Qiang Zhang
Associate Professor
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health
Tianjin Medical University
22 Qixiangtai Road
Tianjin 300070
Phone: 022-83336733
Email Address: qiangzhang@tmu.edu.cn
Education
Ph.D., Occupational and Environmental Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, China, 2012
B.S., Biological Science and Biotechnology, China Medical University, Shenyang, China, 2007
Professional Background
2015- Associate Professor, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University
2018-2019 Visiting scholar, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University
2012-2015 Lecturer, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tianjin Medical University
Awards Received
1.Education and Teaching Excellent Award, Tianjin Medical University, 2023
2.Distinguished Teacher, Tianjin Medical University, 2022
3.2nd Level Talent, 131 Independent Innovation, Tianjin, 2015
Other Roles
1.Committee Member, Epigenetic Toxicology Special Committee of the Chinese Society of Toxicology
2.Committee Member, Environmental Stress and Health Damage Special Committee of the Chinese Environmental Mutagen Society
Publications
1.Li C*, Li S*, Jiang C, Chen X, Meng X, Zhang J, Yang X, Tian X, Zhang X, Zhang Q#. Relationship Between Phenolic Environmental Estrogens and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Modified by the Levels of One-Carbon Metabolism Nutrients in Chinese Pregnant Women. Expo Health (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12403-024-00652-6
2.Zhang J*, Bai Y*, Chen X, Li S, Meng X, Jia A, Yang X, Huang F, Zhang X#, Zhang Q#. Association between urinary arsenic species and vitamin D deficiency: a cross-sectional study in Chinese pregnant women. Front Public Health. 2024 Apr 17;12:1371920.
3.Guo G*, Chen X*, Zhang J, Meng X, Jia A, Xing X, Huang F, Zhang X, Liu J, Li S#, Zhang Q#. Serum Folate and Vitamin B12 Modify the Associations of N6AMT1 Genetic Variants with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Study in Chinese Pregnant Women. Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes. 2024 Apr 17;17:1781-1791.
4.Zhang Q*, Tian M*, Zhang X, Zhang X, Yang X, Lu YY, Li S, Liu L, Li J, Hassanian-Moghaddam H, Tang N, Huang Q#. Metabolic biomarkers linking urinary arsenic species to gestational diabetes mellitus: A cross-sectional study in Chinese pregnant women. Sci Total Environ. 2023 Jun 12; 164761.
5.Yang X*, Zhang Q*, Sun Y, Li C, Zhou H, Jiang C, Li J, Zhang L, Chen X, Tang N#. Joint effect of ambient PM2.5 exposure and vitamin B12 during pregnancy on the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus. Sci Total Environ. 2023 Mar 1; 162514.
6.Wang Y*, Wang Y*, Sun Y, Zhang N, Liang X, Luo S, Dai L, Sun C, Yang Y, Li S, Zhang X, Zhang Q#. Serum folate mediates the associations of MTHFR rs1801133 polymorphism with blood glucose levels and gestational diabetes mellitus in Chinese Han pregnant women. Br J Nutr. 2023 Feb 9; 1-9.
7.Liang X*, Guo G*, Wang Y, Wang M, Chen X, Zhang J, Li S, Liu L, Huang Q, Cui B, Zhang M, Sun G, Tang N, Zhang X, Zhang Q#. Arsenic metabolism, N6AMT1 and AS3MT single nucleotide polymorphisms, and their interaction on gestational diabetes mellitus in Chinese pregnant women. Environ Res. 2023 Mar 15; 221:115331.
8.Li S*, Tian X*, Wang Y, Zhang X, Zhang L, Li C, Li J, Wang C, Liu H, Liu J, Liu H, Yang X, Li W, Leng J, Yang X, Tang N, Zhang Q#. Associations of Maternal rs1801131 Genotype in MTHFR and Serum Folate and Vitamin B12 with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Chinese Pregnant Women. Nutrients. 2022. 14(6):1169.
9.Zhang Q*, Zhang X*, Li S, Liu H, Liu L, Huang Q, Hou Y, Liang X, Cui B, Zhang M, Xia L, Zhang L, Li C, Li J, Sun G, Tang N#. Joint effect of urinary arsenic species and serum one-carbon metabolism nutrients on gestational diabetes mellitus: A cross-sectional study of Chinese pregnant women. Environ Int. 2021. 156:106741.
10.Hou Y*, Li S*, Xia L, Yang Q, Zhang L, Zhang X, Liu H, Huo R, Cao G, Huang C, Tian X, Sun L, Cao D, Zhang M, Zhang Q#, Tang N. Associations of urinary phenolic environmental estrogens exposure with blood glucose levels and gestational diabetes mellitus in Chinese pregnant women. Sci Total Environ. 2021. 754:142085.
11.Yin G*, Xia L*, Hou Y, Li Y, Cao D, Liu Y, Chen J, Liu J, Zhang L, Yang Q, Zhang Q#, Tang N. Transgenerational male reproductive effect of prenatal arsenic exposure: abnormal spermatogenesis with Igf2/H19 epigenetic alteration in CD1 mouse. Int J Environ Health Res. 2021. 7:1-13.
12.Zhang Q, Hou Y, Wang D, Xu Y, Wang H, Liu J, Xia L, Li Y, Tang N, Zheng Q, Sun G*. Interactions of arsenic metabolism with arsenic exposure and individual factors on diabetes occurrence: Baseline findings from Arsenic and Non-Communicable disease cohort (AsNCD) in China. Environ Pollut. 2020. 265(Pt A):114968.
13.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. 11(9):744-751.
Grants
1.National Natural Science Foundation of China: Association of arsenic exposure and arsenic metabolism with gestational diabetes and mechanism of placental insulin resistance mediated by Tef/Per2: a study based on m6A. (Grant Number: 82373543). 2024.01-2027.12
2.Tianjin Municipal Education Commission: Interactive effect of arsenic exposure and one carbon metabolism on gestational diabetes: a nested case-control study. (Grant Number: 2020ZD14). 2020.12-2024.11
3.Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin: Epigenetic mechanism of male reproductive injury induced by arsenic exposure in early life. (Grant Number: 18JCYBJC91900). 2018.10-2021.09
4.China Postdoctoral Science Foundation: Research on the mechanism of genomic imprinting in arsenic induced transgenerational male reproductive toxicity. (Grant Number: 2016T90210). 2016.06-2019.06
5.National Natural Science Foundation of China: Transgenerational effects with IGF2/H19 alterations of arsenic exposure in utero. (Grant Number: 81302390). 2014.01-2016.12