ACRE Canada Board Members

The terms of office of the President, President-Elect, and General Secretary shall be two (2) years; that of the committee Chairs shall be three (3) years (the “normal term of office”). Officers may be re-elected for an additional term but no more than two (2) consecutive terms. No members may serve as President for more than three (3) terms.

Qingping Feng, MD, PhD

President, ACRE Canada
Professor at Western University

Specific Research Interests
1. Cardiac repair and remodeling post myocardial infarction
2. Inflammatory response in sepsis
3. Congenital heart defects in maternal diabetes

Ren-Ke Li, MD, PhD

President Elect, ACRE Canada
Professor at University of Toronto

Specific Research Interests
1. Cell therapy for repair, regeneration and rejuvenation of failed hearts
2. Tissue engineering to overcome irregular heartbeat caused by cardiac scar

Tianqing Peng, MD, MSc

General Secretary, ACRE Canada
Professor at Western University

Specific Research Interests
1. Doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity
2. Diabetic cardiomyopathy
3. Multiple organ failure in sepsis

Honglin Luo, MD, MSc

Chair, Membership Committee
Professor at U of British Columbia

Specific Research Interests
1. Cardiac sysfunction in enteroviral myocarditis
2. The role of enteroviral infection in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
3. Coxsackievirus B3 as an oncolytic virus for lung cancer treatment

Ying Wang, PhD

Chair, Multimedia Committee
Assist. Prof. at U of British Columbia

Specific Research Interests
1. In-situ ‘Omics’ to define therapeutic targets for coronary artery disease
2. Finding biomarkers to personalize treatment for coronary artery disease
3. Developing methodologies to improve the quality and data output of biobanked samples

Wenbin Liang, MD, PhD

Co-Chair, Finance Committee
Assoc. Prof. at University of Ottawa

Specific Research Interests
1. Developing novel therapies for cardiac arrhythmias
2. Electrophysiology of cardiomyocytes and vascular smooth muscle cells

Dake Qi, MD, PhD

Co-Chair, Finance Committee
Assoc. Prof. at University of Manitoba

Specific Research Interests
1. Myocardial Infarction and cardiac metabolism
2. Proinflammatory factors, insulin resistance, and diabetes
3. Atypical antipsychotic induced metabolic side-effects

Guang Sun, MD, PhD

Co-Chair, Program / Sci. Committee
Professor at Memorial U of Newfoundland

Specific Research Interests
1. Genetic predisposition towards obesity
2. CODING (Complex Diseases in the Newfoundland population: Environment and Genetics) study
3. Childhood obesity

Burton Yang, PhD

Co-Chair, Program / Sci. Committee
Professor at University of Toronto

Specific Research Interests
1. Matrix molecules in angiogenesis
2. MicroRNA in tumor growth
3. Circular RNAs in the regulation of cardiovascular function

Guangdong Yang, PhD

Co-Chair, Edu. / Awards Committee
Professor at Laurentian University

Specific Research Interests
1. Biological significance of H2S-mediated protein translational modification
2. Roles of H2S in cell behaviours
3. Regulation and function of H2S in iron metabolism

Dawei Zhang, PhD

Co-Chair, Edu. / Awards Committee
Professor at University of Alberta

Specific Research Interests
1. PCSK9-promoted LDLR degradation
2. MT1-MMP in metabolism and disease
3. Understanding progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 2
4. Surf4 and lipid metabolism

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ACRE Canada Board Members

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