Zhongzheng (Jason) Niu
PhD
Research Topics
Maternal and child health; cardiometabolic health; life course; epigenetics; environmental epidemiology; mixture; susceptible window of exposure; DOHaD; vulnerable population; refugee health; telomere; biological aging; early life; endocrine-disrupting chemicals
Selected Publications
- Chen F, Niu Z, Mohazzab-Hosseinian S, Howland S, Lurmann F, Pavlovic NR, Gauderman WJ, Mcconnell R, Farzan SF, Bastain TM, Habre R. Susceptible windows of long-term childhood exposure to air pollution on adult self-reported bronchitic symptoms. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2026 Feb;55(1):dyaf205. PMID: 41481242
- Niu Z, Ako AA, Geiger SD, Howe CG, Perng W, Singh R, Karagas MR, Elliott AJ, Cassidy-Bushrow A, Camargo CA, Sanderson K. Maternal cardiometabolic risk factors in pregnancy and offspring blood pressure at age 2 to 18 years. JAMA Network Open. 2025 May 1;8(5):e259205-. PMID: 40338548
- Niu Z, Anderson EC, Yang T, Chen X, Vigil M, Guo F, Grubbs BH, Eckel SP, Toledo-Corral CM, Johnston J, Dunton GF. Gestational Blood Pressure Trajectories and 5-Year Postpartum Hypertension Risk in the MADRES Study. JACC: Advances. 2025 Apr 1;4(4):101660. PMID: 40101499
- Farzan SF, Niu Z, Guo F, Shahriar M, Kibriya MG, Jasmine F, Sarwar G, Jackson BP, Ahsan H, Argos M. Exposure to metal mixtures and telomere length in Bangladeshi children. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2025 Jan;194(1):35-43. PMID: 38973734
- Niu Z, Habre R, Yang T, Chen X, Vigil M, Barragan K, Lurmann F, Pavlovic NR, Grubbs BH, Toledo-Corral CM, Johnston J. Increased Risk of Gestational Hypertension by Periconceptional Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Effect Modification by Prenatal Depression. Hypertension. 2024 Jun;81(6):1285-95. PMID: 38533642
- Niu Z, Mu L, Buka SL, Loucks EB, Wang M, Tian L, and Wen X. Involuntary tobacco smoke exposures from conception to 18 years increase midlife cardiometabolic disease risk: a 40-year longitudinal study. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. 2023 Dec;14(6):689-98. PMID: 38186328
- Niu Z, Habre R, Yang T, Grubbs BH, Eckel SP, Toledo-Corral CM, Johnston J, Dunton GF, Lurvey N, Al-Marayati L, Lurmann F. Preconceptional and prenatal exposure to air pollutants and risk of gestational diabetes in the MADRES prospective pregnancy cohort study. The Lancet Regional Health–Americas. 2023 Sep 1;25. PMID: 37727593
- Niu Z, Mohazzab-Hosseinian S, Breton CV, Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance: perspectives and challenges, J Allergy Clin Immun, 2023, 151 (6), 1474. PMID: 36893860
- Niu Z, Naya C.H., Reynaga L., Toledo-Corral C.M., Johnson M., Yang T., Grubbs B., Lurvey N., Lerner D., Dunton G.F. and Habre R., 2022. Association of Breastfeeding Duration with 12-Month Postpartum Blood Lipids in a Predominately Lower-Income Hispanic Pregnancy Cohort in Los Angeles. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(5), p.3008. PMID: 35270701
- Niu Z, Wen X, Wang M, Tian L, Mu L. Personal exposure to benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes (BTEXs) mixture and telomere length: A cross-sectional study of the general US adult population. Environmental Research. 2022 Jan 29:112810. PMID: 35101395
- Niu Z, Wen X, Buka SL, Wang M, Tian L, Loucks EB, Kubzansky LD, Mu L. Associations of telomere length at birth with predicted atherosclerotic lesions and cardiovascular disease risk factors in midlife: A 40-year longitudinal study. Atherosclerosis. 2021 Sep 1; 333:67-74. PMID: 34428605