Ba Denian

Chinese immunologist, physician and educator

Ba Denian
Born	27 October 1938 Siping, Jilin Province
Nationality	Chinese
Education	Harbin Medical University Beijing Medical University
Alma mater	Hokkaido University
Occupation(s)	immunologist physician educator

Ba Denian (Chinese: 巴德年; pinyin: Bā Dénián; born 27 October 1938) is a Chinese immunologist, physician and educator. He retired from his last position as Dean of Zhejiang University School of Medicine and accepted the position as Honorary Director of Zhejiang University Health Science Center.

Biography

Ba, of Manchu descent, was born in Siping, Jilin Province on 27 October 1938. In 1962, Ba graduated from the Harbin Medical University. In 1967, Ba received his master's degree from the Beijing Medical University (later merged into Peking University and became its medical school). In 1982, Ba obtained PhD from Hokkaido University in Japan.

Ba is a specialist in tumor immunology. He discovered the natural thymocytotoxic autoantibody. Ba also proposed a theory to illustrate the relationship between some abnormal immune functions and the hypertension!

Ba was elected to Chinese Academy of Engineering in 1994, and is a foreign member of the National Academy of Medicine, since 1999.^[1]