Epidemiology and Population Health   Role: Faculty Title: Assistant Professor Office No: 228 Address: 485 E. Gray St. Phone: (502)852-4063 Fax: (502)852-3294 E-mail:  chenxi.wang@louisville.edu

Background

Chenxi Wang received his Medical Degree from Tianjin Medical University in 1993 and a MS from Beijing Medical University in 1998. He completed all of his clinical training in China before he came to the US in 1999. In 2204, he got a Ph.D. in Nutrition Sciences from University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Wang joined the Department of Epidemiology and Clinical Investigation Sciences in July 2004 as an assistant Professor.

Research Interests

nutritional and molecular epidemiology with applications to human obesity, cancer, and other chronic diseases.

Publications

Journal Articles
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"Intentional weight loss reduces mortality rate in a rodent model of dietary obesity"
Vasselli JR, Weindruch R, Heymsfield SB, Pi-Sunyer FX, Boozer CN, Yi N, Wang C, Pietrobelli A, Allison DB.. Obes Res; 13(4): 693-702.
Publication Date: 2005

"The effects of intentional weight loss as a latent variable problem"
Coffey CS, Gadbury GL, Fontaine KR, Wang C, Weindruch R, Allison DB.. Stat Med; 24(6): 941-54
Publication Date: 2005

"Statistical methods for testing effects on 'maximum lifespan'"
Wang C, Li Q, Redden DT, Weindruch R, Allison DB.. Mech Ageing Dev.; 125(9): 629-32.
Publication Date: 2004
 
"Caloric restriction and body weight independently affect longevity in Wistar rats"
Wang C, Weindruch R, Fernandez JR, Coffey CS, Patel P, Allison DB.. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord.; 28(3): 357-62
Publication Date: 2004
 
"Linkage analysis of extremely discordant and concordant sibling pairs identifies quantitative-trait loci that influence variation in the human personality trait neuroticism"
Fullerton J, Cubin M, Tiwari H, Wang C, Bomhra A, Davidson S, Miller S, Fairburn C, Goodwin G, Neale MC, Fiddy S, Mott R, Allison DB, Flint J.. Am J Hum Genet; 72(4): 879-90
Publication Date: 2003
 
"Weight loss causes increased mortality: cons"
Yang D, Fontaine KR, Wang C, Allison DB. Obes Rev; 4(1): 9-16
Publication Date: 2003
 
"Years of life lost due to obesity"
Fontaine KR, Redden DT, Wang C, Westfall AO, Allison DB. JAMA; 289(2): 187-93.
Publication Date: 2003