Chu-Chang Ku
BS, BA, MSc, PhD (Sheffield)
School of Health and Related Research
Research Associate
+44 114 222 2994
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School of Health and Related Research
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
- Profile
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I became a member of staff in HEDS in January 2020 as a Research Associate in Health Economic and transmission modelling for Tuberculosis. Before working in ScHARR, I did a PhD in HEDS, supervised by Pete Dodd. The title of my thesis was “Healthcare seeking behaviour as a link between tuberculosis and socioeconomic factors”. The study investigated the socioeconomic determinants of care-seeking pathways of tuberculosis patients. I also developed a hybrid modelling methods which bring the advantages of agent-based and equation-based modelling together.
Prior to the PhD study, I graduated from National Taiwan University with a double major in economics and public health. During my undergraduate years, I’ve been trained in statistics, epidemiology, economics, and programming. Two of the most important skills I have developed are Bayesian statistics and time-series analysis. I then applied these research skills in my master thesis, to evaluate the contact tracing policy for tuberculosis control in Taiwan.
- Research interests
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- Infectious disease modelling
- Health economic modelling
- Hybrid simulation
- Social determinants / social protection
- Time-series analysis
- Publications
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Featured publications
Journal articles
- Improving the use of mortality data in public health : a comparison of garbage code redistribution models. American Journal of Public Health, 110(2), 222-229.
- Forecasting the impact of population ageing on tuberculosis incidence. PLoS ONE, 14(9). View this article in WRRO
- Adult mortality of diseases and injuries attributable to selected metabolic, lifestyle, environmental, and infectious risk factors in Taiwan: a comparative risk assessment. Population Health Metrics, 15(17). View this article in WRRO
All publications
Journal articles
- Patient pathways of tuberculosis care-seeking and treatment: an individual-level analysis of National Health Insurance data in Taiwan. BMJ Global Health, 5(6). View this article in WRRO
- Improving the use of mortality data in public health : a comparison of garbage code redistribution models. American Journal of Public Health, 110(2), 222-229.
- Forecasting the impact of population ageing on tuberculosis incidence. PLoS ONE, 14(9). View this article in WRRO
- Adult mortality of diseases and injuries attributable to selected metabolic, lifestyle, environmental, and infectious risk factors in Taiwan: a comparative risk assessment. Population Health Metrics, 15(17). View this article in WRRO
- Effect of diabetes on tuberculosis control in 13 countries with high tuberculosis: a modelling study. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 3(5), 323-330.
- Assessment of the patient, health system, and population effects of Xpert MTB/RIF and alternative diagnostics for tuberculosis in Tanzania: an integrated modelling approach. The Lancet Global Health, 2(10), e581-e591.
- Impact of COVID-19 on tuberculosis notifications in Blantyre Malawi: an interrupted time series analysis and qualitative study with healthcare workers.
- Improving the use of mortality data in public health : a comparison of garbage code redistribution models. American Journal of Public Health, 110(2), 222-229.