Daniel Yee Tak Fong

Dr Daniel Y.T. Fong is currently an Associate Professor at the School of Nursing of The University of Hong Kong. He received his degrees of B.Sc. (1st Hons) in Mathematics and MPhil in Statistics from The University of Hong Kong. He then obtained his Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Waterloo, Canada. Dr Fong is an experienced biostatistician in health research with over 15 years of experience in clinical trials and statistical consulting. Specifically, he focuses on the application of the best available methods to scientific research in health-related fields, and to develop novel methodologies that could improve the application. Dr Fong's main research themes are Noise induced Health Issues, Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) and Patient Reported Outcomes (PRO). All require use of proper and sometimes innovative statistical methods. To date, over 200 papers have been published or accepted in international peer-reviewed journals under these themes, including biostatistical methods development and multi-disciplinary research. In particular, our work on AIS has provided new highly graded evidence on a long controversy of scoliosis screening, and our team had been invited to participate in an international task force to review the current evidence of screening for AIS. Moreover, we have shown how physical activity may help improve clinical outcomes including quality of life, and ensured reliable and valid PRO tools are being used in practice, which include but not limited to the SF-12, Weinstein Noise Sensitivity Scale, Chinese Breast Cancer Screen, and Functional Living Index - Cancer. Since 2012, Dr Fong has been elected as the President of the Hong Kong Society for Quality of Life. He is currently appointed as an Associate Editor of the journal of Quality of Life Research, and is also serving in the Editorial Board of Scientific Reports.