Leadership

GU Dongfeng

Acting Vice President
Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Gu Dongfeng is Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Acting Vice President and Chair Professor of Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) . Formerly as the Deputy Director of National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, and the Vice President of Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, he currently serves as the Vice President for both Chinese Preventive Medicine Association and China International Exchange and Promotive Association for Medical and Health Care. He is an expert for the World Health Organization prevention and control of cardiovascular and chronic diseases, a member of the expert consultation panel of Healthy China initiative, a committee member of Medical Science Department of Academic Advisory Committee of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and the Deputy Director of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Health and Environment, Biomedical Engineering and Information Science Department of Academic Advisory Committee of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.

 

Dr. Gu has been long devoted to and specialized in preventive cardiology, epidemiology, and medical genetics. During the past thirty years, Dr. Gu has made outstanding contributions in the area of preventive cardiology and genetic etiology for cardiovascular disease, including helping identify major causes of death and main risk factors for cardiovascular diseases in Chinese adults. He developed risk prediction model of cardiovascular diseases in China, formulated guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention and control, and led genomic risk assessment for hyperlipidemia and coronary heart disease.

 

Dr. Gu was awarded 26 national patents and two second prize award of National Science and Technology Progress Award. More than 380 SCI papers have been published, and his research results have been widely cited by domestic and international guidelines of disease prevention and control, authoritative textbooks and monographs of the World Health Organization.


Work Experience:

  • Jul. 1986 – May 1995, Intern / Assistant / Research Associate of Fuwai Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences;

  • Sept. 1990 – Oct. 1992 Visiting scholar in the Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, USA;

  • Feb. 1999 – Feb. 2000, Visiting Professor in the Human Genetics, University of Southampton;

  • Jun. 1995 – Feb. 2009, Director of Epidemiology / Population Genetics Department, Professor of Fuwai Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College;

  • Feb. 2009 – Jun. 2019, Vice President, Fuwai Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences;

  • Jul. 2015 – Jun. 2019, Deputy Director of National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases;

  • Aug. 2019 – Feb. 2020 , Chair Professor of School of Medicine at SUSTech;

  • Feb. 2020 – Mar. 2022, Acting Vice President and Chair Professor of SUSTech;

  • Mar. 2022 - Dec. 2023, Acting Vice President, Dean of SUSTech-KCL School of Medicine and Chair professor of SUSTech;

  • Dec. 2023 - to date, Acting Vice President and Chair Professor of SUSTech.