Ming-Zhi Zhang

Ming-Zhi Zhang is a Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, affiliated with Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital. His research bridges nephrology, endocrinology, and microbiology.

Research Interests: He investigates hormonal regulation of renal physiology, focusing on COX-2 and 11βHSD2 interactions in kidney pathophysiology. His work connects colorectal cancer with glucocorticoid metabolism, while pioneering immunohistochemistry techniques in kidney research via tissue microarrays.

Recent Publications highlight virome diversity in ticks, mechanisms of kidney fibrosis, and metabolic risk factors for hypertension. His lab employs genetically modified mouse models and genomic tools to explore renal dopaminergic-renin-angiotensin crosstalk.

Collaborations: Engaged with the Tick Genome and Microbiome Consortium (TIGMIC), Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation, and labnodes.vanderbilt.edu for tissue microarray analysis.