Ming Kei (Jake) CHUNG, PhD

A. Education and Training

2017-2023 Harvard University, USA

• Research Fellow/Research Associate, Harvard Medical School

• Mentor: Dr. Chirag J. Patel

• Fields: Big Data and Omics Analytics in Health and Diseases, Exposomics, Environmental Epidemiology

2015-2016    Duke Kunshan University, China                        

• Research Fellow, Global Health Research Center

• Mentor: Prof. Jim Zhang

• Fields: Environmental Epidemiology, Air Pollution and Biomarkers

2014             National Taiwan University, Taiwan

• Research Fellow (Exposomics Research on Common Complex Diseases), College of Public Health

• Mentor: Prof. C.C. Chan

• Field: Exposomics, Environmental Epidemiology, Air Pollution and Metabolomics

2007-2013    University of California, Berkeley, USA

• Ph.D. in Environmental Health Sciences; Specialization: Exposure Biology; School of Public Health       

• Dissertation: “Design and Applications of Anti Albumin-Adduct Antibodies to Assess Human Exposure to Aromatic Hydrocarbons”

• Mentor: Prof. Stephen M. Rappaport

2002-2005    Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

• M.Phil. in Biology; Specialization: Environmental Biology; Faculty of Science

• Dissertation: “Assessment of Phytotoxic Effects of PAHs and DDTs in Solid-Phase System Using Microalgal Bioassays”

• Mentors: Dr. K.C. Cheung and Prof. M. H. Wong

1999-2002    The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

• B.Sc. (Hons) in Environmental Sciences; School of Life Sciences

• Final Year Project Advisor: Dr. L.M. Chu

B. Present Academic Positions

July 2023 - Assistant Professor

• JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Sep 2023 - Fellow

• Institute of Environment, Energy, and Sustainability, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Apr 2024 - Fellow

• Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

C. Selected Services & Memberships

2023 -    Editorial board

• For the journal Exposome (among 19 members)

2023 - Convener

• For an international exposome “community of interest (CoI)” group

2023 - Coordinator and member

• Between the biomonitoring working group at Europe Regional Chapter of the International Society of Exposure Science (ISES-EU) and International Society for Exposure Science Asia Chapter (ISES-AC) members

2023 - Member

• ISES and ISES-AC

2023 - Member

• International Exposomics Consortium

2024 - Member

• International Adductomics Consortium

2024 - Participant

• NEXUS: the Network of EXposomics in the United States

2024 - Member

• The International Human Exposome Network (IHEN)

D. Selected Honors, Awards, and Invitations

2023 Invited speaker 

• For the webinar “exposome in Asia”. International Society of Exposure Science, Asia Chapter (with 300+ audience)

2023 Invited speaker

• For the Agrobiotechnology Talk Series (34) “Environment and health: Opening an era of environmental discovery with the exposome research paradigm”, Center for Soybean Research, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, CUHK

2020 Media coverage

• Springer Healthcare (related to Claypool et al., BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care, 2020) 

2019 Invited speaker

• For the session "Order from Chaos: Pattern Recognition in Challenging Human Health Datasets". 58th Annual Meeting and ToxExpo of the Society of Toxicology, Baltimore

2018 Full travel grant

• NIEHS Autism Grantee Meeting

2017 Media coverage

• 29 news stories including Yahoo! News, EurekAlert! (related to Day et al., JAMA Intern. Med, 2017)

2017 Interviewee

• Interviewed by a journalist from the Knowable Magazine, the digital publication from the Annual Reviews, at the International Society of Exposure Science 2017 conference for sharing my views on the exposome

2016 Full travel grant

• Annual conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology

• 14 out of 93 competitive applicants from 29 countries across the world

2015 Invited visiting scholar 

• Duration: 2 weeks, 2015, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, USA

2011-2012 Summer fellowship

• Graduate Division, University of California, Berkeley

2011 Scholarship

• Public Health Alumni Association, University of California, Berkeley

2010 Invited visiting scholar

• For technology-transfer training on one of my developed assays at UC Berkeley

• Duration: 2 weeks, 2010, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

2008-2012 Departmental fellowship

• Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of California, Berkeley

2006 Interviewee & media coverage

• Phone interviewed by Hong Kong newspaper reporters on my one of my publications (related to Chung et al., 2007)

• Ming Pao, Oriental Daily, and Apple Daily. November 21, 2006