VicePresident,Nanjing Medical University
Professor of Toxicology,School of Public Health
Distinguished Professor of National Major TalentProgram,China
Deputy Director, International Joint Research Center for Environment and Human Health, China
Chief Editor of Technical Terms for Toxicology, China
Committee Member of the International Society of Exposure Science
Committee Member of Birth Cohort Consortium of Asia
yankaixia@njmu.edu.cn
夏彦恺，博士，教授
Yankai Xia, PhD
Research Interest
Environmental Exposure and HumanHealth
Education
Nanjing Medical University, Preventive Medicine, B.Med./Medical Diploma.(1996.9-2001.7)
Nanjing Medical University, Toxicology, Ph.D. (2002.9-2007.7)
Honors and Awards:
2013 National Science Fund for Outstanding Young Scholars
2014 Henry Fok Young Teachers Award, Ministry of Education
2015 The Second Prize of National Scienceand Technology Progress Award
2016 The First Prize of Jiangsu Preventive Medicine Science andTechnology Award
2019 The Second Prize of Jiangsu Province Medical Science and Technology Award
2021 The First Prize of Huaxia Medical Science and Technology Award
Ongoing Research Projects
PI, Roleof the Gut Microbiome in Pesticide-Induced Effects on ChildNeurodevelopment.China-U.S.Program for Biomedical Collaborative Research (NSFC-NIH),81961128022
PI, Roleof noncoding mutations and metabolite imbalance in birth defects.National Key Research and Development Program of China,2021YFC2701102
PI,Effects of Multi-exposure to Pesticides during Early Life onChildren's Neurobehavioral Development and its Molecular Mechanism,State Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China,81630085
Selected Papers
1. Chen M*,Guan Y, Huang R, Duan J, Zhou J, Chen T, Wang X, XiaY*,London SJ. Associations between the maternal exposome and metabolomeduring pregnancy. EnvironHealth Perspect.2022 Mar;130(3):37003.
2.Ma X#,Wang B#,Li Z#,Ding X, Wen Y, Shan W, Hu W*, Wang X, XiaY*.Effects of glufosinate-ammonium on male reproductive health: focus onepigenome and transcriptome in mouse sperm. Chemosphere.2022 Jan; 287(Pt 4):132395.
3. Li J,Huang L*, Han B, van der Kuijp TJ, XiaY*,Chen K. Exposure and perception of PM2.5 pollution on the mentalstress of pregnant women.Environ Int.2021 Jun 15; 156:106686.
4. Chen T#,Qin Y#,Chen M#,Zhang Y, Wang X, Dong T, Chen G, Sun X, Lu T, White RA 3rd, Ye P, TunHM, XiaY*.Gestational diabetes mellitus is associated with the neonatal gutmicrobiota and metabolome. BMCMed.2021 May 27;19(1):120.
5.Tang W#,Chen M#,Guo X#,Zhou K, Wen Z, Liu F, Liu X, Mao X, He X, Hu W, Sun X, Tang J, Li H,White RA 3rd, Lv W, Wang P, Hang B, Sun R, Wang X, XiaY*.Multiple 'omics'-analysis reveals the role of prostaglandin E2 inHirschsprung's disease. FreeRadic Biol Med.2021 Feb 20; 164:390-398.
6. Wang X#,Sun X#,Zhang Y, Chen M, Dehli Villanger G, Aase H, XiaY*.Identifying a critical window of maternal metal exposure for maternaland neonatal thyroid function in China: A cohort study. EnvironInt.2020 Jun; 139:105696.
7. Dong T#,Guan Q#,Hu W#,Zhang M, Zhang Y, Chen M, Wang X,Xia Y*.Prenatal exposure to glufosinate ammonium disturbs gut microbiome andinduces behavioral abnormalities in mice. JHazard Mater.2020 Jan 21; 389:122152
8. Tang W#,Su Y#,Yuan C#,Zhang Y, Zhou L, Peng L, Wang P, Chen G, Li Y, Li H, Zhi Z, Chang H,Hang B, Mao JH, Snijders AM*, XiaY*.Prospective study reveals a microbiome signature that predicts theoccurrence of post-operative enterocolitis in Hirschsprung disease(HSCR) patients. GutMicrobes.2020 Jan 16:1-13.
9. ZhangY#,Dong T#,Hu W, Wang X, Xu B, Lin Z, Hofer T, Stefanoff P, Chen Y, Wang X, XiaY*.Association between exposure to a mixture of phenols, pesticides, andphthalates and obesity: Comparison of three statistical models.EnvironInt.2019 Feb; 123:325-336.
10. ChangC#,Chen M#,Gao J, Luo J, Wu K, Dong T, Zhou K, He X, Hu W, Wu W, Lu C, Hang B,Meeker JD, Wang X, XiaY*.Current pesticide profiles in blood serum of adults in JiangsuProvince of China and a comparison with other countries. EnvironInt.2017;102: 213–222.
