Standing Committee Member, First Executive Committee, Cognitive Impairment Committee, Chinese Geriatrics Society
Standing Committee Member, First Executive Committee, Vascular Cognitive Impairment Committee, Chinese Stroke Association
Vice Chair, Basic and Translational Medicine Subcommittee, Beijing Neurological Society
Vice Chair, 2nd Executive Committee, Brain Disease Drug Research Subcommittee, China Association for Traditional Chinese Medicine
Standing Committee Member, Alzheimer’s Disease Committee, Chinese Association of Geriatric Health Care
Vice Chair, Integrated Medical and Long-term Care Professional Committee, Tianjin Health Management Association
Vice Chair, Alliance for Peripheral Biomarker Detection and Early Intervention of Alzheimer’s Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases
Member, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Working Committee, Chinese Medical Doctor Association
Dr. Zhou specializes in the clinical diagnosis and treatment of dementia, cognitive impairment, neurodegenerative diseases, and cerebrovascular diseases, as well as basic and translational research in these fields. She has extensive expertise in the early detection, differential diagnosis, comprehensive assessment, and individualized management of cognitive disorders, with particular interests in Alzheimer’s disease and vascular cognitive impairment.
Her research focuses on the mechanisms, biomarkers, early diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cognitive impairment and dementia, with an emphasis on translating basic research findings into clinical applications. She has also been actively involved in the development and evaluation of peripheral biomarkers for the early detection and intervention of Alzheimer’s disease.
Honors and Academic Achievements:
Dr. Zhou is a recipient of the titles of Tianjin Distinguished Physician and Tianjin Model Worker. She also undertook advanced international training as a visiting scholar at the University of Würzburg in Germany.
She has published more than 80 academic articles and has led or participated in more than 20 scientific research projects. Her research achievements have received six Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Achievement Awards, and she has contributed to two major advances in medical and health technology in Tianjin. She also received the Second-Class Science and Technology Progress Award from the Tianjin Municipal Health Bureau.
Dr. Zhou has made substantial contributions to the standardization of the diagnosis and treatment of cognitive disorders in China. She has participated in the development of 22 Chinese medical textbooks, expert consensus statements, and clinical guidelines related to cognitive impairment and dementia, as well as two industry standards.
She has served as the principal investigator for major scientific and technological innovation projects and sub-projects of the National Key Research and Development Program of China, reflecting her longstanding contributions to clinical and translational research in cognitive impairment, dementia, and neurodegenerative diseases.