Ge Zhang, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

ge.zhang@cchmc.org

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About

MD: West China University of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, China, 1997.

PhD: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2007.

Services and Specialties

Genetics

Research Areas

Human Genetics, Prevention of Preterm Birth

Publications

Recent Advances in Genomic Studies of Gestational Duration and Preterm Birth. Srivastava, AK; Monangi, N; Ravichandran, V; Solé-Navais, P; Jacobsson, B; Muglia, LJ; Zhang, G. Clinics in Perinatology. 2024; 51:313-329.

Association of maternal prenatal copper concentration with gestational duration and preterm birth: a multicountry meta-analysis. Monangi, NK; Xu, H; Fan, YM; Khanam, R; Khan, W; Deb, S; Pervin, J; Price, JT; Kaur, L; Villar, J; Stringer, JS A; Ashorn, P; Zhang, G; Muglia, LJ. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2024; 119:221-231.

A functional mechanism for a non-coding variant near AGTR2 associated with risk for preterm birth. Wang, L; Rossi, RM; Chen, X; Chen, J; Runyon, J; Chawla, M; Miller, D; Forney, C; Lynch, A; Zhang, X; Kottyan, LC; Weirauch, MT; Zhang, G; Muglia, LJ. BMC Medicine. 2023; 21:258.

Genome-wide association study of placental weight identifies distinct and shared genetic influences between placental and fetal growth. Beaumont, RN; Flatley, C; Vaudel, M; Wu, X; Chen, J; Moen, GH; Skotte, L; Helgeland, Ø; Solé-Navais, P; Banasik, K; Johansson, S; Freathy, RM; Feenstra, B; Njølstad, PR. Nature Genetics. 2023; 55:1807-1819.

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of gestational duration and spontaneous preterm birth identifies new maternal risk loci. Pasanen, A; Karjalainen, MK; Zhang, G; Tiensuu, H; Haapalainen, AM; Ojaniemi, M; Feenstra, B; Jacobsson, B; Palotie, A; Laivuori, H; Muglia, LJ; Rämet, M; Hallman, M. PLoS Genetics. 2023; 19:e1010982.

P07-023-23 Human Milk Zinc, Copper, and Selenium Concentrations at 3 Months Postpartum Among Bangladeshi Women: Associations With Maternal Plasma Mineral Concentrations. Ge, X; Schulze, K; Stephenson, K; Wu, LS-F; Baker, S; Ali, H; Shaikh, S; Monangi, N; Zhang, G; Landero, J; West, K; Christian, P. Current Developments in Nutrition. 2023; 7:101014.

P07-054-23 A Plasma Cuprome Reveals the Biology and Status of Copper in 1st Trimester Pregnant Women in Rural Bangladesh. Sincerbeaux, G; Schulze, K; Kim, H; Baker, S; Wu, LS F; Rebholz, C; Gogain, J; Cuddeback, L; Monangi, N; Zhang, G; West, K. Current Developments in Nutrition. 2023; 7:101045.

Genetic effects on the timing of parturition and links to fetal birth weight. Solé-Navais, P; Flatley, C; Steinthorsdottir, V; Vaudel, M; Juodakis, J; Chen, J; Laisk, T; LaBella, AL; Westergaard, D; Bacelis, J; Freathy, RM; Johanson, S; Zhang, G; Jacobsson, B. Nature Genetics. 2023; 55:559-567.

Heritability Estimation Approaches Utilizing Genome-Wide Data. Srivastava, AK; Williams, SM; Zhang, G. Current Protocols. 2023; 3:e734.

Stable methylation loci are associated with systolic blood pressure in a Croatian island population. Sprague, AC; Niu, L; Jandarov, R; Zhang, X; Zhang, G; Chen, A; Šarac, J; Coklo, M; Missoni, S; Rudan, P; Langevin, SM; Deka, R. Epigenomics. 2022; 14:1343-1354.