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Yu Chen

Yu Chen, MPH, PhD

Professor, Department of Population Health

Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine

Keywords
Epidemiology, Cardiovascular disease, Cancer, Gastric cancer, Arsenic exposure, Environmental epidemiology, Microbiome
Summary

I am a chronic disease epidemiologist involved in multidisciplinary research that focuses on how host and environmental factors are related to chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease and cancer.

For the past 18 years, I have worked with colleagues from Columbia University and the University of Chicago to study health effects of arsenic exposure in the Health Effects of Arsenic Longitudinal Study (HEALS) in Bangladesh.

Recently, I have been leading a project with colleagues at Vanderbilt University to investigate the role of the gastric and oral microbiome in gastric premalignant and malignant lesions. I also conduct research using resources from the NYU Women’s Health Study and the Asia Cohort Consortium.

I am a recipient of the Outstanding New Environmental Scientist Award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. I direct a course on epidemiology methods for graduate students at NYU School of Medicine. I received my PhD with distinction in epidemiology from Columbia University in 2005. As of 2018, I have authored more than 170 journal articles.

Phone

212-263-4839

Academic office

650 First Ave

Room 510

New York, NY 10016

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Positions

Professor, Department of Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Graduate Education

PhD from Columbia University

MPH from Columbia University

The Ramapough Lunaape Nation: Facing Health Impacts Associated with Proximity to a Superfund Site

Meltzer, Gabriella; Avenbuan, Oyemwenosa; Wu, Fen; Shah, Krina; Chen, Yu; Mann, Vincent; Zelikoff, Judith T

Journal of community health. 2020 Dec; 45(6):1196-1204

Body size and weight change over adulthood and risk of breast cancer by menopausal and hormone receptor status: a pooled analysis of 20 prospective cohort studies

van den Brandt, Piet A; Ziegler, Regina G; Wang, Molin; Hou, Tao; Li, Ruifeng; Adami, Hans-Olov; Agnoli, Claudia; Bernstein, Leslie; Buring, Julie E; Chen, Yu; Connor, Avonne E; Eliassen, A Heather; Genkinger, Jeanine M; Gierach, Gretchen; Giles, Graham G; Goodman, Gary G; HÃ¥kansson, Niclas; Krogh, Vittorio; Le Marchand, Loic; Lee, I-Min; Liao, Linda M; Martinez, M Elena; Miller, Anthony B; Milne, Roger L; Neuhouser, Marian L; Patel, Alpa V; Prizment, Anna; Robien, Kim; Rohan, Thomas E; Sawada, Norie; Schouten, Leo J; Sinha, Rashmi; Stolzenberg-Solomon, Rachael Z; Teras, Lauren R; Tsugane, Shoichiro; Visvanathan, Kala; Weiderpass, Elisabete; White, Kami K; Willett, Walter C; Wolk, Alicja; Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne; Smith-Warner, Stephanie A

European journal of epidemiology. 2020 Oct 30;

Prenatal and postnatal mercury exposure and blood pressure in childhood

Farzan, Shohreh F; Howe, Caitlin G; Chen, Yu; Gilbert-Diamond, Diane; Korrick, Susan; Jackson, Brian P; Weinstein, Adam R; Karagas, Margaret R

Environment international. 2020 Oct 28; 146:106201

Sustained weight loss and risk of breast cancer in women ≥50 years: a pooled analysis of prospective data

Teras, Lauren R; Patel, Alpa V; Wang, Molin; Yaun, Shiaw-Shyuan; Anderson, Kristin; Brathwaite, Roderick; Caan, Bette J; Chen, Yu; Connor, Avonne E; Eliassen, A Heather; Gapstur, Susan M; Gaudet, Mia M; Genkinger, Jeanine M; Giles, Graham G; Lee, I-Min; Milne, Roger L; Robien, Kim; Sawada, Norie; Sesso, Howard D; Stampfer, Meir J; Tamimi, Rulla M; Thomson, Cynthia A; Tsugane, Shoichiro; Visvanathan, Kala; Willett, Walter C; Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne; Smith-Warner, Stephanie A

Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2020 Sep 01; 112(9):929-937

Adult weight change and premenopausal breast cancer risk: A prospective pooled analysis of data from 628,463 women

Schoemaker, Minouk J; Nichols, Hazel B; Wright, Lauren B; Brook, Mark N; Jones, Michael E; O'Brien, Katie M; Adami, Hans-Olov; Baglietto, Laura; Bernstein, Leslie; Bertrand, Kimberly A; Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine; Chen, Yu; Connor, Avonne E; Dossus, Laure; Eliassen, A Heather; Giles, Graham G; Gram, Inger T; Hankinson, Susan E; Kaaks, Rudolf; Key, Timothy J; Kirsh, Victoria A; Kitahara, Cari M; Larsson, Susanna C; Linet, Martha; Ma, Huiyan; Milne, Roger L; Ozasa, Kotaro; Palmer, Julie R; Riboli, Elio; Rohan, Thomas E; Sacerdote, Carlotta; Sadakane, Atsuko; Sund, Malin; Tamimi, Rulla M; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Ursin, Giske; Visvanathan, Kala; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Willett, Walter C; Wolk, Alicja; Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne; Sandler, Dale P; Swerdlow, Anthony J

International journal of cancer. 2020 Sep 01; 147(5):1306-1314

Associations between Prediagnostic Concentrations of Circulating Sex Steroid Hormones and Liver Cancer Among Post-Menopausal Women

Petrick, Jessica L; Florio, Andrea A; Zhang, Xuehong; Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne; Wactawski-Wende, Jean; Van Den Eeden, Stephen K; Stanczyk, Frank Z; Simon, Tracey G; Sinha, Rashmi; Sesso, Howard D; Schairer, Catherine; Rosenberg, Lynn; Rohan, Thomas E; Purdue, Mark P; Palmer, Julie R; Linet, Martha S; Liao, Linda M; Lee, I-Min; Koshiol, Jill; Kitahara, Cari M; Kirsh, Victoria A; Hofmann, Jonathan N; Guillemette, Chantal; Graubard, Barry I; Giovannucci, Edward; Gaziano, J Michael; Gapster, Susan M; Freedman, Neal D; Engel, Lawrence S; Chong, Dawn Q; Chen, Yu; Chan, Andrew T; Caron, Patrick; Buring, Julie E; Bradwin, Gary; Beane Freeman, Laura E; Campbell, Peter T; McGlynn, Katherine A

Hepatology. 2020 Aug; 72(2):535-547

The association between smoking and gut microbiome in Bangladesh

Nolan-Kenney, Rachel; Wu, Fen; Hu, Jiyuan; Yang, Liying; Kelly, Dervla; Li, Huilin; Jasmine, Farzana; Kibriya, Muhammad G; Parvez, Faruque; Shaheen, Ishrat; Sarwar, Golam; Ahmed, Alauddin; Eunus, Mahbub; Islam, Tariqul; Pei, Zhiheng; Ahsan, Habibul; Chen, Yu

Nicotine & tobacco research. 2020 Jul 16; 22(8):1339-1346

Exogenous hormone use, reproductive factors and risk of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma among women: results from cohort studies in the Liver Cancer Pooling Project and the UK Biobank

Petrick, Jessica L; McMenamin, Úna C; Zhang, Xuehong; Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne; Wactawski-Wende, Jean; Simon, Tracey G; Sinha, Rashmi; Sesso, Howard D; Schairer, Catherine; Rosenberg, Lynn; Rohan, Thomas E; Robien, Kim; Purdue, Mark P; Poynter, Jenny N; Palmer, Julie R; Lu, Yunxia; Linet, Martha S; Liao, Linda M; Lee, I-Min; Koshiol, Jill; Kitahara, Cari M; Kirsh, Victoria A; Hofmann, Jonathan N; Graubard, Barry I; Giovannucci, Edward; Gaziano, J Michael; Gapstur, Susan M; Freedman, Neal D; Florio, Andrea A; Chong, Dawn Q; Chen, Yu; Chan, Andrew T; Buring, Julie E; Freeman, Laura E Beane; Bea, Jennifer W; Cardwell, Christopher R; Campbell, Peter T; McGlynn, Katherine A

British journal of cancer. 2020 Jul; 123(2):316-324

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