Overview
Yang is currently a Honorary Research Fellow in UQ School of Public Health and a Research Fellow in Cancer Epidemiology Division of Cancer Council Victoria. He has extensive experience in analysing large-scale national and international health surveys and hospitalisaiton datasets with complex statistical models. He is interested in answering a couple of research questions in the population level (e.g. the associations between modifiable behaviors and chronic diseases; the inequalities in chronic disease risk).
Research Interests
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Data linkage in medicine
The large-scaled linked surveys and hospitalisations datasets could answer quite a few key research questions in public health and clinical medicine. However, most of them are largely underused and wasted. The share and use of them are greatly appreciated. -
Lifestyle factors and chronic diseases
It is well known that lifestyle factors are associated with risk of chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease and cancer. However, whether the association strength between lifestyle factors and chronic diseases varied by subpopulations and what are the combined effects of lifestyle factors on chronic diseases are not well studied. They need to be investigated in large-scale population-based studies.
Research Impacts
His research findings provided up-to-date information to the policy makers on the lifestyle factors status in the general Australian population, which facilitated the chronic disease prevention and management in the wide communities. His works generated evidence on closing the survival gaps for those 'disadvantaged' populations (e.g., First Nations and people with lower socioeconomic status) and improved our understanding of adverse outcomes for cardiovascular disease and cancer patients in Australia.
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Queensland
- Masters (Research) of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Publications
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Journal Article: Adherence to 2018 WCRF/AICR cancer prevention recommendations and risk of cancer: the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study
Peng, Yang, Bassett, Julie K., Hodge, Allison M., Melaku, Yohannes Adama, Afshar, Nina, Hopper, John L., Maclnnis, Robert J., Lynch, Brigid M., Smith-Warner, Stephanie A., Giles, Graham G., Milne, Roger L. and Jayasekara, Harindra (2023). Adherence to 2018 WCRF/AICR cancer prevention recommendations and risk of cancer: the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 33 (1), OF1-OF12. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-23-0945
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Journal Article: Long-term survival and life expectancy following an acute heart failure hospitalisation in Australia and New Zealand
Hariharaputhiran, Saranya, Peng, Yang, Ngo, Linh, Ali, Anna, Hossain, Sadia, Visvanathan, Renuka, Adams, Robert, Chan, Wandy and Ranasinghe, Isuru (2022). Long-term survival and life expectancy following an acute heart failure hospitalisation in Australia and New Zealand. European Journal of Heart Failure, 24 (9), 1519-1528. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.2595
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Peng, Yang, Ngo, Linh, Hay, Karen, Alghamry, Alaa, Colebourne, Kathryn and Ranasinghe, Isuru (2022). Long-term survival, stroke recurrence, and life expectancy after an acute stroke in Australia and New Zealand from 2008–2017: a population-wide cohort study. Stroke, 53 (8), 2538-2548. doi: 10.1161/strokeaha.121.038155
Grants
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(2024–2025) National Heart Foundation Vanguard Grant
Available Projects
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Lifestyle factors and chronic disease incidence and mortality in adults
Although unhealthy lifestyle factors are known to be associated with increased chronic disease incidence and mortality in adults, a number of questions on the topic are still to be answered (e.g., do the magnitude of associations changed over time and varied by demographaphic or socioeconomic factors?) Join our team and work them out with large national and international cohorts.
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Inequalities in chronic disease risk
The burden of chronic diseases is more obvious in some 'disadvantaged' population (e.g., First Nations and socioeconomically disadvantaged people). However, the contributors of the inequalities are not well documented and they need to be answered to close the gap in chronic disease risk.
Publications
Journal Article
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Peng, Yang, Bassett, Julie K., Hodge, Allison M., Melaku, Yohannes Adama, Afshar, Nina, Hopper, John L., Maclnnis, Robert J., Lynch, Brigid M., Smith-Warner, Stephanie A., Giles, Graham G., Milne, Roger L. and Jayasekara, Harindra (2023). Adherence to 2018 WCRF/AICR cancer prevention recommendations and risk of cancer: the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 33 (1), OF1-OF12. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-23-0945
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Hariharaputhiran, Saranya, Peng, Yang, Ngo, Linh, Ali, Anna, Hossain, Sadia, Visvanathan, Renuka, Adams, Robert, Chan, Wandy and Ranasinghe, Isuru (2022). Long-term survival and life expectancy following an acute heart failure hospitalisation in Australia and New Zealand. European Journal of Heart Failure, 24 (9), 1519-1528. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.2595
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Peng, Yang, Ngo, Linh, Hay, Karen, Alghamry, Alaa, Colebourne, Kathryn and Ranasinghe, Isuru (2022). Long-term survival, stroke recurrence, and life expectancy after an acute stroke in Australia and New Zealand from 2008–2017: a population-wide cohort study. Stroke, 53 (8), 2538-2548. doi: 10.1161/strokeaha.121.038155
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Peng, Yang and Baade, Peter (2021). Survival disparities among recently diagnosed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cancer patients in Australia remain. Cancer Causes & Control, 32 (11), 1315-1320. doi: 10.1007/s10552-021-01474-6
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Effects of exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation on changing platelets: a prospective cohort study
Liu, Ning, Peng, Yang, Zhong, Xinguang, Ma, Zheng, He, Suiping, Li, Ying, Zhang, Wencui, Gong, Zijun and Yao, Zhenjiang (2021). Effects of exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation on changing platelets: a prospective cohort study. Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 26 (1) 14, 1-10. doi: 10.1186/s12199-021-00939-z
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Allanson, Emma R., Peng, Yang, Choi, Angela, Hayes, Sandra, Janda, Monika and Obermair, Andreas (2020). A systematic review and meta-analysis of sarcopenia as a prognostic factor in gynecological malignancy. International Journal of Gynecological Cancer, 30 (11), 1791-1797. doi: 10.1136/ijgc-2020-001678
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Peng, Yang, Janda, Monika and Obermair, Andreas (2020). Can a symptom checklist improve the triage of patients following successful endometrial cancer treatment?. Gynecologic Oncology Reports, 33 100604, 100604. doi: 10.1016/j.gore.2020.100604
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Peng, Yang and Wang, Zhiqiang (2020). Do the 2017 blood pressure cut-offs improve 10-year cardiovascular disease mortality risk prediction?. Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, 30 (11), 2008-2016. doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2020.06.017
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Peng, Yang and Wang, Zhiqiang (2020). Prevalence of three lifestyle factors among Australian adults from 2004 to 2018: an age–period–cohort analysis. European Journal of Public Health, 30 (4), 827-832. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckz243
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The impact of 2017 ACC/AHA guideline on the prevalence of hypertension in Australia
Peng, Yang (2020). The impact of 2017 ACC/AHA guideline on the prevalence of hypertension in Australia. Journal of Human Hypertension, 35 (1), 104-106. doi: 10.1038/s41371-020-0390-9
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Peng, Yang and Wang, Zhiqiang (2018). Could cardiovascular health metrics account for age and sex disparities in self-reported ischemic heart disease prevalence?. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 7 (10) 369, 369. doi: 10.3390/jcm7100369
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Prevalence of the cardiovascular health status in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Peng, Y., Cao, S., Yao, Z. and Wang, Z. (2018). Prevalence of the cardiovascular health status in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, 28 (12), 1197-1207. doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2018.08.002
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Dong, Bin, Peng, Yang, Wang, Zhiqiang, Adegbija, Odewumi, Hu, Jie, Ma, Jun and Ma, Ying-Hua (2018). Joint association between body fat and its distribution with all-cause mortality: a data linkage cohort study based on NHANES (1988-2011). PLoS One, 13 (2) e0193368, e0193368. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193368
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Cardiovascular health status among Australian adults
Peng, Yang and Wang, Zhiqiang (2018). Cardiovascular health status among Australian adults. Clinical Epidemiology, 10, 167-178. doi: 10.2147/CLEP.S155783
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Lin, Jialing, Peng, Yang, Bai, Chan, Zhang, Ting, Zheng, Haoqu, Wang, Xiaojie, Ye, Jiaping, Ye, Xiaohua, Li, Ying and Yao, Zhenjiang (2017). Prevalence, Influencing Factors, Antibiotic Resistance, Toxin and Molecular Characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus and MRSA Nasal Carriage among Diabetic Population in the United States, 2001-2004. Polish Journal of Microbiology, 66 (4), 439-448. doi: 10.5604/01.3001.0010.7038
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Age variation in the association between obesity and mortality in adults
Wang, Zhiqiang, Peng, Yang and Liu, Meina (2017). Age variation in the association between obesity and mortality in adults. Obesity, 25 (12), 2137-2141. doi: 10.1002/oby.21976
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Life’s Simple 7 and ischemic heart disease in the general Australian population
Peng, Yang, Wang, Zhiqiang, Dong, Bin, Cao, Sifan, Hu, Jie and Odewumi Adegbija (2017). Life’s Simple 7 and ischemic heart disease in the general Australian population. PLoS One, 12 (10) e0187020, e0187020. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0187020
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Association of Life's Simple 7 and presence of cardiovascular disease in general Australians
Peng, Yang and Wang, Zhiqiang (2017). Association of Life's Simple 7 and presence of cardiovascular disease in general Australians. Open Heart, 4 (2) e000622, e000622. doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2017-000622
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Peng, Yang and Wang, Zhiqiang (2017). Red blood cell folate concentrations and coronary heart disease prevalence: a cross-sectional study based on 1999-2012 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, 27 (11), 1015-1020. doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2017.07.007
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Is body mass index associated with lowest mortality increasing over time?
Wang, Zhiqiang, Peng, Yang and Bin Dong (2017). Is body mass index associated with lowest mortality increasing over time?. International Journal of Obesity, 41 (8), 1171-1175. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2017.107
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Ou, Qianting, Peng, Yang, Lin, Dongxin, Bai, Chan, Zhang, Ting, Lin, Jialing, Ye, Xiaohua and Yao, Zhenjiang (2017). A meta-analysis of the global prevalence rates of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus contamination of different raw meat products. Journal of Food Protection, 80 (5), 763-774. doi: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-16-355
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Lin, Jialing, Xu, Ping, Peng, Yang, Lin, Dongxin, Ou, Qianting, Zhang, Ting, Bai, Chan, Ye, Xiaohua, Zhou, Junli and Yao, Zhenjiang (2017). Prevalence and characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization among a community-based diabetes population in Foshan, China. Journal of Diabetes Investigation, 8 (3), 383-391. doi: 10.1111/jdi.12591
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Lin, Dongxin, Ou, Qianting, Lin,Jialing, Peng, Yang and Yao, Zhenjiang (2017). A meta-analysis of the rates of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant S aureus contamination on the surfaces of environmental objects that health care workers frequently touch. American Journal of Infection Control, 45 (4), 421-429. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.11.004
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Lin, J. L., Peng, Y., Ou, Q. T., Lin, D. X., Li, Y., Ye, X. H., Zhou, J. L. and Yao, Z. J. (2017). A molecular epidemiological study of methicillin-resistant Staphylococci environmental contamination in railway stations and coach stations in Guangzhou of China. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 64 (2), 131-137. doi: 10.1111/lam.12700
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Dong, Bin, Arnold, Luke W., Peng, Yang and Wang, Zhiqiang (2016). Ethnic differences in cardiometabolic risk among adolescents across the waist-height ratio spectrum: National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES). International Journal of Cardiology, 222, 622-628. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.07.169
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Lin, Jialing, Peng, Yang, Wu, Chuanan, Zhang, Ting, Xu, Ping, Ou, Qianting, Lin, Dongxin, Bai, Chan and Yao, Zhenjiang (2016). Epidemiologic and molecular characteristics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococci environmental contamination in outpatient settings of a Chinese megalopolis. Canadian Journal of Infection Control, 31 (3), 175-177.
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Peng, Yang, Dong, Bin and Wang, Zhiqiang (2016). Serum folate concentrations and all-cause, cardiovascular disease and cancer mortality: a cohort study based on 1999–2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). International Journal of Cardiology, 219, 136-142. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.06.024
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Peng, Yang, Dong, Bin and Wang, Zhiqiang (2016). Overall and gender-specific associations between C-reactive protein and stroke occurrence: a cross-sectional study in US. Journal of Stroke, 18 (3), 355-357. doi: 10.5853/jos.2016.00451
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Lin, Jialing, Peng, Yang, Xu, Ping, Zhang, Ting, Bai, Chan, Lin, Dongxin, Ou, Qianting and Yao, Zhenjiang (2016). Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in Chinese children: a prevalence meta-analysis and review of influencing factors. PLoS One, 11 (7) e0159728, e0159728.1-e0159728.13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159728
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Ye, Xiaohua, Wang, Xiaolin, Fan, Yanping, Peng, Yang, Li, Ling, Li, Shunming, Huang, Jingya, Yao, Zhenjiang and Chen, Sidong (2016). Genotypic and phenotypic markers of livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus CC9 in humans. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 82 (13), 3892-3899. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00091-16
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Yao, Z., Peng, Y., Bi, J., Xie, C., Chen, X., Li, Y., Ye, X. and Zhou, J. (2016). Application of the multifactor dimensionality reduction method in evaluation of the roles of multiple genes/enzymes in multidrug-resistant acquisition in Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains. Epidemiology and Infection, 144 (4), 856-863. doi: 10.1017/S0950268815001788
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Peng, Yang, Ou, Qianting, Lin, Dongxin, Xu, Ping, Li, Ying, Ye, Xiaohua, Zhou, Junli and Yao, Zhenjiang (2015). Metro system in Guangzhou as a hazardous reservoir of methicillin-resistant Staphylococci: findings from a point-prevalence molecular epidemiologic study. Scientific Reports, 5 (16087) 16087, 1-5. doi: 10.1038/srep16087
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Yao, Zhenjiang, Peng, Yang, Chen, Xiaofeng, Bi, Jiaqi, Li, Ling, Ye, Xiaohua and Shi, Jing (2015). Healthcare associated infections of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a case-control-control study. PLoS One, 10 (10) e0140604, 1-9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140604
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Peng, Yang, Shi, Jing, Bu, Tao, Li, Ying, Ye, Xiaohua, Chen, Xiaofeng and Yao, Zhenjiang (2015). Alarming and increasing prevalence of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa among healthcare-associated infections in China: a meta-analysis of cross-sectional studies. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, 3 (3), 155-160. doi: 10.1016/j.jgar.2015.04.001
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Peng, Yang, Bi, Jiaqi, Shi, Jing, Li, Ying, Ye, Xiaohua, Chen, Xiaofeng and Yao, Zhenjiang (2014). Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections pose growing threat to health care-associated infection control in the hospitals of Southern China: a case-control surveillance study. American Journal of Infection Control, 42 (12), 1308-1311. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.08.006
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Bu, Tao, Liu, Li, Sun, Yong, Zhao, Li, Peng, Yang, Zhou, Shudong, Li, Lixia, Chen, Sidong and Gao, Yanhui (2014). XRCC1 Arg399Gln polymorphism confers risk of breast cancer in American population: a meta-analysis of 10846 cases and 11723 controls. PLoS One, 9 (1) ARTN e86086, e86086. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086086
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Peng, Yang, Ye, Xiaohua, Li, Ying, Bu, Tao, Chen, Xiaofeng, Bi, Jiaqi, Zhou, Junli and Yao, Zhenjiang (2013). Teicoplanin as an effective alternative to vancomycin for treatment of MRSA infection in Chinese population: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. PLoS One, 8 (11) e79782, 1-8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079782
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Linezolid versus teicoplanin for MRSA pneumonia: A meta-analysis
Peng, Yang, Chen, Xiao-Feng, Bi, Jia-Qi and Yao, Zhen-Jiang (2013). Linezolid versus teicoplanin for MRSA pneumonia: A meta-analysis. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 13 (11), 1340-1346. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20130230
Other Outputs
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Peng, Yang (2019). Cardiovascular health status and its associations with cardiovascular disease and ischemic heart disease prevalence in Australian adults. PhD Thesis, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.539
Grants (Administered at UQ)
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(2024–2025) National Heart Foundation Vanguard Grant
Possible Research Projects
Note for students: The possible research projects listed on this page may not be comprehensive or up to date. Always feel free to contact the staff for more information, and also with your own research ideas.
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Lifestyle factors and chronic disease incidence and mortality in adults
Although unhealthy lifestyle factors are known to be associated with increased chronic disease incidence and mortality in adults, a number of questions on the topic are still to be answered (e.g., do the magnitude of associations changed over time and varied by demographaphic or socioeconomic factors?) Join our team and work them out with large national and international cohorts.
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Inequalities in chronic disease risk
The burden of chronic diseases is more obvious in some 'disadvantaged' population (e.g., First Nations and socioeconomically disadvantaged people). However, the contributors of the inequalities are not well documented and they need to be answered to close the gap in chronic disease risk.
