1.解答“环境如何影响老年健康”:基于人群大数据开展环境流行病学研究,识别并量化影响老年人心脑健康的关键环境因素、敏感暴露窗口及典型暴露场景
2.明确“环境如何通过衰老影响老年健康”:基于多组学与人工智能,在人群层面厘清环境通过驱动机体衰老、进而影响老年疾病发生发展与健康长寿的组学网络,识别关键标识,构建量化追踪工具
3.探索“如何干预环境衰老风险促进老年健康”:基于关键环境暴露因素与可干预组学靶点,探索环境风险控制、个体行为修正等老年健康促进手段,为公共卫生策略制定提供科学依据
关键词:流行病学;衰老;老年健康;精准环境健康;人工智能AI;脑健康
本课题组以上方向长期招收研究助理、博士后、博士生及七年制学生,欢迎邮件沟通(xu.gao@hsc.pku.edu.cn)。
主持:
1.国家自然科学基金(82622098,青年科学基金B类 [原国家优秀青年科学基金项目]):环境流行病学。2027.01 – 2029.12
2.国家自然科学基金(82574035,面上项目):ATXN2/2L核酸甲基化调控黑碳致老年人昼夜节律紊乱与脑功能损伤的机制研究。2026.01 – 2029.12
3.国家自然科学基金(82304098,青年科学基金C类):基于SLC25A51基因甲基化动态调控研究黑碳损伤老年人认知功能的作用机制。2024.01 – 2026.12
4.广西环境暴露组学与全生命周期健康重点实验室开放课题(2023-GKLEH-03):老年人环境重金属暴露与生物学年龄的长寿队列研究。2023.10-2025.09
5.中国疾病预防控制中心环境与人群健康重点实验室开放基金(2022-CKL-03):镉与砷慢性暴露对老年人虚弱状态的影响及 DNA 甲基化机制研究。 2022.01-2023.12
参与:
1.国家重点研发计划(2023YFC3603400):我国长寿人群的生命健康要素和延缓衰老靶标研究。2023.12-2026.11 子课题负责人
2.国家重点研发计划(2022YFC3702704):中国居民对大气污染响应的全生命过程健康效应谱研究。2022.10-2026.03 项目骨干
3.美国NIH R01 基金 (R01ES025225): Circulating microRNAs in Extracellular Vesicles, Air Particulate Pollution, and Lung Function in an Aging Cohort. 2018 – 2020 参与
4.美国NIH R01 基金 (R01ES027747): Air Particulate, Metals, and Cognitive Performance in an Aging Cohort – Roles of Circulating Extracellular Vesicles and Non-coding RNAs. 2018 – 2020 参与
5.意大利嘉利堡基金会Fondazione Cariplo老龄化疾病研究专项(2017-0653):The Trithorax and Polycomb group proteins UTX and EzH2 in the Frailty Syndrome. 2017-2020 参与
(自2020年入职以来发表 [按时间倒序排列],*为通讯作者, #为共同作者)
1. Lyu X, Zhang X, Xiong W, Lai H*#, Gao X*#. Nonlinear Relationships of Carbon Emissions with Global Mortality: Trends, Projections, and Health Equity. Environmental Science & Technology, 2026. 60(4): 3002-3012. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.5c12220.
2. Jiang M, Guo P, Liu S, Wang H, Cai J, Qin J*#, Gao X*#. A multidimensional epidemiological perspective on frailty dynamics and prevention. Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2026, 37(3): 217-229. doi: 10.1016/j.tem.2025.07.001. (ESI高被引)
3. Jiang M, Wang Y, Tian S, Liu S, Luo Y, Song H, Qin J, Lv Y, Baccarelli AA, Zhang Z, Shi X*#, Gao X*#. Air Pollution Control Mitigates Frailty Progression: Evidence from Two Cohorts of Older Adults and DNA Methylation Insights. Environmental Science & Technology, 2025; 59, 9907−9917. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.4c13675.
4. Wang Y#, Li H#, Huang J#, Jiang M, Tian S, Liu S, Zhang L*#, Wu S*#, Kan H*#, Gao X*#. Short-term PM2.5 exposure and DNA methylation changes of circadian rhythm genes: Evidence from two experimental studies. Environmental Science & Technology, 2024; 58 (23), 9991–10000. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.4c00108.
5. Jiang M, Tian S, Liu S, Wang Y, Guo X, Huang T, Lin X, Belsky D, Baccarelli AA, Gao X*. Accelerated biological aging elevates the risk of cardiometabolic multimorbidity and mortality. Nature Cardiovascular Research, 2024. doi: 10.1038/s44161-024-00438-8. (专题报道)
6. Gao X*, Tian S, Huang N, Sun G, Huang T. Associations of daily sedentary behavior, physical activity, and sleep with irritable bowel syndrome: a prospective analysis of 362,193 participants. Journal of Sport and Health Science. 2024; 13 (1), 72-80. doi: 10.1016/j.jshs.2023.02.002. (ESI高被引)
7. Gao X*, Tong G, Jiang M, Huang N, Zheng Y, Belsky D*, Huang T. Accelerated biological aging and risk of depression and anxiety: evidence from 424,299 UK Biobank participants. Nature Communications, 2023, doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-38013-7. (ESI高被引)
8. Gao X*, Jiang M, Huang N, Guo X, Huang T. Long-Term Air Pollution, Genetic Susceptibility, and the Risk of Depression and Anxiety: A Prospective Study in the UK Biobank Cohort. Environmental Health Perspectives, 2023, doi: 10.1289/EHP10391. (ESI高被引)
9. Gao X#, Huang J#, Cardenas A, Zhao Y, Sun Y, Wang J, Xue L, Baccarelli AA, Guo X, Zhang L, Wu S. Short-Term Exposure of PM2.5 and Epigenetic Aging: A Quasi-Experimental Study. Environmental Science & Technology, 2022, doi: 10.1021/acs.est.2c05534.
10. Gao X*, Coull B, Lin X, Vokonas P, Spiro A III, Hou L, Schwartz J, Baccarelli AA. Short-term air pollution, cognitive performance and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use in the Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study. Nature Aging. 2021; 1(5):430-437. doi:10.1038/s43587-021-00060-4. (封面文章)