Associate Professor, Tsinghua University Vanke School of Public Health

John Ji is an Associate Professor at Tsinghua University Vanke School of Public Health. He received his bachelor’s degree in neuroscience from Johns Hopkins University and his doctoral degree in environmental epidemiology from Harvard School of Public Health. Previously, he served as assistant professor at Duke Kunshan University, senior editor for The Lancet, and consultant for the World Bank. John works with cohort studies on environmental determinants (green space, built environment, environmental pollution) of mortality and morbidities. He has published 150+ papers in journals such as The Lancet Planetary Health, International Journal of Epidemiology, and Environmental Health Perspectives. John was elected councillor of International Society of Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) – Asia Western Pacific Chapter. John teaches courses in research methods and epidemiology at Tsinghua University.

Education

Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Neuroscience and BA in East Asian Studies, 2008

Johns Hopkins University

Master of Science (ScM) in Epidemiology, 2010

Harvard School of Public Health

Doctor of Science (ScD) in Environmental Health, 2013

Harvard School of Public Health

Teaching

• Cohort Studies: Applied Epidemiology

• Public Health Research Methods

Publications

• Mortality Burden of Cardiovascular Disease Attributable to Ozone in China: 2019 vs 2050

  Environmental Science & Technology, 2023

  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c02076

• Interaction between plant-based dietary pattern and air pollution on cognitive function: a prospective cohort analysis of Chinese older adults.

  The Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific, 2022.

  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100372

• Assessing the effects of ultraviolet radiation, residential greenness and air pollution on vitamin D levels: A longitudinal cohort study in China

  Environment International, 2022

  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2022.107523

• Solid fuel use, socioeconomic indicators and risk of cardiovascular diseases and all-cause mortality: a prospective cohort study in a rural area of Sichuan, China.

  International Journal of Epidemiology, 2021

  https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyab191

• Effect of heatwaves and greenness on mortality among Chinese older adults.

  Environmental Pollution, 2021

  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118009

• Comparing Effects of FOXO3A and Residing in Urban Areas on Longevity: A Gene-Environment Interaction Study.

  The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, 2021

  https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glab362

• Interaction of Greenness and Polygenic Risk Score of Alzheimer's Disease on Risk of Cognitive Impairment.

  Science of the Total Environment, 2021

  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148767

• Interaction of Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) candidate longevity gene and particulate matter (PM2.5) on all-cause mortality: a longitudinal cohort study in China.

  Environmental Health, 2021

  https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-021-00718-x

• Association between Blood Lead Level and Uncontrolled Hypertension in the US Population (NHANES 1999-2016).

  Journal of American Heart Association, 2020

  https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.119.015533

• Interaction between Residential Greenness and Air Pollution Mortality: Analysis of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS).

  The Lancet Planetary Health, 2020

  https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(20)30027-9

• Residential Greenness and Mortality in a Cohort of Oldest-Old Women and Men in China.

  The Lancet Planetary Health, 2019

  https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(18)30264-X

• Cumulative Lead Exposure and Tremor in a Cohort of Older Men: Impact of Lead Biomarkers in the VA Normative Aging Study.

  Environmental Health Perspectives, 2015

  https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1408535

• Association between Blood Lead and Walking Speed in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES 1999–2002).

  Environmental Health Perspectives, 2013

  https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1205918

Commentaries

• Building resilience in heatwaves

  Nature Medicine, 2023

  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02409-1

• Air pollution and cardiovascular disease onset: hours, days, or years?

  The Lancet Public Health, 2022

  https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00257-2

• Megacity, Microscale Livable Space, and Major Depression.

  JAMA Network Open, 2021

  https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.30941

• The IMO 2020 sulphur cap: a step forward for planetary health?

  The Lancet Planetary Health, 2020

  https://doi.org/10.1016/s2542-5196(20)30002-4

• Time for Health to Enter China’s Climate Action Framework.

  The Lancet Public Health, 2019

  https://doi.org/10.1016/s2468-2667(19)30159-8

• China’s Air Pollution and Ageing Society.

  The Lancet Public Health, 2018

  https://doi.org/10.1016/s2468-2667(18)30179-8

https://thurid.lib.tsinghua.edu.cn/scholar/31717660

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5002-118X

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-lrEs0sAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

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