Jiajia Zheng, PhD, is an Associate Researcher, Master's Supervisor, and the Leader of Clinical Microbiology Unit, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Peking University Third Hospital.

Research Directions:

1. Impact of pathogenic infections on metabolic functions and programmed cell death of key immune cells;

2. Mechanisms of phage therapy against multidrug-resistant bacteria; Development of novel pathogen diagnostic technologies;

3. New antimicrobial resistance mechanisms.

Professional Affiliations:

Committee Member of Expert Committee on Laboratory Medicine (Infectious Diseases), National Health Industry Enterprise Management Association; Committee Member of Microbiology and Infection Branch, Beijing Society of Laboratory Medicine; Youth Committee Member of Laboratory Medicine Committee, Beijing Association of Integrative Medicine; Youth Editorial Board Member of  Chinese Journal of Infection Control ; SIFIC Outstanding Young Microbiologist; Peking University Third Hospital Phase II Young Academic Core Member; Phase III Academic Leader Reserve Candidate.

Academic Achievements:

PI of 2 NSFC projects;

Key member of 2 National Key R&D Programs of China;

PI of 1 Beijing Natural Science Foundation project;

PI of 1 Peking University Medical Interdisciplinary Seed Fund;

PI of 5 Peking University Third Hospital projects;

Participant in multiple MOST major programs.

She has published 10+ SCI papers as first/corresponding author in  Communication Biology ,  Frontiers in Immunology ,  Cellular & Molecular Immunology , and many core journal articles. She also co-authored several textbooks, such as  Clinical Pathogen Biology Laboratory Morphology ,  Medical Laboratory Research Design and Thesis Writing , and  Introduction to Medical Laboratory Science .