Liwen Zhang 

Associated Professor

Department of Occupational Health and 

Environmental Health, School of Public 

Health

Tianjin Medical University

22 Qixiangtai Road

Tianjin 300070

Phone: +86-22-83336633

Email Address: zhangliwen@tmu.edu.cn

Education 

Postdoc., Environmental Science, Peking University, Beijing, China, 2009

Ph.D., Environmental Science, Nankai University, Tianjin, China, 2007

M.S., Environmental Engineering, Southern Institute of Metallurgy, 2003

B.S., Mineral Processing Engineering, Southern Institute of Metallurgy, 2003

Professional Background 

2015- Associated Professor, Tianjin Medical University, Department of Occupational Health and Environmental Health, School of Public Health 

2018-2019 Visiting Scholar, University of Washington, Department of Occupational Health and Environmental Health, School of Public Health

2009-2015 Lecture, Tianjin Medical University, Department of Occupational Health and Environmental Health, School of Public Health

1998-2000, Assistant Engineer, Industrial Equipment Installation Company of China Construction Sixth Engineering Bureau

Awards Received 

1.Outstanding Instructor, 13th Challenge Cup Tianjin University Students' Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition, 2015; 

Publications

1.Ningyu Zhang, Wenhui Jia, Shengjie Liu, Lile Zhao, Xumei Zhang, Liwen Zhang*. The Impact of Internal Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons on Blood Lipids and the Mediating Role of the Oxidative Stress Pathway: A Case-Control Study on Ischemic Stroke. Journal of Environmental and Health, 2024, 41, 214-218. 

2.Yucong Fu, Wenhui Jia, Ningyu Zhang, Zhiyu Wang, Nan Zhang, Tong Wang, Nan Zhang, Jia Xu, Xueli Yang, Qiang Zhang, Changping Li, Xumei Zhang, Wen Yang, Bin Han, Liwen Zhang*, Naijun Tang, Zhipeng Bai, Sources, trigger points, and effect size of associations between PM2.5-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO): A panel study with 16 follow-up visits over 4 years, Chemosphere, 360, 2024, 142459；

3.Zhang, N., Zhao, H., Xia, H., Zhou, J., Zhang, L.*, & Sai, N*. Reflection-fluorescence ratios probe for the stable detection of glucose. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2024, 450, 115455.

4.Wenhui Jia; Yucong Fu; Nan Zhang; Ningyu Zhang; Tong Wang; Zhiyu Wang; Nan Zhang; Jia Xu; Xueli Yang; Qiang Zhang; Changping Li; Xumei Zhang; Wen Yang; Bin Han; Liwen Zhang*; Naijun Tang; Zhipeng Bai; Ambient PM2.5-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) associated with prothrombotic biomarkers among young healthy adults: A 16 times repeated measurements panel study, Science of The Total Environment, 2024, 912: 169433；

5.Yucong Fu, Meng Wang, Shengjie Liu, Lile Zhao, Xumei Zhang, Liwen Zhang*. The Effect of 1-Nitropyrene on the Lifespan of Caenorhabditis elegans through the Autophagy Pathway. Occupation and Health, 2024, 40(2): 195-199.

6.Jia Xu#, Nan Zhang#, Guotao Zhang, Yujuan Zhang, Zhiyu Wang, Ping Lu, Wen Yang, Chunmei Geng, Xinhua Wang, Liwen Zhang*, Bin Han*, Zhipeng Bai, Short-term effects of the toxic component of traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) on lung function in healthy adults using a powered air purifying respirator (PAPR), Environmental Research, Volume 214, Part 1, 2022, 113745,

7.B. Han#; J. Xu; Y. Zhang; P. Li; K. Li; N. Zhang; J. Han; S. Gao; X. Wang; C. Geng; W. Yang; L. Zhang*; Z. Bai*, Associations of Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter Mass and Constituents with Systemic Inflammation: A Cross-Sectional Study of Urban Older Adults in China. Environ Sci Technol 2022.

8.Xueli Yang#, Liwen Zhang#,  Xi Chen, Fangchao Liu, Anqi Shan, Fengchao Liang, Xuejun Li, Hui Wu, Mengfan Yan, Zhao Ma, Guanghui Dong, Yamin Liu, Jie Chen, Tong Wang, Baoxin Zhao, Yang Liu, Dongfeng Gu, Naijun Tang*. Long-term exposure to ambient PM2.5 and stroke mortality among urban residents in northern China, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 213, 2021, 112063.

9.Bin Han, Ruojie Zhao, Nan Zhang, Jia Xu, Liwen Zhang, Wen Yang, Chunmei Geng, Xinhua Wang, Zhipeng Bai, Sverre Vedal, Acute cardiovascular effects of traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) exposure in healthy adults: A randomized, blinded, crossover intervention study, Environmental Pollution, Volume 288, 2021, 117583,

10.Li C, Li Y, Liu H, Zhang L, Chen X, Yang X, Shan A, Zhang Y, Li X, Wu H, Yan M, Xian P, Ma Z, Guo P, Dong GH, Liu YM, Chen J, Wang T, Zhao BX, Tang NJ*. Long-term exposure to high particulate matter pollution and incident hypertension: a 12-year cohort study in northern China. J Hum Hypertens. 2021 Jan 18.

11.Hou Y, Li S, Xia L, Yang Q, Zhang L, Zhang X, Liu H, Huo R, Cao G, Huang C, Tian X, Sun L, Cao D, Zhang M, Zhang Q, Tang N. Associations of urinary phenolic environmental estrogens exposure with blood glucose levels and gestational diabetes mellitus in Chinese pregnant women. Sci Total Environ. 2021 Feb 1;754:142085.

12.Yan M, Li C, Zhang L, Chen X, Yang X, Shan A, Li X, Wu H, Ma Z, Zhang Y, Guo P, Dong G, Liu Y, Chen J, Wang T, Zhao B, Tang NJ. Association between long-term exposure to Sulfur dioxide pollution and hypertension incidence in northern China: a 12-year cohort study. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2020 Jun;27(17):21826-21835

13.Shuang Gao, Hong Zhao, Zhipeng Bai, Bin Han, Jia Xu, Ruojie Zhao, Nan Zhang, Li Chen, Xiang Lei, Wendong Shi, Liwen Zhang, Penghui Li, Hai Yu*. Combined use of principal component analysis and artificial neural network approach to improve estimates of PM2.5 personal exposure: A case study on older adults. Science of The Total Environment 2020, 726, 138533.

14.Yuanyuan Liang#, Huan Wang#, Qiaoyun Yang*, Shengyu Cao, Caiqing Yan, Liwen Zhang, Naijun Tang. Spatial distribution and seasonal variations of atmospheric organophosphate esters (OPEs) in Tianjin, China based on gridded field observations. Environmental Pollution, Part B, 2020, 263, 114460.

15.Han, B.; Zhang, N.; Zhao, R.; Zhang, L.; Xu, J.; Yang, W.; Bai, Z.*; Vedal, S., A randomized, double-blind, crossover intervention study of traffic-related air pollution and airway inflammation in healthy adults. Environmental Epidemiology 2019, 3, (5), e066.

Grants

1.National Key Laboratory of Vehicle Emission Control and Simulation, Mechanism Study on Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes Induced by Prenatal Traffic Black Carbon Exposure (VECS2022K04), 11/2022-10/2025, Principal Investigator;

2.National Natural Science Foundation of China, Study on the Acute Cardiopulmonary Effects and Mechanisms of Traffic Air Pollution Exposure on Healthy Populations (42277429), 01/2023-12/2026, First Participant;

3.Xiqing Hospital Medical Alliance Project, The Impact of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Exposure on the Severity of Hemorrhagic Stroke, Post-bleeding Oxidative Stress Levels, and Prognosis (XQYYKLT202102), 10/2021-09/2023, University-Side Principal Investigator;

4.National Natural Science Foundation of China, Birth Cohort Study on the Impact of Air Pollution on the Incidence of Congenital Heart Disease (81872586), 01/2018-12/2021, Third Participant;

5.National Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control (Peking University) Open Project, Study on the Association between PM2.5 and the Development of Hemorrhagic Stroke through Quantitative Analysis of Pollutants in Cerebrospinal Fluid (17K04ESPCP), 04/2017-04/2018, Principal Investigator;

6.National Natural Science Foundation of China, Study on the Impact of Traffic Air Pollution on the Respiratory System—Using Intervention Experiments as a Research Method (21507121), 01/2015-12/2017, Third Participant;

7.Chinese Medical Association Medical Education Research Project, Application of PBL and CBS in the Teaching of Occupational Health and Occupational Medicine (2012-FF-41), 02/2013-08/2014, Principal Investigator;

8.National Natural Science Foundation of China, Study on the Transgenerational Regulation of Steroid Hormone Gene Networks by Intrauterine Dioxin Exposure (81172629), 01/2012-12/2012, Second Participant;

9.Tianjin Medical University Research Fund, Multi-Route Exposure Risk Study of Phthalates Based on Monte Carlo Simulation (2010ky13), 12/2010-12/2012, Principal Investigator.

10.National Natural Science Foundation of China: Apportionment of PAHs exposure by stable carbon isotopic composition, National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Number: 20807002). 2009.01- 2009.12