Faculty Profile

Xin Wang

Xin Wang, PhD, MPH

  • Research Investigator, Epidemiology

Dr. Wang is a Research Investigator in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. His research combines epidemiological methodology with the development and application of novel data-driven approaches to systematically evaluate a wide variety of environmental factors, including air pollution, heavy metals, and persistent organic pollutants, with obesity, diabetes, and Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias. He is now working with several ongoing cohort studies, including the Study of the Environment and Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (SEAD), the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN), the Veteran Affairs Normative Aging Study (NAS), the Nurses' Health Study (NHS), and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).

  • PhD, University of Michigan, 2020
  • MPH, University of Michigan, 2016
  • BS, Wuhan University, 2013

Research Interests:
Environmental Epidemiology, High-dimensional mixture data analysis, Prediction modeling, Obesity, Diabetes, Alzheimer's Disease, Air pollution, Heavy metals.

Research Projects:
Dr. Wang's research in the Study of the Environment and Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (SEAD) systematically examines how environmental factors affect the risk of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias using the data of Medicare claims. His work also involves building risk prediction models for Alzheimer's Disease using machine learning algorithms leveraging exposome data.
Dr. Wang's research in the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) investigates exposure to metals, longitudinal cognitive decline, and Alzheimer's Disease biomarkers from mid-to-late life. He also investigated the health effects of exposure to pollutant mixtures on obesity, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and reproductive outcomes.

Wang, X., Mukherjee, B. and Park, S.K., 2018. Associations of cumulative exposure to heavy metal mixtures with obesity and its comorbidities among US adults in NHANES 2003-2014. Environment international, 121, pp.683-694. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412018312650 

Wang, X., Karvonen-Gutierrez, C.A., Gold, E.B., Derby, C., Greendale, G., Wu, X., Schwartz, J. and Park, S.K., 2022. Longitudinal Associations of Air Pollution With Body Size and Composition in Midlife Women: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation. Diabetes Care. https://diabetesjournals.org/care/article-abstract/doi/10.2337/dc22-0963/147568/Longitudinal-Associations-of-Air-Pollution-With 

Wang, X., Karvonen-Gutierrez, C.A., Herman, W.H., Mukherjee, B., Harlow, S.D. and Park, S.K., 2021. Urinary heavy metals and longitudinal changes in blood pressure in midlife women: the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation. Hypertension, 78(2), pp.543-551. https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.121.17295 

Wang, X., Mukherjee, B., Karvonen-Gutierrez, C.A., Herman, W.H., Batterman, S., Harlow, S.D. and Park, S.K., 2020. Urinary metal mixtures and longitudinal changes in glucose homeostasis: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN). Environment international, 145, p.106109. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016041202032064X 

Wang, X., Mukherjee, B. and Park, S.K., 2019. Does information on blood heavy metals improve cardiovascular mortality prediction?. Journal of the American Heart Association, 8(21), p.e013571. https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/JAHA.119.013571 

Wang, X., Karvonen-Gutierrez, C.A., Herman, W.H., Mukherjee, B. and Park, S.K., 2022. Metals and risk of incident metabolic syndrome in a prospective cohort of midlife women in the United States. Environmental Research, 210, p.112976. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013935122003036 

Goolge scholar link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1Pa-jp0AAAAJandhl 

Email: xwangsph@umich.edu 

Address: M5523 SPH II
1415 Washington Heights
Ann Arbor, MI, 48109

For media inquiries: sph.media@umich.edu 

Areas of Expertise: Aging,  Chronic Disease,  Environmental Health,  Mental Health,  Nutrition,  Precision Health,  Reproductive Health,  Women’s Health