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
顾健人
Born(1932-01-13)13 January 1932
Died27 September 2022(2022-09-27) (aged 90)
Shanghai, China
Alma materShanghai Medical College
SpouseFang Lijun
Scientific career
FieldsTumor molecular biology
InstitutionsShanghai Cancer Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGù Jiànrén

Biography

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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 to 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 to 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

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Gu married Fang Lijun (方利君), who was a classmate at university.[4]

Publication

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  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f 大师远去!沉痛悼念并深切缅怀顾健人院士!. thepaper (in Chinese). 3 October 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Chen Sisi (陈斯斯) (28 September 2022). 中国工程院院士顾健人逝世,享年90岁. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  3. ^ Deng Shuhong (邓淑红) (28 September 2022). 中国工程院院士顾健人逝世. bjnews.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  4. ^ Ding Guangju; Chen Hui (1 October 2014). "Gu Jianren: Life should be indifferent, and seek and explore have no limits" 顾健人:“人生当淡泊,求索无止境”. 顾健人院士集 [Collected Works of Academician Gu Jianren] (in Chinese). Beijing: People's Military Medical Press. p. 554. ISBN 978-7-5091-7801-0.

Bibliography

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  • Chen Hui (陈挥) (2021). 顾健人传 [Biography of Gu Jianren] (in Chinese). Beijing: People's Publishing House. ISBN 9787010226583.