Jun Jiang
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Jun joined the Bell Team in September 2025 as a PhD student and are co-advised by Prof. Michelle Bell and Prof. Arianna Salazar-Miranda. Jun is a PhD student at the Yale School of the Environment, where her research focuses on quantifying the health impacts of urban environments. With a background in both landscape architecture and public health, she integrates advanced spatial analysis, causal inference, and machine learning to investigate how factors such as greenspace, air pollution, and climate stressors shape population health outcomes. Her work aims to provide scientific evidence that can inform equitable and sustainable urban planning policies.
Before joining Yale, Jun earned a Master of Public Health from the Yale School of Public Health and a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Maryland. She has published peer-reviewed articles in Environment International, Obesity Reviews, and Environmental Research, and has contributed to studies on childhood weight-related outcomes, cardiometabolic risks, and multiple urban facility accessibility. Her long-term goal is to advance scholarship at the intersection of environmental health and urban design, and to train as an independent researcher whose work bridges science and policy for healthier cities.
Selected Awards
Horstmann Scholarship, 2023-2025
Stolwijk Fellowship, 2024
Selected Publications
Wang, Y; Li, W; Chen, S; Zhang, J; Liu, X; Jiang, J; Chen, L; Tang, Z; Wan, X; Lian, X; Liang, B; Xie, S; Ma, J; Guo, X; Dong, Y; Wu, L; Li, J; Koutrakis, P. PM2.5 constituents associated with childhood obesity and larger BMI growth trajectory: a 14-year longitudinal study. Environmental Science & Technology. May 23 2023.
Jiang J, Lau PWC, Li Y, Gao D, Chen L, Chen M, Ma Y, Ma T, Ma Q, Zhang Y, Liu J, Wang X, Dong Y, Song Y, Ma J. Association of fast-food restaurants with overweight and obesity in school-aged children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Obes Rev. Dec 15 2022:e13536. doi:10.1111/obr.13536
Li J, Song Y, Shi L, Jiang J, Wan X, Wang Y, Ma Y, Dong Y, Zou Z, Ma J. Long-term effects of ambient PM2.5 constituents on metabolic syndrome in Chinese children and adolescents. Environmental Research. 2023/03/01/ 2023;220:115238. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.115238
Chen L, Gao D, Ma T, Chen M, Li Y, Ma Y, Wen B, Jiang J, Wang X, Zhang J, Chen S, Wu L, Li W, Liu X, Guo X, Huang S, Wei J, Song Y, Ma J, Dong Y. Could greenness modify the effects of physical activity and air pollutants on overweight and obesity among children and adolescents? Sci Total Environ. 2022;832:155117.
Chen L, Xie J, Ma T, Chen M, Gao D, Li Y, Ma Y, Wen B, Jiang J, Wang X, Zhang J, Chen S, Wu L, Li W, Liu X, Dong B, Wei J, Guo X, Huang S, Song Y, Dong Y, Ma J. Greenness alleviates the effects of ambient particulate matter on the risks of high blood pressure in children and adolescents. Sci Total Environ. 2022;812:152431.
Chen L, Su B, Zhang Y, Ma T, Liu J, Yang Z, Li Y, Gao D, Chen M, Ma Y, Wang X, Wen B, Jiang J, Dong Y, Song Y, Ma J. Association between height growth patterns in puberty and stature in late adolescence: A longitudinal analysis in chinese children and adolescents from 2006 to 2016. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2022;13:882840. doi:10.3389/fendo.2022.882840
Chen L, Wei J, Ma T, Gao D, Wang X, Wen B, Chen M, Li Y, Jiang J, Wu L, Li W, Liu X, Song Y, Guo X, Dong Y, Ma J. Ambient gaseous pollutant exposure and incidence of visual impairment among children and adolescents: findings from a longitudinal, two-center cohort study in China. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. Oct 2022;29(48):73262-73270. doi:10.1007/s11356-022-20025-3
Chen M, Ma Y, Ma T, Li Y, Gao D, Chen L, Liu J, Zhang Y, Jiang J, Wang X, Dong Y, Ma J. The association between growth patterns and blood pressure in children and adolescents: A cross-sectional study of seven provinces in China. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). Dec 2021;23(12):2053-2064. doi:10.1111/jch.14393