Title: Reseach resource and multi-omics platform at Shanghai Jiaotong University and Ruijin Hospital
Summary: During the first years of the pandemic, the Left agreed that ‘following the science’ with hard lockdowns was the best way to preserve life. But social science reveals the true human cost of this policy.
Biography: Prof Jie obtained a PhD degree in genetic epidemiology from the University of Bristol in 2015 and worked in Bristol for 11 years. In 2018, Jie received the Vice- Chancellor fellowship and in 2021 the Springboard Award from the Academy of Medical Science. In January 2022, he officially joined Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine as a professor. Jie has multi-disciplinary background in statistical genetics, epidemiology, and bioinformatics, with experience in building up platforms such as MR-Base and LD Hub, applying causal inference method Mendelian randomization and conducting multi-ancestry omics analysis. So far, Jie published a total of 121 papers, with over 8300 citations (h- index=31, i-10-index=55). In addition, Jie was supported by 2 fellowships and 4 research grants in the UK. With the support of these research funds, he led a multi-disciplinary team in the UK till 2021. After returning back to China, he received four fellowships and a national-wide major grant to establish a research team in Shanghai.
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