Jiang He
Joseph S. Copes Chair and Professor
Department(s):
Epidemiology
Email:
jhe@tulane.edu
Research Interests:
Etiology and prevention of cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, and stroke; ethnic and gender differences in chronic disease and international comparisons of disease; pattern gene and environment interaction on hypertension and other cardiovascular disease
Professional Achievements:
Delta Omega Society, 2001
President's Award for Excellence in Research of Tulane University, 2000
Phi Beta Kappa, 1997
NIH-NHLBI Post-Doctoral Training Grant in Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology, 1994-96
Jeremiah Stamler New Investigator Award of the American Heart Association, Finalist, 1993, 1994
Educational Background:
PhD, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
DrMedSc, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, PR China
MD, Jiangxi Medical College, Jiangxi, PR China
Publications:
Selected peer-reviewed publications since January 2007
Reynolds K, Gu D, Whelton PK, Wu X, Duan X, Mo J, He J. Prevalence and risk factors of overweight and obesity in China. Obesity 2007;15:10-18.
Chen J, Gu D, Chen CS, Wu X, Hamm L, Muntner P, Batuman V, Lee C-H, Whelton PK, He J. Association between the metabolic syndrome and chronic kidney disease in Chinese adults. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2007;22:1100-6.
Gu D, Wildman RP, Wu X, Reynolds K, Huang J, Chen C-S, He J. Incidence and predictors of hypertension over 8 years among Chinese men and women. J Hypertens. 2007;25(3):517-23.
Yang W*, Reynolds K, Gu D, Chen J, He J. A comparison of the two proposed definitions for metabolic syndrome in the Chinese adult population. Am J Med Sci. 2007;334:184-9.
Hyre AD*, Muntner P, Menke A, Raggi P, He J. Trends in ATP-III-defined high blood cholesterol prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control among US adults. Ann Epidemiol. 2007;17:548-555.
Menke A*, Muntner P, Wildman RP, Reynolds K, He J. Measures of adiposity and cardiovascular disease risk factors. Obesity. 2007;15:785-95.
Reynolds K, Gu D, Muntner P, Kusek JW, Chen J, Wu X, Duan X, Chen CS, Klag MJ, Whelton PK, He J. A population-based prospective study of blood pressure and risk for end-stage renal disease in China. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2007;18:1928-35.
Muntner P, Menke A, Batuman V, Rabito FA, He J, Todd AC. Association of tibia lead and blood lead with end-stage renal disease: a pilot study of African-Americans. Environ Res. 2007;104:396-401.
The GenSalt Collaborative Research Group (Principal Investigator and Study Chair). (GenSalt): rationale, design, methods, and baseline characteristics of study participants. J Human Hypertens 2007;21:639-46.
Yang W*, Kelly T, He J. Genetic epidemiology of obesity. Rev. Epidemiol Rev. 2007;29:49-61.
Bazzano LA, Khan Z, Reynolds K, He J. Effect of nocturnal nasal continuous positive airway pressure on blood pressure in obstructive sleep apnea. Hypertension. 2007;50:417-23.
He J, Reynolds K, Chen J, Chen CS, Wu X, Duan X, Reynolds R, Bazzano LA, Whelton PK, Gu D. Cigarette smoking and erectile dysfunction among Chinese men without clinical vascular disease. Am J Epidemiol. 2007;166:803-9.
Lee CH*, Wu DC, Lee JM, Wu IC, Goan YG, Kao EL, Huang HL, Chan TF, Chou SH, Chou YP, Lee CY, Chen PS, Ho CK, He J, Wu MT. Carcinogenetic impact of alcohol intake on squamous cell carcinoma risk of the esophagus in relation to tobacco smoking. Euro J Cancer. 2007;43:1188-99.
Zhao Q, Fan Z, He J, Chen S, Li H, Zhang P, Wang L, Hu D, Huang J, Qiang B, Gu D. Renalase gene is a novel susceptibility gene for essential hypertension: a two-stage association study in northern Han Chinese population. J Mol Med. 2007;85:877-85.
Hu D, Xie J, Fu P, Zhou J, Yu D, Whelton PK, He J, Gu D. Central rather than overall obesity is related to diabetes in the Chinese population: The InterASIA Study. Obesity. 2007; 15:2809-16.
Bazzano LA, Gu D, Reynolds K, Wu X, Chen CS, Duan X, Chen J, Wildman RP, Klag MJ, He J. Alcohol consumption and risk for stroke among Chinese men. Ann Neurol. 2007 Aug 20; [Epub ahead of print]
Bazzano LA, Gu D, Reynolds K, Wu X, Chen C-S, Duan X, Wildman PK, Klag MJ, Whelton PK, He J. Alcohol consumption and risk of myocardial infarction and coronary heart disease among Chinese men. Int J Cardiol (accepted).
Gu D, Rice T, Wang S, Yang W, Gu C, Chen CS, Hixson JE, Jaquish CE, Yao ZJ, Liu DP, Rao DC, He J. Heritability of blood pressure responses to dietary sodium and potassium intake in a Chinese population. Hypertension. 2007;50:116-22.
Chen J, Gu D, Jaquish CE, Chen C-S, Rao DC, Liu D, Hixson JE, Hamm LL, Gu CC, Whelton PK, He J. Blood pressure response to cold pressor test predicts salt-sensitivity in the GenSalt study. Arch Intern Med (accepted).
Gu D, Kelly TN, Wu X, Chen J, Duan X, Huang JF, Chen JC, Whelton PK, He J. Blood pressure and risk of cardiovascular disease in Chinese men and women. Am J Hypertens. 2008 Jan 10; [Epub ahead of print].
Kelly TN*, Gu D, Chen J, Huang J, Chen J, Duan X, Wu X, Yau CL, Whelton PK, He J. Hypertension subtype and risk of cardiovascular disease in Chinese adults. Circulation (accepted).
Reynolds K, Gu D, Chen J, Wu X, Yau CL, Chen J, Chen CS, Duan X, Hamm LL, He J. Alcohol consumption and risk of end-stage renal disease among Chinese men. Kidney Int (accepted).
Wildman RP, Gu D, Muntner P, Wu X, Reynolds K, Duan X, Chen C, Huang G, Bazzano LA, He J. Trends in Overweight and Obesity in Chinese Adults: 1990-1991 to 1999-2000. Obesity (accepted).
Reynolds K, Gu D, Muntner P, Chen J, Wu X, Yau CL, Duan X, Chen CS, Hamm LL, He J. Body mass index and risk of ESRD in China. Am J Kidney Dis. 2007;50:754-64.
Perkovic V, Cass A, Patel AA, Suriyawongpaisal P, Barzi F, Chadban S, MacMahon S, Neal B on behalf of the InterASIA Collaborative Group (Principal Investigator). High prevalence of chronic kidney disease in Thailand. Kidney Int. Advance online publication 5 December 2007; doi: 10.1038/sj.ki.5002701.
Reilly KH*, Gu D, Duan X, Wu X, Chen C, Huang J, Kelly TN, Chen J, Liu X, Yu L, Bazzano LA, He J. Risk Factors for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Mortality in Chinese Adults. Am J Epidemiol. 2008 Feb 6; [Epub ahead of print]
Kelly TN*, Gu D, Chen J, Huang JF, Chen JC, Duan X, Wu X, Chen CS, He J. Cigarette Smoking and Risk of Stroke in the Chinese Adult Population. Stroke. 2008 Mar 6; [Epub ahead of print]
Chen J, Gu D, Whelton SP, Wu X, Chen CS, Duan X, Huang JF, Kelly TN, Hamm LL, He J. Blood pressure and mortality among patients with cardiovascular disease in China. J Hypertension (in press).
Yang W*, Gu D, Chen J, Jaquish CE, Rao DC, Wu X, Hixson JE, Duan X, Kelly TN, Hamm LL, Whelton PK, He J. Agreement of blood pressure measurements between random-zero and standard mercury sphygmomanometers. Am J Med Sci (accepted).
Zhang Y, Reilly KH, Tong W, Xu T, Chen J, Bazzano LA, Qiao D, Ju Z, Chen C, He J. Blood pressure and clinical outcome among patients with acute stroke in Inner Mongolia, China. J Hypertension 2008 July;26(7):1446-1452.
Carter BL, Einhorn PT, Brands M, He J, Cutler JA, Whelton PK, Bakris GL, Brancati FL, Cushman WC, Oparil S, Wright JT. Thiazide-Induced dysglycemia: call for research from a working group from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Hypertension.
Kelly TN, Gu D, Chen J, Huang JF, Chen JC, Duan X, Wu X, Yau CL, Whelton PK, He J. Hypertension subtype and risk of cardiovascular disease in Chinese adults. Circulation. 2008 Oct 7;118(15):1558-66. Epub 2008 Sep 22.
Chen J, Gu D, Jaquish CE, Chen CS, Rao DC, Liu D, Hixson JE, Hamm LL, Gu CC, Whelton PK, He J; GenSalt Collaborative Research Group. Association between blood pressure responses to the cold pressor test and dietary sodium intervention in a Chinese population. Arch Intern Med. 2008 Sep 8;168(16):1740-6.
Kelly TN, Gu D, Chen J, Huang JF, Chen JC, Duan X, Wu X, Yau CL, Whelton PK, He J. Hypertension subtype and risk of cardiovascular disease in Chinese adults. Circulation. 2008 Oct 7;118(15):1558-66. Epub 2008 Sep 22.
Yang W, Gu D, Chen J, Jaquish CE, Rao DC, Wu X, Hixson JE, Duan X, Kelly TN, Hamm LL, Whelton PK, He J; for the GenSalt Collaborative Research Group. Agreement of Blood Pressure Measurements Between Random-Zero and Standard Mercury Sphygmomanometers. Am J Med Sci. 2008 Nov;336(5):373-378.
He J, Gu D, Chen J, Jaquish CE, Rao DC, Hixson JE, Chen JC, Duan X, Huang JF, Chen CS, Kelly TN, Bazzano LA, Whelton PK, GenSalt Collaborative Research Group. Gender difference in blood pressure responses to dietary sodium intervention in the GenSalt study. J Hypertens. 2009 Jan;27(1):48-54.
Chen J, Gu D, Huang J, Rao DC, Jaquish CE, Hixson JE, Chen CS, Chen J, Lu F, Hu D, Rice T, Kelly TN, Hamm LL, Whelton PK, He J; for the GenSalt Collaborative Research Group. Metabolic syndrome and salt sensitivity of blood pressure in non-diabetic people in China: a dietary intervention study. Lancet. 2009 Feb 13.
Desalvo KB, Jones TM, Peabody J, McDonald J, Fihn S, Fan V, He J, Muntner P. Health Care Expenditure Prediction With a Single Item, Self-Rated Health Measure. Med Care. 2009 Feb 20. [Epub ahead of print]
Kelly TN, Rice TK, Gu D, Hixson JE, Chen J, Liu D, Jaquish CE, Bazzano LA, Hu D, Ma J, Gu CC, Huang J, Hamm LL, He J. Novel Genetic Variants in the alpha-Adducin and Guanine Nucleotide Binding Protein beta-Polypeptide 3 Genes and Salt Sensitivity of Blood Pressure. Am J Hypertens. 2009 Jul 2.
Mei H, Gu D, Rice TK, Hixson JE, Chen J, Jaquish CE, Zhao Q, Chen CS, Chen JC, Gu CC, Kelly TN, He J. Heritability of Blood Pressure Responses to Cold Pressor Test in a Chinese Population. Am J Hypertens. 2009 Aug 6.
Kelly TN, Bazzano LA, Fonseca VA, Thethi TK, Reynolds K, He J. Systematic review: glucose control and cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes. Ann Intern Med. 2009 Sep 15;151(6):394-403.
Zhang Y, Thompson AM, Tong W, Xu T, Chen J, Zhao L, Kelly TN, Chen CS, He J. Biomarkers of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction and risk of hypertension among Inner Mongolians in China. J Hypertens. 2009 Sep 16.
Zhao Q, Gu D, Chen J, Bazzano LA, Rao DC, Hixson JE, Jaquish CE, Cao J, Chen J, Li J, Rice T, He J. Correlation Between Blood Pressure Responses to Dietary Sodium and Potassium Intervention in a Chinese Population. Am J Hypertens. 2009 Sep 17.
He J, Gu D, Chen J, Wu X, Kelly TN, Huang JF, Chen JC, Chen CS, Bazzano LA, Reynolds K, Whelton PK, Klag MJ. Premature deaths attributable to blood pressure in China: a prospective cohort study. Lancet. 2009 Oct 5.
(* indicates students or fellows advised by Dr. He)
Contact Information:
Department of Epidemiology
1440 Canal Street, Suite 2000
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: 504.988.5165
Fax: 504.988.1568
jhe@tulane.edu
Level of Instruction:
graduate
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