chitnis CE; Mueller I, 2019, 'Antibody responses to Plasmodium vivax Duffy binding and Erythrocyte binding proteins predict risk of infection and are associated with protection from clinical Malaria', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006987
    Journal articles | 2019
    Healer J; Wong W; Thompson JK; He W; Birkinshaw RW; Miura K; Long CA; Soroka V; Søgaard TMM; Jørgensen T; de Jongh WA; Weir C; Svahn E; Czabotar PE; Tham WH; Mueller I; Barlow PN; Cowman AF, 2019, 'Neutralising antibodies block the function of Rh5/Ripr/CyRPA complex during invasion of Plasmodium falciparum into human erythrocytes', Cellular Microbiology, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cmi.13030
    Journal articles | 2017
    França CT; White MT; He WQ; Hostetler JB; Brewster J; Frato G; Malhotra I; Gruszczyk J; Huon C; Lin E; Kiniboro B; Yadava A; Siba P; Galinski MR; Healer J; Chitnis C; Cowman AF; Takashima E; Tsuboi T; Tham WH; Fairhurst RM; Rayner JC; King CL; Mueller I, 2017, 'Identification of Highly-Protective combinations of plasmodium vivax recombinant proteins for vaccine development', eLife, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.28673
    Journal articles | 2016
    França CT; He WQ; Gruszczyk J; Lim NTY; Lin E; Kiniboro B; Siba PM; Tham WH; Mueller I, 2016, 'Plasmodium vivax Reticulocyte Binding Proteins Are Key Targets of Naturally Acquired Immunity in Young Papua New Guinean Children', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 10, pp. e0005014 - e0005014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005014
    Journal articles | 2016
    Gruszczyk J; Lim NTY; Arnott A; He WQ; Nguitragool W; Roobsoong W; Mok YF; Murphy JM; Smith KR; Lee S; Bahlo M; Mueller I; Barry AE; Tham WH, 2016, 'Structurally conserved erythrocyte-binding domain in Plasmodium provides a versatile scaffold for alternate receptor engagement', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113, pp. E191 - E200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1516512113
    Journal articles | 2015
    Chen H; Wang Z; Li H; Wang Q; Zhao C; He W; Wang X; Zhang F; Wang H, 2015, 'In vitro analysis of activities of 16 antimicrobial agents against gram-negative bacteria from six teaching hospitals in China', Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases, 68, pp. 263 - 267, http://dx.doi.org/10.7883/yoken.JJID.2014.202
    Journal articles | 2015
    Wang X; Chen H; Zhang Y; Wang Q; Zhao C; Li H; He W; Zhang F; Wang Z; Li S; Wang H, 2015, 'Genetic characterisation of clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates with reduced susceptibility to tigecycline: Role of the global regulator RamA and its local repressor RamR', International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 45, pp. 635 - 640, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2014.12.022
    Journal articles | 2014
    Chen H; Yang Q; Zhang R; He W; Ma X; Zhang J; Xia F; Zhao F; Cao J; Liu Y; Wu W; Hu D; Wang Q; Zhao C; Zhang F; Wang X; Wang Z; Li H; Wang H, 2014, 'In vitro antimicrobial activity of the novel oxazolidinone tedizolid and comparator agents against Staphylococcus aureus and linezolid-resistant Gram-positive pathogens: a multicentre study in China', International journal of antimicrobial agents, 44, pp. 276 - 277, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2014.05.007
    Journal articles | 2014
    Chen H; Yang X; Wang Q; Zhao C; Li H; He W; Wang X; Zhang F; Wang Z; Chen M; Zhu B; Wang H, 2014, 'Insights on evolution of virulence and resistance from the whole-genome analysis of a predominant methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus clone sequence type 239 in china', Chinese Science Bulletin, 59, pp. 1104 - 1112, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11434-014-0149-1
    Journal articles | 2014
    He W; Wang H, 2014, 'Efficacy and safety of daptomycin for the treatment of infectious disease: A meta-analysis based on randomized controlled trials-authors' response', Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 70, pp. 1275, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dku539
    Journal articles | 2014
    He W; Zhang Y; Chen H; Zhao C; Wang H, 2014, 'Efficacy and safety of daptomycin for the treatment of infectious disease: A meta-analysis based on randomized controlled trials', Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 69, pp. 3181 - 3189, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dku277
    Journal articles | 2014
    Wang X; Li H; Zhao C; Chen H; Liu J; Wang Z; Wang Q; Zhang Y; He W; Zhang F; Wang H, 2014, 'Novel NDM-9 metallo-β-lactamase identified from a ST107 Klebsiella pneumoniae strain isolated in China', International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 44, pp. 90 - 91, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2014.04.010
    Journal articles | 2014
    Wang X; Zhang F; Zhao C; Wang Z; Nichols WW; Testa R; Li H; Chen H; He W; Wang Q; Wang H, 2014, 'In vitro activities of ceftazidime-avibactam and aztreonam-avibactam against 372 gram-negative bacilli collected in 2011 and 2012 from 11 teaching hospitals in China', Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 58, pp. 1774 - 1778, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AAC.02123-13
    Journal articles | 2013
    Chen H; Wu W; Ni M; Liu Y; Zhang J; Xia F; He W; Wang Q; Wang Z; Cao B; Wang H, 2013, 'Linezolid-resistant clinical isolates of enterococci and Staphylococcus cohnii from a multicentre study in China: Molecular epidemiology and resistance mechanisms', International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 42, pp. 317 - 321, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2013.06.008
    Journal articles | 2013
    He W; Chen H; Zhao C; Zhang F; Li H; Wang Q; Wang X; Wang H, 2013, 'Population structure and characterisation of Staphylococcus aureus from bacteraemia at multiple hospitals in China: Association between antimicrobial resistance, toxin genes and genotypes', International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 42, pp. 211 - 219, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2013.04.031
    Journal articles | 2013
    He W; Chen H; Zhao C; Zhang F; Wang H, 2013, 'Prevalence and molecular typing of oxacillin-susceptible mecA-positive Staphylococcus aureus from multiple hospitals in China', Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 77, pp. 267 - 269, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.07.001
    Journal articles | 2013
    He W; Liu Y; Qi J; Chen H; Zhao C; Zhang F; Li H; Wang H, 2013, 'Food-animal related staphylococcus aureus multidrug-resistant ST9 strains with toxin genes', Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, 10, pp. 782 - 788, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/fpd.2012.1452
    Journal articles | 2013
    He WQ; Chen HB; Zhao CJ; Zhang FF; Li HN; Wang Q; Wang XJ; Wang H, 2013, 'Molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus in 10 main cities of China from 2010 to 2011', Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology (China), 33, pp. 247 - 251, http://dx.doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-5101.2013.04.002
    Journal articles | 2013
    Li H; Zhao C; Chen H; Zhang F; He W; Wang X; Wang Q; Yang R; Zhou D; Wang H, 2013, 'Identification of Gene Clusters Associated with Host Adaptation and Antibiotic Resistance in Chinese Staphylococcus aureus Isolates by Microarray-Based Comparative Genomics', PLoS ONE, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053341
    Journal articles | 2013
    Wang H; Zhao C; He W; Zhang F; Zhang L; Cao B; Sun Z; Xu Y; Yang Q; Mei Y; Hu B; Chu Y; Liao K; Yu Y; Hu Z; Ni Y, 2013, 'High prevalence of fluoroquinolone-resistant group b streptococci among clinical isolates in china and predominance of sequence type 19 with serotype III', Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 57, pp. 1538 - 1541, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AAC.02317-12