Joe Hung

Emeritus Professor, MB BS Syd., FRACP

Senior Honorary Research Fellow, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Internal Medicine

Phone+61 8 6151 0829
Emailjoe.hung@uwa.edu.au

The University of Western Australia (M503), 35 Stirling Highway,
6009 Perth
Australia

7368 Citations
37 h-Index

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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

7368 Citations
37 h-Index
137 Article
32 Conference paper
8 Letter
5 Edited book/Anthology
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