Qi Sun

Biography

Dr. Qi Sun's research is focused on identifying novel biomarkers of diet and environmental exposures and risk of excess weight gain, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease by integrating the state-of-the-art of omics technologies and nutritional epidemiological approaches. His research has led to the discovery of endogenous metabolites (e.g., very-long chain saturated fatty acids), endocrine disruptors (e.g., bisphenol A and per- or polyfluoroalkyl substances), circulating proteins (e.g., fatty acid binding protein 4 and soluble leptin receptor), and gut microbiome as predictors or modulators of human metabolic diseases. He is also an established nutritional epidemiologist and has led numerous projects to elucidate associations between various dietary factors and cardiometabolic conditions in populations with and without diabetes. His study findings have enhanced the understanding of the biological mechanisms underlying nutrition and metabolic health and contributed to the US dietary guidelines for chronic disease prevention.

Education and Training

• MD, Maternal and Child Health
  Beijing Medical University
• MMS, Social Medicine and Health Service Management
  Beijing University Health Science Center
• ScD, Nutrition and Epidemiology
  Harvard School of Public Health

Awards and Honors

• Mark Bieber Award, 2013
  American Heart Association
• Trudy Bush Fellowship for Cardiovascular Research in Women’s Health, 2008
  American Heart Association
• Cum laude Graduate of Peking University, 2002
  Peking University

Publications

• Comparison of industry payments to psychiatrists and psychiatric advanced practice clinicians in the USA, 2021: a cross-sectional study.

  Havlik J, Ososanya L, Lee MS, Wahid S, Heyang M, Sun QW, Ross JS, Rhee TG. BMJ Open 2024 Feb 08

• Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: Three Large Prospective U.S. Cohort Studies.

  Chen Z, Khandpur N, Desjardins C, Wang L, Monteiro CA, Rossato SL, Fung TT, Manson JE, Willett WC, Rimm EB, Hu FB, Sun Q, Drouin-Chartier JP. Diabetes Care 2023 07 01

• Beverage consumption and mortality among adults with type 2 diabetes: prospective cohort study.

  Ma L, Hu Y, Alperet DJ, Liu G, Malik V, Manson JE, Rimm EB, Hu FB, Sun Q. BMJ 2023 04 19

• You are What You Drink? How Associations Between Profiles of Beverage Consumption and Type 2 Diabetes Risk are Mediated by Biomarker Networks.

  Rose BD, Rimm EB, Zhang X, Sun Q, Huang T, Young RL, Ivey KL. Am J Clin Nutr 2023 07

• Low-Carbohydrate Diet Scores and Mortality Among Adults With Incident Type 2 Diabetes.

  Hu Y, Liu G, Yu E, Wang B, Wittenbecher C, Manson JE, Rimm EB, Liang L, Rexrode K, Willett WC, Hu FB, Sun Q. Diabetes Care 2023 04 01