M.D. - 1996
Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Medicine, China

M.S. Human Nutrition - 2003
Iowa State University, U.S.

M.H.S. Biostatistics - 2005
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, U.S.

Ph.D. Nutritional Epidemiology - 2008
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, U.S.

Obesity and Diabetes among women and children
Beverage consumption and it's health impact
Longitudinal data analysis, meta-analysis, and survival analysis

Nutritional Epidemiology

Epidemiology Student Admissions Committee

Collins X, Chen L, Higher BMI values predicts higher college-oriented eating disorder screen (COEDS) scores in a small group of community college students, Journal of Nutrition Education and behavior 41 (Suppl):S30, .

J. Barr, W.S. White, Liwei Chen, H. Bae, S. Rodermel., The GHOST terminal oxidase regulates developmental programming in tomato fruit., Plant, Cell and Environment. , 2004. 27:840-852.

Liwei Chen, Xixuan Collins, L.B. Tabatabai, and W.S. White, Use of a 13C tracer to investigate lutein as a ligand for plasma transthyretin in humans., Lipids. , 2005. 40:1013-22.

Lisa Gallicchio, Genevieve Matanoski, Grant Tao, Liwei Chen, Tram K. Lam, Kristina Boyd, Karen A. Robinson, Lyssa Balick, Stephanie Mickelson, Laura E. Caulfied, James G. Herman, Eliseo Guallar, Anthony J. Alberg., Preserved and non-preserved vegetable intake and the risk of nasopharyngeal cancer: a systematic review., Int J Cancer , 2006. 119(5): 1125-35.

Lisa Gallicchio, Kristina Boyd, Genevieve Matanoski, Xuguang Tao, Liwei Chen, Tram K. Lam, Karen A. Robinson, Laura E. Caulfield, James G. Herman, Eliseo Guallar, Anthony J. Alberg., Carotenoids and the risk of developing lung cancer: a system review., American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 88(2):372-83. Review, 2008.

Wang JH, Zhang WP, Liu HX, Wang D, Li YF, Wang WQ, Wang L, He FR, Wang Z, Yan QG, Chen LW, Huang GS., Detection of human parvovirus B19 in papillary thyroid carcinoma., Br J Cancer , 2008 Feb 12;98(3): 611-8.

Ismail Celik, Lisa Gallicchio, Kristina Boyd, Tram K. Lam, Genevieve Matanoski, Xuguan Tao, Meredith Shiels, Edward Hammond, Liwei Chen, Karen A. Robinson, Laura E. Caulfied, James G. Herman, Eliseo Guallar, Anthony J. Alberg., Arsenic in Drinking Water and Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review., Environmental Research. , 2008. 108 (1): 45-55.

Tram Kim Lam, Lisa Gallicchio, Kristina Boyd, Meredith Shiels, Edward Hammond, Xuguang Tao, Liwei Chen, Karen A. Robinson, Laura E. Caulfield, James G. Herman, Eliseo Guallar, Anthony J. Alberg., Cruciferous vegetable consumption and lung cancer risk: a systematic review., Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. , 2008. 18(1); 184-95.

Liwei Chen, Lisa Gallicchio, Laura E. Caulfied, Grant Tao, Kristina Boyd, James G. Herman, Anthony J. Alberg., Alcohol intake and the risk of nasopharyngeal cancer: a system review and meta-analysis, Cancer and Nutrition , 2008. 61(1): 1-15.

Chen L, Hu FB, Buck Louis G, Solomon CG, He C, Yeung E, Zhang C, Age at menarche and risk for gestational diabetes, Am J Epidemiol 169(Suppl): S36, 2009.

Liwei Chen, Lawrence J. Appel, Catherine Loria, Pao-Hwa Lin, Catherine M. Champagne, Patricia J. Elmer, Jamy D Ard, Benjamin Caballero, Reduction in consumptions of liquid calories and sugar-sweetened drinks are associated with weight loss: results from the PREMIER trial., American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 89(5):299-306, 2009.

Yeung E, Hu FB, Chen L, Buck Louis G, Schisterman R, Solomon CG, Willet WC, Zhang C, Life course weight characteristics and risk of gestational diabetes, Am J Epidemiol 169(Suppl): S23, 2009.

Chen L, Hu FB, Yeung E, Willett C, Zhang C, A Prospective study of pre-gravid sugar-sweetened beverages consumption and the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus, Diabetes Care , 2009, in press.