Yankai Xia
Dean
Nanjing Medical University
China
Biography
Prof. Xia is the Dean of the School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Vice Director of Center for Global Health and the PI of State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine and Key Laboratory of Modern Toxicology of the Ministry of Education. His current research interests are Systems Biology and Environmental Health. He has been using high-throughput techniques to profile human environmental exposure and biological responses to exogenous chemicals. Prof. Xia has presided over more than ten national and ministerial projects, including the State Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China and the National Outstanding Youth Science Foundation. He has been the Committee Member of several domestic and international academic organizations. Prof. Xia has published over 110 peer-reviewed articles, and got 7 national invention patents. He also serves as the editor and reviewer of more than 20 international journals.
Research Interest
Systems Biology and Environmental Health.