Research Output per year
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Research Interests
Dr. Zheng’s research focuses on identifying epigenomic biomarkers linking environmental exposures and lifestyle behaviors (including air pollution, diet, and physical activity) with various aging-related disease development (including cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and dementia) using data generated from population cohorts and clinical trials. Dr. Zheng specializes in developing bioinformatics software for high-dimensional epigenomic data and conducting bioinformatics analysis using omics/systems biology-based approaches. His recent work has begun to explore the role of methylation in cardiovascular risks/diseases and in virus-associated cancers.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
… → 2017
MS, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
… → 2012
Keywords
- Aging
- Bioinformatics
- Cancer Biology
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Epigenetics
- Systems Biology
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Research Output 2012 2019
- 487 Citations
- 36 Article
Impacts of air pollution, temperature, and relative humidity on leukocyte distribution: An epigenetic perspective
Gao, X., Colicino, E., Shen, J., Kioumourtzoglou, M. A., Just, A. C., Nwanaji-Enwerem, J. C., Coull, B., Lin, X., Vokonas, P., Zheng, Y., Hou, L., Schwartz, J. & Baccarelli, A. A., May 1 2019, In : Environment International. p. 395-405 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
relative humidity
atmospheric pollution
blood
pollution exposure
methylation
1
Citation
(Scopus)
Accelerated DNA methylation age and the use of antihypertensive medication among older adults
Gao, X., Colicino, E., Shen, J., Just, A. C., Nwanaji-Enwerem, J. C., Coull, B., Lin, X., Vokonas, P., Zheng, Y., Hou, L., Schwartz, J. & Baccarelli, A. A., Nov 1 2018, In : Aging. 10, 11, p. 3210-3228 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
DNA Methylation
Antihypertensive Agents
Hypertension
Interviews
Physicians
DNA methylation in blood as a mediator of the association of mid-childhood body mass index with cardio-metabolic risk score in early adolescence
Huang, J. V., Cardenas, A., Colicino, E., Schooling, C. M., Rifas-Shiman, S. L., Agha, G., Zheng, Y., Hou, L., Just, A. C., Litonjua, A. A., DeMeo, D. L., Lin, X., Oken, E., Hivert, M. F. & Baccarelli, A. A., Nov 2 2018, In : Epigenetics. 13, 10-11, p. 1072-1087 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
DNA Methylation
Body Mass Index
Epigenomics
Sample Size
Leukocytes
4
Citations
(Scopus)
DNA methylation of telomere-related genes and cancer risk
Joyce, B. T., Zheng, Y., Nannini, D., Zhang, Z., Liu, L., Gao, T., Kocherginsky, M., Murphy, R. L., Yang, H., Achenbach, C. J., Roberts, L. R., Hoxha, M., Shen, J., Vokonas, P., Schwartz, J., Baccarelli, A. & Hou, L., Aug 1 2018, In : Cancer Prevention Research. 11, 8, p. 511-522 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Neoplasm Genes
Telomere
DNA Methylation
Neoplasms
Leukocytes
1
Citation
(Scopus)
Metastable DNA methylation sites associated with longitudinal lung function decline and aging in humans: an epigenome-wide study in the NAS and KORA cohorts
Carmona, J. J., Barfield, R. T., Panni, T., Nwanaji-Enwerem, J. C., Just, A. C., Hutchinson, J. N., Colicino, E., Karrasch, S., Wahl, S., Kunze, S., Jafari, N., Zheng, Y., Hou, L., DeMeo, D. L., Litonjua, A. A., Vokonas, P. S., Peters, A., Lin, X., Schwartz, J., Schulz, H. & 1 others, Nov 2 2018, In : Epigenetics. 13, 10-11, p. 1039-1055 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
DNA Methylation
Lung
Epigenomics
Biomarkers
Vulnerable Populations