About
Dr. Xiangbo Ruan is an Assistant Professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Ruan received his Ph.D. in biochemistry from the prestigious Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences of Chinese Academy of Sciences. To continue his scientific endeavor, Dr. Ruan joined National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)/National Institutes of Health (NIH) as a visiting fellow to explore the role of new RNA genes in metabolic diseases. During his time at NIH, Dr. Ruan received several awards, including the Fellows Award for Research Excellence, Orloff Science Awards, and NHLBI Director’s Award for Outstanding Basic Science. Upon joining the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine/Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital as a faculty member in 2021, Dr. Ruan has successfully established his research program studying RNA biology in liver diseases. His continued research excellence made him the awardee of the Second Century Early Faculty Independence Award from the American Heart Association (2023) and the W. Leigh Thompson Excellence in Research-Faculty Award from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2024).
