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American Journal of Translational Medicine Vol 3 Issue 1, 2019 ISSN 2474-7378 (P) & 2474-7386 (O) A J CONFERENCE T M Proceedings of st 2 1 International Conference of Translational Medicine 0 1 You-Ping Deng1, JIanxin Gao2, Zhiqian Hu3, Zhong Li4, Guo-Tong Xu5, Gang-Ming Zou6 9 1University of Hawaii School of Medicine, Honolulu, USA 2Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. 3Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Shanghai, China 4Shanghai Cell Therapy Institute, Shanghai, China 5Tongji University, Shanghai, China 6American Journal of Translational Medicine. Honolulu, USA *Correspondence: G.M.Z. (email: [email protected]) Conference Chair: Gang-Ming Zou, MD, PhD Conference Co-Chair: Guo-Tong Xu, PhD Conference General Secretary: You-Ping Deng, PhD Programs: Program A Translational Oncology (Abstract A001-A019) Program leader: Zhi-qian Hu, MD Program B Stem cell and Regenerative medicine (Abstract B001-B012) Program leader Guo-Tong Xu, PhD Program C Medicine and Health (Abstract C001-C013) Program leader: Gang-Ming Zou, MD, PhD Scientific Advisors: Zhong-Chao Han (China). Zhi-Qian Hu (China), Victor Lobanenkov, PhD (USA), Organizing Committee: You-Ping Deng, PhD (USA), Cunyi Fan (China), Jian-Xin Gao, PhD (China), Zhi-Quan Hu, MD (China), Wen-Yang Hu, MD (USA), Zhong LI (China), Daniel Scherman, PhD, (France), Georges Uzan, PhD (France), Liaonan Zou, MD, PhD (China), Guo-Tong Xu (China), Gang-Ming Zou (USA), 1 Hawaii Gangze InC., Publisher, Honolulu, USA American Journal of Translational Medicine Vol 3 Issue 1, 2019 ISSN 2474-7378 (P) & 2474-7386 (O) Conference Committee: You-Ping Deng, PhD, Guo-Tong Xu, MD, Gang-Ming Zou, MD, PhD Finance Chair and Treasurer: You-Ping Deng PhD, Finance and Treasure Committee: You-Ping Deng PhD, Gang-Ming Zou, MD, PhD. Program Chair: Zhong Li, PhD Program Committee: Cunyi Fan, MD, PhD, Zhi-Qian Hu, MD Publication Chair: Liaonan Zou, MD, PhD Publication Committee: Daniela Capdepon, MD (Argentina), Gang-Ming Zou, MD, PhD (USA). Publicity & Public Relations Chair: Wen-Yang Hu, MD Publicity & Public Relations Committee: Jian-Xin Gao, PhD. Wen-Yang Hu, Cunyi Fan Special Guest: Joseph Green, MD, Jerris Hedges. MD Joseph Green, MD. Lt Governor. Hawaii State. USA Jerris Hedges. MD, Professor and Dean. University of Hawaii School of Medicine. Hawaii. USA Keynote Speaker: Loic Le Marchand, Professor, University of Hawaii School of Medicine Conference venue: University of Hawaii School of Medicine. Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Conference date: January 11-13, 2019 Supporting publication: American Journal of Translational Medicine Sponsor: Hawaii Gangze Inc., Publisher, Honolulu, USA Introduction of Conference Chair Gang-Ming Zou, MD, PhD. Professor, Editor-in-chief of American Journal of Translational Medicine Prof. Zou is Editor-in-chief of American Journal of Translational Medicine published in Hawaii Gangze Inc (Publisher) since 2017. He has completed his medical degree (MD) from Gannan Medical University in 1985 in China, and his Ph.D. from Paris VI University in France in 2001. He also finished his postdoctoral studies from University of Chicago and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in USA. He once served as a Scientific Review Officer (SRO) in NIH before he moved to Shanghai in 2009. He has been listed in “Who's Who in the World, Marquis” Since 2010. He was the professor and principal investigator (PI) in Shanghai Cancer Institute, and Shanghai Institute for Pediatrics Research, Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China. He was the Chief of Section of Stem Cell Biology in the National laboratory of Oncogene and Related Genes in Shanghai Cancer Institute from 2009 to 2012. He has published more than 40 papers in reputed journals, including PNAS, Blood, Oncogene, and Stem Cells etc, His accomplishment include that he identified the relevance between Pu.1 level and early B cell development, and Redox factor Ape1 in stem cell differentiation etc. Currently, his funded research is focusing on stem cell in hearing loss repairing; and secreted Ape1 protein as a biomarker in cancer. He once served as a chair for session of stem cell therapy for liver disease (Track 4-7) in 3rd Annual World Congress of Regenerative Medicine & Stem Cells 2010 (Shanghai, China). In 2014, he returned to USA to found “American Journal of Translational Medicine” for publication through Hawaii Gangze Inc. a publisher located in Honolulu. Current he is a president and CEO in Hawaii Gangze Inc in Honolulu, USA. He was also a Professor in Nanchang University Hospital since 2015. He is the Professor, Physician, and Director of International Center of Translational 2 Hawaii Gangze InC., Publisher, Honolulu, USA American Journal of Translational Medicine Vol 3 Issue 1, 2019 ISSN 2474-7378 (P) & 2474-7386 (O) Medicine in Gannan Medical University in China since 2018. Introduction of Conference Co-Chair Guo-Tong Xu, M.D., Ph.D. Professor. Prof. Xu is Associate Editor of American Journal of Translational Medicine published in Hawaii since 2017. He is a Professor of Ophthalmology and Pharmacology, Tongji University School of Medicine. He graduated from Harbin Medical University, and then studied in Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) Hospital in Beijing, China, where he obtained his Master and M.D. degrees. He also obtained a PhD in Pharmacology from University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNT-HSC) at Fort Wroth, Texas, US. Starting in 1994, he served, as a Research Assistant Professor, in the Dept. of Anatomy and Cell Biology, UNT-HSC. In 2001, he was appointed as research Professor in Shanghai key Lab of Developmental Biology, Shanghai, China. Two years later, he joined the Institute of Health Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he served as a professor, Assistant Director, Associate Director and Executive Deputy Director. Since 2008, Prof. Xu was appointed as the Executive Deputy Dean and then as the Dean of Tongji University School of Medicine (TUSM), Director of Tongji Eye Institute, TUSM, Chief PI, Department of Ophthalmology of Shanghai Tenth People’s Hospital and Principal Lecturer of Pharmacology Teaching Group. His research focuses on age-related eye diseases and stem cell-based regenerative medicine. As the PI of two key National Basic Research “973” Projects, he plays an important role in the establishment of the stem cell bank network in China. He also served as the founding president of China Stem Cell Biology Society. Prof Xu has published over 100 research papers which have been cited more than 1000 times. Introduction of Conference General Secretary Youping Deng, Ph. D., Professor Prof. Deng is currently tenured professor, Director of Bioinformatics Core at University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, as well as the Co-Director, Genomics and Bioinformatics Shared Resource, at University of Hawaii Cancer Center. Before he joined University of Hawaii in 2016, he was the Director of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, Associate Professor, at Rush University of Medical Center in Chicago. He used to be Associate Director of Bioinformatics, Mississippi Functional Genomics Network as well as adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Sciences of Georgia State University. From 2004 to 2008, he was a tenure track assistant professor at the University of Southern Mississippi. Dr. Deng received his Ph.D. from Peking Union Medical College in 1998. He also received bioinformatics certificates in both IT and bioinformatics science from National Bioinformatics Institute and had computer science courses learning from Wayne State University. He finished his Postdoctoral training in 2002 at Wayne State University. He has published more than 200 papers in peer-reviewed 3 Hawaii Gangze InC., Publisher, Honolulu, USA American Journal of Translational Medicine Vol 3 Issue 1, 2019 ISSN 2474-7378 (P) & 2474-7386 (O) journals and is serving as editorial board members of 5 international journals. Introduction of Special Guests Josh Green, MD. Lt Governor, Hawaii State, USA Dr. Joshua B. Green (born February 11, 1970) is an American politician of the Democratic Party, who is the 14th and current lieutenant governor of Hawaii, since December 2018. He was a Hawaii State Senator 2009 to 2018, representing the 3rd district. He previously was a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from 2005 to 2009, representing the 6th district. In 2018, Green won the Democratic primary as his party's nominee for lieutenant governor of Hawaii and was the running mate of incumbent Democratic Governor David Ige. He and Ige won the general election on November 6, 2018. Born in kingston, New York, he was raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He received his undergraduate degree at Swarthmore College and in 1997 received his medical degree from Penn State University. Green was elected to the Hawaii State House of Representatives on November 2, 2004 and served two terms before being elected to the Hawaii State Senate in 2008 where he previously chaired the Committee on Health and currently serves as the Majority Floor Leader, and continues to provide a leadership role statewide as Hawaii's Voice for Healthcare. Green championed the initiative to create an insurance mandate for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and the legislation known as "Luke's Law" went into effect on January 1, 2016. He also led the charge in raising the legal age to obtain tobacco products and electronic cigarettes from 18 to 21, making Hawaii the first state to do so. In addition to his work in the State Legislature, Green is also an emergency department physician at Kohala Hospital on Hawaii Island Jerris Hedges, MD, Professor and Dean University of Hawaii School of Medicine Prof. Hedges is Dean of the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) since March 2008, is known nationally as co-author of one of the leading texts in patient care, Roberts and Hedges’ Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine, now in its sixth edition. In Hawaiʻi, he is also recognized as a leader who has strengthened the medical school by building vital bridges between JABSOM’s community partners and collaborators.