Chief Physician. His main work focuses on clinical diagnosis, treatment and translational research of childhood growth disorders, endocrine diseases and inherited metabolic diseases. He has extensive experience in child health management assessment, rare genetic syndromes, obesity, as well as molecular mechanisms and precise interventions for growth-related disorders.
Main research directions: clinical diagnosis, treatment and molecular mechanism research of childhood growth disorders and inherited metabolic diseases; genetic basis and precise health management of childhood obesity, growth retardation and rare syndromes; roles of microbe-host interactions in children's metabolic health.
He has published 18 SCI papers in international journals including Journal of Virology and Theranostics; authored/translated 2 academic monographs; obtained 1 granted invention patent and 5 utility model patents.
Overseas training experience:
- School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Japan. Awarded Doctor of Internal Medicine and completed postdoctoral research
- Division of Nephrology and Endocrinology, University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan, Clinical Research Fellow
- Boston Children's Hospital, USA, Visiting Scholar specializing in endocrinology, genetics and metabolism
Research projects undertaken in recent years (past five years, Principal Investigator):
- Demonstration Project for Pediatric Outpatient and Emergency Department Construction in General Hospitals of Shanghai (No. 2019-38): Improvement of service capacity and system construction for pediatric outpatient and emergency services, project completed.
- General Program of Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation (No. S2017ZRMSB2092): Mechanism study on how gene SLC22A18 induces childhood obesity by regulating adipocyte generation and growth, project completed.
- Project of Shanghai Science and Technology Commission (No.14411971400): Clinical correlation study between childhood obesity and tumor suppressor gene SLC22A18, project completed.
- Project of Shanghai Pudong New Area Science and Technology Development Fund (No.PKJ2013-Y17): Clinical research on the correlation between SLC22A18 and childhood obesity, project completed.
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