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Lei Yuan
Assistant Professor
Academic titleMB; MMed; PhD
InterestsPreventive Medicine; Public Health; Epidemiology; Medical Statistics; Environmental Health Sciences; Climate Change; Air Pollution; Health Impact Assessment
She majored in Epidemiology and Medical Statistics during undergraduate studies and has maintained a strong interest in these areas ever since. Her primary research focus is in Environmental Epidemiology, with a specific emphasis on investigating the health impacts of climate (weather) and air pollutants.
- Yuan L, Madaniyazi L, Vicedo-Cabrera AM, Ng CFS, Oka K, Chua PLC, Ueda K, Tobias A, Honda Y, Hashizume M. Non-optimal temperature-attributable mortality and morbidity burden by cause, age and sex under climate and population change scenarios: a nationwide modelling study in Japan. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 2024 Nov; 52: 101214
- GUO Q, Yuan L, Ng CFS, Hashizume M. Evaluating Japan's revised heat-health warning system in the face of recent escalating heat stress. Environmental Research Letters. 2024 April; 19 054002.
- Mano Y, Yuan L, Ng CFS, Hashizume M. Association between ambient temperature and genitourinary emergency ambulance dispatches in Japan: A nationwide case-crossover study. Environ Epidemiol. 2024 Feb 14;8(2):e298.
- Yuan L, Madaniyazi L, Vicedo-Cabrera AM, Honda Y, Ng CFS, Ueda K, Oka K, Tobias A, Hashizume M. A nationwide comparative analysis of temperature-related mortality and morbidity in Japan. Environ Health Perspect. 2023 Dec;131(12):127008.
- Lwin KS, Tobías A, Chua PLC, Yuan L, Thawonmas R, Ith S, Htay ZW, Yu LS, Yamasaki L, Roqué M, Querol X, Fussell JC, Nadeau KC, Stafoggia M, Saliba NA, Ng CFS, Hashizume M. Effects of desert dust and sandstorms on human health: a scoping review. GeoHealth. 2023 Mar 1;7(3):e2022GH000728.
- Yuan L, Ni J, Lu W, Yan Q, Wan X, Li Z. Association between domain-specific sedentary behaviour and endometrial cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 2023 Jun 6;13(6):e069042.
- Shi W, Zhu H, Yuan L, Chen X, Huang X, Wang K, Li Z. Vaginal microbiota and HPV clearance: A longitudinal study. Front Oncol. 2022 Oct 24;12:955150.
- Yuan L, Ni J. The association between tobacco smoke exposure and vitamin D levels among US general population, 2001-2014: temporal variation and inequalities in population susceptibility. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2022 May;29(22):32773-32787.
- Hu P, Vinturache A, Li H, Tian Y, Yuan L, Cai C, Lu M, Zhao J, Zhang Q, Gao Y, Liu Z, Ding G. Urinary Organophosphate Metabolite Concentrations and Pregnancy Outcomes among Women Conceiving through in Vitro Fertilization in Shanghai, China. Environ Health Perspect. 2020 Sep;128(9):97007.
- Yuan L, Zhang Y, Wang W, Chen R, Liu Y, Liu C, Kan H, Gao Y, Tian Y, Shanghai Birth Cohort Study. Critical windows for maternal fine particulate matter exposure and adverse birth outcomes: The Shanghai birth cohort study. Chemosphere. 2020 Feb;240:124904.
- Yuan L, Zhang Y, Gao Y, Tian Y. Maternal fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure and adverse birth outcomes: an updated systematic review based on cohort studies. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2019 May;26(14):13963-13983.