Min Lian, MD, PhD

Medical School Department Internal Medicine
Research Program Prevention and Control
Min Lian

Researcher Background

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine, WashU Medicine

Training

  • 2006 - 2008: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Education

  • 1995: MD, Southeast University Medical College, Nanjing, China
  • 2006: PhD, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

Research & Selected Publications

Research Interest

I am a spatial epidemiologist. My research interests focus primarily on 1) Methodologies of spatial Epidemiology, spatial statistics, and GIS modeling; 2) Modeling-based small-area mapping; 3) Assessment of neighborhood environment; 4) Gene-Neighborhood interactions; 5) Smoking cessation and tobacco control; 6) Cancer prevention and control.

Research Publications

Geographic Access to Cancer Care and Breast Cancer Treatment in Low-Income Women.
Authors:

Lian M, Struthers J, Greever-Rice T, Schmaltz C , Liu Y

Journal & Year:

Med Care • 2025

Geographic Access to Cancer Care and Treatment and Outcomes of Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
Authors:

Shrestha P, Liu Y, Struthers J, Kozower B, Lian M

Journal & Year:

JAMA Netw Open • 2025

The Role of Residential Segregation in Treatment and Outcomes of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ of the Breast.
Authors:

Nabi O, Liu Y, Struthers J, Lian M

Journal & Year:

Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev • 2024