Jing Wu

Jing Wu

Postdoctoral Researcher
Visiting address: Nobels väg 13, 17177 Solna
Postal address: C6 Institutet för miljömedicin, C6 Integrativ epidemiologi Fang, 171 77 Stockholm
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About me

  • My research interests focus on identifying risk factors and evaluating treatment strategies for neurological diseases using large Swedish cohorts, quality registers, and national register data. My work integrates expertise from epidemiology, neurology, and biostatistics.

Research

  • Ongoing projects:

    • How infection and air pollution modulate the risk and progression of motor neuron diseases (PI: Fang Fang)
    • Evaluate treatment strategies in myasthenia gravis (PI: Susanna Brauner)
    • The association between risk genotype and the change of blood biomarkers in patients with multiple sclerosis (PI: Fredrik Piehl)
    • Urban environment and neurodegenerative diseases 

    We are always welcome talented thesis students with previous backgound in epidemiology and biostatistics to help us improve our understanding of neurodegenerative diseases.

Teaching

  • Teaching experience

    • Applied Epidemiology 2 Karolinska Institute 2022-2024
    • Introduction to Epidemiology Skandinaviska Kiropraktorhögskolan 2022-2024

    Supervision experience

    Ongoing (as main supervisor)

    • Youhan Wen (master student in public health program, Karolinska Institutet)

    Ongoing (as co-supervisor)

    • Ann Eriksson-Dufva (PhD student in pharmacoepidemiology, Karolinska Institutet)
    • Wanqing Wu (PhD student in pharmacoepidemiology, Karolinska Institutet)

    Former (as main supervisor)

    • Rutao Jia (master student in biomedicine program, Karolinska Institutet)
    • Rachel Ramsey (master student in biomedicine program, Karolinska Institutet)

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Grants

  • Swedish Research Council
    1 December 2025 - 31 December 2029
    Children with autism are transitioning into adulthood. Emerging evidence suggests an increased risk of early-onset dementia among individuals with autism and a higher risk of any dementia among their family members. However, existing studies have primarily treated autism and dementia as binary variables, overlooking the fact that autism represents a continuum of symptoms, while dementia likely involves a prolonged neurodegenerative process leading to its onset.The overarching aim of this project is to utilize pre-existing cohorts with individual-level data on genotyping and various neurodegeneration markers to examine the relationship between genetic liability for autism and neurodegeneration. We will compare: 1) the risk of cognitive decline and its progression to dementia
    2) measures of brain aging
    and 3) the burden of known risk factors and antecedent conditions for dementia between individuals with high versus low genetic liability for autism. Additionally, we will conduct -omics analyses to investigate biological pathways for the link between autism and dementia.The large sample size, unique data access, cutting-edge analytical approaches, cross-country comparisons, and an experienced and dedicated research team underscore the scientific novelty and significance of this project. The findings from this research will have important implications for developing targeted interventions aimed at preventing or delaying the onset of dementia in the autistic population.

Employments

  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 2023-2026

Degrees and Education

  • Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, 2023
  • Degree Of Master Of Medical Science 120 Credits, Karolinska Institutet, 2019

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