Email ht.sun@nus.edu.sg

Dr Haitong Sun, Principal Investigator of HAITONG Lab (Health Associated Integrated Traverse of Nature and Geoscience), is an Earth and planetary scientist, statistician, and environmental epidemiologist. HAITONG Lab aims to employ interdisciplinary approaches and perspectives to investigate the interactions between changes in the natural and social environments and population health. Dr Sun is particularly dedicated to developing quantitative methodological frameworks, which include, but are not limited to, the parametrisation of atmospheric physicochemical processes, post-simulation data mining of Earth system numerical models, and the establishment of Environmetrics as an independent discipline. Currently, Dr Sun is leading the ZEBRA decadal longitudinal Chinese maternity cohort, which has enrolled nearly 0.2 million participants. By facilitating precise perinatal diagnosis and monitoring, the cohort is employed to explore the feasibility of early clinical vigilance systems to protect women’s health.

• NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (Joint)
• NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Centre for Sustainable Medicine (Primary)
• University of Cambridge (United Kingdom), National Centre for Atmospheric Science (Adjunct)
• Zhejiang University (China), School of Medicine (Adjunct)

• Environmental science
• Environmetrics
• Atmospheric chemistry
• Earth system modelling
• Environmental epidemiology
• Reproductive health
• Sociological geography

• Planetary Health and Environmetrics
• Quantitative Methods in Environmental Health Studies

• PhD in Chemistry and Earth Science (Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK)
• PhD in Public Health (Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, UK)
• MSc in Environmental Health and Engineering (Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, USA)
• MA in Risk Science and Public Policy (Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, USA)
• BSc in Environmental Science (College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, China)
• BSc in Maths and Applied Mathematics (School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking University, China)

• US Government Fulbright Scholar
• Cambridge Outstanding PhD Thesis Award

• 2022–present: Advisory Committee Member, National Centre for Women and Children’s Health, Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, China
• 2020–2023: Early Career Research Fellow, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Cambridge, UK
• 2023–2024: Senior Research Scientist, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Cambridge, UK

• World Health Organization, Technical Advisory Committee Member, Global Air Pollution and Health Group

• Sun, H.Z., van Daalen, K.R., Morawska, L., Guillas, S., Giorio, C., Di, Q., Kan, H., Loo, E.X.L., Shek, L.P., Watts, N., Guo, Y., Archibald, A., 2024. An estimate of global cardiovascular mortality burden attributable to ambient ozone exposure reveals urban-rural environmental injustice. One Earth 7(10), 1803–1819. (Editorial Recommendation☆)
• Luo, Z., Lv, Z., Zhao, J., Sun, H.Z., He, T., Yi, W., Zhang, Z., He, K., Liu, H., 2024. Ship-related pollution decreased but mortality increased in Chinese port cities. Nat Cities 1, 295–304. (Cover Article☆)
• Sun, H.Z., Zhao, J., Liu, X., Qiu, M., Shen, H., Guillas, S., Giorio, C., Staniaszek, Z., Yu, P., Wan, M.W.L., Chim, M.M., Li, Y., Liu, Z., Xia, M., Ke, S., Zhao, H., Wang, H., He, K., Liu, H., Guo, Y., Archibald, A.T., 2023. Antagonism between ambient ozone increase and urbanization-oriented population migration on Chinese cardiopulmonary mortality. Innovation 4(6), 100517.
• Sun, H.Z., Yu, P., Lan, C., Wan, M., Hickman, S., Murulitharan, J., Shen, H., Yuan, L., Guo, Y., Archibald, A.T., 2022. Cohort-based Long-term ozone exposure-associated mortality risks with adjusted metrics: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Innovation 3(3), 100246.
• Sun, H.Z., Tang, H., Fang, J., Dai, H., Zhao, H., Xu, S., Xiang, Q., Tian, Y., Jiao, Y., Luo, T., Huang, M., Shu, J., Zang, L., Liu, H., Guo, Y., Xu, W., Bai, X., 2023. A Chinese longitudinal maternity cohort study (2013–2021) on intrahepatic cholestasis phenotypes: Risk associations from environmental exposure to adverse pregnancy outcomes. J Hazard Mater 463, 132915.
• Sun, H.Z., Shin, Y. M., Xia, M., Ke, S., Wan, M., Yuan, L., Guo, Y., Archibald, A.T., 2022. Spatial Resolved Surface Ozone with Urban and Rural Differentiation during 1990–2019: A Space-Time Bayesian Neural Network Downscaler. Environ Sci Technol 56(11), 7337–7349.
• Sun, H.Z., Archibald, A.T., 2021. Multi-stage ensemble-learning-based model fusion for surface ozone simulations: A focus on CMIP6 models. Environ Sci Ecotechnol 8, 100124. (Editor’s Choice☆)
• Sun, H.Z., Shen, H., Chen, Y., Russell, A. G., Hu, Y., Odman, M.T., Archibald, A.T., Tao, S., 2021. Novel method for ozone isopleth construction and diagnosis for the ozone control strategy of Chinese cities. Environ Sci Technol 55(23), 15625–15636.
• Sun, H.Z., Yang, L., Bai, X., Du, W., Shen, G., Fei, J., Wang, Y., Chen, A., Chen, Y., Zhao, M., 2019. Maternal ambient air pollution exposure with spatial-temporal variations and preterm birth risk assessment during 2013-2017 in Zhejiang Province, China. Environ Int 133, 105242.
• Sun, H.Z., Zhu, Y., Zhuo, S., Liu, W., Zeng, E.Y., Wang, X., Xing, B., Tao, S., 2017. Occurrence of nitro- and oxy-PAHs in agricultural soils in eastern China and excess lifetime cancer risks from human exposure through soil ingestion. Environ Int 108, 261–270.
• Liu, X., Chu, B., Tang, R., Liu, Y., Qiu, B., Gao, M., Li, X., Xiao, J., Sun, H.Z., Huang, X., Desai, A. R., Ding, A., Wang, H.*, 2024. Air quality improvements can strengthen China’s food security. Nat Food 5, 158–170.
• Guo, P., Shen, H., Chen, Y., Dai, H., Mai, Z., Xu, R., Zhang, R., Wang, Z., He, J., Zheng. L., Sun, H.Z., Ke, K., Meng, J., Liu, M., Li, J., Wang, C., Ye, J., Zhu, L., Shen, G., Fu, T.M., Tsang, A., Yang, X., Russell, A.G., Driscoll, C., Tao, S, 2024. CO2 emissions from global overseas coal-fired power plants: A growing threat to the 1.5°C climate target. Nat Clim Change 14, 1151–1157.
• GBD 2021 Causes of Death Collaborators, 2024. Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet 403(10440), 2100–2132.
• GBD 2021 Global Stillbirths Collaborators, 2024. Global, regional, and national stillbirths at 20 weeks’ gestation or longer in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet 404(10466), 1955–1988.
• Sun, H.Z., Xiang, Q., Xu, S., Dai, H., Fang, J., Tang, H., Xue, T., Wang, H., Tang, K., Guo, Y., Bai, X., 2022. China’s unwavering determination in protecting pregnancy and perinatal health. Innovation 3(6), 100336.

• 孙海桐/郭玉明团队One Earth：评估全球地表臭氧污染与心血管病早逝负担的城乡不平等性 | Cell Press对话科学家, Cell Press, 4 November 2024
• 新加坡国立大学CoSM孙海桐团队One Earth：全球臭氧污染与心血管早逝负担的城乡不平等性, Environmentor, 28 September 2024
• 北京大学第二届碳中和综合评估模型研讨会圆满落幕, Institute of Carbon Neutrality, Peking University, 20 August 2024