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 | |||||||
Died | 27 September 2022 Shanghai, China | (aged 90)||||||
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
editGu 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
editGu married Fang Lijun (方利君), who was a classmate at university.[4]
Publication
edit- 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
edit- 1995 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)
- 1997 Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
edit- Chen Hui (陈挥) (2021). 顾健人传 [Biography of Gu Jianren] (in Chinese). Beijing: People's Publishing House. ISBN 9787010226583.