南方医科大学公共卫生学院流行病学系教授，博士生导师，博士后合作导师，英国伯明翰大学医学院访问学者。近5年, 主持国家基金面上项目2项，省市级课题6项。发表SCI论文43篇，累积影响因子254.391，其中中科院小类一区SCI论文10篇，包括Journal of  Hepatology, Ann Intern Med，DIABETES CARE, PLoS Negl Trop Dis等期刊, 个人H指数24，入选2022年Mendeley Data“全球前2%顶尖科学家榜单”。

    国家级线下一流课程《流行病学》负责人，曾获广东省科学技术三等奖、军队科学技术三等奖各1项，获广东省教学成果一等奖3项、军队教学成果三等奖１项、广东省高等学校教育技术项目三等奖1项，发明专利授权1项，转化发明专利1项，主编和参编教材多部。目前担任广东省本科高校公共卫生与预防医学教学指导委员会秘书长；广东省研究生专业学位指导委员会委员；广东省医学会卫生学会务常委等职务。

1.老年人群健康影响因素流行病学研究

2.肠道病原相关疾病的流行病学研究

近三年发表的中科院小类二区以上的主要论文：

1. Zhong Q, Zhou R, Huang YN, Huang RD, Li FR, Chen HW, Wei YF, Liu K, Cao BF, Liao KY, Xu ZY, Wang SA, Wu XB. Frailty and risk of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and other chronic liver diseases. J Hepatol. 2025 Mar;82(3):427-437. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2024.08.024. Epub 2024 Aug 31. PMID: 39218228.
2. Wu K, Fan W, Wei J, Lu J, Ma X, Yuan Z, Huang Z, Zhong Q, Huang Y, Zou F, Wu X. Effects of fine particulate matter and its chemical constituents on influenza-like illness in Guangzhou, China. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 2025 Jan 15;290:117540. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2024.117540. Epub 2024 Dec 16. PMID: 39689457.
3. Liang Y, Zhou R, Jin C, Liang J, Wang X, Fan W, Wu X, Zou M. Association Between Blood Urea Nitrogen/Albumin and the Incidence as Well as Progression of Type 2 Diabetes. Nutrients. 2024 Dec 30;17(1):113. doi: 10.3390/nu17010113. PMID: 39796544; PMCID: PMC11723113.
4. Cao BF, Zhou R, Chen HW, Liang YQ, Liu K, Fan WD, Huang RD, Huang YN, Zhong Q, Wu XB. Association Between Mobility Limitations and Cognitive Decline in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Gerontologist. 2024 Dec 1;64(12):gnae139. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnae139. PMID: 39404748.
5. Lu JY, Zhou R, Huang JQ, Zhong Q, Huang YN, Hong JR, Liu LB, Li DX, Wu XB. Variability in Cardiometabolic Parameters and All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in Older Adults: Evidence From 2 Prospective Cohorts. Am J Prev Med. 2025 Mar;68(3):588-597. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2024.12.006. Epub 2024 Dec 7. PMID: 39653285.
6. Chen HW, Huang RD, Li LH, Zhou R, Cao BF, Liu K, Wang SA, Zhong Q, Wei YF, Wu XB. Impact of healthy lifestyle on the incidence and progression trajectory of mental disorders: A prospective study in the UK Biobank. J Affect Disord. 2024 Aug 1;358:383-390. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.05.054. Epub 2024 May 10. PMID: 38735583.
7. Chen HW, Liu K, Cao BF, Zhong Q, Zhou R, Li LH, Wang SA, Wei YF, Liu HM, Wu XB. Combined associations of visceral adipose tissue and adherence to a Mediterranean lifestyle with T2D and diabetic microvascular complications among individuals with prediabetes. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2024 Jun 12;23(1):201. doi: 10.1186/s12933-024-02284-1. PMID: 38867282; PMCID: PMC11170917.
8. Zheng J, Zhou R, Zhang Y, Su K, Chen H, Li F, Hukportie DN, Niu F, Yiu KH, Wu X. Preserved Ratio Impaired Spirometry in Relationship to Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Large Prospective Cohort Study. Chest. 2023 Mar;163(3):610-623. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.11.003. Epub 2022 Nov 11. PMID: 36372304.
9. Chen HW, Zhou R, Cao BF, Liu K, Zhong Q, Huang YN, Liu HM, Zhao JQ, Wu XB. The predictive, preventive, and personalized medicine of insomnia: gut microbiota and inflammation. EPMA J. 2023 Nov 17;14(4):571-583. doi: 10.1007/s13167-023-00345-1. PMID: 38094575; PMCID: PMC10713890.
10. Zhou R, Chen HW, Lin Y, Li FR, Zhong Q, Huang YN, Wu XB. Total and Regional Fat/Muscle Mass Ratio and Risks of Incident Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality. J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 Sep 5;12(17):e030101. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.123.030101. Epub 2023 Aug 29. PMID: 37642038; PMCID: PMC10547339.
11. Zhong Q, Zhou R, Huang YN, Chen HW, Liu HM, Huang Z, Yuan Z, Wu K, Cao BF, Liu K, Fan WD, Liang YQ, Wu XB. The independent and joint association of accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary time with dementia: a cohort study in the UK Biobank. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2023 May 17;20(1):59. doi: 10.1186/s12966-023-01464-8.
12. Zheng J, Huang X, Huang J, Meng B, Li F, Liu H, Chen L, Zhou R, Zou M, Wu X. Association of Diabetes Mellitus Status and Hyperglycemia With Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2023 Mar;75(3):509-518. doi: 10.1002/acr.24872. Epub 2022 Oct 17. PMID: 35225437.
13. Li FR, Wu KY, Fan WD, Chen GC, Tian H, Wu XB. Long-term exposure to air pollution and risk of incident inflammatory bowel disease among middle and old aged adults. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 2022 Sep 1;242:113835. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2022.113835. Epub 2022 Jul 8. PMID: 35816845.
14. Zhou R, Chen HW, Li FR, Zhong Q, Huang YN, Wu XB. "Life's Essential 8" Cardiovascular Health and Dementia Risk, Cognition, and Neuroimaging Markers of Brain Health. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2023 Nov;24(11):1791-1797. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2023.05.023. Epub 2023 Jun 24. PMID: 37369360.
15. Hukportie DN, Li FR, Zhou R, Zheng JZ, Wu XX, Wu XB. Waist Circumference and Body Mass Index Variability and Incident Diabetic Microvascular Complications: A Post Hoc Analysis of ACCORD Trial (Diabetes Metab J 2022;46:767-80). Diabetes Metab J. 2023 Jan;47(1):150-151. doi: 10.4093/dmj.2023.0007. Epub 2023 Jan 26. PMID: 36727167; PMCID: PMC9925141.
16. Ma X, Wu K, Li Y, Li S, Cao L, Xie H, Zheng J, Zhou R, Yuan Z, Huang Z, Yuan J, Wu X. Contact tracing period and epidemiological characteristics of an outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in Guangzhou. Int J Infect Dis. 2022 Apr;117:18-23. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.01.034. Epub 2022 Jan 29. PMID: 35101637; PMCID: PMC8800156.
17. Li FR, Hukportie DN, Yang J, Yang HH, Chen GC, Wu XB. Microvascular Burden and Incident Heart Failure Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults With Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2022 Dec 1;45(12):2999-3006. doi: 10.2337/dc22-0177. PMID: 35944243.
18. Lu J, Wu K, Ma X, Wei J, Yuan Z, Huang Z, Fan W, Zhong Q, Huang Y, Wu X. Short-term effects of ambient particulate matter (PM₁, PM_2.5 and PM₁₀) on influenza-like illness in Guangzhou, China. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2023 Jan;247:114074. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2022.114074. Epub 2022 Nov 24. PMID: 36436470.
19. Wu K, Liu H, Zheng J, Zou L, Gu S, Zhou R, Yuan Z, Huang Z, Wu X. Diabetes Treatment Is Associated With Better Cognitive Function: The Age Disparity. Front Aging Neurosci. 2022 Jan 6;13:753129. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2021.753129. PMID: 35069170; PMCID: PMC8770273.
20. Zhou R, Liu HM, Zou LW, Wei HX, Huang YN, Zhong Q, Gu SY, Chen MF, Wang SL, Sun HX, Wu XB. Associations of Parity With Change in Global Cognition and Incident Cognitive Impairment in Older Women. Front Aging Neurosci. 2022 May 4;14:864128. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.864128. PMID: 35601623; PMCID: PMC9114765.