Education

1983/09~1988/07    Bachelor’s Degree of Medicine

The Faculty of Preventive Medicine
Tongji Medical University

1988/09~1991/07      Master’s Degree of Medicine
Dept. of Child and Adolescent Health
Tongji Medical University

2003/09~2006/07   Doctoral Degree of Medicine
Dept. of Nutrition and Food Hygiene
Tongji Medical University

Languages

Chinese, English

Work Experience

1991/07~1994/12  Teaching Assistant

Dept. of Child and Adolescent Health
Tongji Medical University

1995/01~1999/12   Lecturer
Dept. of Child and Adolescent Health
Tongji Medical University

2000/01~2006/12   Associate Professor
Dept. of Nutrition and Food Hygiene
Tongji Medical College
Huazhong University of Science & Technology

2006/01~2007/06   Professor and Director
Dept. of Nutrition and Food Hygiene
Tongji Medical College
Huazhong University of Science & Technology

2007/06~2008/07   Visiting Researcher
Dept. of Nutrition
School of Public Health
Harvard University

2008/08~present   Professor and Director
Dept. of Nutrition and Food Hygiene
Tongji Medical College
Huazhong University of Science & Technology

Previous Research Funding

1. Inflammatory response in the development of obesity insulin resistance. Supported by Nature science foundation of Hubei Province, 2009CDB253， from Jan. 2009 to Dec. 2010.

2. Effect of dietary pattern on expression and secretion of brain gut peptides and weight regulation. Supported by National Nature Science Foundation of China, 30671765, from Jan. 2007 to Dec. 2009.

3. Effects of dietary pattern on appetite related peptides and weight regulation. Supported by Danone Institute China, DIC2004-09, from Jan. 2005 to Dec. 2005.

4. Study of the susceptibility to obesity and the interaction of PYY gene and dietary. Supported by National Nature Science Foundation of China, 30371213, from Jan. 2004 to Dec. 2004.

5. The relationship between UCP gene expression and diet-induced obesity. Supported by Health Department of Hubei province, LJ200212, from Jan. 2003 to Dec. 2004.

6. Study on the relationship between obesity and nutrition and psychological factors among children and adolescents. Supported by Danone Institute China, DIC1999-08, from Dec. 1999 to Dec. 2000.

7. Risking factors associated obesity in children and the preventive strategies. Supported by Education Department of Hubei Province, 99C081, from Jan. 1999 to Dec. 2000.

Present Active Research Programs

1. Maternal and Infant Health Survey. Supported by National Program on Basic Research Project of China, 2013FY114200, from May. 2013 to Apr. 2016. (4950,000RMB). (PI).

2. The role of hypothalamic FAT/CD36 in energy homeostasis and obesity. Supported by NNSFC 81273052, from Jan. 2013 to Dec. 2016 (650,000RMB). (PI).

3. The influence of gut microbes on the development of gestational diabetes mellitus. Supported by Maternal and Children Nutrition & Care Fund of BINC. From Sep. 2015 to Aug. 2017. (200,000RMB) (PI).

Career goals

1. Relation between early nutrition and health. I am currently leading an ongoing maternal and child health cohort study (TJMCH) which focuses on the interaction of prenatal nutrition and gene-environment and their long-term and short-term effect on health and disease.

2. Food intake regulation and weight control, with a focus on the prevention of obesity and related chronic disease.

3. Relation between gut microbes and gestational diabetes mellitus, childhood obesity as well as other diseases.

Major Publications

1. Wang, Xiaoke; Cheng, Mengjie; Zhao, Min; Ge, Aiguo; Guo, Fangfang; Zhang, Min; Yang, Yanhong; Liu, Liegang;*Yang, Nianhong, Differential effects of high-fat-diet rich in lard oil or soybean oil on osteopontin expression and inflammation of adipose tissue in diet-induced obese rats. Eur J Nutr.2013,52(3):1181-1189.

2. Zhao, Min; Zang, Baocai; Cheng, Mengjie; Ma, Yan; Yang, Yanhong; *Yang, Nianhong. Differential responses of hepatic endoplasmic reticulum stress and inflammation in diet-induced obese rats with high-fat diet rich in lard oil or soybean oil. PLoS One. 2013;8(11):e78620.

3. Zhao, Min; Zhang, Min; Zhou, Xiaoqi; Yang, Hongying; Yang, Yanhong; *Yang, Nianhong. Weight misperception and its barriers to keep health weight in Chinese children. Acta Paediatr 2012 101(12): e550-6.

4. Wang, Xiaoke; Ge, Aiguo; Cheng, Mengjie; Guo, Fangfang; Zhao, Min; Zhou, Xiaoqi; Liu, Liegang; *Yang, Nianhong, Increased Hypothalamic Inflammation Associated with the Susceptibility to Obesity in Rats Exposed to High-Fat Diet, Experimental Diabetes Research. Exp Diabetes Res. 2012;2012:847246.

5. Bao, Wei; Song, Fangfang; Li, Xiangyang; Rong, Shuang; Yang, Wei; Zhang, Muxun; Yao, Ping; Hao, Liping; Yang, Nianhong; Hu, Frank B.; Liu, Liegang. Plasma Heme Oxygenase-1 Concentration Is Elevated in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, PLos One. 2010:5(8), e12371.

6. *Yang, Nianhong; Liu, Xiaoli; Ding, Eric L.; Xu, Mingjia; Wu, Songwen; Liu, Liegang; Sun, Xiufa; Hu, Frank B. Impaired Ghrelin Response after High-Fat Meals Is Associated with Decreased Satiety in Obese and Lean Chinese Young Adults. J Nutr 2009, 139:1286-1291.

7. Song, Fangfang; Li, Xiangyang; Zhang, Muxun; Yao, Ping; Yang, Nianhong; Sun, Xiufa; Hu, Frank B.; Liu, Liegang. Association Between Heme Oxygenase-1 Gene Promoter Polymorphisms and Type 2 Diabetes in a Chinese Population. Am J Epidemiol. 2009,170: 747-56.

8. Yang, Nianhong; Ying, Chenjiang; Xu, Minjia; Zou, Xuezhi; Ye, Xiaolei; Liu, liegang; Yasuo, Nara. Sun Xiufa. High-fat diet up-regulates caveolin-1 expression in aorta of diet-induced obese but not in diet-resistant rats. Cardiovasc Res 2007, 76:167-174.

9. Wang, Chongjian; Yang, Nianhong; Wu, Songwen; Liu, Liegang; Sun, Xiufa; Nie Shaofa. Difference of NPY and its receptor gene expressions between obesity and obesity-resistant rats in response to high-fat diet. Horm Metab Res 2007, 39:262-267.

10 Yang, Nianhong; Wang, Chongjian; Xu, Minjia; Mao, Limei; Liu, Liegang; Sun, Xiufa. Interaction of dietary composition and PYY gene expression in diet-induced obesity in rats. J Huazhong Univ Sci Technolog Med Sci 2005, 25:243-246.

11. Zhang, Hongmin; Qiu, Xiang; Zhong, Chunrong; Zhang, Kewei; Xiao, Mei; Yi, Nianhua; Xiong, Guoping; Wang, Jing; Yao, Jing; Hao, Liping; Wei, Sheng; Yang, Nianhong; *Yang, Xuefeng, Reproducibility and relative validity of a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire for Chinese pregnant women, Nutr J. 2015,14:56-66.

12. Ce, Camara; Zhou, Lin-yuan; Ma, Yan; Zhu, Lin; Yu, Dong; Zhao, Yao-wu; *Yang, Nian-hong, Effect of ovariectomy on serum adiponectin levels and visceral fat in rats, Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology-Medical Sciences, 34(6), pp 825-829, 2014/12.