Meiyuzhen is a PhD student majoring in Epidemiology under the supervision of Dr. Samar R. El Khoudary. Meiyuzhen received her bachelor’s degree in Experimental Medicine at Peking University and her master’s degree in Epidemiology in University of Pittsburgh. At Pitt, she worked as a data analyst in the Department of Health Policy & Management for 1 year and then started her PhD study. Her research interest focuses on investigating how changes in cardiovascular risk factors over menopausal transition will impact women’s cardiovascular health and cognitive function later in life. During her PhD study, Meiyuzhen used to work as a Teaching Fellow in the Institute for Clinical Research Education (ICRE) for 2 years and now she is a GSR in SWAN analytic group. Her career goal is to work for epidemiological education and research at a research institute.

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• Qi M, Barinas-Mitchell E, Janssen I, Brooks MM, Chang CH, Derby CA, Karlamangla AS, El Khoudary SR. Longitudinal association between cardiovascular fat and cognitive function among midlife women: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN) Cardiovascular Fat Ancillary Study. Presented at 2021 The North American Menopause Society Annual Meeting, 2021 Sep 22-25, Washington DC. 

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• El Khoudary SR, Qi M, Chen X, Matthews K, Allshouse AA, Crawford SL, Derby CA, Thurston RC, Kazlauskaite R, Barinas-Mitchell E, Santoro N. Patterns of menstrual cycle length over the menopause transition are associated with subclinical atherosclerosis after menopause. Menopause. 2021 Oct 11. doi: 10.1097/GME.0000000000001876. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34636354