Biography

Dr. Jia is professor and chief physician of Department of Endocrinology & Metabolism of the Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), director of the Shanghai Diabetes Institute, director of the National office for primary diabetes care, and director of the Institute for Proactive Healthcare of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Her research interests include discovering genetic susceptibility for type 2 diabetes in Chinese, and developing genetic models and gene chips
establishing new diagnostic standards for diabetes and abdominal obesity for Chinese
constructing genetic prediction model of the efficacy of blood glucose lowering medication for individualized drug use
establishing the normal standard of continuous glucose monitoring and expanding clinical application
developing the Shanghai Integration Model to improve primary care on diabetes management. She has published over 300 original articles in international journals, including Nat Med, Nat Biotechnol, Nat Metab, Nat Commun, BMJ, Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol, Diabetes, J Hepatol, Diabetes Care, etc.