EDUCATION

2008/09-2011/06, Ph.D. in Occupational and Environmental Health, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

2006/09-2008/06, Master of Medicine in Occupational and Environmental Health, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

2001/09-2006/06, Bachelor of Medicine in Preventive Medicine, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2019/03-present, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

2015/04-2015/06, Visiting Scholar, West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA

2012/10-2014/01, Regular Fellow, National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC/NIOSH/NPPTL), Pittsburgh, USA

2011/09-2019/02, Physician/Attending Physician/Associate Chief Physician, Hubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan, China

 

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES

Associate Editor for BMC Public Health (2017-present)

Invited Reviewer for peer-reviewed journals including AJRCCM, Environ Sci Technol, Lancet Planet Health, Environ Int, Environ Res, Chemosphere, Environ Pollut, Inhal Toxicol

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Member, American Thoracic Society (ATS, 2019-present)

Member, International Society for Respiratory Protection (ISRP; 2016-present)

Member, International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE, 2016-2017)

 

AREAS OF INTEREST

Environmental epidemiology; Reproductive epidemiology

 

RESEARCH PROGRAMS

1.       “Hundred Talents Program”, funded by Sun Yat-sen University, 2019-2021. Role: PI.

2.      “Sperm and Seminal Plasma miRNA as a Potential Mediator in Decreased Semen Quality Related to Air Pollution”, funded by Sun Yat-sen University, 2019-2021. Role: PI.

3.      “Evaluating Acute Effects of Ambient Fine Particulate Matter on the Cardiovascular System Using High Resolution Spatiotemporal Individual-Level Prediction Model”, funded by the Hubei Provincial Commission of Health, 2019/01/01-2020/12/31; Role: PI.

4.      “Hubei Young Talent Professional Development Program”, funded by the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Communist Youth League of China, 2017-2019; Role: PI.

5.      “Role of TGF-β/CTGF in Lung Fibrosis Induced by Quartz Dust”, funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2014/01/01-2017/12/31; Role: PI.

6.      “The Effect of CC16 in Lung Inflammatory Response Induced by Crystalline Silica”, funded by the Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation, 2016/01/01-2017/12/31; Role: PI.

7.      “Hubei Chenguang Talented Youth Development Foundation”, funded by the Hubei Association for Science and Technology, 2015-2016; Role: PI.

8.      “Ambient Air Pollution and Reproductive Health Among Women in Wuhan, China”, funded by the Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, University of Iowa, 2017/02-2019/06; Role: Co-PI

 

SELECTED PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

1.       Liu Y, Pan J, Fan C, Xu R, Wang Y, Xu C, Xie S, Zhang H, Cui X, Peng Z, Shi C, Zhang Y, Sun H, Zhou Y, Zhang L. Short-term exposure to ambient air pollution and mortality from myocardial infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol 2021; 77: 271-281. (Comment in: Rajagopalan S, Narula J. Guilt by emissions. J Am Coll Cardiol2021; 77: 282-284.)

2.      Chen G, Li Y, Zhou Y, Shi C, Guo Y, Liu Y. The comparison of AOD-based and non-AOD prediction models for daily PM2.5 estimation in Guangdong province, China with poor AOD coverage. Environ Res 2021; 15: 110735.

3.      Zhou Y, Liu Y. Recent trends in current asthma prevalence among US adults, 2009-2018. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2020; 8: 2814-2816.

4.      Zhou Y, Meng T, Wu L, Duan Y, Li G, Shi C, Zhang H, Peng Z, Fan C, Ma J, Xiong C, Bao W, Liu Y. Association between ambient temperature and semen quality: A longitudinal study of 10 802 men in China. Environ Int 2020; 135: 105364.

5.      Cui X, Xu R, Zhang H, Peng Z, Feng M, Yu B, Wang Y, Shi T, Zhou Y, Liu Y. Exogenous Clara cell protein 16 attenuates silica particles-induced inflammation in THP-1 macrophages by down-regulating NF-κB and caspase-1 activation. J Toxicol Sci 2020; 45: 651-660.

6.      Liu Y, Pan J, Zhang H, Shi C, Li G, Peng Z, Ma J, Zhou Y, Zhang L. Short-term exposure to ambient air pollution and asthma mortality. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2019; 200: 24-32. (Comment in: Beamer PI. Air pollution contributes to asthma deaths. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2019; 200: 1-2.)

7.      Huang X, Zhang B, Wu L, Zhou Y, Li Y, Mao X, Chen Y, Wang J, Luo P, Ma J, Zhang H, Peng Z, Cui X, Xie S, Huo X, Zhang M, Bao W, Shi T, Liu Y. Association of exposure to ambient fine particulate matter constituents with semen quality among men attending a fertility center in China. Environ Sci Technol 2019; 53: 5957-5965.

8.      Ma J, Wu L, Zhou Y, Zhang H, Xiong C, Peng Z, Bao W, Meng T, Liu Y. Association between body mass index and semen quality: an observational study of 3,966 sperm donors. Hum Reprod 2019; 34: 155-162.

9.      Zhou T, Yu Q, Lin H, Wang Z, Fu G, Lei L, Shi Y, Zhang L, Qin L, Liu Y. The Role of CTGF in Inflammatory Responses Induced by Silica Particles in Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells. Lung 2019; 197: 783-791.

10.    Liu Y, Zhou Y, Ma J, Bao W, Li J, Zhou T, Cui X, Peng Z, Zhang H, Feng M, Yuan Y, Chen Y, Huang X, Li Y, Duan Y, Shi T, Jin L, Wu L. Inverse Association between ambient sulfur dioxide exposure and semen quality in Wuhan, China. Environ Sci Technol 2017; 51: 12806-12814.

11.     Wu L, Jin L, Shi T, Zhang B, Zhou Y, Zhou T, Bao W, Xiang H, Zuo Y, Li G, Wang C, Duan Y, Peng Z, Huang X, Zhang H, Li Y, Pan X, Xia Y, Gong X, Chen W, Liu Y. Association between ambient particulate matter exposure and semen quality in Wuhan, China. Environ Int 2017; 98: 219-228.

12.    Liu Y, Xie S, Yu Q, Huo X, Ming X, Wang J, Zhou Y, Peng Z, Zhang H, Cui X, Xiang H, Huang X, Zhou T, Chen W, Shi T. Short-term effects of ambient air pollution on pediatric outpatient visits for respiratory diseases in Yichang city, China. Environ Pollut 2017; 227: 116-124.

13.    Liu Y, Zhou Y, Hnizdo E, Shi T, Steenland K, He X, Chen W. Total and cause-specific mortality risk associated with low-level exposure to crystalline silica: a 44-year cohort study from China. Am J Epidemiol2017; 186: 481-490.

14.    Liu Y, Rong Y, Steenland K, Christiani DC, Huang X, Wu T, Chen W. Long-term exposure to crystalline silica and risk of heart disease mortality. Epidemiology 2014; 25: 689-696.

15.    Liu Y, Steenland K, Rong Y, Hnizdo E, Huang X, Zhang H, Shi T, Sun Y, Wu T, Chen W. Exposure-response analysis and risk assessment for lung cancer in relationship to silica exposure: a 44-year cohort study of 34,018 workers. Am J Epidemiol 2013; 178: 1424-1433.

 

AWARDS

1.       State Science and Technology Progress Award (the Second Class Award), awarded by the State Council of China, 2014/12.

2.      The 15th Hubei Provincial Excellent Academic Paper in Natural Science (the First Class Award), awarded by the Hubei Association for Science and Technology, the Hubei Department of Human Resources and Social Security, and the Hubei Department of Science and Technology, 2014/11.

3.      The 16th Hubei Provincial Excellent Academic Paper in Natural Science (the First Class Award), awarded by the Hubei Association for Science and Technology, the Hubei Department of Human Resources and Social Security, and the Hubei Department of Science and Technology, 2016/11.

4.      Hubei Provincial Science and Technology Award for Preventive Medicine (the First Class Award), awarded by the Hubei Provincial Preventive Medicine Association, 2018/05.