Huaidong Du

MSc, PhD

Senior Research Fellow

Clinical Trial Service Unit

Huaidong Du obtained her MD degree in 1994 and had been working as an ophthalmologist for 8 years in China. In 2009, she finished her MSc and PhD in Nutritional Epidemiology from the Netherlands and joined CTSU afterwards. Currently, she is a senior research fellow working on the China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB) study with main researches focus on diet, physical activity, adiposity, diabetes, eye diseases and etc. Since 2013, she has been involved in coordinating the currently on-going second resurvey of the CKB, which includes 25,000 participants from 10 study areas in China.

Recent publications

Blood pressure and cardiovascular diseases in Chinese adults with type 2 diabetes: a prospective cohort study
Journal article

BRAGG F. et al, (2020), The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific
Frailty index and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in Chinese adults: a prospective cohort study.
Journal article

Fan J. et al, (2020), Lancet Public Health, 5, e650 - e660
Characteristics of spicy food consumption and its relation to lifestyle behaviours: results from 0.5 million adults.
Journal article

Wen Q. et al, (2020), Int J Food Sci Nutr, 1 - 8
Regional and seasonal variations in household and personal exposures to air pollution in one urban and two rural Chinese communities: a pilot study to collect time-resolved data using static and wearable devices
Journal article

CHAN KA. et al, (2020), Environmental International
[Regional and demographic differences on passive smoking among non-smokers aged 30-79 years in 10 regions of China].
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Liu Q. et al, (2020), Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi, 41, 1668 - 1673

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