Zuo-Feng Zhang, MD, PhD
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Dr. Zuo-Feng Zhang's research interests focus on cancer epidemiology, including cancer prevention and control and molecular genetic epidemiology of cancers, as well as HIV-related malignancies. His research team is working on mutations, methylations and polymorphisms of tumor suppresser genes as well as genome-wide association (GWA) studies of cancer. He has chaired Ph.D. committees for 30 Ph.D. graduates and been a member of Ph.D. committees for 30 Ph.D. graduates since he started at UCLA in 1997. He has trained more 30 post-doctoral fellows. Zhang is the author of 332 peer-reviewed articles published in national and international scientific journals and 22 book chapters.
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Meyers TJ, Chang SC, Chang PY, Morgenstern H, Tashkin DP, Rao JY, Cozen W, Mack TM, Zhang ZF. Case-control study of cumulative cigarette tar exposure and lung and upper aerodigestive tract cancers. Int J Cancer. 2017 May 1;140(9):2040-2050. doi: 10.1002/ijc.30632. Epub 2017 Feb 22.
Zhao JK, Wu M, Kim CH, Jin ZY, Zhou JY, Han RQ, Yang J, Zhang XF, Wang XS, Liu AM, Gu X, Su M, Hu X, Sun Z, Li G, Li L, Mu L, Zhang ZF. Jiangsu Four Cancers Study: a large case-control study of lung, liver, stomach, and esophageal cancers in Jiangsu Province, China. Eur J Cancer Prev. 2017 Jul;26(4):357-364. doi: 10.1097/CEJ.0000000000000262.
Jung SY, Sobel EM, Papp JC, Crandall CJ, Fu AN, Zhang ZF. Obesity and associated lifestyles modify the effect of glucose metabolism-related genetic variants on impaired glucose homeostasis among postmenopausal women. Genet Epidemiol. 2016 Sep;40(6):520-30. doi: 10.1002/gepi.21991. Epub 2016 Jul 5.
Flores YN, Velazquez-Cruz R, Ramirez P, Banuelos M, Zhang ZF, Yee HF Jr, Chang SC, Canizales-Quinteros S, Quiterio M, Cabrera-Alvarez G, Patino N, Salmeron J. Association between PNPLA3 (rs738409), LYPLAL1 (rs12137855), PPP1R3B (rs4240624), GCKR (rs780094), and elevated transaminase levels in overweight/obese Mexican adults. Mol Biol Rep. 2016 Dec;43(12):1359-1369. Epub 2016 Oct 17.
Miles FL, Chang SC, Morgenstern H, Tashkin D, Rao JY, Cozen W, Mack T, Lu QY, Zhang ZF. Association of sugary beverages with survival among patients with cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract. Cancer Causes Control. 2016 Nov;27(11):1293-1300. Epub 2016 Aug 18. Erratum in: Cancer Causes Control. 2016 Nov;27(11):1301.
