Ph.D. Pathology, Boston University School of Medicine, 1994

M.M. Nutritional Toxicology, Shanghai First Medical College, 1981

M.B. Preventive Medicine, Shanghai First Medical College, 1978

• Cancer chemoprevention
• Environmental health
• Food safety
• Molecular biomarkers and epidemiology
• Molecular toxicology
• Natural toxins, mainly mycotoxins

Excellence in Teaching Award for Basic Medical Sciences, awarded by Nanjing Railway Medical College, Nanjing, China (1983-1985)

Distinguish Research Award for Food Safety, awarded by Jiangsu Province (1985)

National Research Award (Class II) in Trichothecene Mycotoxicosis awarded by State Scientific Commission of the PRC (1987)

2006 Outstanding Faculty, TIEHH, TTU

Georgia Research Alliance Distinguished Cancer Research Scientist (2009-2014)

Fulbright Faculty, Fulbright Foundation (2009)

Chang Jiang Lecture Professorship, Chinese Ministry of Education (2009-2012)

Delta-Omega National Honorary Society in Public Health (2009)

Keynote Speaker, Latin-America Association of Mycotoxicology (July 2010)

Excellence in Research Award, UGA College of Public Health (2012)

Distinguished Chinese Toxicologist Lectureship Award, American Association of Chinese in Toxicology/Society of Toxicology (2013)

UGA Athletic Association Endowed Professor in Public Health (2013-present)

Society of Toxicology Translational Impact Award (2018)

• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• American Association for Cancer Research
• American Society of Microbiology
• American Society of Nutrition
• American Society of Preventive Oncology
• International Society of Toxinology
• Society of Metabolomics
• Society of Toxicology
• The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

• EHSC 6910 Introductory Toxicology
• EHSC 7010  Fundamentals of Environmental Health Science
• EHSC 8010/8020  Advanced Topics in Envirnmental Health Science
• EHSC 8030 EHS Departmental Seminar
• EHSC 8210 Cancer Etiology and Prevention
• EHSC 8250 Biomarkers

• Molecular epidemiology and prevention of human esophageal cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma.
• Human health effects of environmental toxicants, expecially for food-borne toxicants.
• Intervention with natural products on human acute and chronic diseases with environmental linkage.
• Emerging environmental issues, such as global warming, climate changes, population growth, and urbanization.
• Human health effects of fresh water cynobacterial toxins.
• Development and validation of carcinogen biomarkers in high-risk populations.
• Toxicology of natural toxins.

Zhou, J., Tang, L., Shen, C-L., Wang, J.-S. (2020). Green tea polyphenols boost gut-microbiota-dependent mitochondrial TCA and urea cycles in Sprague-Dawley rats. Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, 81:108395.

Xue, K. S., Tang, L., Sun, G., Wang, S., Hu, X. and Wang, J.-S. (2019). Mycotoxin exposure is associated with increased risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in Huaian area, China, BMC Cancer, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-019-6439-x

Johnson, J. M., Naeher, L. P., Yu, X., Sosnoff, C., Wang, L., Rathbun, S. L., De Jesud, V. R., Xia, B., Holder, C., Muilenburg, J. L., Wang, J.-S. (2019). A Biomonitoring Assessment of Secondhand Exposure to Electronic Cigarette Emissions. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health (IJHEH), 222:816-823.

Zhou, J., Tang, L. and Wang, J.-S. (2019). Assessment of the Adverse Impacts of Aflatoxin B1 on Gut-Microbiota Dependent Metabolism in F344 Rats. Chemosphere, 217:618-628.

Zhou, J., Tang, L., Wang, J., Wang, J.-S. (2018). Aflatoxin B1 disrupts gut-microbial metabolisms of short chain fatty acids, long chain fatty acids and bile acids in male F344 rats. Toxicol. Sci. 164(2):453-464.

ECG-A-00-18-00001-00 Wang (PI) 10/01/2018-09/30/2023
USAID/ Peanut & Mycotoxin Innovation laboratory. Regulation of gut microbiome and metabolome by peanut supplement in Ugandan children

AID-OAA-G-14-00003 Wang (PI) 02/14/2014-10/13/2020
USAID Nutritional Innovation Laboratory. Aflatoxins and Child Nutrition in Africa

AID-OAA-G-14-00002 Wang (PI) 02/14/2014-10/13/2020
USAID Nutritional Innovation Laboratory. Aflatoxins and Child Nutrition in Asia