Shenghui  Wu, M.D., Ph.D., Master of Medicine

Dr. Wu has more than 18 years’ experience in cancer, cardiovascular disease, obesity and diabetes and other disease epidemiology research to evaluate the effect of lifestyle, biomarkers, and other factors on the risk and survival of cancer and other diseases in populations. Dr. Wu has published more than 50 articles and is the first and/or corresponding author for most of these publications. Dr. Wu has experience in grant application, project design, oversight and implementation, data analysis and manuscript writing. Dr. Wu has worked for several large research projects and is a PI/co-I/collaborator for several projects. Dr. Wu is a member of DoD grant review committee, several professional associations/organizations, and a peer reviewer/editor for multiple professional journals. Dr. Wu has developed and taught several epidemiology courses for graduate, undergraduate and high school students and has supervised students to conduct research projects. Dr. Wu contributed a lot of service work to the profession, university, department, community, and the public. 

• Professional Background

  Education

  • 2008 - PhD - Public Health and Epidemiology - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, School of Public Health
  • 2002 - MPH - Master of Medicine in Epidemiology - Southeast University, School of Public Health
  • 1999 - MD - Preventive Medicine - Southeast University
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship - Chronic Disease Epidemiology - The Chinese University of Hong Kong, School of Public Health
  • Internship - Internship in public health - Shanghai Railway Center for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Internship - Internship in clinical medicine - Bengbu Railway Hospital
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship - Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology - Vanderbilt University

  Appointments

  • 9/2014 - Assistant Professor - The University of Texas Health at San Antonio, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, San Antonio

• Research & Grants

  Grants

  Private

  Funding Agency Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Title Using PCORnet to Compare Blood Pressure Control Strategies Status Active Period 6/2019 - 6/2021 Role Principal Investigator Grant Detail Establish a national blood pressure control surveillance system using PCORnet that generates national statistics on blood pressure control and provides routine feedback on institution- and clinic-level control rates to participating institutions.

• Publications

  Journal Article

  Wu S (corresponding author). Carotenoid Intake and Circulating Carotenoids Are Inversely Associated with the Risk of Bladder Cancer: A Dose-Response Meta-analysis Adv Nutr 2019 Dec;. Wu SH (corresponding author), Fisher-Hoch S, Reininger BM, Miyoung Lee, McCormick J. Fruit and Vegetable Intake Is Inversely Associated with Cancer Risk in Mexican-Americans Nutrition and Cancer 2019 Apr;. Wu SH, Fisher-Hoch S, Reininger BM, McCormick J. Association between Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Symptoms of Mental Health Conditions in Mexican Americans Health Psychol 2018 Oct;37(11):1059-1066. Wu SH, Ozaki K, Reed T, Krasnow RE, Dai J. A New Look at Genetic and Environmental Architecture on Lipids Using Non-Normal Structural Equation Modeling in Male Twins: the NHLBI Twin Study Behavior Genetics 2017 Apr;47(4):425-433. Akizhanova M, Iskakova E, Kim V, Wang X, Kogay R, Turebayeva A, Sun Q, Zheng T, Wu SH, Miao L, Xie Y. PSA and Prostate Health Index in Prostate Cancer Screening in a Hereditary Migration Complicated Population: Implications in Precision Diagnosis J of cancer 2017 Jan;8(7):1223-1228. Wu SH (corresponding author), Park KS. McCormick J. Effects of Exercise Training on Fat Loss and Lean Mass Gain in Mexican-American and Korean Premenopausal Women International Journal of Endocrinology 2017 Jan;2017(2017). Wu SH (corresponding author), McCormick J, J Curran, Fisher-Hoch S. Transition from Pre-Diabetes to Diabetes and Predictors of Risk in Mexican-Americans Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity 2017 Jan;10:491-503. Wu SH, Fisher-Hoch SP, Reininger B, McCormick JB. Recommended Levels of Physical Activity Are Associated with Reduced Risk of the Metabolic Syndrome in Mexican-Americans PLoS One 2016 Apr;11(4). Wu SH, Fisher-Hoch S, Reininger B, McCormick J. Meeting or Exceeding Physical Activity Guidelines is Associated with Reduced Risk for Cancer in Mexican-Americans American Journal of Cancer Prevention 2016 Jan;4(1):1-7. Wu SH, Fisher-Hoch SP, Reninger B, Vatcheva K, McCormick JB. Metabolic Health Has Greater Impact on Diabetes than Simple Overweight/Obesity in Mexican Americans J Diabetes Res 2016 Jan;2016:4094876-4094876. Wu SH, Kim TK, Wu X, Scherler K, Baxter D, Wang K, Krasnow RE, Reed T, Dai J. Circulating microRNAs and Life Expectancy among Identical Twins Annals of human genetics 2016 Jan;80:247-256. Wu SH (corresponding author), Liu Z, Liu Z, Tse LA. Prevalence and Risk Factors of Lower Reproductive Tract Infections among Women in an Urban Area of China International Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology 2015 Feb;4(2):115-120. Wu SH, Shu XO, Milne G, Xiang YB, Zhang X, Cai Q, Fazio S, Linton MF, Chen H, Purdue M, Rothman N, Gao YT, Zheng W, Yang G, Wu S. Uric Acid Correlates to Oxidation and Inflammation in Opposite Directions in Women Biomarkers 2015 Jan;20(4):225-231. Qiu Q, Su Y, Zheng Y, Cai H, Wu SH, Lu W, Zheng W, Shu XO, Cai Q. Increased pSmad2 Expression and Cytoplasmic Predominant Presence of TGF-βRII in Breast Cancer Tissue Are Associated with Poor Prognosis: Results from the Shanghai Breast Cancer Study Breast cancer research and treatment 2015 Jan;149(2):467-477.