NIH-funded biomedicine researcher Gao Zhonghua leaves US for China

South China Morning PostCenter-RightEN 1 min read 100% complete by Ling XinFebruary 3, 2026 at 05:01 AM

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Biomedicine researcher Gao Zhonghua, formerly a tenured associate professor at Pennsylvania State University, has left the United States to join the Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology (SUAT) in China. Gao, who specialized in brain development and gene regulation, will serve as a full-time research professor at SUAT, a newly established research-focused institution approved in 2024. During his time at Penn State, Gao led a multi-million dollar NIH-funded project investigating cell identity and its impact on brain development, autism, and cancer. His research, including a highly cited 2012 paper in Cell, focused on gene-silencing proteins. Gao's move signifies a gain for China's growing investment in biomedicine and AI research.

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College of Medicine 30% Hershey 40% Pennsylvania State University 60% National Institutes of Health (NIH) 70% China 70% Shenzhen 70% United States 70% Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology (SUAT) ×280% Gao Zhonghua ×490%

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