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Biostatistics, Clinical Trials, Medical device and bioanalytic, Bioinformatics and Infectious Diseases
Hong Kong SAR China

Biography

Prof. Benny Zee is Director, Office of Research and Knowledge Transfer Services (ORKTS) of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He is also Professor and Director of the Centre for Clinical Research and Biostatistics (CCRB) of The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, and Director of Clinical Trials and Biostatistics Lab in the CU Shenzhen Research Institute (SZRI). He holds honorary appointments in the Department of Clinical Oncology and the Department of Statistics of CUHK. He is also the Chairman of the Joint CUHK-NTEC Clinical Research Ethics Committee from 2006-2020. Professor Zee obtained his PhD in Biostatistics from the University of Pittsburgh USA in 1987. He then joined the National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group as Senior Biostatistician and faculty member in the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology and the Department of Mathematics and Statistics of Queen’s University Canada from 1987-2001. He remains as Adjunct Professor with Queen’s University after he joined CUHK and is actively promoting international academic activities and collaborations.

Professor Zee has a strong interest in various aspects of multi-centre clinical trials, including statistical methods, data management, drug and medical device development. On the methodological side, he is active in Biostatistics research, especially in the area of clinical trials design, bioinformatics, quality of life, data & safety monitoring and other statistical issues. He has experience in the development of efficient data management procedure using advanced computer technology for “big data analytics” and "machine learning", plus ample experience in working with industry to design and to carry out clinical trials that satisfy both academic interest and industry objectives. He has tremendous experience in the development of infrastructures such as Ethics Committee, GCP Centre and quality assurance team to carry out clinical research in hospitals that satisfies regulatory and international requirements. He is also active in medical devices development such as “automatic retinal imaging analysis (ARIA)” and serves in the Centre for Entrepreneurship of CUHK. He had published more than 250 international peer-reviewed journal articles, several US and international patents and serves in various committees including advisory committees for drug development and data & safety monitoring committees for international drug trials.

Activities

Employment (11)

Chinese University of Hong Kong: New Territories, HK

2020-04-15 to present | Director (Office of Research and Knowledge Transfer Services (ORKTS))
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong: Hong Kong, HK

2004 to present | Professor (Centre for Clinical Research and Biostatistics, Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care)
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong: Hong Kong, HK

2003 to present | Honorary Professor (Clinical Oncology)
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong: Hong Kong, HK

2001 to present | Honorary Professor (Statistics)
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Queen's University: Kingston, ON, CA

2001 to present | Adjunct Associate Professor (Community Health and Epidemiology)
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CUHK and New Territories East Cluster of Hospital Authority of Hong Kong: Hong Kong, HK

2006-07-01 to 2020-06-30 | Chair (Joint CUHK-NTEC Clinical Research Ethics Committee)
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong: Shatin, HK

2004 to 2020-04-14 | Assistant Dean (Research) (Faculty of Medicine)
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong: Hong Kong, HK

2001 to 2003 | Professor (Clinical Oncology)
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Queen's University: Kingston, ON, CA

1993 to 2000 | Associate Professor (Community Health and Epidemiology)
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NCIC Clinical Trials Group: Kingston, ON, CA

1987 to 2000 | Senior Biostatistician
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Queen's University: Kingston, ON, CA

1987 to 1992 | Assistant Professor (Community Health and Epidemiology)
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh, PA, US

1984-09-01 to 1987-08-31 | PhD (Biostatistics)
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University of Manitoba: Winnipeg, MB, CA

1983-09-01 to 1984-08-31 | MSc (Statistics)
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University of Manitoba: Winnipeg, MB, CA

1980-09-01 to 1983-08-31 | BSc (Hons.) (Actuarial Science and Statistics)
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Hospital Authority New Territories East Cluster: New Territories, HK

2008-01-01 to present | Honorary Advisor
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Funding (14)

Classification of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Global Developmental Delay (GDD) in Young Children using a Machine Learning Approach for Retinal Image Analysis

2022-12 to 2024-11 | Grant
Innovation and Technology Fund (Hong Kong, HK)
GRANT_NUMBER:

ITS/198/21FP

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Benny Chung-Ying Zee

Long-term swallowing dysfunction in nasopharyngeal cancer survivors after definitive intensity-modulated radiotherapy: Prevalence and radiation dose-toxicity analysis

2022-09 to 2025-09 | Grant
Health and Medical Research Fund (Hong Kong, HK)
GRANT_NUMBER:

09200706

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Benny Chung-Ying Zee

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Screening for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Artificial Intelligence for Automatic Detection

2022-01 to 2024-10 | Grant
Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (Hong Kong, HK)
GRANT_NUMBER:

14104221

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Benny Chung-Ying Zee

Radiation-associated neurocognitive impairment in nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) patients after intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and its association with radiation dose and retinal vascular characteristics: a cross-sectional study

2020-08 to 2023-01 | Grant
Health and Medical Research Fund (Hong Kong, HK)
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Benny Chung-Ying Zee

Development of objective measure of psychotropic substances abuse using Automatic Retinal Image Analysis (ARIA)

2019-07 to 2021-06 | Grant
Beat Drugs Fund (Hong Kong, CN)
GRANT_NUMBER:

BD180054

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Automatic retinal image analysis (ARIA) to predict coronary artery disease in HIV-infected individuals

2019-04 to 2021-03 | Grant
AIDS Trust Fund (Hong Kong, CN)
GRANT_NUMBER:

MSS 318 R

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Benny Chung-Ying Zee

Early detection of dementia in subjects with type 2 diabetes based on white matter hyperintensities estimated by automatic retinal image analysis (ARIA) method

2018-01 to 2020-06 | Grant
Innovation and Technology Commission - Hong Kong (Hong Kong, HK)
GRANT_NUMBER:

MRP/037/17X

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Benny Chung-Ying Zee

以視網膜圖像評估2型糖尿病患者的中風和冠狀動脈心臟病的風險因素-它們是否不同?

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從磁力共振影像診斷鼻咽癌: 對血清中EB病毒DNA持續高水平的非鼻咽癌患者進行磁力共振覆檢之價值

Automatic Retinal Image Analysis for Health View Bioanalytic Limited - Technology Startup Supporting Scheme for Universities (TSSSU)

2015-05 to 2018-04 | Grant
Innovation and Technology Commission (Hong Kong, HK)
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Benny Chung-Ying Zee

一種快速無創的用於檢測腎臟疾病及糖尿病的離子流質譜(SIFT-MS)分析方法

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磁共振成像檢測鼻咽癌:相比內鏡和內鏡活檢,MRI的診斷準確率,以隨訪研究的方式,確定最終診斷

Study of Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) in Hong Kong Chinese Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)

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Detection of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC) using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

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