Weili Zhang, MD & PhD, born in 1971, Professor in Genetics and Epidemiology. I have been working at State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Diseases, Fu Wai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS), National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases (NCCD) since 2002.
Education
1993-1996: M.D. Medicine Hebei Medical University, Hebei Province, China
1996-1999: M.S. Biology Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
2002-2005: Ph.D. Genetics Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, China
2007-2008: Research fellow Epidemiology Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA
Employments
1996- 2002: Research Assistant Department of Neurology Beijing Neurological Institute, Beijing, China
2005- 2009: Associate Professor Sino-German Laboratory for Molecular Medicine Fu Wai Hospital, Beijing, China
2009- present: Professor State Key Laboratory for Cardiovascular Diseases Fu Wai Hospital, Beijing, China
Professional Societies
2004- present: American Heart Association Member
2005- present: Genetics Society of China Member
2009- present: International Society for Heart Research, ISHR Member
2006- present: Assistant Editor, Molecular Cardiology of China
2010-present Academic Editor, Chinese Journal of Stroke
2011- present: Academic Editor PLoS ONE
Research
My work has focused on the health management strategy that aims to prevent the onset of clinical risk factors or even preclinical changes among subjects at risk for cardiovascular diseases and stroke.
In most recent 5 years, I have got 5 grants as a PI from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and Fuwai Hospital. Also, I am an investigator for the project program funded by the National Basic Research Program (973 Program) of Ministry of Science and Technology. Our major findings have been published in the journals Circulation, J Am Coll Cardiol, Stroke, Clinical Chemistry, and Clin Sci, which contribute to current public health recommendations for prevention of chronic disease.
Peer Reviewed Publications in print:
1. Fan J, Song Y, Chen Y, Hui R, Zhang W*. Combined effect of obesity and cardio-metabolic abnormality on the risk of cardiovascular disease: A meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. Int J of Cardiol, 2013, 168:4761-4768.（Correspondence author）
2. Zhang W*, Chen Y, Wang Y, Liu P, Zhang M, Zhang C, Hu F.B, Hui R. Short Telomere Length in Blood Leukocytes Contributes to the Presence of Atherothrombotic Stroke and Hemorrhagic Stroke and Risk of Post-stroke Death. Clin Sci 2013, 125(1):27-36.
3. Zhang W, Chen Y, Liu P, Chen J, Song L, Tang Y, Wang Y, Liu J, Hu FB, Hui R. Variants on Chromosome 9p21.3 Correlated with ANRIL Expression Contribute to Stroke risk and Recurrence in a Large Prospective Stroke Population. Stroke, 2012 Jan;43(1):14-21.
4. Li S*, Zhu J*, Zhang W*, Chen Y*, Zhang K, Popescu LM, Ma X, Lau WB, Rong R, Yu X, Wang B, Li Y, Xiao C, Zhang M, Wang S, Yu L, Chen AF, Yang X, Cai J. Signature microRNA expression profile of essential hypertension and its novel link to human cytomegalovirus infection. Circulation. 2011 Jul 12;124(2):175-84. (*Equal contribution)
5. Zhang W, Sun K, Chen J, Liao Y, Qin Q, Ma A, Wang D, Zhu Z, Wang Y, Hui R. High plasma homocysteine levels contribute to the risk of stroke recurrence and all-cause mortality in a large prospective stroke population. Clin Sci (Lond). 2010, 118(3):187-94.
