Yufang Shi#
| Membership Number: | 5358 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2020 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
| Homepage(s): | http://english.sinh.cas.cn/people/gvp/201809/t20180926_197816.html |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-8964-319X |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2019 - present Professor and Secretary of the TOR Centre of Excellence, University of Rome Tor Vergata
- 2014.9 - present Vice President, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University
- 2014.7 - present Director/Distinguished Professor, Soochow University Institutes for Translational Medicine
- 2010 - present Editor-in-Chief, Cell Death Disease (www.nature.com/cddis); Editorial Office in Rome, Italy
- 2008.7 - present Professor, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- 2008.7 - 2014.7 Director/Professor, Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (CAS)
- 2003.7 - 2020.2 Tenured Full Professor and University Professor, Robert W. Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University
- 2001.8 - 2003.6 Tenured Associate Professor, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Jersey, UMDNJ
- 1995.7 - 2001.8 Assistant Professor and Tenured Associate Professor (with 20% effort), George Washington University
- 1995.2 - 2001.8 Scientist I and Tenured Scientist II, Holland Laboratory of the American Red Cross
Fields of Scholarship
- Mesenchymal stromal/stem cells (MSCs) and immune regulation
- MSCs and tumor microenvironment
- Activation-induced cell death (AICD) in T cells and Neuro-immune regulation
- Clinical standardization and application of Mesenchymal stromal/stem cells in inflammatory diseases
- Stress-and opioid-induced immunosuppression
Honours and Awards
- 2019 Distinguished Professor, University of Rome Tor Vergata
- 2019 Chair of Rector's medical genetics advisory committees of University of Rome Tor Vergata
- 2019 Adjunct professor of University of Bern
- 2016 Award for Excellence in Translational Stem Cell Research, Chinese Society of Cell Biology
- 2012 Award for Excellence in Contribution to the Society, the All-China Federation of Overseas Chinese，China
- 2010 - 2019 Committee Chair of the Chinese National 973 Research Plan on Reproduction and Development
- 2001 University Professor, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
- 1999 Outstanding Young Scholar, Chinese Natural Science Foundation
