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Overview

An Pan is affiliated with Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on public health and epidemiology. Their research encompasses a variety of subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Physiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Their work frequently appears in several prominent publication venues, including:

  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Current Developments in Nutrition
  • JAMA Network Open
  • Diabetes Care

Major research topics associated with An Pan's work include:

  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
  • Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by An Pan demonstrate their focus on epidemiology, public health interventions, and vaccine-related studies. These include:

  • Association of Public Health Interventions With the Epidemiology of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Wuhan, China (2020) published in JAMA
  • Epidemiology and determinants of obesity in China (2021) published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • Associations of healthy lifestyle and socioeconomic status with mortality and incident cardiovascular disease: two prospective cohort studies (2021) published in BMJ
  • Effect of 2 Inactivated SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines on Symptomatic COVID-19 Infection in Adults (2021) published in JAMA
  • Effect of an Inactivated Vaccine Against SARS-CoV-2 on Safety and Immunogenicity Outcomes (2020) published in JAMA

Frequent co-authors collaborating with An Pan include:

  • Gang Liu
  • Xiong-Fei Pan
  • Tingting Geng
  • Qi Lu
  • Yanbo Zhang

The interdisciplinary nature of An Pan's research spans several key areas within medicine, with a strong emphasis on public health and chronic disease epidemiology, particularly related to nutritional and metabolic factors. The volume and diversity of publications indicate an active engagement across multiple interconnected domains of medical science addressing complex health concerns.

Best Publications

  • The Global Syndemic of Obesity, Undernutrition, and Climate Change: The Lancet Commission report

    Boyd A Swinburn;Boyd A Swinburn;Vivica I Kraak;Steven Allender;Vincent J Atkins

  • Sugar-sweetened beverages and weight gain in children and adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Vasanti S Malik;An Pan;Walter C Willett;Frank B Hu

  • Association of Public Health Interventions With the Epidemiology of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Wuhan, China.

    An Pan;Li Liu;Chaolong Wang;Huan Guo

  • The obesity transition: stages of the global epidemic

    Lindsay M Jaacks;Stefanie Vandevijvere;An Pan;Craig J McGowan

  • Red Meat Consumption and Mortality Results From 2 Prospective Cohort Studies

    Qi Sun;Adam M. Bernstein;Matthias B. Schulze;JoAnn E. Manson

  • Epidemiology and determinants of obesity in China

    Xiong-Fei Pan;Xiong-Fei Pan;Limin Wang;An Pan

  • Rotating night shift work and risk of type 2 diabetes: two prospective cohort studies in women.

    An Pan;Eva S. Schernhammer;Eva S. Schernhammer;Qi Sun;Qi Sun;Frank B. Hu;Frank B. Hu

  • Depression and risk of stroke morbidity and mortality: a meta-analysis and systematic review.

    An Pan;Qi Sun;Olivia I. Okereke;Kathryn M. Rexrode

  • Red meat consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: 3 cohorts of US adults and an updated meta-analysis.

    An Pan;Qi Sun;Adam M Bernstein;Matthias B Schulze

  • Effect of an Inactivated Vaccine Against SARS-CoV-2 on Safety and Immunogenicity Outcomes: Interim Analysis of 2 Randomized Clinical Trials.

    Shengli Xia;Kai Duan;Yuntao Zhang;Dongyang Zhao

  • Bidirectional Association Between Depression and Metabolic Syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies

    An Pan;NaNa Keum;Olivia Ifeoma Okereke;Qi Sun

  • Impact of Healthy Lifestyle Factors on Life Expectancies in the US Population

    Yanping Li;An Pan;Dong D Wang;Xiaoran Liu

  • Vitamin D and risk of cause specific death: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational cohort and randomised intervention studies

    Rajiv Chowdhury;Setor Kunutsor;Anna Vitezova;Clare Oliver-Williams

  • White rice consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: meta-analysis and systematic review

    Emily A Hu;An Pan;Vasanti Malik;Qi Sun

  • Effect of 2 Inactivated SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines on Symptomatic COVID-19 Infection in Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Nawal Al Kaabi;Yuntao Zhang;Shengli Xia;Yunkai Yang

  • Dietary flavonoid intakes and risk of type 2 diabetes in US men and women

    Nicole M Wedick;An Pan;Aedín Cassidy;Eric B Rimm

  • Dietary Linoleic Acid and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies

    Maryam Farvid;Ming Ding;An Pan;Qi Sun

  • Bidirectional Association Between Depression and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Women

    An Pan;Michel Lucas;Qi Sun;Rob M. van Dam

  • Relation of active, passive, and quitting smoking with incident type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    An Pan;Yeli Wang;Mohammad Talaei;Frank B Hu;Frank B Hu

  • Plasma 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentration and Metabolic Syndrome Among Middle-Aged and Elderly Chinese Individuals

    Ling Lu;Zhijie Yu;An Pan;Frank B. Hu

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank B. Hu
Frank B. Hu Harvard University
Walter C. Willett
Walter C. Willett Harvard University
Woon-Puay Koh
Woon-Puay Koh National University of Singapore
Jian-Min Yuan
Jian-Min Yuan University of Pittsburgh
Qi Sun
Qi Sun Harvard University
JoAnn E. Manson
JoAnn E. Manson Harvard Medical School
Oscar H. Franco
Oscar H. Franco University Medical Center Utrecht
Eric B. Rimm
Eric B. Rimm Harvard University
Rob M. van Dam
Rob M. van Dam George Washington University
Yanping Li
Yanping Li Harvard University

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