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Yong Xu

Dr. Yong Xu obtained his medical degree in Tongji Medical University (China) and then Ph.D. degree in University of Alberta (Canada). After a postdoctoral training at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas), he established his own research program at Baylor College of Medicine (Houston) in 2010. In 2025, Dr. Xu moved to University of South Florida where he launched a new research Center for Molecular Psychiatry. Dr. Xu's research aims to reveal the genetic and neural mechanisms for a wide range of behaviors essential for survival (e.g. feeding, learning/memory, mating, parenting, aggression, etc.) and to leverage these basic mechanisms to benefit human health. Dr. Xus research has been continuously funded by various sources, including several NIH awards (e.g. K99/R00, R01, P01), European Research Council (Synergy Award), and funds from USDA, AHA, ADA and other private foundations. Dr. Xu's work has resulted in more than 160 peer-reviewed papers, including many in highly regarded journals, e.g. Cell (2024, 2025), Nature (2022), Nature Medicine (2022), Nature Neuroscience (2021), Cell Metabolism (2022), Nature Metabolism (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026), Nature Communications(2021), Science Advances (2024), Journal of Clinical Investigaion (2023), etč.