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Ji Zuo
Ji Zuo (July 14, 1961) is a Chinese professor at School of Basic Medicine Sciences, Fudan University.

Education and Academic Life
Zuo graduated with a bachelor's degree in medicine from Nantong School of Medicine, and then obtained his graduate degree from Shanghai Medical University (later merged into Fudan University). Upon finishing graduate school, Zuo joined Shanghai Medical University as a faculty member in 1987. From 1992 to 1995, he was a senior visiting scholar at University of California, San Francisco. After he came back to China in 1995, he became a professor of medicine at Shanghai Medical University.

Work
Zuo's main research area is the study of cardiovascular disease from the perspective of cell biology, genetics and molecular biology. Zuo has more than 50 publications on SCI journals including Nucleic Acids Research. Zuo is the author in chief of two national planning college-level textbooks with universal usage in China, Medical Genetics (4th edition to 7th edition, published by the Peoples Medical Publishing House) and Cell Biology (3rd edition, published by the Peoples Medical Publishing House). His other publictions include a book series in maternal and child health, a popular science book series in eugenics, textbook in medical anthropology and a professional book in chaperone.

Professional Service
Starting from 1995, Zuo has been the chairperson of Department of Cellular and Genetic Medicine at Shanghai Medical University (then the School of Basic Medical Science, Fudan University). He also contributes more with his work in university service, by acting as the deputy director of National Experimental Demonstration Center of Basic Medicine, Fudan University, the member of Education Adviory Commitee of Fudan University and the chairperson of Advisory Committee of Basic Medical Science of Fudan University.

Outside the university, Zuo serves as the senior council Chinese Society for Cell Biology(CSCB) and standing council of the Committee of Medical Cell Biology, China Medical Association. Also, Zuo was elected as the president of China Healthy Birth Science Association (CHBSA) in 2013 and got reelected to the second term of the presidency in 2018.

Awards
Zuo's research awards include:

Second Class Award of the Shanghai Science and Technology Progress Second Prize;

Third Class Award of the Ministry of Health Science and Technology Progress Second Prize.

Also, the courses of which Zuo has been leading the instruction were evaluated as National Top Level Course, National Excellent Resource-sharing Course and MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) of the Peoples Medical Publishing House. The team of instructors he has been leading was awarded National Level Instruction Team. Personally, he was awarded Baogang Prize of Excellence In Teaching, Chancellor’s Prize for Excellence In Teaching of Fudan Univeristy, Outstanding Teaching of Shanghai, Teacher of Model of Shanghai and Prize of Contribution to Unvergraduate Teaching of Fudan University.

Political Affiliation
Zuo is the member of Standing Committee and the deput chair of the Education Committee of Jiusan Society Shanghai Committee. Zuo also has been the member of CPPCC (Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference) Shanghai Committee since 2008 and was elected as the member of its standing committee in 2018.