Qing Lan, MD, PhD
Professor Adjunct of Epidemiology (Environmental Health)About
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Professor Adjunct of Epidemiology (Environmental Health)
Professor Adjunct, Environmental Health Sciences
Biography
Dr. Qing Lan a world leader in environmental and occupational exposures, human health studies and gene environment interaction. Her research focuses on molecular epidemiologic studies of populations exposed to several classes of chemical compounds that are known or suspected occupational and environmental carcinogens. She is one of YSPH’s main collaborators at NCI studying environmental exposures, genetic susceptibility for NHL and multiple myeloma, indoor air pollution and gene polymorphisms for lung cancer risk in Xuanwei, China. She has mentored several YSPH PhD candidates.
Dr. Lan received her M.D. at Weifang Medical University and her Ph.D. in molecular epidemiology at the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine in Beijing, as part of a joint training program with the United States Environmental Protection Agency and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and received her MPH at Johns Hopkins University.
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Environmental Health Sciences
Professor AdjunctPrimary
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Education & Training
- PhD
- Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine (2001)
- MD
- Weifang Medical College (1985)
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ORCID
0000-0002-0888-8839
Research at a Glance
Yale Co-Authors
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Melissa Friesen
Robert Homer, MD, PhD
Bonnie E Gould Rothberg, MD, PhD, MPH, MMM, FACP
Huey Cai
Lei Song, MD, PhD
Wei Zheng
Publications
2026
Author Correction: Uncovering the role of LINE-1 in the evolution of lung adenocarcinoma
Zhang T, Zhao W, Wirth C, Díaz-Gay M, Yin J, Cecati M, Marchegiani F, Hoang P, Leduc C, Baine M, Travis W, Sholl L, Joubert P, Sang J, McElderry J, Antony M, Klein A, Khandekar A, Hartman C, Rosenbaum J, Colón-Matos F, Miraftab M, Saha M, Lee O, Jones K, Caporaso N, Wong M, Leung K, Hsiung C, Chen C, Edell E, Santamaría J, Schabath M, Yendamuri S, Manczuk M, Lissowska J, Świątkowska B, Mukeria A, Shangina O, Zaridze D, Holcatova I, Mates D, Milosavljevic S, Savic M, Bossé Y, Rothberg B, Christiani D, Gaborieau V, Brennan P, Liu G, Hofman P, Homer R, Yang S, Pesatori A, Consonni D, Yang L, Zhu B, Shi J, Brown K, Rothman N, Chanock S, Alexandrov L, Choi J, Cardelli M, Lan Q, Nowak M, Wedge D, Landi M. Author Correction: Uncovering the role of LINE-1 in the evolution of lung adenocarcinoma. Nature 2026, 656: e48-e48. PMID: 42581169, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-10947-0.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersAltmetricSmoking and the risk of neurodegenerative diseases in a Chinese case–control study
Nie J, Peters S, Ge C, Portengen L, Hu W, Ou R, Wei Q, Zhang L, Hou Y, Lan Q, Shang H, Vermeulen R. Smoking and the risk of neurodegenerative diseases in a Chinese case–control study. BMJ Neurology Open 2026, 8: e001728. PMID: 42422319, PMCID: PMC13343102, DOI: 10.1136/bmjno-2026-001728.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricCorrigendum to “Environmental exposure and cancer incidence in offshore petroleum workers in Norway” [Environ. Res. 264 (2025) 121407]
Babigumira R, Veierød M, Larsen I, Berge L, Shala N, Marjerrison N, Samuelsen S, Bråtveit M, Kirkeleit J, Nordby K, Hosgood H, Demers P, Vermeulen R, Kromhout H, Engel L, Nilsen T, Silverman D, Friesen M, Lan Q, Grimsrud T, Stenehjem J. Corrigendum to “Environmental exposure and cancer incidence in offshore petroleum workers in Norway” [Environ. Res. 264 (2025) 121407]. Environmental Research 2026, 305: 125039. PMID: 42320201, DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2026.125039.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersSystemic Lipid Peroxidation and Colorectal Cancer Risk: A Time‐Varying Relationship
Yang G, Milne G, Nogueira M, Gao Y, Lan Q, Yi H, Shu X, Zheng W, Chen Q. Systemic Lipid Peroxidation and Colorectal Cancer Risk: A Time‐Varying Relationship. International Journal Of Cancer 2026 PMID: 42298759, DOI: 10.1002/ijc.70585.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricReliability of interrater occupation coding and potential impact on occupational exposure assessment
Ge C, Friesen M, Locke S, Rothman N, Lan Q, Vermeulen R. Reliability of interrater occupation coding and potential impact on occupational exposure assessment. Annals Of Work Exposures And Health 2026, 70: wxag013. PMID: 42276589, DOI: 10.1093/annweh/wxag013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMitochondrial DNA breaks and copy number and the risk of lung cancer in the Shanghai Women’s Health Study
Blechter B, Shu X, Hu W, Francis E, Zheng W, Cai Q, Cai H, Yang G, Hosgood H, Cawthon R, Lan Q. Mitochondrial DNA breaks and copy number and the risk of lung cancer in the Shanghai Women’s Health Study. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2026, 35: 1449-1452. PMID: 42165669, PMCID: PMC13274563, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-26-0047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricGenetic landscape and functional exploration of kidney cancer predisposition in cross-ancestral populations
Dai H, Chu X, Du H, Yang S, Yao Y, Yu X, Zhao Y, Dong P, Lyu Z, Wang W, Li H, Mi Z, Sheng C, Li X, Zheng H, Song F, Song F, Sun M, Dai J, Lan Q, Rothman N, Hu Z, Wei Q, Ye D, Yao X, Jia W, Chanock S, Shen H, Purdue M, Li M, Chen K. Genetic landscape and functional exploration of kidney cancer predisposition in cross-ancestral populations. Nature Communications 2026, 17: 5382. PMID: 42000752, PMCID: PMC13275800, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-71785-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricCirculating levels of insulin‐like growth factor I (IGF‐I) and risk of multiple myeloma: An observational and Mendelian randomisation study
Benavente Y, Hermosa S, Papadimitriou N, Clay‐Gilmour A, Brown E, Hofmann J, Rothman N, Lan Q, Berndt S, Albanes D, Purdue M, Machiela M, Chanock S, Bhatti P, Cozen W, Norman A, Slager S, Cerhan J, Rajkumar V, Kumar S, Vachon C, Novak A, Habermann T, Link B, Salles G, Ghesquieres H, Bracci P, Holly E, Griffin R, Hildebrandt M, Vermeulen R, Kolijn P, Hjalgrim H, Smedby K, Jayasekara H, Cheah S, Monnereau A, Chen Y, Arslan A, Zhang Y, Camp N, Sborov D, Osman A, Ziv E, De Vivo I, Joseph V, Teras L, Patel A, Kane E, Vajdic C, Guilloteau A, Cocco P, Alemany L, Sainz J, McKay J, Birmann B, Casabonne D. Circulating levels of insulin‐like growth factor I (IGF‐I) and risk of multiple myeloma: An observational and Mendelian randomisation study. British Journal Of Haematology 2026, 208: 1942-1953. PMID: 41873017, PMCID: PMC13267475, DOI: 10.1111/bjh.70444.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricVariation on Toxic and Inflammatory Potential of Coal Smoke of Different Sources From a Region With High Lung Cancer Risk
Zhang Y, Hu W, Rothman N, Liu D, Li J, Xu J, Ning B, Vermeulen R, Lan Q, Cassee F, Downward G. Variation on Toxic and Inflammatory Potential of Coal Smoke of Different Sources From a Region With High Lung Cancer Risk. Environmental Toxicology 2026 PMID: 41802872, DOI: 10.1002/tox.70075.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsGenomic Characterization of Lung Cancer in Never-Smokers Using Deep Learning
Saha M, Tran T, Bhawsar P, Zhang T, Zhao W, Hoang P, Mutreja K, Lawrence S, Rothman N, Lan Q, Homer R, Baine M, Sholl L, Joubert P, Leduc C, Travis W, Chanock S, Shi J, Yang S, Almeida J, Landi M. Genomic Characterization of Lung Cancer in Never-Smokers Using Deep Learning. Modern Pathology 2026, 39: 100973. PMID: 41638573, PMCID: PMC12975288, DOI: 10.1016/j.modpat.2026.100973.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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