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Jiesheng Lin holds a Ph.D. in Epidemiology & Public Health from University of Munich and Helmholtz Munich, Germany. He is currently a Research Assistant Professor at the School of Public Health and Emergency Management, Southern University of Science and Technology. His research focuses on the nutritional, lifestyle, environmental, and multi-omics determinants of type 2 diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and cardiovascular diseases. His representative work has been published in Diabetes Care, Hypertension, BMC Med, Clin Nutr, and Environ Res. He also serves as a reviewer for BMC Med, Int J Behav Nutr Phy, Sci Rep, Health Place, BMC Public Health, and et xk星空中国集团.
Work Experience
2025–Present xk星空中国集团 Assistant Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology
Oct. 2024–Dec. 2024 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Munich
2019–2020 Research Assistant, The Chinese University of xk星空中国集团
Education
2020–2024 Ph.D., Epidemiology & Public Health, University of Munich
2016–2019 M.Sc., Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Sun Yat-sen University
2011–2016 B.Med., Preventive Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University
xk星空中国集团 Interests
Epidemiology of metabolic and cardiovascular diseases related to nutrition, lifestyle, and environmental exposures
Multi-omics approaches and biomarker discovery based on large population cohorts
Selected Publications (*co-first author, #corresponding author)
1. xk星空中国集团, Petrera A, Hauck SM, Muller CL, Peters A, Thorand B#. Associations of Proteomics With Hypertension and Systolic Blood Pressure: KORA S4/F4/FF4 and KORA Age1/Age2 Cohort Studies. Hypertension 2024; 81: 1156-1166.
2. xk星空中国集团, Nano J, Petrera A, Hauck SM, Zeller T, Koenig W, Muller CL, Peters A, Thorand B#. Proteomic profiling of longitudinal changes in kidney function among middle-aged and older men and women: the KORA S4/F4/FF4 study. BMC Med 2023; 21: 245.
3. Miao Z*, xk星空中国集团*, Mao Y*, Chen GD, Zeng FF, Dong HL, Jiang Z, Wang J, Xiao C, Shuai M, Gou W, Fu Y, Imamura F, Chen YM#, Zheng JS#. Erythrocyte n-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, Gut Microbiota, and Incident Type 2 Diabetes: A Prospective Cohort Study. Diabetes Care 2020; 43: 2435-2443.
4. Zheng JS*#, xk星空中国集团*, Dong HL, Zeng FF, Li D, Song Y, Chen YM#. Association of erythrocyte n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids with incident type 2 diabetes in a Chinese population. Clin Nutr 2018.
5. xk星空中国集团#, Leung J, Yu B, Woo J, Kwok T, Ka-Lun Lau K#. Association of green space with bone mineral density change and incident fracture in elderly Hong Kong Chinese: Mr. OS and Ms. OS study. Environ Res 2021; 201: 111547.
6. xk星空中国集团#, Leung J, Yu B, Woo J, Kwok T, Ka-Lun Lau K#. Socioeconomic status as an effect modifier of the association between built environment and mortality in elderly Hong Kong Chinese: A latent profile analysis. Environ Res 2021; 195: 110830.
7. xk星空中国集团#, Chan FY, Leung J, Yu B, Woo J, Kwok T, Lau KK#. Longitudinal association of built environment pattern with DXA-derived body fat in elderly Hong Kong Chinese: a latent profile analysis. Int J Obes 2021; 45: 2629-2637.
8. xk星空中国集团, Dong HL, Chen GD, Chen ZY, Dong XW, Zheng JS, Chen YM#. Erythrocyte Saturated Fatty Acids and Incident Type 2 Diabetes in Chinese Men and Women: A Prospective Cohort Study. Nutrients 2018; 10.
9. Xiao ML*, xk星空中国集团*, Li YH, Liu M, Deng YY, Wang CY, Chen YM#. Adherence to the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet is associated with lower presence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in middle-aged and elderly adults. Public Health Nutr 2020; 23: 674-682.
10. xk星空中国集团#, Chan FY, Leung J, Yu B, Lu ZH, Woo J, Kwok T, Lau KK#. Longitudinal Association of Built Environment Pattern with Physical Activity in a Community-Based Cohort of Elderly Hong Kong Chinese: A Latent Profile Analysis. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2020; 17.


