Pang Junxiong, Vincent

Assistant Professor

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Dr. Pang is an Assistant Professor who is passionate about the epidemiology, surveillance and prevention of emerging infectious diseases, in particular, zoonotic diseases. Dr. Pang was formerly Deputy Director and then Director for Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research in Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, leading a multi-disciplinary team to strengthen infectious disease surveillance, risk assessment, research and outbreak investigations in military services. Dr. Pang had served as a consultant to the World Health Organization (WHO) MERS-CoV Epidemiology Workgroup in Geneva, Switzerland, and the Ministry of Health (MOH) COVID-19 Epidemiology Workgroup in Singapore. Dr. Pang's public health expertise also involves strengthening health systems for pandemic preparedness and outbreak management. He had served as a consultant to the WHO Regional Offices and National Ministries on pandemic preparedness and outbreak management. Dr. Pang is a member and focal point of the WHO Global Outbreak and Alert Response Network (GOARN).

Dr. Pang is actively involved in One Health research, publication and teaching, collaborating with experts from the other disciplines, to further understand the epidemiology, transmission, and risk factors of hosts, vectors, pathogens, and environment resulting in zoonotic disease transmission.

Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Pandemic Preparedness, Surveillance and Health Systems

  1. Shah S, Gui H, Chua PEY, Tan JB, Suen LK, Chan SW, Pang J. Factors associated with COVID-19 vaccination intent in Singapore, Australia and Hong Kong. Vaccine 2022 May 9;40(21):2949-2959. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.03.062.
  2. Gurram MK, Wang MX, Wang YC, Pang J. Impact of urbanisation and environmental factors on spatial distribution of COVID-19 cases during the early phase of epidemic in Singapore. Sci Rep. 2022 Jun 13;12(1):9758. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-12941-8.
  3. Pang J, Tan HN, Mak TM, Octavia S, Maurer-Stroh S, Sirota FL, Chan MPC, Leong IYO, Koh VTJ, Ooi PL, Vasoo S, Fisher D, Cui L, Rafman H, Cutter J and Lee VJ (2022) Epidemiological, Clinical, and Phylogenetic Characteristics of the First SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in a Nursing Home of Singapore: A Prospective Observational Investigation. Front. Med. 8:790177. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.790177
  4. Shah S, Gwee SXW, Ng JQX, Lau N, Koh J, Pang J. Wastewater surveillance to infer COVID-19 transmission: A systematic review. Sci Total Environ. 2022 Jan 15;804:150060.
  5. Gwee SXW, St John AL, Gray GC, Pang J. Animals as potential reservoirs for dengue  transmission: A systematic review. One Health. 2021 Jan 20;12:100216.
  6. Pang J, Wang MX, Ang IYH, et al. Potential Rapid Diagnostics, Vaccine and Therapeutics for 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV): A Systematic Review. J Clin Med. 2020 Feb 26;9(3):623
  7. Ng OT, Marimuthu K, Koh V, Pang J, Linn KZ, Sun J, De Wang L, Chia WN, Tiu C, Chan M, Ling LM, Vasoo S, Abdad MY, Chia PY, Lee TH, Lin RJ, Sadarangani SP, Chen MI, Said Z, Kurupatham L, Pung R, Wang LF, Cook AR, Leo YS, Lee VJ. SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and transmission risk factors among high-risk close contacts: a retrospective cohort study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020 Nov 2:S1473-3099(20)30833-1.
  8. Sayampanathan AA, Heng CS, Pin PH, Pang J, Leong TY, Lee VJ. Infectivity of asymptomatic versus symptomatic COVID-19. Lancet. 2021 Jan 9;397(10269):93-94.
  9. Pang J, Chia PY, Lye DC, Leo YS. Progress and Challenges Towards Point-of-Care Diagnostic Development for Dengue. J Clin Microbiol. 2017 Sep 13. pii: JCM.00707
  10. Pang J, Salim A, Lee VJ, et al. Diabetes with hypertension as risk factors for adult dengue hemorrhagic fever in a predominantly Dengue serotype 2 epidemic: A case control study. PLoS NTD. 2012 6(5): e1641.