General

With population-based study, our laboratory is interested in exploring  the roles of nutritional and epigenetic factors in health outcome  with an integrative approach. Our long term goal is to provide  scientific basis for disease risk prediction and personalized treatment  strategy /nutritional guideline making.

Research Areas

With population-based study, our laboratory is interested in exploring  the roles of nutritional and epigenetic factors in health outcome  with an integrative approach. Our long term goal is to provide  scientific basis for disease risk prediction and personalized treatment  strategy /nutritional guideline making.


Our fields include molecular epidemiology, nutrition, bioinformatics, molecular biology

Education

PhD    Nutrition, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY                   2007      

MS      Statistics, Department of Statistical Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY                  2007

MS      Nutrition, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China                              2001       

MD     Beijing Medical University, Beijing, China                                                                        1998


Experience

   
Work Experience

2012-08~present, SIBS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PI
2007-01~2012-07, NCI, NIH, postdoctor

Teaching Experience

Nutrition and molecular epidemiology
Nutrition
Epigenetics and cancer epidemiology

Publications

   
Papers

 

1.      Shuchun Lin, Yun Liu, Lynn R Goldin, Chen Lyu,  Xiangyin Kong, Yan Zhang,  Neil E Caporaso  Song Xiang , Ying Gao*. Sex related DNA methylation differences in B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Biology of Sex Differences, 2019, 10:2

 

2.      Kangning Chen, Qianyu Zhao, Xiaofan Li, Jing Zhao, Peiqin Li, Shuchun Lin, Hongwei Wang, Jiajie Zang, Ying Xiao, Wanghong Xu, Fuxue Chen, Ying Gao*. Dietary fiber intake and endometrial cancer risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Nutrients, 2018, 10(7). pii: E945. doi: 10.3390/nu10070945

 

3.      Jing Zhao, Xiaofan Li, Xiang Li, Qianqian Chu, Yunhua Zhou, Zi Li, Hong Zhang, Thomas J Brenna, Yiqing Song, Ying Gao*. Associations of plasma very long chain saturated fatty acids and metabolic syndrome in Chinese adults. British Journal of Nutrition, 2018 ; 120(8):855-862

 

4.      Jie Liu, ShengQuan Mi, Li Du, Xiang Li , Jing Zhao, Hong Zhang, WenHua Zhao* and Ying Gao* The associations between plasma phytoestrogens concentration and metabolic syndrome risks in Chinese population, Plos One 2018  doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194639.

 

5.      Peiqin Li, Jing Zhao, Kumar Kothapalli,  Xiang Li, Hui Li, Yuxuan Han, Shengquan Mi,  Wenhua Zhao,  Qizhai Li, Hong Zhang,  Yiqing Song, J. Thomas Brenna, Ying Gao*.  A regulatory insertion-deletion polymorphism in the FADS gene cluster influences PUFA and lipid profiles among Chinese adults: a population-based study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2018 ; 107(6):867-875

 

6.      Xiang Li, Hui Li, Jing Zhao, Qi Dai, Chaoran Huang, Langping Jin, Fan Yang, Fuxue Chen, Ouchen Wang and Ying Gao*. Plasma ω3 and ω6 fatty acids in thyroid diseases. Oncology Letters. 2018; 16(4):5433-5440

 

7.      Xiao-fan Li, Jing Zhao, Peiqin Li, Ying Gao* Dairy products intake and endometrial cancer risk: a meta-analysis of observational studies. Nutrients 201710(1). pii: E25. doi: 10.3390/nu10010025.

 

8.      Hui Li, Xiang Li, Jie Liu, Langping Jin, Fang Yang, Junbo Wang, Ouchen Wang, Ying Gao*. Correlation between serum lead and thyroid diseases: papillary thyroid carcinoma, nodular goiter, and thyroid adenoma.  International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 2017, 11:1-10  doi: 10.1080/09603123.2017.1373273

 

9.      李慧,郭倩颖,柳鹏,张岩春,戴智勇,高莹,王军波。不同时期母乳中脂肪酸水平的变化。中国食物与营养 2017, 23 (5) :54-58

 

10.  Yanhui Hao; Jing Zhao; Kan Wang; Nannan Feng; Pin Sun; Renjie Chen; Bin Han;  Zhipeng Bai;  Yiliang Zhu; Ying Gao*; Zhao-lin Xia*. The Association between Particulate Matter Air Pollution and Respiratory Health in Elderly with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2017 ; 59(9):830-834

 

11.  Li Du, Yulong Wang, Hang Zhang, Hong Zhang, Ying Gao *. Folate intake and the risk of endometrial cancer: A meta-analysis. Oncotarget 2016, 7(51):85176-85184

 

12.  Jing Zhao, Lvy Chen, Jian Gao, Li Du, Boer Shan, Hong Zhang, Huaying Wang, and Ying Gao*. Dietary fat intake and endometrial cancer risk: a dose-response meta-analysis. Medicine, 2016, 95(27):e4121 DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000004121

 

13.  Jie Liu, Feixiang Yuan, Jian Gao, Boer Shan, Yulan Ren, Huaying Wang, Ying Gao*. Oral isoflavone supplementation on endometrial thickness: a meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials. Oncotarget 2016, 7(14):17369-79

 

14.  Jun Han,  Yi Jiang, Xiao Liu,  Qingyang Meng,  Qiulei Xi,  Qiulin Zhuang,  Yusong Han, Ying Gao,  Qiurong Ding,  and Guohao Wu. . Dietary Fat Intake and Risk of Gastric Cancer: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies. Plos One, 2015: 10(9):e0138580

 

15.  Sigurdur Y. Kristinsson#, Ying Gao#, Magnus Björkholm, Sigrun Helga Lund, Jan Sjöberg, Neil Caporaso, Lynn R. Goldin, Ola Landgren Hodgkin lymphoma risk following infectious and chronic inflammatory diseases: a large population-based case-control study from Sweden. International Journal of  Hematology 2015;101(6):563-8  (# equal contribution)

 

16.  Jing Zhao, Jing Wang, Jinfeng Du, Hongli Xu, Wei Zhang, Quan-Xing Ni, Herbert Yu, Harvey A. Risch, Yu-Tang Gao, Ying Gao*. Urinary prostaglandin E2 metabolite and pancreatic cancer risk: case-control study in urban Shanghai. Plos One, 2015:10(2):e0118004

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

17.  Wen-Qing Li, Nan Hu, Paula L. Hyland, Ying Gao, Zhao-Ming Wang, Kai Yu, Hua Su, Chao-Yu Wang, Le-Min Wang, Stephen J. Chanock, Laurie Burdett, Ti Ding, You-Lin Qiao, Jin-Hu Fan, Yuan Wang, Yi Xu, Jian-Xin Shi, Fangyi Gu, William Wheeler, Xiao-Qin Xiong, Carol Giffen, Margaret A. Tucker, Sanford M. Dawsey, Neal D. Freedman, Christian C. Abnet, Alisa M. Goldstein, Philip R. Taylor. Genetic variants in DNA repair pathway genes and risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and gastric adenocarcinoma in a Chinese population. Carcinogenesis, 2013; 34:1536-1542

 

18.  Ying Gao*, Keith Killian, Hong Zhang, Kai Yu, Qi-Zhai Li, Stephanie Weinstein, Jarmo Virtamo, Margaret Tucker, Philip Taylor, Demetrius Albanes, Paul Meltzer, Neil Caporas. Leukocyte DNA methylation and colorectal cancer among male smokers.  World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology. 2012;4:193-201

 

19.  David E. Capo-Ramos, Ying Gao, Jay H. Lubin, David P. Check, Lynn R. Goldin, Angela C. Pesatori, Dario Consonni, Pier Alberto Bertazzi, Andrew J. Saxon, Andrew W. Bergen, Neil E. Caporaso, Maria Teresa Landi. Mood disorders and risk of lung cancer in the EAGLE Case-control study and in the U.S. Veterans Affairs inpatient cohort. Plos One, 2012; 7:e42945

 

20.  Qizhai Li, Dongdong Pan, Weihua Yue, Ying Gao, Kai Yu. Evaluating rare variants under two- stage design. Journal of Human Genetics, 2012; 57:352-357

 

21.  Yoon Jung Park, Herry Herman, Ying Gao, Anders M. Lindroth, Benjamin Y. Hu, Patrick J. Murphy, James R. Putnam, Paul D. Soloway. Sequences sufficient for programming imprinted germ line DNA methylation defined. Plos One, 2012;7:e33024

 

22.  Ying Gao*, Hormuzd Katki , Barry Graubard, Michael Pollak , Michael Martin , Yuzhen Tao , Robert E. Schoen , Timothy Church , Richard B. Hayes , Mark H. Greene , Sonja I. Berndt. Serum IGF1, IGF2, and IGFBP3 and risk of advanced colorectal adenoma. International Journal of  Cancer, 2012; 131:E105-113

 

23.  Gao Y*, Baccarelli A, Shu XO, Ji BT, Yu K, Tarantini L, Yang G, Li HL, Hou L, Rothman N, Zheng W, Gao YT, Chow WH. Blood leukocyte Alu and LINE-1 methylation and gastric cancer risk in the Shanghai Women’s Health Study. British Journal of  Cancer 2012; 106:585-591

 

24.  Freddy Sitas, Sam Egger, Margaret I. Urban, Philip R. Taylor, Christian C. Abnet, Paolo Boffetta, Dianne L. O’Connell, David C. Whiteman, Paul Brennan, Reza Malekzadeh, Michael Pawlita, Sanford M. Dawsey, and Tim Waterboer, on behalf of the InterSCOPE Collaboration. Penelope M. Webb, Adèle C. Green, Nicholas K. Hayward, David Zaridze, Ivana Holcatova, Dana Mates, Neonila Szeszenia-Dabrowska, Gilles Ferro, Vladimir Janout, Maria Paula Curado, Ana Maria Menezes, Sergio Koifman, Farhad Islami, Dariush Nasrollahzadeh, Nan Hu, Alisa M. Goldstein, Ying Gao, Ti Ding, and Farin Kamangar. InterSCOPE Study:  Associations Between Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Human Papillomavirus Serological Markers. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2012; 104: 147-158

 

25.  Ying Gao*, Nan Hu, Xiao You Han, Ti Ding, Carol Giffen, Alisa M Goldstein, Philip R Taylor. Risk factors for esophageal and gastric cancers in Shanxi Province, China: a case-control study. Cancer Epidemiology 2011; 35: e91-e99

 

26.  Ying Gao*, Richard B. Hayes, Wen-Yi Huang, Neil E. Caporaso, Laurie Burdette, Meredith Yeager, Stephen J. Chanock, Sonja I. Berndt DNA repair gene polymorphisms and tobacco smoking in the risk for colorectal adenomas. Carcinogenesis 2011; 32:882-887

 

27.  Ying Gao*,Nan Hu, XiaoYou Han, Carol Giffen,Ti Ding, Alisa Goldstein, and Philip Taylor. Family history of cancer and risk for esophageal and gastric cancer in Shanxi, China. BMC Cancer 2009; 9:269

 

28.  Ying Gao*, Nan Hu , Xiaoyou Han, Carol Giffen, Ti Ding, Alisa M. Goldstein, Philip R.Taylor PR. Jasmine tea consumption and upper gastrointestinal cancer in China. Cancer Causes Control 2009; 20:1997-2007

 

29.  Xueying Liang, Ying Gao, Tram K Lam, Qizhai Li, Cathy Falk, Xiaohong R Yang, Alisa M Goldstein, and Lynn R Goldin. Identifying rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility genes using high-dimensional methods. BMC Proceedings, 2009; 3: S79

 

30.  Ying Gao, Alisa M. Goldstein, Dario Consonni, Angela C. Pesatori, Sholom Wacholder, Margaret A. Tucker, Neil E. Caporaso, Lynn Goldin, Maria Teresa Landi. Family history of cancer and nonmalignant lung diseases as risk factors for lung cancer. International Journal of  Cancer 2009; 125:146-152

 

31.  Ying Gao*, Sigurdur Y Kristinsson, Lynn R Goldin, Magnus  Björkholm, Neil E Caporaso, and Ola Landgren . Increased risk for non-Hodgkin lymphoma in individuals with celiac disease and a potential familial   association. Gastroenterology 2009; 136: 91-98

 

32.  Ying Gao*, Martha S. Linet, Gloria Gridley, Lene Mellemkjaer, Kari Hemminki, Lynn R. Goldin, Ola Landgren. Shared susceptibility for celiac disease and inflammatory bowel disease? Scandinavian journal of Gastroenterology 2008; 43:1279-1280

 



Research Interests

molecular epidemiology, nutrition, bioinformatics

cancer, chronic diseases, growth and development


Students

已指导学生

刘洁  硕士研究生  071010-生物化学与分子生物学  

赵晶  博士研究生  071010-生物化学与分子生物学  

林树椿  硕士研究生  071010-生物化学与分子生物学  

李佩芹  硕士研究生  071010-生物化学与分子生物学  

现指导学生

赵倩玉  硕士研究生  100104-病理学与病理生理学  

胡帆  硕士研究生  100104-病理学与病理生理学  

贾克钰  博士研究生  100104-病理学与病理生理学  

张秋怡  博士研究生  100104-病理学与病理生理学  

章露婷  硕士研究生  071009-细胞生物学  

张馨奕  硕士研究生  071010-生物化学与分子生物学