Name: ZHANG Jihui

Title:

Deputy Director of Sleep Medicine Department; Principle Investigator

Specialties:

Mental Health

Clinical Interests:

Mental disorders, sleep and circadian rhythm

Bio:

•2020.05-current, Principle Investigator, Guangdong Mental Health Center, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Guangdong, China;

•2015.09-2020.04, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong;

•2012.12-2015.09, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong;

•2010.11-2012.12, Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow, National Institute of Mental Health, USA;

•2010.09-2010.10, Research Assistant, Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Education:

•PhD (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2007-2010);

•Master of Philosophy in Mental health (Sun Yat-sen University, GZ, China, 2004.09-2007.06);

•Bachelor in Clinical Medicine (Sun Yat-sen University, GZ, China, 1999.09-2004.06)

Awards and Honors:

•Young investigator award, The 6th World Congress on Sleep Medicine, 2015

•Outstanding young and middle-aged experts, Sleep Disorder Professional Committee of Chinese Sleep Research Society, 2015

Professional Memberships:

•Associate Editor of Chronobiology in Medicine

•Corresponding Editorial Board Member of National Medical Journal of China

•Vice Chairman of Sleep Medicine Professional Committee of the Association for Health Exchange and Cooperation across the Taiwan Straits

•Member of the 6th Council of Chinese Sleep Research Society

Selected Publications:

[1] Ai S, Zhang J*, Zhao G, Wang N, Li G, So HC, Liu Y, Chau SW, Chen J, Tan X, Jia F, Tang X, Shi J, Lu L, Wing YK. Causal associations of short and long sleep durations with 12 cardiovascular diseases: linear and nonlinear Mendelian randomization analyses in UK Biobank. Eur Heart J. 2021 Apr 5:ehab170.

[2]Feng H, Chen L, Liu Y, Chen X, Wang J, Yu MWM, Huang B, Li SX, Chau SWH, Chan JWY, Chen J, Mok VCT, Wing YK*, Zhang J* (corresponding author). Rest-Activity Pattern Alterations in Idiopathic REM Sleep Behavior Disorder. Ann Neurol. 2020 Oct;88(4):817-829.

[3]Liu Y, Zhang J#, Lam SP, Zhou J, Yu MWM, Li SX, Chan JWY, Postuma RB, Mok VCT, Wing YK. A case-control-family study of idiopathic rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder. Ann Neurol. 2019 Apr;85(4):582-592.

[4]Lei B, Zhang J*, Chen S, Chen J, Yang L, Ai S, Chan NY, Wang J, Dai XJ, Feng H, Liu Y, Li SX, Jia F, Wing YK. Associations of sleep phenotypes with severe intentional self-harm: a prospective analysis of the UK Biobank cohort. Sleep. 2021:zsab053.

[5]Ding C#, Zhang J#, Lau ESH, Luk AOY, So WY, Ma RCW, Choi KC, Chan JCN, Wing YK, Kong APS. Gender differences in the associations between insomnia and glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study. Sleep. 2019;42(4):zsz014.

[6]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. 2019.56:128-134.