Dr. Zheng graduated from Shanghai Medical School Fudan University in 2008 with a master degree in Clinical Cardiology, and then got her MPH from Emory University in 2010 and PhD in Epidemiology from University of Texas School of Public Health in 2013. She had her postdoctoral training in Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, from 2014 to 2017. In July 2017, Dr. Zheng joined the School of Life Sciences Fudan University as a Principle Investigator.

My research interest is focused on the role of diet and lifestyle factors in the development of cardiometabolic disease, such as obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, which is a leading cause of death in the United States and world wide. In particular, I am interested in utilizing circulating metabolomic profile to explore the potential mechanism underlying the exposure-disease association. My research area also includes gene-diet interaction and Mendelian randomization studies in the cardiometabolic disease.

1. Yan Zheng, JoAnn E. Manson, Changzheng Yuan, Matthew H. Liang, Francine Grodstein, Meir J. Stampfer, Walter C. Willett, and Frank B. Hu. Associations of weight gain from early to middle adulthood with major health outcomes in later life. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). 2017;318(3):255-269. (Impact Factor: 44.4) 

2. Yan Zheng, Sylvia H. Ley, and Frank B. Hu. Global aetiology and epidemiology of type 2 diabetes mellitus and its complications. Nature Reviews Endocrinology. (accepted) (Impact Factor: 18.3) 

3. Yan Zheng#, Mingyang Song, JoAnn E. Manson, Edward L. Giovannucci, and Frank B. Hu. Group-based trajectory of body shape from age 5 to 55 years and cardio-metabolic disease risk in two US cohorts. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2017. (Impact Factor: 5.2, corresponding author) 

4. Yan Zheng, Frank B. Hu, Ruiz-Canela M, Clish CB, Dennis C, Salas-Salvado J, Hruby A, Liang L, Toledo E, Corella D, Ros E, Fitó M, Gómez-Gracia E, Arós F, Fiol M, Lapetra J, Serra-Majem L, Estruch R, Miguel A. Martínez-González. Metabolites of glutamate metabolism are associated with incident cardiovascular events in the PREDIMED (“Prevención con Dieta Mediterránea”) trial. J Am Heart Assoc. 2016 Sep 15;5(9). (Impact Factor: 5.1) 

5. Yan Zheng, Uta Ceglarek, Tao Huang, Tiange Wang, Yoriko Heianza, Wenjie Ma, George A. Bray, Joachim Thiery, Frank M. Sacks, Lu Qi. Plasma Taurine, Diabetes Genetic Predisposition, and Changes of Insulin Sensitivity in Response to Weight-loss Diet. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2016 Oct;101(10):3820-3826. (Impact Factor: 5.5) 

6. Yan Zheng,* Min Xu,* Yanping Li, Eric B. Rimm, Frank B. Hu, Janine Wirth, Christine M. Albert, Kathryn M. Rexrode, JoAnn E. Manson, Lu Qi. History of gallstones and the risk of coronary heart disease.Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 2016 Sep;36(9):1997-2003. (Impact Factor: 6.0, co-first author) 

7. Yan Zheng, Yanping Li, Qibin Qi, Eric B. Rimm, Frank B. Hu, Christine M. Albert, Kathryn M. Rexrode, JoAnn E. Manson, Lu Qi. Cumulative Consumption of Branched Chain Amino Acids and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2016 Oct;45(5):1482-1492. (Impact Factor: 7.5) 

8. Yan Zheng, Yanping Li, Eric B. Rimm, Frank B. Hu, Christine M. Albert, Kathryn M. Rexrode, JoAnn E. Manson, Lu Qi. Dietary phosphatidylcholine and risk of all-cause and cardiovascular-specific mortality among U.S. women and men. Am J Clin Nutr. 2016 Jul;104(1):173-80. (Impact Factor: 6.8)

获奖情况

（2013）K.C. Wong Education Foundation lectureship

（2007, 2012）Shanghai Rising-Star program

（2011）Shanghai Rising-Star program

（2009）IAS Qiu Shi Foundation membership

（2007）New Century Excellent Talents in University, Ministry of Education