Qualifications

2011.09-2016.07, Peking University, Nutrition and Food Hygiene, PhD

2006.09-2011.07, Peking University, Nursing, Bachelor of Medicine

Positions and Employment

2024.09-now, Southern University of Science and Technology, School of Public Health and Emergency Management, Associate Professor/Full Researcher

2022.03-2023.08, Harvard University, School of Public Health, Visiting Scientist

2019.07-2024.08, Sun Yat-sen University, School of Public Health, Associate Professor

2016.08-2019.07, Sun Yat-sen University, School of Public Health, Associate Researcher

Research Interest

Nutritional epidemiology; Diet, nutrition and non-communicable disease

Selected Publications (#co-first author, *corresponding author)

1. Shu J, Zhang M, Dong X, Long J, Li Y, Tan P, He T, Giovannucci EL, Zhang X, Zhou Z, Xu Y, Xu X, Peng T, Lu J, Chen M, Zhu H, Zhang Y, Fang A*. Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms, bioavailable 25-hydroxyvitamin D, and hepatocellular carcinoma survival. J Natl Cancer Inst 2024;116(10):1687-1696.

2. Fang A*, Ugai T, Gurjao C, Zhong R, Liu Z, Zhang X, Wang P, Nowak J, Wang M, Giannakis M, et al. Alcohol and colorectal cancer risk subclassified by mutational signatures of DNA mismatch repair deficiency. J Natl Cancer Inst 2024;116(8):1255-1263.

3. Fang A, Zhao Y, Yang P, Zhang X, Giovannucci EL*. Association between vitamin D and human health: evidence from Mendelian randomization studies. Eur J Epidemiol 2024;39(5):467-490.

4. Chen P#, Wu S#, He J, Sui Y, Li K*, Fang A*. Long-term dietary iron intake and risk of nonfatal cardiovascular diseases in the China Health and Nutrition Survey. Eur J Prev Cardiol 2023;30(18):2032-2043.

5. Wu S#, Chen P#, He J, Liu Z, Sui Y, Li K*, Fang A*. Dietary intakes of total, nonheme, and heme iron and hypertension risk: a longitudinal study from the China Health and Nutrition Survey. Eur J Nutr 2023;62(8):3251-3262.

6. Su L, He J, Liu Z, Wu S, Chen P, Li K*, Fang A*. Dietary Total Vitamin A, beta-carotene, and Retinol Intake and the Risk of Diabetes in Chinese Adults with Plant-based Diets. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2022;107(10):e4106-e14.

7. Fang A, Long J, Zhang Y, Liu Z, Li Q, Zhang D, Luo Y, Zhong R, Zhou Z, Xu Y, Xu X, Ling W, Chen M*, Zhu H*. Serum Bioavailable, Rather Than Total, 25-hydroxyvitamin D Levels Are Associated with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Survival. Hepatology 2020;72(1):169-82.

8. Yang G#, Wu T#, Huang S, Huang B, Wang H, Lan Q, Li C, Zhu H*, Fang A*. No effect of 6-month supplementation with 300 mg/d docosahexaenoic acid on executive functions among healthy school-aged children: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Eur J Nutr 2021;60(4): 1985-97.

9. Fang A, Chen P, Wang X, Liu Z, Zhang D, Luo Y, Liao G, Long J, Zhong R, Zhou Z, Xu Y, Xu X, Ling W, Chen M, Zhang Y*, Zhu H*. Serum copper and zinc levels at diagnosis and hepatocellular carcinoma survival in the Guangdong Liver Cancer Cohort. Int J Cancer 2019;144(11):2823-32.

10. Fang A, Li K*, Guo M, He J, Li H, Shen X, Song J. Long-Term Low Intake of Dietary Calcium and Fracture Risk in Older Adults with Plant-Based Diet: A Longitudinal Study from the China Health and Nutrition Survey. J Bone Miner Res 2016;31(11):2016-23.

Research Grants

2022.01-2024.12, Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China, PI 

2019.01-2021.12, National Natural Science Foundation of China, PI

2018.05-2021.04, Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China, PI

2018.07-2020.06, Guangdong Medical Research Foundation, PI

2017.01-2019.12, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Ministry of Education of China, PI

Other positions and social services

Section editor of the European Journal of Nutrition

Associate editor of the Nutrition & Metabolism

Member of the Second Committee of the Tumor Nutrition Management Branch of the Chinese Nutrition Society

Member of the Second Committee of the Nutrition Big Data and Health Branch of the Chinese Nutrition Society

Member of the Third Committee of the Tumor Nutrition Professional Committee of the China Anti-Cancer Association

Member of the Seventh Council of the Guangdong Nutrition Society

Contact information

Address: 1088 Xueyuan Avenue, Nanshan District, Shenzhen 518055, China

Tel: 0755-88010837

Email: fangap@sustech.edu.cn