Institute of Occupational & Environmental Health is one of six research and educational institutes at School of Public Health of Lanzh University, and covers two subjects including Environmental hygiene and Occupational health & occupational medicine. The Institute's mission is to develop the profession of occupational & environmental health, conduct undergraduate and postgraduate education, basic and applied research and serve the public interest.
The history of the institute can be traced back to two independent departments of Occupational Health and Environmental Health, established by former Lanzhou Medical University in 1984. In 2001, according to the principle of establishing institute unit at sub-discipline, the two departments were merged into the Department of Occupational & Environmental Health. In 2002, the Occupational & Environmental Health was approved as a provincial key subject of Gansu Province. In November 2004, the former Lanzhou Medical College was merged into Lanzhou University, and the Institute of Occupational & Environmental Health has been retained till now.
Under the leadership of many experts and professors such as Prof. Baoshan Yuan and Prof. Yingtong Wang, the discipline has achieved considerable development in discipline construction, personnel training, scientific research, laboratory construction and other aspects. Also, the institute has the reasonable academic echelon, stable research directions, outstanding characteristics and strong social service ability to cultivate high-quality postgraduate students.
The institute offers the related professional courses for undergraduate students and provides a series of master degree programs.
Faculty
There are 13 teachers including six professors (one adjunct professor), five associate professors (one part-time associate professor) , two lecturers.
Jingping Niu
Professor, Department Chair. Research interests: Environmental and health.
Xingrong Liu
Professor, Research interests: Water and health, indoor air and health, health policy.
Benzhong Zhang
Professor, Research interests: Neurotoxicity induced by environmental pollutants, biochemical products and their related molecular mechanism, payment pattern of medical insurance system in China, community chronic disease interventions and health policy research.
Huan Li
Professor, Research interests: Microbiome and bioinformatics.
El-Sayed Salama
Professor, Research interests: Advanced (waste) water treatment, bioremediation and composting, anaerobic co-digestion for clean energy, microalgal biofuels and omics technologies, and sequential fermentation.
Ye Ruan
Associate Professor, Research interests: Environmental epidemiology, climate change and human health, effects and mechanism of environmental hazards on health.
Bin Luo
Associate Professor, Research interests: Environment and health, occupational health.
Jiyuan Dong
Associate Professor, Research interests: Environmental epidemiology, quantitative risk assessment for health effects of environmental pollution.
Xiaofeng Luo
Lecturer,Research interests: HIV/AIDS Epidemiology, behavior and health.
Tian Tian
Assistant, Research interests: Special environmental microbiology and health.
Scientific Research
Occupational Health: Industrial toxicology and occupational epidemiology, occupational health for women and reproductive health, etc.
Environmental Health: Environmental pollution and health, environmental epidemiology and environmental toxicology, environmental microbiology and health, environmental meteorology and health, etc.
Scientific Projects
- 1. The relationship of hypertension and gut microbes and metabolism under cold stress, National Nature Science Foundation of China
- 2. Cardiovascular effect of short-term exposure to Particulate matter in different size, The Fundamental Research Funds Program for the Central Universities
- 3. The Effect of Ambient PM2.5 and cold stress on the Respiratory system of rat, The Fundamental Research Funds Program for the Central Universities
- 4. A study on the Interactive effect of Heat wave/ Cold air and Ambient PM2.5 of Respiratory diseaes National Nature Science Foundation of China
- 5. Effect of Cold stress and Ambient PM2.5 on the alveolar macro-phage of Rat, The Fundamental Research Funds Program for the Central Universities
- 6. Validation of Cadmium Biomarkers in Humans with Low Levels of Environmental Exposures , NNSFC（National Nature Science Foundation of China）
- 7. Study on the effect of air pollution control on air quality and health in Lanzhou City , Lanzhou City Chengguan Distric Science and technology
- 8. Adverse effects of prenatal exposure to nickel on fetus and its potential mechanisms, NNSFC（National Nature Science Foundation of China）
- 9. 1/2 Air Pollution-Children's Health GEOHealth Hub in China: China , NIEHS
- 10. Climate change associated diseases: mechanisms and prevention, China Meteorological Administration (CMA)
- 11. Research in Environmental Health Sciences, NIEHS (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (USA))
- 12. Carcinogenesis of Nickel and Epigenetic Control, NIEHS (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (USA))
- 13. Effects of cold weather on cardiovascular death, NNSFC（National Nature Science Foundation of China）
- 14. Sand storm and its fine particulate matter: health effects in humans and toxicities in animals , Lanzhou University
- 15. The Third-party evaluation on National Equalization Project of the Basic Public Health Services in Gansu , Research funding from Provincial Health and Family Planning Commission of Gansu
- 16. Policy Approaches on Emphasizing Reconstruction of Community Healthcare Delivery System in Gansu , Research funding from Provincial Health and Family Planning Commission of Gansu
- 17. The Third-party evaluation on “Ten Thousand Doctors Down to The Rural Areas project in Gansu” ,Research funding from Provincial Health and Family Planning Commission of Gansu
- 18. Epigenetic Mechanisms of Hyperbilirubinemia-induced Neurotoxicity , Research funding from Natural Science Foundation of China
- 19. Investigation on the incidence and risk factors of malignant tumor in rural residents in old revolutionary base areas in Gansu province , Research funding from Health and Family Planning Commission of Gansu
- 20. The effects of exercise on gut microbiota and metabolites in Chinese, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities -- excellent young teachers' scientific research and innovation projects
Teaching
The courses provided for undergraduates include Environmental Hygiene, Occupational Health and Occupational Medicine, Environment and Health, Introduction to General Medicine.
Courses for graduates include Molecular Biology, Modern Medical Information Processing and Technological Innovation, Biomarker Application.
Talent Training
As a Master degree authorized training unit, there are eight master’s supervisors. Up to now, there are more than 100 students for Master degree in study (70 of them graduated). Many graduate students have won the title of outstanding graduates of Lanzhou University and outstanding members of the Communist Youth League of Gansu Province. Many students have obtained the opportunity to study abroad provided by China Scholarship Council.
International Exchange
The institute attaches great importance to international exchanges, and has established good cooperative relations with New York University and the University of California, Berkeley, and jointly undertakes a number of cooperative research projects such as the NIH project and the Geological Geography Society of the United States. Several teachers have been selected actively to visit Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States for academic exchanges.
Public Services
Teachers of the institute focus on personnel training, scientific research and public service work on major regional health-related issues. We have completed a number of provincial and municipal plans including the Gansu province’s 13th Five-Year Plan for Health and Population, the Gansu Provincial Medical and Health Service System Plan (2016-2020), and the establishment of Environmental Protection Model City Plan in Jinchang City (involving environmental protection, regional health development, health industry and other field). Two teachers were selected into the “Gansu Provincial Health and Family Planning Commission Policy Research Expert Advisory Committee”, who played a good role in high-level health decision-making consultation. In the “Double Tops” construction, the discipline will further expand its horizons and be brave in innovation, and actively carry out researches on medical and health reform, environment and health, healthy helping poverty, healthy big data and global public health governance along the Silk Road Economic Belt.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Location: 3th floor Public Health Building of Lanzhou University
Tel:+86-0931-8915191
Contact person: Prof. Jingping Niu
E-mail:niujingp@lzu.edu.cn
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