Dr Yu Huang

Yu Huang was awarded BSc by Fudan University Shanghai Medical College and PhD in Pharmacology by University of Cambridge. He is Jeanie Hu Professor of Biomedical Sciences and Chair Professor at City University of Hong Kong. Prior to his current position, he was Chair Professor and founding Director of Heart and Vascular Institute at Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is Vice-President in Chinese Section of International Society for Heart Research (ISHR) and Chinese Association of Physiological Sciences. He previously was President in Asian Society for Vascular Biology and Vice-President in Chinese Society of Vascular Biology. He is a Fellow of ISHR and International Union of Physiological Sciences Academy. His research focuses on vascular pharmacology and pathology through elucidating molecular processes in hypertension, diabetes and atherosclerosis, uncovering novel biomarkers for vascular pathogenesis, and developing pharmacological venues to reverse vascular dysfunction. He has co-authored 493 SCI publications. He has served as an editorial board member for 18 SCI-indexed journals. He is also the Hong Kong RGC - Senior Research Fellow and Croucher Senior Research Fellow.