科研领域：

结直肠癌及衰老和线粒体DNA分子遗传学变化的关系；脊柱四肢的应用解剖学。

主要成果：

1. Effects of exercise intensity on copy number and mutations of mitochondrial DNA in gastrocnemus muscles in mice. XIA CAO, ZHI-WEI ZHAO, HONG-YING ZHOU, GUO-QING CHEN AND HUI-JUN YANG, MOLECULAR MEDICINE REPORTS, 12,2012.

2. Decreased expression of repulsive guidance molecule member A by DNA methylation in colorectal cancer is related to tumor progression. ZHI-WEI ZHAO, WEN-JING LIAN, GUO-QING CHEN, HONG-YING ZHOU,GUI-MING WANG ,XIA CAO, HUI-JUN YANG AND YI-PING HOU, INCOLOGY REPORTS 27:1653-1659, 2012.

3. 专利：人体骨架标本的串制方法