Academic Appointment
Aug 2018 to present, Research Assistant Professor, National Institute of Health Data Science at Peking University
Major Committee Assignments
Young member of Clinical Toxicology Professional Committee of Chinese Society of Toxicology
MajorAwards and Honors
Aug 2016, Excellent paper of the 8th National Academic Conference for Young and Middle-aged Epidemiologists
International Presentations
Sep 2021, “Long-term mortality after early famine exposure: findings from the China Kadoorie Biobank”, World Congress of Epidemiology
Narrative Report of Research Contributions
Major research interests include etiological and prognostic factors of cardiovascular disease and diabetes, active post-marketing surveillance of drug safety, and real-world data governance. As the principle investigator, carries out research projects on diabetes phenotypes (founded by NSCF and Peking University) and autism cohort (founded by ALSOLIFE Co.). And as the project lead, leads the first real-world study of post-marketing surveillance for the safety of HPV vaccines in China (founded by Merck & Co.) and the project on real-world data fitness of active surveillance of adverse events following immunizations (founded by Gates Foundation).
1.Meng R, Yu C, Guo Y, Bian Z, Si J, Nie J, Yang L, Chen Y, Du H, Zhou L, Liu Y, Chen J, Chen Z, Li L, Lv J; China Kadoorie Biobank Collaborative Group. Early famine exposure and adult disease risk based on a 10-year prospective study of Chinese adults. Heart. 2020 Feb;106(3):213-220. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2019-315750. Epub 2019 Nov 8. PMID: 31704783; PMCID: PMC6968949.
2.Meng R, Zhang L. Depicting the spectrum of diseases that occur during the lifespan of an individual based on electronic health records. Lancet Digit Health. 2019 Jun;1(2):e46-e47. doi: 10.1016/S2589-7500(19)30023-8. Epub 2019 May 20. PMID: 33323226.
3.Meng R, Lv J, Li L. Reply: Interaction or mediation by adult obesity of the relation between fetal famine exposure and type 2 diabetes? Int J Epidemiol. 2019 Apr 1;48(2):656-657. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyy295. PMID: 30668862; PMCID: PMC6469296.
4.Meng R, Lv J, Yu C, Guo Y, Bian Z, Yang L, Chen Y, Zhang H, Chen X, Chen J, Chen Z, Qi L, Li L; China Kadoorie Biobank Collaborative Group. Prenatal famine exposure, adulthood obesity patterns and risk of type 2 diabetes. Int J Epidemiol. 2018 Apr 1;47(2):399-408. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyx228. PMID: 29161448; PMCID: PMC5913613.
5.Zhao H, Wang S*, Meng R*, Liu G, Hu J, Zhang H, Yan S, Zhan S*. Appropriateness of Antibiotic Prescriptions in Chinese Primary Health Care and the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Typically Descriptive and Longitudinal Database Study in Yinchuan City. Front Pharmacol. 2022 Apr 14;13:861782. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2022.861782. PMID: 35496308; PMCID: PMC9049214.
6.Gao Z, Yang Y, Meng R, Yu J, Zhou L. Automatic assessment of adverse drug reaction reports with interactive visual exploration. Sci Rep. 2022 Apr 26;12(1):6777. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-10887-5. PMID: 35474237; PMCID: PMC9043218.
7.Wang W, Zhang C, Meng R, Zhan S, Wang S, Feng L, Song Y. Sex-Specific Associations Between Diabetes Mellitus and Hearing Loss in the Middle-Aged and Elderly Individuals: A National Cohort Study of Chinese Adults. Endocr Pract. 2022 Apr;28(4):357-363. doi: 10.1016/j.eprac.2022.01.003. Epub 2022 Jan 13. PMID: 35033657.
8.Chen R, Yang C, Li P, Wang J, Liang Z, Wang W, Wang Y, Liang C, Meng R, Wang HY, Peng S, Sun X, Su Z, Kong G, Wang Y, Zhang L. Long-Term Exposure to Ambient PM2.5, Sunlight, and Obesity: A Nationwide Study in China. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2022 Jan 7;12:790294. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.790294. PMID: 35069443; PMCID: PMC8777285.
