BIO
Guo Jia, RN, PhD., Associate professor, Master tutor ,Young Talents of Hunan Province, China. Director of International cooperation and exchanges center of Xiangya School of Nursing, Central South University. Dr. Guo's research focuses on the prevention and management of chronic diseases、evidence-based nursing practice. She received doctoral program training at Yale University, then postdoctoral research training at University of California, San Francisco. She has been working as the principal investigator of many international and national grants, such as the National Natural Science Foundation of China, China Medical Board Open Competition grant of the US, and the UCSF seed grants. As the independent first author or corresponding author, she has published 34 peer-reviewed papers, including 24 papers cited in Science Citation Index (SCI). As the first author, she has granted 5 patents utility model and 1 Australian innovation patent license.
Dr. Guo is currently chairman of the Committee of Members of the International Family Nursing Association, vice chairman of the Nursing Professional Committee of the China Type 1 Diabetes Alliance, vice chairman of the Evidence-based Nursing Branch of the Hunan Medical Science and Technology Education Society, vice chairman of the Diabetes Education and Management Professional Committee of the Hunan Health Management Society, deputy head of the Youth Section of the Diabetes Branch of the Hunan Nursing Society, member of the Cardiovascular Professional Committee of the Ninth Council of the Hunan Nursing Society, teaching expert of Hunan Provincial specialist nurse training, teaching expert of Hunan diabetes educator training and type 1 diabetes educator, Review expert of the British Diabetes Foundation Research Fund, editorial board of the Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing, SCI include journal Journal of Clinical Nursing and Journal of Advanced Nursing review experts.
Has been engaged in maternal and child population chronic disease prevention and control policy research.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
2018 The University of Adelaide, South Australia, JBI Evidence Based Clinical
Fellowship Program Training
2016 Yale University, New Haven, USA, Medical Education Training
2015 Duke University, North Carolina, USA, Global Health Education
2014 University of California, San Francisco, USA, Postdoctoral
2011 – 2015 Central South University, Changsha, China, Postdoctoral
2009 – 2011 Central South University, Changsha, China, PhD in Nursing Science
2008 – 2009 Yale University, New Haven, CT, PhD
2006 – 2008 Central South University, Changsha, China, M. A.
2001 – 2006 Central South University, Changsha, China, B. A.
AWARDS & HONORS
2020 The 17th Hunan Medical Science and Technology Award (Second prize) Hunan Medical Association
2020 Lu Huilin Research Award Central South University
2020 Young assaulter for COVID-19 Pandemic Central South University
2020 Excellent tutor Central South University
2019 Huxiang Youth Talent of Technology and research Award Hunan Science and Technology Department and Hunan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China leading Group for Talent Work
2014 Faculty Development Award American Chinese Medical Association
2012 Academic Award for Outstanding Doctoral GraduatesCentral South University
2011 Doctoral Student Academic Newcomer AwardNational Ministry of Education
2011 Excellent graduate Hunan Education Department
2011 Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Central South University
2008 Zhong Nursing Academic Award The American arley association
2008 Full scholarship for Joint Doctoral Program China Scholarship Council of the Ministry of Education
FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS
01/2017 – 01/2021 Diabetes Prevention Program for Rural Women with Prior Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Multi-site Clusterd Randomizd Clinical Trial.China Medical Board Open Competition Program(16-256).Role: Principal Investigator. RMB 1,0331,00.
01/2016 – 12/2018 Coping skills training program for Chinese adolescents with type 1diabetes in Hunan and the mechanism study.The National Natural Science Fund.Role: Principal Investigator. RMB 215,200.
09/2017 – 09/2019 Coping skills training program for Chinese adolescents with type 1diabetes in Hunan and the mechanism study.Research Program of State Bureau of Foreign Experts Affairs.Role: Principal Investigator. RMB 80,000.
06/2019 – 06/2022 Hunan young talents.Huxiang Youth Talent Support Program(2019RS2006).Role: Principal Investigator.RMB 500,000.
06/2019 – 06/2020 The construction of the popular science model of diabetes prevention for rural women in Hunan province.Hunan Science and Technology Department Technology Innovation Guidance Plan Popular Science Program(2018ZK4032).Role: Principal Investigator. RMB 100,000.
06/2017 – 06/2020 Development and research of diabetes prevention project for rural women under the background of urbanization.Philosophy and Social Science Foundation of Hunan Province(2018ZK4032).Role: Principal Investigator. RMB 20,000.
09/2020 – 09/2022 Construction of the risk factor model of breast cancer risk for rural women in Hunan Province based on the life course theory.Research Program on Women's Theory and Practice in Huna(20YB07).Role: Principal Investigator. RMB 20,000.
11/2018 – 11/2019 The internalization training of audiovisual art appreciation method on the improvement of nursing evaluation ability of professional postgraduates in nursing.Research Program on Academic Degree and postgraduate Education and Teaching Reform in Hunan Province(JG2018B009).Role: Principal Investigator. RMB 20,000.
2012 – 2014 Study on the effect and mechanism of abnormal glucose metabolism on adolescent TIDM complicated with depression.Special Fund for Postdoctoral Students of Science and Technology Program of Hunan Province(2012RS4025).Role: Principal Investigator. RMB 20,000.
07/2019 – 07/2021 The smartphone-based cancer and obesity prevention education program for Chinese women:SCOPE-Chinese Women.University of California International Cooperation Program(UFRA-174).Role: Principal Investigator. RMB 332,500.
2015 – 2016 A survey on the health choice of infant mothers and their cognition of nutrition and exercise.Seed Grant of University of California, San Francisco(N-Chan-CSU-00sc).Role: Principal Investigator. RMB 50,000.
2015 – 2016 The preliminary study of Coping Skills Training program for Chinese adolescents with type 1 diabetes.CMB Nursing Faculty Research Grant(13-168-201410).Role: Principal Investigator. RMB 36,000.
03/2017 – 03/2018 Integrated with the "two cancers" census, a preliminary study on the mode of screening major chronic diseases among rural women.Chao Grant of University of California, San Francisco.Role: Principal Investigator. RMB 35,000.
09/2012 – 09/2014 The neuroendocrine mechanism of adolescent type 1 diabetes with depression and the establishment of corresponding animal models.Special Program to Boost Youth Funding for Basic Scientific Research in Central Universities(2012QNZT090).Role: Principal Investigator. RMB 10,000.
05/2012 – 05/2014 Changes of CRH-ACTH-CORT axis and its mechanism in type 1 diabetes mellitus with depression.The 52nd Batch of China Postdoctoral Funds(2012M521537).Role: Principal Investigator. RMB 50,000.
01/2018 – 01/2019 The construction, evaluation and health strategy research of diabetes prevention model for rural women led by nurses in primary hospitals.Innovation Driven Plan of Central South University(2018CX037).Role: Principal Investigator. RMB 500,000.
05/2020 – 05/2022 Research on the promotion of internationalization of doctoral education of nursing majors in Central South University.Research Program of Degree and Postgraduate Education and Teaching Reform of Central South University.Role: Principal Investigator. RMB 100,000.
09/2020 – 09/2021 Research on the Course Construction of "Nursing Ethics" Based on Dekin Course Design Model to Integrate Ideological and Political Education.Curriculum Ideological and Political Construction Research Program of Central South University.Role: Principal Investigator. RMB 20,000.
04/2020 – 06/2020 The professional function promotion training of child director and its effect evaluation in Pingjiang, Hunan.Pingjiang County Hall.Role: Principal Investigator. RMB 309,000.
05/2017 – 05/2018 Study on the perception and compliance analysis of blood glucose monitoring in diabetic patients.San Nuo Diabetes Foundation of Hunan Province.Role: Principal Investigator. RMB 80,000.
2020 – 2022 Study on the relationship between nocturnal sleep status and daytime glucose levels in adolescents with type 1 diabetes.San Nuo Diabetes Foundation of Hunan Province(2018CX037).Role: Principal Investigator. RMB 50,000.
12/2018 – 12/2020 Research on the Development of Diabetes Prevention Project for Rural Women in the Context of Urbanization,Hunan Provincial Fund for Philosophy and Social Sciences (Youth Project)(17YBQ111).Role: Principal Investigator. RMB 20,000.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (*Corresponding author)
*Guo, J., Wang, H., Luo, J., Guo, Y., Xie, Y., Lei, B., Wiley, J., & Whittemore, R. (2019). Factors influencing the effect of mindfulness-based interventions on diabetes distress: a meta-analysis. BMJ open diabetes research & care, 7(1), e000757. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjdrc-2019-000757
Guo, J., Luo, J., Yang, J., Huang, L., Wiley, J., Liu, F., Li, X., *Zhou, Z., & Whittemore, R. (2020). School-aged children with type 1 diabetes benefit more from a coping skills training program than adolescents in China: 12-month outcomes of a randomized clinical trial. Pediatric diabetes, 21(3), 524–532. https://doi.org/10.1111/pedi.12975
Li, M., Li, F., Lin, Q., Shi, J., Luo, J., Long, Q., Yang, Q., Ouyang, Y., Liu, H., Bell, R. C., & *Guo, J. (2020). Cultural Adaptation, Validation, and Primary Application of a Questionnaire to Assess Intentions to Eat Low-Glycemic Index Foods among Rural Chinese Women. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17(20), 7577. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17207577
Li, M., Shi, J., Luo, J., Long, Q., Yang, Q., OuYang, Y., Liu, H., Lin, Q., & *Guo, J. (2020). Diet Quality among Women with Previous Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Rural Areas of Hunan Province. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17(16), 5942. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17165942
*Guo, J., Tang, Y., Zhang, H., Lommel, L., & Chen, J. L. (2019). The risk, perceived and actual, of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus for mothers of preschool children in urban China. PloS one, 14(9), e0222839. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222839
Tang, Y., *Guo, J., Long, Q., Yang, J., Luo, J., Yang, S., Li, X., Mao, P., & Chen, J. L. (2020). Factors influencing postpartum blood glucose screening among women with prior gestational diabetes mellitus in a rural community. Journal of advanced nursing, 10.1111/jan.14440. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14440
*Guo, J., Yang, J., Wiley, J., Ou, X., Zhou, Z., & Whittemore, R. (2019). Perceived stress and self-efficacy are associated with diabetes self-management among adolescents with type 1 diabetes: A moderated mediation analysis. Journal of advanced nursing, 75(12), 3544–3553. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14179
Jundi Yang, Jia Guo*, Yujia Tang, Huang Lingling, James Wiley, Zhou Zhiguang, Robin Whittemore. (2019). The mediating effect of coping styles and self-efficacy between perceived stress and satisfaction with QOL in Chinese adolescents with type 1 diabetes[J]. Journal of Advanced Nursing,75(7):1439-1449.doi:10.1111/jan.13933.
Guo, J., Dixon, J. K., Whittemore, R., & *He, G. P. (2013). Instrument translation and initial psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the Self-Management of Type 1 Diabetes for Adolescents scale. Journal of advanced nursing, 69(4), 960–969. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2012.06129.x
Guo, J., Whittemore, R., & *He, G. P. (2011). The relationship between diabetes self-management and metabolic control in youth with type 1 diabetes: an integrative review. Journal of advanced nursing, 67(11), 2294–2310. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05697.x
