Le Zhang

Reproductive health epidemiology

1. the National Natural Science Foundation of China👳🏿‍♀️，82173527, Study on the relationships between exposure to rare earth elements during pregnancy and the risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and their mechanisms, 2022/01-2025/12，under study🔋，Core-Investigator

2. Data mining of pre-implantation genetic testing, 2021/06-2025/05, under study，Principal -Investigator

3. Risk sources of agricultural products and road dust exposure in Haojia river area(sub-project)🟠，2020/09-2020/12🕵🏽‍♀️🧓，completed，Principal -Investigator

4. Ministry of Science and Technology, China National Key R&D Program, 2020YFC0846300, Association between novel coronavirus pneumonia and adverse pregnancy outcomes, 2020/04-2020/12, completed，Core-Investigator

5. the National Natural Science Foundation of China☪️，41771527, In vitro and body levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons among women of childbearing age at an typical area in north China，2018/01-2021/12🧔‍♀️，completed，Co-Investigator

6. the National Natural Science Foundation of China，31371523👨‍👨‍👧‍👧🐉，Effects on fetus NTDs causing by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and its mechanism of oxidative stress，2014/01-2017/12👩‍🚒，completed，Co-Investigator

7. the National Science & Technology Pillar Program，2013BAI12B00，Research on key technologies and applications of primary prevention of birth defects before pregnancy，2013/01-2015/12😴，completed，Co-Investigator

1. Yushan Du, Shuangbo Xia, Jinjuan Zhang, Le Zhang*, Jufen Liu*. Plasma folate deficiency increases the risk for abnormal blood pressure in Chinese women of childbearing age. Nutrition Research, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nutres.2021.12.003.

2. Song Q, Wei J, Wang J, Zhang L*, Liu X*, Zhang Y, Li N, Li Z. Rate of Correct Use of Folic Acid Supplementation Among Pregnant Women - Beijing Municipality, China, 2017-2019. China CDC Wkly. 2021 Sep 10;3(37):783-787.

3. Jia X, Zhang L#, Zhao J, Ren M, Li Z, Wang J, Wang S, Liu Y, An H, Li Y, Yan L, Li Z*, Liu X*, Pan B*, Ye R. Associations between endocrine-disrupting heavy metals in maternal hair and gestational diabetes mellitus: A nested case-control study in China. Environ Int. 2021 Dec;157:106770. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106770. Epub 2021 Jul 24. PMID: 34314978.

4. Xiaoqian Jia, Mengyuan Ren, Yali Zhang, Rongwei Ye, Le Zhang *, Zhiwen Li*. Association between tea drinking and plasma folate concentration among women aged 18-30 years in China. Public Health Nutrition: 4929-4936.

5. Zhang L, Zhang Y#, Li Z*, Ren A, Liu J, Ye R*. Maternal periconceptional body mass index and risk for neural tube defects: results from a large cohort study in China. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Jan;34(2):274-280.

6. Yongxiu Hao, Yiming Pang, Huina Yan, Yali Zhang, Jufen Liu, Lei Jin, Lailai Yan, Da Chen, Ligang Hu, Qian Liu, Yanan Qin, Bin Wang, Zhiwen Li, Rongwei Ye *, Le Zhang *, Aiguo Ren, Association of maternal serum copper during early pregnancy with the risk of spontaneous preterm birth: a nested case-control study in China, Environ Int, 2019,122:237-243.

7. Huina Yan, Zhan Wang, Jiamei Wang, Xiaohong Liu, Le Zhang*. [Survey on caffeine exposure among pregnant women in high intellectual area of Beijing]. Chinese Journal of Health Education,2017,33(11):1005-1007,1015.

8. Meng Fanwen, Chen Sen, Liu Yashan, Li Nan, Yang Na, Liu Yingjuan, Zhang Le*, Ye Rongwei*. [Incidence and risk factors of hypertensive disorders complicating pregnancy in 5 counties of Hebei province]. Chinese Journal of Reproductive Health, 2015, 26(2): 112-115..

9. Le Zhang, Meiping Sun, Weixian Gao, Shixin Hong, Yali Zhang*. [Prenatal screening for major fetal heart defects by training sonographers in township hospitals and county health centers: a feasibility study]. Journal of Peking University( Health Sciences), 2014, 46(03):373-378.

10.    Le Zhang, Aiguo Ren*, Zhiwen Li, Ling Hao, Yihua Tian, Zhu Li. Folate concentrations and folic acid supplementation among women in their first trimester of pregnancy in a rural area with a high prevalence of neural tube defects in Shanxi, China. Birth Defects Res A, 2006, 76(6): 461-466.