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Department of Epidemiology

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Xinguang Chen

Xinguang Chen

Professor Of Epidemiology

Department: PHHP-COM EPIDEMIOLOGY
Business Phone: (352) 294-5945
Business Email: jimax.chen@ufl.edu
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About Xinguang Chen

MD in Preventive Medicine, 1982, Wuhan Medical College, MPH in Health Statistics, 1987, Tongji Medical University, MPH in Population Studies, 1992, East-West Center/University of Hawaii, and PhD in Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Hawaii. Assistant professor at University of Southern California since 1999, Associate and Full Professor with Tenure at Wayne State University since 2004, and Tenured Professor at University of Florida since 2014

Research Profile

Modeling quantum changes in medical, health and behavior-related events using catastrophe methods; descriptive and etiological studies on psychosocial factors and suicidal behavior and death using machine learning method; studies on HIV related behavior and prevention intervention among US adolescents and young adults; estimate adjusted rates using classic age-period-cohort modeling; studies of male hormones, PAS and risk of prostate cancer occurrence with electronic medical record data; studies of marijuana use among pregnant women and secondhand marijuana exposure in young children.

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)

0000-0001-8263-643X

Areas of Interest
  • Injury Epidemiology
  • Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology
  • Substance Use Epidemiology, particularly opioids
  • Biostatistics
  • Cancer epidemiology
  • HIV Prevention
  • Social Determinants of Health

Publications

2019
Aerosolized surfactant in neonatal respiratory distress syndrome: Phase I study
Early Human Development
2019
Cognitive Theories, Paradigm of Quantum Behavior Change, and Cusp Catastrophe Modeling in Social Behavioral Research
Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research
2019
Age and Birth Cohort-Adjusted Rates of Suicide Mortality Among US Male and Female Youths Aged 10 to 19 Years From 1999 to 2017.
JAMA Network Open
2018
Dynamic Transitions Between Marijuana Use and Cigarette Smoking Among US Adolescents and Emerging Adults
American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
2018
Patterns of Smoking Initiation During Adolescence and Young Adulthood in South-West China: Findings of the National Nutrition and Health Survey (2010-2012)
BMJ Open
2018
Persistent Effect at 30-Month Post Intervention of a Community-Based Randomized Trial of Km2H(2) in Reducing Stroke and Heart Attack Among Senior Hypertensive Patients
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
2018
Phosphatidylethanol in Comparison to Self-Reported Alcohol Consumption Among Hiv-Infected Women in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Naltrexone for Reducing Hazardous Drinking
Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research
2018
Probabilistic Discrete Event Systems Modeling of Nonlinear Transitions between Electronic and Combustible Cigarette Smoking with the 2014 National Youth Tobacco Survey Data.
Nonlinear Dynamics Psychology and Life Sciences
2018
Acculturative Stress, Poor Mental Health and Condom-Use Intention Among International Students in China
Health Education Journal
2017
The Effects of Self-Efficacy in Bifurcating the Relationship of Perceived Benefit and Cost With Condom Use Among Adolescents: a Cusp Catastrophe Modeling Analysis
Journal of Adolescence
2017
Current Patterns of Marijuana Use Initiation By Age Among US Adolescents and Emerging Adults: Implications for Intervention
American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
2017
Cusp Catastrophe Regression and Its Application in Public Health and Behavioral Research
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2017
Diet Diversity and Nutritional Status Among Adults in Southwest China
PLoS One
2017
Initiation of Electronic Cigarette Use By Age Among Youth in the U.S
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
2017
Medicinal Cannabis for Parkinson’s Disease: Practices, Beliefs, and Attitudes Among Providers at National Parkinson Foundation Centers of Excellence
Movement Disorders Clinical Practice
2017
Prevalence and Correlates of Marijuana Use Among Hiv-Seropositive and Seronegative Men in the Multicenter Aids Cohort Study (Macs), 1984-2013
American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
2017
Association Between Age-Related Reductions in Testosterone and Risk of Prostate Cancer-An Analysis of Patients’ Data With Prostatic Diseases
International Journal of Cancer
2017
Trajectories of Marijuana Use Among Hiv-Seropositive and Hiv-Seronegative Msm in the Multicenter Aids Cohort Study (Macs), 1984-2013
2016
Cigarette Smoking Among Chinese Plwha: An Exploration of Changes in Smoking After Being Tested HIV Positive
Aids Care-Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of Aids/HIV
2016
Decreased Hazard of Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Preterm Neonates Receiving Red Cell Transfusions
Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine
2016
Dietary Patterns in Relation to General and Central Obesity Among Adults in Southwest China
2016
Lifestyle and Addictive Behaviors Among Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong, Macau, Taipei, Wuhan, and Zhuhai-a First Cross-Subculture Assessment
International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
2016
Path Analysis of Acculturative Stress Components and Their Relationship With Depression Among International Students in China
Stress and Health
2016
Relationships Between Stress, Negative Emotions, Resilience, and Smoking: Testing a Moderated Mediation Model
2016
The Essential Resilience Scale: Instrument Development and Prediction of Perceived Health and Behaviour
Stress and Health
2016
A Population-Based Study of Smoking, Serum Cotinine and Exhaled Nitric Oxide Among Asthmatics and a Healthy Population in the USa
Inhalation Toxicology
2015
Multisystemic Therapy Improves the Patient-Provider Relationship in Families of Adolescents With Poorly Controlled Insulin Dependent Diabetes
Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings
2015
Measuring Social Capital Investment: Scale Development and Examination of Links To Social Capital and Perceived Stress
Social Indicators Research
2015
Development and Evaluation of the Brief Sexual Openness Scale-a Construal Level Theory Based Approach
PLoS One
2015
A Meta-Analysis of Cigarette Smoking Prevalence among Adolescents in China: 1981-2010
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2015
Constructs, Concept Mapping, and Psychometric Assessment of the Concise Scale of Individualism-Collectivism
Social Behavior and Personality
2015
A Comparison of the Number of Men Who Have Sex With Men Among Rural-To-Urban Migrants With Non-Migrant Rural and Urban Residents in Wuhan, China: a GIS/Gps-Assisted Random Sample Survey Study
PLoS One
2015
Current Opinion on the Role of Testosterone in the Development of Prostate Cancer: a Dynamic Model
Bmc Cancer
2014
Acculturative Stress and Influential Factors Among International Students in China: a Structural Dynamic Perspective
PLoS One
2014
Cusp Catastrophe Model a Nonlinear Model for Health Outcomes in Nursing Research
Nursing Research

Grants

Jun 2020 ACTIVE
Preclinical evaluation of the efficacy and mechanism of action for an alkylated polyamine analogue diethylnorspermine in treating pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma
NATL INST OF HLTH NCATS · Project Manager
Dec 2018 – Jun 2019
FADAA Agreement
FL ALCOHOL & DRUG ABUSE ASSO · Principal Investigator
Apr 2015 ACTIVE
Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
UF DIV OF SPONSORED RES MATCHING FUNDS · Project Manager
Aug 2014 – Jun 2018
1/2 study of Aerosolized survance for the treatment
WAYNE STATE UNIV · Principal Investigator
Feb 2014 – Oct 2016
Social Capital and Hiv Risk Behavior Among Rural Migrant
NATL INST OF HLTH NIMH · Principal Investigator
Feb 2014 – Apr 2020
Modeling Quantum Change in Adolescent Sexual Initiation and Condom Use
NATL INST OF HLTH NICHD · Principal Investigator

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 294-5945
Emails:
Business:
jimax.chen@ufl.edu