Chen Juan (Ph.D.)

Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Assistant Professor

Research areas:

1. Health effects and risk of environmental factors (e.g., air pollution, heavy metals) in the population

2. Health effects and risk of environmental factors in reproductive health

Education/Work experience:

2022/09-till now, Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, Xi’an Jiaotong University

2019/9-2022/7, Ph.D., School of Public Health, Peking University

2016/9-2019/7, M.A., School of Public Health, Peking University

Research experience & achievements:

I have presided over projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, the Basic Research Plan for Natural Sciences of Shaanxi Province, and the Postdoctoral Fund for Shaanxi Province, and has participated in a research project funded by the National Key R & D Program (category “Research on reproductive health and prevention and control of major birth defects”), a sub-project funded by Ministry of Land and Resources (Geochemical investigation and risk assessment of 1:50,000 land mass in the high background area of heavy metals in Xiang'e), and some other projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. As first author (including co-first author), I have published 14 academic papers in leading domestic and international journals, such as Environmental Science & Technology (cover paper), Environment International, International Journal of Epidemiology, Environment & Health, Environmental Pollution, and Environmental Research. Currently, I have serve as a member of the Environmental Health Professional Committee of Shaanxi Province.

Selected publications:

[1] Chen J, Jiang Y, Li G, et al. The Associations of Short-Term Ambient Nitrogen Dioxide Pollution with Major Cause-Specific Morbidities and the Modifying Effects by Ambient Temperature: A Nationwide Case-Crossover Study. Environ Sci Technol. 2025; 59(14):6949-6958.（cover paper）

[2] Chen J, Liu H, Li G, et al. Ambient Air Particulate Matter and Hospital Admissions for Chronic Kidney Disease in China: A Nationwide Case-Crossover Study. Environ & Health. 2024;2(8):553-562.

[3] Chen J, Guo LQ, Liu HM, et al. Modification effects of ambient temperature on associations of ambient ozone exposure before and during pregnancy with adverse birth outcomes: A multicity study in China [J]. Environ Int., 2023, 172: 107791.

[4] Jiang Y#, Chen J#, Guo L, et al. Short-term effects of ambient gaseous air pollution on blood platelet mitochondrial DNA methylation and myocardial ischemia [J]. Environ Int. 2024; 185:108533.

[5] Chen J, Shao W, Fang J, et al. Association of exposure to fine particulate matter wave over the preconception and pregnancy periods with adverse birth outcomes: Results from the Project ELEFANT [J]. Environ Res. 2022,205:112473.

[6] Chen J, Li P, Fang H, et al. Weekly-specific ambient fine particular matter exposures before and during pregnancy were associated with risks of small for gestational age and large for gestational age: results from the Project ELEFANT[J]. Int J Epidemiol. 2022,51(1):202-212.

Contact information:

Email: Juan_chen@xjtu.edu.cn

Address: 76 Yanta West Road, Yanta District, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China 710061