HUANG YunAssistant Professor

HUANG Yun
Assistant Professor
Email: huangyun@shsmu.edu.cn
Research Areas: Environmental Health, Maternal and Child Health, Sleep and circadian rhythm, Gene–environment interaction, Exposomics
Biography
Dr. Yun Huang is a molecular epidemiologist with expertise in environmental exposure assessment, multi-omics integration, and birth cohort research. Her work focuses on how environmental chemicals and gene-environment interactions influence pregnancy outcomes and child neurodevelopment.
Publications
Huang Y,Luo F, Wang G, Zhang T, Zhang L, Fan L, Zhang J. Maternal sleep disturbance during pregnancy and child intelligence quotient: A metabolome-wide association study in the Shanghai Birth Cohort. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2025 Aug;66(8):1105-1116.
He X, Wu R, Jiang W, Tian Y, Zhang J, Huang Y; Shanghai Birth Cohort. Prenatal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and childhood executive function and behavioral difficulties at age 7: evidence from the Shanghai birth cohort study. Environ Int. 2025 Jul 17;202:109687.
Jiang W#, Huang Y#, Jin H#, Gan Y, Zhang Q, He X, Tian Y, Zhang J, The Shanghai Birth Cohort. A prospective exposome-based gene-environment interaction study on the effects of prenatal environmental exposure on fetal growth in the Shanghai Birth Cohort. Environ Health Perspect. 2025 May 20.
Huang Y, Chen W, Gan Y, Liu X, Tian Y, Zhang J, et al. Prenatal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, genetic factors, and autistic traits: Evidence from the Shanghai birth cohort. Journal of hazardous materials 2024, 480: 135857.
Huang Y, Fang F, Chen Y, et al. Prenatal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and infant sleep disturbance: A prospective cohort study. Environ Int. 2023;178:108070. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2023.108070.

