Endocrinology

Researchers

• Dr Joanna TUNG Yuet-ling, Service Head (ORCID)
• Dr Gloria PANG, Associate Consultant (ORCID)
• Dr Sarah POON Wing-yiu, Associate Consultant (ORCID)

Research Areas

• Childhood diabetes, dyslipidaemia, and metabolic complications
• Childhood obesity
• Disorders of sex development
• Paediatric bone health and skeletal disorders
• Rare paediatric endocrine diseases
• Thyroid and endocrine growth disorders

Selected Publications

• Poon SW, Chan KT, But BW, Tung YL, et al. Suboptimal adoption of diabetes technology despite coverage and the impact on glycemic outcomes in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes in Hong Kong. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2026;39(3):251-257. Published 2026 Feb 19. doi:10.1515/jpem-2025-0595
• Poon SWY, Tung JYL, Pang GSW, et al. Evaluating Diagnostic Delays and Late Endocrine Sequelae in Children With Intracranial Germ Cell Tumors: A Territory-Wide Population-Based Study. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2026;73(1):e32098. doi:10.1002/pbc.32098
• Tung JY, So HK, Yip KM, Poon SWY, Pang GSW, et al. Optimal vitamin D status for Chinese infants in Hong Kong: insights from the relationship between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and parathyroid hormone levels. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2025;38(7):698-702. Published 2025 Mar 21. doi:10.1515/jpem-2024-0507
• Pang GS, Chung TW, Choy HH, Tung JY, Poon SWY, et al. Review on the screening of urine glucose for early diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus in school children and adolescents with obesity in Hong Kong. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2024;37(2):130-136. Published 2024 Jan 29. doi:10.1515/jpem-2023-0295
• Tung JY, So HK, Tung KT, Pang G, et al. Natural history of infants with vitamin D deficiency in Hong Kong. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2023;32(4):401-407. doi:10.6133/apjcn.202312_32(4).0004
• Tung JY, Chow TK, Wai M, Lo J, Chan SHS. Bone Health Status of Children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy. J Bone Metab. 2023;30(4):319-327. doi:10.11005/jbm.2023.30.4.319
• Tung JY, Kwan EY, But BW, Pang G, et al. Incidence and clinical characteristics of pediatric-onset type 2 diabetes in Hong Kong: The Hong Kong childhood diabetes registry 2008 to 2017. Pediatr Diabetes. 2022;23(5):556-561. doi:10.1111/pedi.13231
• Poon SW, Wong WH, Tsang AM, Poon GW, Tung JY. Who should return for an oral glucose tolerance test? A proposed clinical pathway based on retrospective analysis of 332 children. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2021;34(7):877-884. Published 2021 Apr 19. doi:10.1515/jpem-2020-0689
• Tung JY, Ho FK, Tung KT, et al. Does obesity persist from childhood to adolescence? A 4-year prospective cohort study of chinese students in Hong Kong. BMC Pediatr. 2021;21(1):60. Published 2021 Jan 29. doi:10.1186/s12887-021-02504-7
• Tung JY, Lam TP, Chan SH. Bone microarchitectural alterations in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy on long-term glucocorticoid treatment. J Bone Miner Metab. 2021;39(4):606-611. doi:10.1007/s00774-020-01196-w