Postgraduate research students

Mengrong Zhang

Email: m.zhang.7@research.gla.ac.uk

Research title: Interaction between lifestyle, genetic factors and disease

Research summary

I am a PhD student in Public Health with a background in bio-engineering and human nutrition. Now my area mainly focuses on how lifestyle factors moderate the association between genetic risk scores and cerebrovascular/cardiometabolic disease.

Publications

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Jump to: 2026 | 2025 | 2024
Number of items: 3.

2026

Zhang, Mengrong, Ho, Frederick K. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7190-9025, Pell, Jill P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035, Celis-Morales, Carlos ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2612-3917, Bailey, Mark E. S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9788-2278, Strawbridge, Rona J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8506-3585 and Lyall, Donald M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3850-1487 (2026) Heterogeneity in the association between APOE ε4 carrier status and dementia risk by modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors. GeroScience, (doi: 10.1007/s11357-026-02452-z) (PMID:42538506) (Early Online Publication)

2025

Zhang, Mengrong, Ward, Joey ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0951-8511, Strawbridge, Rona J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8506-3585, Anderson, Jana J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7290-6635, Celis-Morales, Carlos ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2612-3917, Pell, Jill P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035, Ho, Frederick K. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7190-9025 and Lyall, Donald M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3850-1487 (2025) Genetic predisposition to adiposity and type 2 diabetes: the role of lifestyle, and phenotypic adiposity. European Journal of Endocrinology, 192(5), pp. 549-557. (doi: 10.1093/ejendo/lvaf084) (PMID:40315335) (PMCID:PMC12056655)

2024

Zhang, Mengrong, Ward, Joey ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0951-8511, Strawbridge, Rona J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8506-3585, Celis Morales, Carlos ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2612-3917, Pell, Jill P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035, Lyall, Donald M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3850-1487 and Ho, Frederick K. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7190-9025 (2024) How do lifestyle factors modify the association between genetic predisposition and obesity-related phenotypes? a 4-way decomposition analysis using UK Biobank. BMC Medicine, 22(1), 230. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-024-03436-6) (PMID:38853248)

This list was generated on Fri Aug 28 22:43:48 2026 BST.
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Number of items: 3.

Articles

Zhang, Mengrong, Ho, Frederick K. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7190-9025, Pell, Jill P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035, Celis-Morales, Carlos ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2612-3917, Bailey, Mark E. S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9788-2278, Strawbridge, Rona J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8506-3585 and Lyall, Donald M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3850-1487 (2026) Heterogeneity in the association between APOE ε4 carrier status and dementia risk by modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors. GeroScience, (doi: 10.1007/s11357-026-02452-z) (PMID:42538506) (Early Online Publication)

Zhang, Mengrong, Ward, Joey ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0951-8511, Strawbridge, Rona J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8506-3585, Anderson, Jana J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7290-6635, Celis-Morales, Carlos ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2612-3917, Pell, Jill P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035, Ho, Frederick K. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7190-9025 and Lyall, Donald M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3850-1487 (2025) Genetic predisposition to adiposity and type 2 diabetes: the role of lifestyle, and phenotypic adiposity. European Journal of Endocrinology, 192(5), pp. 549-557. (doi: 10.1093/ejendo/lvaf084) (PMID:40315335) (PMCID:PMC12056655)

Zhang, Mengrong, Ward, Joey ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0951-8511, Strawbridge, Rona J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8506-3585, Celis Morales, Carlos ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2612-3917, Pell, Jill P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035, Lyall, Donald M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3850-1487 and Ho, Frederick K. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7190-9025 (2024) How do lifestyle factors modify the association between genetic predisposition and obesity-related phenotypes? a 4-way decomposition analysis using UK Biobank. BMC Medicine, 22(1), 230. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-024-03436-6) (PMID:38853248)

This list was generated on Fri Aug 28 22:43:48 2026 BST.

Supervisors

Grants

China Scholarship Council 

Conferences

2024 Behavior Genetics Association Annual Meeting: How do lifestyle factors modify the association between genetic predisposition and obesity-related phenotypes?