Weihua Meng

Weihua Meng is an Associate Professor at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) and University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC), specializing in Genetic Epidemiology and Single Cell RNA Sequencing. His research focuses on the genetic mechanisms of complex diseases like pain phenotypes and diabetic eye complications using large population cohorts such as the UK Biobank, while expanding into single-cell RNA sequencing for human tissue analysis.

• Education:
  • BSc (MBBS), Zhejiang University
  • MSc (Internal Medicine), Zhejiang University
  • PhD (Human Genetics), Queen's University Belfast
  • Postdoc (Genetic Epidemiology), INSERM & Queen's University Belfast

His recent work emphasizes Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) for pain-related traits (hip pain, neuropathic pain) and biomedical applications of single-cell RNA sequencing. Publications highlight collaborations across multiple institutions and countries.

Key research trends include:

• 1. Genetic risk factors for chronic pain conditions
• 2. Single-cell resolution of retinal tissue dynamics
• 3. Public health disparities in cancer therapeutics
• 4. Cross-sectional and longitudinal cohort analysis