Profile

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 al.

Work Experience

• 2025–Present Research 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 Hong Kong

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

Research 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. Lin JS, 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. Lin JS, 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*, Lin JS*, 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*#, Lin JS*, 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. Lin JS#, 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. Lin JS#, 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. Lin JS#, 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. Lin JS, 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*, Lin JS*, 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. Lin JS#, 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.