Chair

Dr. Mei-Huei Chen (Taiwan)

Attending Physician, Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes
Adjunct Associate Professor, National Taiwan University College of Medicine

Scientific Committe (In Alphabetical Order by Cohort Nations)

Australia

Prof. Gita Mishra
The Mothers and their Children’s Health, MatCH
Professor of Life Course Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Queensland
Head of the Epidemiology and Biostatistics Division, School of Public Health, University of Queensland

Bangladesh

Prof. David Christiani
Harvard Reproductive and Birth Cohort​, HRBC
Professor of Medicine, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
Director, Harvard Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health
Physician, Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital

Assoc. Prof. Molly Kile
Harvard Reproductive and Birth Cohort​, HRBC
Associate Professor, College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University

Asst. Prof. Maitreyi Mazumdar​
Harvard Reproductive and Birth Cohort​, HRBC
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
​Assistant Professor of Environmental Health, Harvard Medical School

China

Prof. Jun Jim Zhang 
Shanghai Birth Cohort, SCB
Chair Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
​​Director, MOE -Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children’s Environmental Health, Xinhua Hospital

Prof. Yankai Xia
Nanjing Medical University Birth Cohort, NJMUBC
Associate Dean/Professor, Nanjing Medical University College of Public Health

Prof. Ying Tian
Laizhou Wan Birth Cohort, LWBC
Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Public Health

Iran

Prof. Roya Kelishadi
Persian Birth Cohort
Head, Child Growth and Development Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Assoc. Prof. Amir Houshang Mehrparvar
Persian Birth Cohort
Shahid sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Dr Navid Danaie
Persian Birth Cohort
Semnan university of medical sciences, Iran

Dr. Mohammad Sadegh Rezai
Persian Birth Cohort
Mazandaran university of medical sciences, Sari, Iran

Dr. Mohammad Sadegh Rezai
Persian Birth Cohort
Mazandaran university of medical sciences, Sari, Iran

Japan

Prof. Chisato Mori
Chiba study of Mother and Children’s Health, C-MACH
Professor, Department of Environmental Medicine, Chiba University, Japan

Dr. Hideoki Fukuoka 
Chiba study of Mother and Children’s Health, C-MACH
Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Japan

Prof. Kenji J Tsuchiya
Hamamatsu Birth Cohort for Mothers and Children, HBC Study
Professor, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Research Center for Child Mental Development

Prof. Shu Takagai
Hamamatsu Birth Cohort for Mothers and Children, HBC Study
Professor, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Prof. Reiko Kishi 
Hokkaido cohort: Hokkaido Study on Environment and Children’s Health, Hokkaido
Professor, Center for Environmental and Health Science, Hokkaido University

Prof. Atsuko Ikeda-Araki
Hokkaido cohort: Hokkaido Study on Environment and Children’s Health, Hokkaido
Professor, Hokkaido University Faculty of Health Sciences

Prof. Kunihiko Nakai
Tohoku Study of Child Development, TSCD
Professor, Tohoku University Graduate Schoo of Medicine​

Assis ProfNozomi Tatsuta
Tohoku Study of Child Development, TSCD
Assistant Professor, Tohoku University Graduate Schoo of Medicine

Korea

Prof. Kyungho Choi
Children’s Health and Environmental Chemicals of Korea Cohort, CHECK
Professor, School of Publi Health, Seoul National University

Assoc. Prof. Sungkyoon Kim​
Children’s Health and Environmental Chemicals of Korea Cohort, CHECK
Associate ProfessorSchool of Public Health, Seoul National University

Prof. Soo-Jong Hong
Cohort for Childhood Origin of Asthma and Allergic Diseases, COCOA
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Childhood Asthma Atopy Center, Environmental Health Center, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine

Asst. Prof. Youn Ho Shin
Cohort for Childhood Origin of Asthma and Allergic Diseases, COCOA
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Childhood Asthma Atopy Center, Environmental Health Center, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine

Prof. Kangmo Ahn
Cohort for Childhood Origin of Asthma and Allergic Diseases, COCOA
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine

Assoc. Prof. Kyung Won Kim
Cohort for Childhood Origin of Asthma and Allergic Diseases, COCOA
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine

Asst. Prof. Dong In Suh
Cohort for Childhood Origin of Asthma and Allergic Diseases, COCOA
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University College of Medicine

Prof. Yun-Chul Hong
Environment and Development of Children, EDC
Professor, Seoul National University Collge of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine

Prof. Eun-Hee Ha 
The Mothers and Children’s Environmental Health Study, MOCEH/ Korean CHildren’s Environmental health Study, Ko-CHENS
Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University
Director, Center for Mother and Children’s Health and Environment (MOCEH)

DrJeong Rim Lee
Panel Study on Korea Children, PSKC
The Korean Institute of Child Care and Education (KICCE)​

Malaysia

Assoc. Prof. Hamid Jan Jan Mohamed​
The USM Pregnancy Cohort Study, USM
Associate Professor, School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia

Dr. Loy See Ling
The USM Pregnancy Cohort Study, USM
Postdoctoral Fellow, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore

Mongolia

Dr. Rintaro Mori
Birth Cohort Study in Mongolia-Towards Solving Global Problems in the Maternal and Child Health, BCSM
Director, Department of Health Policy, National Center for Child Health and Development

Assoc. Prof. ​Ryan Allen
The Ulaanbaatar Gestation and Air Pollution Research, UGAAR
Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University

Dr. ​Enkhjargal Gombojav
The Ulaanbaatar Gestation and Air Pollution Research, UGAAR
​Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health, Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences

Nepal

Dr. Rajendra Prasad Parajuli 
Nepal Birth Cohort study in Chitwan Vally, Nepal
Research Associate, McGill University, NRS Dept, Montreal Canada 

Philippines

Prof. Linda S. Adair 
Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey, CLHNS
Professor, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Director, Nutrition Epidemiology Division, UNC-CH
Honorary Professor, School of Clinical Medicine, University of the Witswatersrand, South Africa

Dr. Judith B. Borja
Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey, CLHNS
Director, University of San Carlos – Office of Population Studies Foundation Inc.

Dr. Alan B. Feranil
Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey, CLHNS
Research Fellow, University of San Carlos – Office of Population Studies Foundation Inc.​

Dr. Nanette L. Mayol
Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey, CLHNS
Research Fellow, University of San Carlos – Office of Population Studies Foundation Inc.

Dr. Socorro A. Gultiano
Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey, CLHNS
Research Fellow, University of San Carlos – Office of Population Studies Foundation Inc.

Singapore

Assoc. Prof. Yap Seng Chong 
Growing Up in Singapore Towards healthy Outcomes, GUSTO
Vice-Dean and Associate Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
Senior Consultant, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, National University Hospital

Dr. Xiu Ling Evelyn Loo
Growing Up in Singapore Towards healthy Outcomes, GUSTO
​Principal Investigator, Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore

Sri Lanka

Dr. Sumal Nandasena 
Kalutara Childrens Health Study, KCHS​
Specialist in Public Health and Community Medicine, ​National Institute of Health Sciences, Sri Lanka

Prof. A R wikramasinghe
Kalutara Childrens Health Study, KCHS​
Professor of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Prof. Nalini Sathiyakumar
Kalutara Childrens Health Study, KCHS​
Professor of Epidemiology, ​Scholl of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

Tailand

Prof. Dana Boyd Barr
SAWASDEE Birth Cohort Study
Professor, Department of Environmental Health, Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health

Prof. Nancy Fiedler
SAWASDEE Birth Cohort Study
Deputy Director, Rutgers University School of Public Health

Taiwan

Prof. Pau-Chung Chen 
​Taiwan Birth Panel Study, TBPS
Director, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine
Professor, Department of Public Health and Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, National Taiwan University College of Public Health

Dr. Mei-Huei Chen 
​Taiwan Birth Panel Study, TBPS
Attending Physician, Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes
Assistant Professor, National Taiwan University College of Medicine

​Prof. Yue Leon Guo 
Taiwan Early-life Cohort, TEC
Director/Distinguished Investigator, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes 
Professor, Department of Public Health and Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, National Taiwan University College of Public Health
Attending Physician, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital ​

Dr. Shu-Li Wang 
​Taiwan Maternal and Infant Cohort Study, TMICS
Investigator, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes 

Prof. Mei-Lien Chen 
​Taiwan Maternal and Infant Cohort Study, TMICS
Professor, Institute of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, National Yang-Ming University

Prof. Ming-Tsang Wu 
​Taiwan Maternal and Infant Cohort Study, TMICS
Professor, Department of Public Health, Kaohsiung Medical University
Attending Physician, Department of Family Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital
Director, Center of Environmental & Occupational Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital

Asst. ​Prof. Chia-Jung Hsieh
​Taiwan Maternal and Infant Cohort Study, TMICS
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health, Tzu-Chi University

United Arab Emirates

Asst. Prof. ​Hadia Radwan
​Mother Infant Study Cohort, MISC
Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah

Prof. ​Reyad Rashid Shaker Obaid
​Mother Infant Study Cohort, MISC
Professor and Chair, Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah

Dr. Hayder Hasan
​Mother Infant Study Cohort, MISC
Lecturer, Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah

Dr. Mona Hashim
​Mother Infant Study Cohort, MISC
Lecturer, Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah

Vietnam

Assoc. Prof. Muneko Nishijo
BienHao Dioxin Cohort, BienHao Dioxin
Professor, Department of Public Health, Kanazawa Medical University

Prof. Teruhiko Kido
​DaDoCiV of cohort, DaDoCiv
Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, ​Kanazawa University

Dr. Pham The Tai ​
DaNang Dioxin Cohort, DaNang Dioxin
Researcher/Lecturer, Vietnam Military Medical University