Dean

Professor Xiang Gao

Epidemiologist specializing in nutrition, sleep, neurological diseases, and aging. Dr. Gao is a Full Professor at Fudan University and the Dean of the Clinical Research Institute, Fudan University. Dr. Gao was a Tenured Full Professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at Pennsylvania State University, Director of the Nutritonal Epidemiology Laboratory, and an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical University. He has published over 400 English research articles, with more than 100 articles in the top 5% jorunals ranking by impact factor in their respective field.

Dr. Gao currently serves as the member of the Advisory Committee of the UNESCO Creative and Sustainable Development Center, an expert for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, a Chief Expert (Nutritional Epidemiology) of the Chinese Nutrition Society, Vice Chair of the Nutrition and Health Branch of the Chiense Preventative Medicine Association, and Assoicate Editor of Innovation Nutrition, etc.

Dr. Gao previously served on the expert committee of the National Academy of Medicine of the U.S. National Academies, as Editor-in-Chief of Nutritional Journal, Chair of the Nutritional Epidemiology Section of the American Society for Nutrition, and Chair of the Environmental Genetics Section of the American Parkinson Diseases Assocaition.

His honors include the Annual Sleep Researcher Award from the American Academy of Neurology, the Femon Young Investigator Award from the American Society for Nutrition, the Tufts University Alumni Outstanding Achievement Award, and the Fudan University Zhong Yang Model Team Award.