Dr Michael Tong

Contacts

Contact email:michael.tong@anu.edu.au
Contact phone:+61 2 6125 8816
Location:Building 62A, Room 2.58
Link:ANU Researchers profile
MBBS, MPH, PhD (University of Adelaide)
Senior Research Fellow

Biography

Michael Tong is a Senior Research Fellow in Environment, Climate and Health Group at the ANU National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health. He is an experienced medical science and public health researcher with a strong background in environmental health, epidemiology, risk assessment, climate change, healthcare cost evaluation, public and community health promotion, and vulnerable population health research.

Michael has both quantitative and qualitative research skills as well as experience in cross-cultural research in culturally and linguistically diverse communities. He has successfully conducted several international and national projects, and government consultancy projects. His research and consultancy work has focused on burden of disease assessments, including environmental risk assessment, health impacts of extreme heat and climate change, community health promotion for climate change adaptations, health system capacity building and health policy development.

Michael is currently leading the National Environmental Risk Assessment at Australian National University including topics on climate change, heatwave, air pollution, bushfire, flood, drought and other extreme weather events on population health.

Michael has also gained extensive knowledge and skills in Public Health Teaching and Supervision. He had reviewed and developed public health subjects, including epidemiology, biostatistics, global and environmental health, social determinants of health, and supervised PhD and MPH students.

Research

Research interests

  • Climate change and population health
  • Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases
  • Environmental risk and health impact assessment
  • Environmental health
  • Heatwaves and extreme weather events
  • Healthcare cost evaluation
  • Health system capacity building

Groups

Publications

  • Damtew, Y, Tong, M, Varghese, B et al. 2022, 'Associations between temperature and Ross river virus infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological evidence', Acta Tropica, vol. 231, pp. 1-15.
  • Tong, M, Williams, S, Nitschke, M et al. 2022, 'Evaluating cost benefits from a heat health warning system in Adelaide, South Australia', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 149-154.
  • Wondmagegn, B, Xiang, J, Dear, K et al. 2022, 'Understanding current and projected emergency department presentations and associated healthcare costs in a changing thermal climate in Adelaide, South Australia', Occupational and Environmental Medicine, vol. 79, no. 6, pp. 421-426.
  • Wondmagegn, B, Xiang, J, Dear, K et al. 2021, 'Impact of heatwave intensity using excess heat factor on emergency department presentations and related healthcare costs in Adelaide, South Australia', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 781, pp. 1-9.
  • Wondmagegn, B, Xiang, J, Dear, K et al. 2021, 'Increasing impacts of temperature on hospital admissions, length of stay, and related healthcare costs in the context of climate change in Adelaide, South Australia', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 773, pp. 1-10.
  • Tong, M, Wondmagegn, B, Xiang, J et al. 2021, 'Emergency department visits and associated healthcare costs attributable to increasing temperature in the context of climate change in Perth, Western Australia, 2012-2019', Environmental Research Letters, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 1-13.
  • Tong, M, Wondmagegn, B, Xiang, J et al. 2021, 'Heat-attributable hospitalisation costs in Sydney: Current estimations and future projections in the context of climate change', Urban Climate, vol. 40, p. 9.
  • Tong, M, Hansen, A, Hanson-Easey, S et al. 2021, 'Public health professionals' perceptions of the capacity of China's CDCs to address emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases', Journal of Public Health, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 209-216.
  • Wang, H, Liu, Z, Xiang, J et al. 2021, 'Effect of ambient temperatures on category C notifiable infectious diarrhea in China: An analysis of national surveillance data', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 759.
  • Gao, Q, Liu, Z, Xiang, J et al. 2021, 'Forecast and early warning of hand, foot, and mouth disease based on meteorological factors: Evidence from a multicity study of 11 meteorological geographical divisions in mainland China', Environmental Research, vol. 192.
  • Liu, Z, Wang, S, Zhang, Y et al. 2021, 'Effect of temperature and its interactions with relative humidity and rainfall on malaria in a temperate city Suzhou, China', Environmental Science and Pollution Research, vol. 28, no. 13, pp. 16830-16842.
  • Wang, S, Liu, Z, Tong, M et al. 2021, 'Real-time forecasting and early warning of bacillary dysentery activity in four meteorological and geographic divisions in China', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 761.
  • Xiang, J, Mittinty, M, Liu, Z et al. 2020, 'Are foreign-born workers more likely to make multiple injury claims than native-born workers?', Safety Science, vol. 131, pp. 1-10.
  • Liu, Z, Tong, M, Xiang, J et al. 2020, 'Daily temperature and bacillary dysentery: Estimated effects, attributable risks, and future disease burden in 316 Chinese cities', Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 128, no. 5, pp. 1-9.
  • Tong, M, Hansen, A, Hanson-Easey, S et al. 2020, 'Nonlinear and threshold effect of meteorological factors on Japanese encephalitis transmission in Southwestern China', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, vol. 103, no. 6, pp. 2442-2449.
  • Tong, M, Xiang, J, Mittinty, M et al. 2020, 'Cause-specific mortality attributable to cold and hot ambient temperatures in Hong Kong: a time-series study, 2006–2016', Sustainable Cities and Society, vol. 57, pp. 1-11.
  • Xiang, J, Mittinty, M, Tong, M et al. 2020, 'Characterising the burden of work-related injuries in south australia: A 15-year data analysis', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 1-17.
  • Tong, M, Hansen, A, Hanson-Easey, S et al. 2019, 'Dengue control in the context of climate change: Views from health professionals in different geographic regions of China', Journal of Infection and Public Health, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 388-394.
  • Tong, M, Hansen, A, Hanson-Easey, S et al. 2018, 'China's capacity of hospitals to deal with infectious diseases in the context of climate change', Social Science & Medicine, vol. 206, pp. 60-66.
  • Xiang, J, Hansen, A, Liu, Q et al. 2018, 'Impact of meteorological factors on hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in 19 cities in China, 2005-2014', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 636, pp. 1249-1256.
  • Xiang, J, Hansen, A, Liu, Q et al. 2017, 'Association between malaria incidence and meteorological factors: A multi-location study in China, 2005-2012', Epidemiology and Infection, vol. 146, no. 1, pp. 89-99.
  • Hansen, A, Xiang, J, Liu, Q et al. 2017, 'Experts' Perceptions on China's Capacity to Manage Emerging and Re-emerging Zoonotic Diseases in an Era of Climate Change', Zoonoses and Public Health, vol. 64, no. 7, pp. 527-536.
  • Tong, M, Hansen, A, Hanson-Easey, S et al. 2017, 'Health professionals' perceptions of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and climate change in China', Global and Planetary Change, vol. 152, pp. 12-18.
  • Xiang, J, Hansen, A, Liu, Q et al. 2017, 'Association between dengue fever incidence and meteorological factors in Guangzhou, China, 2005-2014', Environmental Research, vol. 153, pp. 17-26.
  • Tong, M, Hansen, A, Hanson-Easey, S et al. 2017, 'Perceptions of malaria control and prevention in an era of climate change: a cross-sectional survey among CDC staff in China', Malaria Journal, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 1-10.
  • Tong, M, Hansen, A, Hanson-Easey, S et al. 2016, 'Perceptions of capacity for infectious disease control and prevention to meet the challenges of dengue fever in the face of climate change: A survey among CDC staff in Guangdong Province, China', Environmental Research, vol. 148, pp. 295-302.