Profile

WEI Sheng is a professor at the School of Public Health and Emergency Management, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech). He have worked as a professor and the director of the Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, at the School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College,Huazhong University of Science and Technology(HUST).The research group welcomes applications for postdoctoral fellow and research assistant (RA).

Research Interests

1.Prediction and Early Warning of Emerging Infectious Diseases through Multimodal Data Integration from Pathogens to Populations

2.Assessing the Disease Burden Attributed to Food Pollutants and AI application in  Food Safety Risks assessment

3.Elucidating the Pathogenesis of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases through the Application of Multi-Omics Technologies

Education

2003-2006，Ph.D. in Biostatistics,Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

1999-2002，M.S. in Biostatistics,Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

1990-1995，B.S. in Medicine ,Preventive Medicine, Tongji Medical University

Work Experience

2023-present，Professor, School of Public Health and Emergency Management, Southern University of Science and Technology

2017-2023，Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

2011-2017，Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College,Huazhong University of Science and Technology

2008-2011，Postdoctoral Fellow, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Texas State University

2002-2008，Lecturer, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Scientific research project

1.     Research on Intelligent Prediction and Early Warning Model for Emerging Infectious Diseases Based on Multi source Heterogeneous Data，National Key Research and Development Plan

2.     Research on quantitative assessment technology of food pollutant disease burden , National Key Research and Development Plan

3.     Study on the association between variable shear and risk of non-small cell lung cancer and its mechanism, National Natural Science Foundation of China

4.     Study on the association between long non-coding RNA and risk of non-small cell lung cancer and its mechanism, National Natural Science Foundation of China

5.     Genome-wide association study of copy number variation associated with lung cancer based on mixed DNA strategy, National Natural Science Foundation of China

Selected Publications (*Corresponding Author)

1. Yan X, Du Y, Li K, Zhao X, Wang H, Liu L, Wang Q, Liu J, Wei S. Effects of Long-Term Air Pollution Exposure on Disease Outcomes and Hybrid Immune Responses in SARS-CoV-2 Breakthrough Infections: A Study of the Yichang COVID-19 Antibody Longitudinal Survey (YC-CALS) in China. Environ Health Perspect 2025 May;133(5):57022.

2. Shi Z, Li Y, Song X, Wang Y, Li J, Wei S. The burden of cancer attributable to dietary dioxins and dioxin-like compounds exposure in China, 2000-2020. Environ Int. 2024 ,194:109080.

3. Tan T, Chen T, Zhu W, Gong L, Yan Y, Li Q, Chen L, Li Y, Liu J, Li Y, Yang X, Hao L, Wang H, Yang N, Wei S. Adverse associations between maternal deoxynivalenol exposure and birth outcomes: a prospective cohort study in China. BMC Med 2023; 21(1):328.

4. Chen T, Tan T, Zhu W, Gong L, Yan Y, Li Q, Xiao D, Li Y, Yang X, Hao L, Wang H, Yang N, Wei S. Exposure assessment of urinary deoxynivalenol in pregnant women in Wuhan, China. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2022, 167: 113289.

5. Li Y, Liu J, Wang Y, Wei S. Cancer risk and disease burden of dietary acrylamide exposure in China, 2016. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 2022, 238: 113551.

6. Yong L, Song Y, Xiao X, Sui H, Xu H, Tan R, Yang X, Song J, Li J, Wei S. Quantitative probabilistic assessment of caffeine intake from tea in Chinese adult consumers based on nationwide caffeine content determination and tea consumption survey. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2022, 165: 113102.

7. Liu J, Li Y, Li D, Wang Y, Wei S*. The burden of coronary heart disease and stroke attributable to dietary cadmium exposure in Chinese adults, 2017. The Science of the Total Environment 2022, 825: 153997.

8. Huang J, Xie N, Hu X, Yan H, Ding J, Liu P, Ma H, Ruan L, Li G, He N, Wei S*, Wang X*. Epidemiological, Virological and Serological Features of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Cases in People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Wuhan: A Population-based Cohort Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2021, 73(7): e2086-e2094.

9. Yan Y, Yang S, Zhou Y, Song Y, Huang J, Liu Z, Wang Y, Wei S*. Estimating the national burden of mild intellectual disability in children exposed to dietary lead in China. Environment International 2020, 137: 105553.

10. Pan A, Liu L, Wang C, Guo H, Hao X, Wang Q, Huang J, He N, Yu H, Lin X*, Wei S*, Wu T*. Association of Public Health Interventions With the Epidemiology of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Wuhan, China. JAMA 2020, 323(19): 1915-1923.

11. Ye B, Zhong C, Li Q, Xu S, Zhang Y, Zhang X, Chen X, Huang L, Wang H, Zhang Z, Huang J, Sun G, Xiong G, Yang X, Hao L, Yang N*, Wei S*. The Associations of Ambient Fine Particulate Matter Exposure During Pregnancy With Blood Glucose Levels and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Risk: A Prospective Cohort Study in Wuhan, China. American Journal of Epidemiology 2020, 189(11): 1306-1315.

12. Huang J, Liao Q, Ooi MH, Cowling BJ, Chang Z, Wu P, Liu F, Li Y, Luo L, Yu S, Yu H*, Wei S*. Epidemiology of Recurrent Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease, China, 2008-2015. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2018, 24(3): 432-442.