DATE OF BIRTH: 22/12/1968
ACADEMIC DEGREE: MD & Ph.D.
FIELD OF STUDY: Urology
POSITION: Associate Professor & vise- director of the department of Prostate Disease, Tianjin Institute of Urological Surgery, Tianjin Medical University

EDUCATION:
1991 Tianjin Medical University, MD, Clinical Medicine
1998 Tianjin Medical University, Ph.D., Urology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1991-1993 resident doctor, surgeon at the Department of Urology, the Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University
1993-1998 post-graduate student, the etiology of benign prostatic hyperplasia. Dissertation:“The Role of Steroid Hormones and Peptide Growth Factors in Regulating the Prostate Cell Homeostasis”
1998-2000 attending doctor, surgeon at the Department of Urology, the Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University
2000- Associate professor, the department of Prostate Disease,
Vice-director Tianjin Institute of Urological Surgery

AWARDS:
2001 Member of Editorial Board in “INTERNATIONAL MEDICINE” Journal
2002 Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science
2002 Excellent Paper Award to “Androgen and prostatic stroma”, from First Asia-Pacific Forum on Andrology
2002 the highest award for the advancement in science and technique, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
2002 Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare, 4th edition

RESEARCH PROJECTS:
1995 “The morphologic change of canine prostate following castration and its molecular mechanism”, from Tianjin Science and Technology Association.
1996 “The mechanism of prostatic stromal hyperplasia”, from Tianjin Health Bureau.
1998 “The role of stem cells in the etiology of benign and malignant prostate disease”, from Tianjin Science and Technology Association.
1999 “TGFβ and benign prostatic hyperplasia”, from Tianjin Science and Technology Association.
2000 “in vitro block the proliferation and differentiation of prostatic stromal cells”, from Tianjin Science and Technology Association.
2001 “Minimal invasive surgery for the management of upper urinary tract tumors”, from Tianjin Science and Technology Association.

PUBLICATIONS: (Total of 19)
1 Niu Y, Xu Y, Zhang J, …Ma TX. The proliferation and differentiation of the prostatic stromal cells. BJU international 2001, 87: 386. (in English)
2 Niu YJ, Bai JW, Yang HX, …Ma TX. New viewpoints on the morphological changes of canine prostate induced by castration. J Urol 1998, 159(5 suppl): 104. (in English)
3 Niu YJ, Ma TX, Zhang J, et al. Androgen and prostatic stroma. Asian Journal of Andrology 2002, 5(1):19. (in English)
4 Niu YJ, Ma TX, et al. The relationship of TGF-beta, bFGF, KGF with the growth and regress of prostatic cells. Chinese Journal of Medicine 2000, 80: 87. (in Chinese)
5 Niu YJ, Dong KQ, Bai JW, …Ma TX. The dynamic morphologic changes of the canine prostate induced by castration. Chinese Journal of Urology 1998, 19: 429. (in Chinese)
6 Niu YJ, Zhang J, Ma TX, et al. Role of TGF-beta1, bFGF in regulating prostatic stromal cell homeostasis in vitro. Chinese Journal of Urology 1999, 20: 749. (in Chinese)
7 Niu YJ, Ma TX, et al. The expression of TGFβ, bFGF and KGF in prostate following castration. Chinese Journal of Urology 2000, 21: 126. (in Chinese)
8 Niu YJ, Ma TX, Yao QX, et al. The significance of castration on the canine prostatic stromal smooth muscle cells. Chinese Journal of Urology 2000, 21: 222. (in Chinese)
9 Niu YJ, Ma TX. The etiology and pathogenesis of the benign prostatic hyperplasia. New Medicine 2000, 31:521. (in Chinese)
10 Niu YJ, Ma TX, et al. The proliferation of prostate cancer cell line PC-3 inhibited by the normal prostate stromal cells in vitro. Chinese Journal of Urology 2001, 22: 235. (in Chinese)
11 Niu YJ, Ma TX, et al. TGFβ regulates the gene expression of cultured prostatic stromal cell. Chinese Journal of Urology 2001, 22: 754. (in Chinese)
12 Niu YJ, MaTX, et al. The combined effect of TGFβ and DHT on the proliferation and differentiation of prostatic stromal cells. Chinese Journal of Urology 2002, 23: 49. (in Chinese)
13 Niu YJ, Dong KQ, Ma TX. The etiology of benign prostatic hyperplasia. Chinese Journal of Urology 1996, 17: 379. (in Chinese)
14 Zhang Z, Niu YJ, et al. Nephrogenic adenoma. Chinese Journal of Urology 2000, 21: 638. (in Chinese)
15 Xu Y, Niu YJ, et al. The usage of vaso-brunch forceps in radical prostatectomy and cystectomy. Chinese Journal of Urology 2001, 22: 526. (in Chinese)
16 Xu Y, Niu YJ, et al. Management of bladder cancer through combined intra-luminal tracts. Chinese Journal of Urology 2002, 23: 29. (in Chinese)
17 Niu YJ. Kidney transplantation. In Ma TX eds: Current Urology. 2000. (in Chinese)
18 NiuYJ. The pathophysiology of benign prostatic hyperplasia. In Gu FL eds: Current prostatic disease. 2002. (in Chinese)
19 Niu YJ, Xu Y. Urologic laparoscopic surgery. In Ma TX eds: Practical urologic surgery. 2002. (in Chinese)