2023.11-to present  Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, Researcher professor, Doctoral Supervisor，Assistant to the Director

2022.07-2023.11    Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, Assistant Professor, Assistant to the Director

2020.07-2022.06    Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, Postdoctoral fellow (National “Boxin” Postdoctoral Fellow; Peking University “Boya” Postdoctoral Fellow)

2019.04-2019.10    Queen Mary University of London, UK (joint training)

2018.09-2019.03    University of Melbourne, Australia (joint training)

2015.09-2020.06    School of Public Health, Peking University, PhD

2010.09-2015.06    North China University of Science and Technology, Bachelor

My main interest is in research on the pathogenic mechanisms of chronic diseases related to children's behavioral and environmental factors, epidemiological studies of pediatric infectious diseases, and research on school health policies. Awarded as a Outstanding Young Talent by the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, and has led projects such as the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Beijing Natural Science Foundation, Beijing Educational Science "14th Five-Year Plan" projects, and the Postdoctoral Innovation Talent Support Fund. Published over 90 papers as the first and corresponding author, including journals such as The Lancet, BMJ, Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, Lancet Regional Health, Plos Medicine, J Hazard Mater, Environment International, Hypertension, Obesity, etc., and is an author of ESI highly cited papers. Serves as the Deputy Director of the Center for Child and Adolescent Health/School Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Executive Committee and Secretary-General of the School Health Professional Committee of the China Health Inspection Association, the Committee Member and Secretary-General of the School Health Professional Committee of the National Disease Prevention and Control Standard Committee, the Committee Member and Secretary-General of the Child and Adolescent Academy of the Beijing Preventive Medicine Association, a member of the School and Child Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Professional Branch of the Chinese Anti-Tuberculosis Association, a member of the Children's Psychological Education Branch of the Chinese Eugenics Association, Corresponding Editor of the "Chinese Journal of School Health," Young Editor of the "Chinese Journal of Child Health Care," and a member of the Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health Youth Commissioners, etc.

Research on the pathogenic mechanisms of behavioral and environmental factors in children’s chronic diseases; Epidemiological research on infectious diseases in children; Children’s big data surveillance and school health management

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Research on the impact of environmental veterinary antibiotic exposure on the accumulation of cardiovascular risk factors in children and the regulatory mechanism of SCAP-SREBP lipid metabolism pathway gene methylation, Project leader, 2024.01- 2027.12

2. National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Project, Study on the effects of childhood bisphenol A substitute exposure on different metabolic obesity and its mediating mechanism of methylation levels of some lipid metabolism genes, Project leader, 2022.01-2024.12

3. National Natural Science Foundation of Beijing, Research on the impact of phthalate exposure on the risk of aggregation of cardiovascular risk factors in children and related mechanisms, Project leader, 2022.01-2024.12

4. Beijing Education Science “14th Five-Year Plan” Project, Construction of adolescent health indicator system under the background of “double reduction” policy - based on multi-source big data analysis, Project leader, 2022.12-2024.09

5. Postdoctoral Innovation Talent Support Fund, research on the impact mechanism of phthalate exposure on the early onset of puberty in children, Project leader, 2020.06-2022.08

6. Postdoctoral Fund General Project, Research on the impact and mechanism of metabolically healthy and abnormal obesity on the early onset of puberty in children, Project leader, 2020.11-2022.11

7. Project commissioned by the National Health Commission, Compilation of Scoliosis Monitoring Standards for Children and Adolescents, Project leader, 2020.11-2022.11

8. Project commissioned by the National Administration of Disease Control and Prevention, 2022 National Student Common Disease Monitoring and Evaluation Project, in charge, 2023.01-2024.01

9. Project commissioned by the State Sports General Administration, research report project on children’s physical activities and health behaviors, Project leader, 2021.11-2023.11

10. Peking University Clinical Medicine +X Youth Special Project. Research on the risk and mechanism of bone loss affecting the progression of idiopathic scoliosis in adolescents based on a nested case-control design, Co-Project leader, 2023.05-2024.01

1. T Chen*, B Dong*, Dong YH*, J Li, Y Ma, D Liu, Y Zhang, Y Xing, Y Zheng, X Luo, F Tao, Y Ding, P Hu, Z Zou, B Pan, P Tang, D Luo, Y Liu, L Li, GN Li, X Tian, X Huang, Y Song, J Ma, SM Sawyer. Matching actions to needs: shifting policy responses to the changing health needs of Chinese children and adolescents. Lancet. 2024 May 4;403(10438):1808-1820.

2. Dong YH*, Wang LP*, Burgner DP, Miller JE, Song Y, Ren X, Li Z, Xing Y, Ma J, Sawyer SM, Patton GC. Infectious diseases in children and adolescents in China: analysis of national surveillance data from 2008 to 2017. BMJ. 2020;369:m1043.

3. Dong YH, Jan C, Ma Y, Dong B, Zou Z, Yang Y, Xu R, Song Y, Ma J, Sawyer MS, Pattton CG. Economic development and the nutritional status of Chinese school-aged children and adolescents from 1995 to 2014: an analysis of five successive national surveys. Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology，2019;7(4):288-299.

4. Dong YH, Lau P, Dong B, Zou Z, Yang Y, Wen B, Ma Y, Hu P, Song Y, Ma J, Sawyer MS, Pattton CG. Trends in physical fitness, growth, and nutritional status of Chinese children and adolescents: a retrospective analysis of 1·5 million students from six successive national surveys between 1985 and 2014. Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 2019 Dec;3(12):871-880.

5. Dong YH, D Gao, YH Li, ZG Yang, XJ Wang, MM Chen, ZH Wang, Y Song, ZY Zou, J Ma. Effect of childhood phthalates exposure on the risk of overweight and obesity: A nested case-control study in China. Environment International. 2021; 158:106886.

6. Dong YH, Li Chen; Di Gao; Yanhui Li; Manman Chen; Tao Ma; Ying Ma; Jieyu Liu; Yi Zhang; Qi Ma; Xinxin Wang; Yi Song; Zhiyong Zou; Jun Ma. Endogenous sex hormones homeostasis disruption combined with exogenous phthalates exposure increase the risks of childhood high blood pressure: A cohort study in China. Environment International. 2022; 168:107462.

7. Dong YH, Ma J, Song Y, Wang Z, Yang Z, Wang X, Prochaska JJ. National Blood Pressure Reference for Chinese Han Children and Adolescents Aged 7 to 17 Years. Hypertension, 2017; 70(5): 897-906.

8. Dong YH, Ma J, Song Y, Ma Y, Dong B, Zou Z, Prochaska JJ. Secular Trends in Blood Pressure and Overweight and Obesity in Chinese Boys and Girls Aged 7 to 17 Years From 1995 to 2014. Hypertension. 2018; 6(71): 298-305.

9. Chen L*, Wang L*, Xing Y, Xie J, Su B, Geng M, Ren X, Zhang Y, Liu J, Ma T, Chen M, Ma Q, Jiang J, Cui M, Guo T, Yuan W, Song Y, Dong YH#, Ma J#. Disparity in spectrum of infectious diseases between in-school and out-of-school children, adolescents, and youths in China: findings from a successive national surveillance from 2013 to 2021. Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific, 2023, 100811. (Corresponding author)

10. Liu J*, Song J*, Gao D, Li Y, Guo T, Yuan W, Chen M, Chen L, Zhang Y, Ma Q, Cui M, Song X, Wang R, Jiang J, Zou Z, Dong YH#, Ma J#. Exploring the associations between phthalate exposure and cardiometabolic risk factors clustering among children: the potential mediating role of insulin-resistant-related genes DNA methylation. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 2023. (Corresponding author)

Note： #Corresponding author, *Co-first author