Jing Li 

Associate Professor

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health

Tianjin Medical University

22 Qixiangtai Road

Tianjin 300070

Phone: +86-22-83336618

Email Address: lijing_ph@tmu.edu.cn

Education 

Ph.D., Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China, 2014-2019 (Direct-Entry Ph.D. Program)

B.S., Preventive Medicine, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China, 2009-2014

Professional Background 

2023- Associate Professor, Tianjin Medical University, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health 

2020-2023 Lecturer, Tianjin Medical University, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health

Awards Received 

1.Received Outstanding Recognition in the Year-End Evaluation at Tianjin Medical University, 2023

2.Received Outstanding Recognition in the Year-End Evaluation at Tianjin Medical University, 2022

3.Received Outstanding Recognition in Graduate Affairs Department's Part-Time Counselor Evaluation at Tianjin Medical University, 2021.

4.Outstanding Class Advisor of Tianjin Medical University, 2020-2021

5.Outstanding Ph.D. Graduate, Tianjin Medical University, 2019.

6.National Postgraduate Scholarship of Tianjin Medical University, 2018

Other Roles

1.Member of the Third Committee, Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Medicine Branch, Tianjin Medical Association. 

Publications

1. Li J, Zhang R, Zhang C, Liu G, Li W, Wang H, Qiao Y, Yu Z, Hu G, Chan J, Leng J, Yang X. Effects of intensive treatment of Chinese women with gestational diabetes on the risk of offspring being overweight from 3 to 8 years of age[J]. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2024;26(9):4126-4130. DOI: 10.1111/dom.15770

2. Li J, Liu J, Zhang C, Liu G, Leng J, Wang L, Li W, Yu Z, Hu G, Chan JCN, Yang X*. Effects of lifestyle intervention of maternal gestational diabetes on offspring growth pattern before two years of age[J]. Diabetes Care. 2021;44:e42-e44. DOI: 10.2337/dc20-2750.

3. Li N#, Yang Y#, Cui D#, Li C, Ma R, Li J*, Yang X*. Effects of lifestyle intervention on long‐term risk of diabetes in women with prior gestational diabetes: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials[J]. Obes Rev. 2021;22:e13122. DOI: 10.1111/obr.13122

4. Gao M#, Cao S#, Li N, Liu J, Lyu Y, Li J*, Yang X*. Risks of overweight in the offspring of women with gestational diabetes at different developmental stages: A meta‐analysis with more than half a million offspring[J]. Obes Rev. 2021; e13395. DOI: 10.1111/obr.13395.

5. Li J, Huo X, Cao Y, Li S, Du Z, Shao P, Leng J, Zhang C, Sun XY, Ma RCW, Fang ZZ*, Yang X*. Bile acid metabolites in early pregnancy and risk of gestational diabetes in Chinese women: A nested case-control study[J]. EBioMedicine. 2018;35: 317-324. DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2018.08.015

6. Huo X#, Li J#, Cao Y, Li S, Shao P, Leng J, Li W, Liu J, Yang K, Ma RCW, Hu G, Fang ZZ*, Yang X*. Trimethylamine-N-oxide metabolites in the early pregnancy and risk of gestational diabetes: a nested case control study[J]. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019;104(11):5529-5539. DOI: 10.1210/jc.2019-00710.

7. Liu J#, Li J#, Yang K, Leng J, Li W, Yang W, Huo X, Yu Z, Ma R, Hu G, Fang Z, Yang X*. Ceramides and their interactive effects with trimethylamine-N-oxide metabolites on risk of gestational diabetes: A nested case-control study[J]. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2021,171:108606. DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2020.108606.

8. Liu J#, Li J#, Li S, Leng J, Li W, Yang W, Huo X, Chen L, Ma RCW, Hu G, Fang ZZ*, Yang X*. Circulating Lysophosphatidylcholines in Early Pregnancy and Risk of Gestational Diabetes in Chinese Women [J]. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020,105(4):dgaa058. DOI : 10.1210/clinem/dgaa058.

9. Wang H#, Li J#, Leng J, Li W, Liu J, Yan X, Yu Z, Hu G, Ma RCW, Fang Z*, Wang Y*, Yang X*. The CDKAL1 rs7747752-Bile Acids Interaction Increased Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Nested Case-Control Study[J]. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2022;13:808956. DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2022.808956. 

10. Liu H#, Li J#, Leng J, Wang H, Liu J, Li W, Liu H, Wang S, Ma J, Chan J, Yu Z, Hu G, Li C*, Yang X*. Machine learning risk score for prediction of gestational diabetes in early pregnancy in Tianjin, China[J]. Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2021,37(5):e3397. DOI: 10.1002/dmrr.3397.

11. Li J#, Cao Y#, Sun XY, Han L, Li SN, Gu WQ, Song M, Jiang CT, Yang X*, Fang ZZ*. Plasma tyrosine and its interaction with low high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol and the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Chinese[J]. Journal of Diabetes Investigation. 2019, 10: 491-498. DOI: 10.1111/jdi.12898

12. Cao Y#, Li J#, Zhang Z#, Liu J, Sun X, Feng X, Luo H, Yang W, Li S, Yang X*, Fang Z*. Plasma levels of amino acids related to urea cycle and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Chinese adults[J]. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 2019, 10: 50. DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2019.00050

13. Gao M#, Li J#, Zhang R, Li H, Li W, Zhang S, Wang P, Wang H, Fang Z, Yu Z, Hu G, Leng J, Yang X*. Serum mannan-binding lectin-associated serine proteases in early pregnancy for gestational diabetes in Chinese pregnant women[J]. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 2023, 14: 1230244. DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1230244.

14. Gao M#, Li J#, Li N, Li W, Zhang S, Zhang T, Wang H, Fang Z, Yu Z, Hu G, Leng J, Yang X*. Circulating hyaluronidase in early pregnancy and increased risk of gestational diabetes in Chinese pregnant women: A nested case control study[J]. Clinica Chimica Acta. 2023, 548: 117512. DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2023.117512

15. Li N#, Li J#, Wang H, Liu J, Li W, Yang K, Huo X, Leng J, Yu Z, Hu G, Fang Z, Yang X*. Aromatic amino acids and their interactions with gut microbiota related metabolites for risk of gestational diabetes: a prospective nested case-control study in a Chinese cohort[J]. Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism. 2023. DOI: 10.1159/000531481

Grants

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China: Clinical and Mechanistic Studies on Roles of the PEMT Pathway Regulated by Trimethylamine in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (Grant Number: 81870549). 2023.01-2025.12

2. National Natural Science Foundation of China: Association of arsenic exposure and arsenic metabolism with gestational diabetes and mechanism of placental insulin resistance mediated by Tef/Per2: a study based on m6A (Grant Number: 82373543). 2024.01-2027.12

3. National Key Research and Development Program of China: Research on the Mechanisms of Clinical Drugs in Regulating Intestinal Microbiota-Mediated Disease Progression (Grant Number: 2021YFA1301202). 2022.01-2026.12

4. Key Discipline Project of Tianjin Municipal Health Commission：Development of an Artificial Intelligence Prediction Model for Pediatric Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Incorporating Novel Metabolic Factors (Grant Number: TJWJ2022XK008). 2022.07-2025.06.

5. National Natural Science Foundation of China: The Roles of the Cross-talk between Gut Microbe and Bile Acids in the Mechanism of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (Grant Number: 81870549). 2019.01-2022.12 

6. National Key Research and Development Program of China: Current Profile of Risk Factor Prevalence in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, and the Development of Risk Prediction Models, Intervention Techniques, and Management Strategies (Grant Number: 2018YFC1313903). 2018.09-2021.12