Huiping Zhang, PhD
Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Biography
Huiping Zhang, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine (Biomedical Genetics) at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. He has a long-standing association with Yale University School of Medicine, where he completed his postdoctoral training and later held positions as a Research Associate Scientist (equivalent to Research Assistant Professor), Assistant Professor (tenure-track), and Research Scientist (equivalent to Research Associate Professor) before joining Boston University. He currently serves on the editorial boards of several academic journals, including PLoS ONE, Frontiers in Genetics, Frontiers in Psychiatry, and Complex Psychiatry. His research focuses on the genetic and epigenetic aspects of substance use disorders (SUDs) and related psychiatric conditions. Dr. Zhang has been the principal investigator (PI) on four NIH grants (one K99/R00, one R21, and two R01 grants) from either the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) or the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). Additionally, he has served as the subcontract PI on two R01 grants from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).
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 9/7/2024
Jia N, Zhu Z, Liu Y, Yin X, Man L, Hou W, Zhang H, Yu Q, Hui L. From SNVs to Genes: Identifying the Genetic Links Between Sleep and Psychiatric Disorders. Sleep. 2024 Sep 07. 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 - Published on 2/23/2023
Cai Y, Zhu ZH, Li RH, Yin XY, Chen RF, Man LJ, Hou WL, Zhu HL, Wang J, Zhang H, Jia QF, Hui L. Association between increased serum interleukin-8 levels and improved cognition in major depressive patients with SSRIs. BMC Psychiatry. 2023 Feb 23; 23(1):122. PMID: 36823619.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/9/2022
Chen RF, Cai Y, Zhu ZH, Hou WL, Chen P, Wang J, Jia YM, Zhu ZB, Zhang YH, Tao LY, Wu JW, Zhang J, Zhang H, Wang ZX, Jia QF, Hui L. Sleep disorder as a clinical risk factor of major depression: associated with cognitive impairment. Asian J Psychiatr. 2022 Oct; 76:103228. PMID: 35973338.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/27/2022
Liu Y, Zhang H. RNA m6A Modification Changes in Postmortem Nucleus Accumbens of Subjects with Alcohol Use Disorder: A Pilot Study. Genes (Basel). 2022 May 27; 13(6). PMID: 35741720.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/17/2022
Borrelli KN, Wachman EM, Beierle JA, Taglauer ES, Jain M, Bryant CD, Zhang H. Effect of Prenatal Opioid Exposure on the Human Placental Methylome. Biomedicines. 2022 May 17; 10(5). PMID: 35625888.
Read at: PubMed
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