Jian Rong, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Neurology
Biography
Dr. Jian Rong has a strong background in theoretical and applied statistics. She has extensive experiences on public health and medical research as a biostatistician. She has conducted numerous statistical analyses on clinical and genetic associations with inflammatory biomarkers; atrial fibrillation association with blood pressure, arterial tonometry and pulsatile hemodynamics; and SABRe microRNA profiling research. She wrote extensive programs and SAS macros on QC analysis, data management and cleaning. She has developed a suite of statistical tools for testing and modeling association between CVD or death outcomes and biomarkers or miRNAs adjusting for clinical risk factors. Dr. Rong has been the lead statistician for several clinical and genetic projects. She provides statistical support for medical fellows and the research team. She participates in writing and revising manuscripts for grant application and publication. She has been working closely with both U.S. researchers from BU and Harvard and international scholars. Her collaborative work with international scholars is effective and productive. Her diligent work results in more than a dozen co-authored papers in nationally and internationally recognized medical journals. She presented her work at the Joint Statistical Meeting as well as the Framingham Heart Study. Dr. Rong is a statistical reviewer for the medical journal Circulation. She is also the co-organizer of the Statistical Meeting at the Framingham Heart Study, where she organizes the meeting alternatively with another faculty member.
Other Positions
- Investigator, Framingham Heart Study, Framingham Heart Study
Education
- Boston University, PhD
- Bowling Green State University, MS
- Zhejiang University, BE/BEng
Publications
- Published on 12/31/2024
Rong J, Pathiravasan CH, Zhang Y, Faro JM, Wang X, Schramm E, Borrelli B, Benjamin EJ, Liu C, Murabito JM. Baseline Smartphone App Survey Return in the Electronic Framingham Heart Study Offspring and Omni 1 Study: eCohort Study. JMIR Aging. 2024 Dec 31; 7:e64636. PMID: 39740111.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/8/2024
Wang X, Zhang Y, Pathiravasan CH, Ukonu NC, Rong J, Benjamin EJ, McManus DD, Larson MG, Vasan RS, Hamburg NM, Murabito JM, Liu C, Mitchell GF. Association of Arterial Stiffness With Mid- to Long-Term Home Blood Pressure Variability in the Electronic Framingham Heart Study: Cohort Study. JMIR Cardio. 2024 Apr 08; 8:e54801. PMID: 38587880.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/1/2017
Torjesen A, Cooper LL, Rong J, Larson MG, Hamburg NM, Levy D, Benjamin EJ, Vasan RS, Mitchell GF. Relations of Arterial Stiffness With Postural Change in Mean Arterial Pressure in Middle-Aged Adults: The Framingham Heart Study. Hypertension. 2017 Apr; 69(4):685-690. PMID: 28264924.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/22/2016
Delling FN, Rong J, Larson MG, Lehman B, Fuller D, Osypiuk E, Stantchev P, Hackman B, Manning WJ, Benjamin EJ, Levine RA, Vasan RS. Evolution of Mitral Valve Prolapse: Insights From the Framingham Heart Study. Circulation. 2016 Apr 26; 133(17):1688-95. PMID: 27006478.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/31/2014
Delling FN, Rong J, Larson MG, Lehman B, Osypiuk E, Stantchev P, Slaugenhaupt SA, Benjamin EJ, Levine RA, Vasan RS. Familial clustering of mitral valve prolapse in the community. Circulation. 2015 Jan 20; 131(3):263-8. PMID: 25361552.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/2/2008
Keaney JF, Lipinska I, Larson MG, Dupuis J, Freedman JE, Hamburg NM, Massaro JM, Rong J, Sutherland P, Vita JA, Vasan RS, Benjamin EJ. Clinical correlates, heritability, and genetic linkage of circulating CD40 ligand in the Framingham Offspring Study. Am Heart J. 2008 Nov; 156(5):1003-1009.e1. PMID: 19061720.
Read at: PubMed