Yuming Xu, MD. PhD

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Affiliation(s): 

the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University

Areas of Interest: 

PD, AD, genetics, aging

Biography & Research: 

Yuming Xu, MD, PhD, Professor, he is Director of Department of Neurology, Dean of cerebral vascular disease hospital, in the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University. He obtained Bachelor’s Degree in Clinical Medicine from Henan Medical University in 1984, received Master’s Degree in Neurology from Peking Medical University in 1991, and got PhD in Neurology from Tongji Medical School of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2004. He visited in University of Florida for treatment of PD and cerebral vascular disease as visiting scholor from Jan. 2016 to Jun. 2016. Dr. Xu is Chairman of the Management Committee of high risk group of cerebrovascular disease, Managing Director of Chinese Stroke Association, Chairman of Henan provincial Stroke Association, Standing Committee Member of stroke prevention and Control Committee of Chinese Preventive Medicine Association, Member of the Neurology Branch of Chinese Medical Association, Standing Committee Member of Genetics Branch of Chinese Stroke Association. He is also editorial board member of Stroke and Vascular Neurology, Chinese Journal of Neurology, Stroke (Chinese version) and so on. He has over 50 publications in SCI Journals including Neurology, Humane Molecular Genetics, Neurobiology of Aging, Movement Disorders. He had the Key project of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) as well as general projects funded by NSFC. He also had grants from Ministry of Health Research Fund and Henan Provincial Science and Technology Agency. Dr. Xu has got Henan science and Technology Progress Award for his contributions. His research mainly focuses on Hereditary degenerative diseases and cerebral vascular diseases. His research team are trying to reveal the genetics and pathological mechanism of these diseases.