Associate Professor of Social Medicne and Health Management
Department of Social Medicne and Health Management
* scswj2008@163.com
Academic Areas
Social Factors and Health, Community Health Service and General Practice, Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Research Interests
Epidemiological studies to explore the trends, patterns, and risk factors for stroke
Meta-analysis in non-communicable diseases epidemiology
Epidemiological studies to investigate the trends, patterns, and associated factors for occupational attractiveness among GPs
Quality of primary healthcare services
Selected Professional Affiliations
2018 Associate Editor, BMC Public Health
2014 Editor, Chinese Journal of Social Medicine
In The Media
In 2014, the article entitled "Shift work and diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis of observational" had been published online in the Occupational and Environmental Medicine, and had attracted the extensive reports and attentions from many international famous news media and medical media, such as the BBC, Reuters, News@JAMA, Medical Research, Endocrine Today, etc. Now, the paper has become the ESI Highly cited papers.
Courses Taught
Social Medicine / Evidence-based Medicine
Education
2012-2017 Ph.D., School of Public Health, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
2008-2012 B.Admin., School of Public Health, Shenyang Medical College, Shenyang, China
Professional/working Experience
2019-present Lecturer, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
2017-2019 Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
Past and ongoing projects, funding, programs
2019-2021 Study on occupational attractiveness evaluation among general practitioners, NSFC, PI
2018-2020 Risk assessment model for stroke among the middle-aged and older population, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded project, PI
Select Publications
Journal Article
* First author or Corresponding author
1. Yan S*, Gan Y*, Li L, Jiang H, Song F, Yin X, Chen L, Fu W, Wang X, Li W, Shu C, Hu S, Wang C, Yue W, Yan F, Wang L, Lv C, Wang Z, Lu Z. Sex differences in risk factors for stroke: A nationwide survey of 700,000 Chinese Adults. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2019:2047487319831483.
2. Yang T, Qiao Y, Xiang S, Li W, Gan Y*, Chen Y*. Work stress and the risk of cancer: A meta-analysis of observational studies. Int J Cancer. 2019;144: 2390-2400.
3. Gan Y, Li L, Zhang L, Yan S, Gao C, Hu S, Qiao Y, Tang S, Wang C, Lu Z. Association between shift work and risk of prostate cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. Carcinogenesis. 2018;39:87-97.
4. Gan Y, Li L, Jiang H, Lu K, Yan S, Cao S, Fu W, Hu S, Qiao Y, Yang T, Wang C, Chen Y, Yang Y, Li H, Fang P, Yin X, Lu Z. Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated With Workplace Violence Against General Practitioners in Hubei, China. Am J Public Health. 2018;108:1223-1226.
5. Gan Y*, Gong Y*, Chen Y, Cao S, Li L, Zhou Y, Herath C, Li W, Song X, Li J, Yang T, Yin X*, Lu Z*. Turnover intention and related factors among general practitioners in Hubei, China: a cross-sectional study. BMC Fam Pract, 2018, 19(1):74.
6. Gan Y, Wu J, Zhang S, Li L, Yin X, Gong Y, Herath C, Mkandawire N, Zhou Y, Song X, Zeng X, Li W, Liu Q, Shu C, Wang Z, Lu Z. Prevalence and risk factors associated with stroke in middle-aged and older Chinese: A community-based cross-sectional study. Sci Rep. 2017;7:9501.
7. Gan Y*, Li W*, Cao S, Dong X, Li L, Mkandawire N, Chen Y, Herath C, Song X, Yin X, Yang T, Li J, Deng J, Lu Z. Patients' Willingness on Community Health Centers as Gatekeepers and Associated Factors in Shenzhen, China: A Cross-sectional Study. Medicine (Baltimore). 2016;95:e3261.
8. Gan Y, Tong X, Li L, Cao S, Yin X, Gao C, Herath C, Li W, Jin Z, Chen Y, Lu Z. Consumption of fruit and vegetable and risk of coronary heart disease: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. Int J Cardiol. 2015;183:129-37.
9. Gan Y, Yang C, Tong X, Sun H, Cong Y, Yin X, Li L, Cao S, Dong X, Gong Y, Shi O, Deng J, Bi H, Lu Z. Shift work and diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis of observational studies. Occup Environ Med. 2015;72:72-8.
10. Li L*, Gan Y*, Wu C, Qu X, Sun G, Lu Z. Coffee consumption and the risk of gastric cancer: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. Bmc Cancer. 2015;15:733.
