Jialin Zheng#
| Membership Number: | 6869 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | CHINA |
| Homepage(s): | https://med.tongji.edu.cn |
Present and Previous Positions
- 07/2016 - present Dean, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- 10/2016 - present Distinguished Professor, Departments of Neurology, Regenerative Medicine and Neuroscience, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China (Contract signed in Oct, 2016)
- 01/2013 - 11/2016 Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies - UNMC, Omaha, NE, USA
- 01/2011 - 07/2016 Director General (Senior consultant, part time capacity), Tongji University Medical and Life Science Center (Division), Shanghai, China
- 11/2010 - 12/2012 Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies - UNMC, Omaha, NE, USA
- 7/2008 - 11/2017 Professor with Tenure, Departments of Pharmacology/Experimental Neuroscience, Family Medicine and Pathology/ Microbiology - UNMC, Omaha, NE, USA
- 07/2007 - 11/2010 Associate Dean for Graduate Studies - International Affairs, UNMC, Omaha, NE, USA
- 7/2004 - 7/2008 Associate Professor with Tenure, Departments of Pharmacology/Experimental Neuroscience and Pathology/ Microbiology - UNMC, Omaha, NE, USA
- 09/2004 - 07/2007 Vice Chair for Graduate Education, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience - UNMC, Omaha, NE, USA
- 07/2003 - 09/2004 Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Microbiology - UNMC, Omaha, NE, USA
- 01/2002 - 07/2007 Director, Graduate Education, Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders - UNMC, Omaha, NE, USA
- 04/2001 - 07/2003 Courtesy Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology - UNMC, Omaha, NE, USA
Fields of Scholarship
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- Synaptic transmission
- Brain diseases
- Metabolism
- Neurology
- Stem Cells
- Neurodegeneration
- Neuroinflammation
- Neuropharmacology
Honours and Awards
- Recipient of the 2005 College of Medicine Joseph P. Gilmore Outstanding Investigator Award - UNMC, Omaha, NE
- Courtesy Professor, State Key Laboratory of Biomembrane and Membrane Biotechnology, Zoology Institute - Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China, May 2005 (no employment agreement, no pay)
- Courtesy Professor, Department of Neurology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China, October 2006 (no employment agreement, no pay),
- Courtesy Professor, Xian Jiao Tong University Health Science Center, Xian, P.R. China, October 2008 (no employment agreement, no pay),
- 2008 Recipient of the UNMC outstanding scientist Award - UNMC, Omaha, NE
- January 2014 Chief scientist of the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program), P.R. China
- May 2019 Excellent Workers in Education Development Fund of Tongji University, Shanghai, P.R. China
- Sep 2020 Outstanding Contribution Award for Standardized Residents Training，Awarded by Shanghai Municipal Health Commission, Shanghai, P.R. China
- May 2022 Top 10 “Best Advisors of Tongji University” in 2022, Shanghai, P.R. China
- December 2023 Ordinary Member (in Class II - Medicine) of the Academia Scientiarum et Artium Europaea (European Academy of Science and Arts)
