Meng Li | Clinical Medicine | Best Medical Scientist Award

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Mr. Meng Li | Clinical Medicine | Best Medical Scientist Award 

professor | Dandong Central Hospital | China

Dr. Meng Li currently serves as a Teaching Secretary and Professor of General Surgery at China Medical University and is also affiliated with Dandong Central Hospital, the largest Grade-A general hospital in the Liaodong region. She earned her Ph.D. in Oncology from China Medical University, one of the leading medical universities in China. Her primary research focuses on digestive tract tumor surgery, hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, gastrointestinal oncology, and the comprehensive treatment of malignant tumors. Over the years, Dr. Li has contributed significantly to the medical research community, publishing seven SCI/Scopus-indexed papers, including works on predictive models for intraabdominal infections after radical gastrectomy, gene signatures in hepatocarcinoma prognosis, and gut microbiota’s role in urological cancers. Her research has accumulated over 47 citations and has advanced understanding in cancer surgery and molecular oncology. In recognition of her outstanding contributions, she received the First Prize of the Liaoning Province Science and Technology Progress Award in 2023. Dr. Li actively participates in collaborative projects, including two National Natural Science Foundation programs, and holds memberships in several professional bodies such as the Chinese Anti-Cancer Association and the Chinese Pancreatic Disease Society. She also serves as an Editorial Board Member of the Cancer Research Journal (CRJ), a guest editor for two scientific journals, and a review editor for others, reflecting her strong commitment to scientific advancement and peer review excellence. Her long-term goal is to deepen molecular insights into cancer and improve clinical outcomes through innovative surgical research. He has 213 citations from 17 documents with an h-index of 7.

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Featured Publications

1. Feng, Y., Yang, J., Li, M., Tang, L., Sun, S., & Wang, Y. (2024). A Bayesian network for simultaneous keyframe and landmark detection in ultrasonic cine.

2. Li, Z.-W., Wu, J.-T., Bi, Y., Li, M.-M., Naseem, A., Pan, J., Guan, W., Hao, Z.-C., Kuang, H.-X., & Chen, Q.-S. (2024). A new triterpenoid saponin and a new natural saponin from the roots of Bupleurum scorzonerifolium Willd.

3. Yu, X., Feng, B., Wu, J., & Li, M. (2024). A novel anoikis-related gene signature can predict the prognosis of hepatocarcinoma patients.

4. Yu, X., Tang, W., Bai, C., Li, R., Feng, B., Wu, J., Guo, X., Chen, H., & Li, M. (2024). A predictive model for intraabdominal infection after radical gastrectomy in elderly patients.

5. Li, M., Zhang, X., Chen, K., Miao, Y., Xu, Y., Sun, Y., Jiang, M., Liu, M., Gao, Y., & Xue, X. (2024). Alcohol exposure and disease associations: A Mendelian randomization and meta-analysis on weekly consumption and problematic drinking.

Yang Zhang | Clinical Medicine | Best Researcher Award

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Prof. Dr. Yang Zhang | Clinical Medicine | Best Researcher Award 

Director | Department of Laboratory Medicine Chongqing University | China

Dr. Yang Zhang, Ph.D., currently serves as Director of the Department of Laboratory Medicine at Chongqing University Affiliated Renji Hospital and is an Associate Chief Physician, Postdoctoral Fellow in Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics, and doctoral and master’s supervisor at Chongqing University. She earned her Bachelor of Medicine in Laboratory Medicine (2008), Master of Medicine in Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics (2011), and Ph.D. in Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics (2015) from the Third Military Medical University, complemented by a Ministry of Education-sponsored visiting scholarship at Loma Linda University, USA (2012–2015). Her research centers on precision molecular diagnostics in oncology, with a special focus on POCT rapid diagnostic reagents and spectroscopy-based label-free diagnostic techniques. Dr. Zhang has led multiple high-level research projects, including three funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, one by the National Key R&D Program, and numerous provincial and military projects, securing over 6.88 million RMB in funding. She has published more than 40 academic papers as first or corresponding author, with 15 SCI-indexed articles, an H-index of 24, and a single paper cited over 280 times. Her scholarly contributions extend to 12 Chinese invention patents, 1 international PCT patent, and five co-edited scientific monographs, including works on molecular diagnostics and terahertz applications. Dr. Zhang’s achievements have been recognized with numerous honors, such as Chongqing High-Level Young Medical Talent (2022), the “Top Ten Young Scientists in Shapingba District” (2022), First Prize in the Chongqing Association for Science and Technology Innovation (2023), and the National Laboratory Medicine Science and Technology Innovation Award (2021). She also serves as a reviewer for the NSFC and contributes to several national professional committees in laboratory medicine. She has 1044 citations from 43 documents with an h-index of 16.

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Publications

1. Zhang, Y. (2020). ENT1 inhibition attenuates apoptosis by activation of cAMP/pCREB/Bcl2 pathway after MCAO in rats. Experimental Neurology, 331, 113362.

2. Zhang, Y. (2020). Identification of immune-related prognostic biomarkers based on the tumor microenvironment in 20 malignant tumor types with poor prognosis. Frontiers in Oncology, 10, 1008.

3. Tian, H., Yuan, C., Liu, Y., Xia, K., Li, M., Xie, F., Chen, Q., Chen, M., Fu, W., & Zhang, Y. (2020, July 28). A sample-to-answer quantification platform for point-of-care testing of circulating microRNAs based on allosteric spherical nanoprobe. Preprint.

4. Zhang, Y. (2020). Evaluation of the reliability of six commercial SERS substrates. Plasmonics, 15(5), 1323–1332.

5. Zhang, Y. (2020). Dataset concerning plasmonic thermal destruction of murine melanoma by gold nanoparticles obtained by green chemistry. Data in Brief, 30, 105370.