Education/Work Experience

1. 2019.10-2020.11.  Postdoctoral Researcher, National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM), France

2. 2014.9.-2017.7.   M.D/PhD: Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Chinese CDC, Beijing

3. 2006.9.-2010.7.   M.M: Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou

4. 2010.9.-2013.7.   B.S.: Biostatistics, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou

Research Direction

1. Climate change, extreme temperature, air pollution and public health

2. Characteristics of air pollution (particularly VOCs) 

2. Time series, GAMs, distributed lag non-linear models and interactive effect model

Research Project

1. <Impact of climate change on cardiovascular mortality in China>, May 2018 to April 2021, Guangdong Nature Science Foundation [2018A030310655].

2. < Health impacts and adaptation mechanism of climate change>, Sep 2012 to Aug 2016, National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) [2012CB955504],

3. <Platform on extreme climate change predicting and warning in Beijing>, Aug 2015 to Jul 2016, Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission [ZB-15-85],

4. <Statistics model of impact of weather change on winter excess mortality rate>, Jan 2012 to Dec 2014, National Nature Science Foundation of China [81102207], 
5. <Association between temperature and  winter excess mortality rate in Guangzhou>, Oct 2011 to Oct 2013,Guangdong Nature Science Foundation [S2011040005355].

Teaching Courses

Representative Paper

(^*: co-first author; ^#: corresponding author)

1.    Jun Yang^#, Maigeng Zhou, Zhoupeng Ren, et al. Projecting heat-related excess mortality under climate change scenarios in China. Nature Communications, 2021, 12: 1039. (Editors’ Highlights in “Climate Change Impact” and “Public Health”)

2.    Jun Yang^#, Maigeng Zhou, Mengmeng Li, Peng Yin, Jianlin Hu, Chunlin Zhang, Hao Wang, Qiyong Liu^#, Boguang Wang^#. Fine particulate matter constituents and cause-specific mortality in China: A nationwide modelling study. Environment International,2020, 143: 105927.

3.    Jun Yang^#,Maigeng Zhou, Fengying Zhang, et al. Diabetes mortality burden attributable to short-term effect of PM₁₀ in China. Environ Sci Pollut Res, 2020, 27:18784-18792.

4.    Jun Yang, Peng Yin, Jimin Sun, et al. Heatwave and mortality in 31 major Chinese cities: Definition, vulnerability and implications. Sci of Total Environ, 2019, 649: 695-702.

5.    Jun Yang, Maigeng Zhou, Mengmeng Li, et al. Vulnerability to the impact of temperature variability on mortality in 31 major Chinese cities. Environ Pollution, 2018, 239: 631-637. 

6.    Jun Yang, Maigeng Zhou, Mengmeng Li, et al. Diurnal temperature range in relation to death from stroke in China. Environ Res, 2018, 164: 669-675.

7.    Jun Yang, Maigeng Zhou, Chun-Quan Ou, et al. Seasonal variations of temperature-related mortality burden from cardiovascular disease and myocardial infarction in China. Environ Pollution, 2017, 224: 400-406.

8.    Jun Yang, Chun-Quan Ou, Yu-Feng Song, et al. Estimating years of life lost from cardiovascular mortality related to air pollution in Guangzhou, China. Sci of Total Environ, 2016, 573: 1566-1572.

9.    Jun Yang, Peng Yin, Maigeng Zhou, et al. The burden of stroke mortality attributable to cold and hot ambient temperatures: Epidemiological evidence from China. Environ Int. 2016 Apr 20; 32-238. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.04.001. 

10.  Jun Yang, Peng Yin, Maigeng Zhou, et al. Cardiovascular mortality risk attributable to ambient temperature in China. Heart, 2015;101(24):1966-72. (Comment in Marti-Soler H, Marques-Vidal P. Weather and cardiovascular mortality. Heart, 2015)

11.  Jun Yang, Chun-Quan Ou, Yuming Guo, et al. The burden of ambient temperature on years of life lost in Guangzhou, China. Scientific reports, 2015; 5:12250. 

12.  Jun Yang, Peng Yin, Maigeng Zhou, et al. The effect of ambient temperature on diabetes mortality in China: a multi-city time series study. Sci of Total Environ, 2015; 543(Pt A):75-82. 

13.  Jun Yang, Hua-Zhang Liu, Chun-Quan Ou, et al. Global climate change:  Impact of Diurnal Temperature Range on Mortality in Guangzhou, China. Environ Pollution 2013, 175, 131-136.

14.  Jun Yang, Hua-Zhang Liu, Chun-Quan Ou, et al. The Impact of the 2005 heat wave on mortality in Guangzhou, China. Biomed Environ Sci, 2013, 26, 647-654

15.  Jun Yang, Chun-Quan Ou, Yan Ding, et al. Daily temperature and mortality: a study of distributed lag non-linear effect and effect modification in Guangzhou. Environ Health 2012, 11:63.

16.  Mengmeng Li, Hang Dong, Boguang Wang, Wenlong Zhao, Mohammad Javad Zare Sakhvidi, Li Li, Guozhen Lin, Jun Yang^#. Association between ambient ozone pollution and mortality from a spectrum of causes in Guangzhou, China. Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 754: 142110.

17.  Chen Zhang, Yunjiu Cheng, Dongling Luo, Jinghua Wang, Jianhua Liu, Yujun Luo, Weijie Zhou, Zewei Zhuo, Kehang Guo, Ruijie Zeng, Jun Yang^#, Weihong Sha, Hao Chen. Association Between Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies. Eclinicalmedicine, 2021, 100794.

18.  Zhou Yang, Jun Yang^#, Mengmeng Li, et al. Nonlinear and lagged meteorological effects on daily levels of ambient PM2.5 and O3: Evidence from 284 Chinese cities. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021, 278: 123931.

19.  Shaohua Gu, Liang Zhang, Shiqiang Sun, Xiaofeng Wang, Beibei lu, Hangtao Han, Jun Yang^#, Aihong Wang. Projections of temperature-related cause-specific mortality under climate change scenarios in a coastal city of China. Environment International, 2020, 143: 105889.

20.  Jinjian Chen, Maigeng Zhou, Jun Yang^#, et al. The modifying effects of heat and cold wave characteristics on cardiovascular mortality in 31 major Chinese cities. Environmental Research Letters, 2020, 15:

21.  Renchao Chen, Jun Yang^*, Di Chen, et al. Air pollution and hospital outpatient visits for conjunctivitis: A time-series analysis in Tai’an, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021, 28: 15453-15461.

22.  Lei Xu, Leif C. Stige, Kung-Sik Chan, Jie Zhou, Jun Yang, et al. Climate variation drives dengue dynamics. PNAS, 2017, 114:113-118.

23.  Rennie Xinrui Qin, Changchun Xiao, Yibin Zhu, Jing Li, Jun Yang, et al. The interactive effects between high temperature and air pollution on mortality: a time-series analysis in Hefei, China. Sci of Total Environ, 2017, 517: 1530-1537.

24.  Jing Li, Alistair Woodward, Xiang-Yu Hou, Tong Zhu, Jinliang Zhang, Helen Brown, Jun Yang, et al. Modification of the effects of air pollutants on mortality by temperature: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sci of Total Environ, 2017, 575: 1556-1570.

25.  Jinghong Gao, Alistair Woodward, Sotiris Vardoulakis, Liping Li, Lei Xu, Jing Li, Jun Yang, et al. Haze, public health and mitigation measures in China: A review of the current evidence for further policy response. Sci of Total Environ, 2017, 578: 148-157.

26.  Jimin Sun, Liang Lu, Haixia Wu, Jun Yang, et al. Epidemiological trends of dengue in mainland China, 2005-2015. Int J Infect Dis. 2017, Feb 15. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2017.02.007. 

27.  Jing Li, Xin Xu, Jun Yang, et al. Ambient high temperature and mortality in Jinan, China: A study of heat thresholds and vulnerable populations. Environ Res, 2017, 156: 657–664. 

28.  Li Li, Jun Yang, Yue-Feng Song, et al. The burden of COPD mortality due to ambient air pollution in Guangzhou. Scientific reports, 2016 May 19;6:25900. doi: 10.1038/srep25900. 

29.  Li Li, Jun Yang, Cui Guo, Pingyan Chen, Ou Chunquan, Yuming Guo. Particulate matter modifies the magnitude and time course of the non-linear temperature-mortality association. Environmental Pollution 2015:1-8. 

30.  Ying-Xue Zhou, Zhi-Tao Zhao, Li Li, Cheng-Song Wan, Cheng-Hua Peng, Jun Yang, Chun-Quan Ou.Predictors of first-year GPA of medical students: a longitudinal study of 1285 matriculates in China. BMC Medical Education 2014, 14(1):87. 

31.  Chun-Quan Ou, Jun Yang, Qiaoqun Ou,et al. The Impact of Relative Humidity and Atmospheric Pressure on Mortality in Guangzhou, China. Biomed and Environ Sci 2014, 27:917-925.

32.  Cui Guo, Lin Yang, Chun-Quan Ou, Li Li, Yan Zhuang, Jun Yang, Ying-Xue Zhou, Jun Qian, Ping-Yan Chen, Qi-Yong Liu. Malaria incidence from 2005-2013 and its associations with meteorological factors in Guangdong, China. Malaria Journal 2015, 14: 116.

33.  Chun-Quan Ou, Yun-Feng Song, Jun Yang, et al. Excess Winter Mortality and cold temperatures in a subtropical city, Guangzhou, China. Plos one, 2013, 08, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077150.