Ying Li

 

Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety Sciences

Ying Li

Ying Li

Associate Professor 
Significant Role: Graduate Coordinator
East Tennessee State University College of Public Health
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety Sciences
423-439-5663 /  
Lamb Hall 153


EDUCATION

  • Ph.D., Public Policy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA, 2008
  • M.S., Environmental Science, Peking University, Beijing, China, 2002
  • B.S., Environmental Science, Peking University, Beijing, China, 1999

COURSES TAUGHT

  • ENVH 3010: Human Ecology
  • ENVH 4400: Environmental Health Program Planning and Administration
  • ENVH 5860: Environmental Health Administration (team taught with Dr. Ken Silver)
  • ENVH 5989: Internship/Cooperative Education
  • ENVH 3040: Environmental Sanitation (team-taught with ENVH faculty)
  • ENVH 4018: Honors Thesis Research
  • ENVH 5100: Environmental Health Practice (team-taught with ENVH faculty)

RESEARCH FOCUS

  • Health impact assessment for ambient air pollution
  • Projecting heat-related health impacts of global climate change
  • Exposure-response relationships between air pollution/heat exposure and health outcomes
  • The impacts of economic development on air quality and public health in China

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

  1. Cong Men, Ruimin Liu, Qingrui Wang, Yuexi Miao, Yifang Wang, Lijun Jiao, Lin Li, Leiping Cao, Zhenyao Shen, Ying Li, Douglas Crawford-Brown. Spatial-temporal characteristics, source-specific variation and uncertainty analysis of health risks associated with heavy metals in road dust in Beijing, China. Environmental Pollution, 2021, 116866.
  2. Shaoqing Gong, Kesheng Wang, Ying Li, Zhongliang Zhou, Arsham Alamian. Ethnic group differences in obesity in Asian Americans in California, 2013-2014. BMC Public Health, 2021, 21(1), 1-10.
  3. Wei Zhang, Ying Li (corresponding author), Zhuang Li, Xin Wei, Ting Ren, Yan Zhu. Impacts of climate change, population growth and urbanization on future population exposure to long-term temperature change in the warm season in China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020, 27(8): 8481-8491.
  4. Chunrong Jia, Bian Liu, Zhuqing Xue, Xianqiang Fu, Fariha Sultana, Larry Smith, Yueqian Zhang, Ying Li. Impacts of independence day fireworks on pollution levels of atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the U.S. Science of the Total Environment, 2020, 743, 140774.
  5. Ying Li, Cem Akkus, Xinhua Yu, Andrew Joyner, Jennifer Kmet, David Sweat, Chunrong Jia. Heatwave events and mortality outcomes in Memphis, Tennessee: Testing effect modification by socioeconomic status and urbanicity. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019, 16(22), 4568.
  6. Shaoqing Gong, Kesheng Wang, Ying Li, and Arsham Alamian. The influence of immigrant generation on obesity among Asian Americans in California from 2013 to 2014. PloS one 14, no. 2 (2019): e0212740.
  7. Ying Li, Ting Ren, Patrick Kinney, Andrew Joyner, Wei Zhang. Projecting future climate change impacts on heat-related mortality in large urban areas in China. Environmental Research, 2018, 163: 171-185.
  8. Wei Zhang, Lei Zhang, Ying Li, Long Chen, Arthur P.J. Mol, David A. Sonnenfeld, Jianguo Liu, Yuling Tian, Xiaoran Li, Xue Zhang, Zeyu Ping. Neglected environmental health impacts of China’s industrial policy. Environmental International, 2018, 115: 97-103.
  9. Emmanuel A. Odame, Ying Li, Shimin Zheng, Ambarish Vaidyanathan, Ken Silver. Assessing heat-related morality risks among rural populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological evidence. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2018, 15(8), 1597.
  10. Wei Zhang, Xue Zhang, Yuling Tian, Yan Zhu, Ying Li (corresponding author), Xuejun Wang. Risk assessment of total mercury and methylmercury in aquatic products from offshore farms in China. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2018, 354: 198-205.
  11. Shaoqing Gong, Kesheng Wang, Ying Li, Arsham Alamian. Geographic differences in obesity prevalence and its risk factors among Asian Americans: Findings from the 2013-2014 California Health Interview Survey. Scientific Report, 2018 (8): 12510.
  12. Ying Li (Corresponding author), Evaluating and improving the effectiveness of vehicle inspection and maintenance programs: A cost-benefit analysis framework. Journal of Environmental Protection, 2017, 8, 1541-1566. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4236/jep.2017.812095
  13. Ying Li, Emmanuel A. Odame, Ken Silver, Shimin Zheng. Comparing urban and rural vulnerability to heat-related mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Global Epidemiology and Environmental Health, 2017 (1), 9-15.
  14. Ying Liu, Sonica Sayam, Xiaonan Shao, Kesheng Wang, Shimin Zheng, Ying Li, Liang Wang. Prevalence of diabetes and its trend in US veterans, 2005-2014. Preventing Chronic Disease, 2017; 14:170230. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5888/
  15. Wei Zhang, Genchong Zhen, Long Chen, Huanhuan Wang, Ying Li (Corresponding author), Yindong Tong, Xuejie Ye, Yan Zhu, Xuejun Wang. Economic evaluation of health benefits of mercury emission controls for China and the neighboring countries in East Asia. Energy Policy, 2017, 106: 579-587.
  16. Ying Li, Daven Henze, Darby Jack, Barron Henderson, Patrick Kinney. Assessing public health burden associated with exposure to ambient black carbon in the United States. Science of the Total Environment, 2016, 539 (1): 515-525.
  17. Yindong Tong, Xuejun Wang, Gengchong Zhen, Ying Li, Wei Zhang, Wei He. Agricultural water consumption decreasing nutrient burden at Bohai Sea, China. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2016, 169, 85-94.
  18. Wei Zhang, Gengchong Zhen, Yindong Tong, Lei Yang, Yan Zhu, Guohua Liu, Xuejun Wang, Ying Li. Policy framework for trans-boundary water quality management in China: Perspective of water quality objectives. Environmental Hazards, 2016, April, 113-127.
  19. Ying Li, Daven Henze, Darby Jack, Patrick Kinney. The Influence of air quality model resolution on health impact assessment for fine particulate matter and its components in the United States. Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health, 2016, 9(1): 1-18. 
  20. Gengchong Zhen, Ying Li, Yindong Tong, Zhang Wei. Temporal variation and regional transfer of heavy metals in the Pearl (Zhujiang) River, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2016, January, 1-11.

Book Chapters

  1. Ying Li and Ke Chen. Chapter 1: A Review of Air Pollution Control Policy Development and Effectiveness in China. 2018 (August 1st). In: Soner Gokten (eds), Energy Management for Sustainable Development, ISBN: 978-1-78923-577-7; Print ISBN: 978-1-78923-576-0; DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.70970.

  2. Chapter 4 (lead author): Burden of Disease from Outdoor Air Pollution. Chapter 2 (contributing author): Prioritizing Environmental Risks to Health; 2013. In: MacDonald Gibson, A. Brammer, C. Davidson, T. Folley, F. Launay, and J. Thomsen (eds). Environmental Burden of Disease Assessment: A Case Study in the United Arab Emirates. Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Springer. ISBN-10: 940075924X, ISBN-13: 978-9400759244. 521 pages.

Published Abstracts

  1. Jason West, Yuqiang Zhang, Steven Smith, Raquel Silva, Jared Bowden, Vaishali Naik, Ying Li, Dennis Gilfillan, Zachariah Adelman, Meridith Fry, Susan Anenberg, Larry Horowitz, Jean-Francois Lamarque. Cobenefits of global and domestic greenhouse gas emissions for air quality and human health. The Lancet, 2017, 389 (S1-S24, Inaugural Planetary Health/GeoHealth Annual Meeting): 23.

  2. Jason West, Yuqiang Zhang, Steven J. Smith, Raquel A. Silva, Jared H. Bowden, Vaishali Naik, Ying Li, Dennis Gilfillan, Zachariah Adelman, Meridith M. Fry, Susan C. Anenberg, Larry Horowitz, Jean-Francois Lamarque. 2017. Co-benefits of global and domestic greenhouse gas emissions for air quality and human health. Air & Waste Management Association Specialty Conference: Finding Common Ground on Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation. Extended Abstract #CC41.

Other publications

  1. Ying Li. Particulate matter matters. In: Asia Pacific Affairs Council Journal Spring 2013, Sustainable Asia: Advancements in Technology, Design and Policy. Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University: 4-5.

PRESENTATIONS

Conference Presentations

  1. Sheila Enoh, Sarath Raju, Mildred Maisonet, Nirupama Putcha, John Woo, Ying Li, Kurt Maier, Phillip Scheuerman, Timothy Green, Megan Wood, Rachelle Koehl, Kirsten Koehler, Nadia N. Hansel, Meredith C. McCormack. Household Air Pollution is Associated with COPD Morbidity in a Rural Appalachian Cohort. 2022 American Thoracic Society International Conference. San Francisco, 05/2022.

  2. Ying Li, Phillip Scheuerman, Kurt Maier, Brian Evanshen, Joshua Baptist. Exposure to Household Air Pollution among Patients with COPD in Central Appalachia. 2019 Tennessee Environmental Conference. Kingsport, TN, 03/2019.
  3. Tony DeLucia, Joshua McKinney, Andrew Joyner, Robert Acuff, Randy Byington, Caroline Hurt, Ashley Davies, Ying Li, Joseph Florence. Utilizing Geospatial Tools and Analyses to Identify Community Health Improvement Strategies in Rural Northeast Tennessee. 2018 Place & Health Conference. Atlanta, 10/2018.

  4. Ying Li, Phillip Scheuerman, Kurt Maier, Brian Evanshen, Joshua Baptist. Household air pollution in Central Appalachia. In Panel: “Household Air Pollution and Respiratory Health: Opportunities for Intervention”. Tennessee Public Health Association Annual Meeting. Franklin, TN, 09/2018.

  5. Meredith McCormack, Kirsten Koehler, Nadia Hansel, Phillip Scheuerman, Ying Li, Mildred Maisonet. Implementation of a panel exposure and health study in a rural setting. In Panel: “Complex rural exposures and health”. The Joint Annual Meeting of the International Society of Exposure Science and the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISES-ISEE), Ottawa, Canada, 08/2018.

  6. Ying Li, Ren Ting, Wei Zhang. Projecting future climate change impacts on heat-related mortality in large urban areas in China. Society for Risk Analysis Annual Conference. Arlington, VA, 12/2017.

  7. Wei Zhang, Genchong Zhen, Long Chen, Huanhuan Wang, Ying Li, Xuejie Ye, Yindong Tong, Yan Zhu, Xuejun Wang, Evaluation of China’s mercury emission controls in the coal-fired power industry: Projection for the health and welfare effects. Society for Risk Analysis Annual Conference. Arlington, VA, 12/2017.

  8. Ying Li. Heat-related mortality under two Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) emission scenarios: Projections for the United States and China. American Public Health Association 2017 Annual Meeting & Exposition. Atlanta, GA, 11/2017.

  9. Ken Silver, Ying Li, Emmanuel Odame, Yuqiang Zhang. Effects of Global Warming on Work-Rest Routines for Crop Workers in Appalachia. American Public Health Association 2017 Annual Meeting & Exposition. Atlanta, GA, 11/2017.

  10. Ying Liu, Kesheng Wang, Sonica Sayma, Shimin Zheng, Ying Li, Liang Wang, Prevalence of diabetes and its trend in U.S. veterans, 2005-2014. American Public Health Association 2017 Annual Meeting & Exposition. Atlanta, GA, 11/2017.
  11. Ying Li. Climate change impacts on heat-related mortality in large urban areas in China. The 9th International Conference on Environmental Pollution and Public Health. Hangzhou, China, 06/2017.

  12. Ying Li, Yuqiang Zhang. Projecting future heat wave effects on mortality in the United States: National estimates using dynamically downscaled climate projections. Air & Waste Management Association 110th Annual Conference & Exhibition. Pittsburgh, PA, 06/2017.

  13. Ying Li, Wei Zhang. Estimating heat-related mortality in the U.S. and in China using downscaled climate projections. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting. Boston, MA, 04/2017.

  14. Julie Obenauer, Megan Quinn, Ying Li, Andrew Joyner. Including human population characteristics in ecological niche models for Aedes aegypti when modeling projected disease risk due to climate change. Association of American Geographers 2017 Annual Meeting. Boston, MA, 04/2017.

  15. Ying Li, Emmanuel Odame, Shimin Zheng, Ken Silver. Comparing urban and rural vulnerability to heat-related mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Society for Risk Analysis 2016 Annual Conference. San Diego, CA, 12/2016.

  16. Wei Zhang, Genchong Zhen, Long Chen, Huanhuan Wang, Ying Li, Yindong Tong, Xuejie Ye, Yan Zhu, Xuejun Wang, Benefits of mercury controls for China and the neighboring countries in East Asia. Society for Risk Analysis 2016 Annual Conference. San Diego, CA, 12/2016.

  17. Ying Li, Wei Zhang. Predicting future heat-related mortality in large urban areas in China using GIS (Geographic Information System) and epidemiological approaches. Association of American Geographers 2016 Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA, 03/2016.

  18. Ying Li, Wei Zhang, Ting Ren, Andrew Joyner. Climate change impacts on heat-related mortality in large urban areas in China. Society for Risk Analysis 2015 Annual Conference. Arlington, VA, 12/2015.

  19. Ying Li, Dennis Gilfillan, Yuqiang Zhang, Jason West. Projecting future heat-related mortality in the United States under global climate change. Society for Risk Analysis World Congress on Risk 2015. Singapore, 7/2015.

  20. Ying Li. Improving public health through reducing fine particulate matter pollution. 2015 Tennessee Environmental Conference. Kingsport, TN, 03/2015.

  21. Ying Li. National health co-benefits of controlling black carbon emissions in the United States. The Earth Institute Fellows Symposium: Meeting the Challenges of Sustainable Development in a Changing World. Columbia University, New York, NY, 11/2013.

  22. Henze, D.K., Turner M., Kinney, P. L., Jack, D., Li, Y., Mickley, L., Jacob, D., Shindell, D., Martin, R., & Hakami, A. Inverse modeling and attainment analysis for improved decision support of PM5 air quality regulations. NASA Health and Air Quality Applications Program Annual Review Meeting, St. Paul, MN, 09/2013.

  23. Ying Li, Daven Henze, Darby Jack & Patrick Kinney. Assessing the national public health burden associated with exposure to ambient black carbon in the United States. The 25th Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, Basel, Switzerland, 08/2013.

Invited Talks/University Seminars

  1. Global climate change and health. Rural Track Medical Students Seminar, East Tennessee State University, TN, 10/9/2023.

  2. The Global Health Student Consortium, Air Pollution & Health: A panel discussion about air quality and its impact on our health. Panelist, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, 5/3/2021.

  3. ETSU the Young Democratic Socialists of America and Department of Sustainability. Panel discussion on how we go about effectively solving the climate change. Panelist. East Tennessee State University, TN, 10/24/2019.

  4. Global climate change and public health. Department of Sustainability Eco-Nuts Program Seminar Series, East Tennessee State University, TN, 11/2018.

  5. Measuring Household Air Pollution. Family Medicine Associate, East Tennessee State University, TN, 11/2018.

  6. (a) The impacts of climate change on heat-relate mortality: National estimates in China and the United States using dynamically downscaled climate projections; (b) Using BenMAP (Environmental Benefits Mapping and Analysis Program) to evaluate health benefits of air pollution control Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China, 06/2017.

  7. Projecting future heat-related mortality in the United States under global climate change. Environmental Health Seminar Series, College of Public Health, East Tennessee State University, TN, 11/2015.

  8. Assessing public health burden associated with exposure to fine particulate matter and its chemical components in the United States. Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China, 05/2015

  9. Assessing public health burden associated with exposure to fine particulate matter (PM5): The impacts of model resolution and exposure-response relationship on mortality estimates. Environmental Health Seminar Series, College of Public Health, East Tennessee State University, TN, 11/2014.

GRANTS

Funded grants

  • East Tennessee State University Presidential Grants-in-Aid Fund, 1/1/2021-6/30/2021.
  • “Trends of heat waves and economic status as a synergistic factor in heat-related mortality”, East Tennessee State University Research Development Committee Small Research Grant (20-015SM), Principle Investigator, 01/01/2020- 06/30/2020.
  • “Impacts of heat waves on mortality outcomes in Central and South Central Appalachia: A pilot study”, East Tennessee State University Research Development Committee Small Research Grant (19-015SM), Principle Investigator, 01/01/2019- 06/30/2019. Co-I: Dr. Andrew Joyner.
  • “Air pollution control policy development and effectiveness in China”, East Tennessee State University Research Development Committee Small Research Grant (18-029SM), Principle Investigator, 03/01/2018- 06/30/2018.
  • “Projecting future heat-related mortality in the United States under global climate change”. East Tennessee State University Research Development Committee Major Research Grant (16-018M), Principle Investigator, 07/01/2015- 06/30/2016.
  • “Comparing Urban and Rural Effects of Poverty on COPD (CURE COPD)/ Environmental Health Disparities in Rural Appalachia: The impact of air pollution, obesity and diet on COPD morbidity”, NIH/NIMHD/EPA P50MD010431/EPA Grant Number: R836150C002, 07/01/2015 – 06/30/2020, Co-Investigator. (PI: Meredith McCormack, the John Hopkins University).
  • International Society for Risk Analysis 2015 World Congress Young Investigator Travel Grant, 07/2015.

Other grants

“Fostering Resilience and Ecosystem Services in Landscapes by Integrating Diverse Perennial Circular Systems”, USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Agriculture and Food Research Initiative-Sustainable Agricultural Systems. 01/01/2022-12/31/2026. Collaborator.

SELECTED REVIEWER EXPERIENCES

Journals
Environmental Science & Technology, Environmental International,
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Atmospheric Environment,
Environmental Pollution,
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,
Energy and Environment, PLOS ONE, Climate, Atmosphere

Grant Proposals

  • Invited grant proposal reviewer, National Academies of Sciences and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) (Pakistan – U.S. Science and Technology Cooperation Program)
  • Invited grant proposal reviewer, Natural Environment Research Council, United Kingdom
  • Invited member of U.S. EPA STAR Grant Peer Review Panel on "Integrating Human Health and Well-Being with Ecosystem Services"

PERSONAL INTERESTS

Family, cooking, swimming