Affiliation: Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Department of Gastroenterology

Prof. Chen is the distinguished associate professor at Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences and Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital. He received his Ph.D. in clinical medicine from Sun Yat-sen University. His research interest mainly includes the pathophysiology and treatment of digestive tract diseases. He is now focusing on exploring the major risk factors for gastrointestinal diseases clinically and using novel technologies such as spacial transcriptomics for molecular profiling of intestinal inflammatory diseases fundamentally. He has published more than 20 peer-reviewed papers in various journals including the British Medical Journal and the Lancet series journal. In 2020, he was ranked as the top 100 Chinese scholars publishing articles in the top four medical journals. Chen is the recipient of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of Guangdong Province. He is the Outstanding Young Talent and High-level Talent of Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital.