Zhongxinyao (Jack) Du is a fourth-year undergraduate student pursuing a double major in Biology and Health and Disease. With a strong interest in the intersection of neuroscience, psychology, and molecular biology, Jack explores how Buddhism psychology and anatomical perspectives contribute to understanding depression and anxiety.

 

Jack’s primary research interests focus on cardiovascular disease and its underlying pathological and molecular mechanisms, particularly how hypertension, stress, environmental exposures, and other risk factors contribute to cardiac remodelling and disease progression. He is also interested in the connections between cardiovascular and mental health, including how chronic stress, trauma, resilience, and intergenerational influences affect both psychological well-being and cardiovascular outcomes. By integrating cardiovascular physiology, molecular biology, pathology, psychology, and Buddhist philosophy, Jack seeks to develop broader frameworks for understanding the relationship between physical and emotional health.

Jack has also gained hands on laboratory experience working in the Department of Cardiology Laboratory of Hypertension Research at the Daping Hospital, Army Medical University. There, he focused on cardiovascular pathophysiology, such as hypertensive cardiac remodelling, analyzing murine models of myocardial infarction, and histology under pathogenic conditions.