Assistant to Dean
Principle Investigator, Dr. Liang Sun
Assistant to the Dean of the Institute of Nutrition, Fudan University (INFU), assisting in the oversight of administrative affairs, academic discipline development, and the advancement of women.
Dr. Sun is the Secretary-General of the Division of Basic Nutrition, Chinese Nutrition Society, and former Managing Editor of the journal of Nutrition & Metabolism.
Dr. Sun has long-standing research focus on nutritional epidemiology, with a series of original findings in the characterization of molecular fingerprint signatures of metabolic diseases in the Chinese population and in the exploration of precision nutrition intervention strategies. She has published nearly 100 articles in internationally renowned journals in the fields of nutrition and health, and granted seven national invention patents. She has served as principal investigator (PI) of a research task under the National Key R&D Program of China, a General Program project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and a Science Popularization Special Project of the Shanghai "Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan." Her honors include the 2016 "Top Ten Diabetes Research in China, Most Influential Research Award" and selection as one of the Chinese Nutrition Society's "Top 100 Experts in Science Communication" (2022–2024).
Dr. Sun served as a contributing author to the textbook of Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease, 12th Edition. She has served as academic advisor to the 2023-entry undergraduates of Keqing College and received the 2024 Dean's Award for Residential College Advisors. She has supervised a number of undergraduate research projects and social practice programs, including those of the Junzheng Scholars, Xiyuan, Qingfeng Scholars, Keqing Deji and Delong Scholars programs; students under supervision have received the Abbott Medical Nutrition Scholarship of Fudan University, the Bronze Award at the national finals of the 10th National Undergraduate Forum on Innovative Research and Experimental Design in Basic Medical Sciences, and the First Prize of the 2025 Fudan University "Excellence Cup" Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, etc.
Principle Investigator, Dr. Geng Zong
Assistant to the Dean of the INFU, assisting in the oversight of technology transfer and the commercialization of research outputs, international affairs, and external relations.
Dr. Zong is a Council Member of the Chinese Nutrition Society and a member of the editorial board of Diabetes Care.
Dr. Zong has received the "Excellent Young Scientists Fund" of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and was selected for competitive support under the "Hundred Talents Program" of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has published articles as first- and corresponding-author in journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, BMJ, and Circulation, etc.
Associate Professor, Dr. Ruihua Dong
Assistant to the Dean of the INFU, assisting in the oversight of research management and teaching administration.
Her professional serveice includes vice-chairmanship of the Child Nutrition Committee of the Shanghai Society of Food Science, and membership of the Committee of Basic and Public Nutrition of the Shanghai Nutrition Society, the Food Safety and Hygiene Nutrition Committee of the Chinese Health Medical Information and Big Data Association, the Division of Nutrition and Immunity of the Chinese Nutrition Society, the Obesity Prevention and Treatment Division of the China Health Education Association, and the Council of the Youth Alliance for Medical Science Popularization at Fudan University.
As PI and key investigator, Dr. Dong has led and participated in multiple projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the National Key R&D Program of China, and has served as PI of several food safety risk assessment projects commissioned by the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission as well as industry-collaborative research projects. Her work is oriented to national needs: she has authored policy advisory reports for the National Health Commission, contributed to the Commission's selection scheme and evaluation indicators for specialized laboratories on standards development and to evaluation indicators for local food safety risk assessment, and prepared a technical report on microplastic exposure risk assessment that was submitted to the China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment.
Her honors include the Third Prize of the "Science and Technology Award of the Shanghai Preventive Medicine Association," the Second Prize of the "Shanghai Health Science Popularization Works Award (Books)," one national standard proposal approved for project initiation, and two national invention patents. She has published more than 30 SCI-indexed articles as first- or corresponding-author, with findings appearing in leading journals in their fields, including the EBioMedicine, Environment International, and Environmental Science & Technology. Her research has been covered by Xinhua News Agency, The Paper, Phoenix News, and Sohu, attracting wide public attention.
