{ "chinesename
马青云
title
Prof.
surname
Ma
givenname
Ronald CW
photo
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education
MB BChir (Cantab), MRCP (UK), FRCP (Lond), FRCP (Edin), FHKCP, FHKAM (Medicine)
post
Professor and Head (Academic Affairs), Division of Endocrinology & Diabetes,
Department of Medicine & Therapeutics
Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Honorary Consultant Endocrinologist, Hospital Authority
researcherid
C-2788-2009
expertise
Diabetes and Endocrinology, Genomics and personalized medicine
interest
Epidemiology and genetics of diabetes and diabetic complications, gestational diabetes and developmental origins of adult diseases, polycystic ovary syndrome
tel
(852) 3505 3125
email
rcwma@cuhk.edu.hk
research
Dr Ma’s research focuses on improving our understanding of the epidemiology of diabetes and diabetes-related complications, and to translate these to improve diabetes care. His laboratory has utilized several large cohorts, including the Hong Kong Diabetes Registry, the Hong Kong Diabetes Family Study, and several mother-offspring cohorts to identify genetic and other novel biomarkers associated with type 2 diabetes and its complications. Current ongoing projects include a large-scale multi-disciplinary effort to identify genetic and epigenetic markers that can predict the development of diabetic complications, functional characterization of novel type 2 diabetes genes, and long-term effects of gestational diabetes.

selected
publication
Causes of Type 2 diabetes in China Ma RC*, Lin X, Jia W. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol 2014, Sept 11"},{ "publication
Type 2 Diabetes in East Asians: similarities and differences with populations in Europe and the United States. Ma RC*, Chan JC. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2013; Apri 1281(1): 64-91"},{ "publication
Risk association of HbA1c variability with chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes: Prospective analysis of the Hong Kong Diabetes Registry. Luk AO, Ma RC, Lau ES, Yang X, Lau WW, Yu LW, Chow FC, Chan JC, So WY. Diabetes Metab Res Rev 2013; March 6"},{ "publication
Erectile Dysfunction Predicts Coronary Heart Disease In Type 2 Diabetes Ma RC, So WY, Yang XL, Yu LW, Kong AP, Ko GT, Chow CC, Cockram CS, Chan JC, Tong PC. J Am Coll Cardiol 2008, 51 (21): 2045-50"},{ "publication
Glucose intolerance and cardiometabolic risk in children exposed to Maternal Gestational Diabetes in utero Tam WH, Ma RC, Yang XL, Ko GTC, Tong PC, Cockram CS, Sahota DS, Rogers MS, Chan JC. Paediatrics 2008; 122 (6): 1229-34"},{ "publication
Genome-side association study in a Chinese population identifies a susceptibility locus for type 2 diabets at 7q2 near Pax4 Ma RC*, Hu C, Tam CH, Zhang R, Kwan P, Leung TF, Thomas GN, Go MJ, Hara K, Sim X, Ho JS, Wang C, Li H, Lu L, Wang Y, Li JW, Wang Y, Lam VK, Wang J, Yu W, Kim YJ, Ng DP, Fujita H, Panoutsopoulou K, Day-Williams AG, Lee HM, Ng AC, Fang YJ, Kong AP, Jiang F, Ma X, Hou X, Tang S, Lu J, Yamauchi T, Tsui SK, Woo J, Leung PC, Zhang X, Tang NL, Sy HY, Liu J, Wong TY, Lee JY, Maeda S, Xu G, Cherny SS, Chan TF, Ng MC, Xiang K, Morris AP, DIAGRAM Consortium, Keildson S, The MuTHER Consortium, Hu R, Ji L, Lin X, Cho YS, Kadowaki T, Tai ES, Zeggini E, McCarthy MI, Hon KL, Baum L, Tomlinson BT, So WY, Bao Y, Chan JC, Jia W. Diabetologia 2013; March 27"},{ "publication
Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies 8 new loci for type 2 diabetes in East Asians Cho YS, Chen C, Hu C, Long J, Ong RT, Sim X, Takeuchi F, Go MJ, Yamauchi T, Chang Y-C, Kwak SH, Ma RC, Yamamoto K, Adair LS, Aung T, Cai Q, Chang LC, Chen Y-T, Gao Y, Hu FB, Kim H-L, Kim S, Kim YJ, Lee JJ, Lee NR, Li Y, Liu JJ, Lu W, Nakamura J, Nakashima E, Ng DP, Tay WT, Tsai F-J, Wong TY, Yokota M, Zheng W, Zhang R, Wang C, So WY, Ohnaka K, Ikegami H, Hara K, Cho YM, Cho NH, Chang T-J, Bao Y, Hedman AK, Morris AP, McCarthy MI, DIAGRAM Consortium, MuTHER consortium, Takayanagi R, Park KS, Jia WP, Chuang LM, Chan JC, Maeda S, Kadowaki T, Lee J-Y, Wu J-Y, Teo YY, Tai ES, Shu XO, Mohlke KL, Kato N, Han B-G, Seielstad M. Nature Genetics 2011; Dec 11; 44 (1): 67-72"},{ "publication
Genetic variants of the Protein Kinase C-β1 gene and development of end stage renal disease in patients with type 2 diabetes Ma RC*, Tam CH, Wang Y, Luk AO, Hu C, Yang X, Lam V, Chan AW, Ho JS, Chow CC, Tong PC, Jia W, Ng MC, So WY, Chan JC. JAMA 2010; 304(8): 881-9."},{ "publication
Implication of genetic variants near NEGR1, SEC16B, ETV5/DGKG, GNPDA2, LIN7C/BDNF, MTCH2, BCDIN3D/FAIM2, SH2B1, FTO, MC4R and KCTD15 with obesity and type 2 diabetes in 7705 Chinese Ng, MC, Tam CH, So WY, Ho JS, Chan AW, Lee HM, Wang Y, Lam V, Chan JC, Ma RC*. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2010, Mar 9"},{ "publication
Sonographic measurement of mesenteric fat predicts presence of fatty liver among subjects with polycystic ovary syndrome Ma RC*, Liu KH, Lam PM, Cheung LP, Tam WH, Ko GT, Chan MH, Ho CS, Lam CW, Chu WC, Tong PC, So WY, Chan JC, Chow CC. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2011; 96(3): 799-807"}]}