Chao Ma 马超

Chao Ma, MD, Professor and Chair of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College

Dr. Chao Ma graduated from Peking Union Medical College in 1999 and obtained his MD degree. After 1-year of surgical residency in the Peking Union Medical College Hospital, he went to the US and became a Postdoctoral Associate in Yale University School of Medicine in 2000 to study the mechanisms of chronic pain. He was promoted to Associate Research Scientist in 2003 and Assistant Professor in 2008, and started a research group to investigate the neural mechanisms of pain and itch under the support of NIH since then. Dr. Ma has published a series of research manuscripts and was co-editor of a book ‘Animal Models of Pain’. Starting from December 2011, Dr. Ma returned to Peking Union Medical College and was appointed as Professor and Chair of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology in the Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. Dr. Ma was also the founder and director of Human Brain Bank Project in the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences since December 2012.

Web: http://anatomy.sbm.pumc.edu.cn/research.asp