Biography

Professor JIANG is an Associate Professor in the School of Biomedical Sciences, CUHK. Deputy Director, Sichuan University (SU)-The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Joint Laboratory for Reproductive Medicine. She is an active member in the Developmental and Regenerative Biology Thematic Research Program, Institute of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (iTERM), MOE Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine. Prof. JIANG graduated from Shanghai Second Medical University (currently School of Medicine, Shanghai JiaoTong University) and completed her internship and residency at RuiJin Hospital, Shanghai. She obtained her PhD degree in cell biology from the University of Hong Kong. Prof. JIANG undertook her postdoctoral training at the Department of Medicine, UCLA.  Her work focused on the role of protein kinase cascades in cancer development.  After that, she joined the University of Southern California as a CIRM (California Institute for Regenerative Medicine) fellow and her research focused on understanding the origin and genetics of Ewing sarcoma by using human embryonic stem cells as an innovative model. In 2013, she established an independent laboratory within School of Biomedical Sciences at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her major research interest is in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine, in particular, molecular regulation of stem cells, stem cell microenvironment and stem cell therapy in neurological diseases. Prof. JIANG has published more than 80 peer-reviewed papers with over 3000 citations and a H-index of 30, including Nature Medicine, Cell Research, Cell Death and Differentiation, Stem Cells, Stem Cell Reports and Cancer Research. She serves as editorial board member for various international journals such as Cancer Cell International, Cell Biology International and reviewers for numerous journals and grants. Until 2019, she has presided as PI/co-PI in ~20 local and national competitive grants including GRF, ITF, HMRF and NSFC.