NanbertZhongisatenuredfacultymembercurrentlyheadingtheDevelopmentalGeneticsLaboratoryattheNewYorkStateInstituteforBasicResearchinDevelopmentalDisabilities.HehasbeenlicensedbytheNewYorkStateDepartmentofHealthasaDirectorinchargeoftheMolecularNeurogeneticDiagnosticLaboratoryintheNewYorkStateClinicalSpecialtyLaboratories(NYS_SCL)since1998,inadditiontobeanAssistantDirectorofNYS_SCL.

ProfessorZhonghasbeenanactivememberinvolvedinpromotingglobalhealth.HewasthememberofTechnicalPanelistofthe“BornTooSoon,AGlobalReportonActionCall,”publishedbytheWHO-MOD-SaveChildren-PMNCH(2012)andofAdvisoryGroupinthereportofWHO/UNICEFGlobalNewbornActionPlan(2014).HewasoneofthepartnersintheMarchofDimesGlobalNetworkforMaternalandInfantHealth,aswellasintheGenTeeprojectofEuropean7th-FrameProgram.HeisthecurrentpresidentfortheglobalPretermBirthInternationalCollaborative(www.prebicglobal.org).

Asthefirstorcorrespondingauthor,hisresearchpapershavebeenpublishedinhighimpactjournals,includingNatGenet,Lancet,AmJHumGenet,AmJMedGenet,ClinGenet,HumGenet,GenetinMed,JMedGenet,Neurogenet,MolGenetMetabol,AdvGenet,GenetTesting,Neurology,NeurolSci,BiochBiophyActa-Proteins&Proteomics,BBRC,BehavBrainFunct,Encyclopedia,JCommGenet,JChromatogrB,JMolNeurosci,AmJRepImmunol,BMCPregChildbirth,EpiInfect,EurJPediatric,PediatrRes,PLoSOne,MaternChildHealthJ,TranslPsychiatr,etc.Asaprincipleinvestigator(PI),hisresearchstudieshavebeenfoundedbytheNIH(USA),MarchofDimesFoundation(USA),BattenDiseaseSupportandResearchAssociation(USA),NewYorkStateResearchFoundationforMentalHygiene(USA),ChineseMinistryofScienceandTechnology(OverseaChineseOutstandingYoungInvestigatorAward,and973HighTechproject),ChineseMinistryofEducation(211,985Projects),ChineseNaturalScienceFoundation,andShanghaiMunicipalGovernment.HeisanAssociatedEditorfortheJournalofIntegrated-Omics.

HewasthefounderChairmanoftheDepartmentofMedicalGeneticsofPekingUniversityHealthScienceCenterin2004andthefounderDirectorofPekingUniversityCenterofMedicalGeneticsin2005.Duringtheperiodofhisleadership,hedevelopedaninternationalexchangeprogrambetweenthePekingUniversityandtheNIH/NICHD,whichwastheonlyofficialexchangeprogrambetweenChinaandNIH/NICHD.In2015,hedevelopedanUS-ChinaResearchCenterforTranslationalMedicineinDevelopmentalDisabilitiesinGuangzhou,China.