Chen Zhu (medical doctor)

Chen Zhu (2011)

Chen Zhu ( Chinese  陈竺 ; born August 17, 1953 near Shanghai ) is a Chinese hematologist , molecular biologist and former Minister of Health of the People's Republic of China . He is chairman of the Chinese Democratic Party of Peasants and Workers and holds a professorship at the School of Medicine at Jiaotong University in Shanghai.

biography

Chen Zhu was born near Shanghai on August 17th, 1953. His ancestors' hometown is Zhenjiang in Jiangsu Province . In September 1981 he obtained a master’s degree from Shanghai Jiaotong University. After completing his doctorate at the University of Paris-Diderot , he completed his medical training and post-doctorate at his university hospital.

Chen was President of the Hematology Institute and General Director of China Human Genome Center (South) in Shanghai. In 2007, he became Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Until 2010, he was the only minister of the People's Republic of China not belonging to the Chinese Communist Party .

He has a son with his wife, Chen Saijuan, also a student of Zhen-Yi Wang and a hematologist.

honors and awards

In addition to a membership as an academic in the Chinese Academy of Sciences , Chen is a foreign member of the US National Academy of Sciences , the French Academy of Sciences and the US Institute of Medicine . He is also a member of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World and the Academia Europaea . In 2017 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

He received the State Scientific and Technological Award from the Chinese government . He was the first non-French winner of the Prix ​​de l'Qise of the French La Ligue nationale contre le cancer .

In 2002 he was awarded the Legion of Honor of the French government. In 2005 he was awarded an honorary doctorate in science from the University of Hong Kong , the Prix ​​International de l'INSERM in 2006 , the Szent-Györgyi Prize in 2012 , the Sjöberg Prize with Anne Dejean and Hugues de Thé in 2018 for the elucidation of molecular mechanisms and the development of a “ revolutionary therapy ”(laudation) for the rare promyelocytic leukemia .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Visit of the Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) to GSI ( Memento of the original of February 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ german.china.org.cn: More non-party members in high positions

Web links

Commons : Chen Zhu  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Homepage of CHEN Zhu at the Institute of Health Science (China)

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Chen is the family name here, Zhu is the first name.