Hong-Shuo Sun

Professor Hong-Shuo Sun is currently a tenured Associate Professor and PhD Supervisor in Departments of Surgery, Physiology and Pharmacology, and Institute of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada. He is also a member for Collaborative Program in Neuroscience, Heart and Stroke Richard Lewar Centre of Excellence, Cardiovascular Sciences Collaborative Program, and Banting & Best Diabetes Centre, in Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. Professor Sun is currently the president of Toronto Chapter of the Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (SCBA). He also serves in the Award Committee in the Canadian Society of Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Professor Sun graduated in Zhongshan Medical College, Sun Yat-Sen University, and completed his training as a cardiologist at the First University Hospital of Zhongshan Medical College, Guangzhou, China. He obtained his MSc degree in Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta, Canada; and his PhD degree in Neurosciences in University of Calgary, Canada. His postdoctoral training was in University Health Network, Toronto, Canada. He has received many grants from NSERC, HSFC, CIHR and CFI, etc. and published more than 90 papers. His research focus is on studying the role of ion channels in neuroprotection and drug development for stroke and hypoxia.

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