Colleges & Faculties

Curriculum Vitae

I. Personal information

Hong Dong, Ph.D, Professor, doctoral supervisor.

Deputy Dean of the College of Animal Science and Technology / Veterinary Medicine, Director of the Beijing Key Laboratory of Veterinary Medicine (Traditional Chinese Medicine,) and the Chief of the Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine Direction at Beijing University of Agriculture (BUA). Position Expert in Swine Disease Prevention, Control and Emergency Services of the Beijing Livestock Innovation Team, Leader of the "Research and New Drug Creation Team of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine".

Prof. Dong also serves as a member of the Expert Committee of the Chinese Veterinary Pharmacopoeia, an advisory expert for veterinary drug review of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Vice President of the Asian Association of Traditional Veterinary Medicine, Executive Director of the Chinese Association of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine's Branch of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine and Executive Director and Deputy Secretary-General of the Beijing Association of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine.

II. Research interests

Diagnosis of livestock and poultry diseases, TCM‑based prevention mechanisms and healthy farming, investigation of bacterial evasion of host killing, development of veterinary TCMs for antibiotic reduction, and establishment of a screening platform for TCMs and feed additives to enable green, antibiotic‑free healthy farming and source‑level safety of animal‑derived food.

III. Research Projects

She has presided over more than 20 national, provincial and ministerial projects, among which the most important are:

1. Molecular mechanism of Scutellaria baicalensis stems and leaves against bacterial inflammation based on microvascular endothelial cell pyroptosis. NSFC General Project (32373058), 2024-2027.

2. Beijing Municipal Livestock Innovation Team – Position Expert in Swine Disease Prevention, Control and Emergency Services (BAIC05‑2026).

3. Research on pharmacodynamic material basis and formulation theory of traditional Chinese veterinary medicines. Sub-task of the 14th Five-Year National Key R&D Program (2022YFD1801103), 2022-2025.

4. Mechanism of flavonoid components in antibacterial inflammation based on microvascular endothelial cell pyroptosis. Beijing Natural Science Foundation General Project (6212005), 2021-2023.

5. Mechanism of microvascular endothelial cell activation of neutrophils and screening of antibacterial Chinese medicines. NSFC General Project (31572558), 2016-2019.

6. Mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine components that increase microvascular vasomotion amplitude against pathogenic factor injury. NSFC Youth Fund Project (31101850), 2012-2014.

IV. Major Achievements

She published more than 70 articles, and won 5 provincial and ministerial awards, among which the most important are:

(Ⅰ) Major prize-winning achievements

1. "Selenium Hope From Eggs: TCM Selenium‑enriched Laying Hens" won the 2024 "Dahuanong Cup" Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine Science and Technology Innovation Project Award of Chinese Veterinary Association, ranked 1st.

2. Beijing Teaching and Educating Pioneer issued by Beijing Municipal Education Commission in 2024.

3. "Key Technologies and Applications of Precision Nutrition and Healthy Farming for Dairy Cows Based on Feed Nutritional Active Substances" won the First Prize of the 12th Dabeinong Science and Technology Award in 2021 (5th).

4. "Integration and Demonstration of Key Technologies for Prevention and Treatment of Bacterial Diseases in Livestock and Poultry with Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine" won the Second Prize of Beijing Agricultural Technology Extension Award in 2019 (2nd).

5. "Investigation on the Incidence, Diagnosis and Control of Mastitis in Dairy Farms in Beijing Area" won the First Prize for Outstanding Social Research Achievements of Beijing University Young Teachers (issued by Beijing Municipal Education Working Committee) in 2014 (1st).

(Ⅱ) Representative works

1. Contributor to Pig Production Technology. Northeast Normal University Press, 2024, first edition (ISBN 978-7-5771-1230-5).

2. Associate editor of Clinical Fluid Therapy in Small Animals. China Agriculture Press, 2016, first edition (ISBN 978-7-1092-1548-1).

3. Associate editor of Fundamentals of Livestock Anatomy. Central Radio & TV University Press, 2014, first edition (ISBN 978-7-5082-6323-6).

4. Contributor to Food and Brain Health. NOVA Publisher, 2014, Chapter 5.

5. Contributor to Food as Medicine. NOVA Publisher, 2013, Chapter 12.

(Ⅲ) Representative papers

1. Xilin Wang, Shihai Wu, Ning Guo, Feike Yu, Xiaofeng Xu, Xinghai Wang, Xiaohan Yu, Xiaoye Liu, Hong Dong*. Scutellaria baicalensis stem and leaf combat chicken-derived respiratory bacterial infection. Microb Pathog. 2025 May; 202:107439.

2. Zhiyuan He, Hong Dong*. The roles of short-chain fatty acids derived from colonic bacteria fermentation of non-digestible carbohydrates and exogenous forms in ameliorating intestinal mucosal immunity of young ruminants. Front Immunol. 2023 Dec 11;14:1291846.

3. Feike Yu, Xiaohan Yu, Rongchen Liu, Dawei Guo, Qian Deng, Bingbing Liang, Xiaoye Liu , Hong Dong*. Dregs of Cardamine hupingshanensis as a feed additive to improve the egg quality. Front Nutr. 2022 Jul 28;9:915865.

4. Shangwen He, Qian Deng, Bingbing Liang, Feike Yu, Xiaohan Yu, Dawei Guo, Xiaoye Liu, Hong Dong*. Suppressing Alpha-Hemolysin as Potential Target to Screen of Flavonoids to Combat Bacterial Coinfection. Molecules. 2021 Dec 14;26(24):7577.

5. Yuxuan Wang, Zhi Yang, Haoyang Liu, Hong Dong*, et al. Effect of aqueous extract of Polygonum cuspidatum on the replication of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus in IPEC-J2 cells. Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica. 2025; 40(03): 215-224. (in Chinese)

6. Miaoyi Wei, Shihai Wu, Fulin Yang, Hong Dong*, et al. Clinical efficacy of Chinese herbal medicine Gentiana against pigeon trichomonosis. Chinese Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences. 2024; 55(02): 785-796. (in Chinese)

7.Qian Deng, Yikai Wang, Simiao Zhang, Hong Dong*, et al. Protective effect of Qingre Liangxue compound against damage to tight junction ZO-1 protein induced by Escherichia coli. Chinese Journal of Veterinary Science. 2023; 43(10): 2149-2156. (in Chinese)

8. Dawei Guo, Silu Hou, Yujia Chi, Hong Dong*, et al. Clinical study on the effect of Qiyin Decoction and Zigan Decoction on reproductive performance of sows and growth performance of weaned piglets. Chinese Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences. 2022; 53(06): 1994-2004. (in Chinese)

9. Shangwen He, Yueming Wang, Hui Zhang, Hong Dong*, et al. Baitouweng Decoction alleviates LPS-induced inflammatory response in microvascular endothelial cells by inhibiting TLR4-ERK1/2 signaling pathway. Chinese Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences. 2021; 52(08): 2317-2325. (in Chinese)

10. Shangwen He, Hui Zhang, Silu Hou, Hong Dong*, et al. Quercetin inhibits apoptosis of microvascular endothelial cells induced by Staphylococcus aureus alpha-hemolysin. Veterinary Orientation. 2021(4): 214-215. (in Chinese)

V. Contact information

Postal address: College of Animal Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, No. 7, Beinong Road, Huilongguan, Changping, Beijing, 102206

Contact number: 010-80793027

Email: donghong@bua.edu.cn