Shen Ziyin (; 22 March 1928 – 7 March 2019) was a Chinese biologist, physician, and medical researcher. He spent his entire career at

Huashan Hospital Huashan Hospital (), formerly the Chinese Red Cross General Hospital, is a teaching hospital in Shanghai, China, affiliated with the Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University. History Huashan Hospital was founded in 1907 as the Chinese Red ...

, a teaching hospital of

Shanghai Medical College The Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University, formerly the independent Shanghai Medical University, is one of the oldest and most prestigious medical schools in China. Clinical medicine of the Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University is c ...

of Fudan University. He was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1997.

Biography

Shen was born on 22 March 1928 in

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. After graduating from

(now part of Fudan University) in 1952, he worked in internal medicine at

, which is affiliated with Shanghai Medical College. While he was trained in Western medicine in college, he began studying traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in 1955 under the well-known doctor Jiang Chunhua (). Shen spent his entire career at Huashan Hospital. He was a pioneer in using biomedical research to affirm the pathological bases of TCM concepts, and was an ardent proponent of TCM. One of his major research areas was the TCM concept of "kidney yang deficiency" (), which he linked to the malfunction of the hypothalamus. However, his research received mixed reaction from TCM practitioners, with some embracing his scientific authority, while others accused him of fragmenting and debasing Chinese medicine. He published more than 100 scientific papers and six monographs. He received more than 20 major awards including the State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class), and trained more than 30 graduate students. He was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1997. On 7 March 2019, Shen died at Huashan Hospital in Shanghai, at the age of 90.

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