Presentations
This section only included presentations where I was the presenting author.
Seminars and Invited Talks
2024
Zhang M. Early-Life Environmental Pollutant Exposures and Child Blood Pressure: What Do We Know and What Can We Do? Clinical Research Grand Rounds. Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, March 6, 2024.
Zhang M. Early-Life Environmental Influences on Child Blood Pressure: Time for Solutions. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Nutrition and Obesity Policy Research and Evaluation Network, Online, January 22, 2024.
2023
Zhang M. Early-life environmental determinants of child blood pressure: what do we know and what can we do about them? Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, October 5, 2023.
Zhang M. Prenatal and childhood per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance exposures and blood pressure trajectories from birth to late adolescence: Project Viva. ECHO PFAS Working Group Meeting, Online, September 14, 2023.
Zhang M. Primordial prevention of cardiovascular diseases across the life course: environmental factors and intervention strategies. Department of Population Health, New York University Langone Health, New York, NY, February 8 (Department of Population Health) & April 9 (Department of Pediatrics), 2023.
Zhang M. Primordial prevention of cardiovascular diseases across the life course: environmental factors and intervention strategies. Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, February 1, 2023.
Zhang M. Primordial prevention of cardiovascular diseases across the life course: environmental factors and intervention strategies. Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, January 4, 2023.
2022
Zhang M. In utero Exposure to Heavy Metals and Trace Elements and Childhood Blood Pressure: Investigating the Role of Cord Metabolome. Final Defense Seminar, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, July 1, 2022.
Zhang M. Can micronutrients counteract inter-generational adverse health effects associated with prenatal exposure to environmental pollutants? Findings from the Boston Birth Cohort. Symposium talk at the Society for Epidemiologic Research Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, June 17, 2022.
Zhang M. Metabolome-wide association study identifies cord metabolite biomarkers of elevated blood pressure in childhood and adolescence. Research in Progress Seminar, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, February 28, 2022. (Online due to COVID-19)
2020
Zhang M. In utero exposure to heavy metal and trace minerals, maternal and cord metabolome, and child cardiovascular health. Dissertation Proposal Seminar, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, November 6, 2020. (Online due to COVID-19)
Zhang M. In utero exposure to heavy metal and trace minerals, maternal and cord metabolome, and child cardiovascular health. Research in Progress Seminar, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, October 26, 2020. (Online due to COVID-19)
2017
Zhang M. Prenatal PM2.5 Exposure and the Risk for High Blood Pressure in Childhood: Findings from the Boston Birth Cohort. Research in Progress Seminar, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, November 27, 2017.
2016
Zhang M. Evaluation of antiviral efficacy of Chinese traditional medicine "Babao Dan" in rabbits infected with hepatitis E virus. Final Defense Seminar, Peking University Department of Microbiology, Beijing, China, May 23, 2016.
Oral Presentations at Scientific Meetings
2023
Zhang M. Associations of prenatal per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) exposures with offspring adiposity and body composition at age 16-20 years: Project Viva. Oral presentation at the American Heart Association EPI|Lifestlyle 2023 Scientific Sessions, Boston, MA, March 3, 2023.
2021
Zhang M. In Utero Exposure To Metal Mixtures And Offspring Blood Pressure: An Analysis Of The Boston Birth Cohort Using Bayesian Kernel Machine Regression. Oral presentation at the American Heart Association EPI|Lifestyle 2021 Scientific Sessions, Online, May 21, 2021 (Watch the recording).
2019
Zhang M. Age-Associated Rise in Arterial Stiffness Among Hunter-Gatherers. Oral presentation at the American Heart Association EPI|Lifestyle 2019 Scientific Sessions, Houston, TX, March 7, 2019.
2018
Zhang M. Does cesarean delivery impact infant weight gain and adiposity over the first year of life? Oral presentation at the Society for Epidemiologic Research 51st Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, June 20, 2018.
Poster Presentations
2022
Zhang M, et al. In utero exposure to metals and trace elements affects cord blood metabolome profile. American Heart Association EPI|Lifestyle 2022 Scientific Sessions, Chicago, IL, March 1, 2022.
2020
Zhang M, et al. The association of maternal pre-pregnancy weight with childhood and adolescent blood pressure and the modifying role of Vitamin D. American Heart Association EPI|Lifestyle 2020 Scientific Sessions, Phoenix, AZ, March 4, 2020.
Zhang M, et al. Vitamin D mitigates the intergenerational association between maternal pre-eclampsia and childhood blood pressure. 2020 Delta Omega Poster Competition, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, February 26, 2020.
2018
Zhang M, et al. Association of prenatal antibiotics with infant weight and the gut microbiome. Poster presentation at the Mid-Atlantic Nutrition Obesity Center Annual Symposium, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, October 30, 2018.
Zhang M, et al. Maternal exposure to ambient PM2.5 during pregnancy and the risk for high blood pressure in childhood. Poster presentation at the Department of Epidemiology Master Symposium, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, April 26, 2018.
Zhang M, et al. Maternal exposure to ambient PM2.5 during pregnancy and the risk for high blood pressure in childhood. Poster presentation at the 9th Annual Cardiovascular Research Retreat, Johns Hopkins Heart and Vascular Institute, Baltimore, MD, April 20, 2018.