Master's Supervisor
Name: Songchun Yang
Name (Pinyin): Yang Song Chun
Sex: Male
School/Department: Xiangya School of Public Health
Education Level: Postgraduate (Postdoctoral)
Date of Employment: 2024-09-11
Degree: Doctoral degree
Alma Mater: Peking University
Status: Employed
Discipline: Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Enrollment Disciplines: Public Health and Preventive Medicine

Dr. Songchun Yang, a member of the Communist Party of China, holds a Ph.D. in Epidemiology and Health Statistics. His research is dedicated to prevention strategies for common and frequently occurring diseases, particularly cardiovascular diseases. As of March 2026, he has published over 30 papers in both Chinese and English, including 13 original research articles as first/corresponding author (including co-authorship) in journals such as Neurology, Bulletin of the World Health Organization, and Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. He has served as Principal Investigator on one Youth Program (Category C) of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, one Youth Program (Category C) of the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province, and one General Project of Graduate Education and Teaching Reform at Central South University. He serves as an editorial board member of BMC Public Health and a reviewer for international journals including European Heart Journal, The Lancet Digital Health, and BMC Medicine. He undertakes teaching responsibilities for undergraduate courses in Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Medicine, as well as the graduate course in Clinical Epidemiology. Dynamic academic homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0021-4178

›Enhancing Cardiovascular Risk Prediction and Primary Prevention in the Elderly Using Risk Trajectory Modeling,开始日期:2026-01-01
›Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China:Research on the impact of modeling and recalibration strategies on the predictive performance of cardiovascular disease risk prediction models,开始日期:2025-02-12

›The Impact of Lifestyle Factors on Cardiometabolic Comorbidities and Mortality of Psoriatic Diseases: A Multi-State Model Analysis[J].J Am Acad Dermatol, 2025, 93 (3) : 715-723.
›Prevalence and 10-Year Risk of Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Central China Using Estimates From the 1 Million Cross-Sectional Study[J].Neurology, 2025, 104 (10) : e213545.
›Socioeconomic disparity in the natural history of cutaneous melanoma: evidence from two large prospective cohorts[J].J Epidemiol Community Health, 2024, 78 (11) : 713-720.
›Associations of polygenic risk scores with risks of stroke and its subtypes in Chinese[J].Stroke and Vascular Neurology, 2024, 9 (4) : 399-406.
›Minimal improvement in coronary artery disease risk prediction in Chinese population using polygenic risk scores: evidence from the China Kadoorie Biobank[J].Chinese Medical Journal, 2023, 136 (20) : 2476-2483.
›Association of air pollution and genetic risks with incidence of elderly-onset atopic dermatitis: A prospective cohort study[J].Ecotoxicol Environ Saf, 2023, 253: 114683.
›WHO cardiovascular disease risk prediction model performance in 10 regions, China[J].Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2023, 101 (4) : 238-247.
›Two-year impact of COVID-19 pandemic on hospitalized patients with skin diseases in China[J].J Med Virol, 2023, 95 (2) : e28511.
›Development of a Model to Predict 10-Year Risk of Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke and Ischemic Heart Disease Using the China Kadoorie Biobank[J].Neurology, 2022, 98 (23) : e2307-e2317.
›gwasfilter:用于筛选全基因组关联研究的R脚本[J].中华流行病学杂志, 2021, 42 (10) : 1876-1881.
›基于前瞻性人群队列的中国成年人排便频率与帕金森病的关联研究[J].中华流行病学杂志, 2020, 41 (1) : 48-54.
›Bowel movement frequency and risks of major vascular and non-vascular diseases: a population-based cohort study among Chinese adults[J].BMJ Open, 2020, 10 (1) : e031028.
›中国成年人排便频率与结直肠癌发病风险的前瞻性关联分析[J].中华流行病学杂志, 2019, 40 (4) : 382-388.

›Central South University 2025–2026 Academic Year Teaching Quality Excellence Award (Undergraduate Classroom Instruction),2026-09-30
›The Outstanding Paper of the Eighth National Conference on Epidemiology,2019-07-18
›The Outstanding Paper of the 9th National Academic Conference for Young and Middle-aged Epidemiologists,2018-10-22

Major : Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Bachelor's Degree in MedicineMajor : Epidemiology and Health Statistics
Master's Degree in MedicineMajor : Epidemiology and Health Statistics
Doctoral Degree in Medicine
Central South University › Xiangya School of Public Health › Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics
Xiangya Hospital Central South University › Department of Dermatology › Postdoctor

Editorial Board Member of BMC Public Health (2026-2027)

Name of Research Group: Attention please: There are no plans to admit international students (including CSC) for 2026–2028.
Description of Research Group:
【硕士生培养】本人2026年起招收硕士研究生,目前有学硕(流行病与卫生统计学)、专硕(健康大数据与人工智能)各1名在读。作为初创团队,我会为每位同学定制培养方案,保障一对一指导时间,高效回复邮件,积极创造机会引导和支持你综合能力的发展。在这里,老师将与你一起努力,共同成长。如果你对流行病学研究有真正的兴趣,欢迎来信(yangsongchun@csu.edu.cn),附上简历和一份简要的研究规划(建议300~500字)——规划不必宏大,真实即可。
【本科生培养】本人目前担任5名预防医学本科生的学业导师(2023级3名、2024级2名)。指导中,我鼓励学生积极申报大创项目,在实践中锤炼综合能力、深化专业认知,逐步明晰未来发展方向,并与本科毕设有机衔接,形成连贯的培养路径。在这里,有问必答——无论是学业上的困惑,还是科研入门的探索,我都将尽心提供力所能及的指导。如果你希望尽早接触科研、探索课堂之外的广阔天地,欢迎来信(yangsongchun@csu.edu.cn),请附:个人介绍(学习成绩、学工经历、性格特点等)和申请陈述(未来大致规划、期望获得的指导与收获等)。期待与你相遇,教学相长。