Yumei Zhang

Professor
zhangyumei@bjmu.edu.cn
Xueyuan Road 38, Haidian District, Beijing, China
Peking University

Personal profile

Working Experience

2021,7- Full Professor，Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Peking University

2011-2021.7 Professor, Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Peking University

2010 Visiting Scholar of Human Nutrition Division, International Health Department, School of Public Health, John Hopkins University

2003-2010, Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene

Education:

Ph. D form Harbin Medical University in 2001, Postdoctoral at Sun Yat-sen University at 2001-2003;

Social Work:

Member of the Technical Committee of the International Seabuckthorn Association, Chairman of the Medical Nutrition Professional Committee;

Vice President of China Dairy Innovation Alliance;

Vice Deputy Director of China Nutrition Health Food Association Industry Committee of Infants Formula;

Vice Chairman of Beijing Nutritionist & Dietitian Association

Executive Member of the Public Nutrition Branch of the Chinese Nutrition Society, Executive Member of the Nutrition and Health Food Branch;

Executive Member of Food Hygiene Branch of Chinese Preventive Medicine Association, Science Popularization Specialist of Ministry of Health;

Executive Member of Special Food Branch of Chinese Institute of Food Science and Technology

Member of the Nutritional Metabolism Committee of China Maternal and Child Health Association

Standing Member of the Maternal and Child Health Management Branch of China Medical Education Association

Member of North American Chinese Nutrition Committee Branch of American Society of Nutrition

Main research directions

Maternal and child nutrition and breast milk components;

Nutrition survey and nutrition intervention;

Functional food & ingredients on Non-communicable Chronic Disease

Representative scientific research projects

1. “Effects of dietary nutrition and other factors on maternal milk composition and maternal and child health based on the research and development of common key technologies for special dairy products in China” (2017YFD0400602), 13th National Key R&D Program, Special Fund of Ministry of Science and Technology, 2017-2020, PI, 3.84 million RMB;

2. Cohort study on the effects of dietary regulation on gut microbial genomic characteristics and mechanism of action in patients with gestational diabetes (81573129), National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2016-2019, PI, funding 650,000 RMB;

3. Effects of soy isoflavones and metabolite S(-) equol on lipid metabolism in postmenopausal women with different equol metabolism phenotype hypercholesteromia（30271119；30471449，30872115，81172653）4 items of National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2003-2015, PI, funding over 1500,000 RMB;

4. Research and application of nutritional formulas for infant formula milk powder (Phase I) (D141100004814002), Beijing Major Science and Technology Project, 2014-2017, PI, 4 million RMB;

5. Research on nutritional needs of infants and young children in healthy growth stage (Z140001), special research project of Beijing Natural Science Foundation, 2014-2017, PI,1 million RMB;

6. China's 8 & 10 cities mother and infant nutrition health survey (Ming Study & Yi Study) , Funded by Nestle & Yili, 2011-2022, a total funding over 9 million RMB ;

7. China's 7 cities and 2 rural children aged 3-12 years old nutrition survey, funded by Mengniu, 2011-2017, PI, total funding of 1.5 million RMB;

8. Infant feeding clinical trials，Funded by Yili company，2017-2019，funding,3.8898 million RMB;

9. China's 8 cities & 5 western areas adult nutrition health survey, Funded by Yili, 2015-2025, PI, total funding of 4.598 million RMB;

10. Cohort study on infant feeding before and after weaning period (MN20160913), International cooperation, 2016-2018, PI, 4 million RMB;

11. Clinical Study on Probiotics including several strains such as Lactobacillus paracasei N1115 (4 RCTs), Funded by Hebei provincial scientific funding, 2014-2021, over 10 million RMB

12. Director of Joint Laboratory of Breast Milk Science and Healthy Life, Peking University Health Science- Junlebao Dairy Corporation, 2021-2024, 10 million RMB ;

10 representative papers

1. Zhang J, Zhao A, Lai S, Yuan Q, Jia X, Wang P, Zhang YM*. Longitudinal Changes in the Concentration of Major Human Milk Proteins in the First Six Months of Lactation and Their Effects on Infant Growth. Nutrients. 2021 Apr 27;13(5):1476.

2. Wu W, Zhao A, Liu B, Ye WH, Su HW, Li J, Zhang YM*. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes and Gut Bifidobacteria in Term Infants Fed an Infant Formula Containing High sn-2 Palmitate: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. Nutrients. 2021 Feb 22;13(2):693.

3.Linderborg KM, Kulkarni A, Zhao A, Zhang J, Kallio H, Magnusson JD, Haraldsson GG, Zhang YM*, Yang BR*. Bioavailability of docosahexaenoic acid 22:6(n-3) from enantiopure triacylglycerols and their regioisomeric counterpart in rats. Food Chem. 2019;283:381-389

4. Ren Z, Gong H, Zhao A, Zhang J, Yang C, Wang P, Zhang YM*.Effect of Sea Buckthorn on Plasma Glucose in Individuals with Impaired Glucose Regulation: A Two-Stage Randomized Crossover Intervention Study. Foods. 2021 Apr 8;10(4):804.

5. Chen K^#, Wei XT^#, Zhang J, Pariyani R, Jokioja J, Kortesniemi M, Linderborg KM, Heinonen J, Sainio T, Zhang YM*, Yang B*.Effects of Anthocyanin Extracts from Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) and Purple Potato (Solanum tuberosum L. var. 'Synkeä Sakari') on the Plasma Metabolomic Profile of Zucker Diabetic Fatty Rats. J Agric Food Chem. 2020 Sep 2;68(35):9436-9450.

6.Xue Yong, Esther Campos-Giménez,*, Karine Meisser Redeuil , Antoine Lévèques , Lucas Actis-Goretta , Gerard Vinyes-Pares , Yumei Zhang *, Peiyu Wang and Sagar K. Thakkar. Concentrations of Carotenoids and Tocopherols in Breast Milk from Urban Chinese Mothers and Their Associations with Maternal Characteristics: A Cross-Sectional Study. Nutrients. 2017 ; 11:1229

7.Zhao WZ, Yu K, Tan SJ, Zheng YD, Zhao A, Wang PY, Zhang YM* Dietary diversity scores: an indicator of micronutrient inadequacy instead of obesity for Chinese children. BMC Public Health. 2017 May 12;17(1):440.

8.Zhao A, Gao HC, Li B, Zhang J, Win NN, Wang PY, Li JY, Zhang YM*. Inappropriate Feeding Behavior: One of the Important Causes of Malnutrition in 6- to 36-Month-Old Children in Myanmar.Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2016 Sep 7;95(3):702-8.

9.Xue Y, Lee E, Ning K, Zheng Y, Ma D, Gao H, Yang B, Bai Y, Wang P, Zhang YM*. Prevalence of picky eating behaviour in Chinese school-age children and associations with anthropometric parameters and intelligence quotient. A cross-sectional study. Appetite. 2015;91:248-55.

10. Wan ZX, Wang XL, Xu L, Geng Q and Zhang YM *. Lipid content and fatty acids composition of mature human milk in rural North China. Br J Nutr. 103(6):913-6, 2010.