Jie Fan

Dr. Jie Fan is a tenured Professor of Surgery and Immunology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and a Research Career Scientist and the Director of the Surgical Research at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System.  Dr. Fan has long been focusing on cellular and molecular mechanisms of cell priming in trauma, sepsis, and organ injury. He is a well-funded principal investigator leading research projects supported by the NIH and the Department of Veterans Affairs. His team has discovered several novel mechanisms of receptor crosstalk and cell-cell interactions that contribute to post-trauma systemic inflammation and organ injury. 

Dr. Fan is the author of numerous refereed articles, invited perspective articles, and book chapters.  Dr. Fan also serves as an editorial board member, deputy editor-in-chief, and reviewer for over 40 journals and a study section member for NIH, DOD, VA, and British funding organizations, as well as an advisory peer reviewer for American Institution of Biological Sciences.  Dr. Fan presented lectures in many national and international institutes and conferences.  Dr. Fan is a recipient of Excellence in Government Award – Outstanding Contribution to Medical Science.  

The research projects in Dr. Fan’s laboratory include: 

• Cellular and molecular mechanism of post-trauma and -sepsis immune dysfunction 

• Cell-cell interacting mechanism of acute lung injury 

View a list of Dr. Fan’s publications here [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=%28%22fan%2C%20jie%22%29%20]. 

CONTACT INFORMATION  

Dr. Jie Fan  
Phone: (412) 360-6204  
Email: jif7@pitt.edu