Zhiyong Zou

Assistant Professor, Doctoral supervisor
harveyzou2002@bjmu.edu.cn
Xueyuan Road 38, Haidian District, Beijing, China
Peking University

Personal profile

Zhi-yong Zou, M.D.，Ph.D., Associate researcher fellow in Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, Peking University. He got a doctor degree of nutrition in 2012 from Peking University, and focus on adolescent health and environmental factors in early life. As a PI, Dr Zou already received 11 grants including five projects from National Natural Science Foundation of China, Ministry of Education and National Health Commission. Dr Zou has published over 40 peer review papers and participated in development and revision of 2 national policies and 3 standards on child and adolescent health. As a key member, his group won the first prize of Science and Technology of Chinese Preventive Medicine Association in 2019, and the Pediatric Medicine Award of Soong Ching Ling in 2019.

Main research directions

Malnutrition in early life and child and adolescent health; Environmental factors and cardiovascular diseases

Representative scientific research projects

1. The interaction effects of the change of DMPs/DMRs and matched or mismatched healthy lifestyles on metabolic syndrome in adulthood. National Natural Science Foundation of China, NO. 82073573, 2021/1-2024/12, Principal Investigator.

2. Research and revision for school health regulation. Ministry of Education, 2018/3-2019/12, Principal Investigator. Complete the summary of comments, revision draft, and modification statement, and submit one research report to speed up the revision of School Health Regulation.

3. The prospective cohort study of the development of Children’gender role associated with PAEs exposure. National Natural Science Foundation of China, NO. 81773454, 2018/1-2021/12, Principal Investigator.

4. The retrospective cohort study and mechanism of malnutrition in early life and the risk of cardiovascular disease in adulthood. National Natural Science Foundation of China, NO. 81402692, 2015/1-2017/12, Principal Investigator.

5. Data analysis and quality control of students’ common diseases and health risk behavior surveillance in 2016. National Health and Family Planning Commission, wt9317002, 2016/1-2017/12, Principal Investigator.

6. The content of lutein and zeaxanthin in breast milk and its effects on infant vision development. Danone dietary nutrition research and education fund, DIC2016-09, 2016/1-2017/12, Principal Investigator.

10 representative papers

1. Neufeld LM, Andrade EB, Suleiman AB, Barker M, Beal T, Blum LS, Demmler KM, Dogra S, Hardy-Johnson P, Lahiri A, Larson N, Roberto CA, Rodríguez-Ramírez S, Shamah-Levy T, Sethi V, Strömmer S, Tumilowicz A, Weller S, Zou Z. Lancet Adolescent Nutrition Report 2: Food choice in transition: Adolescent autonomy, agency, and the food environment. Lancet, 2022, 399(10320): 185-197. (IF=79.321 Q1)

2. Su Z, Zou Z*, Hay SI, Liu Y, Li S, Chen H, Zimmerman MS, Martin GR, Wilner LB, Sable CA, Murray C, Kassebaum NJ, Patton GC, Zhang H*. Global, regional, and national time trends in mortality for congenital heart disease, 1990–2019: An age-period-cohort analysis for the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study. EClinicalMedicine 2022;43: 101249. (Lancet新子刊)

3. Yang B#, Li S#, Zou Z#, Markevych I, Heinrich J, Bloom MS, Luo Y, Huang W, Xiao X, Gui Z, Bao W, Jing J, Ma J, Ma Y*, Chen Y*, Dong G*. Greenness Surrounding Schools and Visual Impairment in Chinese Children and Adolescents. Environ Health Perspect, 2021, 129(10):107006. (IF=9.031 Q1)

4. Dong Y, Gao D, Li Y, Yang Z, Wang X, Chen M, Wang Z, Song Y*, Zou Z*, Ma J. Effect of childhood phthalates exposure on the risk of overweight and obesity: A nested case-control study in China. Environ Int, 2022, 58: 106886. (IF=9.621 Q1)

5. Zou Z, Cini K, Ma Y, Dong B, Ma J, Burgner DP, Patton GC. Time trends in cardiovascular disease mortality across the BRICS: an age-period-cohort analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Circulation, 2020，141(10): 790-799. (IF=29.690,外周血管疾病学类期刊第1/65位, Q1)

6. Willeit P, Tschiderer L, on behalf of the Proof-ATHERO Study Groups. Carotid intima-media thickness progression as surrogate marker for cardiovascular risk: Meta-analysis of 119 clinical trials involving 100,667 patients. Circulation, 2020 accepted. (IF=23.603,参加Proof-ATHERO协作组)

7. Zou Z, Li C, Patton GC. Severity of Chinese famine and type 2 diabetes. Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2019 (Comment, Q1)

8. Yang B#, Guo Y#, Zou Z#, Gui Z, Bao W, Hu L, Chen G, Jing J, Ma J, Li S, Ma Y*, Chen Y*, Dong G*. Exposure to ambient air pollution and visual impairment in children: A nationwide cross-sectional study in China. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021. Apr 5;407:124750 (IF=9.038, Q1)

9. Zhang JS#, Gui ZH#, Zou ZY#, Yang BY, Ma J, Jing J, Wang HJ, Luo JY, Zhang X, Luo CY, Wang H, Zhao HP, Pan DH, Bao WW, Guo YM, Ma YH*, Dong GH*, Chen YJ*. Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents: A national cross-sectional study in China. Environmental international, 2021, 148:106383. (IF=7.757 Q1)

10. Shen L, Li C, Wang Z, Zhang R, Shen Y, Miles T, Wei J, Zou Z*. Early-Life Exposure to Severe Famine Is Associated with Higher Methylation Level in the IGF2 Gene and Higher Total Cholesterol in Late Adulthood: The Genomic Research of the Chinese Great Famine (GRECF) study. Clinical Epigenetics, 2019,11:88. (IF=5.496, Q1)