Prof. Xuan ZHANG (China)

Xuan Zhang is professor in the Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) Hospital, Beijing, China.

Professor Zhang earned his medical degree from PUMC, then went on to train in internal medicine and rheumatology at PUMC Hospital. From 2001 to 2003, he underwent a post-doctoral research fellowship at the Autoimmune Branch of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. He has taught at his alma mater since 1997, gradually rising in the ranks to his present position, to which he was appointed in 2005.

Author or co-author of over 160 peer-reviewed scientific papers that focused on clinical and basic research of systemic lupus erythematosus, Professor Zhang is a multi-awarded investigator. He serves on the editorial boards of J Clin Rheumatol, W J Gastroenterol, British Med J (Chinese edition),and numerous Chinese national academic journals, and is general secretary of Chinese Rheumatologist & Immunologist Association. In the year of 2010, he begins to serve as a member of Clinical Immunology Committee of the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS).