Title Fredrick J. Stare Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology Institution Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Address Harvard School of Public Health Building 2, Room 369A 655 Huntington Ave Boston MA 02115
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Professor of Medicine
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Brigham and Women's Hospital
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Chair, Department of Nutrition
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Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Faculty Affiliate in the Department of Epidemiology
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Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Biography
Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China | MD | 1988 | |
University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, Chicago, Illinois | MPH | 1993 | |
University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, Chicago, Illinois | PhD | 1996 | |
1997
Research Paper Listed as American Heart Association's Top Ten Research Advances for 1997
1998
Charles A. King Trust Research Fellowship
1998
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor research Award Finalist in Epidemiology for Young Investigators, AHA
2001
Research Paper Listed as American Heart Association's Top Ten Research Advances for 2001
2002
Established Investigator Award, AHA
2010
Kelly West Award in Outstanding Achievement in Diabetes Epidemiology, American Diabetes Association
2015
Elected member, National Academy of Medicine
2018
Ancel Keys Memorial Lecturer American Heart Association Scientific Sessions
2020
Boyd Orr Trust Fund Lecturer, The Nutrition Society, UK-Ireland
2022
Scientific Award Keynote Speaker, 2022 Annual Scientific Program

Overview
Dr. Frank Hu is Chair of Department of Nutrition, Fredrick J. Stare Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Hu received his MD from Tongji Medical College in China and MPH and PhD in Epidemiology from University of Illinois at Chicago. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Nutritional Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Hu’s major research interests include epidemiology and prevention of cardiometabolic diseases through diet and lifestyle; gene-environment interactions; nutritional metabolomics; and nutrition transitions in low- and middle-income countries. Currently, he is Director of Boston Nutrition and Obesity Research Center Epidemiology and Genetics Core and Director of Dietary Biomarker Development Center at Harvard University. He has published a textbook on Obesity Epidemiology (Oxford University Press) and >1400 peer-reviewed papers with an H-index of 290. He served on the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on Preventing the Global Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease, the Obesity Guideline Expert Panel, American Heart Association Nutrition Committee, and the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, USDA/HHS. He has served on the editorial boards of Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, Diabetes Care, and Clinical Chemistry. Dr. Hu was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2015.
Dr. Frank Hu’s research has focused on diet/lifestyle, metabolic, and genetic determinants of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease (CVD). His major research interests include epidemiology and prevention of cardiometabolic diseases through diet and lifestyle; gene-environment interactions and risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes; nutritional metabolomics in type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease; and obesity, metabolic phenotypes, and cardiovascular disease in low and middle-income countries. Dr. Hu’s group has conducted detailed analyses of many dietary and lifestyle factors and risk of diabetes and CVD, including sugar-sweetened beverages, coffee, red meat, saturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids, iron, and dietary patterns in large prospective cohort studies including the Nurses’ Health Study and Health Professionals Follow-up Study. These findings have contributed to current public health recommendations and policies for the prevention of chronic diseases. His group has also identified novel biomarkers and gene-environment interactions in relation to risk of obesity and diabetes by integrating cutting-edge omics technologies into epidemiological studies. In addition, Dr. Hu has conducted extensive research on nutrition transition, metabolic phenotypes, and cardiovascular disease in low and middle-income countries.

Research
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U2CDK129670
(CLISH, CLARY B;HU, FRANK B)
Aug 16, 2021 - Jun 30, 2026
Dietary Biomarkers Development Center at Harvard University
Role: Principal Investigator
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R01DK127601
(HU, FRANK B ;RUIZ-CANELA, MIGUEL ;SALAS SALVADO, JORDI)
Mar 15, 2021 - Jan 31, 2025
Lifestyle Interventions, metabolites, microbiome, and diabetes risk
Role: Principal Investigator
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R01DK125803
(TOBIAS, DEIRDRE KAY)
Sep 1, 2020 - May 31, 2024
Health effects of substituting sugar-sweetened beverages with non-caloric beverages in adults with overweight and obesity
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R01AI148338
(HASEGAWA, KOHEI ;LIANG, LIMING)
Aug 13, 2020 - Jul 31, 2024
Infant blood epigenome and risks of IgE sensitization, obesity, and asthma: MARC-35/43 cohorts
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R01DK120870
(SUN, QI)
Apr 15, 2019 - Mar 31, 2024
FOOD-BASED BIOMARKERS, DIET QUALITY, AND CARDIOMETABOLIC HEALTH
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R01DK112940
(HU, FRANK B)
Jan 25, 2018 - Dec 31, 2021
Circulating plasma metabolites, diet, and risk of type 2 diabetes
Role: Principal Investigator
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R01DK102896
(HU, FRANK B)
Sep 1, 2014 - Aug 31, 2020
Dietary Interventions, Metabolites, and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
Role: Principal Investigator
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R01HL118264
(HU, FRANK B ;LAMUELA-RAVENTÓS, ROSA ;MARTINEZ GONZALEZ, MIGUEL A.)
Jul 15, 2013 - Feb 28, 2026
Mediterranean diet, Metabolites, and Cardiovascular Disease
Role: Principal Investigator
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U01HD072834
(JOSHIPURA, KAUMUDI J)
Sep 30, 2011 - Jul 31, 2019
Pregnancy and EARly Lifestyle improvement Study (PEARLS)
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
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U54CA155626
(HU, FRANK B)
Jul 28, 2011 - May 31, 2017
Harvard Transdisciplinary Research in Energetics and Cancer Center
Role: Principal Investigator
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275201000020C-2-0-1
(HU, FRANK B)
Sep 30, 2010 - Sep 29, 2015
Diabetes across women?s lifespan: implication glucose intolerance in pregnancy
Role: Principal Investigator
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275201000020C-4-0-1
(HU, FRANK B)
Sep 30, 2010 - Sep 29, 2015
DIABETES ACROSS WOMEN'S LIFESPAN: IMPLICATION GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE IN PREGNANCY
Role: Principal Investigator
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R03TW008726
(HU, FRANK B)
Sep 1, 2010 - Feb 28, 2014
Substituting Brown Rice for White Rice: Effect on Diabetes Risk Factors in India
Role: Principal Investigator
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U01HG004399
(HU, FRANK B)
Aug 6, 2007 - May 31, 2010
Genes and Environment Initiatives in Type 2 Diabetes
Role: Principal Investigator
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R01HL071981
(QI, LU)
Sep 17, 2003 - Feb 28, 2015
Genetic Markers of CHD in Type 2 Diabetes
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
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R01CA095589
(HU, FRANK B)
Apr 1, 2002 - Feb 28, 2013
Dietary Patterns, Diet Quality + Cancer Risk
Role: Principal Investigator
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R01HL065582
(HU, FRANK B)
Sep 30, 2001 - Jul 31, 2007
Dyslipidermia and Risk of CVD in Diabetic Men and Women
Role: Principal Investigator
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R01HD041702
(HU, FRANK B;WANG, XIAOBIN)
Sep 24, 2001 - Mar 31, 2027
Preterm Birth and Child Long-term Cardiometabolic Risk: Integrate Proteomics with Birth Cohort
Role: Principal Investigator
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R01DK058845
(HU, FRANK B)
Mar 1, 2001 - Feb 28, 2016
Biochemical and Genetic Markers of Type 2 Diabetes Risk
Role: Principal Investigator
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R01HL060712
(HU, FRANK B)
Aug 1, 1998 - Mar 31, 2022
Dietary Patterns and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
Role: Principal Investigator
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5R01HL060712-18
(Frank Hu)
Aug 1, 1998 - Mar 31, 2021
Dietary Patterns and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
Role Description: The goals of this competing renewal are to illuminate the long-term relationships among overall diet quality, energy balance, weight gain, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS), NHS II, and Health Professionals Follow-up Study (HPFS).
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T32DK007703
(DUGGAN, CHRISTOPHER P;HU, FRANK B)
Aug 1, 1994 - Jul 31, 2025
TRAINING GRANT IN ACADEMIC NUTRITION
Role: Principal Investigator
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P30DK046200
(PERISSI, VALENTINA)
Sep 30, 1992 - May 31, 2022
Boston Nutrition Obesity Research Center
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
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N01HD000000
(DRIVER, BARBARA)
Dec 31, 2015
NICHD INTERNATIONAL & DOMESTIC PEDIATRIC & MATERNAL HIV STUDIES DATA COORDINATING CENTER
Role: Co-Principal Investigator

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