Hongmei Wu

Associate Professor 

Department of Nutrition and Food Science,  School of Public HealthTianjin Medical University

22 Qixiangtai Road

Tianjin 300070

Phone: +86-22-83336615

Email Address: wuhongmei@tmu.edu.cn

Education  

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

B.S.    Chinese Medical University, Shenyang, China, 2007

Professional Background  

2022-       Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

2017-2021     Lecturer, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China

Awards Received 

1.Award for Progress in Science and Technology (second prize) in 2023. Tianjin Municipal People’s Government, Tianjin, P. R. China.

2.3rd level talent, 131 independent innovation, Tianjin, 2019

Other Roles

1.Membership of Chinese Society of Nutrition

Publications

1.Hongmei Wu, Di Wang, Xuena Wang, Yeqing Gu*, Ge Meng, Qing Zhang, Li Liu, Xing Wang, Shaomei Sun, Qiyu Jia, Kun Song, Jian Huang, Junsheng Huo, Bing Zhang, Gangqiang Ding, Hong Chang, Kaijun Niu*. The association between handgrip strength and metabolic syndrome: A large prospective Chinese cohort study. Maturitas. 2025; 192:108157.

2.Juanjuan Liu#, Hongmei Wu#, Yeqing Gu, Ge Meng, Xuehui Wu, Dandan Zhu, Qing Zhang, Li Liu, Sizhen Lai, Yinxiao Chen, Dongli Wang, Shaomei Sun, Xing Wang, Qiyu Jia, Kun Song, Kaijun Niu*. Dietary quercetin intake is not associated with risk of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease in a general adult population. Eur J Nutr. 2025; 64: 246. 

3.Hongmei Wu, Yeqing Gu, Xuena Wang, Ge Meng, Sabina Rayamajhi, Amrish Thapa, Qing Zhang, Li Liu, Shunming Zhang, Tingjing Zhang, Zhixia Cao, Jun Dong, Xiaoxi Zheng, Xu Zhang, Xinrong Dong, Xing Wang, Shaomei Sun, Qiyu Jia, Kun Song, Jian Huang, Junsheng Huo, Bing Zhang, Gangqiang Ding, and Kaijun Niu*. Association between handgrip strength and type 2 diabetes: a prospective cohort study and systematic review with meta-analysis. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci, 2023, 78(8):1383-1391.  

4.Hongmei Wu, Mingyue Liu, Qing Zhang, Li Liu, Ge Meng, Xue Bao, Yeqing Gu, Shunming Zhang, Shaomei Sun, Xing Wang, Ming Zhou, Qiyu Jia, Kun Song, and Kaijun Niu*. Reference Values for Handgrip Strength: Data from the TCLSIH Cohort Study. Age and Ageing, 2020, 49: 233–238.  

5.Hongmei Wu, Mingyue Liu, Vu Thi Quynh Chi, Jing Wang, Qing Zhang, Li Liu, Ge Meng, Zhanxin Yao, Xue Bao, Yeqing Gu, Shunming Zhang, Shaomei Sun, Ming Zhou, Qiyu Jia, Kun Song, Jian Huang, Junsheng Huo, Bing Zhang, Gangqiang Ding, and Kaijun Niu*. Handgrip strength is inversely associated with metabolic syndrome and its separate components in middle aged and older adults: a large-scale population-based study. Metabolism, 2019, 93: 61-67.  

6.Hongmei Wu; Qing Zhang; Li Liu; Ge Meng; Yeqing Gu; Zhanxin Yao; Shunming Zhang; Yawen Wang; Tingjing Zhang; Xuena Wang; Xing Wang; Shaomei Sun; Qiyu Jia; Kun Song; Kaijun Niu; Saltwater fish but not freshwater fish consumption is positively related to handgrip strength: The TCLSIH Cohort Study, Nutr Res, 2021, 90: 46-54.  

7.Hongmei Wu, Xiaoyue Li, Qing Zhang, Li Liu, Ge Meng, Yeqing Gu, Shunming Zhang, Shaomei Sun, Ming Zhou, Qiyu Jia, Kun Song, Zhong Sun & Kaijun Niu*. Association between soft drink consumption and handgrip strength in middle aged and older adults: the TCLSIH cohort study. Int J Food Sci Nutr, 2020, 71(7): 856-862. 

Grants 

1.Principle Investigator, A study of the effects and mechanism of leucine treatment on the progression of sarcopenia on basis of ubiquitin proteasome pathway. National Nature and Science Fund, 81903315, 2020.01-2022.12 

2.Principle Investigator, The prevalence and risk factors of sarcopenia in Chinese elderly people. The Fundamental Research Fund for the Universities in Tianjin. 2018KJ088，2018.10-2021.09