主要研究方向

1. 慢性病的病因与分子流行病学（生物标志物）

2. 慢性病的膳食营养、环境因素与群体预防

3. 慢性病的生命早期发育起源（DOHaD）

4. 妇女儿童健康与出生队列

个人简介

中国科学技术大学特任教授、博士生导师。现任中国科学技术大学公共卫生研究院执行院长、临床医学院副院长。

庐江队列和中国科大出生队列的发起人和项目负责人（PI）。

入选国家海外高层次青年人才计划、全球前2%顶尖科学家榜单、中国高被引学者榜单。

2006年本科毕业于华中科技大学和武汉大学，获预防医学和生物科学双学位。2011年博士毕业于华中科技大学同济医学院，获营养与食品卫生学博士学位。2011-2015年在美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）从事流行病学博士后研究。2016-2021年任美国爱荷华大学流行病学助理教授，于2021年晋升为副教授并获终身教职。2021年8月入职中国科学技术大学生命科学与医学部。

长期从事慢性病流行病学和妇女儿童健康研究，从生命历程角度探讨慢性病的病因、危险因素和代际效应，尤其关注糖尿病、肥胖、心血管疾病等慢性病的膳食营养、生活方式、环境因素与生物标志物。

主持国家自然科学基金、美国NIH基金和洛克菲勒基金会资助的研究项目等。发表SCI论文200余篇，其中90余篇以通讯作者发表于JAMA、BMJ、Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology、JAMA Internal Medicine等国际学术期刊，总被引21000余次，H-index为72（Google Scholar数据）。

兼任中国营养学会理事、中国营养学会营养与慢病控制分会常委、中国健康管理协会生活方式医学分会副会长等，多次受邀作为国家科技创新2030重大项目、美国NIH基金、英国糖尿病学会等科研基金的评审专家，以及BMJ、JAMA Internal Medicine等国际学术期刊的审稿人。

代表性论文

1. Liu B, Zhao C, Yang Y, Li J, Wu Y, Liu C, Cheng Y, Chen H, Xu G, Lyu X, Wu H, Lei J, Jin Y, Tenzin T, Xu J, He Y, Wang Y, Peng Z, Zhang Y, Zhang H, Wang Q, Zhang Y, Shen H, Yan D, Bao W, Ma X. Parental preconception body mass index and risk of adverse birth outcomes in 8 million parent-child triads: a nationwide population-based cohort study in China. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2025. In press.

2. Li S, Du Y, Xu G, Bao W. Trends in Sedentary Behavior Among US Adults. JAMA. 2025. In press.

3. Yin X, Bao W, Ley SH, Yang J, Cuffe SB, Yu G, Chavarro JE, Liu P, Zhou JH, Tobias DK, Hu FB, Zhang C. Sleep Characteristics and Long-Term Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Among Women With Gestational Diabetes. JAMA Netw Open. 2025;8(3):e250142.

4. Liu B, Lehmler HJ, Ye Z, Yuan X, Yan Y, Ruan Y, Wang Y, Yang Y, Chen S, Bao W. Exposure to Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers and Risk of All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality. JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(4):e243127.

5. Titcomb TJ, Richey P, Casanova R, Phillips LS, Liu S, Karanth SD, Saquib N, Nuño T, Manson JE, Shadyab AH, Liu L, Wahls TL, Snetselaar LG, Wallace RB, Bao W. Association of type 2 diabetes mellitus with dementia-related and non-dementia-related mortality among postmenopausal women: A secondary competing risks analysis of the women's health initiative. Alzheimers Dement. 2024;20(1):234-242.

6. Sun Y, Liu B, Snetselaar LG, Wallace RB, Shadyab AH, Chen GC, Shikany JM, Manson JE, Bao W. Chocolate Consumption in Relation to All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in Women: The Women's Health Initiative. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2023;123(6):902-911.e3.

7. Li B, Chen L, Hu X, Tan T, Yang J, Bao W, Rong S. Association of Serum Uric Acid With All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in Diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2023;46(2):425-433.

8. Yang J, Qian F, Chavarro JE, Ley SH, Tobias DK, Yeung E, Hinkle SN, Bao W, Li M, Liu A, Mills JL, Sun Q, Willett WC, Hu FB, Zhang C. Modifiable risk factors and long term risk of type 2 diabetes among individuals with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus: prospective cohort study. BMJ. 2022;378:e070312.

9. Sun Y, Liu B, Rong S, Zhang J, Du Y, Xu G, Snetselaar LG, Wallace RB, Lehmler HJ, Bao W. Association of Seafood Consumption and Mercury Exposure With Cardiovascular and All-Cause Mortality Among US Adults. JAMA Netw Open. 2021;4(11):e2136367.

10. Hinkle SN, Bao W, Wu J, Sun Y, Ley SH, Tobias DK, Qian F, Rawal S, Zhu Y, Chavarro JE, Hu FB, Zhang C. Association of Habitual Alcohol Consumption With Long-term Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Among Women With a History of Gestational Diabetes. JAMA Netw Open. 2021;4(9):e2124669.

11. Liu B, Du Y, Wu Y, Snetselaar LG, Wallace RB, Bao W. Trends in obesity and adiposity measures by race or ethnicity among adults in the United States 2011-18: population based study. BMJ. 2021;372:n365.

12. Wu Y, Liu B, Sun Y, Du Y, Santillan MK, Santillan DA, Snetselaar LG, Bao W. Association of maternal prepregnancy diabetes and gestational diabetes mellitus with congenital anomalies of the newborn. Diabetes Care. 2020;43(12):2983-90.

13. Bao W, Liu B, Simonsen DW, Lehmler HJ. Association between exposure to pyrethroid insecticides and risk of all- cause and cause-specific mortality in the general US adult population. JAMA Intern Med. 2020;180(3):367-74.

14. Sun Y, Liu B, Snetselaar LG, Robinson JG, Wallace RB, Peterson LL, Bao W. Association of fried food consumption with all cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality: prospective cohort study. BMJ. 2019;364:k5420.

15. Rong S, Snetselaar LG, Xu G, Sun Y, Liu B, Wallace RB, Bao W. Association of skipping breakfast with cardiovascular and all-cause mortality. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019;73(16):2025-32.

16. Liu B, Xu G, Sun Y, Du Y, Gao R, Snetselaar LG, Santillan MK, Bao W. Association between maternal pre-pregnancy obesity and preterm birth according to maternal age and race or ethnicity: a population-based study. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2019;7(9):707-14.