Weihua Cao

Professor
caoweihua60@163.com
Xueyuanlu 38., Haidian district, Beijing, China
Peking University

Personal profile

Professor, postgraduate tutor and former deputy director of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, China. Main research fields: Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases and AIDS Epidemiology. The present chairman of the Primary Tuberculosis Prevention Branch of Chinese Antituberculosis Association、vice chairman of Professional Committee on Public Health Information of Chinese Health Information Association、chairman of the Professional Committee on Epidemiology of Beijing Preventive Medicine Association、editorial board of Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine and experts of Sexually Transmitted Disease of AIDS Prevention and Control Center of Chinese Center For Disease Control And Prevention. He has won the second and third prize of Chinese Preventive Medicine Science and Technology Award、third prize of Beijing Science and Technology Award and published more than 20 articles over the past five years. Moreover, he undertook or participated in many projects funded by Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China、Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention or National Natural Science Foundation of China.

Education Background

1983 -1986, Master of Biostatistics, Beijing Medical University, China

1978 -1983, Bachelor of Medicine (Public Health), Beijing Medical College, China

Employment

10/1993 -, Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, China

10/1991 – 09/1993, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Beijing Medical University, China

10/1987 – 09/1991, Lecturer, Department of Social Medicine, Beijing Medical University, China

10/1986 – 09/1987, Teaching Assistant, Department of Biostatistics, Beijing Medical University, China

Main research directions

1. Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases

2. AIDS Epidemiology

Representative scientific research projects

1. PI of Study of Association between Obesity and DNA Methylation of Child and Adolescent Twins in Beijing supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China （81473041）from 2015 to 2018.

2. A cohort study on special population in environmental epidemiology in China supported by Special Fund for Health Scientific Research in Public Welfare （201502006）from 2015 to 2018

3. Association between depressive disorder and cardiovascular disease and Its Major Risk Factors in Chinese Population supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China （81202266）from 2012 to 2015

4. Environmental Risk Factor Study of Cardiovascular Diseases Based on Twins Reared Apart and Together supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China（81202264） from 2012 to 2015

5. Cohort Study on Environmental Epidemiology in China supported by Special Fund for Health Scientific Research in Public Welfare（201002007） from 2010 to 2013

10 representative papers

1.Gan F#, Gao W, Lv J, Yu C, Wang S, Pang Z, Cong L, Dong Z, Wu F, Wang H, Wu X, Jiang G, Wang X, Wang B, Chang Z, Ralf Kuja-Halkola, Cao W*, LI L, Analysis on the heritability of diabetes, based on data from the Chinese adult twins, Chin J Epidemiol, 2019. 04. 01, 40(4): 389~393

2.Li C#, Gao W*, Gao Y, Yu C, Lv J, Lv R, Duan J, Sun Y, Guo X, Cao W*, Li L, Age prediction of children and adolescents aged 6-17 years: an epigenome-wide analysis of DNA methylation, Aging, 2018. 05. 12, 10 (5): 1015~1026

3.Liu Y#, Gan F, Yu C, Gao W, Lv J, Pang Z, Cong L, Wang H, Wu X, Cao W*, Li L, Effect of family environment in childhood and adolescence on mental health in adulthood, Chin J Epidemiol, 2018. 05. 01, 39(5): 600~603

4.Li C#, Gao Y, Gao W, Yu C, Lv J, Lv R, Duan J, Sun Y, Guo X, Wang S, Zhou B, Wang G, Cao W*, Li L, Association between obesity and DNA methylation among the 7-16 year-old-twins, Chin J Epidemiol, 2018. 04. 01, 39(4): 443~448

5.Zhao Q#, Gao W, Yu C, Lv J, Pang Z, Cong L, Cao W*,Li L, Association between birth cohort and the heritability of body mass index, Chin J Epidemiol, 2017. 08. 01, 38(8): 1043~1049

6.Gao Y#, Wang B, Gao W, Cao W*,Yu C, Lv J, Wang S, Pang Z, Cong L, Wang H, Wu X, Liang L, Li L, Mendelian randomization analysis of the relationship between obesity and DNA methylation, Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2017. 02. 08, 51(2): 137~142

7.Gao Y#, Gao W, Cao W*, Current status and progress in studies on the association between obesity and DNA methylation among children and adolescents, Chin J Epidemiol, 2016. 08. 01, 37(8): 1169~1174

8.Bao Z#, Yu C, Wang B, Cao W*, Gao W, Lv J, Wang S, Pang Z, Cong L, Dong Z, Wu F, Wang H, Wu X, Wang D, Wang X, Wang B, Li L, Influences of genetic and environmental factors on smoking related behaviors among male twin adults in China, Chin J Epidemiol, 2016. 05. 01, 37(5): 618~623

9.Zhou B#, Gao W#, Lv J，Yu C, Wang S，Liao C, Pang Z，Cong L，Dong Z, Wu F, Wang H, Wu X, Jiang G, Wang X, Wang B, Cao W*, Li L*, Genetic and Environmental Influences on Obesity-Related Phenotypes in Chinese Twins Reared Apart and Together, Behavior Genetics, 2015. 07. 01, 45 (4): 427~437

10.Zhou B#, Li L, Lv J, Yu C, Wang S, Pang Z, Cong L, Dong Z, Wu F, Wang H, Wu X, Jiang G, Wang X, Wang B, Gao W, Cao W*, Heritability of body mass index on Chinese adult twins from nine provinces/cities in China, Chin J Epidemiol, 2015. 04. 01, 36(4): 299~-303