1. Home
  2. Our Team
  3. Research Postgraduate Students
  4. Mr Eric Ho Man TANG

Mr Eric Ho Man TANG

PhD candidate, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, HKU
BSc in Mathematics (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

Principle Supervisor: Dr Carlos K.H. WONG
Co-supervisor: Professor Cindy L.K. LAM

email u3006703@connect.hku.hk

Eric obtained his Bachelor's Degree of Science in Mathematics (Major in Statistics and Financial Mathematics) from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2016. He has worked as a research assistant in the Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, the University of Hong Kong since September 2016. His research interest is evaluation of population health, cost-effectiveness analysis of interventions and predictive modelling on chronic diseases.

Publication list
  • Wong, C. K. H., Tong, T., Cheng, G. H. L., Tang, E. H. M., Thokala, P., Tse, E. T. Y., & Lam, C. L. K. (2019). Direct medical costs in the preceding, event and subsequent years of first severe hypoglycaemia requiring hospital transfer: A population-based cohort study. Diabetes Obes Metab, 21(6), 1330-9. doi:10.1111/dom.13657
  • Wong, C. K. H., Jiao, F., Tang, E. H. M., Tong, T., Thokala, P., & Lam, C. L. K. (2018). Direct medical costs of diabetes mellitus in the year of mortality and year preceding the year of mortality. Diabetes Obes Metab, 20(6), 1470-1478. doi:10.1111/dom.13253
Conferences

  • Yu, E. Y. T., Wan, Y. F., Tang, H. M., Liu, S. N., Chen S., Ho, S. Y., Lam, C. L. K. Cost-effectiveness of multidisciplinary Risk Assessment and Management Programme for primary care patients with Hypertension. North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) 47th Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 16-20 November 2019.

  • Tang H. M., Wong C. K. H., Lam C. L. K. Healthcare Service utilization and direct medical cost for patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus initiating Sodium Glucose Co-Transporter-2 Inhibitors (SGLT2i) and Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists (GLP-1A). 2019 International Congress of Diabetes and Metabolism (ICDM 2019), Seoul, Korea, 10-12 October 2019.

  • Tang H. M., Wong C. K. H., Shi Y. M., Lam C. L. K. Weight loss, cardiovascular diseases and all-cause mortality of overweight/obese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus initiating sodium glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1A), 2019 International Congress on Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome & Asia-Oceania Conference on Obesity (ICOMES & AOCO 2019), Seoul, Korea, 29-31 August 2019.

  • Yu, E. Y. T., Chen S., Liu, S. N., Tang, E. H. M., Wong R. S. M., Wong, C. K. H., Lam, C. L. K. Impact of Parent and Child Factors on Behavioural Problems of Children from Low-income Chinese Families. 7th Asia Pacific Primary Care Research Conference, Penang, 27-29 June 2019.

  • Yu, E. Y. T., Yeung, C. H. N., Tang, E. H. M., Liu, S. N., Wan, Y. F., Lam, C. L. K. Impact of Lifestyle on Allostatic Load of the Hong Kong population. 7th Asia Pacific Primary Care Research Conference, Penang, Malaysia, 27-29 June 2019.

  • Yu, E. Y. T., Liu, S. N., Tang, H. M., Wong, R. S. M., Wong, C. K. H. and Lam, C. L. K. Understanding stress among low-income parents in Hong Kong. WONCA Asia Pacific region conference, Kyoto, Japan, 15-18 May 2019.

  • Yu, E. Y. T., Wan, Y. F., Tang, H. M., Ho, S. Y. and Lam, C. L. K. Cost-effectiveness of the multi-disciplinary Risk Assessment and Management Programme for primary care patients with Hypertension (RAMP-HT) – 5-year Programme Experience. 22nd WONCA World Conference of Family Doctors, Seoul, Korea, 17-22 October 2018.

  • Yu, E. Y. T., Wan, Y. F., Tang, H. M., Ho, S. Y. and Lam, C. L. K. Long term benefits of the Risk Assessment and Management Programme for patients with hypertension (RAMP-HT) on HT-related Complications and Mortality – A Population-based Cohort Study in Hong Kong. 47th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Academic Primary Care, London, United Kingdom, 10-12 July 2018.

  • Yu, E. Y. T., Wan, Y. F., Tang, H. M., Ho, S.Y. and Lam, C. L. K. Is Risk-Assessment-and-Management-Programme for primary care patients with Hypertension (RAMP-HT) cost-effective? Hong Kong Primary Care Conference 2018, Hong Kong, 23-24 June 2018.

  • Wong C. K. H., Jiao F., Tang H. M., Fung S. C. C. and Lam C. L. K. Direct Medical Costs In The Year Of Mortality For Patients With Diabetes: A Population-Based Patient-Level Analysis. International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research 20th Annual European Congress, Glasgow, Scotland, 4-8 November 2017.

  • Wong C. K. H., Jiao F., Tang H. M., Fung S. C. C. and Lam C. L. K. Direct medical costs associated with diabetes in the year of mortality: A population-based patient-level analysis. 2017 International Congress of Diabetes and Metabolism (ICDM 2017), Seoul, Korea, 28-30 September 2017.