Jielin Sun, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Center for Cancer Genomics

Nutrition Bldg., G-Floor
Medical Center Blvd.
Winston-Salem, NC 27157

 (336)713-7561        [Office]
 (336)713-7566        [Fax]
jisun@wfubmc.edu

Education

Personal Statement

I am an Assistant Professor and a member of both the Center for Cancer Genomics and the Center for Human Genomics at Wake Forest University Health Sciences. Also, I serve as a full-time member in the Program for Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology. Well trained in biostatistics, statistical genetics, and genetic epidemiology, I have applied my knowledge in genetic epidemiology to multiple prostate cancer genetic projects and have published over a dozen peer-reviewed papers in the last two years.

Research Interests

My research interests are prostate cancer and breast cancer genetic susceptibility and etiology. I am interested in understanding the influence of genetic risk factor in cancer etiology and prevention, particularly prostate cancer and breast cancer. I am currently conducting a genome-wide association study on prostate cancer. I am also interested in prediction of individual genetic risk of prostate cancer using genetic profiling.

Selected Publications

Sun J, Zheng SL, Wiklund F, et al. Evidence for two independent prostate cancer risk-associated loci in the HNF1B gene at 17q12. Nat Genet. 2008 Aug 31. [Epub ahead of print]

Sun J, Chang BL, Isaacs SD, et al. Cumulative effect of five genetic variants on prostate cancer risk in multiple study populations. Prostate. 2008 Sep 1;68(12):1257-1262.

Sun J, Lange EM, Isaacs SD, et al.  Chromosome 8q24 risk variants in hereditary and non-hereditary prostate cancer patients. Prostate. 2008 Apr 1;68(5):489-97

Zheng SL, Sun J, Wiklund F, et al. Cumulative association of five genetic variants with prostate cancer. N Engl J Med. 2008 Feb 28;358(9):910-919.