Dr. Xiaodan Zhu is currently an associate professor at Ningxia Medical University. She is a member of the Nutrition Society of Ningxia Nursing Association, Standing Director of the Sleep Branch of China Association of Chinese Medicine Information, and a member of both the National Education Science Planning Expert Database and the Expert Database for Reviewing Doctoral Dissertations of the Ministry of Education. She has long been engaged in research on mental and psychological rehabilitation and has been committed to developing the outpatient management system and cognitive function rehabilitation system to promote mental and psychological rehabilitation for severe mental disorders. Dr. Zhu has published more than 30 academic papers and presented at more than 10 domestic and international academic conferences, and independently undertaken 5 research projects funded by domestic and international funds. She serves as an editorial member of Editorial Board of JNS Chinese Edition of West China Nursing Innovation Research Center and a reviewer for Oncology Letters. She has been invited to give academic lectures at Nutrition Society of Ningxia Nursing Association. She has close research collaborations with Ningxia Mental Health Center- Ning'an Hospital, School of Nursing and Rehabilitation in Shandong University, School of Nursing in Tianjin Medical University and so on.

Mental and psychological rehabilitation

2015– 2020 Shandong University, Jinan, China, Ph.D. in Nursing Science

2011– 2012 Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China, MS in Pathophysiology

2001– 2006 Tianjing Medical University, Yinchuan, China, BM in Nursing

1. 2025 First Prize in the Teaching Competition of the School of Nursing in Ningxia Medical University

2. 2024 First Prize for Excellent Paper of Ningxia Nursing Association

3. 2023 Third Prize in the Teaching Competition of the School of Nursing in Ningxia Medical

1. 07/2022 – present  Research on potential categories and interventions of sleep in schizophrenia patients. The Special Talent Startup Project of Ningxia Medical University.  Role: Project leader. RMB: 100,000.

2. 07/2024 – present  Construction and Evaluation of a Prediction Model for Schizophrenia Relapse Risk Based on the Theory of Health Ecology. Incubation Project of First-Class Discipline of the School of Nursing in Ningxia Medical University. Role: Completed, Principal Investigator. RMB: 100,00.

3. 01/2022 –12/2024 Research on the intervention effects and influencing factors of remediation therapy based on mobile medical APPs for Schizophrenia Patients. Ningxia Natural Science Foundation Project. Role: Project leader. RMB: 100,000.

4. 01/2019 –01/2024 Development and Effect Evaluation of an Intensive Management Model for Schizophrenia Patients Outside Hospital Based on Mobile Medical APP. Key Research and Development Program Project of Ningxia. Role: Sub-project leader. RMB:3670000.

5. 01/2021 –12/2024 Study on the Mechanism of Myelin-Associated Glycoprotein MAG Inhibiting the Differentiation of Oligodendrocyte Precursor Cells in the Hippocampus of Schizophrenia via NgR1. National Natural Science Foundation of China. Role: Experimental Technique Guidance. RMB:360000.

1. Zhu, XD.; Xu, XB.; Xu, C.; Zhang, JY.; Zhang, XF.; Ma, L.; Liu, J.; & Wang, KF. (2019). The interactive effects of stress and coping style on cognitive function in patients with schizophrenia. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 15(15): 523-530.

2. Zhu, XD.; Song, H.; Chang, R.; Chen, B.; Song, YY.; Liu, J.; & Wang, KF. (2020). Combining compensatory cognitive training and medication self-management skills training, in inpatients with schizophrenia: A three-arm parallel, single-blind, randomized controlled trial. General Hospital Psychiatry, 69: 94-103.

3. Zhu, XD.; Li, M.; Liu, P.; Chang, R.; Wang, Q.; & Liu, J. (2020). A mobile health application-based strategy for enhancing adherence to antipsychotic medication in schizophrenia. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 34(6): 472-480.

4. Zhu, XD.; Wen，M.; He, Y.; Feng, J.; Xu, XB.; & Liu, J. (2023). The Relationship Between Level of Education, Cognitive Function and Medication Adherence in Patients with Schizophrenia. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 19(19): 2439-2450.

5. Wang, Q.; Zhu, XD.; Jiang, XJ.; Li, MZ.; Chang, R.; Chen, B.; Liu, J (2021). Relationship between stressful life events, coping styles and schizophrenia relapse. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 30(5): 1149-1159.