Wen Chen

Associate professor，Ph.D.

Department of Nutrition and Food hygiene,

School of Public Health

Tianjin Medical University

22 Qixiangtai Road

Tianjin 300070

Phone: +86-22-83336595

Email Address: wenchen@tmu.edu.cn

Education 

Ph.D., Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China, 2017

M.S., Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China, 2013

B.S., clinical and foreign nursing, Tianjin Medical University Tianjin, China, 2010

Professional Background 

2020- Associate Professor, Tianjin Medical University, Department of Nutrition and food hygiene, School of Public Health

2017-2020  Lecturer, Department of Nutrition and food hygiene

Awards Received 

1.Chinese nutrition society Science and Technology Award, 2022

2.Chinese Preventive Medicine Association Science and Technology Progress Award, 2021

3.DSM Science& Technology Award Special award, 2017

Publications

1.Guo W, Yang Y, Jiang W, Cheng Y, Wu W, Pan Z, Zhang D, Li S, Ren Z, Zhang N, Zhang K, Pearce EN, Chen W*, Zhang W*. An Iodine Balance Study in Chinese School-age Children. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2023 Sep 18;108(10).

2.Chen W, Wang W, Gao M, Chen Y, Guo W, Dong S, Sun H, Pan Z, Pearce EN, Tan L, Shen J, Zhang W. Iodine Intakes of <150 μg/day or >550 μg/day are Not Recommended during Pregnancy: A Balance Study. J Nutr. 2023 Jul;153(7):2041-2050.

3.Guo W, Dong S, Jin Y, Pan Z, Pearce E, Wu W, Zhang Y, Chen W*, Zhang W*. Evaluation of variation of saliva iodine and recommendations for sample size and sampling time: Implications for assessing iodine nutritional status. Clin Nutr. 2021 May;40(5):3559-3566. (*corresponding author)

4.Guo W, Pan Z, Zhang Y, Jin Y, Dong S, Wu W, Chen W*, Zhang W. Saliva Iodine Concentration in Children and Its Association with Iodine Status and Thyroid Function[J]. J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 2020, 105(9). (*corresponding author)

5.Gao M #, Chen W #, Dong S, Chen Y, Zhang Q, Sun H, Zhang Y, Wu W, Pan Z, Gao S, Lin L, Shen J, Tan L, Wang G, Zhang W. Assessing the impact of drinking water iodine concentrations on the iodine intake of Chinese pregnant women living in areas with restricted iodized salt supply[J]. Eur J Nutr, 2021 Mar;60(2):1023-1030. 

6.Chen W, Gao S, Guo WX, Tan L, Pan ZY, Dong S, Jin Y, Zhang Y, Zhang W, Shen J. Intra-individual and inter-individual variations in iodine intake and excretion in adult women: implications for sampling. Br J Nutr. 2020 14;123(9):987-993.

7.Chen W, Zhang Q, Wu Y, Wang W, Wang X, Pearce EN, Tan L, Shen J, Zhang W*. Shift of reference values for thyroid volume by ultrasound in 8-13-year-old children with sufficient iodine intake in China. Thyroid, 2019, 29(3):405-411

8.Pan Z#, Cui T#, Chen W #, Gao S, Pearce EN, Wang W, Chen Y, Guo W, Tan L, Shen J, Zhang W*. Serum iodine concentration in pregnant women and its association with urinary iodine concentration and thyroid function. Clinical Endocrinology. 2019;90:711–718. (#co-first author)

9.Gao M #, Chen W #, Sun H, Fan L, Wang W, Du C, Chen Y, Lin L, Pearce EN, Shen J, Cheng Y, Wang C, Zhang W. Excessive iodine intake is associated with formation of thyroid nodules in pregnant Chinese women. Nutr Res. 2019, 66:61-67.

10.Chen Y #, Chen W #, Du C, Fan L, Wang , Gao M, Zhang Y, Cui T, Hao Y, Pearce EN, Wang C, Zhang W. Iodine nutrition and thyroid function in pregnant women exposed to different iodine sources [J]. Biol Trace Elem Res, 2019, 190(1):52-59. 

Grants

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China: Study on the dietary intake levels of iodine for 3-6 y preschool children. (Grant Number: 82273629). 2023.01- 2026.12 

2. National Natural Science Foundation of China: Study on the recommended intake level of iodine for school-age children. (Grant Number: 81803223). 2019.01- 2021.12