副教授，博士生导师，中山大学百人计划引进人才，营养与食品安全教研室主任

 

研究方向

1.膳食营养与心血管代谢性疾病防治

2.营养免疫

3.功能性食品与健康 

 

工作经历

2018/09-至今       中山大学公共卫生学院（深圳），副教授
2015/08-2018/07 塔夫茨大学Jean Mayer美国农业部老年营养研究中心，博士后研究员

 

教育经历

2010/08-2015/08  美国宾夕法尼亚州立大学，营养科学，博士
2005/09-2010/07  山东大学，预防医学，医学学士

 

主要承担课题及人才项目

  1. 国家自然科学基金面上项目，2023/01-2026/12，在研，主持
  2. 科技创新2030四大慢病项目国家科技重大专项，2024/08-2028/07，在研，项目骨干、中山大学负责人
  3. 深圳市科技重大专项（可持续发展专项），2024/12-2027/12, 在研，第一参与人
  4. 国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目，2020/01-2022/12，结题，主持
  5. 深圳市高校稳定支持面上项目，2021/01-2022/12，结题，主持
  6. 中山大学“百人计划”启动项目，2018/09-2020/12，项目负责人，结题，主持


社会兼职

  1. 广东省热带医学学会常务理事、 广东省营养学会肠道菌与营养健康专业委员会副主任委员、深圳市营养学会常务理事、深圳市健康促进协会主动健康分会副主任委员、广东省营养学会理事、中国营养学会特殊营养分会委员
  2. Journal of Nutrition Biochemistry编辑委员会成员
  3. Food&Function、Journal of Nutrition Biochemistry、European Journal of Nutrition、等20个国际期刊独立审稿人


近期发表的主要SCI论文 (*通讯作者)

以通讯或第一作者身份在Environ Health Perspect、Am J Clin Nutr、Food Funct、J Clin Endocrinol Metab、J Agric Food Chem等期刊发表论文23篇。代表论文如下(#第一作者, *通讯作者)：

  1. Man Wu#, Yiqian Lv, Wenjing Liu, Ke Liu, Yin Wang, Zhixin Cui, Huicui Meng*; Exploring environmental and cardiometabolic impacts associated with adherence to the sustainable EAT-Lancet reference diet: findings from the China Health and Nutrition Survey, Environ Health Perspect, 2025 May;133(5):57028
  2. Zhihan Yao#, Yiqian Lv#, Wenhui Yang, Man Wu, Shun Li, Huicui Meng*; Associations Between Inflammatory Potential of Diet with the Risk of All-Cause Mortality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Chinese Adults, Nutrients, 2025, 17(7):1218
  3. Yiqian Lv#, Man Wu#, Wenjing Liu, Ke Liu, Yin Wang, Zhixin Cui, Qishan Ma, Huicui Meng*; Plant-Based Diet Indices with Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Risk of Cardiometabolic Diseases and All-Cause Mortality: Longitudinal China Cohort Study, Nutrients, 2025, 17(7):1152
  4. Huicui Meng#, Yin Wang, Yanmei Zhai, ... Yaoqing Chen*; Unveiling the Micronutrient-Immunity Puzzle in Inactivated COVID-19 Vaccination: A Comprehensive Analysis of Circulating Micronutrient Levels and Humoral Responses in Healthy Adults, Journal of Medical Virology, 2024, Apr;96(4):e29611.
  5. Man Wu#, Shun Li, Yiqian Lv, Ke Liu, Yin Wang, Zhixin Cui, Xiaoling Wang, Huicui Meng*; Associations between the inflammatory potential of diets with adherence to plant-based dietary patterns and the risk of new-onset cardiometabolic diseases in Chinese adults: findings from a nationwide prospective cohort study, Food & Function, 2023, 14(19): 9018-9034.
  6. Haiyan Zhou#, Ke Liu, Wenjing Liu, Man Wu, YinWang,YiqianLv,HuicuiMeng*; DietsEnrichedinSugar, Refined, orWholeGrainDifferentiallyInfluencePlasmaCholesterolConcentrationsandCholesterolMetabolismPathwayswithConcurrentChangesinBileAcidProfileandGutMicrobiotaCompositioninApoE-/-Mice, JournalofAgriculturalandFoodChemistry, 2023,71(25): 9738-9752. 
  7. Zhixin Cui#, Man Wu, Ke Liu, Yin Wang, TongKang,ShuangliMeng, HuicuiMeng*;AssociationsbetweenConventionalandEmergingIndicatorsofDietaryCarbohydrateQualityandNew-Onset Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Chinese Adults,Nutrients,2023,15(3):647. 
  8. Haiyan Zhou#, Wenjing Liu, Yiqian Lv, Ke Liu, YinWang,ShuangliMeng,TongKang,YuechaoBao,HuicuiMeng*; SupplementationwithNattoandRedYeastRiceAltersGeneExpressionsinCholesterolMetabolismPathwaysinApoE-/-MicewithConcurrentChangesinGutMicrobiota,Nutrients, 2023,15(4): 973.
  9. Zhixin Cui#, Hong Chen, Wenhai Lu, Ping Wang...Xianhui Qin*, Huicui Meng*,The Association Between Plasma Copper Concentration and Prevalence of Diabetes in Chinese Adults With Hypertension.Frontiersin Public Health, 2022, 10:888219. 
  10. Zhixin Cui#, Haiyan Zhou, Ke Liu, Man Wu, Shun Li, Shuangli Meng, Huicui Meng*, Dietary Copper and Selenium Intakes and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Findings from the China Health and Nutrition Survey.Nutrients, 2022, 14(10):2055.
  11. Zezhong Tian#, Die Fan#, ... Huicui Meng*, Yan Yang*, Four-Week Supplementation of Water-Soluble Tomato Extract Attenuates Platelet Function in Chinese Healthy Middle-Aged and Older Individuals: A Randomized, Double-Blinded, and Crossover Clinical Trial, Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022, 9: 891241.
  12. Shuangli Meng#, Zhixin Cui, Minjuan Li, Ting Li, Feng Wu, Tong Kang,Huicui Meng*; Associations between Dietary Animal and Plant Protein Intake and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors-A Cross-Sectional Study in China Health and Nutrition Survey. Nutrients, 2021, 13(2):336.
  13. Huicui Meng#, Xiaoyu Zhang, ...Weiwei Lin*, Zijian Li*; A simple physical-activity-based model for managing children's activities against exposure to air pollutants. Journal of Environmental Management. 2021, 279:111823. 
  14. Chunlei Li#, Huicui Meng#, ...Huilian Zhu*; Daily Supplementation With Whey, Soy, or Whey-Soy Blended Protein for 6 Months Maintained Lean Muscle Mass and Physical Performance in Older Adults With Low Lean Mass.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2021, 121(6):1035-1048.e6. 
  15. Huicui Meng#, Nirupa R. Matthan, Edith Angellotti, Anastassios G. Pittas, Alice H. Lichtenstein*; Exploring the Effect of Vitamin D3 Supplementation on Surrogate Biomarkers of Cholesterol Absorption and Endogenous Synthesis in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes-Randomized Controlled Trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2020, 112(3):538-547. 
  16. Minjuan Li#, Zhixin Cui, Shuangli Meng, TingLi,TongKang,QiYe,MengtingCao,YuxinBi, HuicuiMeng*; AssociationsbetweenDietaryGlycemicIndexandGlycemicLoadValuesandCardiometabolicRiskFactorsinAdults: FindingsfromtheChinaHealthandNutritionSurvey,Nutrients, 2020,13(1):116. 
  17. Huicui Meng#, Nirupa R. Matthan, ... Alice H. Lichtenstein*; Comparison of Diets Enriched in Stearic, Oleic and Palmitic Acids on Inflammation, Immune Response, Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and Fecal Bile Acids Concentrations in Mildly Hypercholesterolemic Postmenopausal Women-Randomized Cross-Over Trial, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2019, 110(2):305-315. 
  18. Huicui Meng#, Nirupa R Matthan, Susan K Fried, Silvia Berciano,MauraEWalker,JeanMGalluccio,AliceHLichtenstein*; EffectofDietaryCarbohydrateTypeon’SerumCardiometabolicRiskIndicatorsandAdiposeTissueInflammatoryMarkers.,JournalofClinicalEndocrinology&Metabolism, 2018,103(9): 3430-3438. 
  19. Huicui Meng#, Nirupa R Matthan, Lynne M Ausman, Alice H Lichtenstein*; Effect of prior meal macronutrient composition on postprandial glycemic responses and glycemic index and glycemic load value determinations, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2017, 106(5): 1246-1256. 
  20. Huicui Meng#, Nirupa R Matthan, Lynne M Ausman, Alice H Lichtenstein*; Effect of macronutrients and fiber on postprandial glycemic responses and meal GI and GL value determinations. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2017, 105(4):842-853. 
  21. Huicui Meng#, Zhaoyong Ba, Yujin Lee, ...Connie J. Rogers*; Consumption of yogurt smoothie with Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 in yogurt reduced expression of TLR-2 on peripheral blood-derived monocytes and pro-inflammatory cytokine secretion in young adults.European Journal of Nutrition, 2017, 56(2):649-661. 
  22. Huicui Meng#, Yujin Lee, Zhaoyong Ba,...Connie J. Rogers*; Consumption of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 impacts upper respiratory tract infection and the function of NK and T cells in healthy adults. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, 2016, 60(5):1161-71.
  23. Huicui Meng#, Yujin Lee,...Connie J. Rogers*; In vitro production of IL-6 and IFN-ɣ predict upper respiratory tract infection incidence and severity in young adults. Frontiers in Immunology, 2015, 6:94.

 

Book chapters:

  1. Wenjing Liu#, Man Wu, Huicui Meng*; Comparing Animal and Plant Protein Diets in Relation to Chronic Cardiometabolic Risk Factors. In: Protein Intake in Health and Disease. Victor R Preedy. Taylor & Francis, OX, in press
  2. Huicui Meng#, Connie J. Rogers*; Exercise Impact on Immune Regulation of Cancer. In: Exercise, Energy Balance and Cancer. Ulrich,C., Steindorf,K., Berger,N.A.. Springer,NY,2012


招生信息

        常年招收博士后，每年招收博士生1人、硕士生2-3人。每年接收本科生2-3人进行科研培训。欢迎对膳食营养与心血管代谢性疾病防治、营养免疫、功能性食品与健康感兴趣的同学加入！Email：menghc@mail.sysu.edu.cn。来信请注明申请方向及职位。