Faculty & Research

Education:

• Ph.D. at Emory University, 2008
• M.Sc at Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences, 1998
• M.D. at Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences, 1991

Contact Information:

(812) 855-8461

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Woodlawn House, Room 203

Background:

Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, China

Honors:

The Jeremiah and Rose Stamler Research Award for New Investigators on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, Awarded from the American Heart Association, 2008

The Sandra A. Daugherty Award for Excellence in Cardiovascular Disease or Hypertension Epidemiology, Awarded from the American Heart Association, 2009

Research Interests:

Epidemiology in the field of nutrition, genetics, and chronic diseases including cardiovascular disease and diabetes; nutrition and maternal and child health

Publications:

(Selected publications in peer-reviewed journals in reverse chronological order)

Dai J, Su YX, Bartell S, Le NA, Ling WH, Liang YQ, Gao L, Wu HY, Veledar E, Vaccarino V. Beneficial effects of designed dietary fatty acid compositions on Lipids in triacylglycerol-rich lipoproteins among Chinese type 2 diabetic patients. Metabolism 58, no. 4 (Apr 2009):510-18.

Dai J, Miller AH, Bremner JD, Goldberg J, Jones L, Shallenberger L, Buckham R, Murrah NV, Veledar E, Wilson PW, Vaccarino V. Adherence to the Mediterranean diet is inversely associated with circulating interleukin-6 among middle-aged males: a twin study. Circulation 117, no. 2 (Jan 2008):169-75.

Dai J, Jones DP, Goldberg J, Ziegler TR, Bostick RM, Wilson PW, Manatunga AK, Shallenberger L, Jones L, Vaccarino V. Association between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and oxidative stress. Am J Clin Nutr 88, no. 5 (Nov 2008); 1364-70.

Vaccarino V, Brennan ML, Miller AH, Bremner JD, Ritchie JC, Lindau F, Veledar E, Su S, Murrah NV, Jones L, Jawed F, Dai J, Goldberg J, Hazen SL. Association between major depressive disorder and serum myeloperoxidase and other markers of inflammation: a twin study. Biol Psychiatry 64, no. 6 (Sep 2008):476-83.

Su S, Snieder H, Miller AH, Ritchie J, Bremner JD, Goldberg J, Dai J, Jones L, Murrah NV, Zhao J, Vaccarino V. Genetic and environmental influences on systemic markers of inflammation in middle-aged male twins. Atherosclerosis, no. 1 (Sep 2008):213-20.

Gregory CO, Dai J, Ramirez-Zea M, Stein AD. Occupation is more important than rural or urban residence in explaining the prevalence of metabolic and cardiovascular disease risk in Guatemalan adults. J Nutr 137, no. 5 (May 2007): 1314-9.

He M, Mei J, Jiang Z, Chen Q, Ma J, Dai J, Li M, Su Y, Lui SS, Yeung DL, Anderson GH. Growth of infants during the first 18 months of life in urban and rural areas of southern China. J Paediatr Child Health 37, no.5 (Oct 2001):456-64.

Dai J, Ling W, Su Y, Gao L, Zhuo S. Effects of dietary fatty acid composition ratios on the development of atherosclerosis in New-Zealand Rabbits. Acta Nutrimenta Sinica 25, no. 1 (Jan 2003):25-8. [Chinese]

Books

Otolaryngological Trauma: Clinical Nutrition Support in Otolaryngological Trauma. 1st ed. Beijing, PR China: People's Medical Publishing House; 2004 [Chinese]