Affiliation: The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Medicine, Hong Kong

Dr. Ning Zhang received his PhD degree from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. After finishing his postdoctoral training at Stanford University, Dr. Zhang joined the Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong as an Assistant Professor. He has been working in the field of orthopedics, including bone (fracture and defect healing), cartilage (osteoarthritis), and skeletal muscle (sarcopenia) research for more than ten years. He has been well-trained in cellular and molecular biology in vitro techniques and pre-clinical animal in vivo research in orthopedic studies. As an orthopedic researcher, Dr. Zhang’s interests center on cell-based and tissue-engineering therapeutic strategies for immunomodulation during the regeneration of bone and muscle. He is also interested in and has applied novel techniques in pre-clinical and clinical orthopedic studies for detecting differential dynamics and changes during the progress. He is passionate about finding new targets and strategies for the diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal disorders.