 Dr. Zhong-Cheng, LUO is an assistant professor in perinatal epidemiology, Perinatal Research Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gyneocology, Hospital Sainte Justine, University of Montreal.
He received his Bachelor Degree (Medicine) in 1986, and Master Degree (Epidemiology and Public Health) in 1989 in China, and Doctoral degree (pediatric epidemiology) in 2000 in the University of Hong Kong, and completed his postdoctoral training (Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology) in McGill University (2004.5).
His main research is to employ a transdisciplinary approach to study the causes and consequences of adverse pregnancy outcomes and their long-term consequences through both population-based and hospital-based studies. The population-based studies aim to understand the determinants of perinatal outcomes at the population-level, with a focus on the differentials between Canadian aboriginal and non-aboriginal women. The hospital-based studies aim to address the biological determinants and causal pathways of adverse pregnancy outcomes and their long-term consequences.
His major current research projects are: 1). "Community Characteristics and and Birth Outcomes among Canadian aboriginal women", which is funded by the Institutes of Aboriginal Peoples Health, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR); 2) Nutritional, Environmental, and Genetic Factors in Modulating Oxidative Stress and Outcomes for the Mother (Preeclampsia) and Baby (Fetal Growth), which is funded by CIHR. 3) Prenatal antioxidant supplementation, oxidative stress and early indicators of programming of metabolic and cardiovascular disorders, which is funded by CIHR. Dr. Luo holds a junior career scientist award in clinical epidemiology from the Quebec Foundation for Health Research (FRSQ).
Recent publications (selected):
- Luo ZC, Fraser WD, Julien P, Deal CL, Audibert F, Smith GN, Xiong X, Walker M. Tracing the origins of “fetal origins” of adult diseases: programming by oxidative stress? Medical Hypotheses 2006;66(1):38-44. Epub 2005 Sep 27.
- Luo ZC, Wilkins R, Ross N, Kramer MS. The effects of small area-level neighborhood income and large area-level income inequality on fetal growth. Am J Epidemiology. 2005;161 (Suppl): S119
- Luo ZC, Kierans WJ, Wilkins R, Liston RM, Uh SH,and Kramer MS, for the British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency. Infant mortality among First Nations versus non-First Nations in British Columbia: temporal trends in rural versus urban areas, 1981-2000. International Journal of Epidemiology 2004;33:1252-9.
- Luo ZC, Kierans WJ, Wilkins R , Liston RM , Mohamed J, and Kramer MS, for the British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency. Disparities in birth outcomes by neighborhood income: temporal trend in rural and urban areas, British Columbia. Epidemiology 2004;15:679-86.
- Luo ZC, Wilkins R, Kramer and the Fetal and Infant Health Study Group of the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System. Differentials in pregnancy outcomes according to marital/cohabitation status. Obstetrics & Gynecology 2004;103:1300-7.
- Luo ZC, Wilkins R, Platt RW, Kramer and the Fetal and Infant Health Study Group of the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System. Risks of adverse pregnancy outcomes among Inuit and North American Indian women in Quebec. Perinatal and Paediatric Epidemiology 2004;18:40-50.
- Luo ZC, Liu S, Wilkins R, Kramer MS and the Fetal and Infant Health Study Group of the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System. Risks of stillbirth and early neonatal death by day of week in Canada. Canadian Medical Association Journal 2004;170:337-41.
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