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Dr. Jie Zhu

  • Associate Professor - School of Family & Consumer Sciences
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Biography and education

Dr. Zhu currently is a tenured associate professor of Human Nutrition. He earned his B.S. in Clinical Medicine and M.D. from School of Medicine at Wuhan University. Thereafter, he earned his Ph.D. in Internal Medicine with a focus on Gastroenterology and Nutrition from The First Clinical Medical College at Wuhan University. After that, he was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship in Human Nutrition at UNC Nutrition Research Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Teaching Interests

Research Interests

  • Zhu, Jie (Principal). Exploring Interaction of One-carbon Metabolism Nutrients Intakes and Genetic Susceptibility on Risk of Metabolic Syndrome among Multi-ethnic U.S. Adults with Diverse Socio-demographic, Biomedical, and Lifestyle Characters, Community Health and Economic Resilience Research Fellowship Grant, Texas State’s Translational Health Research Center, State, $90417. (Funded: June 1, 2022 - August 31, 2023). Grant.
  • Zhu, Jie (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %50, Koh, Gar Yee (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %50. Effect of maternal methyl-donor nutrients supplementation during pregnancy and lactation on the risk of cardiometabolic disorders among offspring, Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $13370. (Funded: December 3, 2021 - June 30, 2023). Grant.
  • Zhu, Jie (Principal). Maternal Choline and Betaine Intakes during Pregnancy and Risk of Gestational Diabetes, Miying (Shanghai) Cultural Creative Co., LTD, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $10000. (Funded: February 1, 2021 - December 30, 2024). Grant.
  • Zhu, Jie (Principal), Percent Contribution: %75, Shen, Xiaoxi (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %20, Wang, Kaipeng (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %5. Pork intake, Genetic Susceptibility, and Social Determinants in Association with Risk of Diabetes among a Population-based Prospective Study of US Hispanics/Latinos, National Pork Board, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $55000. (Submitted: April 23, 2025, Funded: September 1, 2025 - Present). Grant.
  • Zhu, Jie (Principal), Percent Contribution: %50, Shen, Xiaoxi (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %30, Metsis, Vangelis (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %20. One-carbon Metabolism Nutrients Intakes, Genetic Susceptibility, and Social Determinants in Association with Diabetes Incidence among the U.S. Hispanic Adults: HCHS/SOL, TXST CADS 2024 Catalyst Research Awards, Texas State Center for Analytics and Data Science, Texas State University, $1000. (Submitted: December 22, 2024, Funded: February 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024). Grant.
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  • Lamkin, K., Xu, L., Wang, K., Liu, Y., Yang, K., Wu, H., … Zhu, J. (2024). Choline and Betaine Intakes during Pregnancy in Relation to Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus among Chinese Women. British Journal of Nutrition.
  • Zhu, J., Saikia, G., Zhang, X., Shen, X., & Kahe, K. (2024). One-carbon Metabolism Nutrients, Genetic Variation, and Diabetes Mellitus. DIABETES METAB J.
  • Farber, C. M., Renteria, K., Ritter, J., Muraida, J., Rivers, C., McKenzie, A. L., … Lane, M. A. (2023). Comparison of maternal versus postweaning ingestion of a high fat, high sucrose diet on depression-related behavior, novelty reactivity, and corticosterone levels in young, adult rat offspring. Behavioural Brain Research, 455, 114677. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2023.114677
  • Zhu, J., Chen, C., Lu, L., Shikany, J., D’Alton, M. E., & Kahe, K. (2023). Folate, vitamin B6, and vitamin B12 status in association to metabolic syndrome incidence. JAMA Network Open, 6(1), e2250621. https://doi.org/doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.50621 Impact factor(2023): 13.8
  • Teoh, C. M., Cooper, A., Renteria, K., Lane, M., Zhu, J., & Koh, G. Y. (2022). Supplementation of methyl-donor nutrients to a high-fat, high-sucrose diet during pregnancy and lactation normalizes circulating 25-dihydroxycholecalciferol levels and alleviates inflammation in offspring. Metabolites, 12(12), 1252. https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo12121252
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: The Hainan Medical University & The Chinese Health Policy and Management Society (CHPAMS) 2024 Annual Conference, The Chinese Health Policy and Management Society. July 6, 2024 - July 7, 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: The Chinese Health Policy and Management Society 2023 Summer Meeting Scholarship Award, The Chinese Health Policy and Management Society. July 8, 2023 - July 10, 2023
  • Award / Honor Recipient: College of Applied Arts Achievement Award for Excellence, Scholarly/Creative Activities, College of Applied Arts. August 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Best Oral Presentation, The 7th Asian Congress of Dietetics. 2018
  • Award / Honor Recipient: The 6nd Academic English Speech Contest for Young Pediatric Medical Professionals in Shanghai, Shanghai, China. 2018
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  1. Member

    Graduate Admissions Committee

  2. Member

    Scholarship Awards Committee

  3. Organizer

    University translational science scholar showcase

  4. Member

    SFCS Recruitment committee

  5. Other

    Bobcat Bounty food pantry distribution

  6. Member

    Assistant Professor in Nutrition Search Committee

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