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Sun Ha Jee is affiliated with Yonsei University in South Korea and is active in the field of medicine, with a research focus spanning multiple subfields including molecular biology, pathology and forensic medicine, oncology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and genetics.

Their work covers a wide range of topics, notably:

  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Health and Wellbeing Research

Among recent publications, key papers include:

  • "The global, regional, and national burden of oesophageal cancer and its attributable risk factors in 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017" (2020), published in The 'Lancet. Gastroenterology & hepatology
  • "Deciphering colorectal cancer genetics through multi-omic analysis of 100,204 cases and 154,587 controls of European and east Asian ancestries" (2022), published in Nature Genetics
  • "The state of stroke services across the globe: Report of World Stroke Organization-World Health Organization surveys" (2021), published in International Journal of Stroke
  • "Korea hypertension fact sheet 2020: analysis of nationwide population-based data" (2021), published in Clinical Hypertension
  • "Korea hypertension fact sheet 2021: analysis of nationwide population-based data with special focus on hypertension in women" (2022), published in Clinical Hypertension

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Sun Ha Jee include:

  • Keum Ji Jung
  • Heejin Kimm
  • Jeongseon Kim
  • Aesun Shin
  • Yeun Soo Yang

Publication venues where they have frequently contributed are:

  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Epidemiology and Health
  • UNC Libraries
  • Cancer Research
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Marie Ng;Tom P Fleming;Margaret W. Robinson;Blake Thomson

  • Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2016: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study.

    Christina Fitzmaurice;Christina Fitzmaurice;Christina Fitzmaurice;Tomi F. Akinyemiju;Faris Hasan Al Lami;Tahiya Alam

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohammad H Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H Ross Anderson;Victoria F Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Theo Vos;Christine Allen;Megha Arora;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national cancer incidence, mortality, years of life lost, years lived with disability, and disability-adjusted life-years for 29 cancer groups, 1990 to 2017

    Christina Fitzmaurice;Degu Abate;Naghmeh Abbasi;Hedayat Abbastabar

  • Association of estimated glomerular filtration rate and albuminuria with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in general population cohorts: a collaborative meta-analysis.

    Kunihiro Matsushita;Marije van der Velde;Brad C. Astor;Mark Woodward

  • Body-mass index and all-cause mortality: individual-participant-data meta-analysis of 239 prospective studies in four continents

    Emanuele Di Angelantonio;Shilpa N Bhupathiraju;David Wormser;Pei Gao;Pei Gao

  • The burden of primary liver cancer and underlying etiologies from 1990 to 2015 at the global, regional, and national level : results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Tomi Akinyemiju;Semaw Abera;Semaw Abera;Muktar Ahmed

  • Global, regional, and national levels and causes of maternal mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Nicholas J. Kassebaum;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa;Megan S. Coggeshall;Katya A. Shackelford

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013 : quantifying the epidemiological transition

    Christopher J. L. Murray;Ryan M. Barber;Kyle J. Foreman;Ayse Abbasoglu Ozgoren

  • FASTING SERUM GLUCOSE LEVEL AND CANCER RISK IN KOREAN MEN AND WOMEN

    Sun Ha Jee;Heechoul Ohrr;Jae Woong Sull;Ji Eun Yun

  • Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Nicholas J. Kassebaum;Ryan M. Barber;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta;Lalit Dandona;Lalit Dandona

  • Comparison of risk prediction using the CKD-EPI equation and the MDRD study equation for estimated glomerular filtration rate.

    Kunihiro Matsushita;Bakhtawar K. Mahmoodi;Bakhtawar K. Mahmoodi;Mark Woodward;Jonathan R. Emberson

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Daniel Dicker;Grant Nguyen;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate

  • Body-Mass Index and Mortality in Korean Men and Women

    Sun Ha Jee;Jae Woong Sull;Jungyong Park;Sang-Yi Lee

  • Normal serum aminotransferase concentration and risk of mortality from liver diseases: prospective cohort study

    Hyeon Chang Kim;Chung Mo Nam;Sun Ha Jee;Kwang Hyub Han

  • The global, regional, and national burden of colorectal cancer and its attributable risk factors in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Farin Kamangar;Dariush Nasrollahzadeh;Saeid Safiri;Sadaf G Sepanlou

  • Measuring the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: a baseline analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Stephen S Lim;Kate Allen;Zulfiqar A Bhutta;Zulfiqar A Bhutta;Lalit Dandona;Lalit Dandona

  • A genome-wide association study of cleft lip with and without cleft palate identifies risk variants near MAFB and ABCA4

    Terri H. Beaty;Jeffrey C. Murray;Mary L. Marazita;Ronald G. Munger

  • Global, regional, national, and selected subnational levels of stillbirths, neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality, 1980-2015: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Haidong Wang;Zulfiqar A Bhutta;Zulfiqar A Bhutta;Matthew M Coates;Megan Coggeshall

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Woodward
Mark Woodward Imperial College London
Terri H. Beaty
Terri H. Beaty Johns Hopkins University
Jonathan M. Samet
Jonathan M. Samet Colorado School of Public Health
Wei Zheng
Wei Zheng Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Xiao-Ou Shu
Xiao-Ou Shu Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Stein Emil Vollset
Stein Emil Vollset University of Washington
Ethylin Wang Jabs
Ethylin Wang Jabs Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Bach Xuan Tran
Bach Xuan Tran Vietnam National University, Hanoi
Alan D. Lopez
Alan D. Lopez University of Melbourne
Johan Ärnlöv
Johan Ärnlöv Karolinska Institute

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