Leadership
Led by drug expert Professor Micky Tortorella and co-led by CNS expert Professor He Jufang, the RP3 investigator team comprises senior scientists from CityU, CUHK and CRMH.
Professor Micky Tortorella
Program Leader (Full-time)
Over 25 years of experience in the drug discovery and basic research of inflammatory diseases
- Rich experience in drug discovery and development (US and China), with a long term focus in the area of immunological and inflammatory diseases;
- Publish over 75 high impact academic articles and over 30 US and international patents;
- Successfully lead 4 drug candidates to the clinical development stage.
Biography
- 2021-now
Senior Principal Investigator & RP3 Leader- Developing multiple IND candidates in CNS and musculoskeletal diseases
- Strong network in drug discovery in mainland China and the US.
- 2009-now
Chief Technology Officer
Drug Discovery Pipeline
Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health- Supervise the development of 3 clinical drugs: GIBH-824, GIBH-130, GIBH-1014
- GIBH-824 has been approved in China (Ascentage Pharma: HQP1351)
- 2003-2009
Senior Research Director
Dept. of Inflammatory Diseases, Pfizer Inc. - 2001-2003
Senior Principal Investigator
Dept. of Inflammatory Diseases, Pharmacia - 1992-1999
Senior Scientist
Dept. of Inflammatory Diseases, DuPont
Professor He Jufang
Co-Program Leader (Part-time)
Over 30 years of research experience in basic neuroscience and brain diseases
- Long term focus in basic neuroscience research and discover the memory switch: cholecystokinin;
- Dedicated to the drug development for brain diseases, including epilepsy, tinnitus, dementia, depression, etc.;
- Publish over 110 high impact academic articles and 9 US and international patents;
- Research supported by UGC (Hong Kong), ITF (Hong Kong), HMRF (Hong Kong), MOST (mainland China), NSFC (mainland China), CAS (mainland China), etc. The total funding amount is up to 90 million HKD.
- Professor He has supervised over 50 Ph.D. graduates. He is now supervising 18 postdoctoral fellows and 41 Ph.D. students.
Education
- 1989-1993
Doctor of Medicine
University of Tokushima
Doctor of Engineering
University of Tokyo - 1979-1986
Bachelor of Engineering
Master of Engineering
Harbin Institute of Technology
Biography
- 2021-now
Department Head
Department of Neuroscience
City University of Hong Kong - 2018-now
Chair Professor
Wong Chun Hong Chair Professor of Translational Neuroscience
Department of Neuroscience
Department of Biomedical Sciences
City University of Hong Kong - 2013-2018
Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Department of Biomedical Sciences
City University of Hong Kong - 2008-2013
Director
CAS-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory - 1998-2013
Professor
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
Hong Kong Polytechnic University - 1993-1995
Post-doctoral Fellow
Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN)
Professor Sun Hongyan
City University of Hong Kong (Part-time)
Professor Lau Chun Yue
City University of Hong Kong (Part-time)
Professor Lee Youngjin
City University of Hong Kong (Part-time)
Professor Li Gang
Chinese University of Hong Kong
(Part-time)
Dr. Kong Ling
CRMH-HKISI-CAS (Part-time)
Dr. Chen Xi
Program Coordinator (Part-time)
City University of Hong Kong
