Cheng Mei, PhD, Professor
Director of Health and Disease Research Institute, School of Nursing
Research Fields
1. Non-pharmacological interventions for chronic diseases;
2. Pathogenesis of cognitive impairment;
3. Psychological rehabilitation of the disabled.
Representative Research Papers
1. Wu C, Liu Y, Ma S, Jing G, Zhou W, Qu L, Wang Z, Cheng M, Wu Y. The mediating roles of coping styles and resilience in the relationship between perceived social support and posttraumatic growth among primary caregivers of schizophrenic patients: a cross-sectional study[J]. BMC Psychiatry. 2021 Jan 26;21(1):58.
2. Wu Y, Deng F, Wang J, Liu Y, Zhou W, Qu L, Cheng M.Intensity-dependent effects of consecutive treadmill exercise on spatial learning and memory through the p-CREB/BDNF/NMDAR signaling in hippocampus[J]. Behav Brain Res. 2020 May 27;386:112599.
3. Cheng M, Liu Q, Wang Y, Hao Y, Jing P, Jiao S, Ma L, Pan C, Wu Y.MMP-9-BDNF pathway is implicated in cognitive impairment of male individuals with methamphetamine addiction during early withdrawal[J]. Behav Brain Res. 2019 Jul 2;366:29-35.
4. Cheng M, Cong J, Wu Y, Xie J, Wang S, Zhao Y, Zang X.Chronic Swimming Exercise Ameliorates Low-Soybean-Oil Diet-Induced Spatial Memory Impairment by Enhancing BDNF-Mediated Synaptic Potentiation in Developing Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats[J]. Neurochem Res. 2018 May;43(5):1047-1057.
5. Zhou W, Ma S, Cheng M, Zhang X, Jing G, Qu L, Liu Y, Chen F. Relationship between perceived social support and anxiety among family caregivers of patients with schizophrenia: the mediating role of coping styles[J].Chinese Nursing Research. 2021,35 (12):2090-2095.
6. Liu Y, Chen F, Ma S, Li Y, Ni T, Cheng M. A comparative study on the registered nurses’s core competence of full-time undergraduate nursing students at different levels after clinical practice[J]. China Higher Medical Education. 2020(02):39-40.
7. Wang Y, Deng F, Chen F, Cheng M. Influential factors of post-traumatic growth of broken-hearted undergraduate nursing students in clinical practice[J]. China Higher Medical Education. 2019(10):60-61.
8. Deng F, Ma S, Zhu Y, Li Y, Cheng M. A study on the correlation between mobile phone addiction tendency and delayed metacognition in medical students[J]. Chinese Health Service Management. 2019, 36 (06): 462-465.
9. Zhu Y,Deng F,Li Y,Chen F,Cheng M. Reliability and validity of Chinese version of smartphone addiction tendency scale for college students[J]. China Higher Medical Education. 2019(06):52-53.
10. Cheng M, Wu Y, Ni T, Chen L, Xu J. The application of flipped classroom based on King's standard theory in internal medicine nursing teaching [J]. Chinese Journal of Medical Education. 2017, 16(11):1140-1145.
11. Cheng M, Wu Y, Ni T. Effects of using theory of goal attainment and WeChat on skills of student nurses after preceptorship[J]. China Higher Medical Education. 2017(04):7-8.
12. Cheng M, Wu Y, Ni T, Zhang F, He X. Effects of mind mapping applied to clinical teaching on competency of registered nurses of nursing students [J]. Chinese Journal of Medical Education. 2017, 37 (02): 265-269.
Research Projects
1. National Natural Science Fund，81670620，Effect and mechanism of different intensity treadmill exercise on rehabilitation of learning and memory of heroin addiction rats，01/01/2016-12/31/2018，210,000.
2. Shandong Social Science Planning Grant，19CGLJ01，Study on Effective Paths of Precise Intervention on Mental Health of the Disabled in Community under the Healthy China Strategy，01/01/2019-12/31/2020.
Academic Employment
Member of the Education Branch of the Chinese Society of Rehabilitation Medicine;
Member of the Shandong Nursing Ethics Society;
Special Reviewer of Brain, Molecular Psychiatry, Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, Brain Research Bulletin, CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets, International Journal of Nursing Science,etc.;
Editorial Board Member of Nursing Practice and Research.
