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Wenying Zhang, MD, PhD, MBA, FACMG


  • Director, Genetics and Genomics Diagnostic Laboratory, Division of Human Genetics
  • Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

About

MD, MS: Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China.

PhD: Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.

MBA: Carl H. Lindner College of Business, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

Fellowship: Clinical Molecular Genetics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.

Certification: American Board of Medical Genetics in Clinical Molecular Genetics, 2011; American Board of Medical Genetics in Labratory of Genetics and Genomics, 2021.

Interests

Clinical molecular genetics; whole exome sequencing; whole genome sequencing; RNAseq; molecular genetic diagnosis of hereditary cardiovascular diseases; genetic blood disorders; and other genetic conditions

Research Areas

Publications

Selected

Genetic Testing in Patients with Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome: Experience of 802 Patients at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Xu, X; Denton, J; Wu, Y; Liu, J; Guan, Q; Dawson, DB; Bleesing, J; Zhang, W. Journal of Clinical Immunology. 2024; 44:166.

Selected

The Role of Pancreatitis Risk Genes in Endocrine Insufficiency Development After Acute Pancreatitis in Children. Abu-El-Haija, M; Zhang, W; Karns, R; Ginzburg, G; Vitale, DS; Farrell, P; Nasr, A; Ibrahim, S; Bellin, MD; Thompson, T; Garlapally, V; Woo, JG; Husain, SZ; Denson, LA. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2024; 22:2033-2043.e2.

Selected

Recommendations for risk allele evidence curation, classification, and reporting from the ClinGen Low Penetrance/Risk Allele Working Group. Schmidt, RJ; Steeves, M; Bayrak-Toydemir, P; Benson, KA; Coe, BP; Conlin, LK; Ganapathi, M; Garcia, J; Gollob, MH; Jobanputra, V; Niu, N; Richards, S; Chen, W; Fan, Y. Genetics in Medicine. 2024; 26:101036.

Selected

RNA sequencing reveals a complete picture of a homozygous missense variant in a patient with VPS13D movement disorder: a case report and review of the literature. Baker, EK; Han, J; Langley, WA; Reott, MA; Hallinan, BE; Hopkin, RJ; Zhang, W. Molecular Genetics and Genomics: an international journal. 2023; 298:1185-1199.

Selected

Hemolytic anemia and macrothrombocytopenia: A lipid problem?. Risinger, M; Kim, PS; Rodriguez, RX; Narvaez Rivas, M; Setchell, KD R; Zhang, W; Kalfa, TA. American Journal of Hematology. 2023; 98:1335-1340.

Selected

Genetic Testing in Patients with Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Experience of 511 Patients at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Du, X; Glass, JE; Balow, S; Dyer, LM; Rathbun, PA; Guan, Q; Liu, J; Wu, Y; Dawson, DB; Walters-Sen, L; Smolarek, TA; Zhang, W. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 2022; 52:4828-4842.

Selected

Desmoplakin and periplakin genetically and functionally contribute to eosinophilic esophagitis. Shoda, T; Kaufman, KM; Wen, T; Caldwell, JM; Osswald, GA; Purnima, P; Zimmermann, N; Collins, MH; Rehn, K; Foote, H; Mukkada, VA; Putnam, PE; Martin, LJ; Rothenberg, ME. Nature Communications. 2021; 12:6795.

Selected

Epilepsy phenotypes associated with MAP1B-related brain malformations. Arya, R; Spaeth, C; Zhang, W. Epileptic Disorders: international epilepsy journal with videotape. 2021; 23:392-396.

Selected

Novel p.K374E variant of CPA1 causes misfolding-induced hereditary pancreatitis with autosomal dominant inheritance. Nemeth, BC; Orekhova, A; Zhang, W; Nortman, SA; Thompson, T; Hegyi, P; Abu-El-Haija, M. Gut. 2020; 69:790-792.

Selected

Prevalence of pathogenic and likely pathogenic variants in the RASopathy genes in patients who have had panel testing for cardiomyopathy. Aljeaid, D; Isabel Sanchez, A; Wakefield, E; Chadwell, SE; Moore, N; Prada, CE; Zhang, W. American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A. 2019; 179:608-614.