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 preventive 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 preventive measures. He has published over 160 papers in international peer-reviewed journals including Nature Medicine、Eur Heart J, Lancet Public Health, Am J Psychiatry, etc. Multiple articles were published with editorials, official press releases or selected as the cover article/annual article of import of the journals. He was among the Stanford University’s annual “World’s Top 2% Scientists” list for scientific impact in the past 5 years (2019-2023). 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 is currently the Deputy Director of the Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases (Xi'an Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education, the Vice Chairman of the Environmental Medicine and Health Branch of the Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences (CSES), a member of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) Policy Committee, a member of the Environmental Health Standards Professional Committee of the National Committee for Disease Control and Prevention, a councilor of China Environmental Mutagen Society (CEMS), and a member of the Environmental Health Branch of the Chinese Society of Preventive Medicine. He received the first annual Young Scientist Award of CSES, and won the second prize of Beijing Science and Technology Award in 2018.
Selected publications (*corresponding author):
1. Liu H, Lei J, Liu Y*, Zhu T, Chan K, Chen X, Wei J, Deng F, Li G, Jiang Y, Bai L, Wang K, Chen J, Lan Y, Xia X, Wang J, Chen W, Li Y, Chen R, Gong J, Duan X, Zhang K, Kan H, Shi X, Guo X, Wu S*. Hospital admissions attributable to reduced air pollution due to clean-air policies in China. Nat Med 2025 Mar 14. doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03515-y. Online ahead of print.
2. Chen J, Jiang Y, Li G, Liu H, Bai L, Lei J, Lan Y, Xia X, Wang J, Wei C, Li Y, Deng F, Guo X, Wu S*. The Associations of Short-Term Ambient Nitrogen Dioxide Pollution with Major Cause-Specific Morbidities and the Modifying Effects by Ambient Temperature: A Nationwide Case-Crossover Study. Environ Sci Technol. 2025 Feb 11. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.4c10981. Online ahead of print. [Selected as the Cover Article]
3. Xia X, Meng X, Liu C, Guo Y, Li X, Niu Y, Lam KBH, Wright N, Kartsonaki C, Chen Y, Yang L, Du H, Yu C, Sun D, Lv J, Chen J, Yang X, Gao R, Wu S*, Kan H*, Chan KH*, Li L, Chen Z; China Kadoorie Biobank Study Group. Associations of long-term nitrogen dioxide exposure with a wide spectrum of diseases: a prospective cohort study of 0·5 million Chinese adults. Lancet Public Health 2024;9(12):e1047-e1058.
4. Bai L, Jiang Y, Wang K, Xie C, Yan H, You Y, Liu H, Chen J, Wang J, Wei C, Li Y, Lei J, Su H, Sun S, Deng F, Guo X, Wu S*. Ambient Air Pollution and Hospitalizations for Schizophrenia in China. JAMA Netw Open 2024;7(10):e2436915.
5. 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]
6. 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.
7. 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]
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. 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]
16. 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]
17. 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.
18. 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.
19. 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]
20. 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]
Contact information:
Email: shaowei_ wu@xjtu.edu.cn
Address: 76 Yanta West Road, Yanta District, Xi’an City, Shaanxi Province, 710061, China
