CHEN Tian-Jiao

Associate Professor
38 College Road, Beijing, China, 100191
Peking University

Personal profile

Tian-Jiao Chen is an associate professor in Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, Peking University. She graduated from the school of public health of Peking University with a bachelor's degree (from preventive medicine) in 2000, and a doctor's degree (from Child and Adolescent Health and Maternal and Child Health) in 2005. In the same year, she stayed in the Institute and served as a lecturer and associate professor successively. From 2010 to 2011, he worked as a visiting scholar at Karolinska Medical College in Sweden and the health equity research center of Stockholm University. From 2010 to 2011, she worked as a visiting scholar at Center for Health Equity Study (CHESS) of Stockholm University and Karolinska Institute in Sweden. She also is the member of the school branch of China health promotion and Education Association and the communication editorial board of Chinese Journal of School Health. She has presided over more than 10 scientific research projects from such as National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Ministry of education, the Ministry of health and United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, and has published more than 60 academic papers in Chinese and English. She won the first prize of Science and Technology Award of the China Preventive Medicine Association as the third person, and the third prize of the Beijing Science and technology award as the second person.

Main research directions

Growth and development of children and adolescents and the related influencing factors; Children and Adolescents Twin Study; Study on obesity related risk factors and prevention and control strategies in children and adolescents; Health risk behaviors of children and adolescents.

Representative scientific research projects

1. Take charge of research “The mechanism of adipocytokines in the energy regulation system in the initiation and regulation of puberty: A twin study” (National Natural Science Foundation of China)

2. Take charge of research "Obesity Prevention and Control: 'students-school-family' participation in social ecological intervention model" (sub-project of "Students' Major Disease Prevention and Control Technology and Related Standards Development and Application", Health Industry Scientific Research Special Project, The Ministry of Health)

3. Take charge of project “Chinese children and adolescents healthy development strategy formulation” (UNICEF and National Health Commission of China)

4. Establishment of Health Standards for Overweight and Obesity Screening in School-age Children and Adolescents (WS/T 586-2018, Policy and Regulations Department Project, Ministry of Health)

5. Chinese National Survey on Student’s Constitution and Health

10 representative papers

1. Chen TJ, Ji CY*, Wang SS, Lichtenstein P, Larsson H, Chang Z. Genetic and environmental influences on the relationship between ADHD symptoms and internalizing problems: A Chinese twin study. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2016;171(7):931-7.

2. An Meijing, Chen Tianjiao*, Zhou Qianling, Ma Jun. Paternal and maternal support of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in children on weekdays and weekends: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health, 2021, 21:1776

3. Chen TJ, Ji CY*. Secular Change in Stature of Urban Chinese Children and Adolescents, 1985–2010. Biomedical and Environmental Sciences. 2013; 26(1): 13-22

4. Chen TJ, Modin B, Ji CY*, Hjern A. Regional, socioeconomic and urban-rural disparities in child and adolescent obesity in China: a multilevel analysis. Acta Paediatr. 2011;100:1583-1589

5. Chen TJ, Ji CY, Hu YH. Genetic and environmental influences on serum lipids and the effects of puberty: a Chinese twin study. Acta Paediatrica. 2009;98(6):1029-36.

6. Chen TJ, Ji CY*, Zheng XY, et al. Association of β3 Adrenergic Receptor and Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor Gamma 2 Polymorphisms With Insulin Sensitivity: A Twin Study. Biomedical and Environmental Sciences. Biomed Environ Sci, 2007,20(2):99-105

7. Shi XR, Chen TJ*, Ma J. Analysis of Family Influencing Factors of Dietary Behavior Pattern of Children and Adolescents. Chinese Journal of Epidemiology, 2020,41(08):1291-1295 [in Chinese]

8. Wang SS, Chen TJ*, Ji CY. A twin study of genetic and environmental influences on relationship between attention deficit and anxiety/depression in children and adolescents. Chinese Journal of Epidemiology,2017,38(9):1183- 1186 [in Chinese]

9. Chen TJ, Ji CY*. Relationship between waist circumference and body mass index and metabolic syndrome related traits among middle school students in Beijing. Journal of Peking University (Health Sciences), 2012;44(3):355-358. [in Chinese]

10. Chen TJ, JI CY, Xing Y, et al. Study on incidences and effect factors of injuries among middle school students in 18 provinces, China. Chinese Journal of Epidemiology, 2007.28(2):154-156. [in Chinese]