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Lei Huang
PeerJ Editor
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Contributions by subject area

Molecular Biology
Virology
Epidemiology
Infectious Diseases
Pediatrics
Biochemistry
Genetics
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Clinical Trials
Surgery and Surgical Specialties
Metabolic Sciences
Obesity
Bioinformatics
Oncology
Medical Genetics
Nutrition
Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Immunology
Internal Medicine

Lei Huang

PeerJ Editor

Summary

Dr. Lei Huang is a cancer epidemiologist, translational oncologist, digestive surgeon, surgical oncologist, and gastroenterologist. He has published about 50 papers in SCI(E)-indexed journals including Gut, Annals of Surgery, BMC Medicine, JAMA Surgery, Clinical Cancer Research, Cancer Immunology Research, International Journal of Cancer, EBioMedicine, and Gastric Cancer. His works have been cited for about 1000 times.

Dr. Huang has served on the editorial board of Frontiers in Oncology, World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology, PeerJ, Medicine, and Translational Cancer Research, and Frontiers in Surgery. He has been peer reviewer for about 50 SCI(E)-indexed journals including Annals of Internal Medicine, Annals of Surgery, Clinical Cancer Research, Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network-JNCCN, Cancer Letters, Oncoimmunology, and Oncologist. He was selected as Best Reviewer for Annals of Internal Medicine twice in 2017 and 2019.

Dr. Huang has been invited to give oral presentations in the ASCO Annual Meeting and International Gastric Cancer Congress (IGCC), and has received Merit Awards in the ESMO Annual Meeting and Awards for Young Investigators in the IGCC.

His research interests majorly cover the epidemiological, clinical, and translational aspects of digestive cancers. He has successfully coordinated several large international investigations with participants from the US and about 20 European countries.

Clinical Trials Epidemiology Gastroenterology & Hepatology Infectious Diseases Internal Medicine Oncology Pathology Respiratory Medicine Surgery & Surgical Specialties

Editorial Board Member

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Work details

Epidemiologist

German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
November 2015 - June 2019
Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research
Dr. Huang conducted his PhD work in the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) after passing a highly competitive international selection by the DKFZ and securing a fellowship due to top rank. He obtained his PhD title with the highest grade Summa Cum Laude from Medical Faculty Heidelberg of Heidelberg University in Germany. He has 2 master degrees, one in translational science and one in medicine, both with very good grade. After submitting his PhD thesis, he worked as an epidemiologist in the DKFZ. He has now received the Visiting Fellow Award of the US National Institute of Health (NIH).

PeerJ Contributions

  • Edited 3

Academic Editor on

April 14, 2021
Transient postprandial increase in intact circulating fibroblast growth factor-21 levels after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a randomized controlled clinical trial
Mette S. Nielsen, Susanna Søberg, Julie B. Schmidt, Anne Chenchar, Anders Sjödin, Matthew P. Gillum
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11174 PubMed 33954037
February 26, 2021
High prevalence of circulating DS-1-like human rotavirus A and genotype diversity in children with acute gastroenteritis in Thailand from 2016 to 2019
Siripat Pasittungkul, Fajar Budi Lestari, Jiratchaya Puenpa, Watchaporn Chuchaona, Nawarat Posuwan, Jira Chansaenroj, John Mauleekoonphairoj, Natthinee Sudhinaraset, Nasamon Wanlapakorn, Yong Poovorawan
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10954 PubMed 33680579
October 8, 2020
The advanced lung cancer inflammation index predicts short and long-term outcomes in patients with colorectal cancer following surgical resection: a retrospective study
Hailun Xie, Shizhen Huang, Guanghui Yuan, Jiaan Kuang, Ling Yan, Lishuang Wei, Shuangyi Tang, Jialiang Gan
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10100 PubMed 33083140