Dr. Qian Chen is the Michael G. Ehrlich, MD Endowed Chair in Orthopaedic Research, Professor of Medical Science, and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Orthopaedics at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.  He is the director of Center of Biomedical Research Excellence in Skeletal Health and Repair in Rhode Island Hospital, a multi-disciplinary translational research center established by National Institute of Health.  Dr. Chen’s research interest includes cartilage molecular biology, mechanotransduction, and osteoarthritis. 

 

Dr. Chen was born and raised in Shanghai, China.  He received PhD degree in cell, molecular, and developmental biology from Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, and performed post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital.

 

Throughout Dr. Chen’s research career, he received the Independent Scientist Award from NIH, the Satterfield Arthritis Investigator Award from Arthritis Foundation, and the Kappa Delta Award from American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.  Dr. Chen served on multiple NIH study sections and advisory panels.  He served as the Basic Science Section Editor of the journal Current Opinions in Orthopaedics, and the topic Chair of Cartilage, Synovium, and Meniscus for the annual meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society.  He served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Chinese Hard Tissue Society from 2006 to 2010.  

 

Chenqian博士是Michael G. Ehrlich授予的骨科研究领域荣誉主席、医学教授，以及布朗大学Warren Alpert医学骨科副主席。他并且在罗德岛医院骨骨骼健康与修复的生物医学卓越研究中心担任主任。这个中心是由美国国家卫生研究所建立的一个多学科转化医学研究中心。陈博士的研究领域包括软骨分子生物学、动力传导与骨关节炎。

 

陈博士出生于并在上海长大，随后在波士顿的塔夫茨大学医学院获得了细胞、分子与发育生物学的博士学位后，又分别在哈佛医学院和马萨诸塞州总医院获得了博士后的奖学金。

 

纵观陈博士的科研经历，他在美国国家卫生研究所获得了独立科学家奖、在关节炎基金会获得了Satterfield关节炎调查奖、在美国骨科医生学会获得了Kappa Delta奖。陈博士也担任多个美国国家卫生所的研究部分和咨询小组，并且也是journal Current Opinions in Orthopaedics的基础科学部分的项目编辑，同时他也是骨科研究学会年会中软骨、滑膜以及半月板方向的主要负责人。他从2006年至2010年连续担任中国国际硬组织学会董事局主席。