
Zhe Wang, PhD
About Me
Zhe (JJ) Wang, PhD, is an Instructor in the Department of Environmental Medicine and Climate Science and a member of the Charles Bronfman Institute for Personalized Medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Wang is a genetic and molecular epidemiologist focused on cardiometabolic-related diseases such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. Her research uses cutting-edge epidemiological, genomic, and bioinformatics approaches to assess genetic variants, clinical/lifestyle risk factors, and the interactions between genetic and environmental risk factors in understanding the etiology of these diseases and related traits. Dr. Wang received her Ph.D. in Epidemiology from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, her M.Sc. in Nutrition and Health from Wageningen University & Research, and a Bachelor of Medicine from Peking University Health Science Center.
Language
English
Position
ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Artificial Intelligence and Human Health
Education
MS, Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University (WUR)
PhD, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTSPH)
Publications
Selected Publications
- Genetic underpinnings of the heterogeneous impact of obesity on lipid levels and cardiovascular disease. Daeeun Kim, Heather M. Highland, Roelof A.J. Smit, Micah R. Hysong, Victoria L. Buchanan, Kristin L. Young, Chi Zhao, Cassandra N. Spracklen, Tuomas O. Kilpeläinen, Boya Guo, Burcu F. Darst, Yanwei Cai, Zhe Wang, Jessica Lundin, Sonja I. Berndt, Jo Ann E. Manson, Eirini Marouli, Leslie Lange, Ethan Lange, Myriam Fornage, Christopher R. Gignoux, Christopher A. Haiman, Stephen S. Rich, Steven Buyske, Ruth J.F. Loos, Charles Kooperberg, Ulrike Peters, Christy L. Avery, Penny Gordon-Larsen, Mariaelisa Graff, Laura M. Raffield, Kari E. North. Genome Medicine
- Insights from the largest diverse ancestry sex-specific disease map for genetically predicted height. A. Papadopoulou, E. M. Litkowski, M. Graff, Z. Wang, R. A.J. Smit, G. Chittoor, I. Dinsmore, N. S. Josyula, M. Lin, J. Shortt, W. Zhu, S. L. Vedantam, L. Yengo, A. R. Wood, S. I. Berndt, I. A. Holm, F. D. Mentch, H. Hakonarson, K. Kiryluk, C. Weng, G. P. Jarvik, D. Crosslin, D. Carrell, I. J. Kullo, O. Dikilitas, M. G. Hayes, W. Q. Wei, D. R.V. Edwards, T. L. Assimes, J. N. Hirschhorn, J. E. Below, C. R. Gignoux, A. E. Justice, R. J.F. Loos, Y. V. Sun, S. Raghavan, P. Deloukas, K. E. North, E. Marouli. npj Genomic Medicine
- Polygenic risk score for type 2 diabetes shows context-dependent effects across populations. Boya Guo, Yanwei Cai, Daeeun Kim, Roelof A.J. Smit, Zhe Wang, Kruthika R. Iyer, Austin T. Hilliard, Jeffrey Haessler, Ran Tao, K. Alaine Broadaway, Yujie Wang, Nikita Pozdeyev, Frederik F. Stæger, Chaojie Yang, Brett Vanderwerff, Amit D. Patki, Lauren Stalbow, Meng Lin, Nicholas Rafaels, Jonathan Shortt, Laura Wiley, Maggie Stanislawski, Jack Pattee, Lea Davis, Peter S. Straub, Megan M. Shuey, Nancy J. Cox, Nanette R. Lee, Marit E. Jørgensen, Peter Bjerregaard, Christina Larsen, Torben Hansen, Ida Moltke, James B. Meigs, Daniel O. Stram, Xianyong Yin, Xiang Zhou, Kyong Mi Chang, Shoa L. Clarke, Rodrigo Guarischi-Sousa, Joanna Lankester, Philip S. Tsao, Steven Buyske, Mariaelisa Graff, Laura M. Raffield, Quan Sun, Lynne R. Wilkens, Christopher S. Carlson, Charles B. Easton, Saiju Pyarajan. Nature Communications