Qinghua Sun, MD/PhD

Sun
Assistant Professor
Environmental Health Sciences

460W 12th Avenue, Room 396
Biomedical Research Tower
Columbus, OH 43210
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Phone: (614) 247-1560

 

Education

1996 PhD, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) & Chinese Academy of Medical Science (CAMS), Beijing, China
1987 MD, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

Appointments

American Heart Association
Society of Toxicology

 

Research

Effects of particulate air pollution on human health

Mechanisms of air pollution induced cardiovascular diseases

Diesel exhaust in angiogenesis and cancer

Systemic effects of environmental tobacco smoking

Mechanism of hypoxia and growth factors in angiogenesis

 

Honors/Awards

2008: Extramural Papers of the Month, September, 2008, NIEHS

2006: Paper of the Year Award, Inhalation Specialty Section, Society of Toxicology

2006: Paper of the Month, February, 2006, NIEHS

2005: Finalist for the Scientific Sessions of American Heart Association (AHA) Poster Competition in Basic Science

 

2008 Publications

Hong X, Sun Q, Song Y. Research update on air pollution on cardiovascular diseases. Chinese Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine. 2008;13:223-227

Sun Q, Yue P, Kirk RI, Wang A, Moatti D, Jin X, Lu B, Schecter AD, Lippmann M, Gordon T, Chen LC, Rajagopalan S. Ambient Air Particulate Matter Exposure and Tissue Factor Expression in Atherosclerosis. Inhalation Toxicology, 2008;20:127-37

Sun Q, Yue P, Ying Z, Cardounel AJ, Brook RD, Devlin R, Hwang JS, Zweier JL, Chen LC, Rajagopalan S. Air Pollution Exposure Potentiates Hypertension Through Reactive Oxygen Species-Mediated Activation of Rho/ROCK. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol., 2008; 28:1760-1766

Hong X, Zheng L, Sun Q. Advanced research on air pollution on cardiovascular diseases. Journal of Preventive Medicine of Chinese PLA. 2008;26:459-465 (Review, in Chinese)

 

2007 Publications

Hong X, Song Y, Zheng, L, Sun, Q. Research update on air pollution on respiratory diseases. Journal of Chinese Preventive Medicine. 2007; 8: 494-496 (in Chinese, review)

Dong Z, Zeitlin BD, Song W, Sun Q, Karl E, Spencer DM, Jain HV, Jackson T, Nunez G, Nor JE. Level of endothelial cell apoptosis required for a significant decrease in microvessel density. Exp Cell Res. 2007;313:3645-57.

 

2006 Publications

Sun Q, Rajagopalan, S. Trojan Horse Hypothesis: Inhaled Airborne Particles, Lipid Bullets and Atherogenesis-Reply. JAMA. 2006;295:2354-2355.

Rogiers P, Sun Q, Dimopoulos G, Tu Z, Pauwels D, Manhaeghe C, Su F, Vincent JL. Blood Warming during Hemofiltration Can Improve Hemodynamics and Outcome in Ovine Septic Shock. Anesthesiology. 2006;104:1216-1222.