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Georgia Southern University
Georgia Southern University
A summary of Dr. Fung's academic background is provided below:
2013- now. Georgia Southern University - Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health -
2018 - now. Associate Professor of Epidemiology (with tenure)
2013 - 2018. Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (tenure-track)
CDC
CDC
2011-13. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Prevention Effectiveness Fellowship
Dr. Fung was a CDC Prevention Effectiveness Fellow (2011-13). He worked in the Health Economics & Modeling Unit (HEMU), Scientific and Program Service Branch, Division of Preparedness and Emerging Infections, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases. Dr. Fung worked on projects related to influenza and cholera in the CDC. He was involved in the CDC H7N9 emergency response.
Mentor / Supervisor: Dr. Martin I. Meltzer, Head of HEMU
Supervisor: Dr. Rebekah H. Borse (now working in industry)
University of Georgia
University of Georgia
2009-11. University of Georgia - College of Public Health - Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics - Dr. Andrea's Handel's lab - post-doctoral research associate
Dr. Fung worked with Dr. Andreas Handel on an age-structured influenza transmission model. See my research page for my details.
Imperial College London
Imperial College London
2005-09. Imperial College London - Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology - PhD
From October 2005 to June 2009, Dr. Fung worked in the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, as a research assistant and pursued his PhD therein. He constructed a within-host dynamic model of infection of heterologous strains of HIV. He used the model to study superinfection of heterologous strain of HIV and viral blips. He also studied the relationship between non-adherence to antiretroviral therapy and viral blips.
Primary supervisor: Prof. Geoff Garnett (now working in Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)
Secondary supervisor: Prof. Frank de Wolf (director of HIV Monitoring Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands*)
*Dr. Fung's research assistantship was funded by the HIV Monitoring Foundation, a foundation funded by the Dutch Parliament. He was very grateful to the generosity of the Dutch people.
In addition to research, he was on the editorial board of the journal Emerging Themes in Epidemiology.
LSHTM
LSHTM
2004-05. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine -
MSc Control of Infectious Diseases program
The MSc Control of Infectious Diseases is an all-encompassing program devoted to infectious diseases: from biology and epidemiology to policy and control program implementation.
Masters thesis supervisor: Dr. Peter Vickerman, with whom I studied the cost-effectiveness of an HIV intervention program among female sex workers in Ahmedabad, India.
Masters program mentor: Prof. Sandy Cairncross (also see: Wikipedia), with whom I worked on review and systematic reviews of handwashing and sanitation.
Cambridge
Cambridge
2000-03. University of Cambridge - Trinity Hall - BA (later MA 2007)* - Natural Sciences (Biological) Tripos**
My undergraduate major - to use the American equivalent term - is biology.
My college Trinity Hall is beautiful and small. Founded in 1350, Trinity Hall is actually older than its more famous neighbour Trinity College.
Prince Philip Scholarship - Dr. Fung was a Prince Philip Scholar. He is very grateful to the generosity of Hong Kong people who donate money to set up this prestigious scholarship to sponsor some of the best students of the former British colony to pursue their first degrees in Cambridge.
* In Cambridge, a science degree is also called a Bachelor of Arts. That was a tradition dated back to the Middle Ages. Graduates of Cambridge undergraduate program receive their BA when they graduate. After ten terms (~ 3.5 years; a term = a semester; there are 3 terms per year: Michaelmas, Lent and Easter), they will receive their honorary Masters of Arts. That is why I may write my name with my degrees as: Dr. Isaac Chun-Hai Fung, MA, MSc, PhD.
** Tripos is a Cambridge specific term. It is similar to a major / program in the USA.
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