Prof. Jirong Long

Vanderbilt University, USA

Dr. Jirong Long is a Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Her research centers on identifying novel genetic, epigenetic, and microbiota biomarkers for cancer risk, deepening insights into cancer development mechanisms. She currently leads five major NIH-funded studies: three focused on breast cancer—a transcriptome-wide association study (TWAS, R01CA235553), a proteome-wide association study (PWAS, R01CA293996), and a methylation-wide association study (MeWAS, R01CA247987)—and two targeting lung cancer: a combined MeWAS/TWAS study (R01CA249863) and a social epigenomics study (R01MD015396). Dr. Long has authored over 300 papers, many published in high-impact journals. She is a frequent invited speaker at national and international academic conferences. She has mentored more than 30 trainees and faculty members, significantly shaping their careers. Dr. Long plays a pivotal role in the molecular and genetic epidemiology programs at the Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center and the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center.