Huiping Zhang, PhD
Professor, Psychiatry
Biography
Huiping Zhang, PhD is a Professor of Psychiatry at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine at Boston University. He previously held academic positions at Yale University School of Medicine, where he completed his postdoctoral training and advanced through the ranks as a Research Associate Scientist (equivalent to Research Assistant Professor), Assistant Professor (tenure-track), and Research Scientist (equivalent to Research Associate Professor). Dr. Zhang’s research centers on the genetic and epigenetic mechanisms underlying substance use disorders (SUDs) and related psychiatric conditions. His work has been supported by multiple NIH grants, including a K99/R00, an R21, and two R01 awards from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). He has also served as a subcontract Principal Investigator on two R01 grants funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). In addition to his research, Dr. Zhang is actively involved in academic publishing, serving on the editorial boards of several peer-reviewed journals, including PLoS ONE, Frontiers in Genetics, Frontiers in Psychiatry, and Complex Psychiatry.
Other Positions
- Associate Professor, Biomedical Genetics, Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
- Member, Genome Science Institute, Boston University
- Graduate Faculty (Primary Mentor of Grad Students), Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences
Education
- Queen's University, PhD
- Tongji Medical University, MS
- Central China Normal University, BS
Publications
- Published on 4/19/2025
Koo JS, Zhan Q, Zhang H. Acetaldehyde-driven mRNA methylation and expression changes in ethanol-metabolizing enzyme genes. Epigenetics. 2025 Dec; 20(1):2493865. PMID: 40252050.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/10/2025
Cakir B, Tanaka Y, Choe MS, Chu PY, Xiang Y, Kim KY, Zhong M, Gelernter J, Zhang H, Krystal J, Park IH. Functional Validation of Alcohol Dependence-Associated FYN Variants Using Gene Editing and Stem Cell Study Approaches. Int J Stem Cells. 2025 Apr 10. PMID: 40205763.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/3/2025
Ngo AL, Ahmad CM, Gharavi Alkhansari N, Nguyen L, Zhang H. Epigenetic Insights into Substance Use Disorder and Associated Psychiatric Conditions. Complex Psychiatry. 2025; 11(1):12-36. PMID: 40201238.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/17/2025
Sousa A, Besong OTO, Wachman EM, Taglauer ES, Beane JE, Kefella Y, Koo JS, Saia K, Jones HE, Zhang H. Placental transcriptome analysis in opioid-exposed versus non-opioid exposed pregnancies. Placenta. 2025 Mar 25; 162:27-34. PMID: 39983471.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/13/2025
Jia N, Zhu Z, Liu Y, Yin X, Man L, Hou W, Zhang H, Yu Q, Hui L. From single nucleotide variations to genes: identifying the genetic links between sleep and psychiatric disorders. Sleep. 2025 Jan 13; 48(1). PMID: 39243390.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/26/2024
Besong OTO, Koo JS, Zhang H. Brain lncRNA-mRNA co-expression regulatory networks and alcohol use disorder. Genomics. 2024 Sep; 116(5):110928. PMID: 39197730.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/18/2024
Cai Y, Zhu ZH, Qi Q, Yin XY, Jia NN, Hou WL, Chen P, Man LJ, Wang PJ, Qian S, Wang WX, Zhang TH, Wang JJ, Zhang H, Hui L. The negative association of serum complement 3 and 4 levels with visuospatial/constructional function in first-episode patients with schizophrenia. Schizophr Res. 2024 Feb; 264:404-406. PMID: 38237363.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/20/2023
Liu Y, Koo JS, Zhang H. Chronic intermittent ethanol exposure-induced m6A modifications around mRNA stop codons of opioid receptor genes. Epigenetics. 2024 Dec; 19(1):2294515. PMID: 38118075.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/27/2023
Borrelli KN, Wingfield KK, Yao EJ, Zamorano CA, Sena KD, Beierle JA, Roos MA, Zhang H, Wachman EM, Bryant CD. Decreased myelin-related gene expression in the nucleus accumbens during spontaneous neonatal opioid withdrawal in the absence of long-term behavioral effects in adult outbred CFW mice. Neuropharmacology. 2023 Dec 01; 240:109732. PMID: 37774943.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/5/2023
Kumaresan V, Lim Y, Juneja P, Tipton AE, de Guglielmo G, Carrette LLG, Kallupi M, Maturin L, Liu Y, George O, Zhang H. Abstinence from Escalation of Cocaine Intake Changes the microRNA Landscape in the Cortico-Accumbal Pathway. Biomedicines. 2023 May 05; 11(5). PMID: 37239038.
Read at: PubMed
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