Mailing Address
Division of Environmental Health Sciences
College of Public Health
The Ohio State University
320 West 10th Avenue
A332-C Starling Loving Hall
Columbus, Ohio 43210
Contact Information
Phone: 614-293-8263
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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
Memberships:
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.
Publications 2007:
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
Publications 2006:
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.
