* The schedule has changed, please refer to the poster for the new dates.

In the coming weeks, visitors to SALC will get a unique chance to talk to Rong Zhang (PhD), who is associated with Harvard Medical School and Children’s Hospital Boston, where she conducts research on the neural mechanisms for stress (detailed biography below). The meetings will be informal and unstructured, so you can ask about anything that sparks your curiosity. You will find some suggested topics on the poster.

Dr. Zhang’s Biography:

Rong Zhang (PhD), is an alumna of Kyushu University. She worked at Fudan University as an Associate Professor after graduating from Dr. Furuse’s lab in Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Science at Kyushu University. In 2010, Dr. Zhang finished her post-doctoral training at the University of Cincinnati in USA. Since then, she has been appointed as a Faculty at Harvard Medical School and Children’s Hospital Boston. Dr. Zhang has developed a long-standing research interest to identify the neural mechanisms for stress and related mental diseases regulation since her PhD study in Japan. In Boston, as a NIH-funded PI, the core question asked by her team is how the PVHCrh-initiated an efficacious neural pathway to combat with the adverse environment.

Dr. Zhang has experienced various settings at Universities in the USA, Japan and China. She is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Kyushu University since 2015. Dr. Zhang has a strong interest in mentoring young scientists, and she is very happy to meet students at SALC for Q & A discussion and exchange ideas.