Gu Jianren
Chinese scientist (1932–2022)
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Gu Jianren (Chinese: 顾健人; 13 January 1932 – 27 September 2022) was a Chinese oncologist who was a professor at Shanghai Medical College, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Gu Jianren | |||||||
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顾健人 | |||||||
| Born | 13 January 1932 | ||||||
| Died | 27 September 2022 (aged 90) Shanghai, China | ||||||
| Alma mater | Shanghai Medical College | ||||||
| Spouse | Fang Lijun | ||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||
| Fields | Tumor molecular biology | ||||||
| Institutions | Shanghai Cancer Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 顾健人 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 顧健人 | ||||||
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Biography
Gu was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu, on 13 January 1932, to Gu Weicheng (顾唯诚), a doctor and founder of Suzhou No. 2 People's Hospital.[1][2] Gu attended Caoqiao Primary School (草桥小学), Jingfan Middle School (景范初级中学), and Suzhou Youyuan High School affiliated with Fudan University (复旦大学附属苏州有原高级中学).[1][2] In 1948, he was accepted to Shanghai Medical College and worked at Shanghai Cancer Institute after graduation.[1][2] He was a visiting scholar at Beatson Cancer Institute between 1979 and 1981.[1][2] In 1985, he founded the National Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes and served as director from 1985 to 2002.[1][2] In 2014, he became honorary director of both Renji Hospital affiliated with the Medical College of Shanghai Jiaotong University and the Shanghai Cancer Research Institute.[1][2]
On 27 September 2022, he died of an illness in Shanghai, at the age of 90.[3]
Personal life
Gu married Fang Lijun (方利君), who was a classmate at university.[4]
Publication
- 原发性肝癌:挑战与展望 [Primary Liver Cancer: Challenges and Perspectives] (in Chinese). Hangzhou, Zhejiang: Zhejiang University Press. 2012. ISBN 9787308095556.
Honours and awards
- 1995 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)
- 1997 Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation