Yonghua Hu

Professor
yhhu@bjmu.edu.cn
Xueyuanlu 38., Haidian district, Beijing, China
Peking University

Personal profile

Current and previous position: Dean，School of Public Health, Peking University; Director，Key Laboratory of Epidemiology of Ministry of Education P.R. China; Professor, School of Public Health, Peking University; Director, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Peking University. Current academic appointments: Secretary-general, China Preventive Medicine Steering Committee; China regional director, Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH); Standing board member of: China Preventive Medicine Association, China Association of Environmental Mutagen Societies, Chinese Association of Health Education and Promotion.

Main research directions

Chronic disease control and health policy

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) epidemiology

Genetic epidemiology

Representative scientific research projects

1. National Key Projects: A Family Cohort Study of Common Non-communicable Diseases among Residents in Rural Areas of Northern China

2. National Natural Science Project: Gene-environment interaction study of ischemic stroke based on family cohort, influence of adiponectin and related genes on cardiovascular metabolic diseases - family-based case cohort study, etc.

10 representative papers

1.Wang L, Gao P, Zhang M, Huang Z, Zhang D, Deng Q, Li Y, Zhao Z, Qin X, Jin D, Zhou M, Tang X, Hu Y, Wang L. Prevalence and Ethnic Pattern of Diabetes and Prediabetes in China in 2013. Jama. 2017;317(24):2515-2523.

2.Fang L, Gao P, Bao H, Tang X, Wang B, Feng Y, Cong S, Juan J, Fan J, Lu K, Wang N, Hu Y, Wang L. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in China: a nationwide prevalence study. Lancet Respir Med. 2018 Jun;6(6):421-430.

3.Tian Y, Liu H, Xiang X, Zhao Z, Juan J, Li M, Song J, Cao Y, Wu Y, Wang X, Chen L, Wei C, Gao P, Hu Y. Ambient Coarse Particulate Matter and Hospital Admissions for Ischemic Stroke. Stroke. 2019 Apr;50(4):813-819.

4.Tian Y, Liu H, Si Y, Cao Y, Song J, Li M, Wu Y, Wang X, Xiang X, Juan J, Chen L, Wei C, Gao P, Hu Y. Association between temperature variability and daily hospital admissions for cause-specific cardiovascular disease in urban China: A national time-series study. PLoS Med. 2019 Jan 28;16(1):e1002738.

5.Tian Y, Liu H, Zhao Z, Xiang X, Li M, Juan J, Song J, Cao Y, Wang X, Chen L, Wei C, Hu Y, Gao P. Association between ambient air pollution and daily hospital admissions for ischemic stroke: A nationwide time-series analysis. PLoS Med. 2018 Oct 4;15(10):e1002668.

6.Tang X, Zhang D, He L, Wu N, Si Y, Cao Y, Huang S, Li N, Li J, Dou H, Gao P, Hu Y. Performance of atherosclerotic cardiovascular risk prediction models in a rural Northern Chinese population: Results from the Fangshan Cohort Study. Am Heart J. 2019 May;211:34-44.

7.Liu H, Tian Y, Xiang X, Juan J, Song J, Cao Y, Huang C, Li M, Hu Y. Ambient Particulate Matter Concentrations and Hospital Admissions in 26 of China's Largest Cities: A Case-Crossover Study. Epidemiology. 2018 Sep;29(5):649-657.

8.Cao Y, Wang T, Wu Y, Juan J, Qin X, Tang X, Wu T, Hu Y. Opposite Genetic Effects of CMIP Polymorphisms on the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity: A Family-Based Study in China. 2018 Mar 28;19(4). pii: E1011.

9.Juan J, Jiang X, Tang X, Wu Y, Sun K, Xiang X, Tian Y, Wu T, Sun Q, Kraft P, Hu Y. Joint Effects of PON1 Polymorphisms and Vegetable Intake on Ischemic Stroke: A Family-Based Case Control Study. Int J Mol Sci.2017 Dec 7;18(12). pii: E2652.

10.Shangwei Z, Yingqi W, Jiang X, Zhongyin W, Juan J, Dafang C, Yonghua H, Wei G. Serum High-Sensitive C-Reactive Protein Level and CRP Genetic Polymorphisms Are Associated with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. Annals of vascular surgery. 2017;45:18