Jiang He

Professor and Chair

  • New Orleans LA UNITED STATES
  • Epidemiology
jhe@tulane.edu504-988-5165

Jiang He is an expert in public health, epidemiology, and clinical research.

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Biography

Professor, chair of the Department of Epidemiology, and Joseph S. Copes Chair of Epidemiology Jian He is a nationally and internationally known expert in the clinical, translational, and epidemiological research of cardiovascular and kidney diseases. He has conducted novel studies in obesity, hypertension, diabetes, stroke, cardiovascular disease, and chronic kidney disease funded by the National Institutes of Health. He has been the principal investigator and co-investigator for more than 30 major research awards from the National Institutes of Health worth more than 150 million U.S. dollars. Dr. He has authored over 400 scientific articles and has published in first class biomedical journals, including New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of The American Medical Association, Lancet, and National Genetics. He has received many awards from local, national, and international academic institutions and professional societies. He directs the Tulane University Translational Science Institute which promotes high-impact clinical, translational, and implementation research at Tulane University.

Areas of Expertise

Coronavirus
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Gene-Environmental Interaction
Global Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology
Clinical Research
Public Health
Epidemiology
Clinical Epidemiology
Clinical Trials and Implementation Sciences
Cardiometabolic diseases
COVID-19

Accomplishments

Highly Cited Researchers (Clinical Medicine)

2014
Thomson Reuters

Oliver Fund Award for Excellence in Faculty Mentoring

2017
Tulane University

President's Award for Excellence in Research

Tulane University

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Education

The Johns Hopkins University

Ph.D.

Clinical Epidemiology

Jianxi Medical College

B.A.

Clinical Medicine

Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

M.D.

Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology

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Affiliations

  • American College of Epidemiology
  • American Heart Association

Media Appearances

Substance Use Ups Risks for CKD Progression, Mortality

Renal & Urology News  online

2018-06-12

In a multivariable adjusted model, persistent tobacco smoking was associated with a significant 1.9-fold increased risk of death compared with nonsmoking, Jiang He, MD, PhD, of Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and colleagues reported. Persistent use of hard illicit drugs was associated with a significant 1.25- and 1.41-fold increased risk of CKD progression and death, respectively, compared with nonuse. Cocaine use was associated with a significant 2-fold increased risk of death. Heroin use was associated with a significant 1.6-fold increased risk of CKD progression...

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Keeping people within U.S. blood pressure guidelines saves lives

Science News  online

2018-05-29

But adhering to the guidelines means doctors may recommend that 83 million adults, 11 million more than before, take blood pressure medications. Those drugs carry a risk of side effects, including kidney damage or abnormally low blood pressure. Of those taking the drugs, 62,000 people’s blood pressure could dip too low and 79,000 might suffer kidney injury or failure, epidemiologist Jiang He of Tulane University in New Orleans and his colleagues estimate...

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Controversial 2017 hypertension guidelines could save 300K lives every year

Cardiovascular Business  online

2018-05-25

The researchers, led by first author Jiang He, MD, PhD, of Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in New Orleans sought to estimate the effects of both the 2017 and 2014 hypertension guidelines on proportions of adults defines as having high blood pressure or recommended for antihypertensive treatment and reductions in cardiovascular disease and mortality...

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Articles

Prevalence and Control of Diabetes in Chinese Adults

JAMA Network

2013

Noncommunicable chronic diseases have become the leading causes of mortality and disease burden worldwide.

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Prevalence of Diabetes among Men and Women in China

The New England Journal of Medicine

2010

Because of the rapid change in lifestyle in China, there is concern that diabetes may become epidemic. We conducted a national study from June 2007 through May 2008 to estimate the prevalence of diabetes among Chinese adults.

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Major Causes of Death among Men and Women in China

New England Journal of Medicine

2005

With China's rapid economic development, the disease burden may have changed in the country. We studied the major causes of death and modifiable risk factors in a nationally representative cohort of 169,871 men and women 40 years of age and older in China.

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