YANG Tao, China

M.D./Ph.D.，Professor, Chief Physician, Doctoral Supervisor；

Director of Endocrinology & Metabolism Department (The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University /Jiangsu Province Hospital)；Executive Dean (The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University)

• Member, Chinese Society of Endocrinology (CSE)，Leader of Immunoendocrinology group.
• Member, Endocrine Metabolism Branch of Chinese Medical Doctors Association (CMDA)  .
• Vice Chairman, Metabolism Branch of the Chinese Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (CSBMB).
• Former Chairman, Endocrinology Branch of Jiangsu Medical Association.
• Prospective Chairman, Diabetes Branch of Jiangsu Medical Association.
• Major research: Dysfunction and Autoimmune of pancreatic islets.
• Grants: 3 Key programs and 3 General programs Grants from National Science Foundation of China (NSFC); 2 Grants from National Key Research and Development Program of China.
• Publication: 80+ papers (SCI) including Diabetes Care, Diabetes, Diabetologia, JCEM.

Co-Chair for Session 3| Journal of Diabetes：Higher and Closer