Clinical and Experimental Research in Cardiology

Yu Huang obtained his B.Sc degree from Fudan University Shanghai Medical College in 1983. He was awarded with M.Phil (1985) and Ph.D (1988) in the Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge. Between 1988 and 1993, Yu Huang took up two postdoctoral research positions, the first in the University of Vermont and then in theUniversity of California, Los Angeles. He joined the Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong in late 1993. His recent focus on vascular pathophysiology of diabetes and hypertension has led to a better understanding of roles of arachidonic acid metabolites, BMP4, oxidative stress associated with activated renin-angiotensin system in endothelial dysfunction and therapeutic interventions involving adipocytes. Yu Huang has published extensively in journals such as Nature, Science, Cell Metabolism, Circulation Research, Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, Stroke, Hypertension, Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, Diabetes, Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, European Heart Journal, Cell Research. Yu Huang is the Founding Director (Basic Science) for the Instituteof Vascular Medicine (2007 -) of Chinese University of Hong Kong.