Superfund Research Program

Qi Sun

Harvard University
665 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02115-6028
Phone: 617-432-7490
Email: qisun@hsph.harvard.edu

Projects

• University of Rhode Island: Inflammation and Metabolic Changes in Children Developmentally Exposed to PFASs (2017-2022)

Publications

2023

• Zhang Y, Mustieles V, Wang Y, Sun Q, Coull BA, Sun Y, Slitt AL, Messerlian C. 2023. Red blood cell folate modifies the association between serum per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and antibody concentrations in U.S. adolescents. Environ Sci Technol 57(6):2445-2456. doi:10.1021/acs.est.2c07152 PMID:36715557

2022

• Lochhead P, Khalili H, Ananthakrishnan AN, Burke KE, Richter JM, Sun Q, Grandjean P, Chan AT. 2022. Plasma concentrations of perfluoroalkyl substances and risk of inflammatory bowel diseases in women: a nested case control analysis in the Nurses' Health Study cohorts. Environ Res 207:112222. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2021.112222 PMID:34662575

2021

• Gardener H, Sun Q, Grandjean P. 2021. PFAS concentration during pregnancy in relation to cardiometabolic health and birth outcomes. Environ Res 192:110287. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2020.110287 PMID:33038367 PMCID:PMC7736328

2020

• Liu G, Zhang B, Hu Y, Rood J, Liang L, Qi L, Bray GA, DeJonge L, Coull BA, Grandjean P, Furtado JD, Sun Q. 2020. Associations of perfluoroalkyl substances with blood lipids and apolipoproteins in lipoprotein subspecies: The POUNDS-lost study. Environmental Health 19:doi:10.1186/s12940-020-0561-8 PMID:31931806 PMCID:PMC6958662

2019

• Hu XC, Tokranov AK, Liddie J, Zhang X, Grandjean P, Hart JE, Laden F, Sun Q, Yeung LW, Sunderland EM. 2019. Tap water contributions to plasma concentrations of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in a nationwide prospective cohort of U.S. women. Environ Health Perspect doi:10.1289/EHP4093 PMID:31170009 PMCID:PMC6792361

2018

• Sun Q, Zong G, Valvi D, Nielsen F, Coull BA, Grandjean P. 2018. Plasma concentrations of perfluoroalkyl substances and risk of type 2 diabetes: A prospective investigation among U.S. women. Environ Health Perspect 126:037001. doi:10.1289/ehp2619 PMID:29498927 PMCID:PMC6071816

2017

• Liu B, Lehmler H, Sun Y, Xu G, Sun Q, Hu F, Wallace RB, Boa W, Hu FB, Zhong G, Liu Y. 2017. Bisphenol A substitutes and obesity in US adults: analysis of a population-based, cross-sectional study. Lancet Planet Health 1(3):e114-e122. doi:10.1016/S2542-5196(17)30049-9 PMID:29308453 PMCID:PMC5751959

2015

• Grandjean P, Barouki R, Bellinger DC, Casteleyn L, Chadwick LH, Cordier S, Etzel R, Gray K, Ha E, Junien C, Karagas MR, Kawamoto T, Lawrence BP, Perera F, Prins GS, Rosenfeld CS, Sherr DH, Sly PD, Suk WA, Sun Q, Toppari J, van den Hazel P, Walker CL, Heindel JJ. 2015. Life-long implications of developmental exposure to environmental stressors: new perspectives. Endocrinology 156(10):3408-3415. doi:10.1210/EN.2015-1350 PMID:26241067 PMCID:PMC4588822

2010

• Qi L, Kraft P, Hunter DJ, Hu F, Sun Q. 2010. Twelve type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci identified through large-scale association analysis. Nat Genet 42(7):579-589. doi:10.1038/ng.609 PMID:20581827 PMCID:PMC3080658