Jubao
Duan
,
PhD
Charles R. Walgreen Research Chair
Director, Stem Cell and Functional Genomics in Psychiatry
Co-Director, Center for Psychiatric Genetics, NorthShore University HealthSystem
Professor (part-time), Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
University of Chicago
Contact Information
224.364.7564
224.364.7570
Fax
mailto:jduan@uchicago.edu
Education
- Undergraduate: B.S., Department of Biochemistry; Shandong University; Jinan, China
- Graduate: Ph.D., Molecular Genetics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
- Postdoctoral Fellowship: Department of Psychiatry, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA
Research and Academic Interests
Molecular basis of neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders; Psychiatric genetics and functional genomics; Disease modeling by human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC)-derived neurons and organoids; Genome editing; Gene expression and regulation.
Honors and Awards
- 2019/2020 Provost's Global Faculty Award, University of Chicago
- 2017 Excellence in Research Award, Northshore University Healthsystem
- 2016 Special Presidents’ Award, NorthShore University Healthsystem
- 2015 Excellence in Research Award, Northshore University Healthsystem
- 2011 NorthShore University HealthSystem Pilot Grant Award
- 2006 NARSAD (National Alliance for Research of Schizophrenia and Depression) Elizabeth Elser Doolittle Investigator
- 2005 NARSAD (National Alliance for Research of Schizophrenia and Depression) Young Investigator Award, USA
- 2004 Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Research Career Development Award
- 2001 NARSAD (National Alliance for Research of Schizophrenia and Depression) Young Investigator Award, USA
Professional Memberships/Affiliations/Activities
- American Society of Human Genetics
- International Society of Psychiatric Genetics
- Ad hoc grant reviewer for MRC (Medical Research Council) of UK, Research Grant Council (RGC) of Hong Kong and other international agencies
- Ad hoc member of NIH study sections: IFCN-Z(57) and BDCN-W(06)M (2017); MDCN-P (57) (2016-2019); NINDS ZNS1 SRB-A (24) Special Emphasis Panel (LBD Center Without Walls (CWOW)) and IFCN-S (55) (2020); ZRG1 BCMB-A (51) R (Transformative R01 Program) (2020); NINDS ZNS1 SRB-S(03) U54 and GHD (2021
Scholarly Work