Ruiqi Cen

Post-doctoral fellow

UAMS

Also affiliated: Tulane University (2014–2016); Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (2025); Nationwide Children's Hospital (2025–2026); Children's Mercy Hospital (2025); Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention (2012); Washington University in St. Louis (2025); The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (2025); University of Chicago (2025); Comer Children's Hospital (2025); National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention (2012); State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control (2012); The Ohio State University (2025); University of Missouri–Kansas City (2025)

8 h-index 23 pubs 605 cited

Research Areas

Biomedical Subjects

Links

ORCID Lab Website

OverviewAI-generated summary

Ruiqi Cen's research investigates the impact of lifestyle factors and environmental exposures on health outcomes, with a particular focus on maternal and child health. Cen has published work examining the risks associated with electronic cigarette use during pregnancy, including the potential for adverse birth outcomes like small-for-gestational-age infants and the use of hair biomarkers to assess exposure to nicotine and tobacco-specific nitrosamines. Further research has explored the association between socioeconomic status and the development of necrotizing enterocolitis in infants. Additionally, Cen's work includes studies on the long-term effects of excessive adiposity and elevated blood pressure from childhood on adult cardiovascular remodeling and the prevalence of structural birth defects in relation to nuclear radiation exposure among Marshallese populations. Cen holds a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and has a publication record including work on the ethical considerations of N-of-1 trials.

Metrics

h-index: 8
Publications: 23
Citations: 605

Positions

Post-doctoral fellow 2022–present

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Epidemiology ORCID

Selected Publications

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Healthcare Access and Utilization Among Adults With Congenital Heart Defects in the Congenital Heart Survey to Recognize Outcomes, Needs and Well‐Being ( CH STRONG ) (2026)

Birth Defects Research 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Maternal Myo‐Inositol Intake and Congenital Heart Defects in Offspring: A Population‐Based Case–Control Study (2025)

BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology DOI OpenAlex
Disparities in Birth Defect Related Hospitalization Costs and Length of Stay in the US , 2019 (2025)

Birth Defects Research 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Childhood Educational Outcomes of Infants Born With Esophageal Atresia With or Without Tracheoesophageal Fistula (2024)

Birth Defects Research DOI OpenAlex
Epidemiology of COVID-19 in Infants in the United States: Incidence, Severity, Fatality, and Variants of Concern (2023)

The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Nuclear radiation and prevalence of structural birth defects among infants born to women from the Marshall Islands (2019)

Birth Defects Research 17 citations DOI OpenAlex
Use of electronic nicotine delivery systems by pregnant women II: Hair biomarkers for exposures to nicotine and tobacco-specific nitrosamines (2019)

Tobacco Induced Diseases 32 citations DOI OpenAlex
Use of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) by pregnant women I: Risk of small-for-gestational-age birth (2019)

Tobacco Induced Diseases 73 citations DOI OpenAlex
Morbidity and Mortality from Farm Tractor and Other Agricultural Machinery-Related Injuries in Arkansas (2018)

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems and Smoking Cessation in Arkansas, 2014 (2017)

Public Health Reports 7 citations DOI OpenAlex