Faculty Affiliate in the Department of Epidemiology
Epidemiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Director of the Nutritional Biomarker Laboratory
Nutrition
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Associate Professor of Medicine
Medicine-Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Dr. Qi Sun's research is focused on identifying novel biomarkers of diet and environmental exposures and risk of excess weight gain, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease by integrating the state-of-the-art of omics technologies and nutritional epidemiological approaches. His research has led to the discovery of endogenous metabolites (e.g., very-long chain saturated fatty acids), endocrine disruptors (e.g., bisphenol A and per- or polyfluoroalkyl substances), circulating proteins (e.g., fatty acid binding protein 4 and soluble leptin receptor), and gut microbiome as predictors or modulators of human metabolic diseases. He is also an established nutritional epidemiologist and has led numerous projects to elucidate associations between various dietary factors and cardiometabolic conditions in populations with and without diabetes. His study findings have enhanced the understanding of the biological mechanisms underlying nutrition and metabolic health and contributed to the US dietary guidelines for chronic disease prevention.
MD, 1997, Maternal and Child Health
Beijing Medical University, Beijing, China
MMS, 2002, Social Medicine and Health Service Management
Beijing University Health Science Center, Beijing, China
ScD, 2007, Nutrition and Epidemiology
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Mark Bieber Award
American Heart Association
Trudy Bush Fellowship for Cardiovascular Research in Women’s Health
American Heart Association
Cum laude Graduate of Peking University
Peking University
Chen Z, Khandpur N, Desjardins C, Wang L, Monteiro CA, Rossato SL, Fung TT, Manson JE, Willett WC, Rimm EB, Hu FB, Sun Q, Drouin-Chartier JP.
Diabetes Care. 2023 07 01. 46(7):1335-1344. PMID: 36854188
Ma L, Hu Y, Alperet DJ, Liu G, Malik V, Manson JE, Rimm EB, Hu FB, Sun Q.
BMJ. 2023 04 19. 381:e073406. PMID: 37076174
Rose BD, Rimm EB, Zhang X, Sun Q, Huang T, Young RL, Ivey KL.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2023 07. 118(1):68-76. PMID: 37061165
Hu Y, Liu G, Yu E, Wang B, Wittenbecher C, Manson JE, Rimm EB, Liang L, Rexrode K, Willett WC, Hu FB, Sun Q.
Diabetes Care. 2023 04 01. 46(4):874-884. PMID: 36787923
Rossato SL, Khandpur N, Lo CH, Jezus Castro SM, Drouin-Chartier JP, Sampson L, Yuan C, Murta-Nascimento C, Carvalhaes MA, Monteiro CA, Sun Q, Fung TT, Willett WC.
J Acad Nutr Diet. 2023 08. 123(8):1140-1151.e2. PMID: 36965524
Espinosa A, Mendoza K, Laviada-Molina H, Rangel-Méndez JA, Molina-Segui F, Sun Q, Tobias DK, Willett WC, Mattei J.
Lancet Glob Health. 2023 03. 11 Suppl 1:S8. PMID: 36866485
Shan Z, Wang F, Li Y, Baden MY, Bhupathiraju SN, Wang DD, Sun Q, Rexrode KM, Rimm EB, Qi L, Tabung FK, Giovannucci EL, Willett WC, Manson JE, Qi Q, Hu FB.
JAMA Intern Med. 2023 02 01. 183(2):142-153. PMID: 36622660
Zhang Y, Mustieles V, Wang YX, Sun Q, Coull B, Sun Y, Slitt A, Messerlian C.
Environ Sci Technol. 2023 02 14. 57(6):2445-2456. PMID: 36715557
Liu G, Li Y, Pan A, Hu Y, Chen S, Qian F, Rimm EB, Manson JE, Stampfer MJ, Giatsidis G, Sun Q.
JAMA Netw Open. 2023 01 03. 6(1):e2252239. PMID: 36701156
Chen Z, Qian F, Hu Y, Voortman T, Li Y, Rimm EB, Sun Q.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2023 01. 117(1):130-140. PMID: 36789932
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