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Associate Professor of Occupational and Environmental Health
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health
* yangliangle@sina.cn
Academic Areas
Occupational and Environmental Health / Environmental Epidemiology
Research Interests
Associations of occupational/environmental factors, lifestyle factors with early cardiovascular damage
Gene-environment interaction on major cardiometabolic diseases (CHD, diabetes, et al.)
Courses Taught
Occupational health and occupational medicine
Education
2012-2017 Doctor’s Degree, Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China;
2007-2012 Bachelor’s Degree, Health Management, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
Professional/working Experience
2017/6-2019/6
Post doctor, Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China;
2019/9-present
Lecturer, School of Public Health, Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
Past and ongoing projects, funding, programs
2019-2021 Role of plasma miRNA in arterial stiffness caused by ambient fine particulate matter and its components: a panel study. National Natural Science Foundation of China, (NSFC 81803191). (PI)
2018-2019 Role of mitochondrial DNA copy number in incident diabetes risk caused by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons exposure. The China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2018M632876). (PI).
Select Publications
Journal Article
*Corresponding author
1. Yang L, Ma L, Guo W, Fang Q, Lai X, Zhang X*. Interaction of APOA4-APOA5-ZPR1-BUD13 gene cluster and sleep duration on 5-year lipid changes in middle-aged and older Chinese. Sleep, 2019 Aug 1;42(8)
2. Yang L, Guo W, Zeng D, Ma L, Lai X, Fang Q, Guo H, Zhang X*. Heart rate variability mediates the association of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons exposure on atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk in coke oven workers. Chemosphere, 2019, 228:166-173
3. Yang L#, Yan K#, Zeng D, Lai X, Chen X, Fang Q, Guo H, Wu T, Zhang X*. Association of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons metabolites and risk of diabetes in coke oven workers. Environ Pollut. 2017, 223:305-310 (#Co-first author)
4. Yang L#, Xu Z#, He M, Yang H, Li X, Min X, Zhang C, Xu C, Angileri F, Légaré S, Yuan J, Miao X, Guo H, Yao P, Wu T, Zhang X*. Sleep duration and midday napping with 5-year incidence and reversion of metabolic syndrome in middle-aged and older Chinese. Sleep. 2016, 39(11):1911-1918 (#Co-first author)
5. Yang L, Yang H, He M, Pan A, Li X, Min X, Zhang C, Xu C, Yuan J, Wei S,Miao X, Hu FB, Wu T, Zhang X*. Longer sleep duration and midday napping are associated with a higher risk of CHD incidence in middle-aged and older Chinese: The Dongfeng-Tongji Cohort Study. Sleep. 2016, 39(3):645-652
6. Yang L, Zhou Y, Sun H, Lai H, Liu C, Yan K, Yuan J, Wu T, Chen W, Zhang X*. Dose-response relationship between polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolites and risk of diabetes in the general Chinese population. Environ Pollut. 2014, 195 C:24-30