Jianmeng Liu

Professor
liujm@pku.edu.cn
Xueyuan Road 38, Haidian District, Beijing, China
Peking University

Personal profile

Jun 2016-Present Professor and Director of Institute of Reproductive and Child Health, Peking University

Dec 2013-Present Professor and Director of Office for National Maternal and Child Health Statistics of China, National Health Commission of China

May 2008-Jun 2016 Professor and Deputy Director of Institute of Reproductive and Child Health, Peking University

Jun 2006-Apr 2008 Professor in Institute of Reproductive and Child Health, Peking University

Jun 1999-May 2006 Associate Professor in Institute of Reproductive and Child Health, Peking University

Aug 1998-May 1999 Assistant Professor in Institute of Reproductive and Child Health, Peking University

Nov 1993-Aug 1995 Acting Deputy Project Director for Maternal and Child Health Project in 41 Counties Supported by World Bank, Health Department of Inner Mongolia

Oct 1991-Jun 1992 Coordinator for National Research on Maternal and Child Health Project, Department of Maternal and Child Health, Ministry of Health of China

Aug 1988-Sep 1991 Epidemiologist, Inner Mongolian Hospital of Maternal and Child Health of China

Main research directions

Study of big data in reproductive and child health

Perinatal epidemiology

Maternal and child health policy and healthcare delivery

Representative scientific research projects

1. The effect of time window for umbilical cord clamping during cesarean section on the health outcomes of offspring hemoglobin and maternal blood loss. National Natural Science Foundation of China (82173528, 2022/1-2025/12). Role: PI

2. The University Hospital Advanced Age Pregnant (UNIHOPE) Cohort. A Sub-project of the National Key R&D Program on Reproductive Health & Major Birth Defects Control and Prevention Project (2016YFC1000401, 2016/7-2020/12). Role: PI

3. Effect of Umbilical Cord Milking on Iron Related Health Outcomes for Cesarean Delivered-Infants: A Randomized Controlled Trial. National Natural Science Foundation of China (81571517, 2016/1-2019/12). Role: PI

4. Cesarean Delivery on Maternal Request and Childhood Metabolic Syndrome: a Cohort Study. National Natural Science Foundation of China (81273163, 2013/1-2016/12). Role: PI

5. Folic Acid Nutritional Status in Women of Childbearing Age. United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (2013-2014). Role: PI

6. Prospective Follow-up Study of the Affected Children Exposed to Melamine-Contaminated Dairy Products and the Mechanism of Kidney Damage Caused by Melamine. National Natural Science Foundation of China (81072372, 1/2011-2013/12). Role: PI

7. Impact of Iron/Folic Acid versus Multi-Micronutrient Supplements versus Folic Acid Supplements during Pregnancy on Mortality, Morbidity, and Complications during Pregnancy, Labor, and Delivery: A Randomized Controlled Trial in China. US CDC (U11 CCU015586-05/CDC, 2004-2012). Role: Co-Investigator and Project Leader

8. Gene-Environment Interaction in the Development of Major Birth Defects in China. China 973 grant program (2007CB511901, 2009-2011). Role: PI of a sub-project

10 representative papers

1. Zhou YB, Si KY, Li HT, Li XC, Tanumihardjo S A, Liu JM (Corresponding). Geographic and socio-demographic determinants of plasma retinol concentrations in Chinese pregnant and lactating women. Eur J Nutr. 2021. Doi: 10.1007/s00394-021-02759-x.

2. Li HT, Hellerstein S, Zhou YB, Liu JM (Corresponding), Blustein J. Trends in Cesarean Delivery Rates in China, 2008-2018. JAMA. 2020;323(1):89-91.

3. Li HT, Xue M, Hellerstein S, Cai Y, Gao YQ, Zhang YL, Qiao J, Blustein J, Liu JM (Co-corresponding). Association of China’s universal two child policy with changes in births and birth related health factors: national, descriptive comparative study. BMJ. 2019;366: l4680.

4. Liao Z, Zhou Y, Li H, Wang C, Chen D, Liu JM (Co-corresponding). The Rates and Medical Necessity of Cesarean Delivery in the Era of the Two-Child Policy in Hubei and Gansu Provinces, China. Am J Public Health. 2019;109(3):476-82.

5. Li HT, Luo SS, Trasande L, Hellerstein S, Kang CY, Li JC, Zhang YL, Liu JM (corresponding), Blustein J. Geographic variation and temporal trends in cesarean delivery rates in China, 2008-2014. JAMA.2017;317(1):69-76.

6. Li HT, Trasande L, Zhu LP, Ye RW, Zhou YB, Liu JM (Corresponding). Association of cesarean delivery with anemia in infants and children in 2 large longitudinal Chinese birth cohorts. Am J Clin Nutr. 2015;101(3):523-9.

7. Blustein J, Liu JM (Co-corresponding). Time to consider the risks of caesarean delivery for long term child health. BMJ. 2015;350:h2410.

8. Li HT, Liu JM (Corresponding), Blustein J. Cesarean delivery on maternal request. JAMA. 2013;310(9):977-8. (letter)

9. Liu JM (Corresponding), Mei ZG, Ye RW, et al. Micronutrient supplementation and pregnancy outcomes: double-blind randomized controlled trial in China. JAMA Internal Medicine. 2013;173:276-82.

10. Liu JM (Corresponding), Ren A, Yang L, et al. Urinary tract abnormalities in Chinese rural children who consumed melamine-contaminated dairy products: a population-based screening and follow-up study. CMAJ. 2010; 182:439-43.