Baiyang Sun received her Bachelor of Dentistry from Sichuan University West China School of Stomatology, and Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. Currently a PhD Student in Epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh and under the mentorship of Dr. Janet Catov, she is primarily interested in maternal and child health, with a focus on relationship between adverse pregnancy outcomes and later life maternal cardiovascular disease risk. 

Select publications 

• Sun B, Parks WT, Simhan HN, Bertolet M, Catov JM. Early pregnancy immune profile and preterm birth classified according to uteroplacental lesions. Placenta. 2020 Jan 1;89:99-106. doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2019.12.007. Epub 2019 Dec 10. PMID: 32056560. 

• Sun B, Bertolet M, Brooks MM, Hubel CA, Lewis CE, Gunderson EP, Catov JM. Life Course Changes in Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Associated With Preterm Delivery: The 30-Year CARDIA Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 Aug 4;9(15):e015900. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.015900. Epub 2020 Jul 22. PMID: 32696706; PMCID: PMC7792274.