Leadership
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ZHANG Jian
Deputy Dean
Jian Zhang, MD. PhD., is a Professor in Medical School of Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech). Dr Zhang received his MD degree from Department of Medicine Tianjin Medical University, China, in 1986, and a Ph.D. in Pathology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 2001. After a three-year postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan, Dr. Zhang served as a tenure-track Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Michigan, Department of Internal Medicine and the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.
In 2011, his team returned to China and set up the 1st Center for Translational Medicine in Southwest of China. From 2011-2016, he serves as a professor and director for Key Laboratory of Longevity and Aging-related Diseases, Ministry of Education, China. In 2016, he joined the SUSTech as the deputy director of medical school planning office. His research interests have been focused on the study of aging-related diseases including aging-associated cancer biology.
He has expertise in tumor microenvironment, chemoresistance and metastasis. He is the author/co-author of over 100 peer-reviewed publications and a reviewer for Department of Defense panel of cancer pathobiology, Cancer Research UK program, and Australia Prostate Cancer Research Program and Key Projects in National Science Foundation and “Changjiang Scholar” China. From 2015 to 2017, he served as the associate editor for “Medical Oncology”.
EDUCATION
1981-1986: Bachelor, Department of Clinical Medicine, Tianjin medical university
1997-1998: Master, Old Dominion University & East Virginia Medical School, Immunology
1998-2001: Doctor, University of Michigan, Pathology
WORK EXPERIENCE
08/1986 - 01/1995: Resident/Attending Doctor, Tianjin Third Hospital/Tianjin Institute of Geriatrics.
01/1995 - 08/1996: Visiting Scholar, Institute of Geriatrics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, supported by the fellowship of the World Health Organization.
08/1996 - 08/1998: Visiting Research Scientist, Center for Geriatric Research at Eastern Virginia Medical School.
08/1998 - 06/2004: PhD student/Researcher, University of Michigan School of Medicine.
07/2004 - 12/2010: Assistant Professor (Tenure track), School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh and University of Michigan.
01/2011 - 07/2016: Director/Professor, Key Laboratory of Longevity and Geriatric Diseases, Ministry of Education, School of Translational Medicine, Guangxi Medical University.
03/2016 - Present: Adjunct Professor, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine.
07/2016 - Present: Professor, School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology.
EDUCATION
1981-1986: Bachelor, Department of Clinical Medicine, Tianjin medical university
1997-1998: Master, Old Dominion University & East Virginia Medical School, Immunology
1998-2001: Doctor, University of Michigan, Pathology
WORK EXPERIENCE
08/1986 - 01/1995: Resident/Attending Doctor, Tianjin Third Hospital/Tianjin Institute of Geriatrics.
01/1995 - 08/1996: Visiting Scholar, Institute of Geriatrics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, supported by the fellowship of the World Health Organization.
08/1996 - 08/1998: Visiting Research Scientist, Center for Geriatric Research at Eastern Virginia Medical School.
08/1998 - 06/2004: PhD student/Researcher, University of Michigan School of Medicine.
07/2004 - 12/2010: Assistant Professor (Tenure track), School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh and University of Michigan.
01/2011 - 07/2016: Director/Professor, Key Laboratory of Longevity and Geriatric Diseases, Ministry of Education, School of Translational Medicine, Guangxi Medical University.
03/2016 - Present: Adjunct Professor, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine.
07/2016 - Present: Professor, School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology.