Qi Sun

Dr Qi Sun is an Associate Professor at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. His primary research interest is to identify and examine biomedical risk factors, particularly dietary biomarkers, in relation to type 2 diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular diseases. His research is based on large-scale cohort studies and clinical trials. Dr Sun is also interested in understanding the role of environmental pollutants in the aetiology of weight change and type 2 diabetes. His primary approach is to, through integrating the state-of-the-art of omics technologies and noncommunicable disease epidemiologic approaches, elucidate novel diet-disease associations and underlying mechanisms relevant to human beings.

His research has led to the discovery of endogenous metabolites, endocrine disruptors, circulating proteins, and gut microbiome as predictors or modulators of human metabolic diseases. Overall, his innovative research on multiple important topics has enhanced the understanding of biological mechanisms underlying nutrition and metabolic health. 

His research thus far has led to more than 300 peer-reviewed publications. Dr Sun is currently leading US NIH-funded projects that focus on food biomarker discovery and validation, microbial predictors of diabetes, and environmental pollutants in relation to weight change or cardiovascular disease in human populations.