HU Shaohua

Department :

Mental Health

Languages :

Chinese, English

Biography

Dr. Hu is the director of FAHZU Mental Health Department. He graduated from Zhejiang University School of Medicine and finished clinical training program in First Affiliated Hospital, ZJUSM. He visited Los Angeles (UCLA) and studied Problem Based Learning (PBL) program in 2008. As a research visitor, he studied in Psychiatry Department, Columbia University in 2012. He has undertaken several national research projects and has published more than 60 papers on journals, such as The Lancet Psychiatry, Trends in Neuroscience, Advanced Science and JAMA Network Open. He is the editors of many journals, including The Lancet Psychiatry, Frontiers in Psychiatry, Neuroscience Bulletin, BMC Psychiatry. He has also published several books on psychiatry and mental health.

 


Interests

Neurobiology and neuroimmune mechanisms of bipolar disorder

The microbiota-gut-brain axis in bipolar disorder

Neuroimaging of bipolar disorder

Evaluation and intervention techniques for cognitive impairment in affective disorders


Activities and Honors

Poster communications in annual meetings of APA, ISBD and ECNP.


Professional Memberships

Member of Lancet Psychiatry Editor Board Development Program

Associate editor of BMC Psychiatry, Frontiers in Psychiatry and young editor of Neuroscience Bulletin

Member of American Psychiatry Association