Shaonong DANG

Research interests

Nutritional epidemiology, Maternal and child nutrition and health care, Public health evaluation, Clinical trial, and Data process and analysis in medical field

Education & Professional experience

Shaonong Dang, male, born in November 1971, PhD. In 2001, I received a master's degree in epidemiology from the Xi'an Jiao Tong University medical school and a PhD in public nutrition from the Graduate School of nutrition in The University of Tokushima, Japan, in 2005, and a visiting scholar in The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK from 2010 to 2011. I am associated Professor in Department of epidemiology and health statistics, School of public health, Xi'an Jiao Tong University.

Teaching, Research and Publications

I am mainly engaged in biological statistics teaching and related research, including research and design, field data collection, field work management and data processing and analysis, as well as the teaching and research of bio-statistical methods. Also I am served as member of the Chinese Society for preventive medicine, member of the Shaanxi Medical Association, the Secretary, the Editorial Committee of the Journal of Xi'an Jiaotong University (Medical Edition), the Chinese Journal of Epidemiology, the Chinese Journal of Skin and STD and Scientific Reports . I am a professional peer reviewer for medical and public health journals. I am a PI or main participant of more than ten scientific research projects from the National Natural Science Fund, National Science and technology support key projects, the United Nations Children's fund, and the China Medical Board, United States and the grants at the provincial level and medical industry. I won the first prize of the Shaanxi Science and Technology Award (ranked second) in 2009. More than 90 academic papers have been published in the professional journals.

Peer reviewed academic papers published recently (*corresponding authors)：

1. Yang J, Cheng Y, Zeng L, Dang S*, Yan H. Maternal dietary diversity during pregnancy and congenital heart defects: a case-control study. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41430-020-0617-4

2. Liu R, Zhao Y, Li Q, Dang S*, Yan H. Body Fat Mass, Fat Distribution and Egg Consumption: a Population-Based Study in Chinese Adults. Journal of the American College of Nutrition 2020: 39(6):528-536.

3. Zhang B, Wu W, Shi G, Mi B, Chen F, Zhang R, Liu D, Kang Y, Shang S, Yan H, Dang S*. Maternal exposure to low-to-medium altitude and birth outcomes: Evidence from a population-based study in Chinese newborns. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 2020. doi:10.1017/S204017442000063X

4. Zhang B, Shang S, Li S, Mi B, Li M, Shi G, Ma M, Wang Q, Yan H, Dang S*. Maternal folic acid supplementation and more prominent birth weight gain in twin birth compared with singleton birth: A cross-sectional study in northwest China. Public Health Nutrition, 2020, 23(16):2973-2982.

5. Mi B, Wu C, Gao X, Wu W, Du J, Zhao Y, Wang D, Dang S*, Yan H. Long-term BMI change trajectories in Chinese adults and its association with the hazard of type 2 diabetes: evidence from a 20-year China Health and Nutrition Survey. BMJ Open Diab Res Care, 2020;8:e000879.

6. Liu D, Cheng Y, Mi B, Zeng L, Qu P, Li S, Zhang R, Qi Q, Wu C, Gao X, Liu Y, Dang S*, Yan H. Maternal dietary patterns during pregnancy derived by reduced-rank regression and birth weight in the Chinese population. British Journal of Nutrition, 2020,123: 1176-1186.

7. Yang J, Kang Y, Cheng Y, Zeng L, Shen Y, Shi G, Liu Y, Qu P, Zhang R, Yan H, Dang S*. Iron intake and iron status during pregnancy and risk of congenital heart defects: A case-control. International Journal of Cardiology, 2020,301: 74-79.

8. Yang J, Kang Y, Cheng Y, Zeng L, Yan H, Dang S*. Maternal Dietary Patterns during Pregnancy and Congenital Heart Defects: A Case-Control Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 2957.

9. Li S, Liu D, Zhang R, Lei F, Xiao M, Guo L, Li M, Zhang B, Zhu Z, Shi G, Liu Y, Dang S*, Yan H. The association of maternal dietary folate intake and folic acid supplementation with small-for-gestational-age births: a cross-sectional study in Northwest China. British Journal of Nutrition, 2019,122(4): 459-467.

10. Wang L, Xiang X, Mi B, Song H, Dong M, Zhang S, Bi Y, Zhao Y, QLi Q, Zhang Q, Zhang L, Yan H, Wang D, Dang S*. Early prenatal exposure to ambient air pollution and birth defects: evidence from Chinese newborns in Xi’an, China. Journal of Public Health, 2019,41(3):494-501.

11. Mi B, Wen X, Li S, Liu D, Lei F, Liu R, Shen Y, Chen Y, Zeng L, Liu X, Dang S*, Yan H.Vegetable dietary pattern associated with low risk of preeclampsia possibly through reducing proteinuria. Pregnancy Hypertension,2019, 16:131-138

12. Qu P, Li S, Liu D, Lei F, Zeng L, Wang D, Yan H, Shi W, Shi J, Dang S*. A propensity-matched study of the association between optimal folic acid supplementation and birth defects in Shaanxi province, Northwestern China. Scientific Reports, 2019,9,(1):589

13. Guo L, Zhao D, Zhang R, Li S, Liu R, Wang H, Dang S*, Yan H. A Matched Case-Control Study on the Association between Colds, Depressive Symptoms during Pregnancy and Congenital Heart Disease in Northwestern China. Scientific Reports, 2019,9,(1):589

14. Lei F, Liu D, Shen Y, Zhang L, Li S,Liu X, Shi G, Li J, Zhao Y, Kang Y, Dang S*, Yan H. Study on the influence of pregnancy-induced hypertension on neonatal birth weight. Journal of Investigative Medicine, 2018,66:1008-1014.

15. Zhang Q, Dang S*, Bai R, Mi B, Wang L, Yan H Association between maternal interpregnancy interval after live birth or pregnancy termination and birth weight: a quantile regression analysis. Scientific Reports, 2018, 8, 4130.

16. Guo L, Qu P, Zhang R, Zhao D, Wang H, Liu R, Mi B, Yan H, Dang S*. Propensity Score-Matched Analysis on the Association Between Pregnancy Infections and Adverse Birth Outcomes in Rural Northwestern China. Scientific Reports, 2018, 8, 5154.

Contact Information

E-mail：tjdshn@mail.xjtu.edu.cn

Tel：029-82655104-207

Address：Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Box 46, Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, No.76, Yanta West Road