哈佛大学公共卫生学院营养系及流行病学系教授

波士顿营养肥胖研究中心流行病学与遗传学科主任

美国国家医学院院士

Fredrick J. Stare Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard University

Director, Boston Nutrition Obesity Research Center (BNORC) Epidemiology and Genetics Core

Fellow of National Academy of Medicine

胡教授是肥胖、2型糖尿病研究领域声名卓著的学者和医学家，是Nurses’ Health Study和Health Professionals Follow-up Study主要研究成员之一，在冠心病和糖尿病的病因与预防领域取得了世界公认的杰出成就，特别对环境（饮食与生活方式）、遗传因素和它们的交互作用在肥胖与2型糖尿病发生发展中的作用作出了原创性的贡献。胡教授在《新英格兰医学杂志》（NEJM）、《柳叶刀》（Lancet）等顶尖医学杂志上发表了多篇文章，论文被引用14万多次 （H-index 197）。胡教授还兼任美国科学院医学研究所全球心血管疾病预防委员会委员、美国心肺血液研究所（NHLBI）肥胖专家组成员、美国农业部和美国卫生与公共服务部共同组织的2015年美国膳食指南咨询委员会专家组成员。

Prof. Hu’s research has focused on diet/lifestyle, metabolic, and genetic determinants of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Prof.Hu’s group has conducted detailed analyses of many dietary and lifestyle factors and risk of diabetes and CVD, including sugar-sweetened beverages, coffee, red meat, saturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids, iron, and dietary patterns. These findings have contributed to current public health recommendations and policies for prevention of chronic diseases.  Prof. Hu’s group has also identified novel biomarkers (e.g., adipokines and nutrient metabolites) and gene-environment interactions in relation to risk of obesity and diabetes by integrating cutting-edge omics technologies into epidemiological studies (Systems Epidemiology approach). In addition, Prof. Hu has been collaborating with researchers from China to study nutrition transition, metabolic phenotypes, and cardiovascular disease in Chinese populations. Prof. Hu served on the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, USDA/HHS. He is currently on the editorial/advisory board of Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, Diabetes Care, and Clinical Chemistry. Dr. Hu was elected to the National Academy of Medicine (formerly the IOM) in 2015.