Chu-Chang Ku

BS, BA, MSc, PhD (Sheffield)

School of Health and Related Research

Research Associate

c.ku@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 2994

+44 114 222 0749 (Fax)

Regent Court (ScHARR)

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Chu-Chang Ku
School of Health and Related Research
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA

Profile

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

Infectious disease modelling
Health economic modelling
Hybrid simulation
Social determinants / social protection
Time-series analysis

Publications

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Featured publications

Journal articles

Ng T-C, Lo W-C, Ku C-C, Lu T-H & Lin H-H (2020) 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.
Ku C-C & Dodd PJ (2019) Forecasting the impact of population ageing on tuberculosis incidence. PLoS ONE, 14(9). View this article in WRRO
Lo W-C, Ku C-C, Chiou S-T, Chan C-C, Chen CL, Lai M-S & Lin H-H (2017) 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

Ku C-C, Chen C-C, Dixon S, Lin HH & Dodd PJ (2020) 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
Ng T-C, Lo W-C, Ku C-C, Lu T-H & Lin H-H (2020) 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.
Ku C-C & Dodd PJ (2019) Forecasting the impact of population ageing on tuberculosis incidence. PLoS ONE, 14(9). View this article in WRRO
Lo W-C, Ku C-C, Chiou S-T, Chan C-C, Chen CL, Lai M-S & Lin H-H (2017) 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
Pan S-C, Ku C-C, Kao D, Ezzati M, Fang C-T & Lin H-H (2015) Effect of diabetes on tuberculosis control in 13 countries with high tuberculosis: a modelling study. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 3(5), 323-330.
Langley I, Lin H-H, Egwaga S, Doulla B, Ku C-C, Murray M, Cohen T & Squire SB (2014) 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.
Soko RN, Burke RM, Feasey HRA, Sibande W, Nliwasa M, Henrion MYR, Khundi M, Dodd PJ, Ku CC, Kawalazira G , Choko AT et al () Impact of COVID-19 on tuberculosis notifications in Blantyre Malawi: an interrupted time series analysis and qualitative study with healthcare workers.