By Associate Professor Lei Zhang

Journal articles

Yu Z; Nguyen TD; Ju L; Gal Y; Sashindranath M; Bonnington P; Zhang L; Mar V; Ge Z, 2025, 'Correction to: Hierarchical skin lesion image classification with prototypical decision tree (npj Digital Medicine, (2025), 8, 1, (26), 10.1038/s41746-024-01395-z)', npj Digital Medicine, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41746-025-01494-5

Meng R; Shi F; Zhang B; Li C; Wang J; Song L; Zhang L; Shen M, 2025, 'Cost-effectiveness of universal genetic screening for familial hypercholesterolemia in young adults aged 18–40 years in China', BMC Medicine, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-025-03966-7

Yu Z; Nguyen TD; Ju L; Gal Y; Sashindranath M; Bonnington P; Zhang L; Mar V; Ge Z, 2025, 'Hierarchical skin lesion image classification with prototypical decision tree', npj Digital Medicine, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41746-024-01395-z

Yang S; Xin Z; Cheng W; Zhong P; Liu R; Zhu Z; Zhu LZ; Shang X; Chen S; Huang W; Zhang L; Wang W, 2025, 'Photoreceptor metabolic window unveils eye–body interactions', Nature Communications, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-55035-x

Yang S; Zhang X; Du X; Yan P; Zhang J; Wang W; Wang J; Zhang L; Sun H; Liu Y; Xu X; Di Y; Zhong J; Wu C; Reinhardt JD; Zheng Y; Wu T, 2025, 'Prediction of cognitive conversion within the Alzheimer’s disease continuum using deep learning', Alzheimer's Research and Therapy, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13195-025-01686-x

Liu Y; Zhang D; Sui L; Li D; Wang M; Wang W; Xue M; Hao J; Zhang L; Wu M, 2025, 'The mediating effects of sleep quality in the relationship between loneliness and depression among middle-aged and older adults', Scientific Reports, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-93681-3

Liu J; Shang X; Zhang X; Chen Y; Zhang B; Tang W; Li L; Chen R; Jan C; Hu W; Yusufu M; Wang Y; Zhu Z; He M; Zhang L, 2025, 'Metabolomic network reveals novel biomarkers for type 2 diabetes mellitus in the UK Biobank study.', Diabetes Obes Metab, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dom.16351

Lu F; Liu J; She B; Yang H; Ji F; Zhang L, 2025, 'Global Trends and Inequalities of Liver Complications Related to Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease: An Analysis From 1990 to 2021', Liver International, 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/liv.16120

Lu F; She B; Ji F; Zhang L, 2025, 'Re-Assessing the Non-Linear Trends in the Burden of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease From 1990 to 2021', Liver International, 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/liv.16195

Soe NN; Latt PM; Lee D; Towns JM; King A; Chow EPF; Ong JJ; Zhang L; Fairley CK, 2025, 'Impact of Result Displays in an Anogenital Symptom Checker App on Health-seeking Behaviours: A Cross-sectional, Vignette-based Study', Open Forum Infectious Diseases, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaf193

Liu H; Zou M; Shen M; Kamarulzaman A; Chen S; Li J; Li R; Liu H; Zou Z; Zhang L, 2025, 'HPV vaccination is highly effective and cost-effective for cervical cancer prevention in women living with HIV in China: A cost-effectiveness analysis', International Journal of Cancer, 156, pp. 1225 - 1235, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.35242

Soe NN; Latt PM; King A; Lee D; Phillips TR; Fairley CK; Zhang L; Ong JJ, 2025, 'What Do People Want from an AI-Assisted Screening App for Sexually Transmitted Infection-Related Anogenital Lesions: A Discrete Choice Experiment', Patient, 18, pp. 131 - 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40271-024-00720-8

Shen M; He S; Yao N; Xie L; Zhang L; Chen T, 2025, 'Reply to: "Optimizing antiviral prophylaxis strategies: Insights and reflections on a real-world study" and "Optimal timing to initiate antiviral prophylaxis of MTCT: More needs to be done".', J Hepatol, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2025.02.002

Wu H; Shi F; Hu C; Zhang L; Qu P; She J, 2025, 'Association between 5-item modified frailty index and clinical outcomes in elderly rectal cancer patients after radical surgery.', Sci Rep, 15, pp. 4262, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-88726-6

Liu J; Shen M; Zhuang G; Zhang L, 2025, 'Age-Period-Cohort Analysis of Diabetes Incidence and Mortality in China and Globally, 1990–2019', Journal of Diabetes, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-0407.70051

Dong W; Liu Y; Bai R; Zhang L; Zhou M, 2025, 'The prevalence and associated disability burden of mental disorders in children and adolescents in China: a systematic analysis of data from the Global Burden of Disease Study', The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 55, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2025.101486

Sun J; Li Y; Yu Z; Towns JM; Soe NN; Latt PM; Zhang L; Ge Z; Fairley CK; Ong JJ; Zhang L, 2025, 'Exploring artificial intelligence for differentiating early syphilis from other skin lesions: a pilot study', BMC infectious diseases, 25, pp. 40, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-10438-5

Chua TP; Vodstrcil LA; Murray GL; Plummer EL; Jensen JS; Unemo M; Chow EPF; Low N; Whiley DM; Sweeney EL; Hocking JS; Danielewski JA; Garland SM; Fairley CK; Zhang L; Bradshaw CS; Machalek DA, 2025, 'Evolving patterns of macrolide and fluoroquinolone resistance in Mycoplasma genitalium: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis', The Lancet Microbe, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanmic.2024.101047

Liu Y; She B; Zhao R; Li G; Hu Y; Lu F; Su S; Zhang L, 2025, 'Exploring the diversity of sexual acts in Chinese men who have sex with men and its impacts on the risk of HIV and sexually transmitted infections', Public Health, 238, pp. 37 - 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2024.11.011

Lu F; She B; Zhao R; Li G; Hu Y; Liu Y; Zhao M; Zhang L, 2025, 'Identifying High-Risk Populations for Sexually Transmitted Infections in Chinese Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Cluster Analysis', Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofae754

Shen M; He S; Yao N; Li R; Wang J; Zhong W; Wang J; Wang H; Xie L; Zhuang G; Zhang L; Chen T, 2025, 'Real-world clinical data-driven modelling on the initiation time of antiviral prophylaxis among pregnant women with chronic hepatitis B infection', Journal of Hepatology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2024.11.017

Yusufu M; Friedman DS; Kang M; Padhye A; Shang X; Zhang L; Shi D; He M, 2025, 'Retinal vascular fingerprints predict incident stroke: findings from the UK Biobank cohort study', Heart, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2024-324705

Lin Z; Liu C; Shi D; Wang Y; Hu W; Henwood J; Kiburg K; van Wijngaarden P; Clark M; Shang X; Han X; Zhang L; He M; Ge Z, 2025, 'Addressing underestimation and explanation of retinal fundus photo-based cardiovascular disease risk score: Algorithm development and validation.', Comput Biol Med, 189, pp. 109941, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2025.109941

Wang M; Zhang L; Novak SW; Yu J; Gallina IS; Xu LL; Lim CK; Fernandes S; Shokhirev MN; Williams AE; Saxena MD; Coorapati S; Parylak SL; Quintero C; Molina E; Andrade LR; Manor U; Gage FH, 2025, 'Morphological diversification and functional maturation of human astrocytes in glia-enriched cortical organoid transplanted in mouse brain.', Nat Biotechnol, 43, pp. 52 - 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41587-024-02157-8

Yusufu M; Vingrys AJ; Shang X; Zhang L; Shi D; Congdon N; He M, 2025, 'Population-Based Normative Reference for Retinal Microvascular Atlas.', Ophthalmol Sci, 5, pp. 100723, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.xops.2025.100723

Zhai P-Y; Zang X; Jiang T; Feng J; Zhang B; Zhang L; Chen Z-X; Zhao Y-L; Qin G, 2024, 'Health and Economic Impacts of Introducing Vaccae and Enhanced Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Management Strategies in China', JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiae590

Mahe J; Xu A; Liu L; Hua L; Tu H; Huo Y; Huang W; Liu X; Wang J; Tang J; Zhao Y; Liu Z; Hong Q; Ye R; Hu P; Jia P; Huang J; Kong X; Ge Z; Xu A; Wu L; Du C; Shi F; Cui H; Wang S; Li Z; Wang L; Zhang L; Zhang L, 2024, 'Association between weekend warrior physical activity pattern and all-cause mortality among adults living with type 2 diabetes: a prospective cohort study from NHANES 2007 to 2018', Diabetology and Metabolic Syndrome, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13098-024-01455-0

Adawiyah RA; Bradshaw CS; Vodstrcil LA; Fairley CK; Zhang L; Ong JJ, 2024, 'Cost-effectiveness of resistance-guided therapy for Mycoplasma genitalium in Australia', Scientific Reports, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-63056-1

Zhang X; Li D; Ye S; Liu S; Ma S; Li M; Peng Q; Hu L; Shang X; He M; Zhang L, 2024, 'Decoding the genetic comorbidity network of Alzheimer's disease', BioData Mining, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13040-024-00394-w

Wang Y; Liu C; Hu W; Luo L; Shi D; Zhang J; Yin Q; Zhang L; Han X; He M, 2024, 'Economic evaluation for medical artificial intelligence: accuracy vs. cost-effectiveness in a diabetic retinopathy screening case', npj Digital Medicine, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41746-024-01032-9

Soe NN; Yu Z; Latt PM; Lee D; Ong JJ; Ge Z; Fairley CK; Zhang L, 2024, 'Evaluation of artificial intelligence-powered screening for sexually transmitted infections-related skin lesions using clinical images and metadata', BMC Medicine, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-024-03512-x

Yang S; Liu R; Xin Z; Zhu Z; Chu J; Zhong P; Zhu Z; Shang X; Huang W; Zhang L; He M; Wang W, 2024, 'Plasma Metabolomics Identifies Key Metabolites and Improves Prediction of Diabetic Retinopathy: Development and Validation across Multinational Cohorts', Ophthalmology, 131, pp. 1436 - 1446, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2024.07.004

Latt PM; Soe NN; King AJ; Lee D; Phillips TR; Xu X; Chow EPF; Fairley CK; Zhang L; Ong JJ, 2024, 'Preferences for attributes of an artificial intelligence-based risk assessment tool for HIV and sexually transmitted infections: a discrete choice experiment', BMC Public Health, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20688-2

Ye S; Ma S; Liu S; Huang Y; Li D; Li M; Su T; Luo J; Zhang C; Shi D; Hu L; Zhang L; Yu H; He M; Shang X; Zhang X, 2024, 'Shared whole environmental etiology between Alzheimer’s disease and age-related macular degeneration', npj Aging, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41514-024-00162-4

Li M; Liu S; Ma S; Shang X; Zhang X; Jason H; Huang Y; Kiburg K; Zhao K; Hu G; Zhang L; Yu H; He M; Zhang X, 2024, 'Network-based hub biomarker discovery for glaucoma', BMJ Open Ophthalmology, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjophth-2024-001915

Amhare AF; Shen M; Zou Z; Xia R; Han J; Gao L; Zhang L, 2024, 'Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on HIV care cascade for people living with HIV in Ethiopia: a retrospective longitudinal study', BMJ Open, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084244

Zou Z; Fairley CK; Ong JJ; Shen M; Chow EPF; Liu H; Xia R; Li R; Hocking J; Zhuang G; Zhang L, 2024, 'Impact of achieving WHO's 90-70-90 targets on cervical cancer elimination and potential benefits in preventing other HPV-related cancers in China: a modelling study', eClinicalMedicine, 77, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102878

Shen M; Zhang L, 2024, 'The third generation modified vaccinia Ankara vaccine is effective in preventing the transmission of mpox', The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2024.101052

Li H; Liang X; Peng Y; Liu Z; Zhang L; Wang P; Jin M; Wilson K; Garvin MR; Wu K; Xiao Y, 2024, 'Novel Mito-Nuclear Combinations Facilitate the Global Invasion of a Major Agricultural Crop Pest', Advanced Science, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.202305353

She B; Lu F; Zhao R; Lin S; Sun J; He S; Liu Y; Su S; Zhang L, 2024, 'Examining the Effects of PrEP Use on Sexual Behaviors and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Chinese Men who have Sex with Men: A Cross-Sectional Study', AIDS and Behavior, 28, pp. 3128 - 3138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-024-04398-9

Hu C; Guo CL; Lau HCH; Shi F; Zhang Z; Guo G; Liu G; Chen Y; Lau LHS; Zhang L; Sun X; Wong SH; She J; Yu J, 2024, 'Appendix removal affects the subsequent cancer risk in Asian adults: A territory-wide population-based cohort study', Cancer Letters, 598, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canlet.2024.217087

Hu Y; Zhao R; Li G; Liu Y; Lu F; She B; Zhao M; Zhang L, 2024, 'Associations between antibacterial mouthwash use with sexual behaviours and sexually transmitted infections among Chinese men who have sex with men: A cross-sectional study', Sexual Health, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH24083

He X; Huang AH; Lv F; Gao X; Guo Y; Liu Y; Hu X; Xie J; Gao N; Jiao Y; Wang Y; Zu J; Zhang L; Ji F; Yeo YH, 2024, 'Trends in diabetic ketoacidosis- and hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state-related mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States: A population-based study', Journal of Diabetes, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-0407.13591

Tran A; Tran N; Tapa J; Tieosapjaroen W; Fairley CK; Chow EPF; Zhang L; Baggaley RC; Johnson CC; Jamil MS; Ong JJ, 2024, 'A typology of HIV self-testing support systems: a scoping review', Sexual Health, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH24037

Ma L; Li Y; Li G; Sun J; Zhang X; Shi Z; Yan Y; Duan Y; Wang J; Li Z; Zhang L, 2024, 'Adiposity indicators exhibit depot- and sex-specific associations with multimorbidity onset: A cohort study of the UK Biobank', Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 26, pp. 2890 - 2904, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dom.15610

Chen H; Zhang L; Shi X; Zhou Z; Fang X; Yang H; Hunter DJ; Ding C; Zhu Z, 2024, 'Evaluation of Osteoarthritis Disease Burden in China During 1990–2019 and Forecasting Its Trend Over the Future 25 Years', Arthritis Care and Research, 76, pp. 1006 - 1017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/acr.25322

Xie J; Lin X; Fan X; Wang X; Pan D; Li J; Hao Y; Jie Y; Zhang L; Gu J, 2024, 'Global Burden and Trends of Primary Liver Cancer Attributable to Comorbid Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Among People Living with Hepatitis B: An Observational Trend Study from 1990 to 2019', Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 14, pp. 398 - 410, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s44197-024-00237-1

Kiggundu R; Soh QR; Tieosapjaroen W; Fairley CK; Tucker JD; Tang W; Zhang L; Ong JJ, 2024, 'Restarting pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis', eClinicalMedicine, 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102647

Zhang Z; Wang W; Yuan X; Wang X; Luo Y; Dou L; Zhang L; Wu M, 2024, 'Adverse childhood experiences and subsequent physical and mental health among young adults: Results from six universities in China', Psychiatry Research, 335, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2024.115832

Latt PM; Soe NN; Fairley C; Xu X; King A; Rahman R; Ong JJ; Phillips TR; Zhang L, 2024, 'Assessing the effectiveness of HIV/STI risk communication displays among Melbourne Sexual Health Centre attendees: a cross-sectional, observational and vignette-based study', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 100, pp. 158 - 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2023-055978

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