Xu Yun, Chief Physician, Professor, PhD Supervisor, Director of the Department of Neurology at Nanjing Gulou Hospital.

Expertise:
- Chief Scientist, Director of National Clinical Key Specialty.
- State Council Special Allowance Expert.
- Distinguished Neurologist in China.
- Former visiting scholar at Heidelberg University (Germany) and Johns Hopkins University (USA).
- Current Vice Chairperson of the Neurology Branch of the Chinese Medical Association.

Research Achievements:
- **Funded Projects**:
- Principal investigator for over 30 national and provincial/ministerial-level key research projects, including:
- Chief scientist of a National Key Research and Development Program (Brain Science) project (59.551 million RMB).
- 4 National Natural Science Foundation (NSFC) Key Projects and Major International Cooperation Programs.
- Total research funding: **86.471 million RMB**.
- **Publications**:
- Authored >300 papers, including **202 SCI-indexed articles** as first/corresponding author (total IF: 830; H-index: 46).
- High-impact journals: *PNAS*, *Advanced Science*, *Stroke*, *Brain, Behavior, and Immunity*, *Molecular Endocrinology*, *Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism*, *Aging Cell*, *Journal of Neuroinflammation*, etc.
- **Patents & Awards**:
- 10 invention patents.
- 6 provincial/ministerial-level Science and Technology Awards (1st and 2nd class).
- Co-authored and contributed to 4 textbooks for five-year and eight-year medical programs.
- Listed in "China’s Highly Cited Researchers" (2020, 2021).

Research Directions:
1. **Basic and clinical research on cerebrovascular diseases**.
2. **Basic and clinical research on cognitive impairments**.