Sheng Kang, MD, PhD

Dr. Kang was born in Chengdu (China) on March the 6th, 1968. He has taken the degree in Medicine in 1991 and the specialization in Cardiology in 1996. He currently serves as Associate Professor of Cardiology at the University of Tongji (Shanghai) and Chief Physician of Department of Cardiology of Shanghai East Hospital (China).

As regards the scientific activity, he has published more than 30 articles in peer-reviewed journals, including European Heart Journal, Atherosclerosis, Human Genetics, International Journal of Cardiology, Microvascular Research, etc. He has participated to more than 100 national and international congresses and has given more than 20 lectures to national and international meetings. He led the projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China and Shanghai Pudong New District Science and Technology Commission, he also participated in the National "Tenth Five-Year" Scientific and Technological Research projects, the 973 Projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the key projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China. As a clinician, Dr. Kang was good at the interventional diagnosis and treatment of coronary heart disease, in addition to the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension, heart failure and cardiovascular critical illness. He is also an corresponding expert of National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Science and Technology Committee of Shanghai, a Member of the Heart Failure Professional Committee of the Chinese Research Hospital Association and Chinese Society of Pathophysiology.

The main areas of research include clinical epidemiology, medical statistics, microvascular research, precision medicine, diagnosis and management of disorders of heart failure and acute coronary syndrome.

Articles Published in the Annals of Translational Medicine

Coronary artery disease: differential expression of ceRNAs and interaction analyses