Yu Chen

My Research

Keywords

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

Summary

I am a chronic disease epidemiologist with experience in epidemiologic projects involving multidisciplinary teamwork. My research focuses on how host and environmental factors are related to chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease and cancer. I have worked with colleagues from Columbia University and the University of Chicago for the past 17 years to study health effects of arsenic exposure in the Health Effects of Arsenic Longitudinal Study (HEALS) in Bangladesh. I focus on the risk of preclinical and clinical endpoints of cardiovascular disease, as well as the interactions between arsenic exposure with lifestyle, microbiome, and genetic factors in cardiovascular disease-related endpoints. More recently, I am leading a project with colleagues at the Vanderbilt University to investigate the role of gastric and oral microbiome in gastric pre-malignant and malignant lesions. I also conduct research projects utilizing resources from the New York University Women’s Health Study (NYUWHS) and the Asia Cohort Consortium (ACC). I am a recipient of the Outstanding New Environmental Scientist Award (ONES) from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). I direct the course on epidemiology methods for graduate students at NYU. I received PhD with distinction in Epidemiology from Columbia University in 2005. I am an author of 153 journal articles as of May, 2017.

Contact

Phone

212-263-4839

yu.chen@nyumc.org

Academic office

650 First Ave

Room 510

New York, NY 10016

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Positions & Education

Positions

Associate Professor, Department of Population Health

Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Graduate Education

PhD from Columbia University

MPH from Columbia University

Selected Publications

A dose-response meta-analysis of chronic arsenic exposure and incident cardiovascular disease

Moon, Katherine A; Oberoi, Shilpi; Barchowsky, Aaron; Chen, Yu; Guallar, Eliseo; Nachman, Keeve E; Rahman, Mahfuzar; Sohel, Nazmul; D'Ippoliti, Daniela; Wade, Timothy J; James, Katherine A; Farzan, Shohreh F; Karagas, Margaret R; Ahsan, Habibul; Navas-Acien, Ana

International journal of epidemiology. 2018 Apr 25;

A New Gastric Cancer Among Us

Blaser, Martin J; Chen, Yu

Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2018 Jan 19;

Arsenic Exposure from Drinking Water and Urinary Metabolomics: Associations and Long-Term Reproducibility in Bangladesh Adults

Wu, Fen; Chi, Liang; Ru, Hongyu; Parvez, Faruque; Slavkovich, Vesna; Eunus, Mahbub; Ahmed, Alauddin; Islam, Tariqul; Rakibuz-Zaman, Muhammad; Hasan, Rabiul; Sarwar, Golam; Graziano, Joseph H; Ahsan, Habibul; Lu, Kun; Chen, Yu

Environmental health perspectives. 2018 Jan 12; 126(1):017005-017005

Urine Arsenic and Arsenic Metabolites in U.S. Adults and Biomarkers of Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, and Endothelial Dysfunction: A Cross-Sectional Study

Farzan, Shohreh F; Howe, Caitlin G; Zens, Michael S; Palys, Thomas; Channon, Jacqueline Y; Li, Zhigang; Chen, Yu; Karagas, Margaret R

Environmental health perspectives. 2017 Dec 15; 125(12):127002-127002

Impact of Nonoptimal Intakes of Saturated, Polyunsaturated, and Trans Fat on Global Burdens of Coronary Heart Disease

[Wang, Qianyi; Afshin, Ashkan; Yakoob, Mohammad Yawar; Singh, Gitanjali M; Rehm, Colin D; Chen, Yu; et al]

Journal of the American Heart Association. 2017 Nov 08; 6(11):

Dietary B Vitamin Intake Is Associated with Lower Urinary Monomethyl Arsenic and Oxidative Stress Marker 15-F2t-Isoprostane among New Hampshire Adults

Howe, Caitlin G; Li, Zhigang; Zens, Michael S; Palys, Thomas; Chen, Yu; Channon, Jacqueline Y; Karagas, Margaret R; Farzan, Shohreh F

Journal of nutrition. 2017 Oct 25; 147(12):2289-2296

South Asian Health: Inflammation, Infection, Exposure, and the Human Microbiome

Leng, Jennifer; Peruluswami, Ponni; Bari, Sehrish; Gaur, Sunanda; Radparvar, Farshid; Parvez, Faruque; Chen, Yu; Flores, Cristina; Gany, Francesca

Journal of immigrant & minority health. 2017 Sep 27;

Chronic Periodontal Disease, Periodontal Pathogen Colonization, and an Increased Risk of Precancerous Gastric Lesions

Sun, Jinghua; Zhou, Min; Salazar, Christian R; Hays, Rosemary; Bedi, Sukhleen; Chen, Yu; Li, Yihong

Journal of periodontology (1970). 2017 Jul 3; 88:1124-1134

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