By Professor Lei Zhang

Preprints

Zhao M; Tu Z; Zhao R; Gu Y; Liu H; Wei Y; Su S; Ong JJ; Ji F; Zhang L, 2026, Global Trends and Disparities in HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Acceptance Among Key Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6729041

Huang J; Yang C; Lv M; Wang Q; Ma L; Zhang L, 2026, Mediating Role of Brain Gray Matter Volume in the Association between Chronic Stress and Incident Digestive Diseases: A Prospective Cohort Study, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6897823

Cao Y; Fairley C; Wu D; Jiang M; Si L; Gu Y; Jiang S; Wang J; Ma Y; Zhao M; Zhang Y; Wu J; Jin D; Ji F; Guo H; Zhuang G; Shen M; Zou Z; Zhang L, 2026, Population Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Risk-Stratified Cervical Cancer Screening by HPV Vaccination Status in China: A Modelling Study, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6441011

Shi Y; Zhang Y; Zhang L; Zhang H; Sharma M; Zhang L; Zhao Y, 2025, Digital Disadvantage in Nutrition Services: How Environmental Literacy Gaps Limit Elderly Chinese with Chronic Diseases, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6653933/v1

Soe NN; Kusnandar II; Latt PM; Fairley CK; Chow EPF; Maatouk I; Johnson CC; Shah P; Peters R; Subissi L; Zhang L; Ong JJ, 2025, Clinical Applications of AI in Sexually Transmitted Infection and Anogenital Dermatoses in Sexual Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6002285/v1

Wang Y; Hu W; Zhou K; Liu C; Zhang J; Zhu Z; Joseph S; Yin Q; Luo L; Han X; He M; Zhang L, 2025, What is the role of human decisions in a world of artificial intelligence: an economic evaluation of human-AI collaboration in diabetic retinopathy screening, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2503.20160

King AJ; Soe NN; Latt PM; Zhang L; Temple-Smith M; Maddaford K; Fairley CK; Chow EPF; Phillips TR, 2025, Sexual Health Service Users’ Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence Applications for Identification of Lesions Associated with Sexually Transmissible Infections: A Qualitative Study, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-5944037/v1

Latt PM; Soe NN; Fairley CK; Chow EPF; Johnson C; Shah P; Maatouk I; Zhang L; Ong J, 2025, Machine Learning for Personalised Risk Assessment of HIV, Syphilis, Gonorrhoea, and Chlamydia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5089250

Yusufu M; Jin S; Shang X; Zhang L; shi D; He M, 2025, Neurovascular Retinomics Improves Multi-Disease Prediction, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5103720

Su S; Guo L; Ma T; Sun Y; Song A; Wang W; Gu X; Wu W; Xie X; Wang L; Zhang L; He S; Zhang L; Yang J, 2024, Association of ABO blood group with respiratory diseases hospitalisation and severe outcomes: a retrospective cohort study in blood donors, http://dx.doi.org/10.22541/au.170669689.91761775/v1

Soe NN; Towns J; Latt PM; Woodberry O; Nicholson A; Chung M; Lee D; Ong J; Chow EPF; Zhang L; Fairley C, 2024, Accuracy of Symptom Checker for the Diagnosis of Sexually Transmitted Infections using Machine Learning and Bayesian Network Algorithms, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-5086144/v1

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-H; Wang L; Zhang L; Zhang L, 2024, Association of Weekend Warrior Physical Activity Pattern with All-Cause Mortality Among Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: A Prospective Cohort Study from NHANES 2007 to 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4754926

He S; Yao N; Li R; Wang J; Zhong W; Wang J; Wang H; Xie L; Zhuang G; Chen T; Zhang L; Shen M, 2024, Determining the Initiation Time of Peripartum Antiviral Prophylaxis Among Pregnant Women with Chronic Hepatitis B Infection: A Mathematical Modelling Study Based on Real-World Clinical Data, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4721663

Chua T-P; Vodstrcil LA; Murray GL; Plummer E; Jensen JS; Unemo M; Chow EPF; Low N; Whiley DM; Sweeney EL; Hocking JS; Danielewski JA; Garland SM; Fairley CK; Zhang L; Bradshaw C; Machalek DA, 2024, Evolving Patterns of Macrolide and Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Mycoplasma Genitalium: An Updated Global Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4764790

Lu F; Liu J; She B; Yang H; Ji F; Zhang L, 2024, Global, Regional, National Disease Burden and Inequalities of Liver Complications Related to Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in 204 Countries and Territories, 1990–2021: A Systematic Analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4910342

Zou Z; Fairley CK; Ong J; Shen M; Chow EPF; Liu H; Xia R; Li R; Hocking JS; 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, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4773146

Soe NN; Latt PM; Lee D; Towns J; King AJ; Chow EPF; Ong J; Zhang L; Fairley CK, 2024, Impact of Result Displays in an Anogenital Symptom Checker App on Health-Seeking Behaviours: A Cross-Sectional, Vignette-Based Study, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4975397

Zhu Z; Zhong X; Yang S; Liu R; Xin Z; Zhu Z; Shang X; Zhang L; Huang W; Wang W, 2024, Large-Scale Proteome-Wide Mendelian Randomization Identifies Novel Proteins for Glaucoma and Related Traits, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4804329

Zhu Z; Zhong X; Yang S; Liu R; Xin Z; Zhu Z; Shang X; Zhang L; Huang W; Wang W, 2024, Large-Scale Proteome-Wide Mendelian Randomization Identifies Novel Proteins for Glaucoma and Related Traits, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4788501

Zhang Y; Goh SM; Tapa J; Johnson C; Chow EPF; Zhang L; Phillips TR; Fairley CK; Ong J, 2024, Linkage to Care and Prevention after HIV Self-Testing: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4716778

Liu R; Yang S; Zhong X; Xin Z; Zhu Z; Zhu Z; Shang X; Zhang L; He M; Huang W; Wang W, 2024, Metabolomic Signature of Frailty Prognosticate Diabetes and Vascular Outcomes in UK Biobank and Chinese Cohort, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4713364

Han Y; Jing F; Ren H; Xie Y; Ni Y; Zhou Y; Xu Z; Wu D; Cheng W; Zhang L; Wong WCW; Zhang Q; Tang W; Zhou J, 2024, Multimorbidity Patterns Among Chinese Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Multi-Sectional Comparative Network Analysis, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5058485

Lai H; Ong J; Traeger MW; Fairley CK; Howden B; Stoove M; Shen M; Zhang L, 2024, Population Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Doxycycline Post-Exposure Prophylaxis in Preventing the Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in Australia: A Mathematical Modelling Study, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5068588

Latt PM; Soe NN; King AJ; Lee D; Phillips TR; Xu X; Chow EPF; Fairley CK; Zhang L; Ong J, 2024, Preferences for Attributes of an Artificial Intelligence-Based Risk Assessment Tool for HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections: A Discrete Choice Experiment, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4808363

Yusufu M; Weinreb R; Kang M; Vingrys A; Shang X; Zhang L; Shi D; He M, 2024, Relationship between Retinal Vessels and OCT-Derived Retinal Neural Parameters, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.23.24313858

Lai H; Fairley CK; Li R; Chen MY; Chow EPF; Donovan B; Callander D; Guy R; Tran J; Aung ET; Shen M; Zhang L, 2024, The Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Regular Self-Digital Anorectal Examination on Syphilis Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Mathematical Modelling Study, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4902602

Tieosapjaroen W; Tran A; Maisano M; Kim C-M; Fairley CK; Chow EPF; Zhang L; Phillips TR; Bissessor M; Ong J, 2024, Trend and Associated Factors for Late and Advanced HIV Diagnoses in 2011-2022 in Melbourne, Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5051974

Zhang X; Li D; Ye S; Liu S; Ma S; Li M; Peng Q; Hu L; Shang X; He M; Zhang L, 2024, Unraveling the Genetic Comorbidity Landscape of Alzheimer’s Disease, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2024.03.05.583453

Soe NN; Latt PM; Lee D; Yu Z; Schmidt M; Bissessor M; Aung ET; Ge Z; Ong J; Fairley CK; Zhang L, 2024, Using Deep Learning Systems for Diagnosing Common Skin Lesions in Sexual Health, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4785371

Soe NN; Latt PM; King AJ; Lee D; Phillips TR; Fairley CK; Zhang L; Ong JJ, 2024, What Do People Want from an AI-Assisted App for Diagnosing Images of Sexually Transmitted Infections: A Discrete Choice Experiment, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4838984

Wang L; Su S; Yang J; Zhang L; Yu Y; Su X; Gu X; Ma T; Xie X; Wu W; Song A; Cheng Q; Sun Y, 2023, Association between ABO Blood Groups and the Top 25 Fatal Diseases in China: A Retrospective Cohort Study with Cluster Analysis of 1.7 Million Blood Donors, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4452006

Adawiyah R; Vodstrcil LA; Bradshaw C; Fairley CK; Zhang L; Ong J, 2023, Cost-Effectiveness of Resistance Guided Therapy for Mycoplasma Genitalium for Women, Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) and Men Who Have Sex with Women (MSW) in Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4673221

Li R; Lu P; Fairley C; Pagán J; Hu W; Yang Q; Zhuang G; Shen M; Li Y; Zhang L, 2023, Cost-Effectiveness of the Second COVID-19 Booster Vaccination in the United States, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4320811

Su S; Sun Y; Gu X; Wu W; Su X; Ma T; Song A; Xie X; Wang L; Cheng Q; Guo L; Zhang L; Yang J, 2023, Exploration of Health Donor Effects: A Population-Based Study of 0.6 Million Donors in China, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4415676

Tieosapjaroen W; Mao L; Wong H; Prankumar SK; Chow EPF; Fairley CK; Phillips TR; Zhang L; Ong J, 2023, Factors Associated with HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Use Among Gay Asian Men in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4650296

Zhang X; Ma S; Shang X; Zhang X; Kong L; Jason H; Huang Y; Zhu Z; Liu S; Kiburg K; Shi D; Wang Y; Bao Y; Lai H; Wang W; Hu Y; Zhao K; Hu G; Liang H; Yu H; Zhang L; He M, 2023, Network-based hub biomarker discovery for glaucoma, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3033661/v1

Zhao R; Fairley CK; Cook AR; Phanuphak N; He S; Tieosapjaroen W; Chow EPF; Phillips TR; Tan RKJ; Wei Y; Shen M; Zhuang G; Ong J; Zhang L, 2023, Optimizing HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis and Testing Strategies in Men Who Have Sex with Men in Australia, Thailand and China: A Modelling Study and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4501205

Kiggundu R; Soh QR; Tieosapjaroen W; Fairley C; Zhang L; Tucker JD; Tang W; Ong J, 2023, Restarting Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4663347

Bao Y; Sun Y; Wang M; Fairley C; Lu P; Terence J OAB; Su S; Liu X; Wang L; Liu H; Zhang X; Shang X; Zhu Z; Li Z; Lai H; Wang J; Ma T; Wang L; Xie X; Wang W; Wu W; Yang J; Zhang L, 2023, Sex and Age-Specific Multimorbidity Profiles Among Working-Age Inpatients in China: A Comparative Network Analysis, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4603271

Towns J; Tieosapjaroen W; Mello M; Baggaley R; Johnson C; Jamil M; Rowley J; Barr-DiChiara M; Terris-Prestholt F; Chen MY; Chow EPF; Fairley CK; Zhang L; Ong J, 2023, The Role of Syphilis Self-Testing as an Additional Syphilis Testing Approach: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4351578

Yu Z; Nguyen T; Gal Y; Ju L; Chandra SS; Zhang L; Bonnington P; Mar V; Wang Z; Ge Z, 2022, Skin Lesion Recognition with Class-Hierarchy Regularized Hyperbolic Embeddings, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2209.05842

Kim C-M; Zhao V; Mello M; Baggaley R; Johnson C; Spielman E; Fairley CK; Zhang L; de Vries HJ; Klausner JD; Zhao R; Ong J, 2022, Determining the Testing Frequency for Sexually Transmitted Infections for People Who Use HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4229920

Moon B-S; Huang D; Gao F; Cai M; Lyu G; Zhang L; Chen J; Lu W, 2022, Long Range Inter-Chromosomal Interaction of Oct4 Distal Enhancer Loci Regulates ESCs Pluripotency, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4099082

Ong J; Lim A; Bradshaw C; Taylor-Robinson D; Unemo M; Horner P; Vickerman P; Zhang L, 2022, Cost-effectiveness of testing for Mycoplasma genitalium among men who have sex with men in Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2022.08.24.22279191

Lei X; Zhang L; Qin Q; Hu C; Shi F; Zhang Z; She J, 2022, Learning process analysis of robotic lateral pelvic lymph node dissection for local advanced rectal cancer: CUSUM-curve of 78 consecutive patients, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1915942/v1

Zhang X; Ma S; Shang X; Zhang X; Kong L; Jason H; Huang Y; Zhu Z; Liu S; Kiburg K; Shi D; Wang Y; Bao Y; Lai H; Wang W; Hu Y; Zhao K; Hu G; Liang H; Yu H; Zhang L; He M, 2022, Network-based hub biomarker discovery for glaucoma, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.09.511456

Yu Z; Nguyen J; Nguyen TD; Kelly J; Mclean C; Bonnington P; Zhang L; Mar V; Ge Z, 2021, Early Melanoma Diagnosis with Sequential Dermoscopic Images, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2110.05976

Zhang W; Deng L; Zhang L; Wu D, 2021, A Survey on Negative Transfer, http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2009.00909

Ren L; Li L; Zhang L; Li X; Fu X; Wang X; Wu J; Sun Z; zhang M, 2021, Minimal change glomerulopathy after unrelated umbilical cord blood transplantation for the treatment of children：case report, http://dx.doi.org/10.22541/au.161358091.15417249/v1

Su S; Wong WC; Zou Z; Cheng DD; Ong J; Chan P; Ji F; Yuen M-F; Zhuang G; Seto W-K; Zhang L, 2021, Cost-Effectiveness of Universal Screening for Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection in China: An Economic Evaluation, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3848518

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