Joe Hung

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Biography

Dr Joseph Hung has current appointments as Professor of Cardiology at the University of Western Australia, and Consultant Cardiologist at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, WA. He did his formative cardiology training at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW. He then spent 4 years overseas as a Fellow in Cardiology at Stanford University, USA, and subsequently at the Montreal Heart Institute, Canada. Since return to Australia in 1984, he has remained in clinical academic practice at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and UWA. He has maintained research interests particularly in the area of epidemiology, risk factors, treatment, and prevention of cardiovascular diseases. More recently his research has focused on obesity and the mechanisms by which obesity influences metabolic and cardiovascular disorders, including the role of genes. He has authored over 100 original publications in the scientific press. He is a member of the HeartSearch WA and contributes to the Cardiovascular Genetics Consortium of the WA Institute of Medical Research (WAIMR). He also sits on the National Heart Foundation Research Advisory Committee and Board of the Busselton Population Medical Foundation.

Keywords

Atherosclerosis
Cardiology
Cardiovascular genetics
Cardiovascular risk factors and epidemiology
Vascular biology

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Research Output 1993 2019

7499 Citations
37 h-Index
137 Article
32 Conference paper
8 Letter
6 Abstract/Meeting Abstract
14 More

A 5 alpha-reductase (SRD5A2) polymorphism is associated with serum testosterone and sex hormone-binding globulin in men, while aromatase (CYP19A1) polymorphisms are associated with oestradiol and luteinizing hormone reciprocally

Yeap, B. B., Knuiman, M. W., Handelsman, D. J., Ho, K. K. Y., Hui, J., Divitini, M. L., Arscot, G. M., McQuillan, B., Hung, J. & Beilby, J. P., Feb 2019, In : Clinical Endocrinology. 90, 2, p. 301-311 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

1 Citation (Scopus)

Evaluating recruitment strategies for AUSPICE, a large Australian community-based randomised controlled trial

Peel, R., Ren, S., Hure, A., Evans, T. J., D'Este, C. A., Abhayaratna, W. P., Tonkin, A. M., Hopper, I., Thrift, A. G., Levi, C. R., Sturm, J., Durrheim, D., Hung, J., Briffa, T. G., Chew, D. P., Anderson, P., Moon, L., McEvoy, M., Hansbro, P. M., Newby, D. A. & 1 othersAttia, J. R., 1 May 2019, In : Medical Journal of Australia. 210, 9, p. 409-415 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Immunization

Randomized Controlled Trials

Social Media

Pneumococcal Vaccines

Ambulatory Care

Genome-wide Association Study of Change in Fasting Glucose over time in 13,807 non-diabetic European Ancestry Individuals

Liu, C. T., Merino, J., Rybin, D., DiCorpo, D., Benke, K. S., Bragg-Gresham, J. L., Canouil, M., Corre, T., Grallert, H., Isaacs, A., Kutalik, Z., Lahti, J., Marullo, L., Marzi, C., Rasmussen-Torvik, L. J., Rocheleau, G., Rueedi, R., Scapoli, C., Verweij, N., Vogelzangs, N. & 30 othersWillems, S. M., Yengo, L., Bakker, S. J. L., Beilby, J., Hui, J., Kajantie, E., Müller-Nurasyid, M., Rathmann, W., Balkau, B., Bergmann, S., Eriksson, J. G., Florez, J. C., Froguel, P., Harris, T., Hung, J., James, A. L., Kavousi, M., Miljkovic, I., Musk, A. W., Palmer, L. J., Peters, A., Roussel, R., van der harst, P., van Duijn, C. M., Vollenweider, P., Barroso, I., Prokopenko, I., Dupuis, J., Meigs, J. B. & Bouatia-Naji, N., Jul 2019, In : Scientific Reports. 9, 1, 9439.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

Genome-Wide Association Study

Fasting

Glucose

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Observation

Incidence, risk predictors, and mortality risk of new heart failure in an incident hospitalised atrial fibrillation cohort: a Western Australia population-based study, 2000-2010

Weber, C., Hung, J., Hickling, S., Nedkoff, L., Murray, K., Li, I. & Briffa, T., Oct 2019, In : European Heart Journal. 40, p. 2380-2380 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Abstract/Meeting Abstract

1 Citation (Scopus)

Lower serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D is associated with colorectal and breast cancer, but not overall cancer risk: a 20-year cohort study

Zhu, K., Knuiman, M., Divitini, M., Hung, J., Lim, E. M., Cooke, B. R. & Walsh, J. P., 1 Jul 2019, In : Nutrition Research. 67, p. 100-107 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Colorectal Neoplasms

Cohort Studies

Breast Neoplasms

Serum

Lung Neoplasms

Datasets

Supplemental Data: Heritability of 596 lipid species and genetic correlation with cardiovascular traits in the Busselton Family Heart Study

Cadby, G. (Creator), Melton, P. (Creator), McCarthy, N. (Creator), Giles, C. (Creator), Mellett, N. A. (Creator), Huynh, K. (Creator), Hung, J. (Creator), Beilby, J. (Creator), Dube, M. (Creator), Watts, G. (Creator), Blangero, J. (Creator), Meikle, P. J. (Creator), Moses, E. (Creator), American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 14 Feb 2020

DOI: 10.1194/jlr.RA119000594, https://www.jlr.org/content/early/2020/02/14/jlr.RA119000594/suppl/DC1

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