Academic Degrees
Departmental Address
John R. Burton Pavilion, 5505 Hopkins Bayview Circle
Baltimore, MD 21224
Research and Professional Experience
My research interest related to Center for Global Health is my passion for international geriatric medicine program development. As human race is aging rapidly worldwide, this has increasingly become important and urgent. One major project that I lead is the international collaboration between Hopkins and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) in Beijing, China to establish a premier geriatric medicine and aging research program at PUMC. This project is funded by China Medical Board, a private foundation based in New York City.
My other significant interests in clinical and translational research include frailty, inflammation, aging and immunity, and influenza immunization.
Keywords
International Geriatrics Program Development,
Frailty, Aging and Immunity, Influenza Immunization
Honors and Awards
Paul Beeson Physician Scholar in Aging Research
2006 American Geriatrics Society New Investigator Award
China Medical Board International Geriatrics Program Development Award
Selected Publications
1. Leng SX, et al. Inflammation and frailty in older women. J. Am. Geri. Soc. 2007; 55:864-71.
2. Leng SX, et al. Baseline total and specific differential white blood cell counts and 5-year all-cause mortality in community-dwelling older women. Exp Gerontol. 2005; 40:982-7.
3. Leng SX, et al. Total and differential white blood cell counts and their associations with circulating IL-6 levels in community-dwelling older women. J. Gerontol. Med. Sci. 2005; 60A:195-199.
4. Leng SX and Fedarko NS. Mechanisms of Aging In: Sieber FE. Ed. Geriatric Anesthesia, 2006. McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, Page; 11-18
5. Leng SX and L Fried. Frailty and molecular inflammation in older adults. Long-Term Care Interface (in press)
