Dr. Jihui ZHANG,
Adjunct Assistant Professor
PhD (CUHK, HK, 2010)
MB & MPhil (SYU, GZ, China, 2004 & 2007)
CURRENT POSITION:

Adjunct Assistant Professor (non-Clinical)

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
  • Epidemiology and genetic epidemiology of sleep disorders
  • Pathogenesis of insomnia disorder
  • Mechanisms underlying the close associations of mood disorders with sleep disorders and circadian rhythms
CURRENT PROJECTS:
  • Circadian Rhythms dysregulation in the unaffected adolescent offspring of parents with bipolar I disorder
    躁鬱症患者的青少年子女晝夜節律失調研究
  • Familial aggregation and biomarkers of REM sleep behavior disorder: a case-control family study
    快速眼動睡眠行為障礙的遺傳及生物標志物對照研究
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
  1. Zhang Y, Ren R, Lei F, Zhou J, Zhang J, Wing YK, Sanford LD, Tang X. Response to commentary by Heidari and Arabzadeh on “Worldwide and regional prevalence rates of co-occurrence of insomnia and insomnia symptoms with obstructive sleep apnea: A systematic review and meta-analysis”. Sleep Med Rev. 2019 Aug;46:162-163.
  2. Lim LL, Tse G, Choi KC, Zhang J, Luk AOY, Chow E, Ma RCW, Chan MHM, Wing YK, Kong APS, Chan JCN. Temporal changes in obesity and sleep habits in Hong Kong Chinese school children: a prospective study. Sci Rep. 2019 Apr 10;9(1):5881.
  3. Liu Y, Zhang J, Lam SP, Yu MWM, Li SX, Zhou J, Chan NY, Wang J, Feng H, Chan A, Mok V, Wing YK. Electromyography activity level in rapid eye movement sleep predicts neurodegenerative diseases in idiopathic rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder: a 5-year longitudinal study. Sleep Med. 2019 Apr;56:128-134.
  4. Zhang Y, Ren R, Lei F, Zhou J, Zhang J, Wing YK, Sanford LD, Tang X. Worldwide and regional prevalence rates of co-occurrence of insomnia and insomnia symptoms with obstructive sleep apnea: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Sleep Med Rev. 2019 Jun;45:1-17.
  5. Merikangas KR, Swendsen J, Hickie IB, Cui L, Shou H, Merikangas AK, Zhang J, Lamers F, Crainiceanu C, Volkow ND, Zipunnikov V. Real-time Mobile Monitoring of the Dynamic Associations Among Motor Activity, Energy, Mood, and Sleep in Adults With Bipolar Disorder. JAMA Psychiatry. 2018 Dec 12.
  6. Wang F, Zhang L, Wu S, Li W, Sun M, Feng W, Ding D, Yeung-Shan Wong S, Zhu P, Evans GJ, Wing YK, Zhang J, Vlaanderen JJ, Vermeulen RCH, Zhang Y, Chan EY, Li Z, Tse LA. Night shift work and abnormal liver function: is non-alcohol fatty liver a necessary mediator? Occup Environ Med. 2019 Feb;76(2):83-89.
  7. Liu Y, Zhang J, Li SX, Chan NY, Yu MWM, Lam SP, Chan JWY, Li AM, Wing YK. Excessive daytime sleepiness among children and adolescents: prevalence, correlates, and pubertal effects. Sleep Med. 2019 Jan;53:1-8.
  8. Rao S, Siu CO, Shi M, Zhang J, Lam MHB, Yu M, Wing YK, Waye MMY. Associations of Homer Scaffolding Protein 1 gene and psychological correlates with suicide attempts in Chinese: A pilot study of multifactorial risk model. Gene. 2018 Dec 30;679:382-388.
  9. Suh S, Cho N, Zhang J. Sex Differences in Insomnia: from Epidemiology and Etiology to Intervention. Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2018 Aug 9;20(9):69.
  10. Zhang J, Lam SP, Li SX, Liu Y, Chan JWY, Chan MHM, Ho CS, Li AM, Wing YK. Parental history of depression and higher basal salivary cortisol in unaffected child and adolescent offspring. J Affect Disord. 2018 Jul;234:207-213.