Jonathan Y. Huang

Jonathan Y. Huang, PhD, serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, focusing on translating epidemiological research into actionable public health interventions through rigorous quantitative methods.

His academic credentials include:

• PhD in Epidemiology with Certificate in Public Health Genetics from the University of Washington, Seattle
• MPH in Community-Oriented Public Health Practice from the University of Washington, Seattle
• BSc in Biochemistry and English Literature from the University of Virginia

Dr. Huang’s research examines social and biological determinants of early child health and development, with specific emphasis on environmental contaminant effects, exposome social determinants, placental multi-omic pathways, paternal health influences, and mHealth interventions for expectant couples. His methodological expertise strengthens causal inference in life-course epidemiology.

Publication trends reveal consistent contributions to environmental-child health interfaces, with recent work addressing pandemic impacts on children, socioeconomic exposome mapping, and multi-omic mediation analysis across international birth cohorts.

He directs competitively funded birth cohort studies across four continents and holds editorial positions at the International Journal of Epidemiology (Associate Editor) and Fertility & Sterility (Methodological Editor), reflecting his methodological leadership.