Scholar Profile
Richard Ruan
Medicine
Biography
Richard Ruan is currently a Senior Associate Scientist at Alexion-AstraZeneca within their cardiovascular gene therapy group. Prior to this, he worked on developing high-throughput assays using iPSC-cardiomyocytes for cardiovascular disease target discovery at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, as a part of the Ellinor Lab and its collaboration with Bayer and Novo Nordisk. Richard also directs the Neuro International Collaboration, an academic research group writing on neurosurgical and neurological clinical topics.
He graduated from the UC Berkeley as a Haas Scholar and Regents' and Chancellor's Scholar, majoring in Bioengineering with a thesis on Dengue Virus NS1 and SARS-CoV-2 Spike pathogeneses from the Harris Lab. His research background also includes prior roles at UCSF Pulmonary Immunology, UCSF Brain Tumor Center, Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, and USC Stem Cell.
Richard graduated as the valedictorian of West High School. He was an AP Scholar, a Presidential Service Gold Award recipient, a Torrance Youth Council member, an Origami teacher, a Boys State representative, and President of his school's Science Olympiad team and Math Honor Society.
High school: West High School
Degrees
| College | Year | Degree |
|---|---|---|
University of California - BerkeleyBerkeley, CA |
2022 | B.S. Bioengineering |
News and Highlights
Future Physician-Scientist: Congratulations to Richard Ruan, MS ‘18, for being selected as a Berkeley Haas Scholar for his academic and community achievements. Each year, twenty highly qualified, academically talented undergraduates with financial need are selected to come together to build a supportive intellectual community during their final year at UC Berkeley. As a Haas Scholar, Richard's senior year project will be identifying host factors critical for dengue virus NS1 and SARS-CoV-2 Spike pathogeneses. Congratulations again, Ruan! We are excited to see all that will emerge from your work!