Areas of Focus
- Pathology and Pathophysiology - Nutrition-related population studies
- Physiology - Nutrition-related population studies
Work Experience
- 2014-10 to present - Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health - Postdoctoral Fellow
- 2013-10 to present - Unilever - Postdoctoral Fellow
- 2008-09 to present - Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences - PhD in Science
- 2003-09 to present - Ocean University of China - Bachelor of Science
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2008-09 - PhD in Science: Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2003-09 - Bachelor of Science: Ocean University of China
Publications
- Denture use and risk for cardiometabolic disease: observational and Mendelian randomization analyses, European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 2024
- Cardiovascular risk burden, dementia risk, and brain structural imaging markers: a study from UK Biobank, General Psychiatry, 2024
- Age- and sex-specific modifiable risk factor profiles of dementia: evidence from the UK Biobank, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, 2023
- Denture use and risk for cardiometabolic disease: observational and Mendelian randomization analyses, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY, 2023
- Sleep Duration and Risks of Incident Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality Among People With Type 2 Diabetes, DIABETES CARE, 2023
- Association of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus with Cognitive Function in Adults: A Prospective Cohort Study, JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE, 2023
- Urinary element profiles and associations with cardiometabolic diseases: A cross-sectional study across ten areas in China, ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, 2022
- Association of a Healthy Lifestyle With All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Among Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes: A Prospective Study in UK Biobank, DIABETES CARE, 2022
- Lipidomic Signatures of Dairy Consumption and Associated Changes in Blood Pressure and Other Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Chinese Adults, HYPERTENSION, 2022
- Association between Tea Consumption and Hypertension Risk among Middle-Aged and Older Chinese Adults, JOURNAL OF NUTRITION, 2021
- Circulating Glycerolipids, Fatty Liver Index, and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes: A Prospective Study Among Chinese, JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM, 2021
- Associations of Monounsaturated Fatty Acids from Plant and Animal Sources with Total and Cause-Specific Mortality in Two U.S. Prospective Cohort Studies, CIRCULATION RESEARCH, 2019
- Gluten intake and risk of type 2 diabetes in three large prospective cohort studies of US men and women, DIABETOLOGIA, 2018
- Smoking Cessation, Weight Change, Type 2 Diabetes, and Mortality, NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 2018
- Plasma Concentrations of Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: A Prospective Investigation among US Women in the Nurses’ Health Study II, Environmental Health Perspectives, 2018
- Persistent Organic Pollutants and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: A Prospective Investigation among U.S. Women, Environment International, 2018
- Lactation History, Serum Concentrations of Persistent Organic Pollutants, and Maternal Risk of Diabetes, ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, 2016
- Whole grain intake and mortality from all causes, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies, Circulation, 2016
- Consumption of meals prepared at home and risk of type 2 diabetes: two prospective cohort studies among U.S. men and women, PLoS Medicine, 2016
- Serum vitamin B12 is inversely associated with periodontal progression and risk of tooth loss: a prospective cohort study, JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PERIODONTOLOGY, 2016
- Total and regional adiposity measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and mortality in National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2006, OBESITY, 2016
- Associations between individual saturated fatty acid intake and risk of coronary heart disease among American men and women, The British Medical Journal, 2016
- Serum α-tocopherol has a nonlinear inverse association with periodontitis among U.S. adults, The Journal of Nutrition, 2015
- Circulating persistent organic pollutants and body fat distribution: Evidence from NHANES 1999-2004, OBESITY, 2015
- Dairy Consumption, Type 2 Diabetes, and Changes in Cardiometabolic Traits: A Prospective Cohort Study of Middle-Aged and Older Chinese in Beijing and Shanghai, DIABETES CARE, 2014
- Associations of erythrocyte fatty acids in the de novo lipogenesis pathway with risk of metabolic syndrome in a cohort study of middle-aged and older Chinese, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION, 2013
- Effects of flaxseed supplementation on erythrocyte fatty acids and multiple cardiometabolic biomarkers among Chinese with risk factors of metabolic syndrome, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITION, 2013
- Elevated Plasma Ferritin Is Associated with Increased Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes in Middle-Aged and Elderly Chinese Adults, JOURNAL OF NUTRITION, 2013
- Associations of erythrocyte palmitoleic acid with adipokines, inflammatory markers, and the metabolic syndrome in middle-aged and older Chinese, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION, 2012
- Monounsaturated fats from plant and animal sources in relation to risk of coronary heart disease among US men and women, THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION, 2012
Awards
- Scott Grundy Fellowship Award for Excellence in Metabolism Research (2017)
- Trudy Bush Fellowship for Cardiovascular Disease Research in Women’s Health (2017)
- EPI/Lifestyle Early Investigator Travel Award (2016)
- China Young Scholar Nutrition Science Award (2013)
