Shaowei Wu, PhD
Professor, Chair of Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Assistant Dean
Research field (major directions)
Environmental epidemiology; the impact of environmental factors on population health, early effect biomarkers, and intervention measures
Education background
2009.9-2012.7, School of Public Health, Peking University, Doctor of Environmental Health
2007.9-2009.7, School of Public Health, Peking University, Master of Environmental Health
2002.9-2007.7, School of Public Health, Peking University, Bachelor of Preventive Medicine
Professional positions and employment
2020 to now, Professor, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
2016.8-2020.10, Assistant Professor/Associate Professor, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
2015.7-2016.8, Research Associate, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
2014.7-2015.6, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
2012.7-2014.6, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Personal profile:
Dr. Wu is an awardee of the national youth talent program and “Young Talent Support Plan” of Xi’an Jiaotong University. In recent years, Dr. Wu’s research mainly focuses on the impact of air pollution on population health, early effect markers and intervention measures. He has published over 150 research articles in international peer-reviewed journals including Eur Heart J, Am J Psychiatry, J Am Soc Nephrol, J Clin Oncol, Environ Health Perspect, Environ Sci Technol, Environ Int, Int J Epidemiol, etc. Multiple articles were published with editorials, official press releases or selected as the cover article/annual article of import of the journals. Dr. Wu has served as the Principal Investigator of many research projects funded by the National Key R & D Program and National Natural Science Foundation of China. He received the first Young Scientist Award of Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences (CSES), and won the second prize of Beijing Science and Technology Award (3/4) in 2018. He is currently a member of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) Policy Committee, and a former councilor of ISEE Asia and Western Pacific Chapter. He is also a councilor of China Environmental Mutagen Society (CEMS), a member of the Environmental Health Standards Professional Committee of the National Committee for Disease Control and Prevention, and a member of the Environmental Health Branch of the Chinese Society of Preventive Medicine.
Selected publications (*corresponding author):
1. Guo T, Wang W, Chen X, Guo H, Wang K, Ma Y, Deng H, Li X, Shan A, Wu Q, Li Y, Li H, Liu Q, Chen J, Lan Y, Lei J, Deng F, Sun Z, Guo X, Wang Y*, Tang N*, Wu S*. Psychosocial stress modifies the acute cardiac health effects of traffic-related air pollution. Environ & Health 2024;2(1):11-22. [Selected as the Cover Article]
2. Wang Y, Li H, Huang J, Jiang M, Tian S, Liu S, Zhang L*, Wu S*, Kan H*, Gao X*. Short-Term PM2.5 Exposure and DNA methylation changes of circadian rhythm genes: evidence from two experimental studies. Environ Sci Technol 2024;58(23):9991-10000.
3. Jiang Y, Chen J, Guo L, Lan Y, Li G, Liu Q, Li H, Deng F, Guo X, Wu S*. Short-term effects of ambient gaseous air pollution on blood platelet mitochondrial DNA methylation and myocardial ischemia. Environ Int 2024;185:108533.
4. Jiang Y, Huang J, Li G, Wang W, Wang K, Wang J, Wei C, Li Y, Deng F, Baccarelli AA, Guo X, Wu S*. Ozone pollution and hospital admissions for cardiovascular events. Eur Heart J 2023;44(18):1622-1632. [Accompanied by an invited editorial and an official press release]
5. Chen J, Guo L, Liu H, Jin L, Meng W, Fang J, Zhao L, Zeng XW, Yang BY, Wang Q, Guo X, Deng F, Dong GH, Shang X*, Wu S*. Modification effects of ambient temperature on associations of ambient ozone exposure before and during pregnancy with adverse birth outcomes: A multicity study in China. Environ Int 2023;172:107791.
6. Gao X, Huang J, Cardenas A, Zhao Y, Sun Y, Wang J, Xue L, Baccarelli AA, Guo X, Zhang L*, Wu S*. Short-term exposure of PM2.5 and epigenetic aging: A quasi-experimental study. Environ Sci Technol 2022;56(20):14690-14700.
7. Li X, Zhang W, Laden F, Curhan GC, Rimm EB, Guo X, Hart JE, Wu S*. Dietary nitrate intake and vegetable consumption, ambient particulate matter, and risk of hypertension in the Nurses' Health study. Environ Int 2022;161:107100.
8. Chen J, Li PH, Fan H, Li C, Zhang Y, Ju D, Deng F, Guo X, Guo L*, Wu S*. Weekly-specific ambient fine particular matter exposures before and during pregnancy were associated with risks of small for gestational age and large for gestational age: results from the Project ELEFANT. Int J Epidemiol 2022;51(1):202-212.
9. Xie Y, Li Z, Zhong H, Feng XL, Lu P, Xu Z, Guo T, Si Y, Wang J, Chen L, Wei C, Deng F, Baccarelli AA, Zheng Z, Guo X, Wu S*. Short-term ambient particulate air pollution and hospitalization expenditures of cause-specific cardiorespiratory diseases in China: a multicity analysis. Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific 2021;15:100232.
10. Wang J, Shi J, Zhao Y, Xue L, Li G, Wang B, Huang J*, Wu S*, Guo X. Cardiorespiratory responses in healthy young adults with exposure to indoor airborne PAEs: A randomized, crossover trial of air purification. Environ Int 2021;156:106761.
11. Liu Q, Li H, Guo L, Chen Q, Gao X, Li P, Tang N, Guo X, Deng F*, Wu S*. Effects of short-term personal exposure to air pollution on platelet mitochondrial DNA methylation levels and the potential mitigation by L-arginine supplementation. J Hazard Mater 2021;417:125963.
12. Li H, Liu Q, Zou Z, Chen Q, Wang W, Baccarelli AA, Deng F, Guo X, Wu S*. L-arginine supplementation to mitigate cardiovascular effects of walking outside in the context of traffic-related air pollution in participants with elevated blood pressure: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Environ Int 2021;156:106631.
13. Li G, Huang J, Wang J, Zhao Z, Liu Y, Guo X, Wu S*, Zhang L*. Long-term exposure to ambient PM2.5 and increased risk of chronic kidney disease prevalence in China. J Am Soc Nephrol 2021;32(2):448-458. [Accompanied by an invited editorial]
14. Gu X, Guo T, Si Y, Wang J, Zhang W, Deng F, Chen L, Wei C, Lin S, Guo X*, Wu S*. Association between ambient air pollution and daily hospital admission for depression in 75 Chinese cities. Am J Psychiatry 2020;177(8):735-743. [Selected as one of the eight influential articles published in the journal in 2020]
15. Wang X, Hart JE, Liu Q, Wu S*, Nan H, Laden F. Association of particulate matter air pollution with leukocyte mitochondrial DNA copy number. Environ Int 2020;141:105761.
16. Wu S*, Hivert MF, Cardenas A, Zhong J, Rifas-Shiman SL, Agha G, Colicino E, Just AC, Amarasiriwardena C, Lin X, Litonjua AA, DeMeo DL, Gillman MW, Wright RO, Oken E, Baccarelli AA*. Exposure to low levels of lead in utero and umbilical cord blood DNA methylation in Project Viva: an epigenome-wide association study. Environ Health Perspect 2017;125(8):087019.
17. Wu S, Han J, Feskanich D, Cho E, Stampfer MJ, Willett WC, Qureshi AA*. Citrus consumption and risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma. J Clin Oncol 2015;33(23):2500-8. [Accompanied by an invited editorial and an official press release]
18. Wu S, Deng F, Huang J, Wang H, Shima M, Wang X, Qin Y, Zheng C, Wei H, Hao Y, Lv H, Lu X, Guo X*. Blood pressure changes and chemical constituents of the particulate air pollution. Environ Health Perspect 2013;121(1):66-72.
19. Wu S, Deng F, Wei H, Huang J, Wang X, Hao Y, Zheng C, Qin Y, Lv H, Shima M, Guo X*. Association of cardiopulmonary health effects with source appointed ambient fine particulate in Beijing, China: a combined analysis from the HVNR study. Environ Sci Technol 2014;48(6):3438-48. [Selected as the Cover Article]
20. Wu S#, Deng F#, Niu J, Huang Q, Liu Y, Guo X. Association of heart rate variability in taxi drivers with marked changes in particulate air pollution in Beijing in 2008. Environ Health Perspect 2010;118(1):87-91. [Accompanied by an official press release]
Contact information:
Email: shaowei_ wu@xjtu.edu.cn
Address: 76 Yanta West Road, Yanta District, Xi’an City, Shaanxi Province, 710061, China
