Dr. Xu Gao. Ph.D.

Early Career Collaborator

Dr. Xu Gao earned his PhD in epidemiology from Heidelberg University at Heidelberg, Germany. He has been working with Dr. Dan Belsky since his postdoctoral training with Dr. Andrea Baccarelli at Columbia University in 2018. He is now an Assistant Professor of the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences at Peking University, China. As an epidemiologist and epigeneticist, he has a broad research interest including aging, environmental health, and epigenetic epidemiology. His recent and ongoing research explores potential molecular pathways linking environmental exposures to human aging by integrating advanced epidemiologic methods, clinical assessments, and multi-omics data. Up to date, he has published 30+ peer-reviewed articles related to aging. In his spare time, his passions include reading, tech gadgets, and coffee. Follow Xu on Twitter and publications on Google Scholar.