Liping Hao
Professor of Nutrition & Food Hygiene 
Department of Nutrition & Food Hygiene
* haolp@mails.tjmu.edu.cn
Academic Areas
Nutrition, metabolism and chronic disease
Research Interests
> Alcohol intake and health---mechanism of alcohol consumption and the risk of type2 diabetes Alcohol intake and health---mechanism of alcohol consumption and the risk of type2 diabetes
> The preventive effect of nutrients (Vitamin D and phytochemicals (resveratrol, carotinoids) in chronic metabolic diseases
> Interaction effect of nutrients (iodine and phytochemicals) and environmental pollutants (PAHs and PAEs) exposure during pregnancy on pregnancy outcome in cohort
Selected Professional Affiliations
2016 Chair, Wuhan Nutrition Society
2016 Standing director, Hubei Nutrition Society
2018 Commissioner, Ninth committee of Wuhan Association of Science and Technology
2019 Commissioner, Marine food and health Council, Chinese Nutrition Society
Courses Taught
Nutrition and food hygiene/Clinical nutrition/Preventive medicine
Awards and Honors
2010 Yong Investigators Fellowships of the Asia Pacific Society of Hypertension (23rd Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Hypertension held in Vancouver, Canada, Nov.26-30, 2010)
2014 Mechanism of Ho-1 induced by plant flavonoids antagonizes alcoholic liver disease, Second prize of Hubei natural science award, 2014Z-025-2-009-009-R04, Ranked fourth in total five people
Education
2001-2005 M.D., Dept. of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of science and technology, Wuhan, China
1994-1997 Master's Degree of Medicine, Dept. of Environmental Epidemiology, Tongji Medical University, Wuhan, China
1989-1994 B.Med, Tongji Medical University, Wuhan, China
Professional/working Experience
2015-present Professor, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
2005-2015 Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
2006-2007 Post-doctoral fellowship, Clinic for General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery Charité, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Charité Universitäts medizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2000-2005 Lector, Department of nutrition and food hygiene, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
1997-2000 Teaching Assistant, Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical University, Wuhan, China
Past and ongoing projects, funding, programs
> 2018.12-2021.12, key technology research project of food pollutant risk assessment, National Key Research and Development Program of China, PI-Subjet
> 2018.01-2021.12, Interaction effect of iodine nutrition and PAEs exposure during pregnancy on the growth and development of infants and the related mechanisms, NSFC, PI
> 2016.01-2017.12, Ameliorative effect of lutein on fatty-deposits via lipid mechanism regulation based on SIRT1-associated signaling pathways, NSFC, PI
> 2013.5-2016.4, Investigation of Maternal and child health and physical constants, National Program on Basic Research Project of China, PI-corpus
> 2012.01-2015.12, Role of SIRT1 in alcohol-induced diabetes mellitus and resveratrol prevention, NSFC, PI
> 2004.1-2006.12, The effect of ethanol on insulin sensitivity and the relationship of ethanol and type 2 diabetes mellitus, NSFC, PI
> Select Publications
Books, patents
1. Clinical Nutrition, Associate editor, 3rd edition, Science Press, 2016.3, ISBN 978-7-03-047112-3
2. Preventive Medicine, Associate Editor, Science Press, 2014.1, ISBN 987-7-03-039296-1
Journal Article
* Corresponding author
1. G Qin, Zhong C, Zhou X, Chen R, Xiong T, Hong M, Li Q, Kong M, Han W, Sun G, Yang X, Yang N*, Hao L*. The association between intake of dietary lycopene and other carotenoids and gestational diabetes mellitus risk during mid-trimester: a cross-sectional study. Br J Nutr. 2019 Mar 22:1-22. doi: 10.1017/S0007114519000606.
2. Zhou J, Gao Q, Wang J, Zhang M, Ma J, Wang C, Chen H, Peng X*, Hao L*. Comparison of coronary heart disease risk assessments among individuals with metabolic syndrome using three diagnostic definitions: A cross-sectional study from China. BMJ Open, 2018 Oct 25; 8(10): e022974
3. Luo G, Huang B, Qiu X, Xiao L, Wang N, Gao Q, Yang W, Hao L*. Resveratrol attenuates excessive ethanol exposure induced insulin resistance in rats via improving NAD+/NADH ratio. Mol Nutr Food Res, 2017 Nov; 61(11).
4. Xiong T, Zhong C, Zhou X, Chen R, Xiao M, Wu Y, Hu X, Wang W, Li X, Liu C, Xiong G, Yang X, Hao L*, Yang N*. Maternal Circulating Transthyretin Level Is Longitudinally Associated with Increased Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: It Is Not Just an Indicator of Nutritional Status. Diabetes Care, 2017, May; 40(5): e53-e54.
5. Peng XL, Xu J, Sun XF, Ying CJ, Hao LP*. Analysis of trans-resveratrol and trans-piceid in vegetable foods using high performance liquid chromatography. Int J Food Sci Nutr. 2015 Nov; 66(7): 729-735. Peng XL, Xu J, Sun XF, Ying CJ, Hao LP*. Analysis of trans-resveratrol and trans-piceid in vegetable foods using high performance liquid chromatography. Int J Food Sci Nutr. 2015 Nov; 66(7): 729-735.
6. Qiu X, Gao DH, Xiang X, Xiong YF, Zhu TS, Liu LG, Sun XF, Hao LP*. Ameliorative effects of lutein on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in rats. World J Gastroenterol. 2015 July 14; 21 (26): 8061-8072.
7. Han H, Cui W, Wang L, Xiong Y, Liu L, Sun X, Hao L *. Lutein prevents high fat diet-induced atherosclerosis in apoE-deficient mice by inhibiting NADPH oxidase and increasing PPAR expression. Lipids. 2015 Mar; 50 (3): 261-273.
8. Xin P, Han H, Gao D, Cui W, Yang X, Ying C, Sun X, Hao L*. Alleviative effect of resveratrol on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease are associated with up regulation of hepatic low density lipoprotein receptor and scavenger receptor class B type I gene expression in rats. Food Chem Toxicol. 2013 Feb; 52: 12-18.
9. Tang Y, Xu J, Qu W, Peng X, Xin P, Yang X, Ying C, Sun X, Hao L*. Resveratrol reduces vascular cell senescence through attenuation of oxidative stress by SIRT1/NADPH oxidase -dependent mechanisms. J Nutr Biochem. 2012 Nov: 23(11): 1410-1416.
10. Qu W, Zhao L, Pen X, Yang X, Ying C, Hao L*, Sun X. Biphasic effects of chronic ethanol exposure on insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in primary cultured rat skeletal muscle cells: role of Akt pathway and GLUT4. Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2011 Jan; 27(1): 47-53.
