Jun Dai, M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Master of Public Health Program
Additional Roles
Associate Professor, Department of Public Health
Associate Professor, Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences Program
515-271-1367 (Office Phone)
515-271-4280 (Fax)
Areas of Expertise
Professional Organizations
American Heart Association
American Society for Nutrition
Service
| Core faculty, Developmental Committee, Doctoral program in Epidemiology | 08/2010– 06/2012 |
| Core faculty, Developmental Committee, the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics | 10/2010 – 06/2012 |
| Member, Biostatistics faculty search committee, Department of Applied Health Science, School of Public Health | 08/2009-04/2011 |
| Member, Epidemiology faculty search committee, School of Public Health | 01/2011-03/2011 |
| Member, Graduate Admission Committee, Doctoral program in Health Behavior, Department of Applied Health Science | 10/2010 – 06/2012 |
| Member, Graduate Admission Committee, MPH program, Department of Applied Health Science | 09/2010 –06/2012 |
| Member, Graduate Admission Committee, M.S. Nutrition Sciences Program, Department of Applied Health Science | 08/2008 – 06/2012 |
Des Moines University, Des Moines IA
| Member, University Grant Review Panel | 2016-2017 |
| Member, University Facility Committee | 02/2017- 2018 |
| Member, University Academic and Logistics Planning Team (ALPT) | 2018 |
| Chair, University Facility Committee | 2019-present |
| Member, CHS Bylaw and Nomination Committee | 2017- present |
| Department of Public Health (DPH) Service | |
| Member, DPH Academic Progress Committee (APC) | 2016- present |
| Member, DPH Evaluation Committee | 2018- present |
| Other DPH Service | |
| Review Master of Public Health (MPH) Graduate Application on the regular basis
Participate in the faculty search and interview as needed Advise MPH students as their academic advisor on the regular basis |
2016-present |
China
| Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China | |
| Member, Graduate Admission Committee, Nutrition and Food Hygiene Master Program | 1998 – 2003 |
| Member, Graduate Advisor Committee, Nutrition and Food Hygiene Master Program
(Co-advisor: six students in the Master degree program) |
1998 – 2003 |
| Member, Dissertation Committee, Nutrition and Food Hygiene Master Program, School of Public Health | 2001-2003 |
| Director of Graduate Studies, Nutrition and Food Hygiene Master Program, School of Public Health | 2001-2003 |
| Core faculty, Committee, Clinical Nutrition M.D. Training Program. | 1995 |
| Core faculty, Committee, Development and administration of department of clinical nutrition at the hospital | 1992 |
Regional, National and International Service
Executive Secretary of Guangdong Nutrition Society, China| 1999-2003
My responsibility includes: directly reporting to the president of Guangdong Nutrition Society; organizing and arranging board meeting (33 members); communicating with board members; supervising financial management; developing and managing the database; writing and producing extensive society-running documents which covered the charter of the society and board-meeting efficient running issues; participating all aspects in conferences such as annual society conference (600-1000 attendants); and establishing and strengthening relationships with governments at local, provincial and national levels.
Editorial Board Member
- Austin Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology (since 2014)
- The Journal of Nutrition (2014 – 2018)
ad hoc Journal Reviewing
- Diabetes Care (since 2007)
- The Journal of Nutrition (since 2007)
- Circulation (since 2008)
- The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (since 2010)
- Congestive Heart Failure (since 2010)
- Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases (since 2010)
- Br J Nutrition (since 2010)
- Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics (since 2010)
- Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (since 2010)
- Journal of the American Dietetic Association (since 2010)
- Archives of Medical Research (since 2011)
International Grant Reviewer
- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) (since 2011)
National NIH Grant Reviewer
- NHLBI Special Emphasis Panel ZHL1 CCT-S (C8) (2018)
- NHLBI Special Emphasis Panel ZHL1 CCT-S (C10) (2018)
Moderator for International/National Conference
“Genetic Epidemiology Session”, 48th Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention and Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism Conference, Colorado Spring, Colorado, the US, Mar 11-15, 2008
Member of National Writing Group
“National Study Guides for Chinese Medical Professional Qualification Examination (Nutrition)” for nutritionist, dietitian, and physician with specialty in clinical nutrition at the intermediate and senior levels, Beijing, PR China, 2002
Other Service with Public Health Promotion Achievements (Selected)
- TV Series
- The First Prize for the National Excellence in Television Educational Public Program at the 7th National Television Educational Program Award Competition. “Nutrition during Pregnancy”. Maternal and Infant Nutrition by Dai J, He M, Mei J, Performance Hu Yan-Fen, Science and Life. Guangdong Television Station, Guangzhou, Guangdong, PR China, Oct 1996.
- Role: scripter, fund-raiser and co-organizer
- This TV series covered more than 20 million people, Dec 1996-present
- Media Interview
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- “Diet, disease and health”. Ask the Expert, by Dai J. Guangdong Business Radio, Guangzhou, Guangdong, PR China
- Covered 20 million people
Professional Development Activities
| Faculty Training Program, the Department of Clinical Nutrition, Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, funded by Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) (Canada) | 1991 – 1995 |
| Chinese Medical Board Fellowship, the Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, funded by Chinese Medical Board (New York, the US) | 2001 –2002 |
| Visiting Scholar, Department of Community, Occupational and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore | 2000 |
| The 2nd advanced molecular medicine laboratory techniques, Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China | 2002 |
| The 2nd short course on next-generation sequencing: Technology and Statistical Methods (Sponsored by National Human Genome Research Institute, US), University of Alabama-Birmingham, AL, the US | 2012 |
| The 15th Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Conference (APBC 2017), Shenzhen, China, Jan 15-18, 2017 | 2017 |
| Education: |
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| Ph.D., Nutrition and Health Sciences concentrating on Epidemiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA |
| M.Sc., Nutrition and Food Hygiene concentrating on Clinical Nutrition Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, PR China |
| M.D., Medicine with specialty in Clinical Nutrition, Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, PR China |