Academic Appointments

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

2012-2015    Assistant Professor, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Postdoctoral Training & Education Qualification

2009‑2012    Research Fellow, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA

2004‑2009    Ph.D., Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

2000‑2004    B.S., Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Awards and Honors

2014    AHA Sandra A. Daugherty Award for Excellence in Cardiovascular Disease or Hypertension Epidemiology

2012    Winner, AHA Trudy Bush Fellowship for Cardiovascular Research in Women’s Health

2011    One of the top reviewers for Diabetes Care (by the Editor-in-chief)

2010    AHA Elizabeth Barrett-Connor Research Award in Epidemiology

2010    One of the best reviewers for Annals of Internal Medicine (by the Editor-in-chief)

Editorial Activities

2013‑ Associate Editor, BMC Endocrine Disorders

2014‑ Academic Editor, PLoS ONE

2016‑ Editorial broad, Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine

2016‑ Editorial broad, Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications

2017‑ Associate Editor, Nutrition & Metabolism

2018‑ Editorial broad, World Journal of Diabetes

Research Interests

·Epidemiological studies to investigate the contribution of environmental factors (diet/lifestyle) and genetic susceptibility to the development of obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease

·Nutrition intervention studies on individuals with or at a high risk of non-communicable diseases, such as obesity, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes

·Mental health (especially depression) and its relation to non-communicable diseases (obesity, diabetes, coronary heart disease, stroke, mortality etc.)

·Meta-analysis in nutritional epidemiology and psychiatry epidemiology

Selected Publications (Total impact factor >1000; h-index 46 and total citations >7000 from SCI in September 2018)

1. Li Y,^* Pan A,^* Wang DD, Liu X, Dhana K, Franco OH, Kaptoge S, Di Angelantonio E, Stampfer M, Willett WC, Hu FB.^# Impact of healthy lifestyle factors on life expectancies in the US population. Circulation. 2018;138(4):345-355. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.032047. (^*Co-first author)

2. Pan A,^* Lin X, Hemler E, Hu FB.^* Diet and cardiovascular disease: advances and challenges in population-based studies. Cell Metabolism. 2018;27(3):489-496. (^*Co-Corresponding author)

3. Pan XF, He M, Yu C, Lv J, Guo Y, Bian Z, Yang L, Chen Y, Wu T, Chen Z, Pan A,^* Li L.^* Type 2 diabetes and risk of incident cancers in China: a prospective study among 0.5 million Chinese adults. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2018;187(7):1380-1391. (^*Co-Corresponding author)

4. Yuan Y, Xiao Y, Feng W, Liu Y, Zhou L, Qiu G, Wang H, Liu B, Liu K, Yang H, Li X, Min X, Zhang C, Xu C, Zhang X, He M, Hu FB, Pan A,^* Wu T.^* Plasma metal concentrations and incident coronary heart disease in Chinese adults: the Dongfeng-Tongji Cohort. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2017;125(10):107007. (^*Co-Corresponding author)

5. Qiu G, Zheng Y, Wang H, Sun J, Ma H, Xiao Y, Li Y, Yuan Y, Yang H, Li X, Min X, Zhang C, Xu C, Jiang Y, Zhang X, He M, Yang M, Hu Z, Tang H, Shen H, Hu FB, Pan A,^* Wu T.^* Plasma metabolomics identified novel metabolites associated with risk of type 2 diabetes in two prospective cohorts of Chinese adults. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2016;45(5):1507-1516. (^*Co-Corresponding author)

6. Lu Y, Wang Y, Ong CN, Subramaniam T, Choi HW, Yuan JM, Koh WP,^* Pan A.^* Metabolic signatures and risk of type 2 diabetes in a Chinese population: an untargeted metabolomics study using both LC-MS and GC-MS. Diabetologia. 2016;59(11):2349-2359. (^*Co-Corresponding author)

7. Pan A,^* Wang Y,^* Talaei M, Hu FB, Wu T. Relation of active, passive, and quitting smoking with type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis and systematic review. Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. 2015;12(3):958-967. (^*Co-first author and Corresponding author)

8. Pan A, Wang Y, Talaei M, Hu FB. Relation of smoking with total mortality and cardiovascular events among patients with diabetes: a meta-analysis and systematic review. Circulation. 2015;132(19):1795-1804. (Corresponding author)

9. Tobias D,* Pan A,* Jackson CL, Ding EL, O’Reilly EJ, Willett WC, Manson JE, Hu FB. Body-mass index and mortality among adults with incident type 2 diabetes. New England Journal of Medicine. 2014;370:233-244. (^*Co-first author and Co-corresponding author)

10. Pan A,* Clark ML, Ang LW, Yu MC, Yuan JM, Koh WP.* Incense use and cardiovascular mortality among Chinese in Singapore: The Singapore Chinese Health Study. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2014;122(12):1279–1284.(^*Co-Corresponding author)

11. Pan A,^* Kawachi I, Luo N, Manson JE, Willett WC, Hu FB, Okereke OI. Changes in body weight and health-related quality of life: two cohorts of US women. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2014;180(3):254-262. (^*First and corresponding author)

12. Pan A,^* De Silva DA, Yuan JM, Koh WP. Sleep duration and risk of stroke mortality among Chinese adults: the Singapore Chinese Health Study. Stroke. 2014;45(6):1620-1625.

13. Pan A, Malik V, Hao T, Willett WC, Mozaffarian D, Hu FB. Changes in water and beverage intake and long-term weight changes: results from three prospective cohort studies. International Journal of Obesity. 2013;37(10):1378-1385.

14. Pan A, Sun Q, Bernstein AM, Manson JE, Willett WC, Hu FB. Changes in red meat consumption and subsequent risk of type 2 diabetes: three cohorts of US men and women. JAMA Internal Medicine. 2013;173(14):1328-1335.

15. Pan A, Keum N, Okereke OI, Sun Q, Kivimaki M, Rubin RR, Hu FB. Bidirectional association between depression and metabolic syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies. Diabetes Care. 2012;35:1171-1180.

16. Pan A, Sun Q, Bernstein AM, Schulze MB, Manson JE, Stampfer MJ, Willett WC, Hu FB. Red meat consumption and mortality: results from 2 prospective cohort studies. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2012;172:555-563.

17. Pan A, Malik V, Schulze MB, Manson JE, Willett WC, Hu FB. Plain-water intake and risk of type 2 diabetes in young and middle-aged women. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2012;95:1454-1460.

18. Pan A, Chen M, Chowdhury R, Wu JHY, Sun Q, Campos H, Mozaffarian D, Hu FB. Alpha-linolenic acid and risk of cardiovascular disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2012;96: 1262-1273.

19. Pan A, Sun Q, Bernstein AM, Schulze MB, Manson JE, Willett WC, Hu FB. Red meat consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: three cohorts of U.S. adults and an updated meta-analysis. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2011;94(4):1088-1096.

20. Pan A, Sun Q, Okereke OI, Manson JE, Rexrode KM, Hu FB. Depression and the risk of stroke morbidity and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis.JAMA. 2011;306(11):1241-1249.

21. Pan A, Schernhammer ES, Sun Q, Hu FB. Rotating night shift work and risk of type 2 diabetes: two prospective cohort studies in women. PLoS Medicine.2011;8(12):e1001141.

22. Pan A, Lucas M, Sun Q, van Dam RM, Franco OH, Willett WC, Manson JE, Rexrode KM, Ascherio A, Hu FB. Increased mortality risk in women with depression and diabetes mellitus. Archives of General Psychiatry.2011;68(1):42-50.

23. Pan A, Lucas M, Sun Q, van Dam RM, Franco OH, Manson JE, Willett WC, Ascherio A, Hu FB. Bidirectional association between depression and type 2 diabetes in women. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2010; 70(21):1884-1891.

24. Pan A, Yu D, Demark-Wahnefried W, Franco OH, Lin X. Meta-analysis of the effects of flaxseed interventions on the blood lipids. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2009;90(2):288-297.