Guodong Zhang

Guodong Zhang

Associate Professor
Associate Nutritionist in AES

He/Him/His
Meyer Hall 3209
Education and Degree(s)
  • B.S., Xi’an Jiaotong University, China (1999-2003)
  • M.S., National University of Singapore (2003-2005)
  • Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison (2005-2010)
  • Postdoctoral, University of California-Davis (2010-13)
Honors and Awards
  • Dean's Chair Professorship, NUS (2022)
  • Young Investigator Award, Foods (2021)
  • Samuel Cate Prescott Award, Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) (2020)
  • Young Scientist Research Award, American Oil Chemists’ Society (AOCS) (2019)
  • Junior Researcher Travel Award, AOCS Lipid Oxidation and Quality (LOQ) Division (2018)
  • Finalist, Eicosanoid Research Foundation (ERF) Young Scientist Award (2017)
  • Flex Grant for Teaching/Faculty Development, UMass-Amherst (2016)
  • Armstrong Fund of Science Award, UMass-Amherst (2014)
  • Finalist, American Chemical Society (ACS) AGFD Young Scientist Award (2014)
Courses
  • NUT 108: Metabolic Regulation and Precision Nutrition (3 credits)
  • NUB 210C: Advanced Nutrition in Health and Disease (5 credits)
Research Interests & Expertise
  • Bioactive lipids in inflammation and cancer
  • Environmental toxicology
  • Oxidized lipids in inflammation and cancer
Publications
  • Oxidized Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Promotes Colitis and Colitis-Associated Tumorigenesis in Mice
    Journal Article | Wang, W., Wang, Y., Sanidad, K., Wang, Y., Zhang, J., Yang, W., Sun, Q., Bayram, I., Song, R., Yang, H., Johnson, D., Sherman, H., Kim, D., Minter, L., Wong, J., Zeng, M., Decker, E., Zhang, G. Journal of Crohn's and Colitis, 19, jjae148. 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjae148
  • CYP eicosanoid pathway mediates colon cancer‐promoting effects of dietary linoleic acid
    Journal Article | Zhang, J., Yang, J., Duval, C., Edin, M., Williams, A., Lei, L., Tu, M., Pourmand, E., Song, R., Graves, J., DeGraff, L., Wong, J., Wang, Y., Sun, Q., Sanidad, K., Wong, S., Han, Y., Zhang, Z., Lee, K., Park, Y., Xiao, H., Liu, Z., Decker, E., Cui, W., Zeldin, D., Zhang, G. The FASEB Journal, 37, e23009. 10.1096/fj.202300786r
  • Microbial enzymes induce colitis by reactivating triclosan in the mouse gastrointestinal tract
    Journal Article | Zhang, J., Walker, M., Sanidad, K., Zhang, H., Liang, Y., Zhao, E., Chacon-Vargas, K., Yeliseyev, V., Parsonnet, J., Haggerty, T., Wang, G., Simpson, J., Jariwala, P., Beaty, V., Yang, J., Yang, H., Panigrahy, A., Minter, L., Kim, D., Gibbons, J., Liu, L., Li, Z., Xiao, H., Borlandelli, V., Overkleeft, H., Cloer, E., Major, M., Goldfarb, D., Cai, Z., Redinbo, M., Zhang, G.
  • Targeted Metabolomics Identifies the Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenase Eicosanoid Pathway as a Novel Therapeutic Target of Colon Tumorigenesis
    Journal Article | Wang, W., Yang, J., Edin, M., Wang, Y., Luo, Y., Wan, D., Yang, H., Song, C., Xue, W., Sanidad, K., Song, M., Bisbee, H., Bradbury, J., Nan, G., Zhang, J., Shih, P., Lee, K., Minter, L., Kim, D., Xiao, H., Liu, J., Hammock, B., Zeldin, D., Zhang, G. Cancer Research, 79, 1822-1830. 10.1158/0008-5472.can-18-3221
  • A common antimicrobial additive increases colonic inflammation and colitis-associated colon tumorigenesis in mice
    Journal Article | Yang, H., Wang, W., Romano, K., Gu, M., Sanidad, K., Kim, D., Yang, J., Schmidt, B., Panigrahy, D., Pei, R., Martin, D., Ozay, E., Wang, Y., Song, M., Bolling, B., Xiao, H., Minter, L., Yang, G., Liu, Z., Rey, F., Zhang, G. Science Translational Medicine, 10, eaan4116. 10.1126/scitranslmed.aan4116
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