Study of big data in reproductive and child health

Perinatal epidemiology

Maternal and child health policy and healthcare delivery

1. The effect of time window for umbilical cord clamping during cesarean section on the health outcomes of offspring hemoglobin and maternal blood loss. National Natural Science Foundation of China (82173528, 2022/1-2025/12). Role: PI

2. The University Hospital Advanced Age Pregnant (UNIHOPE) Cohort. A Sub-project of the National Key R&D Program on Reproductive Health & Major Birth Defects Control and Prevention Project (2016YFC1000401, 2016/7-2020/12). Role: PI

3. Effect of Umbilical Cord Milking on Iron Related Health Outcomes for Cesarean Delivered-Infants: A Randomized Controlled Trial. National Natural Science Foundation of China (81571517, 2016/1-2019/12). Role: PI

4. Cesarean Delivery on Maternal Request and Childhood Metabolic Syndrome: a Cohort Study. National Natural Science Foundation of China (81273163, 2013/1-2016/12). Role: PI

5. Folic Acid Nutritional Status in Women of Childbearing Age. United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (2013-2014). Role: PI

6. Prospective Follow-up Study of the Affected Children Exposed to Melamine-Contaminated Dairy Products and the Mechanism of Kidney Damage Caused by Melamine. National Natural Science Foundation of China (81072372, 1/2011-2013/12). Role: PI

7. Impact of Iron/Folic Acid versus Multi-Micronutrient Supplements versus Folic Acid Supplements during Pregnancy on Mortality, Morbidity, and Complications during Pregnancy, Labor, and Delivery: A Randomized Controlled Trial in China. US CDC (U11 CCU015586-05/CDC, 2004-2012). Role: Co-Investigator and Project Leader

8. Gene-Environment Interaction in the Development of Major Birth Defects in China. China 973 grant program (2007CB511901, 2009-2011). Role: PI of a sub-project

1. Zhou YB, Si KY, Li HT, Li XC, Tanumihardjo S A, Liu JM (Corresponding). Geographic and socio-demographic determinants of plasma retinol concentrations in Chinese pregnant and lactating women. Eur J Nutr. 2021. Doi: 10.1007/s00394-021-02759-x.

2. Li HT, Hellerstein S, Zhou YB, Liu JM (Corresponding), Blustein J. Trends in Cesarean Delivery Rates in China, 2008-2018. JAMA. 2020;323(1):89-91.

3.  Li HT, Xue M, Hellerstein S, Cai Y, Gao YQ, Zhang YL, Qiao J, Blustein J, Liu JM (Co-corresponding). Association of China’s universal two child policy with changes in births and birth related health factors: national, descriptive comparative study. BMJ. 2019;366: l4680.

4. Liao Z, Zhou Y, Li H, Wang C, Chen D, Liu JM (Co-corresponding). The Rates and Medical Necessity of Cesarean Delivery in the Era of the Two-Child Policy in Hubei and Gansu Provinces, China. Am J Public Health. 2019;109(3):476-82.

5. Li HT, Luo SS, Trasande L, Hellerstein S, Kang CY, Li JC, Zhang YL, Liu JM (corresponding), Blustein J. Geographic variation and temporal trends in cesarean delivery rates in China, 2008-2014. JAMA.2017;317(1):69-76.

6. Li HT, Trasande L, Zhu LP, Ye RW, Zhou YB, Liu JM (Corresponding). Association of cesarean delivery with anemia in infants and children in 2 large longitudinal Chinese birth cohorts. Am J Clin Nutr. 2015;101(3):523-9.

7. Blustein J, Liu JM (Co-corresponding). Time to consider the risks of caesarean delivery for long term child health. BMJ. 2015;350:h2410.

8. Li HT, Liu JM (Corresponding), Blustein J. Cesarean delivery on maternal request. JAMA. 2013;310(9):977-8. (letter)

9. Liu JM (Corresponding), Mei ZG, Ye RW, et al. Micronutrient supplementation and pregnancy outcomes: double-blind randomized controlled trial in China. JAMA Internal Medicine. 2013;173:276-82.

10. Liu JM (Corresponding), Ren A, Yang L, et al. Urinary tract abnormalities in Chinese rural children who consumed melamine-contaminated dairy products: a population-based screening and follow-up study. CMAJ. 2010; 182:439-43.