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Yu Chen

Yu Chen, MPH, PhD

Professor, Department of Population Health

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

Graduate Education

PhD from Columbia University

MPH from Columbia University

The New York City Study of FeRtility and Environmental Exposures (NYC FREE)

MASALA Study Expansion

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Risk of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection associated with pre-coronavirus disease obstructive sleep apnea diagnoses: an electronic health record-based analysis from the RECOVER initiative

Mandel, Hannah L; Colleen, Gunnar; Abedian, Sajjad; Ammar, Nariman; Bailey, L Charles; Bennett, Tellen D; Brannock, M Daniel; Brosnahan, Shari B; Chen, Yu; Chute, Christopher G; Divers, Jasmin; Evans, Michael D; Haendel, Melissa; Hall, Margaret A; Hirabayashi, Kathryn; Hornig, Mady; Katz, Stuart D; Krieger, Ana C; Loomba, Johanna; Lorman, Vitaly; Mazzotti, Diego R; McMurry, Julie; Moffitt, Richard A; Pajor, Nathan M; Pfaff, Emily; Radwell, Jeff; Razzaghi, Hanieh; Redline, Susan; Seibert, Elle; Sekar, Anisha; Sharma, Suchetha; Thaweethai, Tanayott; Weiner, Mark G; Yoo, Yun Jae; Zhou, Andrea; Thorpe, Lorna E

Sleep. 2023 May 11;

Risk factors for endometrial cancer in Black women

Sponholtz, Todd R; Palmer, Julie R; Rosenberg, Lynn; Chen, Chu; Chen, Yu; Clarke, Megan A; Clendenen, Tess; Du, Mengmeng; Johnson, Lisa; Liao, Linda M; Michels, Kara A; O'Connell, Kelli; Olson, Sara H; Petruzella, Stacey; Rebbeck, Timothy R; Setiawan, Veronica Wendy; Trabert, Britton; Weiss, Noel S; Wentzensen, Nicholas; Wilkens, Lynne; Wise, Lauren A

Cancer causes & control. ccc. 2023 May; 34(5):421-430

Corrigendum to "Vascular endothelium as a target for perfluroalkyl substances (PFAs)" [Environ. Res. 212 (2022) 1-4/11339]

Wittkopp, Sharine; Wu, Fen; Windheim, Joseph; Robinson, Morgan; Kannan, Kurunthachalam; Katz, Stuart D; Chen, Yu; Newman, Jonathan D; [Levy, Natalie]

Environmental research. 2023 Feb 18; 224:115486

A cross-sectional study of inflammatory markers as determinants of circulating kynurenines in the Lung Cancer Cohort Consortium

Midttun, Øivind; Ulvik, Arve; Meyer, Klaus; Zahed, Hana; Giles, Graham G; Manjer, Jonas; Sandsveden, Malte; Langhammer, Arnulf; Sørgjerd, Elin Pettersen; Behndig, Annelie F; Johansson, Mikael; Freedman, Neal D; Huang, Wen-Yi; Chen, Chu; Prentice, Ross; Stevens, Victoria L; Wang, Ying; Le Marchand, Loïc; Weinstein, Stephanie J; Cai, Qiuyin; Arslan, Alan A; Chen, Yu; Shu, Xiao-Ou; Zheng, Wei; Yuan, Jian-Min; Koh, Woon-Puay; Visvanathan, Kala; Sesso, Howard D; Zhang, Xuehong; Gaziano, J Michael; Fanidi, Anouar; Robbins, Hilary A; Brennan, Paul; Johansson, Mattias; Ueland, Per M

Scientific reports. 2023 Jan 18; 13(1):1011

Association between recent methamphetamine use, antiretroviral therapy and HIV viral load; a mediation analysis from a cohort of HIV positive persons who inject drugs in Hai Phong, Vietnam

Feelemyer, Jonathan; Des Jarlais, Don; Nagot, Nicolas; Duong Thi, Huong; Thi Hai, Oanh Khuat; Pham Minh, Khuê; Hoang Thi, Giang; Nham Thi Tuyet, Thanh; Cleland, Charles M; Arasteh, Kamyar; Caniglia, Ellen; Chen, Yu; Bart, Gavin; Moles, Jean Pierre; Vu Hai, Vinh; Vallo, Roselyne; Quillet, Catherine; Rapoud, Delphine; Sao, Mai Le; Michel, Laurent; Laureillard, Didier; Khan, Maria R

International journal of STD & AIDS. 2023 Jan 13; 9564624221142366

Chronotype and sleep duration interact to influence time to pregnancy: Results from a New York City cohort

Charifson, Mia; Ghassabian, Akhgar; Seok, Eunsil; Naidu, Mrudula; Mehta-Lee, Shilpi S.; Brubaker, Sara G.; Afanasyeva, Yelena; Chen, Yu; Liu, Mengling; Trasande, Leonardo; Kahn, Linda G.

Sleep health. 2023 Jan 01; ?-?

Circulating vitamin D and breast cancer risk: an international pooling project of 17 cohorts

Visvanathan, Kala; Mondul, Alison M; Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne; Wang, Molin; Gail, Mitchell H; Yaun, Shiaw-Shyuan; Weinstein, Stephanie J; McCullough, Marjorie L; Eliassen, A Heather; Cook, Nancy R; Agnoli, Claudia; Almquist, Martin; Black, Amanda; Buring, Julie E; Chen, Chu; Chen, Yu; Clendenen, Tess; Dossus, Laure; Fedirko, Veronika; Gierach, Gretchen L; Giovannucci, Edward L; Goodman, Gary E; Goodman, Marc T; Guénel, Pascal; Hallmans, Göran; Hankinson, Susan E; Horst, Ronald L; Hou, Tao; Huang, Wen-Yi; Jones, Michael E; Joshu, Corrine E; Kaaks, Rudolf; Krogh, Vittorio; Kühn, Tilman; Kvaskoff, Marina; Lee, I-Min; Mahamat-Saleh, Yahya; Malm, Johan; Manjer, Jonas; Maskarinec, Gertraud; Millen, Amy E; Mukhtar, Toqir K; Neuhouser, Marian L; Robsahm, Trude E; Schoemaker, Minouk J; Sieri, Sabina; Sund, Malin; Swerdlow, Anthony J; Thomson, Cynthia A; Ursin, Giske; Wactawski-Wende, Jean; Wang, Ying; Wilkens, Lynne R; Wu, Yujie; Zoltick, Emilie; Willett, Walter C; Smith-Warner, Stephanie A; Ziegler, Regina G

European journal of epidemiology. 2023 Jan; 38(1):11-29

Normative Data and Conversion Equation for Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography in an International Healthy Control Cohort

Kenney, Rachel; Liu, Mengling; Hasanaj, Lisena; Joseph, Binu; Al-Hassan, Abdullah A; Balk, Lisanne; Behbehani, Raed; Brandt, Alexander U; Calabresi, Peter A; Frohman, Elliot M; Frohman, Teresa; Havla, Joachim; Hemmer, Bernhard; Jiang, Hong; Knier, Benjamin; Korn, Thomas; Leocani, Letizia; Martínez-Lapiscina, Elena H; Papadopoulou, Athina; Paul, Friedemann; Petzold, Axel; Pisa, Marco; Villoslada, Pablo; Zimmermann, Hanna; Ishikawa, Hiroshi; Schuman, Joel S; Wollstein, Gadi; Chen, Yu; Saidha, Shiv; Thorpe, Lorna E; Galetta, Steven L; Balcer, Laura J

Journal of neuro-ophthalmology. 2022 Dec 01; 42(4):442-453

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