Xiangdong Zhu, MD

Research Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine

Contact
808 S. Wood St., MC 724
Chicago, IL 60612
xiangdon@uic.edu

Education

MS, Xian Medical University, 1988
MD, Xinxiang Medical College, 1983

Residency

Medicine, Ruzhou City Hospital, 1985

Fellowship

Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Chicago, 2000
Radiation Oncology, Xian Medical University, 1990

Currently Funded Research

Novel Therapies for CPR
2017 – 2021

Novel TAT Peptide Improves Sudden Cardiac Arrest Survival
Funded by Proof of Concept Innovation Award, UIC Chancellor’s Office, 2016 – 2018

Previously Funded Research

Regulation of Eosinophil Trafficking by Pyk2
Funded by the National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 2008 – 2010

Regulation of β2-integrin Mediated Eosinophil Adhesion by Combination of Salmeterol and Fluticasone Propionate
Funded by Glaxo, 2002 – 2007

Mechanism of Eosinophil Adhesion
Funded by the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 2002 – 2008

Mechanism of Asthma Project II
Funded by the National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 2001 – 2006

Role of Cytosolic Phospholipase A2 in Eosinophil Adhesion
Funded by the American Lung Association, 2001 – 2003

Academic Interests

Cardiac Arrest
Hemorrhagic Shock
Leukocyte Biology