Dr. Meian He is tenured Professor of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology (HUST). She graduated with a major in Maternal and Child Health in 1999 and received her PhD in 2007 from Tongji Medical College. Dr. He’s research mainly focused on the effects of environmental and genetic factors and their interactions on environment-related diseases (especially coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes) and the corresponding mechanisms. Currently Dr. He is leading a National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars to investigate molecular epidemiology of type 2 diabetes and serves as a major participants in the Dongfeng-Tongji Cohort Study (DFTJ cohort) in Dongfeng Motor Corporation (DMC). Dr. He has published over 100 original papers (65 of them published in SCI-collected journals including Circulation, GUT and Hum Mol Genet).

EDUCATION

2001-2004　 Master Degree in Medicine

Dept. of Environment and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China

2004-2007　 Doctoral Degree in Medicine

Dept. of Environment and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING

2007-2008　Post-Doctoral Fellow

Dept. of Cardiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China

2009-2010 　Post-Doctoral Fellow
Dept. of Nutrition, School of Public Helath, Boston, MA, USA

WORK EXPERIENCE

2011.1-2015.10  Associate Professor

Dept. of Occupational and Environmental Health
School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College
Huazhong University of Science and Technology

2015.10 to present  Professor

Dept. of Occupational and Environmental Health
School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College
Huazhong University of Science and Technology

PUBLICATIONS (* 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. 2018 Dec 4. 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. doi: 10.1007/s00592-016-0946-x.

9. Liu B, Feng W, Wang J, Li Y, Han X, Hu H, Guo H, Zhang X, He M.

10. Association of urinary metals levels with type 2 diabetes risk in coke oven workers. Environ Pollut. 2016 Mar; 210:1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.11.046.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. 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.

18. 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.

19. 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.

20.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.