Lina Mu
PhD, MD
Director, Office of Global Health Initiatives
Associate Professor
Research Topics
Environmental epidemiology; air pollution; water pollution; cancer molecular epidemiology (primarily lung cancer, breast cancer and Upper-GI cancers); gene-environment interaction; cancer survival.
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Selected Publications
- Desai G, Chu L, Guo Y, Myneni AA, Mu L. Biomarkers used in studying air pollution exposure during pregnancy and perinatal outcomes: a review. Biomarkers. 2017 Jun 21:1-13. PMID: 28581828.
- Honda T, Eliot MN, Eaton CB, Whitsel E, Stewart JD, Mu L, Suh H, Szpiro A, Kaufman JD, Vedal S, Wellenius GA. Long-term exposure to residential ambient fine and coarse particulate matter and incident hypertension in post-menopausal women. Environ Int. 2017 May 15;105:79-85. PMID: 28521192.
- Glasgow ML, Rudra CB, Yoo EH, Demirbas M, Merriman J, Nayak P, Crabtree-Ide C, Szpiro AA, Rudra A, Wactawski-Wende J, Mu L. Using smartphones to collect time-activity data for long-term personal-level air pollution exposure assessment. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2016 Jun;26(4):356-64. PMID: 25425137.
- Myneni AA, Chang SC, Niu R, Liu L, Swanson MK, Li J, Su J, Giovino GA, Yu S, Zhang ZF, Mu L. Raw garlic consumption and lung cancer in a Chinese population. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2016 Apr;25(4):624-33. PMID: 26809277.
- Yoo E, Rudra C, Glasgow M, Mu L. Geospatial Estimation of Individual Exposure to Air Pollutants: Moving from Static Monitoring to Activity-Based Dynamic Exposure Assessment. Ann Assoc Am Geogr. 2015;105(5):915-926.
- Li Y, Browne RW, Bonner MR, Deng F, Tian L, Mu L. Positive relationship between total antioxidant status and chemokines observed in adults. Oxid Med Cell Longev. 2014;2014:693680. PMID: 25254081.
- Mu L, Deng F, Tian L, Li Y, Swanson M, Ying J, Browne RW, Rittenhouse-Olson K, Zhang JJ, Zhang ZF, Bonner MR. Peak expiratory flow, breath rate and blood pressure in adults with changes in particulate matter air pollution during the Beijing Olympics: a panel study. Environ Res. 2014 Aug;133:4-11. PMID: 24906062.
- Li Y, Chang SC, Niu R, Liu L, Crabtree-Ide CR, Zhao B, Shi J, Han X, Li J, Su J, Cai L, Yu S, Zhang ZF, Mu L. TP53 genetic polymorphisms, interactions with lifestyle factors and lung cancer risk: a case control study in a Chinese population. BMC Cancer. 2013 Dec 27;13:607. PMID: 24566154.
- Myneni AA, Chang SC, Niu R, Liu L, Ochs-Balcom HM, Li Y, Zhang C, Zhao B, Shi J, Han X, Li J, Su J, Cai L, Yu S, Zhang ZF, Mu L. Genetic polymorphisms of TERT and CLPTM1L and risk of lung cancer--a case-control study in a Chinese population. Lung Cancer. 2013 May;80(2):131-7. PMID: 23433592.
- Mu L, Liu L, Niu R, Zhao B, Shi J, Li Y, Swanson M, Scheider W, Su J, Chang SC, Yu S, Zhang ZF. Indoor air pollution and risk of lung cancer among Chinese female non-smokers. Cancer Causes Control. 2013 Mar;24(3):439-50. PMID: 23314675.