Di Chen#
| Membership Number: | 7554 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | BASIC AND CLINICAL TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | CHINA |
| Homepage(s): | http://pharm.suat-sz.edu.cn/info/1040/1203.htm |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-4258-3457 |
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Present and Previous Positions
- 2020 - present Chair professor and Chairman, Dept of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shenzhen Univ of Advanced Technology
- 2017 - 2019 John and Helen Watzek Professor of Biochemistry, Dept of Orthopedics, Rush Univ, Chicago, US
- 2011 - 2017 John and Helen Watzek Professor of Biochemistry, Chairman of Biochemistry Dept, Rush Univ, Chicago, US
- 2010 - 2011 Dean's Professor, Dept of Orthopedics, Univ of Rochester, NY, US
- 2008 - 2011 Professor (tenure), Dept of Orthopedics, Univ of Rochester, NY, US
- 2005 - 2008 Associate Professor (tenure-track), Dept of Orthopedics, Univ of Rochester, NY, US
- 2003 - 2005 Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Dept of Orthopedics, Univ of Rochester, NY, US
- 2000 - 2003 Assistant Professor (research-track), Dept of Cellular and Structural Biology, Univ of Texas Health Science Center (UTHSC) at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, US
- 1995 - 2000 Scientist, OsteoScreen Inc., San Antonio, TX, US
Fields of Scholarship
- Genetic bone diseases
- Osteoarthritis
- Bone biology
- Orthopaedics
- Spine degeneration
- Osteoporosis
Honours and Awards
- 2025 Fellow, International Combined Orthopedic Research Societies (ICORS)
- 2025 Fellow, International Chinese Musculoskeletal Research Society (ICMRS)
- 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Elsevier highly cited scholar (biology) in China
- 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 World's top 2% scientist (Stanford/Elsevier)
- 2015 National Science and Technology Advancement Award, China, 2nd place, issued by the Department of State, China (5th contributor), Date: Dec 16, 2015 (Certificate: 2015-J-234-2-07-R05)
- 2014 Shanghai Science and Technology Award, China, 1st place, issued by Shanghai Science and Technology Committee (3rd contributor), Date: Nov 26, 2014 (Certificate: 20144015-1-R05)
- 2014 Science and Technology Advancement Award, China, 1st place, issued by Ministry of Education, China (3rd contributor), Date: Jan 29, 2014 (Certificate: 2013-217)
- 2014 Chinese Medical Science and Technology Award, China, 2nd place, issued by Chinese Medical Association (3rd contributor), Date: Jan 8, 2014 (Certificate: 201302096P1003)
- 2012 Shanghai Medical Science and Technology Award, China, 2nd place, issued by Shanghai Medical Association (3rd contributor), Date: Feb, 2012 (Certificate: 2012020403)
- 2006 Independent Scientist Award, NIH/NIAMS, US
- 2005 Novartis Young Investigator Award, Second Joint Meeting of the European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS) and International Bone and Mineral Society (IBMS), June 25-29, 2005; Geneva, Switzerland
- 2003 Travel award, Biennial Scientific Meeting of the International Bone and Mineral Society (IBMS); June, 2003; Osaka, Japan
- 2002 Travel Award, Ninth Workshop on Cell Biology of Bone and Cartilage in Health and Disease; March, 2002; Davos, Switzerland
