Biography

Prof. Cynthia Xiaohua Jiang graduated from Shanghai Second Medical University (now the School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University) and completed her internship and residency at Rui Jin Hospital in Shanghai. She earned her PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Hong Kong.

 

Following her doctoral studies, Prof. Jiang undertook postdoctoral training at the Department of Medicine at UCLA, where her research focused on the role of protein kinase cascades in cancer development. She then joined the University of Southern California, where she investigated the origins and genetics of pediatric cancers, employing human embryonic stem cells as an innovative research model. Throughout her postgraduate and postdoctoral training, Prof. Jiang has received numerous prestigious awards, including the Li Ka Shing Prize, the Dr. KP Stephen Chang Gold Medal, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine fellowship, the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, and the Edward A. Smuckler Memorial Workshop Award.

 

In 2013, Prof. Jiang established her laboratory within the School of Biomedical Sciences at CUHK. Her primary research interests lie in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine, specifically the molecular regulation of stem cells, stem cell microenvironments, and stem cell therapies for neurological diseases. Prof. Jiang has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers in esteemed journals, including Nature Medicine, Cell Research, Cell Death and Differentiation, Theranostics, Neuro-Oncology and Stem Cell Reports. She is currently a reviewer of more than 50 biomedical journals, and the editorial board member of 4 international journals.