Chinese scientist Hu Hailan was awarded the "World Outstanding Female Scientist Award"

Xinhua News Agency, Paris, June 23 (Reporter Chen Chen) The 2022 "World Outstanding Female Scientist Award" Awards Ceremony was held on the 23rd at the Paris UNESCO Headquarters. Hu Hailan, Executive Director of the Center for Neuroscience of Zhejiang University, and four other female scientists were awarded the award of this year.

In the previously released awards information, the textile organization said that Hu Hailan "won the award for major discovery in neuroscience. Her work has promoted the development of a new generation of antidepressant drugs."

Hu Hailan said at a reception held by the Chinese Academy of Education and Science Organization in the United Nations on the 21st that the "World Outstanding Female Scientist Award" reflects the purpose of the textbooks and hopes that more young women can learn about science and love through this award. Science has become one of the female scientists.

Hu Hailan is committed to studying social behavior and emotional nerve coding and regulatory mechanisms, especially in the foundation of depression and transformation research. Brain mechanisms; new interpretations of the cause of depression from multiple layers such as molecular, cells, and systems, which provides new ideas for better and safer research and development of better and safer antidepressants.

Another four scientists who have been awarded the "World Outstanding Female Scientist Award" in 2022 are Mary Gusman, Cuba Infectious Psychologist, Hungarian American Biochemist Catalin Kobeco, and Rwanda Public Health Experts. Aiece Biganigo and Spanish embryo scientist Anglehla Nito. In addition, textbooks also invited a total of 10 award winners in 2020 and 2021 to present them and presented them. Affected by the new crown epidemic, these two years have not been held for offline awards.

Odle Azulai, director of the UNESCO, delivered a speech at the awards ceremony that the world needs science and science requires women. Science must start from a critical moment of education and career, and open to women more and better.

The "World Outstanding Female Scientist Award" was jointly established by the UNESCO and the L'Oreal Group in France in 1998. It is awarded 5 female scientists who have made outstanding contributions to scientific progress selected from the world's continents each year to recognize their outstanding achievements in their outstanding achievements. And support their scientific research.

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