慢性病流行病学、多组学分析、衰老及生命历程研究

1、国家科技支撑计划项目，区域人口健康大型队列关键技术示范研究，2012-2014，参加

2、国家自然科学基金重大项目（子课题），基于中国超大型队列的冠心病表观遗传学研究，2014-2018，参与

3、国家自然科学基金青年项目，以共同抚养和分开抚养双生子为基础的心血管疾病环境危险因素研究，2013-2015，参与

此外，在国外博士后工作期间，作为骨干成员参与包括“心血管代谢性疾病流行病学”、“多组学（包括基因组、表观遗传组学、肠道微生物组学、代谢组学等）研究”、“衰老及生命历程纵向研究”等方向在内科研项目共9项。

1. Sun D, Zhou T, Heianza Y, Li X, Fan M, Fonseca V, Qi L^*. Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension: A Study on Bidirectional Causality. Circulation Research 2019; 124:6:930-937.

2. Sun D^#, Zhang T^#, Su S^#, Hao G, Chen T, Li QZ, Bazzano L, He J, Wang X, Li S, Chen W^*. Body Mass Index Drives Changes in DNA Methylation: A Longitudinal Study. Circulation Research 2019; 125:9:824-833.

3. Sun D, Wang T, Heianza Y, Lv J, Han L, Rabito F, Kelly T, Li S, He J, Bazzano L, Chen W, Qi L^*. A History of Asthma From Childhood and Left Ventricular Mass in Asymptomatic Young Adults: The Bogalusa Heart Study. JACC: Heart Failure 2017; 5:7:497-504.

4. Sun D, Li X, Heianza Y, Nisa H, Shang X, Rabito F, Kelly T, Harville E, Li S, He J, Bazzano L, Chen W, Qi L^*. History of Asthma From Childhood and Arterial Stiffness in Asymptomatic Young Adults. Hypertension 2018; 71:5:928-936.

5. Sun D, Zhou T, Li X, Heianza Y, Liang Z, Bray GA, Sacks FM, Qi L^*. Genetic Susceptibility, Dietary Protein Intake, and Changes of Blood Pressure: The POUNDS Lost Trial. Hypertension 2019; 74:6:1460-1467.

6. Sun D, Heianza Y, Li X, Shang X, Smith SR, Bray GA, Sacks FM, Qi L^*. Genetic, epigenetic and transcriptional variations at NFATC2IP locus with weight loss in response to diet interventions: The POUNDS Lost Trial. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism 2018; 20:9:2298-2303.

7. Lee Y, Sun D, Ori APS, Lu AT, Seeboth A, Harris SE, Deary IJ, Marioni RE, Soerensen M, Mengel-From J, Hjelmborg J, Christensen K, Wilson JG, Levy D, Reiner AP, Chen W, Li S, Harris JR, Magnus P, Aviv A, Jugessur A, Horvath S^*. Epigenome-wide association study of leukocyte telomere length. Aging (Albany NY) 2019; 11:16:5876-5894.

8. Sun D, Wang T, Heianza Y, Huang T, Shang X, Lv J, Li S, Harville E, Chen W, Fonseca V, Qi L^*. Birthweight and cardiometabolic risk patterns in multiracial children. International Journal of Obesity 2018; 42:1:20-27.

9. Sun D, Lv J, Chen W, Li S, Guo YY, Bian Z, Yu C, Zhou H, Tan Y, Chen J, Chen Z, Li L^*, Collins R, Peto R, Lancaster G, Yang X, Williams A, Smith M, Yang L, Chang Y, Millwood I, Chen Y, Lewington S, Hou C, Qingdao Q, Pang Z, Wang S, Zhang Y, Licang KZ, Liu S, and On behalf of the China Kadoorie Biobank collaborative group. Spicy food consumption is associated with adiposity measures among half a million Chinese people: the China Kadoorie Biobank study. BMC public health 2014; 14:1293.

10. Sun D, Li S, Zhang X, Fernandez C, Chen W, Srinivasan SR, Berenson GS^*. Uric acid is associated with metabolic syndrome in children and adults in a community: the Bogalusa Heart Study. PloS one 2014; 9:10:e89696.