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Youfa Wang

Date：2020-01-14 Source： Visits：

Youfa Wang, MD, PhD, MS, FTOS

Founding Dean, Xian Jiaotong University Global Health Institute

No. 76 Yanta West Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, China

Tel: +86-29-8265-7395

youfawang@gmail.com

EDUCATION

Ph.D. 2001, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Public Health; Predoctoral trainee of Carolina Population Center (Field: Nutritional Epidemiology), Thesis:Socioeconomic factors, dietary patterns, and nutritional status of Chinese adolescents

Ph.D. program 1995-96, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Canada (Field: Pathology)

M.S. 1995, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (Field: Epidemiology), Thesis: NIH/AIDS Prevention among Workers Going Overseas

M.D. 1992, Beijing Medical University (merged with Peking University)

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2016- Adjunct Distinguished University Professor, Founding Dean ofGlobal Health Institute, Professor of School of Public Health, Xi’an Jiaotong University

2016- John & Janice Fisher Endowed Chair of Wellness; Associate Director, Fisher Institute of Health and Well-being; Director, Systems-Oriented Global Childhood Obesity Intervention Program; Professor, Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, College of Health, Ball State University

2016- Adjunct Distinguished Professor,School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University

2014-2016Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Health Professions; Director, Systems-oriented Global Childhood Obesity Intervention Program; Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo

2015- AdjunctProfessor, Department of Community Health and Health Behavior, School of Public Health and Health Professions, UB-SUNY

2013-2014Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Health Professions; Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, UB-SUNY

2013- Adjunct Professor,Bloomberg School of Public Health, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University

2007-2013 Associate Professor,Department of International Health, Department of Epidemiology (joint appointment), Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University

2011-2013 Associate Professor,Department ofHealth, Behavior and Society(joint appointment), Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University

2011-2013 FoundingDirector, Johns Hopkins Global Center on Childhood Obesity--Where Systems Science Meets Public Health,Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore

2013- present Adjunct Associate Professor,Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University

2012- present Adjunct Associate Professor,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University

2010- present Adjunct Professor,School of Public Health, Fudan University

2009- present Adjunct Professor,School of Public Health, Peking University

2009- present Adjunct Professor,School of Medicine, Xi’an Jiaotong University

2004-2007 Assistant Professor,Department of International Health Human Nutrition Program,Department of Epidemiology (joint appointment), Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University

2002 June-August, Visiting Scholar, School of Public Health, Harvard University

2001-2004 Assistant Professor,Department of Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago

 

 

PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS

2016, The 2016 China Health Policy and Management Society (CHPAMS) Inspiration Award

(elected by a committee consist of international leading scholars including professors from the Harvard University and University of California at Berkeley based on the candidates’ outstanding scientific contributions and leadership on a global scale)

2015-, Fellow of The Obesity Society (Quote from the certificate: The fellowship “is one of the highest honors bestowed by The Obesity Society.” “The prestigious mark of the FTOFs

distinction sets you apart, by acknowledging your high level contributions to the field of obesity, research, treatment and/or prevention.”)

2012, Johns Hopkins University Leadership Development Program. Participation is by invitation only, based on nominations from Deans, Vice Presidents and other senior university officers and administrators. Usually each year only 2-3 people from each school such as new department chairs, associate deans, and program directors will be selected.

2010,Dannon Institute Academic Mid-Career Nutrition Leadership Institute (only about 20 people from North America were selected and some are department chairs; aimed to train leaders in the nutrition field)

2005, The Dannon Institute’s Nutrition Leadership Institute(only 18 people were selected; aimed to train junior scientists including assistant professors to become future leaders in the nutrition field)

2005, American Society for Nutritional Sciences (ASNS) Travel Award (in connection with the 18thInternational Congress of Nutrition, Durban, South Africa, Sept 19-23)

2004, University of Illinois General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) Annual Travel Award

2001-, Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health

2001, American Society for Nutritional Sciences (ASNS) Travel Award (in connection withthe 17thInternational Congress of Nutrition, Vienna, August 27-31)

2000, Chunhui Award, Chinese Ministry of Education

1996-2000, Carolina Population Center Predoctoral Traineeship (funding source: Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health (NIH)), UNC


PUBLICATIONS(recent five years) 

  1. Wang Y,Xue H, Sun M, Zhu X, Zhao L, Yang Y. Prevention and control of obesity in China. Lancet Glob Health. 2019 Sep;7(9):e1166-e1167.

  2. 王友发,孙明晓,薛宏,赵文华,杨晓光,朱欣娅,赵莉,杨月欣.《中国肥胖预防和控制蓝皮书》解读及中国肥胖预防控制措施建议[J].中华预防医学杂志, 2019, 53(9):875-884.

  3. Li M, Fu R, Xue H,Wang Y*. Intergenerational association of maternal obesity and child peer victimization in the united states.J Health Soc Behav. 2019 Mar;60(1):69-83.

  4. Wei J, Bhurtyal A, Dhungana RA, Zheng J, Bhattara B, Wang L, Sun X, Maskey M,Wang Y*. Changes in patterns of the double burden of under- and over-nutrition in Nepal over time. Obesity Review, 2019 Sep;20(9):1321-1334.

  5. Jia P, Wang Y. Global health efforts and opportunities related to the Belt and Road Initiative. The Lancet Global Health, 2019 Jun;7(6):e703-e705.

  6. Mulugeta W, Xue H, Glick M, Min J, Noe MF,Wang Y*. Disease burdens and risk factors for diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia among refugees in buffalo, New York, 2004-2014. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2019;30(3):1119-1131.

  7. Kim J, Kim G, Park J,Wang Y*, Lim H. Effectiveness of teacher-led nutritional lessons in altering dietary habits and nutritional status in preschool children: adoption of a nasa mission x-based program. Nutrients. 2019 Jul 13;11(7).

  8. Wang Y, Jia P, Cheng X, Xue H. Improvement in food environments may help prevent childhood obesity: Evidence from a 9-year cohort study. Pediatr Obes. 2019 Oct;14(10):e12536.

  9. Jia P, Xue H, Cheng X,Wang Y*. Effects of school neighborhood food environments on childhood obesity at multiple scales: a longitudinal kindergarten cohort study in the USA. BMC Med. 2019 May 22;17(1):99.

  10. Jia P, Xue H, Cheng X, Wang Y,Wang Y*. Association of neighborhood built environments with childhood obesity: Evidence from a 9-year longitudinal, nationally representative survey in the US. Environ Int. 2019 Jul;128:158-164.

    2018

  11. Min J, Fang Yan A,Wang Y*. Mismatch in children's weight assessment, ideal body image, and rapidly increased obesity prevalence in China: a 10-Year, nationwide, longitudinal study. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2018 Nov;26(11):1777-1784.

  12. Min J, Xue H,Goodale H, Brey R,Wang Y*. Disparities in obesity in the united states and implications for public health intervention efforts. Obesity Review, in press.

  13. Ghesmaty Sangachin M, Cavuoto LA,Wang Y*. Use of various obesity measurement and classification methods in occupational safety and health research: a systematic review of the literature. BMC Obes. 2018 Nov 1;5:28.

  14. Min J, Wen X, Xue H,Wang Y*. Ethnic disparities in childhood BMI trajectories and obesity and potential causes among 29,250 US children: Findings from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth and Kindergarten Cohorts. Int J Obes (Lond). 2018 Sep;42(9):1661-1670.

  15. Xue H, Slivka L, Igusa T, Huang TT,Wang Y*. Applications of systems modelling in obesity research. Obes Rev. 2018 Sep;19(9):1293-1308.

  16. Min J, Jahns L, Xue H, Kandiah J,Wang Y*. Americans' perceptions about fast food and how they associate with its consumption and obesity risk. Adv Nutr. 2018 Sep 1;9(5):590-601.

  17. Min J, Xue H,Wang Y*. Association between household poverty dynamics and childhood overweight risk and health behaviours in the United States: a 8-year nationally representative longitudinal study of 16 800 children. Pediatr Obes. 2018 Aug 15.

  18. Chen HJ, Xue H, Liu S, Huang TTK, Wang YC,Wang Y*. Obesity trend in the United States and economic intervention options to change it: a simulation study linking ecological epidemiology and system dynamics modeling. Public Health. 2018 Aug;161:20-28.

  19. Lim H, Lee HJ, Choue R,Wang Y*. Trends in fast-food and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and their association with social environmental status in South Korea. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2018 Jul;118(7):1228-1236.e1.

  20. Min J, Tan Z, Abadie L, Townsend S, Xue H,Wang Y*. An evaluation of the effectiveness of the national aeronautics and space administration Mission-X child health promotion program in the United States. Am J Health Promot. 2018 Jul;32(6):1333-1339.

  21. Yang HY, Chen HJ, Hsu YJ, Cheskin LJ,Wang Y*. Impact of weight-related advice from healthcare professionals on body mass index of patients in the USA. Public Health. 2018 Jun;159:50-57.

  22. Yang HY, Chen HJ, Hsu YJ, Cheskin LJ,Wang Y*. Impact of weight-related advice from healthcare professionals on body mass index of patients in the USA. Public Health. 2018 Jun;159:50-57.

  23. Mulugeta W, Xue H, Glick M, Min J, Noe MF,Wang Y*. Burden of mental illness and non-communicable diseases and risk factors for mental illness among refugees in Buffalo, NY, 2004-2014. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2018 May 21.

  24. Min J, Yan F,Wang Y*. Obesity, body image and its impact on children’s eating and exercise behaviors in China: a nationwide longitudinal study. Prev Med. 2018;106:101-106.

  25. Min J, Kim G, Lim H, Carvajal N, Lloyd C,Wang Y*. Effect of the Adapted National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Mission X international child fitness program on young children and their parents in South Korea. Global Health Promotion. 2018: 1757975918760517.

  26. Mulugeta W, Glick M, Min J, Xue H, Noe MF,Wang Y*. Longitudinal changes and high-risk subgroups for obesity and overweight/obesity among refugees in Buffalo, NY, 2004-2014. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2018 Feb;5(1):187-194.

  27. Wang V, Min J, Xue H, Xu F, Wang H,Wang Y*. Factors contributing to sex differences in childhood obesity prevalence in China. Public Health Nutrition. 2018. Feb 26:1-9.

  28. Min J, Zhao Y, Sliviska L,Wang Y*. Systematic examination of the double burden of disease: coexistence of undernutrition and obesity related non-communicable disease worldwide. Obes Rev. 2018 Jan;19(1):49-61.

    2017

  29. Li M, Xue H, Wen M, Wang W,Wang Y*. Nutrition and physical activity related school environment/policy factors and child obesity in China: a nationally representative study of 8573 students in 110 middle schools. Pediatr Obes. 2017 Dec;12(6):485-493.

  30. Li M, Xue H, Wang W, Wen W,Wang Y*.Increased obesity risks for being an only child in China: findings from a nationally representative study of 19,487 children. Public Health. 2017 Dec;153:44-51.

  31. Zhao Y, Wang L, Xue H, Wang H,Wang Y*. Fast food consumption and its associations with obesity and hypertension among children: results from the baseline data of the Childhood Obesity Study in China Mega-cities. BMC Public Health. 2017 Dec 6;17(1):933.

  32. Zhao Y, Wang L, Xue B,Wang Y*. Associations between general and central obesity and hypertension among children: The Childhood Obesity Study in China Mega-Cities. Sci Rep. 2017 Dec 4;7(1):16895.

  33. An R, Yang Y, Hoschke A, Xue H,Wang Y*. Influence of neighbourhood safety on childhood obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies. Obes Rev. 2017 Nov;18(11):1289-1309.

  34. Min J, Xue H, Wang VHC, Li M,Wang Y*. Are single children more likely to be overweight or obese than those with siblings? The influence of China's one-child policy on childhood obesity. Prev Med. 2017 Oct;103:8-13.

  35. Yang Y, Hong X, Gurney JG,Wang Y*. Active travel to and from school among school-age children during 1997-2011 and associated factors in China. J Phys Act Health. 2017 Sep;14(9):684-691.

  36. An, R, Xue H, Wang L,Wang Y*. Projecting the impact of a nationwide school plain water access intervention on childhood obesity: a cost-benefit analysis. Pediatr Obes. 2017 Sep 22.

  37. Tan Z, Min J, Xue H, Wang W,Wang Y*. Parenting practices and overweight status of junior high school students in China: a nationally representative study of 19,487 students from 112 schools. Prev Med. 2017 Sep 14.

  38. Wang Y,Xue H, Huang L, Zhang D. A systematic review of application and effectiveness of mhealth interventions for obesity and diabetes treatment and self-management. Adv Nutr. 2017 May 15;8(3):449-462.

  39. Min J, Wang VH, Xue H, Mi J,Wang Y*. Maternal perception of child overweight status and its association with weight-related parenting practices, their children's health behaviours and weight change in China. Public Health Nutr. 2017 Aug;20(12):2096-2103.

  40. Wang Y, Yan F, Wang HJ, Xu F. Child and parental perspectives on health promotion and childhood obesity prevention in Beijing and Nanjing, China. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2017;26(5):888-898.

  41. Li M, Xue H, Wang W,Wang Y*. Parental expectation and children’s screen-based and academic-related sedentary behaviors in China: a nationally representative study. American Journal of Preventive Medicine,2017 May 31;52(5):680-9.

  42. Wu Y, Xue H, Wang H, Su C, Du S,Wang Y*. The impact of urbanization on the community food environment in China. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2017 May;26(3):504-513.

  43. Wang Y, Min J, Khuri J, Li M. A systematic examination of the association between parental and child obesity across countries. Adv Nutr. 2017 May 15;8(3):436-448

  44. Carrillo-Larco RM, Bernabe-Ortiz A, Miranda JJ, Xue H,Wang Y*. Children's weight changes according to maternal perception of the child's weight and health: a prospective cohort of Peruvian children. PLoS One. 2017 Apr 19;12(4):e0175685.

  45. Chen HJ, Xue H, Kumanyika S,Wang Y*. School beverage environment and children’s energy expenditure associated with physical education class: an agent-based model simulation. Pediatr Obes. 2017 Jun;12(3):203-212.

  46. Jia P, Xue H, Zhang J,Wang Y*. Time Trend and Demographic and Geographic Disparities in Childhood Obesity Prevalence in China—Evidence from Twenty Years of Longitudinal Data. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017 Mar 31;14(4).

  47. Jia P, Li M, Xue H, Lu L, Xu F,Wang Y*. School environment and policies, child eating behavior and overweight/obesity in urban China: the childhood obesity study in China megacities. Int J Obes (Lond). 2017 May;41(5):813-819.

  48. Jia P, Cheng X, Xue H,Wang Y*. Applications of geographic information systems related data and methods in obesity-related public health research. Obes Rev. 2017 Apr;18(4):400-411.

  49. An R, Liu G, Khan N, Yan H,Wang Y*. Dietary Habits and cognitive impairment risk among oldest-old Chinese. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2017 Feb 10.

  50. Huang T, Beaty T, Li J, Liu H, Zhao W,Wang Y*. Association between dietary fat intake and insulin resistance in Chinese child twins. Br J Nutr. 2017 Jan;117(2):230-236.

  51. Wang Y, Wang L, Qu W. New national data show alarming increase in obesity and noncommunicable chronic diseases in China. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2017 Jan;71(1):149-150.

    2016

  52. Wang Y, Min J, Harris K, Khuri J, Anderson L. A Systematic Examination of Food Intake and Adaptation to the Food Environment by Refugees Settled in the United States. Adv Nutr. 2016 Nov 15;7(6):1066-1079.

  53. Wang Y, Wang L, Xue H, Qu W. A review of the growth of the fast food industry in china and its potential impact on obesity. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2016 Nov 9;13(11).

  54. Wang Y, Hollis-Hansen K, Ren X, Qiu Y, Qu W. Do environmental pollutants increase obesity risk in humans? Obes Rev. 2016;17(12):1179-1197.

  55. Li J, Liu H, Beaty TH, Chen H, Caballero B,Wang Y*. Heritability of children's dietary intakes: a population-based twin study in China. Twin Res Hum Genet. 2016 Oct;19(5):472-84.

  56. Xue H, Wu Y, Wang X,Wang Y*. Time trends in fast food consumption and its association with obesity among children in China. PLOS ONE, 2016: 11.3.

  57. Xi B, Zhang T, Zhang M, Liu F, Zong X, Zhao M,Wang Y*. Trends in Elevated blood pressure among US children and adolescents: 1999-2012. Am J Hypertens. 2016Feb;29(2):217-25.

  58. Liu S, Osgood N, Xue H,Wang Y*. Systems simulation model for assessing the sustainability and synergistic impacts of sugar-sweetened beverages tax and revenue recycling on childhood obesity prevention,Journal of Operational Research Society,2016; 67: 708–721.

Lim H, Kim J, Min J, Carvajal N, Lloyd C,Wang Y*. A child health promotion program in South Korea collaborating with the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Improvement in dietary intake and nutrition knowledge of young children. Nutrition Research and Practice. 2016 Oct;10(5):555-562.

 

 

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