{
  "id": 15388233,
  "title": "Qian Jiang, former Johns Hopkins’ eye institute expert, joins hospital in China",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/qian-jiang-former-johns-hopkins-eye-institute-expert-joins-hospital",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-18T10:00:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3370936/qian-jiang-former-johns-hopkins-eye-institute-expert-joins-hospital-china"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Professor Qian Jiang, a highly respected eye expert at Johns Hopkins University in the United States, has returned to China to lead research on eye transplants at Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital in Hangzhou. For over two decades, Qian established and managed the genetic data hub at Johns Hopkins' prestigious Wilmer Eye Institute. He was honored at a ceremony on October 5, where he announced his plans to work on \"virtual cells\" and collaborate with Zhejiang University to improve diagnosis and develop new drugs for patients. Qian's expertise lies in studying how genes control different cell types in the retina, which could lead to advancements in preventing, diagnosing, and treating blindness. Over his career, Qian has published more than 200 papers and received over US$8 million in grants from the US National Institutes of Health. He earned his doctorate from the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Germany and postdoctoral training at Yale University before joining Johns Hopkins. Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, named after Hong Kong film mogul Run Run Shaw, opened in 1994 and is renowned for its American-style medicine. Hospital president Cai Xiujun emphasized the hospital's commitment to recruiting top talent regardless of nationality.",
  "summary": "Professor Qian Jiang, a senior eye expert at Johns Hopkins University in the United States, has moved back to China full time to pursue research on eye transplants. For more than two decades, Qian built and ran the genetic data hub at Johns Hopkins’ renowned Wilmer Eye Institute. He was welcomed at a ceremony on October 5 at Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital in Hangzhou, part of Zhejiang University, the…",
  "key_points": [
    "Qian Jiang, former Johns Hopkins eye expert, joins Chinese hospital",
    "Leads research on eye transplants at Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital",
    "Specializes in genes controlling retina cells for blindness prevention"
  ],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Qian Jiang, former Johns Hopkins’ eye institute expert, joins hospital in China",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/qian-jiang-former-johns-hopkins-eye-institute-expert-joins-hospital-15393259",
        "published": "2026-10-18T10:00:07.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}