01/2013–06/2013 Visiting Fellow, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

06/2009–Present  Professor, Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, Peking University, Beijing

05/2004–05/2005 Full-Time Consultant, UNICEF China Office, Beijing

04/2000–04/2001 Visiting Fellow, Department of Medicine, Tottori University, Japan (Shikawa Medical Scholarship)

06/1999–05/2009 Associate Professor, Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, Peking University, Beijing

06/1996–06/1999 Lecturer, Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, Peking University, Beijing

09/1993–06/1996 Doctor of Medicine,  Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Peking University (formerly Beijing Medical University), Beijing

07/1988–09/1993 Teaching Assistant & Lecturer, Daqing Vocational Medical College, Heilongjiang

09/1985–07/1988 Master of Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Heilongjiang

09/1980–07/1985 Bachelor of Medicine, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Heilongjiang

I have been engaged in research on health education and health promotion for children and adolescents. Currently, I am the Chair Holder of the UNESCO Chair on Global Health and Education (Peking University), Chairman of the School Branch of the Chinese Association for Health Promotion and Education, the deputy head of the National Expert Group on AIDS Prevention Education in Schools, and the member of the National Expert Pool of Health Science Popularization. As the leader, I have presided over a number of projects, such as the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Ministry of Education, and the United Nations Children's Fund. I have published 175 academic papers as the first or corresponding author, and edited 15 books and textbooks. I am the chief editor of the twelfth set of compulsory education Physical Education and Health textbooks of the People’s Education Press. My courses AIDS, Sexuality and Health and Health Education for College Students have been selected as the first national first-class undergraduate courses by the Ministry of Education in 2020. I have participated in the preparation of policy documents such as Guidelines on Integrating Life Safety and Health Education into Primary and Secondary School Curriculum and Textbooks and Guidelines for Student Nutrition and Healthy Schools, as well as international documents such as International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education and Making Every School a Health-promoting School: Global Standards and Indicators, and Implementation Guidance. I was awarded the first prize of the Science and Technology Award of the Chinese Society of Preventive Medicine, the Song Qingling Prize in Pediatrics, and the Star of Female Faculty and Staff of the Peking University Health Science Center.

Factors affecting growth and development of children and adolescents and their intervention, Life skills education for children and adolescents, School health and health promotion

1. Ministry of Education, Initiative of National Healthy School Building Management and Quality Monitoring, 2022–2025, Principal Investigator, Ongoing.

2. Peking University–UNESCO, Promoting Education for Girls in Africa in the COVID-19 Era, 2021–2023, Principal Investigator, Completed.

3. Chinese Society of Education, Construction of an Infectious Disease Health Literacy Evaluation System and Analysis of Influencing Factors for Chinese  Middle School Students in the Post-COVID-19, 2021–2024, Principal Investigator, Completed.

4. Ministry of Education, Guidelines on Integrating Education of Life Safety and Health into Curriculum Materials in Primary and Secondary Schools, 2020, Principal Investigator, Completed.

5. National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81673245, Research on the  Communication Characteristics of Social Networks and the Prevention and Control Patterns of Popular Opinion Leaders (POL) for HIV-Infected College Students, 2017–2020, Principal Investigator, Completed.

6. China Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS Prevention and Control Association, Development of AIDS Prevention Education Supporting Materials for Middle School Students in Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province, 2018–2019, Principal Investigator, Completed.

7. National Natural Science Foundation International Cooperation Project, No. 1781320002, Global Cooperative Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD) Symposium on the Application and Development of Mental Health Needs, 02–09/2017, Principal Investigator, Completed.

8. State Council Committee on AIDS Prevention and Control Office & Ministry of Education, No. 20150176, Development of College AIDS Prevention and Control Pilot Program and Development of Plans for Pilot Supervision and Evaluation, 2015, Principal Investigator, Completed.

9. 2012 Public Health Industry Research Project, No. 201202010, Development and Application of Students’ Major Disease Control Technology and Related Standards—Subtopic: Project Management and Base Construction, 2012–2014, Principal Investigator of Sub-project, Completed.

10. National Social Science Fund’s Eleventh Five-Year Plan Education 2007 Key Project, No. ALA070002, Research on School Sports Health Quality Standards and Guarantee Mechanisms—Subtopic: School Sports Health Teacher Allocation Standard Study, 2007, Principal Investigator of Sub-project, Completed.

1. Hu LX#, Fan S#, Ma Y#, Liu XX, Bao WW, Guo Y, Hu LW, Chen G, Zeng XW, Zou Z, Yang BY, Ma J, Yang Z, Chen YJ, Dong GH*. Associations between greenspace surrounding schools and lipid levels in Chinese children and teenagers. Environ Pollut. 2023 Jan 15;317:120746.

2. Zhu F#, Zhu G, Jia B, Wang P, Zhao T, Ma Y*, Dong B. The Influencing Factors of Comprehensive Sexuality Education Capacity and Its Correlation with Subjective Social Status among Chinese Junior High School Students. Children (Basel). 2022 Aug 10;9(8):1201.

3. Luo YN#, Yang BY#, Zou Z#, Markevych I, Browning MHEM, Heinrich J, Bao WW, Guo Y, Hu LW, Chen G, Ma J, Ma Y*, Chen YJ*, Dong GH*. Associations of greenness surrounding schools with blood pressure and hypertension: A nationwide cross-sectional study of 61,229 children and adolescents in China. Environ Res. 2022 Mar;204(Pt A):112004.

4. Yang BY#, Guo Y#, Zou Z#, Gui Z, Bao WW, Hu LW, Chen G, Jing J, Ma J, Li S, Ma Y*, Chen YJ*, Dong GH*. Exposure to ambient air pollution and visual impairment in children: A nationwide cross-sectional study in China. J Hazard Mater. 2021;407:124750.

5. Zhang JS#, Gui ZH#, Zou ZY#, Yang BY, Ma J, Jing J, Wang HJ, Luo JY, Zhang X, Luo CY, Wang H, Zhao HP, Pan DH, Bao WW, Guo YM, Ma YH*, Dong GH*, Chen YJ*. Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents: A national cross-sectional study in China. Environ Int. 2021;148:106383.

6. Bao WW#, Yang BY#, Zou ZY#, Ma J, Jing J, Wang HJ, Luo JY, Zhang X, Luo CY, Wang H, Zhao HP, Pan DH, Gui ZH, Zhang JS, Guo YM, Ma YH*, Dong GH*, Chen YJ*. Greenness surrounding schools and adiposity in children and adolescents: Findings from a national population-based study in China. Environ Res. 2021;192:110289.

7. Gao D#, Zou Z#, Zhang W, Chen T, Cui W, Ma Y*. Age-Period-Cohort Analysis of HIV Mortality in China: Data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. Sci Rep. 2020;10(1):7065.

8. Xu R#, Song Y#, Hu P, Dong B, Zou Z, Luo D, Gao D, Zhang J, Ma Y*, Ma J*, Xie X*, Cai M, Narayan A, Huang X, Tian X, Patton GC. Towards Comprehensive National Surveillance for Adolescent Health in China: Priority Indicators and Current Data Gaps. J Adolesc Health. 2020 Nov;67(5S):S14-S23.

9. Hu F#, Liang JJ, Lu JJ, Hu YF, Hu Y, Yu J, Zou XW, Ma YH*, Lin SF*. Effects of Antiretroviral Therapy and HIV Exposure in Utero on Adverse Pregnancy and Infant Outcomes: A Prospective Cohort Study in Guangzhou, China. Biomed Environ Sci. 2019;32(10):719-729.

10. Gao D#, Zou Z#, Dong B, Zhang W, Chen T, Cui W, Ma Y*. Secular trends in HIV/AIDS mortality in China from 1990 to 2016: Gender disparities. PLoS One. 2019;14(7):e0219689.