Song Liang, PhD

Liang
Assistant Professor
Environmental Health Sciences

320 W. 10th Ave.
A-332C Starling Loving Hall
Columbus, OH 43210
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Phone: (614) 293-8263

 

Education

PhD, Environmental Health Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, 2003
MS, Environmental Health Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, 1999
MS, Invertebrate Zoology, Southwest China Normal University, 1992
BS, Biology, Southwest China Normal University 1989

Appointments

American Public Health Association
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Professional Association of China’s Environment (PACE)

 

Research

Dr. Liang’s primary areas of research are risk assessment of waterborne pathogens, the environmental determinants of infectious disease, and environment-orientated interventions. Specifically, he studies schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease transmitted to humans via water. Much of Dr. Liang’s work also focuses on mathematical modeling and the epidemiology of infectious diseases; the public health applications of Geographical Information Systems (GISs); and international environmental health issues.

 

2007 Publications

Liang, S., Spear, R.C. (2007). Model-based insights into multi-host transmission and control of schistosomiasis. PLoS Medicine (in press)

Remais, J., Liang, S., Spear, R.C. (2007). Coupling hydrologic and infectious disease modeling to explore regional differences in schistosomiasis transmission in southwestern China. Environmental Science & Technology (in press)

Eisenberg, J., Desai, M., Levy, K., Bates, S, Liang, S., Naumoff, K., Scott, J. (2007). Environmental determinants of infectious disease: A framework for tracking causal links and guiding public health research. Environmental Health Perspectives, 115(8): 1216-1223

Seto, E., Lee, E., Liang, S., Zhong, B. (2007). Individual and village-level study of water contact exposure patterns and Schistosoma japonicum infection in mountainous rural China. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 12(10): 1199-1209

Liang, S., Seto, E., Remais, J., Zhong, B., Yang, C., Hubbard, A., Davis, G., Gu, X., Qiu, D., Spear, R.C. (2007) Environmental effects on parasitic disease transmission exemplified by schistosomiasis in Western China. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 104 (17):7110-7115

 

2006 Publications

Fang, L.; Yan, L.; Liang, S.; de Vlas, S.J.; Feng, D.; Han, X.; Zhao, W.; Xu, B.; Bian, L.; Yang, H.; Gong, P.; Richardus, J.H.; Cao, W. Spatial analysis of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in China. BMC Infectious Disease. 6: 2006. 77~.

Gong, P.; Xu, B.; Liang, S. Remote sensing and geographic information systems in the spatial temporal dynamics modeling of infectious diseases. Science in China Series C- Life Sciences. 49:2006. 573-582.

Liang, S.; Yang, C.; Zhong, B.; & Qiu, D. Re-emerging schistosomiasis in hilly and mountainous areas of Sichuan, China. Bulletin of World Health Organization. 84:2006. 139-44.

Spear, R.C.; Seto, E.; Remais, J.; Carlton, E.J.; Davis, G.; Qiu, D.; Zhou, X.; Liang, S. Fighting waterborne infectious diseases. Science. 314:2006. 1081-3 (Letter).

Xu, B.; Gong, P.; Seto, E.; Liang, S.; Yang, C.H.; Wen, S.; Qiu, D.C.; Gu, X.G.; & Spear, R. C. A spatial-temporal model for assessing the effects of inter-village connectivity in schistosomiasis transmission. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 96(2006). 31-46.

Zhong, B.; Liang, S.; Zhang, Y.; Lai, Y.H.; Chen, L.; Yin, H.Z.; Zhao, Y.M.; Lu, J.Q.; & Qiu, D.C. Water exposure modes and times of different populations in mountainous schistosomiasis endemic areas near Qionghai Lake. Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine. 40:2006. 239-243.