Researcher

Dr Xingzhong Jin

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Epidemiology, Rheumatology and Arthritis

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Biography

I am an NHMRC Early Career Fellow at the Centre for Big Data Research in Health at the University of New South Wales. I got my PhD in Medical Research and Epidemiology at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania. My PhD studied the metabolic risk factors for osteoarthritis (OA) and the effectiveness of using vitamin D as a treatment.

I have published 54 peer-reviewed articles (20 as first author, 31 in past 5 years)...view more

I am an NHMRC Early Career Fellow at the Centre for Big Data Research in Health at the University of New South Wales. I got my PhD in Medical Research and Epidemiology at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania. My PhD studied the metabolic risk factors for osteoarthritis (OA) and the effectiveness of using vitamin D as a treatment.

I have published 54 peer-reviewed articles (20 as first author, 31 in past 5 years) in leading medical journals of clinical medicine, including first-author articles in the high-impact journals of JAMAAnnals of Rheumatic Diseases, and Arthritis & Rheumatism. My publications have been cited 547 times (h5-index = 13). I have obtained continuous funding totalled $ 606,731 since the start of his PhD.

Dr Jin's current research interests are:

  1. Discover effective interventions to prevent the progression of osteoarthritis in people with overweight and obesity,
  2. Develop predictive modelling to select appropriate patients for joint replacement surgery to reduce the health burden of the surgery. 

My Grants

  • 2018-2022, NHMRC, Early Career Fellowship, "Discovering Optimal Weight Loss Interventions to Prevent Osteoarthritis in Obesity (APP1143022)". 
  • 2019-2020, Sydney Medical School, Kickstart Grant, "WEight Loss and Change in Osteoarthritis bio-Markers (WELCOM) Study".

My Qualifications

  • PhD (Medical Research and Epidemiology) - University of Tasmania
  • Master of Medicine (Reproductive Health and Human Genetics) - the University of Sydney
  • Master of Medicine (Clinical Epidemiology) - the University of Sydney 
  • Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery - Guangzhou Medical College, China

My Awards

  • 2017 - Best of the Best Paper Award,  Menzies Institute for Medical Research.
  • 2015 - Best Poster Award, The 5th Australia China Biomedical Research Conference.
  • 2015 - EULAR Travel Bursary Award, The European League Against Rheumatism Congress 2015.
  • 2015 - Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Young Scholar Award, Chinese Scholarship Council.
  • 2014 - Graduate Research Travel and Conference Award - University of Tasmania
  • 2014- Top 10 Most Outstanding Presentations - The 4th Meeting of Australia Chinese Association for Biomedical Sciences Inc. 

My Research Activities

Current active research projects:

  • Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Pain and Physical Function in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis - An OA Trial Bank Systematic Review and Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis. 
  • Effect of Weight Loss Interventions on Long-term Risk of Total Joint Replacement for Osteoarthritis.

My Research Supervision


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Areas of supervision

Through research and the supervision of research students, it is my aim to raise public awareness about the health and economic impacts of osteoarthritis.

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Location

Level 2, AGSM Building (G27), Botany St, Kensington, NSW 2052

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