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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

Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine

Graduate Education

PhD from Columbia University

MPH from Columbia University

The association between gut microbiome and anthropometric measurements in Bangladesh

Osborne, Gwendolyn; Wu, Fen; Yang, Liying; Kelly, Dervla; Hu, Jiyuan; 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

Gut microbes. 2019 May 29; 1-14

Smoking, Alcohol, and Biliary Tract Cancer Risk: A Pooling Project of 26 Prospective Studies

McGee, Emma E; Jackson, Sarah S; Petrick, Jessica L; Van Dyke, Alison L; Adami, Hans-Olov; Albanes, Demetrius; Andreotti, Gabriella; Beane-Freeman, Laura E; de Gonzalez, Amy Berrington; Buring, Julie E; Chan, Andrew T; Chen, Yu; Fraser, Gary E; Freedman, Neal D; Gao, Yu-Tang; Gapstur, Susan M; Gaziano, J Michael; Giles, Graham G; Grant, Eric J; Grodstein, Francine; Hartge, Patricia; Jenab, Mazda; Kitahara, Cari M; Knutsen, Synnove F; Koh, Woon-Puay; Larsson, Susanna C; Lee, I-Min; Liao, Linda M; Luo, Juhua; Milne, Roger L; Monroe, Kristine R; Neuhouser, Marian L; O'Brien, Katie M; Peters, Ulrike; Poynter, Jenny N; Purdue, Mark P; Robien, Kim; Sandler, Dale P; Sawada, Norie; Schairer, Catherine; Sesso, Howard D; Simon, Tracey G; Sinha, Rashmi; Stolzenberg-Solomon, Rachael; Tsugane, Shochiro; Wang, Renwei; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Weinstein, Stephanie J; White, Emily; Wolk, Alicja; Yuan, Jian-Min; Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne; Zhang, Xuehong; Zhu, Bin; McGlynn, Katherine A; Campbell, Peter T; Koshiol, Jill

Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2019 May 24;

Anthropometric Risk Factors for Cancers of the Biliary Tract in the Biliary Tract Cancers Pooling Project

Jackson, Sarah S; Van Dyke, Alison L; Zhu, Bin; Pfeiffer, Ruth M; Petrick, Jessica L; Adami, Hans-Olov; Albanes, Demetrius; Andreotti, Gabriella; Beane Freeman, Laura E; Berrington de Gonzalez, Amy; Buring, Julie E; Chan, Andrew T; Chen, Yu; Fraser, Gary E; Freedman, Neal D; Gao, Yu-Tang; Gapstur, Susan M; Gaziano, J Michael; Giles, Graham G; Grant, Eric J; Grodstein, Francine; Hartge, Patricia; Jenab, Mazda; Kitahara, Cari M; Knutsen, Synnove F; Koh, Woon-Puay; Larsson, Susanna C; Lee, I-Min; Liao, Linda M; Luo, Juhua; McGee, Emma E; Milne, Roger L; Monroe, Kristine R; Neuhouser, Marian L; O'Brien, Katie M; Peters, Ulrike; Poynter, Jenny N; Purdue, Mark P; Robien, Kim; Sandler, Dale P; Sawada, Norie; Schairer, Catherine; Sesso, Howard D; Simon, Tracey G; Sinha, Rashmi; Stolzenberg-Solomon, Rachael Z; Tsugane, Shoichiro; Wang, Renwei; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Weinstein, Stephanie J; White, Emily; Wolk, Alicja; Yuan, Jian-Min; Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne; Zhang, Xuehong; McGlynn, Katherine A; Campbell, Peter T; Koshiol, Jill

Cancer research. 2019 May 21;

Changes in arsenic exposure in Araihazar, Bangladesh from 2001 through 2015 following a blanket well testing and education campaign

Huhmann, Brittany L; Harvey, Charles F; Navas-Acien, Ana; Graziano, Joseph; Parvez, Faruque; Chen, Yu; Argos, Maria; Ahmed, Alauddin; Hasan, A K M Rabiul; Ahsan, Habibul; van Geen, Alexander

Environment international. 2019 Jan 30; 125:82-89

Comparison of oral collection methods for studies of microbiota

Vogtmann, Emily; Chen, Jun; Kibriya, Muhammad G; Amir, Amnon; Shi, Jianxin; Chen, Yu; Islam, Tariqul; Eunes, Mahbubul; Ahmed, Alauddin; Naher, Jabun; Rahman, Anisur; Barmon, Bhaswati; Knight, Rob; Chia, Nicholas; Ahsan, Habibul; Abnet, Christian C; Sinha, Rashmi

Cancer epidemiology biomarkers & prevention. 2019 Jan; 28(1):137-143

Serological response to Helicobacter pylori proteins associate with risk of colorectal cancer among diverse populations in the United States

Butt, Julia; Varga, Matthew G; Blot, William J; Teras, Lauren; Visvanathan, Kala; Le Marchand, Loïc; Haiman, Christopher; Chen, Yu; Bao, Ying; Sesso, Howard D; Wassertheil-Smoller, Sylvia; Ho, Gloria Y F; Tinker, Lesley E; Peek, Richard M; Potter, John D; Cover, Timothy L; Hendrix, Laura H; Huang, Li-Ching; Hyslop, Terry; Um, Caroline; Grodstein, Francine; Song, Mingyang; Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne; Berndt, Sonja; Hildesheim, Allan; Waterboer, Tim; Pawlita, Michael; Epplein, Meira

Gastroenterology. 2019 01; 156(1):175-186.e2

Prenatal lead exposure and elevated blood pressure in children

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

Environment international. 2018 Dec; 121(Pt 2):1289-1296

Association of Body Mass Index and Age With Subsequent Breast Cancer Risk in Premenopausal 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; Braaten, Tonje; Chen, Yu; Connor, Avonne E; Dorronsoro, Miren; Dossus, Laure; Eliassen, A Heather; Giles, Graham G; Hankinson, Susan E; Kaaks, Rudolf; Key, Timothy J; Kirsh, Victoria A; Kitahara, Cari M; Koh, Woon-Puay; Larsson, Susanna C; Linet, Martha S; Ma, Huiyan; Masala, Giovanna; Merritt, Melissa A; Milne, Roger L; Overvad, Kim; Ozasa, Kotaro; Palmer, Julie R; Peeters, Petra H; Riboli, Elio; Rohan, Thomas E; Sadakane, Atsuko; Sund, Malin; Tamimi, Rulla M; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Ursin, Giske; Vatten, Lars; Visvanathan, Kala; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Willett, Walter C; Wolk, Alicja; Yuan, Jian-Min; Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne; Sandler, Dale P; Swerdlow, Anthony J

JAMA oncology. 2018 Nov 01; 4(11):e181771

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