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Feng Liang

Principal Research Scientist

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Bio Research Publications

Feng Liang is a principal research scientist in HSSR, Duke-NUS Medical School. He did his master in Epidemiology from Peking University Health Science Centre from 1999 to 2002 in China, and his PhD from the National University of Singapore between 2004 and 2009. Before joining Duke-NUS, he was a research fellow in the Department of Psychological Medicine, NUS. He joined Duke-NUS as a senior research fellow in 2014 and has worked as a principal research scientist since 2019. His research work includes evaluation of the prevalence and risk factors of different chronic conditions and the study of multifaceted treatment strategies in managing chronic conditions such as hypertension.

  1. Jafar TH, Gandhi M, de Silva HA, Jehan I, Naheed A, Finkelstein EA, Turner EL, Morisky D, Kasturiratne A, Khan AH, Clemens JD, Ebrahim S, Assam PN, Feng L; COBRA-BPS Study Group. A Community-Based Intervention for Managing Hypertension in Rural South Asia. N Engl J Med. 2020 Feb 20;382(8):717-726. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1911965. PMID: 32074419.
  2. Feng L, Naheed A, de Silva HA, Jehan I, Raqib R, Islam MT, Luke N, Kasturiratne A, Farazdaq H, Senan S, Jafar TH, Cobra-Bps Study Group. Regional Variation in Comorbid Prediabetes and Diabetes and Associated Factors among Hypertensive Individuals in Rural Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. J Obes. 2019 Apr 30;2019:4914158. doi: 10.1155/2019/4914158. PMID: 31183214; PMCID: PMC6515018.
  3. Feng L, de Silva HA, Jehan I, Naheed A, Kasturiratne A, Himani G, Hasnat MA, Jafar TH. Regional variation in chronic kidney disease and associated factors in hypertensive individuals in rural South Asia: findings from control of blood pressure and risk attenuation-Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2019 Oct 1;34(10):1723-1730. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfy184. PMID: 29982770; PMCID: PMC6775474.
  4. Feng L, Jehan I, de Silva HA, Naheed A, Farazdaq H, Hirani S, Kasturiratne A, Ranasinha CD, Islam MT, Siddiquee AT, Jafar TH. Prevalence and correlates of cardiometabolic multimorbidity among hypertensive individuals: a cross-sectional study in rural South Asia-Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. BMJ Open. 2019 Sep 4;9(9):e030584. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030584. PMID: 31488490; PMCID: PMC6731877.
  5. Feng L, Khan AH, Jehan I, Allen J, Jafar TH. Albuminuria and kidney function as prognostic marker of left ventricular mass among South Asians with hypertension. J Am Soc Hypertens. 2017 Dec;11(12):811-822.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jash.2017.10.003. Epub 2017 Oct 13. PMID: 29089200; PMCID: PMC5736364.
  6. Feng L, Jin AZ, Allen JC, Chow KY, Jafar TH. Timing of commencement of maintenance dialysis and mortality in young and older adults in Singapore. BMC Nephrol. 2017 May 30;18(1):176. doi: 10.1186/s12882-017-0590-x. PMID: 28558717; PMCID: PMC5450386.
  7. Jafar TH, Jehan I, Liang F, Barbier S, Islam M, Bux R, Khan AH, Nadkarni N, Poulter N, Chaturvedi N, Ebrahim S. Control of Blood Pressure and Risk Attenuation: Post Trial Follow-Up of Randomized Groups. PLoS One. 2015 Nov 5;10(11):e0140550. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140550. PMID: 26540210; PMCID: PMC4634976.
  8. Feng L, Jehan I, de Silva A, Naheed A, Khan HAH, Kasturiratne A, Clemens JD, Lim CW, Hughes AD, Chaturvedi N, Jafar TH; COBRA-BPS Study Group. Effect of a multicomponent intervention on antihypertensive medication intensification in rural South Asia: post-hoc analysis of a cluster RCT. Am J Hypertens. 2021 May 20:hpab072. doi: 10.1093/ajh/hpab072. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34013966.