Associate Professor of Occupational and Environmental Health
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health
*yanjunguo@hust.edu.cn
Academic Areas
Environmental Epidemiology, Genetic Epidemiology, Bioinformatics, Biostatistics
Research Interests
Roles of environmental exposure/Air pollution and gene-environmental interaction on respiratory diseases
Shared genetic architecture/ pleiotropy and its effect on chronic diseases including respiratory and cardio-metabolic diseases
Courses Taught
Occupational Health
Awards and Honors
2020 Barry R. and Irene Tilenius Bloom Fellowship, Harvard University
2019 The Program in Quantitative Genomics (PQG) Travel Awards, Harvard University
Education
2006-2011 M.D., School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
2007-2011 B.A., School of Foreign Language, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
2011-2016 Ph.D, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
2016-2019 Research Fellow, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
2016-2021 Research Fellow, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
2018-2021 Research Fellow, Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
2018-2021 Research Fellow, Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Professional/working Experience
2021-Present Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
Select Publications
Journal Article
(# Co-first author; * Corresponding author)
1. Guo Yanjun#; Moon Jee-Young#; Laurie C Cathy; North E Kari; Sanchez-Johnsen A P Lisa; Davis Sonia; Yu Bing; Nyenhuis M Sharmilee; Kaplan Robert; Rastogi Deepa*; Qi Qibin; Genetic predisposition to obesity is associated with asthma in US Hispanics/Latinos: Results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos , Allergy, 2018, 73(7): 1547-1550.
2. Guo Yanjun; Cao Limin; Zhou Yun; Xiao Lili; Zhang Xiaomin; Yuan Jing; Chen Weihong*; Cardiometabolic traits mediated the relationship from urinary polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons metabolites to heart rate variability reduction: A community-based study , Environmental Pollution, 2018, 243(Pt A): 28-36.
3. Yanjun Guo; Pamela M Rist; Maria Sabater-Lleal; Paul de Vries; Nicholas Smith; Paul M Ridker; Tobias Kurth; Daniel Chasman*; Association Association Between Hemostatic Profile and Migraine: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Neurology, 2021, 10(1).
4. Guo Yanjun*; Pamela M Rist; Iyas Daghlas; Franco Giulianini; International Headache Genetics Consortium; 23andMe Research Team; Tobias Kurth; Daniel I Chasman*; A genome-wide cross-phenotype meta-analysis of the association of blood pressure with migraine, Nat Commun, 2020, 11(1): 0-3368.
5. Zhu Zhaozhong#*; Guo Yanjun#; Huwenbo Shi; Cong-Lin Liu; Ronald Allan Panganiban; Wonil Chung; Luke J O'Connor; Blanca E Himes; Steven Gazal; Kohei Hasegawa; Carlos A Camargo Jr; Lu Qi; Miriam F Moffatt; Frank B Hu; Quan Lu; Liming Liang*; Shared genetic and experimental links between obesity-related traits and asthma subtypes in UK Biobank, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 2020, 145(2): 537-549.
6. Shan Zhilei#*; Guo Yanjun#; Hu Frank B.; Liu Liegang; Qi Qibin; Association of Low-Carbohydrate and Low-Fat Diets With Mortality Among US Adults, JAMA Intern Med, 2020, 180(4): 513-523.
7. Guo Yanjun; Chung Wonil; Zhu Zhaozhong; Shan Zhilei; Li Jun; Liu Simin; Liang Liming*; Genome-Wide Assessment for Resting Heart Rate and Shared Genetics With Cardiometabolic Traits and Type 2 Diabetes, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2019, 74(17): 2162-2174.