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Professor Hong Zhou is a Senior Principal Research Fellow at the School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney, affiliated with the ANZAC Research Institute. Her research focuses on glucocorticoid signaling in bone and joints, systemic metabolism, and osteoarthritis. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Melbourne and has extensive expertise in animal models of bone pathology and metabolic dysfunction.
Research Interests:
- Glucocorticoid effects on bone/joint physiology and pathophysiology
- Bone-regulated systemic metabolism and energy homeostasis
- Osteoarthritis mechanisms and therapeutic targets
- Cancer-bone interactions and metastasis
Her work bridges molecular endocrinology with clinical applications, leveraging genetically modified animal models to study disease mechanisms.
International Collaborations:
- China: Investigating glucocorticoid effects on adipose tissue
- Denmark: Osteocalcin's role in fuel metabolism
- Germany: Glucocorticoid signaling in autoimmune arthritis
- UK/US: Collaborations on bone progenitor cell regulation
Grants & Funding: Major NHMRC grants (10 projects) and Idea grants supporting her work on glucocorticoid signaling pathways.
Labs/Teams: Leads a laboratory at the ANZAC Research Institute, supervising >30 students (PhD, MPhil, international exchanges) and collaborating with global institutions.
