16 February 2023 at 3:00 am - 4:00 pm

Speaker Biography:
Dr. Jia’s M.S. and Ph.D. were completed at the University of Missouri-Columbia in the field of radiopharmaceutical science. Dr. Jia’s career path began as a chemist in China, followed by graduate and professional training in the U.S.(1989-98). He returned to China in 1998 to work for 10 years and then relocated to the US academia in 2008. Over the years, he has served in multiple administrative roles including Executive Vice Dean of the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tianjin University (2001- 2002); Associate Dean, School of Pharmacy at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2003-2008); the Founding Director of the Center for Translational Biomedical Research at University of North Carolina at Greensboro (2008-2013), Director of the Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University affiliated 6th People’s Hospital (2010-present), Associate Director of the University of Hawaii Cancer Center (2013-2019), and most recently, Associate Dean of School of Chinese Medicine at Hong Kong Baptist University.

Dr. Jia’s research interest focuses on the molecular mechanisms that link metabolic disruptions in gut microbial-host co-metabolism to metabolic disorders and gastrointestinal cancer. Several drug discovery projects are being conducted in Dr. Jia's lab to understand the complex metabolic interactions in gut-liver-brain axis and to restore glucose and lipid homeostasis with novel pharmacotherapies. In addition, Dr. Jia directs a well-recognized metabolomics laboratory. Over the past 20 years, his lab has developed a number of metabolomics methods and protocols, providing technological support to investigators in pharmacological, epidemiological and clinical research.

Details

Lecture Theatre 1,
G/F, William MW Mong Block,
LKS Faculty of Medicine Building,
21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam

All are welcome