Fredrick J. Stare Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology
Nutrition
Chair, Department of Nutrition
Nutrition
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Professor of Medicine
Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Faculty Affiliate in the Department of Epidemiology
Epidemiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Dr. Frank Hu’s research has focused on diet/lifestyle, metabolic, and genetic determinants of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease (CVD). His major research interests include epidemiology and prevention of cardiometabolic diseases through diet and lifestyle; gene-environment interactions and risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes; nutritional metabolomics in type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease; and obesity, metabolic phenotypes, and cardiovascular disease in low and middle-income countries. Dr. Hu’s group has conducted detailed analyses of many dietary and lifestyle factors and risk of diabetes and CVD, including sugar-sweetened beverages, coffee, red meat, saturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids, iron, and dietary patterns in large prospective cohort studies including the Nurses’ Health Study and Health Professionals Follow-up Study. These findings have contributed to current public health recommendations and policies for the prevention of chronic diseases. His group has also identified novel biomarkers and gene-environment interactions in relation to risk of obesity and diabetes by integrating cutting-edge omics technologies into epidemiological studies. In addition, Dr. Hu has conducted extensive research on nutrition transition, metabolic phenotypes, and cardiovascular disease in low and middle-income countries.
Dr. Hu served on the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, USDA/HHS. He has served on the editorial/advisory board of Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, Diabetes Care, and Clinical Chemistry. Dr. Hu was elected to the National Academy of Medicine (formerly the IOM) in 2015.
Papandreou C, Bulló M, Hernández-Alonso P, Ruiz-Canela M, Li J, Guasch-Ferré M, Toledo E, Clish C, Corella D, Estruch R, Ros E, Fitó M, Alonso-Gómez A, Fiol M, Santos-Lozano JM, Serra-Majem L, Liang L, Martínez-González MA, Hu FB, Salas-Salvadó J.
Clin Chem. 2021 Jan 08. 67(1):288-297. PMID: 33257943
Alhassani AA, Hu FB, Rosner BA, Tabung FK, Willett WC, Joshipura KJ.
Br J Nutr. 2021 Jan 08. 1-36. PMID: 33413729
Bulló M, Papandreou C, Ruiz-Canela M, Guasch-Ferré M, Li J, Hernández-Alonso P, Toledo E, Liang L, Razquin C, Corella D, Estruch R, Ros E, Fitó M, Arós F, Fiol M, Serra-Majem L, Clish CB, Becerra-Tomás N, Martínez-González MA, Hu FB, Salas-Salvadó J.
J Nutr. 2021 Jan 04. 151(1):50-58. PMID: 33296468
Shan Z, Hu FB, Qi Q.
JAMA Intern Med. 2021 Jan 01. 181(1):138-139. PMID: 33196793
Guasch-Ferré M, Hernández-Alonso P, Drouin-Chartier JP, Ruiz-Canela M, Razquin C, Toledo E, Li J, Dennis C, Wittenbecher C, Corella D, Estruch R, Fitó M, Ros E, Babio N, Bhupathiraju SN, Clish CB, Liang L, Martínez-González MA, Hu FB, Salas-Salvadó J.
J Nutr. 2020 Dec 31. PMID: 33382410
Roth GA, Mensah GA, Johnson CO, Addolorato G, Ammirati E, Baddour LM, Barengo NC, Beaton AZ, Benjamin EJ, Benziger CP, Bonny A, Brauer M, Brodmann M, Cahill TJ, Carapetis J, Catapano AL, Chugh SS, Cooper LT, Coresh J, Criqui M, DeCleene N, Eagle KA, Emmons-Bell S, Feigin VL, Fernández-Solà J, Fowkes G, Gakidou E, Grundy SM, He FJ, Howard G, Hu F, Inker L, Karthikeyan G, Kassebaum N, Koroshetz W, Lavie C, Lloyd-Jones D, Lu HS, Mirijello A, Temesgen AM, Mokdad A, Moran AE, Muntner P, Narula J, Neal B, Ntsekhe M, Moraes de Oliveira G, Otto C, Owolabi M, Pratt M, Rajagopalan S, Reitsma M, Ribeiro ALP, Rigotti N, Rodgers A, Sable C, Shakil S, Sliwa-Hahnle K, Stark B, Sundström J, Timpel P, Tleyjeh IM, Valgimigli M, Vos T, Whelton PK, Yacoub M, Zuhlke L, Murray C, Fuster V.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 Dec 22. 76(25):2982-3021. PMID: 33309175
Vodovotz Y, Barnard N, Hu FB, Jakicic J, Lianov L, Loveland D, Buysse D, Szigethy E, Finkel T, Sowa G, Verschure P, Williams K, Sanchez E, Dysinger W, Maizes V, Junker C, Phillips E, Katz D, Drant S, Jackson RJ, Trasande L, Woolf S, Salive M, South-Paul J, States SL, Roth L, Fraser G, Stout R, Parkinson MD.
Front Med (Lausanne). 2020. 7:585744. PMID: 33415115
Kang JH, Peng C, Rhee JJ, Farvid MS, Willett WC, Hu FB, Rosner BA, Tamimi R, Eliassen AH.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2020 12 10. 112(6):1492-1503. PMID: 33022701
Struijk EA, Rodríguez-Artalejo F, Fung TT, Willett WC, Hu FB, Lopez-Garcia E.
PLoS Med. 2020 Dec. 17(12):e1003453. PMID: 33290392
Wittenbecher C, Eichelmann F, Toledo E, Guasch-Ferre M, Ruiz-Canela M, Li J, Arós Borau F, Lee CH, Liang L, Salas-Salvadó J, Clish CB, Schulze MB, Martínez-González MA, Hu FB.
Circ Res. 2020 Dec 04. PMID: 33272114
Experts from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health were featured in some of the top stories of 2020 in both Harvard Magazine and the Harvard Gazette.
Moderate coffee consumption may reduce the risk of several chronic diseases, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and certain cancers.
For immediate release: June 15, 2020 Boston, MA – Greater adherence to a variety of healthy eating patterns was associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to new research led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of…
Olive oil has been linked to reduced risk of coronary artery disease and cardiovascular disease.
For immediate release: March 4, 2020 Boston, MA – Consuming up to one egg per day does not appear to be associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, according to a new study and meta-analysis led by researchers at Harvard T.H.…
