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EDUCATION 08/2010 – 08/2013 Ph. D. in EpidemiologyArnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA09/2005 – 08/2007 M. Phil. in Public HealthSchool of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong08/2000 – 07/2005 M. D. in Preventive MedicineSchool of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, ChinaWORKING EXPERIENCE05/2014 – present Associate ProfessorSchool of Public Health, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China08/2013 – 09/2014 Postdoctoral FellowCenters for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA08/2010 – 08/2013 Research AssistantArnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA01/2008 – 07/2010 Postdoctoral FellowInjury Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA08/2007 – 12/2007 Laboratory AssistantThe Interdisciplinary Program in Biomedical Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA09/2005 – 08/2007 Research AssistantDepartment of Community Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong KongREVIEW EDITORFrontiers in Public Health Education and Promotion JournalREVIEWER American Journal of Preventive MedicineAmerican Journal of Public HealthEuropean Journal of Public HealthBMC Public HealthInternational Journal of ObesityJournal of Epidemiology and Community HealthPublic Health NutritionHealth & PlaceBritish Medical Journal-OpenJournal of Hunger and Environmental NutritionJournal of Nutrition Education and BehaviorBoneMaternal Child Health JournalAcademic Emergency MedicineQuality of Life ResearchObesity ReviewsAnnals of Public Health and ResearchSocial Science & MedicineTraffic Injury PreventionRESEARCH INTEREST• Chronic disease prevention: cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and osteoporosis• Food environment, spatial food access and food security• System dynamic modeling, spatial epidemiology• Obesity variables and motor vehicle crash injuryPEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS* Corresponding author1. Ma X,* Fleischer NL, Liu J, Hardin JW, Zhao G, Liese AD. (2015). Neighborhood deprivation and preterm birth: an application of propensity score matching. Annals of Epidemilogy, 25(2): 120-125.2. Liese AD, Hibbert JD, Ma X, Bell BA, Battersby SE. (2014). Where Are the Food Deserts? An Evaluation of Policy-Relevant Measures of Community Food Access in South Carolina. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 9(1): 16-32.3. Ma X,* Liu J, Smith M. (2014). WIC participation and breastfeeding in South Carolina: updates from PRAMS 2009-2010. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 18(5): 1271-1279. 4. Fu X, Zhu F, Zhao X, Ma X, Zhu S.* (2014) Central fat accumulation associated with metabolic risks beyond total fat in normal BMI Chinese adults. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism, 64(2):93-100. 5. Ye S, Song A, Yang M, Ma X, Fu X, Zhu S.* (2014). Duration of television viewing and bone mineral density in Chinese women. Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism, 32(3): 324-330. 6. Fu X, Song A, Zhou Y, Ma X, Jiao J, Yang M, Zhu S.* (2013). Association of regional body fat with metabolic risks in Chinese women. Public Health Nutrition, 1-9. 7. Ma X, Battersby SE, Bell BA, Hibbert JD, Barnes TL, Liese AD.* (2013). Variation in low food access areas due to data source inaccuracies. Applied Geography, 45: 131-137.8. Ma X, Griffin R, McGwin G, Allison DB, Heymsfield SB, He W, Zhu S.* (2013). Effectiveness of Booster Seats Compared With No Restraint or Seat Belt Alone for Crash Injury Prevention. Academic Emergency Medicine, 20(9): 880-87. 9. Ma X, Zhu S.* (2013). Metabolic syndrome in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes - still a matter of debate? European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 67: 518–521.10. Ma X,* McGhee SM. (2013). A cross-sectional study on socioeconomic status and health-related quality of life among elderly Chinese. BMJ Open, 3: e002418.11. Liese AD,* Ma X, Maahs DM, Trilk JL. (2013). Physical activity, sedentary behaviors, physical fitness, and their relation to health outcomes in youth with type 1 and type 2 diabetes: A review of the epidemiologic literature. Journal of Sport and Health Science, 2(1): 21-38.12. Ma X, Barnes TL, Freedman DA, Bell BA, Colabianchi N, Liese AD.* (2013). Test-retest reliability of a questionnaire measuring perceptions of neighborhood food environment. Health & Place, 21c: 65-69.13. Kim JE, Kim IH, Shum PC, Shih AM, Pintar F, Shen W, Ma X, Laud PW, Heymsfield SB, Allison DB, Zhu S.* (2012). A computational study of injury severity and pattern sustained by overweight drivers in frontal motor vehicle crashes. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 1-13.14. Ma X, Layde P, Zhu S.* (2012). Association between child restraint systems use and injury in motor vehicle crashes. Academic Emergency Medicine, 19(8): 916-23.15. Lu H, Fu X, Ma X, Wu Z, He W, Wang Z, Allison DB, Heymsfield SB, Zhu S.* (2011). Relationships of percent body fat and percent trunk fat with bone mineral density among Chinese, black, and white subjects. Osteoporosis International, 22(12): 3029-35. 16. Fu X, Zhao X, Lu H, Fan J, Ma X, Zhu S.* (2011). Association between sleep duration and bone mineral density in Chinese women. Bone, 49(5): 1062-6. 17. He W, Zhu F, Ma X, Zhao X, Zheng M, Chen Z, Heymsfield SB, Zhu S.* (2011). Actinic skin damage and mortality - the first national health and nutrition examination survey epidemiologic follow-up study. Public Library of Science One, 6(5): 1-9, e19907.18. Ma X, Laud PW, Pintar F, Kim JE, Shih A, Shen W, Heymsfield SB, Allison DB, Zhu S.* (2011). Obesity and non-fatal motor vehicle crash injuries: sex difference effects. International Journal of Obesity (Lond), 35(9): 1216-24.19. Zhu S,* Ma X, Tang J. (2011). What is the optimal body mass index for Chinese people? Canadian Medical Association Journal, 183(6): 645-6.20. Fu X, Ma X, Lu H, He W, Wang Z, Zhu S.* (2011). Associations of fat mass and fat distribution with bone mineral density in pre- and postmenopausal Chinese women. Osteoporosis International, 22(1): 113-119.21. Zhu S,* Kim JE, Ma X, Shih A, Laud PW, Pintar F, Shen W, Heymsfield SB, Allison DB. (2010). BMI and risk of serious upper body injury following motor vehicle crashes: concordance of real-world and computer-simulated observations. Public Library of Science Medicine, 7(3): 1-13, e1000250.22. Ma X, Ma Y, Zhu S.* (2009). Current situation of disaster medicine and its countermeasures in China. Chinese Journal of Emergency Medicine, 18: 1005-1008.23. He W, Ma X, Gao S, Pan S, Ma Y, Zhu S.* (2009). Child safety seats: make children safe in crashes. Chinese Journal of Emergency Medicine, 18: 568-571.24. Zhu S,* Ma X, Heng K. (2007). Is injury predictable and preventable? Chinese Journal of Emergency Medicine, 16: 1013-1016.25. Ma X, Zhang T,* Chen Y, Hu H. (2006). Availability and reliability of indicators for evaluating rural medical institutions. Chinese Rural Health Service Administration, 26: 14-15.26. Zhang T,* Chen Y, Ma X, Hu H. (2006). Basic framework of indicators of a national re-check on the progress of national PHC guideline (2001-2010). Chinese Rural Health Service Administration, 26: 11-14.BOOK CHAPTERMa X, He W, Zhu S. (2013). Fat and Fat Distribution in Menopause: Chinese Aspects. In Nutrition and Diet in Menopause (pp. 271-279). Humana Press.PRESENTATIONS AND ABSTRACTS1. Ma X, Jones S, Liese AD. (2014). Neighborhood food access and food security status among households with children. 4th Nutrition Center Symposium. March 2014, Columbia, SC, USA. (Oral)2. Fleischer NL, Hammond R, Ma X, Jones S, Frongillo E, Gundersen C, Hirschman J, Coleman-Jensen A, Mehta N, Liese AD. (2014). Building a systems map of childhood food security: A qualitative map to inform quantitative modeling. 4th Nutrition Center Symposium. March 2014, Columbia, SC, USA. (Oral)3. Fleischer NL, Hammond R, Ma X, Jones S, Frongillo E, Gundersen C, Hirschman J, Coleman-Jensen A, Mehta N, Liese AD. (2014). Building a systems map of childhood food security: A qualitative map to inform quantitative modeling. Conference on Complex Systems, Health Disparities, and Population Health: Building Bridges. February 2014, Bethesda, MD, USA. (Poster)4. Ma X, Fletcher NL, Liu J, Zhao G, Hardin JW, Liese AD. (2013). Neighborhood Deprivation and Adverse Birth Outcomes in South Carolina. 3rd Nutrition Center Symposium. March 2013, Columbia, SC, USA. (Poster)5. Ma X, Liu J, Smith M. (2012). WIC participation and breastfeeding in South Carolina. Carolina Women’s Health Research Forum 2012. October 2012, Columbia, SC, USA. (Poster)6. Ma X, Barnes TL, Freedman DA, Bell BA, Liese AD. (2012). Test-retest reliability of a questionnaire measuring perceptions of neighborhood food environment. 8th International Conference on Diet and Activity Methods. May 2012, Rome, Italy. (Poster)7. Ma X, Barnes TL, Freedman DA, Bell BA, Liese AD. (2012). Test-retest reliability of a questionnaire measuring perceptions of neighborhood food environment. International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012. May 2012, Austin, Texas, USA. (Poster)8. Liese AD, Hibbert JD, Ma X, Bell BA, Battersby SE. (2012). Where are the food deserts? An evaluation of policy-relevant measures of community food access in South Carolina. International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012. May 2012, Austin, Texas, USA. (Oral)9. Bell BA, Ma X, Hibbert JD, Battersby SE, Liese AD. (2012). Are food deserts really food swamps? An evaluation of the foodscape in an eight-county area. International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2012. May 2012, Austin, Texas, USA. (Oral)10. Ma X, Laud PW, Pintar F, Kim JE, Shih A, Shen W, Heymsfield SB, Allison DB, Zhu S. (2009). Obesity and non-fatal injury in motor vehicle crashes. 27th Annual Scientific Meeting, the Obesity Society. September 2009, Washington DC, USA. (Poster)11. Fu X, Ma X, Lu H, He W, Wang Z, Zhu S. (2009). The effect of fat mass and fat mass distribution on bone mineral density in pre- and post-menopausal women. 27th Annual Scientific Meeting, the Obesity Society. September 2009, Washington DC, USA. (Poster)12. He W, Ma X, Lu H, Fu X, Gao S, Wang Z, Zhu S. (2009). Waist circumference cutoffs for identifying metabolic risk factors in Chinese adults. 27th Annual Scientific Meeting, the Obesity Society. September 2009, Washington DC, USA. (Poster)13. Lu H, Ma X, Fu X, He W, Wang Z, Allison DB, Heymsfield SB, Zhu S. (2009). Trunk fat and metabolic risk factors: influence of ethnicity. 27th Annual Scientific Meeting, the Obesity Society. September 2009, Washington DC, USA. (Poster)14. Zhu S, Ma X, Shen W, McGinley E, Laud PW. (2008). Does body composition play a role in motor vehicle injury? 8th International Symposium on In Vivo Body Composition Studies. May 2008, New York, NY, USA. (Oral)15. Ma X, McGhee SM. (2007). Association between SES and QOL among aging people in Hong Kong. Festival of International Conferences on Caregiving, Disability, Aging and Technology. June 2007, Toronto, Canada. (Poster)16. Ma X, McGhee SM. (2006). The association between socioeconomic status and quality of life among older people in Hong Kong. 11th Research Postgraduate Symposium. December 2006, Hong Kong. (Poster)GRANTS AND FUNDINGPrincipal investigator. Healthcare Access and Acute Cardiovascular Event in China (HACE) Project. China Medical Board, 01/ 2015 – 12/ 2017, $150,000.Principal investigator. Obesity related SNP and body composition. National Natural Science Foundation of China, 01/ 2015 – 12/ 2017, ￥230,000.Principal investigator. Food environment and food access in China. Chinese university research innovation funding, 01/ 2014 – 12/ 2015, ￥100,000.Funded postdoctoral fellow. Positioning USC for National Prominence in Food Security and Food Access Research in the United States. ASPIRE-II, University of South Carolina, 08/2013 – 08/2014, $99,969.Student travel grant, University of South Carolina, 05/2012, $800.Funded postdoctoral fellow. Obesity-related Variables and Motor Vehicle Injury. R01 grant, National Institute of Health, USA (1R01EB006552-01A1), 07/2007 – 10/2010, $1,015873.Postdoctoral fellow travel grant, Medical College of Wisconsin, 06/2009, $1,000.