Qiang Zhang Associate Professor

Department of Occupational and Environmental Health

Email  qiangzhang@tmu.edu.cn

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Research direction

Arsenic exposure and the health effects

Education

MD     China Medical University, Shenyang, China, 2007

Ph.D.  China Medical University, Shenyang, China, 2012

Professional Experience

2012/07-2015/12      Lecturer, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

2015/12-present     Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

2018/03-2019/03      Visiting Scholar, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, the United States

Project

Ongoing:

[1]     The epigenetic mechanism of early life arsenic exposure induced male reproductive impairment, Tianjin Municipal Natural Science Foundation, 2018.10-2021.09. [principle investigator, g rant numbers 18JCYBJC91900].

[2]     The effects of genomic imprinting on transgenerational inheritance of arsenic induced male reproductive toxicity, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, 2016.06-2019.06 [principle investigator, g rant numbers 2016T90210].

Completed:

[1]     Transgenerational effects with IGF2/H19 alterations of arsenic exposure in utero, National Natural Science Foundation of China [principle investigator, g rant numbers 81302390].

[2]     The function of IGF2/H19 in transgenerational effects of arsenic exposure. Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education [principle investigator, g rant numbers 20131202120020]

[3]     The effect of in utero arsenic exposure on male offspring’s reproduction, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [principle investigator, g rant numbers 2014M551034].

Publication

[1]     Li S, Hou Y, Yan X, Wang Y, Shi C, Wu X, Liu H, Zhang L, Zhang X, Liu J, Zhang M, Zhang Q*, Tang N. Joint effects of folate and vitamin B12 imbalance with maternal characteristics on gestational diabetes mellitus. J Diabetes. 2019 Jan 7. doi: 10.1111/1753-0407.12899.

[2]     Dana M Freeman, Rachel O'Neal, Qiang Zhang, Edward J Bouwer, Zhibin Wang* Manganese-induced Parkinsonism in mice is reduced using a novel contaminated water sediment exposure model. bioRxiv. 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/541664

[3]     Zhu Y#, Li Y#, Lou D, Gao Y, Yu J, Kong D, Zhang Q, Jia Y*, Zhang H*, Wang Z*. Sodium arsenite exposure inhibits histone acetyltransferase p300 for attenuating H3K27ac at enhancers in mouse embryonic fibroblast cells. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2018. 357:70-79.

[4]     Zhang Q#, Yin G#, Liu J, Liang Y, Li Y, Zhao J, Zhang L, Wang B, Tang N*. Association between MTHFR A1298C polymorphism and male infertility: a meta-analysis. J Huazhong Univ Sci Technolog Med Sci. 2017. 37(2):153-160.

[5]     Zhang Q, Wang D, Zheng Q, Zheng Y, Wang H, Xu Y, Li X, Sun G*. Joint effects of urinary arsenic methylation capacity with potential modifiers on arsenicosis: a cross-sectional study from an endemic arsenism area in Huhhot Basin, northern China. Environ Res. 2014.132: 281-9.

[6]     Zhang Q, Li Y, Liu J, Wang D, Zheng Q, Sun G*. Differences of urinary arsenic metabolites and methylation capacity between individuals with and without skin lesions in Inner Mongolia, Northern China. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2014. 11(7):7319-32.

[7]     Rodríguez-Lado L, Sun G, Berg M, Zhang Q, Xue H, Zheng Q, Johnson CA*. Groundwater arsenic contamination throughout China. Science. 2013. 341(6148): 866-8.

[8]     Zhang Q, Rodriguez-Lado L, Liu J, Johnson CA, Zheng Q, Sun G*. Coupling predicted model of arsenic in groundwater with endemic arsenism occurrence in Shanxi Province, Northern China. J Hazard Mater. 2013. 262:1147-53.

[9]     Zhang Q, Rodríguez-Lado L, Johnson CA, Xue H, Shi J, Zheng Q, Sun G*. Predicting the risk of arsenic contaminated groundwater in Shanxi Province, Northern China. Environ Pollut. 2012. 165: 118-23.

[10]Zhang Q, Zheng Q, Sun G*. Arsenic-contaminated cold-spring water inmountainous areas of Hui County, Northwest China: A new source of arsenic exposure. Sci Total Environ. 2011. 409(24): 5513-6.

[11]Xi S, Zheng Q, Zhang Q, Sun G*. Metabolic profile and assessment ofoccupational arsenic exposure in copper- and steel-smelting workers in China. Int Arch Occup Environ Health, 84: 347-353, 2011. 

Postgraduate training

Recruits students specialized

Preventive medicine

Membership of Academic Society

[12]Youth committee Member, The Toxicology Section, Chinese Preventive Medicine.

[13]Committee Member, The Environment Health Branch of Tianjin Preventive Medicine Association

[14]Committee Member, The Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Disease Branch of Tianjin Preventive Medicine Association

[15]Committee Member, The Toxicology Branch of Tianjin Preventive Medicine Association 

Honors