Bringing prevention into everyday community spaces.
The Jia Lab
Many chronic diseases are preventable with balanced lifestyles and environments. Our vision is to move prevention beyond healthcare settings and integrate health promotion into everyday community spaces.
The Jia Lab seeks to:
- Develop effective solutions for healthy lifestyles.
- Prevent chronic disease.
- Collaborate with community leaders and residents
- Focus on neighborhoods with the greatest need.
We're taking a community-driven, evidence-based approach to improve nutrition and health among families with food insecurity. If you would like to join us in creating healthier communities, we're open to collaborations focused on nutrition and other important lifestyle factors impacting health.
Who We Are
Principal Investigator
Jenny Jia, MD, MSc
Instructor, Medicine (General Internal Medicine)
Instructor, Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology)
Pronouns: she, her, hers
Recent Publications
Effect of a Multicomponent Food Pantry Intervention in Client Subgroups. Jia J, Gombi-Vaca MF, Bliss Barsness C, et al. Nutrients. 2024. doi: 10.3390/nu16060805.
Menu Calorie Label Use and Diet Quality: a Cross-Sectional Study. Jia J, Van Horn L, Linder JA, et al. Am J Prev Med. 2023. doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2023.07.003
A food bank program to help food pantries improve healthy food choices: mixed methods evaluation of The Greater Boston Food Bank's Healthy Pantry Program. Jia J, Burgun R, Reilly A, et al. BMC Public Health. 2023. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-15243-4
Health Literacy, Numeracy, and Health Promotion: A Secondary Analysis of the Choosewell 365 Workplace Trial. Jia J, Levy DE, McCurley JL, et al. Am J Prev Med. 2022. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2021.12.020
Resilience and diabetes self-management among African-American men receiving primary care at an urban safety-net hospital: a cross-sectional survey. Jia J, Jenkins AJ, Quintiliani LM, et al. Ethn Health. 2022. doi: 10.1080/13557858.2020.1849566.
Multivitamins and Supplements-Benign Prevention or Potentially Harmful Distraction? Jia J, Cameron NA, Linder JA. JAMA. 2022. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.9167.
Default Nudges in Medicine-Designing the Right Choice. Jia J, Linder JA. JAMA Netw Open. 2022.doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.2437.