Professor HU Yan is dean in School of Nursing Fudan University, director of Fudan University Center of Evidence-based Nursing, a Collaborating Center of Joanna Briggs Institute. She is also vice executive director of Chinese Higher Nursing Education Committee, Vice Chair of Board in Shanghai Nursing Association. She acts as Editorial Board Member of Journal of Advanced Nursing(JAN), International Journal of Nursing Practice, and other peer-reviewed nursing journals. Her current research focus is on supportive care and quality of life of breast cancer survivals, and symptom management for HIV/AIDS patients using evidence-based nursing approach. She has research funding from National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), China Medical Board (CMB) and Shanghai Health Bureau et al, with more than 200 publications in peer-reviewed International or Chinese core nursing journals during the recent five years. Recent years, professor HU Yan and her research team is working on developing and implementing nursing practice guidelines for patient with HIV/AIDS and involving in global health projects.

• Mar 1999 – Mar 2003
  PhD study: School of Nursing, La Trobe University, Australia

• Sep 1994 - Aug 1996
  MNS study: Faculty of Nursing, Chiang Mai University, Thailand

• Sep 1985 - July 1989
  BNS Study: School of Nursing, Shanghai Medical University

•  2018 – Present: Vice Executive Director, Undergraduate Nursing Education Steering Committee, Chinese Ministry of Education              

•  2020- present: Vice Executive Director, Postgraduate Nursing Education Steer Committee, Chinese Ministry of Education              

•  2016 – Present: Committee member, Southeast and East Asia Nursing Education and Research Network (SEANERN)              

•  2014 – Present: Director, Shanghai Evidence-based Nursing Center              

•  2020 – Present: Vice Chair of Board, Shanghai Nursing Association              

•  2018 – Present: Editorial Board Member of 3 peer-reviewed International Journals:

  1. J of Advanced Nursing

  2. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (from 2017)

  3. International J of Nursing Practice

• 2019 – Present: Associate Editor-in-chief of 4 peer-reviewed Chinese Journals:

  1. International Journal of Nursing Science

  2. Chinese Journal of Nurse Training

  3. Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing

  4. Shanghai Journal of Nursing

1. Han, S., Pei, Y., Wang, L., Hu, Y*., Zhu, Z., Qi, X.,Yang,Z., & Wu, B. Age and mental health symptoms among Chinese persons living with HIV: the mediating and moderating role of perceived discrimination. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2023,34(1):105-112.              

2. Jia LY, Hu Y*. Self-management about adjuvant therapy in breast cancer survivors: a qualitative study. Patient Preference and Adherence. 2022，16，1-19.              

3. HE MX, HUANG Q, LU H, GU Y, HU Y*, ZHANF XB*. Call for Decision Support for High-Alert Medication Administration among Pediatric Nurses: Findings of a Large, Multicenter, Cross-sectional Survey in China.Frontiers in Pharmacology. 2022 Jul 19;13:860438.              

4. WEN H, Yang ZF, ZHU Z*, HAN SY, ZHANG L, HU Y*. Psychometric properties of self-reported measures of health-related quality of life in people living with HIV: a systematic review. Health and Quality of Life Outcome. 2022,20(1):5.              

5. Han S, Hu Y*, Relf MV, Mulawa MI, Lu H, Zhang L, Zhu Z, Luo J, Pei Y, Wu B*. Effects of Nurse-Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Intervention on Depression and Anxiety for Persons Living With HIV in China: A Clinical Controlled Trial. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2021, 32(1):79-93.              

6. Han, S., Pei, Y., Wang, L., Hu, Y*., Zhao, R., Zhu, Z., Qi, X., & Wu, B*. The development of a personalized symptom management mobile health application for persons living with HIV in China. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 2021.11(5)：346.              

7. Liang Fu, Xiuqin Feng,Yongyan Jin,Zhenqi Lu,Rufang Li,Wenxia Xu,Victor T. Chang,Yan Hu*,Xianghong Ye*. Symptom Clusters and Quality of Life in Gastric Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2022, 63(2): 230-243.              

8. Yanfen FU, Chunqin WANG, Yan HU*, Eimear Muri-Cochrane. The barriers to evi dence-based nursing implementation in mainland China: A qualitative content analysis. Nursing & Health Sciences. 2020, 22(4): 1038-1046.              

9. Ying GU, Yan HU*, Huiwen ZHANG, Weijia FU, Yuxia YANG, Jos Latour, etc. Implementation of an evidence-based guideline of enteral nutrition for infants with congenital heart disease: a controlled before-and-after study. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 2020; 21:e369-e377              

10. DU Shizheng, LIU Wen, CAI Shining, HU Yan*, DONG Jianshu. The efficacy of e-health in the self-management of chronic low back pain：A meta analysis. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 2020,106C: 103507.