Shikun He, MD
Departments of Pathology and Ophthalmology, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, 2011 Zonal Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Dr. He is a professor of departments of ophthalmology and pathology, USC Roski Eye institute at Keck School of medicine of the University of Southern California and Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Therapy of Retinal and Choroid Diseases. He is the Committee member of international Society for Ocular Pigment Cell Research; the member of international epigenetic society and the association for research in vision and ophthalmology (ARVO). He was the Chairman of Overseas’ Chinese association for vision and eye research from 2006 to 2018. He published two books as chief Editor （Retinal Pigment Epithelium-principle and Clinical and Ocular Epigenetics). He served as Associate Chief Editor for the translation of the 4th edition of RETINA into Chinese (Chief Editor: Steven Ryan) 2010. He also contributed to the following books: Epigenetics mechanism of retinal diseases, RETINA 5th edition (Chief editor Steven Ryan); Genetic Ophthalmology; Immunology of the Cornea. He has been invited to be a peer reviewer for more than 30 English journals. He is also a member of the editorial boards for four journals. His major contribution to eye research is: the role of epigenetic mechanism in the retinal fibrosis; the induction of proliferative vitreoretinaopathy by connective tissue growth factors and alphaB-crystallin regulation of angiogenesis by modulation of VEGF.
He established and organized a forum at ARVO (USA) to promote eye research collaboration among the US and other countries for 14 years. The event has become an official program at the annual ARVO meeting. He has been named as Honorary Professor in Ophthalmology by five Chinese Universities. 2008, He received an award for Outstanding Achievement in Ophthalmology and Vision Science for Overseas Chinese in Hong Kong; 2019, a certificate of appreciation was given to him by the department of pathology, Keck school of Medicine of university of Southern California.
Articles Published in the Annals of Translational Medicine