Yajun Liang
Principal Researcher | Docent
E-mail: yajun.liang@ki.se
Visiting address: Solnavägen 1 E, 11365 Stockholm
Postal address: K9 Global folkhälsa, K9 GPH Möller, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- I am an associate professor in the Epidemiology and Public Health
Intervention Research (EPHIR) group at the Department of Global Public
Health (GPH).
Bachelor degree (1997-2002) in Preventive Medicine, Jining Medical
University, Jining, Shandong, China
Master degree (2005-2008) in Epidemiology & - Health Statistics, Soochow
University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
PhD degree (2008-2011) in Epidemiology & - Health Statistics, Peking Union
Medical College, Beijing, China
Research
- My main research interest is cardiovascular epidemiology from a life-course
perspective. In addition, I work on other topics including
pharmaco-epidemiology, mental health, and aging-related diseases (e.g.,
geriatric syndrome, physical disability, and cognitive impairment).
Teaching
- I am the course leader of "Applied Epidemiology 2 - Determinants of health"
within Master Programme in Public Health Science at the Department of Global
Public Health.
Articles
- Article: NUTRIENTS. 2024;16(16):2804
- Article: EUROPEAN CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2024;:1-13
- Article: METABOLIC SYNDROME AND RELATED DISORDERS. 2024;22(2):141-150
- Article: JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR DEVELOPMENT AND DISEASE. 2023;10(10):426
- Article: HEALTHCARE. 2023;11(14):2003
- Article: ARCHIVES OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS. 2023;109:104963
- Article: BMC GERIATRICS. 2023;23(1):296
- Article: ANNALS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2023;78:54-60
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;20(1):116
- Article: DRUG SAFETY. 2022;45(8):873-880
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2022;12(1):13042
- Article: BIOMEDICINE & PHARMACOTHERAPY. 2022;151:113152
- Article: JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. 2022;88(1):263-271
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGEING. 2022;19(1):19-25
- Article: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2022;5(1):e2145719
- Article: CLINICAL INTERVENTIONS IN AGING. 2022;17:947-956
- Article: FRONTIERS IN AGING NEUROSCIENCE. 2022;14:887032
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION. 2022;23(1):54-59.e2
- Article: THE LANCET GLOBAL HEALTH. 2021;9(12):e1667-e1678
- Article: QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH. 2021;30(10):2907-2917
- Article: JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE. 2021;44(5):622-629
- Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2021;21(1):1263
- Article: PAEDIATRIC AND PERINATAL EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2021;35(3):318-327
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2021;11(4):e043657
- Article: THE LANCET CHILD AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH. 2021;5(4):245-255
- Article: BMC GERIATRICS. 2021;21(1):158
- Article: PLOS MEDICINE. 2020;17(12):e1003474
- Article: PEDIATRIC OBESITY. 2020;15(11):e12665
- Article: JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH. 2020;56(10):1577-1583
- Article: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 2020;20(1):1062
- Article: PEDIATRICS. 2020;145(5):e20192209
- Article: JOURNAL OF HUMAN HYPERTENSION. 2020;34(4):319-325
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2020;15(10):e0240804
- Article: HYPERTENSION. 2019;74(6):1343-1348
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2019;296:141-148
- Article: BMC GERIATRICS. 2019;19(1):267
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2019;9(7):e031132
- Article: EAR AND HEARING. 2019;40(2):253-259
- Article: PEDIATRIC OBESITY. 2019;14(3):e12468
- Article: FRONTIERS IN PEDIATRICS. 2019;7:307
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2019;14(10):e0223778
- Article: BMC GERIATRICS. 2018;18(1):322
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION. 2018;19(7):577-583
- Article: THE LANCET CHILD AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH. 2018;2(6):415-429
- Article: BMC GERIATRICS. 2017;17(1):294
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. 2017;65(11):2418-2424
- Article: BMJ OPEN. 2017;7(8):e016996
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2017;107(7):1095-1100
- Article: HYPERTENSION RESEARCH. 2017;40(5):496-503
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. 2017;65(2):306-312
- Article: THE LANCET GLOBAL HEALTH. 2016;4(11):e795-e805
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2016;220:508-513
- Article: BMC GERIATRICS. 2016;16:7
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY. 2016;23(1):201-204
- Article: GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL. 2015;15(12):1242-1248
- Article: BLOOD PRESSURE. 2015;24(5):284-292
- Article: THE JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY. SERIES A, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES. 2015;70(6):739-745
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2015;10(9):e0138521
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2015;10(3):e0119582
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2014;177(3):836-839
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY (EJPC). 2014;21(10):1267-1274
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE. 2014;21(4):590-596
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE. 2014;21(4):597-604
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2014;175(1):96-101
- Article: PEDIATRICS. 2014;134(1):e106-e111
- Article: METABOLIC SYNDROME AND RELATED DISORDERS. 2014;12(5):269-276
- Article: BLOOD PRESSURE. 2013;22(1):59-64
- Article: PEDIATRIC OBESITY. 2012;7(5):355-364
- Article: OBESITY REVIEWS. 2012;13(3):287-296
- Article: HYPERTENSION RESEARCH. 2011;34(11):1216-1220
- Article: BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AND TREATMENT. 2011;130(2):561-568
- Article: BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AND TREATMENT. 2011;130(2):517-529
- Article: BIOMEDICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES. 2011;24(5):459-466
- Article: BLOOD PRESSURE. 2011;20(1):45-53
- Article: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH. 2011;39(1):23-32
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All other publications
- Review: JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION. 2020;38(12):2346-2355
- Letter: THE LANCET GLOBAL HEALTH. 2017;5(3):e267
- Letter: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2016;222:699-700
- Letter: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. 2016;67(8):1006-1007
- Letter: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. 2013;61(6):1036-1038
- Letter: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2013;165(3):577-579
- Letter: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY. 2012;158(2):326-329
Employments
- Principal Researcher, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2023-
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2022