Professor ZUO Zhong, Joan
Director, School of Pharmacy
CUHK Employment
- Director and Professor, School of Pharmacy
Expertise
- Biopharmaceutics
- Pharmacokinetics
- Herb-drug interactions
Education & Qualifications
BSc in Pharmacy (Si Chuan University), PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences (University of Alberta)
Research Interests
- Biopharmaceutics and pharmacokinetics of bioactive flavonoids and herbal components
- Drug delivery systems for intranasal and transmucosal delivery
Additional Information
Award & Honour
- Teacher of the Year Awards, School of Pharmacy, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003-2004
Professional Service
Chair of Pharmacy Internship Training Committee & Member, Pharmacy & Poison’s Board of Hong Kong, Department of Health, HKSAR Government
Member, TCM Research and Development Committee, Innovation and Technology Bureau, HKSAR Government
Member, Proprietary Traditional Chinese Medicine Registration Committee, Chinese Medicine Council of Hong Kong
Member, Pharmacovigilance Advisory Body, Drug Office, Department of Health, HKSAR Government
Editorial Board Member, Biopharmaceutics and Drug Dispositions, Xenobiotica, Chinese Medicine, and European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Regional Editor)
Journal Reviewer for over 50 international peer-reviewed journals including Advanced Drug Delivery Review, Molecular Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical Research, Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, etc.
Grant Reviewer for NSFC, HMRF, Macau FDCT, Macau University, etc.
Selected Publications
- Lyu CM, Zhang YF, Zhou WB, Zhang S, Kou F, Wei H, Zhang N, Zuo Z. Gender-Dependent Pharmacokinetics of Veratramine in Rats: In Vivo and In Vitro Evidence. The AAPS Journal.2016; 18(2):432-444.
- Zhang Z, Ge BK, Zhou LM, Lam TN, Zuo Z. Induction of liver cytochrome P450s by Danshen-Gegen formula is the leading cause for its pharmacokinetic interactions with warfarin. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2015; 154(3): 672-686.
- Wong YC, Qian S, Zuo Z. Pharmacokinetic Comparison between the long-term anesthetized, short-term anesthetized and conscious rat models in Nasal Drug Delivery. Pharm Res. 2014; DOI 10.1007/s11095-014-1312-8.
- Fong SYK, Liu M, Wei H, Lobenberg R, Kanfer I, Lee VHL, Amidon GL, Zuo Z. Establishing the pharmaceutical quality of Chinese herbal medicine: a provisional BCS classification. Molecular Pharmaceutics. 2013; 10(5):1623-1643.
- Xie C, Wang ZJ, Wang C, Xu J, Wen ZN, Wang HT, Shi LM, Chow MSS, Huang Y, Zuo Z. Utilization of gene expression signature for quality control of traditional Chinese medicine formula Si-Wu-Tang. The AAPS Journal.2013; 15(3):884-892.
- Wang L, Wang ZJ, Wo SK, Lau CBS, Chen XA, Huang M, Lee VHL, Chow MSS, Zuo Z. A bio-activity guided in vitro pharmacokinetic method to improve the quality control of Chinese medicines, application to Si-Wu-Tang. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 2011; 406(1-2): 99-105.
- Li CR, Zhang L, Zhou LM, Wo SK, Lin G, Zuo Z. Comparison of intestinal absorption and disposition of structurally similar bioactive flavones in radix scutellariae. AAPS Journal. 2012; 14 (1): 23-34.
- Zhang L, Li CR, Lin G, Krajcsi P, Zuo Z. Hepatic metabolism and disposition of baicalein via the coupling of conjugation enzymes and transporters –In vitro and in vivo evidences. AAPS Journal. 2011; 13(3): 378-389.
- Zhang L, Lin G, Zuo Z. Involvement of UDP-glucuronosyltransferases in the extensive liver and intestinal first-pass metabolism of flavonoid baicalein. Pharmaceutical Research. 2007; 24(1): 81-89.
- Zhang L, Lin G, Kovács B, Jani M, Krajcsi P, Zuo Z. Mechanistic study on the intestinal absorption and disposition of baicalein. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 2007; 31(3-4): 221-231.