DEPARTMENT OF FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION 156 Email peggy.woh@polyu.edu.hk Qualification BSc (University of Malaya) MSc (University of Malaya) PhD (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) ORCID ID 0000-0001-5950-7883 Representative Publications • Woh PY, Yeung MPS, Goggins WB. (2023). Multiple antibiotic resistance index (MARI) of human-isolated Salmonella species: a practical bacterial antibiotic surveillance tool. J Antimicrob Chemother. 78(5), 1295-1299 • Woh PY, Yeung MPS, Goggins WB III, Lo N, Wong KT, Chow V, Chau KY, Fung K, Chen Z, Ip M. (2021). Genomic epidemiology of multidrug-resistant nontyphoidal Salmonella in young children hospitalized for gastroenteritis. Microbiology Spectrum. PMID: 34346743 • Woh PY, Yeung MPS, Nelson EAS, Goggins WB. (2021) Risk factors of non-typhoidal Salmonella gastroenteritis in hospitalised young children: a case-control study. BMJ Paediatrics Open.5(1): e000898 • Woh PY, Thong KL, Behnke JM, Lewis WL and Mohd Zain SN. (2017). Characterization of nontyphoidal Salmonella isolates from asymptomatic migrant food handlers in Peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Food Protection. 80(8), 13781383 • Woh PY, Thong KL, Lim YAL, Behnke JM. Lewis WL and Mohd Zain SN. (2017). Microorganisms as an indicator of hygiene status among migrant food handlers in Peninsular Malaysia. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health. 29(7), 599-607 • Woh PY, Thong KL, Benhke JM, Lewis JW and Mohd Zain SN. (2016). Evaluation of basic knowledge on food safety and food handling practice amongst migrant food handlers in Peninsular Malaysia. Food Control, 70, 64-73 Awards and Achievements • Eurasia-Pacific Uninet Ernst Mach Grant, Austria, 2022 • One Health Fellowship Award, 6th World One Health Congress, Scotland, 2020 • Reaching Out Award, HKSAR Government Scholarship Fund, 2020 • Global Scholarship for Research Excellence, CUHK-UC Berkeley, 2020 • 10th University Scholar Leadership Symposium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2019 • 9th University Scholar Leadership Symposium, Bangkok, Thailand, 2018 • Postgraduate Fellowship Scheme, University of Malaya, 2014 • Postgraduate Research Fund, University of Malaya, 2014 Dr WOH Pei Yee Peggy Research Assistant Professor Research Overview My research focuses on food microbiology and microbiome to study the role of microorganisms in foods, through the characterisation of bacterial phenotypes and genotype materials towards the development of live biotherapeutics to safeguard human health. Research Interests Food microbiology, food safety, food microbiome, antibiotic resistance, live biotherapeutics Visiting mushroom research of Prof. Kwan Hoi Shan at CUHK Eurasia-Pacific Uninet Ernst Mach Grant, Austria, 2022 Delegate of University Scholars Leadership Symposium at Bangkok, Thailand
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