Zheng Zhu, PhD, RN, is an Associate Professor at the School of Nursing, Fudan University. He currently holds the position of Director of the Integrated Innovation Center for Infectious Disease Health Care (IDCI, Fudan Center), and is the Associate Director of IDCI Shenzhen Center. He is also an Associate Editor for JBI Evidence Synthesis and the Journal of Nurses Training, as well as a Core Researcher at the Fudan Evidence-based Nursing Center. In addition, Dr. Zhu is a fellow of the Cochrane China Network, the International AIDS Society, and the Youth Committee of the Shanghai Medical Association. As a principal investigator, he has secured a significant number of grants from the World Health Organization, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Ministry of Education of Humanities and Social Science Project, Shanghai Soft Science Research Program, Shanghai Sailing Program, and the China Medical Board.

His research areas cover a wide range of topics related to HIV/AIDS care and emerging infectious diseases care, including symptom management, symptom network analysis, migration issues, and social engagement in people living with HIV and other infectious diseases. Dr. Zhu's prolific contributions to the field are evidenced by his over 140 peer-reviewed publications, books, and conference abstracts. He has been an invited speaker at numerous conferences, highlighting his significant role in the field. His career in HIV/AIDS research is marked by interdisciplinary collaborations with researchers in various disciplines, from numerous academic institutions and organizations both in China and abroad.

•   Sept. 2022 – Aug. 2024
  BNS Study: School of Nursing, Fudan University, China

•   Sept. 2015 – Jan. 2019
  PhD study, School of Nursing, Fudan University

•   Sept. 2012 – June 2015
  MSN study, School of Nursing, Fudan University

•   Sept. 2008 –June 2012
  PhD study, School of Nursing, Fudan University

• 2023-Director of the Integrated Innovation Center for Infectious Disease Health Care (IDCI, Fudan Center), China

• 2023-Associate Director of the Integrated Innovation Center for Infectious Disease Health Care (IDCI, Shenzhen Center), China

• 2022-Editorial Board Member, Chinese Journal of AIDS & STDs, China

• 2020 - Fellow of International AIDS Society, Geneva, Switzerland

• 2019 -Youth Committee Members of Shanghai Medical Association, Shanghai, China

• 2019 -Editorial Board Member, Journal of Nurses Training (Chinese), China

• 2018 -Associate Editor, JBI Evidence Synthesis, The Joanna Briggs Institute, Australia

• 2016 -Core Research Fellow, Fudan Evidence-base Nursing Centre, Fudan University, China

• 2016 -Clinical Fellow of JBI Alumni, The Joanna Briggs Institute, The University of Adelaide, Australia

• 2015 - 2016Research Fellow, Fudan Evidence-base Nursing Centre, Fudan University, China

1. Y Yu J, Liu X, Zhu Z, et al. Prediction models for cardiovascular disease risk among people living with HIV: A systematic review and meta-analysis [J]. Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine. 2023;10:1138234.

2. He J, Zhu Z, Sun M, Liu X, Yu J, Zhang L, Lu H. Barriers and facilitators to maintaining a high level of polypharmacy adherence in people living with HIV: A scoping review [J]. Frontiers in pharmacology. 2023;14:1013688.  

3. Liu X, Zhu Z, He Y, Lim JW, Lane B, Wang H, Peng Q, Sun L, Lu H. Monkeypox claims new victims: the outbreak in men who have sex with men [J]. Infectious diseases of poverty. 2022;11(1):84.  

4. Wen H, Yang Z, Zhu Z, Han S, Zhang L, Hu Y. Psychometric properties of self-reported measures of health-related quality of life in people living with HIV: a systematic review [J]. Health and quality of life outcomes. 2022;20(1):1-43.

5. Zhu Z, Xing W, Hu Y, Wu B, So WK. Paradigm shift: Moving from symptom clusters to symptom networks [J]. Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing. 2021;9(1):5-6.

6. Qi X, Zhu Z, Plassman BL, Wu B. Dose-Response Meta-Analysis on Tooth Loss With the Risk of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia [J]. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2021; 22(10):2039–2045.

7. Zhu Z, Wen H, Yang Z, Han S, Fu Y, Zhang L, Hu Y, Wu B. Evolving symptom networks in relation to HIV-positive duration among people living with HIV: A network analysis [J]. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2021;108:503–509.

8. Zhu Z, Zhao R, Hu Y. Symptom Clusters in People Living With HIV: A Systematic Review [J]. Journal of pain and symptom management. 2019;58(1):115–133.

9. Zhu Z, Hu Y, Xing W, Guo M, Zhao R, Han S, et al. Identifying symptom clusters among people living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy in China: a network analysis [J]. Journal of pain and symptom management. 2019;57(3):617-26.

10. Zhu Z, Guo M, Petrovsky DV, Dong T, Hu Y, Wu B. Age and regional disparity in HIV education among migrants in China: migrants population dynamic monitoring survey, 2014–2015 [J]. International journal for equity in health. 2019;18(1):104.