Chen Wei (medical scientist)

Chen Wei (Chinese: 陈薇; born 1966) is a Chinese medical scientist specialising in biodefense, currently researcher and doctoral supervisor at the Academy of Military Medical Sciences, and an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE).

Not to be confused with Chen Wei (food scientist).
In this Chinese name, the family name is Chen.
Chen Wei
陈薇
Member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee
(13th)
Assumed office
March 2018
ChairmanWang Yang
Delegate to the National People's Congress
(12th)
In office
March 2013 – March 2018
ChairmanZhang Dejiang
ConstituencyPeople's Liberation Army
Personal details
Born1966 (age 54–55)
Lanxi, Zhejiang, China
Political partyCommunist Party of China
Alma materZhejiang University
Tsinghua University
Academy of Military Medical Sciences
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/servicePeople's Liberation Army
Years of service1991–present
Rank Shao jiang (Major general)
Scientific career
FieldsResearch on ebola, SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2[1]
Board member of
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese陳薇
Simplified Chinese陈薇

Biography

Chen was born in Lanxi, Zhejiang in 1966.[2] She received bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the Zhejiang University in 1988.[1][3] She obtained a master's degree at Tsinghua University in 1991.[2] She attended Academy of Military Medical Sciences where she obtained her doctor's degree in 1998.[2] She became a faculty member of the academy upon graduation.

In 2013, Chen became a delegate of the People's Liberation Army to the National People's Congress.[1]

On 10 July 2015, she was awarded the military rank of major general (shaojiang) by Central Military Commission chairman Xi Jinping.[4]

She was a delegate to the 12th National People's Congress.[5] In January 2018 she became a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[6] In November 2019, She was elected as an academician of the CAE.[7]

COVID-19 vaccine research
See also: COVID-19 vaccine and Ad5-nCoV

In 2020, Chen led a joint team of the Institute of Biotechnology, the Academy of Military Medical Sciences of the People's Liberation Army and CanSino Biologics. The team registered an experimental COVID-19 vaccine for Phase 1 trial on 17 March 2020 to test its safety.[8] The vaccine was tried on 108 healthy volunteers in Wuhan.[8][9] In April, the vaccine entered Phase 2 to test its effectiveness on 500 volunteers.[9]

Honours and awards

References
  1. Chan, Minnie; Zheng, William (3 March 2020). "Meet the major general on China's coronavirus scientific front line". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  2. Zhao, Frank (21 July 2015). "ACWF Executive Committee Member Chen Wei Promoted to Major General". All-China Women's Federation. Archived from the original on 16 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  3. Lin, Lin (12 January 2012). "The Eighth Chinese Young Women in Science Awards". All-China Women's Federation. Archived from the original on 16 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  4. Tsinghua University (16 July 2015). 解放军总后勤部女博导陈薇晋升少将(图). ifeng.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  5. 第十二届全国人民代表大会代表名单. Sohu (in Chinese). 27 February 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  6. 中国人民政治协商会议第十三届全国委员会常务委员名单. cppcc.gov.cn (in Chinese). 14 March 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  7. 中国工程院2019年当选院士名单 [List of Members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2019]. CAE (in Chinese). 22 November 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  8. Cui, Jia (23 March 2020). "Human vaccine trial gets underway". China Daily. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  9. Xie, John (15 April 2020). "China Announces Phase 2 of Clinical Trials of COVID-19 Vaccine". Voice of America. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  10. "Xi Jinping signs order to award 4 people for outstanding contribution in COVID-19 fight". Xinhuanet. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
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