个人简介

2013年本科毕业于河北医科大学临床医学专业，2015年获得南加州大学公共卫生硕士，2024年于约翰霍普金斯大学获得流行病学博士和生物统计学硕士。

研究经历包括评估糖尿病前期、糖尿病、高血压及其他心脑血管风险因素对老年痴呆症的发病率以及长期风险的影响，研究血糖波动与老年痴呆患者发病风险及大脑影像的关联。2015-2016年在美国罗氏基因泰克公司担任数据科学家。2016-2021年在斯坦福大学曾参与多项课题的承接、设计和统计等科研工作，具体包括：如何用社会经济因素解释心血管疾病和癌症的死亡趋势差异；如何利用电子病历数据预测心血管疾病的风险；美国现役军人的健康和疾病影响（以急慢性肾脏病为预后）；美国现役军人所在区域的社会风险因素评估；美国退伍军人的医疗碎片化评估和医疗统筹；建立并维护美国退伍军人的多源数据库。累计发表23篇科研论文和2篇军队内参，论文发表于Nature Medicine、Annals of Internal Medicine、Diabetes Care、Diabetologia等国际期刊。2023年发表在Diabetologia的论文是该刊年度最受关注论文，Almetric指数为1750，排名第一。

研究领域

老年认知退化、老年痴呆症、心脑血管以及临床流行病，探讨老年痴呆症终生风险评估，以及在中年和老年阶段，心血管、生活方式等风险因素如何对其产生影响; 探讨糖尿病前期、糖尿病、心血管疾病的病因、疾病进展和预防策略。

社会兼职

美国心脏病协会流行病分会会员，Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health会员

研究成果

1. Hu J, Pike JR, Lutsey PL, Sharrett AR, Wagenknecht LE, Hughes TM, Seegmiller JC, Gottesman RF, Mosley TH, Selvin E, Fang M, Coresh J. Midlife diabetes age of diagnosis and lifetime risk of dementia: 30 years follow-up from the ARIC study. Diabetes Care. 2024 Aug.47(9):1576–1583. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc24-0203

2. Hu J, Fang M, Pike JR, Lutsey PL, Sharrett AR, Wagenknecht LE, Hughes TM, Seegmiller JC, Gottesman RF, Mosley TH, Coresh J, Selvin E. Prediabetes, intervening diabetes and subsequent risk of dementia: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. Diabetologia. 2023 Aug;66(8):1442-1449. doi: 10.1007/s00125-023-05930-7. (Almetric: 1750)

3. Fang M, Hu J, Sharrett AR, Gottesman RF, Lutsey PL, Mosley TH, Selvin E, Coresh J. Lifetime risk and projected burden of dementia. Nature Medicine. In Press. Accept on 2024 Oct.

4. Rooney MR, Wallace AS, Echouffo Tcheugui JB, Fang M, Hu J, Lutsey PL, Grams ME, Coresh J, Selvin E. Prediabetes is associated with elevated risk of clinical outcomes even without progression to diabetes. Diabetologia. In Press. Accept on 2024 Sep.

5. Wang Y, Sharrett AR, Schneider A, Knopman D, Hu J, Sullivan Kevin, Gottesman Rebecca, Coresh J. Timing of cognitive test score decline prior to incident dementia diagnosis in Blacks and Whites: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Neurocognitive Study (ARIC-NCS). Neuroepidemiology. 2024 Feb; 58(1):23-30. doi: 10.1159/000533851. Epub 2023 Nov 2. PMID: 37918374; PMCID: PMC10910615.

6. Fang M, Hu J, Jeon Y, Matsushita K, Selvin E, Hicks CW. Diabetic foot disease and the risk of major clinical outcomes. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2023 Nov;202:110778. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2023.110778.

7. Wray CM, Campen JV, Hu J, Slightam C, Heyworth L, Zulman DM. Crossing the Digital Divide: A Veteran Affairs Program to Distribute Video-enabled Devices to Patients in a Supportive Housing Program. JAMIA Open. 2022 July. https://doiorg.proxy1.library.jhu.edu/10.1093/jamiaopen/ooac027

8. Vanneman ME, Yoon J, Singer Sara, Wagner TH, Goldstein MK, Hu J, Boothroyd D, Greene L, Zulman DM. Anticipating Care Coordination Demand for High-Need Veterans Using VA and Non-VA Care. Medicine. 2022 February. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000028864

9. Garvin LA, Hu J, Slightam C, McInnes DK, Zulman DM. Virtual Outreach: Enhancing Access for Homeless Veterans through Video Telehealth Tablets. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2021 March. DOI:10.1007/s11606-021-06900-8

10. Slightam C, Gregory AJP, Hu J, Jacobs J, Gurmessa T, Kimerling R, Blonigen D, Zulman DM. Patient Perceptions of Video Visits Using Veterans Affairs Telehealth Tablets: Survey Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2020 April. doi:10.2196/15682

11. Hu J, D. Nelson A, Deuster PA, Marks E, O’Connor FG, Kurina LM. Sickle cell trait and renal disease among African American U.S. Army soldiers. British Journal of Haematology. 2019 March. DOI: 10.1111/bjh.15820

12. Jacobs J, Hu J, Slightam C, Gregory AJP, Gurmessa T, Zulman DM. Virtual Savings: Patient-Reported Time and Money Savings from a VA National Telehealth Tablet Initiative. Telemedicine and e-Health. 2019 Dec. DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2019.0179

13. Manjunath L, Hu J, Palaniappan LP, Rodriguez F. Years of Life Lost from Cardiovascular Disease Among Hispanics. Ethnicity & Disease. 2019 July. DOI:10.18865/ed.29.3.477

14. Zamora SM, Pinheiro PS, Gomez SL, Hastings KG, Palaniappan LP, Hu J, Thompson CA. Disaggregating Hispanic American cancer mortality burden by detailed ethnicity. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. 2019 May. DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-18-0872

15. Iyer DG, Shah N, Hastings KG, Hu J, Rodriguez F, Boothroyd D, Krishnan A, Falasinnu L, Palaniappan LP. Years of potential life lost due to cardiovascular disease in Asian American subgroups, 2003-2012. Journal of the American Heart Association. 2019 March. DOI: org/10.1161/JAHA.118.010744

16. Haghnazarian E, Hu J, Rao R, Song AY, Philip A, Lynch N, Friedlich PS, Lakshmanan A. The association of Trisomy 13 and 18 and hospital discharge outcomes among neonates in California: a retrospective cohort study. Pediatrics and Neonatology. 2019 March. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedneo.2019.02.007

17. Rodriguez F, Blum MR; Falasinnu T, Hastings KG, Hu J, Cullen MR, Palaniappan LP. Diabetes-attributable mortality in the United States from 2003 to 2016 using a multiple-cause-of-death approach. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 2019 January. DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres

18. Ouyang D, Sing D, Shah S, Hu J, Duvernoy C, Robert H, and Rodriguez F. Sex Disparities in Authorship Order of Cardiology Scientific Publications - Trends over 40 Years. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 2018 December. DOI: org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.118.005040

19. Hastings KG, Boothroyd D, Kapphahn K, Hu J, Rehkopf DH, Cullen MR, Palaniappan LP. Socioeconomic Differences in the New Epidemiologic Transition From Heart Disease to Cancer as the Leading Cause of Death in the United States, 2003 to 2015: An Observational Study. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2018 Nov 13. DOI: 10.7326/M17-0796

20. Rodriguez F, Hu J, Hastings KG, Rehkopf D, Cullen MR, Harrington R, Palaniappan LP. County-level Hispanic ethnic density and cardiovascular disease mortality. Journal of the American Heart Association. 2018 September. DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.118.009107

21. Rodriguez F, Hastings KG, Hu J, Boothroyd D, Cullen MR, Harrington RA, Palaniappan LP. Nativity status and cardiovascular disease mortality among Hispanic adults. Journal of American Heart Association. 2017 December. DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.117.007207

22. Nguyen MT, Hu J, Hastings KG, Daza EJ, Palaniappan LP, Orloff LA. Thyroid Cancer Mortality Is Higher in Filipinos in the United States: An Analysis Using National Mortality Records From 2003 Through 2012. Cancer. 2017 September. DOI: 10.1002/cncr.30958

23. Ida A, Trenchevska O, Bashawri Y, Hu J, Koska J, Reaven PD, Nelson RW, Nedelkov D, Yassine HN. Posttranslational Modifications of Apolipoprotein A-II Proteoforms in Type 2 Diabetes. Journal of Clinical Lipidology. 2016 March. DOI:10.1016/j.jacl.2016.03.001