Prof. LI Ying (李嬰)
MD (Beijing), FAGA (US)
- Chair Professor, Department of Neuroscience
- Chair Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences
Visiting address
YEUNG-P6322
Phone: +852 34422669
Qualifications/Experiences
- MD, Beijing Medical University (1962–1968)
- General surgeon at the Qinghai, Nanjing Medical School (1969–1978)
- Oral-Maxillofacial Surgeon, Nanjing Medical School (1978–1985)
- China Post-doctoral Fellowship, Department of Oral and maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry University of Michigan (1986–1987)
- Post-doctoral fellowship, Department Hypertension, University of Michigan (1988–1991)
- Research Associate, Gastroenterology Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan (1992–1996)
- Assistant Research Scientist, Gastroenterology Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School (1997)
- Research Associate Professor, Gastroenterology Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School (2002)
- Department of Biomedical Sciences (previous Biology & Chemistry), City University of Hong Kong (December 2009)
- Deputy director, Center of Biosystem, Neuroscience and Nanotechnology, City University of Hong Kong
Services outside CityU
- Fellow, American Gastroenterological Association (Since 2006)
- Honorary Professor, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong
- Honorary Professor, Medical School, Beijing University
- Guest PI, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Research Interests/Areas
- Brain target for chronic pain−central nervous system sensitization and synaptic plasticity
- Emotional disorders and cognitive deficits; Learning and memory
- Theta rhythms and synchronization within anterior cingulate cortex circuitry during aversive pain learning and retrieval
- Sensory signal transduction in the vagal primary afferent neurons, and the role of vagus nerve in the modulation of pain
- Pre-clinical animal disease models are used in our laboratory, e.g. Visceral hypersensitivity; Oral-facial pain; Early life Stress (maternal separation); Chronic Pancreatitis; Neurotoxic Action of Ciguatoxin; Chemotherapy induced Emesis and cognitive disorders
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