{{Short description|Chinese immunologist, physician and educator}} {{no footnotes|date=February 2013}}{{Infobox person | name = Ba Denian | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1938|10|27}} | birth_place = Siping, Jilin Province | education = Harbin Medical University Beijing Medical University | alma_mater = Hokkaido University | occupation = immunologist<br/> physician<br /> educator }}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{family name hatnote|Ba|lang=Chinese}} '''Ba Denian''' ({{zh|c=巴德年|p=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 {{not a typo|thymocytotoxic}} autoantibody. Ba also proposed a theory to illustrate the relationship between some abnormal immune functions and hypertension.
Ba was elected to Chinese Academy of Engineering in 1994, and is a foreign member of the National Academy of Medicine since 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Member - Denian Ba, M.D., Ph.D.|url=https://nam.edu/member/?member_id=Htn245sMc6XOBajiws9Xuw%3D%3D|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-04|website=National Academy of Medicine|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104155731/https://nam.edu/member/?member_id=Htn245sMc6XOBajiws9Xuw%3D%3D |archive-date=4 January 2022 }}</ref>
==Academic appointments== * Former President, Chinese Academy of Medicine * Former President, Peking Union Medical College * Vice-president, Chinese Medical Association * Honorary President, Chinese Immunological Society * Honorary Director-general, Chinese Society for Biomedical Engineering * Dean of Zhejiang University School of Medicine * Honorary Director, Zhejiang University Health Science Center
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== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20030719183609/http://www.cmm.zju.edu.cn/news/show.php?id=32 Zhejiang University School of Medicine: Biography of Denian Ba] * PolyU pays tribute to six distinguished Chinese scholars * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130801162420/http://www.springer.com/medicine/journal/11670?detailsPage=editorialBoard Chinese Journal of Cancer Research (Editorial Board)]
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