Yacong Zhang
Lecturer
Department of Epidemiology and
Biostatistics, School of Public Health
Tianjin Medical University
22 Qixiangtai Road
Tianjin 300070
Phone: +86-22-83336619
Email Address: ZhangYC0414@tmu.edu.cn
Education
Ph.D., Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China, 2023
B.S., Preventive Medicine, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China, 2018
Professional Background
2023- Lecturer, Tianjin Medical University, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health
Publications
1. Zhang Y#, Lyu Z#, Ma B, Li L, Wang W, Sheng C, Dai H, Huang Y, Song F, Song F, Chen K*. A new risk stratification strategy for fatty liver disease by incorporating MAFLD and fibrosis score in a large US population [J]. Hepatol Int. 2022 Aug;16(4):835-845.
2. Huang Y#, Lyu Z#, Zhang Y, Liu X, Zhang Y, Liu Y, Sheng C, Duan H, Fan Z, Li C, Lin X, Feng Z, Zheng L, Ye Z, Lu H, Zhu Y, Zhou D, Wei X, Ren L, Meng B, Song F, Song F, Chen K*. C-BLAST Group. Cohort profile: design and methods of the Chinese colorectal, breast, lung, liver, and stomach cancer screening trial (C-BLAST). Cancer Biol Med. 2023 Oct 27;20(10):713–20.
3. Sheng C, Sun L, Lyu Z, Li L, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Dai H, Huang Y, Song F, Yuan Y*, Chen K*. Development of a modified ABC method among Helicobacter pylori infected but serum pepsinogen test-negative individuals. Helicobacter. 2023 Jun;28(3):e12966.
4. Liu X#, Duan H#, Liu S, Zhang Y, Ji Y, Zhang Y, Feng Z, Li J, Liu Y, Gao Y, Wang X, Zhang Q, Yang L, Dai H, Lyu Z, Song F, Song F, Huang Y*. Preliminary effects of risk-adapted PSA screening for prostate cancer after integrating PRS-specific and age-specific variation. Front Genet. 2024 Aug 1;15:1387588.
5. Zhang Y, Lyu Z*, Song F, Chen K. Trends of incidence and mortality of breast cancer worldwide and in China[J]. Journal of Multidisciplinary Cancer Management (Electronic Version), 2021, 7(02):14-20.
6. Lyu Z, Li W, Si Guo, Zhang Y, Xing M, Huang Y, Liu B, Song F, Song F, Chen K*. Analysis on disease burden of digestive system cancers in population in China[J]. Chinese Journal of Epidemiology, 2024, 45(5):633-639.
Grants
1. National Natural Science Foundation of China Key Project: Establishment of an artificial intelligent multimodal prediction model for common digestive system cancers incorporating plasma genetic and proteomic characteristics and its application in cancer screening (82430107). 2025.01-2029.12
2. National Key R&D Program of China: Development and Application Evaluation of Intelligent Technologies for Joint Screening of Common Cancers (2021YFC2500400). 2021.11-2024.11