معرفی
Huaidong Du is an Associate Professor at the Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, leading research on the China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB) study. Her work focuses on diet, physical activity, adiposity, diabetes, and eye diseases, with extensive coordination of CKB resurveys involving 25,000 participants across 10 Chinese regions since 2013.
Her educational background includes:
- MD degree (1994)
- MSc and PhD in Nutritional Epidemiology from the Netherlands (2009)
Dr. Du's research bridges Clinical Ophthalmology and Nutritional Epidemiology, emphasizing longitudinal cohort analysis of lifestyle-disease interactions. Her clinical background as an ophthalmologist informs specialized investigations into eye disease epidemiology within large population studies, while her doctoral training drives methodological rigor in dietary assessment and chronic disease modeling.
Recent 2025 publications reveal a strategic focus on translational epidemiology, integrating environmental exposures (e.g., air pollution), genetic risk scores, and cost-effectiveness frameworks. Studies leverage CKB and UK Biobank data to address public health priorities like stroke prognosis, statin therapy thresholds, and smoking-related metabolic pathways across diverse populations.
As a core CKB coordinator, Dr. Du manages multi-site field operations for biennial resurveys, overseeing data collection on physical measurements, biosamples, and lifestyle factors. This involves cross-cultural collaboration with Chinese regional centers and Oxford-based analytical teams to maintain one of the world's largest prospective cohort studies.
