Jing Yan

Associate Professor

Department of Health Management, 

School of Public Health

Tianjin Medical University

22 Qixiangtai Road

Tianjin 300070

Phone: +86-22-83336597

Email Address: yanjing@tmu.edu.cn

Education 

Ph.D., Nutrition and Food Science, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China, 2018

M.S., Public Health, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia, 2008

B.S., Business administration (Medicine), Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, China, 2006

Professional Background 

2022- Associate Professor, Tianjin Medical University, Department of Health Management, School of Public Health

2012-2013 Visiting Scholar, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Faculty of Medicine, Canada

2012-2021 Lecturer, Tianjin Medical University, Department of Social Medicine and Health Administration, School of Public Health

2009-2011 Assistant, Tianjin Medical University, Department of Social Medicine and Health Administration, School of Public Health

Other Roles

1.Executive Standing Commission Members, Chinese Nutrition Association, Marine Food Nutrition and Health Branch

2. Committee Member, Tianjin Preventive Medicine Association, Social Medicine Branch

Publications

1.Mengyue Li#, Tongtong Li#, Tong Yang#, Ling Huang, Jiangang Zhao, Huan Liu, Yongjie Chen, Wen Li, Yun Zhu, Fei Ma, Jing Yan*, Guowei Huang*. Cognitive benefits of folic acid, docosahexanoic acid and a combination of both nutrients in mild cognitive impairment; possible alterations though mitochondrial function and DNA damage. Gerontology, 2024:1-10.

2.Tongtong Li#, Chaoming Deng#, Jing Li#, Ying Chen#, Xukun Chen, Naijian Zhang, Zhongxia Li, Enming Wang, Wei Qin, Mengtong Yang, Xiangyun Li, Li Li, Haiyan Wang, Yanjun Guo, Wenli Lu, Xuehan Qian, Jing Yan*. Mediation effect of sleep time on the association between outdoor activity and myopia in Chinese children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study. J Public Health (Oxf), 2024: fdae104. 

3.Tongtong Li#, Chunhao Li#, Guoquan Zhang, Naijian Zhang, Jing Li, Qinghan Ren, Wen Li, Zhenshu Li, Guowei Huang*, Jing Yan*. Mental health difficulties and related factors in Chinese children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study. J Pediatr, 2024, 100(4): 413-421. 

4.Tongtong Li#, Jing Yang#, Jing Yan#, Xuyang Yao, Bei Du, Qi Wu, Xiangda Meng, Yuanyuan Liu, Yuezhu Lu, Qihua Wang, Qiang Yang, Chea-su Kee, Clement C Tham, Ruihua Wei*, Guowei Huang*, Hua Yan*. Interaction between parental myopia and children lifestyle on the incidence of myopia among children aged 6-18: a cross-sectional study in Tianjin, China. BMJ Open, 2024, 14: e080929. 

5.Ying Lin, Qian Shi, Junhong Yang, Guowei Huang, Jing Yan*. Association of anthropometric z score with complications and length of hospital stay in children with severe pneumonia aged 3 months to 5 years. Nutr. Clin. Pract. 2024, 39(2): 459-469.  

6.Guoquan Zhang#, Qinghan Ren#, Ying Lin, Dezheng Zhou, Li Huang, Wen Li, Hong Chang, Guowei Huang, Zhenshu Li*, Jing Yan*. Parental folic acid deficiency delays neurobehavioral development in rat offspring by inhibiting the differentiation of neural stem cells into neurons. J Nutr Biochem. 2023, 122: 109455. 

7.Qinghan Ren#, Guoquan Zhang#, Ruiting Yan, Dezheng Zhou, Li Huang, Qianwen Zhang, Wen Li, Guowei Huang, Zhenshu Li*, Jing Yan*. SAM/SAH Mediates Parental Folate Deficiency-Induced Neural Cell Apoptosis in Neonatal Rat Offspring: The Expression of Bcl-2, Bax, and Caspase-3. Int J Mol Sci. 2023, 24: 14508. 

8.Qinghan Ren#, Guoquan Zhang#, Cuixia Dong, Zhenshu Li, Dezheng Zhou, Li Huang, Wen Li, Guowei Huang, Jing Yan*. Parental Folate Deficiency Inhibits Proliferation and Increases Apoptosis of Neural Stem Cells in Rat Offspring: Aggravating Telomere Attrition as a Potential Mechanism. Nutrients, 2023,15: 2843. 

9.Jing Yan, Qinghan Ren, Hongyan Lin, Qian Liu, Jingzhu Fu, Changqing Sun, Wen Li, Fei Ma, Yun Zhu, Zhenshu Li, Guoquan Zhang, Yue Du, Huan Liu, Xumei Zhang, Yongjie Chen, Guangshun Wang, Guowei Huang*. Association between Dietary Patterns and the Risk of Depressive Symptoms in the Older Adults in Rural China. Nutrients, 2022, 14: 3538.

10.Hongyan Lin, Mengdi Jin, Qian Liu, Yue Du, Jingzhu Fu, Changqing Sun, Fei Ma, Wen Li, Huan Liu, Xumei Zhang, Yun Zhu, Yongjie Chen, Zhuoyu Sun, Guangshun Wang, Guowei Huang, Jing Yan*. Gender-specific prevalence and influencing factors of depression in elderly in rural China: A cross-sectional study. J Affect Disord, 2021, 288: 99-106.

11.Jing Yan# , Yun Zhu#, Lujia Cao#, Yuyan Liu,Yuzhi Zheng, Wen Li, Guowei Huang*. Effects of maternal folic acid supplementation during pregnancy on infant neurodevelopment at 1 month of age: a birth cohort study in China. Eur J Nutr, 2020, 59(4): 1345-1356. 

12.Lujia Cao#, Liu Yuyan#, Xuan Liang, Yuzhi Zheng, Wen Li, Jing Yan*, Guowei Huang*. Association between dietary patterns during the third trimester and the risk of postpartum depression in China. J Affect Disord, 2020, 264: 370-375.

13.Lujia Cao, Hongyan Lin, Xuan Liang, Yongjie Chen, Yuyan Liu, Yuzhi Zheng, Xingyan Wang, Wen Li, Jing Yan*, Guowei Huang*. Association between pre-pregnancy body mass index and offspring neuropsychological development from 1 to 24 months of age: a birth cohort study in China. Biomed Environ Sci, 2019, 32(10)：730-738. 

14.Yi Man, Yi Wang, Yujing Cui, Hongyan Lin, Lujia Cao, Yuyan Liu, Fenglan Shi, Guowei Huang, Jing Yan*. Effects of pre-pregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain on neonatal birth weight and delivery mode: a cohort study. Modern Preventive Medicine, 2020, 47(12): 2166-2169.

15.Jun Zhang, Hongyan Lin, Huan Li, Jing Yan*, Guowei Huang*. Correlation between gestational glucose tolerance and development of fetal macrosomia or larger than gestational age. Chin J Prev Contr Chron Dis, 2020, 28(8): 582-585.

Grants

1.National Natural Science Foundation of China: Effects of parental folate deficiency on neurodevelopment by telomeres in rat offspring (Grant Number: 82003439). 2021.01- 2023.12 

2.Scientific Research Program of Tianjin Municipal Education Commission: Effects of folic acid supplementation during pregnancy on infant neurodevelopment by gene polymorphism: a cohort study (Grant Number: 2019KJ166). 2019.12- 2023.8

3.BYHEALTH Nutrition and Health Research Foundation (No. TY202001017). Effect of lutein ester intervention on eye health of primary school students. 2021.01-2023.8