Meilin Zhang 

Associate Professor

Department of nutrition and food science, 

School of Public Health

Tianjin Medical University

22 Qixiangtai Road

Tianjin 300070

Phone: +86-22-83336615

Email Address: zhangmeilin@tmu.edu.cn

Education  

Ph.D., Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China, 2013

B.S.,   Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, 2013

Professional Background  

2008-2013 Associate Professor, Tianjin Medical University, Department of nutrition and food science, School of Public Health

2003-2008  Lecturer, Tianjin Medical University, Department of nutrition and food science, School of Public Health

Awards Received 

1.3nd level talent, 131 independent innovation, Tianjin, 2014

2.DSM Asia Colorful Science and Technology Award-Young Nutrition Scholar Science and Technology Award, 2013

3.Third Prize of the Ideological and Political Group of the 3rd National University Teacher Teaching Innovation Competition in Tianjin, 2023, ranking (2/4)

4.Silver Award in the Finals of the Preventive Medicine Professional Track, the 10th China College Students Medical Technology Skills Competition, 2021, ranking (2/4)

5.Second Prize of Tianjin Science and Technology Progress Award, 2020, ranking (7/8)

Other Roles

1. Nutrition and Neuroscience Branch of the Chinese Nutrition Society, commissioner

2. Water and Health Branch of the Chinese Nutrition Society, commissioner

3. Tianjin Trace Elements Society, Secretary-General

Publications 

1.Qian Liu, Dongtao Zhou, Huilian Duan, Yun Zhu, Yue Du, Changqing Sun, Hongyan Lin, Mengdi Jin, Jingzhu Fu, Yuxia Gao, Fei Ma, Yongjie Chen, Meilin Zhang*, Guowei Huang*. Association of dietary inflammatory index and leukocyte telomere length with mild cognitive impairment in Chinese older adults. Nutr Neurosci, 2021,1-10.

2.Jingzhu Fu#, Qian Liu#, Meilin Zhang#, hangqing Sun, Yue Du, Yun Zhu, Hongyan Lin, Mengdi Jin, Fei Ma, Wen Li, Huan Liu, Jing Yan, Yongjie Chen, Guangshun Wang, Guowei Huang*. Association between methionine cycle metabolite-related diets and mild cognitive impairment in older Chinese adults: a population-based observational study. Nutr Neurosci, 2021, 25:1-14.

3.Liqiang Tian, Yanting Yu, Mengdi Jin, Huilian Duan, Guowei Huang, Meilin Zhang*. Early 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 Supplementation Effectively Lowers the Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus via Ameliorating Inflammation In KK-Ay Mice. J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo), 2021,67(2):84-90.

4.Li Huang, Xia Lv, Xiaolei Ze, Zewei Ma, Xuguang Zhang, Ruikun He, Junting Fan, Meilin Zhang, Boran Sun, Fang Wang, Huan Liu*. Combined probiotics attenuate chronic unpredictable mild stress-induced depressive-like and anxiety-like behaviors in rats. Front Psychiatry, 2022, 13: 990465. 

5.Lv Xia, Huang Li, Zhang Meilin, Fan Junting, Ma Zewei, Liu Huan*. Fluoxetine regulates TLR4/NF-κB/NLRP3 inflammasome signaling pathway to improve depressive-like behavior in CUMS rats[J].Tianjin Medicine,2023,51(2):160-165.

7.Huang Li, Lv Xia, Fan Junting, Ma Zewei, Zhang Meilin, Liu Huan*.Effect of chronic stress on cognition and microglial Aβ deposition in rats[J].Journal of Psychiatry, 2022, 35(2):130-134.

Grants 

1. National Nature Science foundation, Research on the mechanism of vitamin D on type 2 diabetes mellitus based on NF-κB signaling pathway (Grant Number:81502809), 2016.01-2018.12

2. Nutritional science research foundation from BY-HEALTH, Effect of water-soluble tomato concentrate combined with red yeast on the improvement of blood lipid level in people with dyslipidemia (Grant Number:TY202101016), 2022.07-2024.07

3. National Nature Science foundation, Neuroimmune mechanism of folic acid combined with DHA in improving cognitive decline (Grant Number:82173516), 2022.01-2025.12

4. Nutritional science research foundation from BY-HEALTH, Research on the protective effect of probiotics on CUMS rats (Grant Number:BR22009), 2022.10-2023.03

5. National Nature Science foundation, Research on the mechanism of vitamin D3 on the improvement of mild cognitive dysfunction based on telomere-telomerase system (Grant Number:81874261), 2019.01-2022.12

6. National Nature Science foundation, Research on the effect and mechanism of telomeric folic acid on neuronal apoptosis and delaying cognitive decline in the elderly (Grant Number:81730091), 2018.01-2022.12