Lecturer of Environmental Medicine
Department of Environmental Medicine
* lhx@hust.edu.cn
Academic Areas
Environmental epidemiology
Research Interests
1. Epidemiology of pregnancy complications and well-beings of susceptible populations.
2. Early-life environmental exposures and their links to developmental abnormalities and the risk for a variety of diseases later-in-life.
3. Hazardous human effect and potential mechanisms of legacy and emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
Education
2014.09-2019.06 Ph.D. in Department of Occupational and Environmental Health
Tongji Medical College
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
2009.09-2014.06 M.D. in Preventive Medicine
Tianjin Medical University
Professional/working Experience
2022.01-present Lecturer in Institute for Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical
College
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
2020.01-2021.02 Postdoctoral Fellow in Department of Pediatrics
New York University (NYU), the USA
2019.07-2022.01 Postdoctoral Fellow in Department of Occupational and Environmental health, Tongji
Medical College
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
Select Publications
Journal Article
1. Liu HX, Campana AM, Wang Y, Kannan K, Liu M, Zhu H, Mehta-Lee S, Brubaker SG, Kahn LG, Trasande L, Ghassabian A. Organophosphate pesticide exposure: Demographic and dietary predictors in an urban pregnancy cohort. Environ Pollut. 2021 Mar 11;283: 116920. PMID: 33839620.
2. Liu HX*, Pan YT*, Jin S, Sun X, Jiang Y, Wang Y, Ghassabian A, Li Y, Xia W, Cui Q, Zhang B, Zhou A, Dai J, Xu S. Associations between six common per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and estrogens in neonates of China. J Hazard Mater. 2021 Apr 5;407: 124378. PMID: 33139105.3. Liu HX*, Pan YT*, Jin S, Li Y, Zhao L, Sun X, Cui Q, Zhang B, Zheng T, Xia W, Zhou A, Campana AM, Dai J, Xu S. Associations of per-/polyfluoroalkyl substances with glucocorticoids and progestogens in newborns. Environ Int. 2020 Jul;140: 105636. PMID: 32474218.
4. Li Y Y, Liu HX, Xia W, et al. Cold chain logistics: a possible mode of SARS-CoV-2 transmission? BMJ. 2021, 375.
5. Lu X, Zhang L, Du H, Zhang J, Li YY, Qu J, Zhang W, Wang Y, Bao S, Li Y, Wu C, Liu HX, Liu D, Shao J, Peng X, Yang Y, Liu Z, Xiang Y, Zhang F, Silva RM, Pinkerton KE, Shen K, Xiao H, Xu S, Wong GWK; Chinese Pediatric Novel Coronavirus Study Team. SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Children. N Engl J Med. 2020 Apr 23;382(17):1663-1665. PMID: 32187458;
6. Liu HX*, Li JF*, Xia W, Zhang B, Peng Y, Li YY, Zhou YQ, Fang J, Zhao HZ, Jiang YQ, Liu WY, Sun XJ, Hu C, Cai ZW, Xu SQ. Blood Pressure Changes during Pregnancy in Relation to Urinary Paraben, Triclosan and Benzophenone Concentrations: A Repeated Measures Study. Environ Int. 2018 Nov 28. PMID: 30503318
7. Liu HX*, Xia Wei*, Xu SQ, Zhang B, Lu B, Huang Z, Zhang HL, Jiang YQ, Liu WY, Peng Y, Sun XJ, Li YY. Cadmium body burden and pregnancy-induced hypertension. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2018 Mar; 221(2):246-251. PMID: 29162486
8. Liu HX*, Lu S*, Zhang B, Xia W, Liu WY, Peng Y, Zhang HL, Wu KB, Xu SQ, Li YY. Maternal arsenic exposure and birth outcomes: A birth cohort study in Wuhan, China. Environ Pollut, 2018 May;236:817-823. PMID: 29462776
9. Liu HX, Liao JQ, Zhang B, Yu HF, b, Kang JW, Hu C, Jiang YQ, Li YY, Xu SQ. Maternal Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter and the Risk of Fetal Distress. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 2018 Dec 6;170:253-258. PMID: 30529920
10. Zhou YQ*, Liu HX*, Li JF, Xu SQ, Li YY, Zhao HZ, Liu WY, Arthur C.K. Chung, Hong YJ, Jiang YQ, Zhang WX, Fang J, Xia W, Cai ZW. Distribution, Variability, and Predictors of Urinary Benzotriazoles and Benzothiazoles in Pregnant Women from Wuhan, China. Environ Int, 2018 Oct 29. pii: S0160-4120(18)31499-5. PMID: 30385063
11. Fang J*, Liu HX*, Zhao HZ, et al. Association of prenatal exposure to organochlorine pesticides and birth size. Sci Total Environ. 2018 Oct 30;654:678-683. PMID: 30448658
12. Fang J*, Liu HX*, Zhao HZ, Xu SQ, Cai ZW. Concentrations of organochlorine pesticides in cord serum of newborns in Wuhan, China. Sci Total Environ, 2018 Sep 15;636:761-766. PMID: 29727842
13. Hu J, Xia W, Pan XY, Zheng TZ, Zhang B, Zhou AF, Buka SL, Bassig BA, Liu WY, Wu CS, Peng Y, Li J, Zhang CC, Liu HX, Jiang MM, Wang YJ, Zhang JD, Huang Z, Zheng D, Shi KC, Qian ZM, Li YY, Xu SQ. Association of adverse birth outcomes with prenatal exposure to vanadium: a population-based cohort study. Lancet Planet Health, 2017 Sep;1(6):e230-e241. PMID: 29851608
