Professor of Occupational and Environmental Health

Department of Occupational and Environmental Health

* hemeian@hust.edu.cn

Academic Areas

Occupational Epidemiology / Molecular Epidemiology on Chronic Disease

Research Interests

Epidemiological studies to investigate the contribution of environmental factors (metals/EEDs/lifestyle), genetic factors and their interaction on the development and progression on environment related diseases

Selected Professional Affiliations

2018‑    Academic Editor, PloS One

Courses Taught

Occupational Health and Occupational Medicine / Preventive Medicine

Education

2004 2007        Ph.D., School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

2001 2004        Master., School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Professional/working Experience

2015-present    Professor, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

2010-2015        Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

2009 2010        Research Fellow, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA

Past and ongoing projects, funding, programs

2015-2019, Investigation on Biological Dose and Early Damage Constant of Human Cadmium in Heavy Metal Contaminated Areas, Key Basic Research of the Ministry of Science and Technology, China, group PI

2015-2018, Investigation of interaction between environmental and genetic factors on type 2 diabetes based on cohort study, NSFC, PI 

Select Publications

Journal Article

*Corresponding author

1.       Wang F, Wang J, Li Y, Yuan J, Yao P, Wei S, Guo H, Zhang X, Yang H, Wu T, He M^*. Gallstone Disease and Type 2 Diabetes Risk: A Mendelian Randomization Study. Hepatology. 2019;70(2):610-620. doi: 10.1002/hep.30403

2.      Wang F, Wang J, Li Y, Han X, Hu H, Yu C, Yuan J, Yao P, Miao X, Wei S, Wang Y, Chen W, Liang Y, Guo H, Zhang X, Yang H, Wu T, He M*.. Associations between daily cooking duration and the prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes in a middle-aged and elderly Chinese population: A cross-sectional study. Indoor Air. 2018 Mar; 28(2):238-246. doi: 10.1111/ina.12434.

3.      Wang J, Yu Y, Li X, Li D, Xu C, Yuan J, Wei S, Li X, Yang K, Zheng D, Tang Y, Yang H, Wu T, He M^*.. Serum uric acid levels and decreased estimated glomerular filtration rate in patients with type 2 diabetes: A cohort study and meta-analysis. Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2018 Oct; 34(7):e3046. doi: 10.1002/dmrr.3046.

4.      Yu C, Wang J, Wang F, Han X, Hu H, Yuan J, Miao X, Yao P, Wei S, Wang Y, Liang Y, Zhang X, Guo H, Pan A, Zheng D, Tang Y, Yang H, Wu T, He M^*.. Victims of Chinese famine in early life have increased risk of metabolic syndrome in adulthood. Nutrition. 2018 Sep; 53:20-25. doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2017.12.013.

5.      Han X, Wang J, Li Y, Hu H, Li X, Yuan J, Yao P, Miao X, Wei S, Wang Y, Liang Y, Zhang X, Guo H, Pan A, Yang H, Wu T, He M^*.. Development of a new scoring system to predict 5-year incident diabetes risk in middle-aged and older Chinese. Acta Diabetol. 2018; 55(1):13-19. doi: 10.1007/s00592-017-1047-1.

6.      Han X, Wang Z, Wang J, Li Y, Hu H, Hu Y, Zhao X, Zhan Y, Yuan J, Wei S, Liang Y, Zhang X, Guo H, Yang H, Wu T, Kong W, He M^*.. Metabolic syndrome is associated with hearing loss among a middle-aged and older Chinese population: a cross-sectional study. Ann Med. 2018 Nov; 50(7):587-595. doi: 10.1080/07853890.2018.1469786.

7.      Yu C, Wang J, Li Y, Han X, Hu H, Wang F, Yuan J, Yao P, Miao X, Wei S, Wang Y, Chen W, Liang Y, Zhang X, Guo H, Yang H, Wu T, He M^*.. Exposure to the Chinese famine in early life and hypertension prevalence risk in adults. J Hypertens. 2017 Jan; 35(1):63-68.

8.     Wang J, Wu X, Li Y, Han X, Hu H, Wang F, Yu C, Li X, Yang K, Yuan J, Yao P, Miao X, Wei S, Wang Y, Chen W, Liang Y, Guo H, Yang H, Wu T, Zhang X, He M^*.. Serum bilirubin concentrations and incident coronary heart disease risk among patients with type 2 diabetes: the Dongfeng-Tongji cohort. Acta Diabetol. 2017 Mar; 54(3):257-264.

9.      Liu B, Feng W, Wang J, Li Y, Han X, Hu H, Guo H, Zhang X, He M^*.. Association of urinary metals levels with type 2 diabetes risk in coke oven workers. Environ Pollut. 2016 Mar; 210:1-8.

10.  Wang J, Li Y, Han X, Liu B, Hu H, Wang F, Li X, Yang K, Yuan J, Yao P, Miao X, Wei S, Wang Y, Liang Y, Zhang X, Guo H, Yang H, Hu FB, Wu T, He M^*.. Exposure to the Chinese Famine in Childhood Increases Type 2 Diabetes Risk in Adults. J Nutr. 2016 Nov; 146(11):2289-2295.

11.   He M, Xu M, Zhang B, et al. Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of adult height in East Asians identifies 17 novel loci. Hum Mol Genet. 2015 Mar 15; 24(6):1791-800. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddu583.

12.  He M, Wu C, Xu J, Guo H, Yang H, Zhang X, Sun J, Yu D, Zhou L, Peng T, He Y, Gao Y, Yuan J, Deng Q, Dai X, Tan A, Feng Y, Zhang H, Min X, Yang X, Zhu J, Zhai K, Chang J, Qin X, Tan W, Hu Y, Lang M, Tao S, Li Y, Li Y, Feng J, Li D, Kim ST, Zhang S, Zhang H, Zheng SL, Gui L, Wang Y, Wei S, Wang F, Fang W, Liang Y, Zhai Y, Chen W, Miao X, Zhou G, Hu FB, Lin D, Mo Z, Wu T. A genome wide association study of genetic loci that influence tumour biomarkers cancer antigen 19-9, carcinoembryonic antigen and α fetoprotein and their associations with cancer risk. Gut. 2014 Jan; 63(1):143-51. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2012-303434.

13.  Gui L, Wu F, Han X, Dai X, Qiu G, Li J, Wang J, Zhang X, Wu T, He M^*.. A multilocus genetic risk score predicts coronary heart disease risk in a Chinese Han population. Atherosclerosis. 2014 Dec; 237(2):480-5.

14.  Dai X, Yuan J, Yao P, Yang B, Gui L, Zhang X, Guo H, Wang Y, Chen W, Wei S, Miao X, Li X, Min X, Yang H, Fang W, Liang Y, Hu FB, Wu T, He M^*.. Association between serum uric acid and the metabolic syndrome among a middle- and old-age Chinese population. Eur J Epidemiol. 2013 Aug; 28(8):669-76. doi: 10.1007/s10654-013-9829-4.

15.  Shi Y, Zhou L, Huang LH, Lian YT, Zhang XM, Guo H, Wu TC, Cheng LX, He M^*.. Plasma ferritin levels, genetic variations in HFE gene, and coronary heart disease in Chinese: a case-control study. Atherosclerosis. 2011; 218(2):386-90.

16.  He M, Workalemahu T, Cornelis MC, Hu FB, Qi L. Genetic variants near IRS1 gene, physical activity, and type 2 diabetes in US men and women. Diabetologia. 2011; 54(6):1579-82.

17.   He M, van Dam RM, Rimm E, Hu FB, Qi L. Whole grain, cereal fiber, bran, and germ intake and the risks of all-cause and CVD-specific mortality among women with type 2 diabetes. Circulation. 2010; 121(20):2162-2168.

18.  He M, Cornelis MC, Franks PW, Zhang C, Hu FB, Qi L. Obesity genotype score and cardiovascular risk in women with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2010; 30(2):327-332.

19.  He M, Cornelis MC, Kraft P, van Dam RM, Sun Q, Laurie CC, Mirel DB, Chasman DI, Ridker PM, Hunter DJ, Hu FB, Qi L. Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Variants at the IL18-BCO2 Locus Associated With Interleukin-18 Levels.Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2010; 30(4):885-890.