Dr. Jun Li is a research scientist in Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH). The main area of her research focuses on the identification of risk factors for prevention of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and cardiovascular disease (CVD), with particular interest and skills on high-dimensional omics research.
Dr. Li is currently leading several projects identifying genomic, metabolomic, dietary, and lifestyle risk factors for T2D and CVD in the Nurses' Health Studies (NHS), Health Professional Follow-up Study, PREDIMED study, Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos, and the UK Biobank. Her research interests also extend to the new area of systems epidemiology and multi-omics integration. She is adopting new methodologies to integrate multi-omics data (including genetics, epigenetics, metabolomics, and gut microbiome) for the interpretation of disease etiology and identification of mechanisms through which diet/lifestyle factors impact cardiometabolic health.
MD, 06/2011, Preventive Medicine
Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
PhD, 06/2016, Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Environmental Health
School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
The Bernard Lown Scholarship in Cardiovascular Health Program
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Best Young Investigators
The Lancet-CAMS Health Summit 2015
The Postdoc Association Travel Award
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Jeremiah and Rose Stamler Research Award winner
American Heart Association
The Barry R. and Irene Tilenius Bloom Fellowship Award
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Scott Grundy Fellowship Award for Excellence in Metabolism Research
American Heart Association