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Prof. Sharon Ruan is an Associate Professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She earned her PhD Degree in Physiology from Sun Yat-sen University. Prior to joining PolyU, Prof. Ruan underwent extensive postdoctoral trainings at Harvard Medical School and The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Prof. Ruan's research focuses on studying ion channels in reproductive and endocrine health and diseases. Her work has been published in renowned journals, i.e. Nature medicine, Nature Communications, EMBO Molecular Medicine, Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, Cell Communication and Signaling. Additionally, she has led a number of research projects and successfully secured competitive grants from funding bodies including Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, Food and Health Bureau of Hong Kong and National Natural Science Foundation of China. She also serves as a reviewer of the National Natural Science Foundation of China since 2015.

By joining RISA, Prof. Ruan aspires to facilitate multidisciplinary collaborations on advancing ageing-related research and to develop translational research. 

• Doctor of Philosophy in Physiology, Sun Yat-sen University

• Member, American Physiological Society
• Member, Chinese Association for Physiological Sciences
• Member, Chinese Society for Cell Biology
• Member, European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
• Member, The Endocrine Society

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
• Research Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University