Expertise
  • Trace minerals (nutritious and toxic) and cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cognitive function
  • Amino acids, protein and obesity
  • Fatty acids and cardiovascular disease
  • Diet and colon cancer
  • Diet, aging and longevity
Past Affiliations

Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Indiana University Bloomington

Chair, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Indiana University Bloomington

Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University (past)

Associate Professor, Nutrition Epidemiology, Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (past)

Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (past)

Associate Faculty, Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (past)

Communities
Epidemiology
Degrees
MD, Soochow University, China
MPH, Tufts University, Epidemiology/Biostatistics
ScD, Harvard University, Nutritional Epidemiology
Keywords
food additives seafoods nutrition or dietetics inflammation cancer or carcinogenesis cardiovascular disease mental depression diabetes hypertension obesity sleep & sleep disorders stress stroke & cerebrovascular disorders kidney diseases nutrition disorders cancer prevention clinical trials data management or analysis (medical) biological markers & sensor mechanisms epidemiology medical genetics rheumatology & arthritis kidney (renal) functions disease control cancer genetics amino acids
Languages
Chinese, Mandarin
Associations
American College of Epidemiology
American College of Nutrition
American Heart Association
American Society for Clinical Nutrition
American Society for Nutritional Sciences
Society for Epidemiologic Research