Profile

Societies:
Movement disorder society
American Society of Human Genetics

Education:
B.S.  Mental Health Department, Hunan Medical University, P.R. China, 1998
M.S.  Genetics, Neurology Department, Xiangya Hospital, Hunan Medical University, P.R. China, 2000
M.D.  Genetics, Neurology Department, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, P.R. China, 2003

Employment:
2003.7～2004.12   Instructor and Attending Physician, Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University
2005.1～2005.10    Instructor and Attending Physician, Department of Neurology, 2nd Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University
2005.10～2008.4   Associate professor, Department of Neurology, 2nd Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University
2008.5～2009.9    Visiting associate professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, The University of Chicago
2009.10～present   Associate professor, Department of Neurology, 2nd Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University

Specialize in:
1. Diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson’s disease and related neurodegenerative diseases.
2. Neurogenetic diseases such as CMT, SCA and HSP.

Major Publications:
1. Zhang D, Cheng L, Badner JA, Chen C, Chen Q, Luo W, Craig DW, Redman M, Gershon ES, Liu C. Genetic control of individual differences in gene-specific methylation in human brain. Am J Hum Genet, 2010, 86(3):411-419.
2. Qin DQ, Ouyang ZY, Luo W(通讯作者). Familial recurrent Bell’s palsy. Neurol India, 2009, 57(6):783-784.
3. Yu F, Xu L, Lu D, Luo W, Wang Q. The integrated clerkship: an innovative model for delivering clinical education at the Zhejiang University School of Medicine. Acad Med, 2009, 84(7):886-894.
4. Luo W, Ouyang ZY, Xu HY, Chen JY, Ding MP, Zhang BR. The clinical analysis of general paresis with 5 cases. J Neuropsych Clin N, 2008, 20(4):490-493.
5. Luo W, Ouyang ZY, Guo Y, Chen YS, Ding MP. Spinal muscular atrophy combined with sporadic olivopontocerebellar atrophy. Clin Neurol Neurosur, 2008, 110(8):855-858.
6. Zhang BR, Tian J, Yin XZ, Luo W, Xia K. Protective effect of sodium butyrate on the cell culture model of Huntington disease. Progress in natural science , 2007,17(7):784-788.
7. Zhang B, Liu Z, Zhao G, Xie X, Yin X, Hu Z, Xu S, Li Q, Song F, Tian J, Luo W, Ding M, Yin J, Xia K, Xia J. Novel mutations of the FRMD7 gene in X-linked congenital motor nystagmus. Mol Vis, 2007, 13:1674-1679.
8. Bei-sha Tang, Guo-hua Zhao, Wei Luo, Kun Xia, Fang Cai, Qian Pan, Ru-xu Zhang, Fu-feng Zhang, Xiao-min Liu, Biao Chen, Cheng Zhang, Lu Shen, Hong Jiang, Zhi-gao Long, He-ping Dai. Small heat-shock protein 22 mutated in autosomal dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2L. Hum Genet, 2005, 116(3):222-224.  
9. Bei-sha Tang, Xiao-min Liu, Guo-hua Zhao, Wei Luo, Kun Xia, Qian Pan, Fang Cai, Zheng-mao Hu, Cheng Zhang, Biao Chen, Fu-feng Zhang, Lu Shen, Ru-xu Zhang, Hong Jiang. Mutation analysis of the small heat-shock protein 27 gene in Chinese patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. Arch Neurol, 2005，62(8):1201-1207.
10. Tang BS, Chen X, Zhao GH, Shen L, Yan XX, Jiang H, Luo W. Clinical features of hereditary spastic paraplegia with thin corpus callosum：report of 5 Chinese cases. Chin Med J, 2004, 117(7):1002-1005.
11. Beisha Tang, Guohua Zhao, Xia K, Pan Q, Wei Luo, Shen L, Long ZG, Dai HP, Zi XH, Jiang H. Three novel mutations of spastin gene in Chinese patients with hereditary spastic paraplegia. Arch Neurol, 2004, 61(1):49-55.
12. Tang BS, Luo W, Xia K, Xiao JF, Shen L, Jiang H, Tang JG, Zhao GH, Cai F, Pan Q, Dai HP, Yang QD, Xia JH, Evgrafov OV. A new locus for autosomal dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease type 2 (CMT2L) maps to chromosome 12q24. Hum Genet, 2004, 114(6):527-533.
13. Tang BS, Luo W, Zhao GH, Xiao JF, Li Q, Ma YL, Xia K. Cx32 gene mutation associated with X-linked recessive Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. Progress in natural science , 2003,13(5):475-477.

Honors and Awards:
2002: Excellent M.D. Candidate, Central South University
2004: Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, Central South University
2005: Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, Hunan Province

Ongoing Research Support
Cloning of the gene responsible for a novel type of hereditary spastic paraplegia
Agency: National Natural Science Foundation of China
Type: Research grant, Period: 2010-2012
Role: Principal Investigator

Completed Research Support
Cloning of the gene responsible for a novel type of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Agency: National Natural Science Foundation of China
Type: Research grant, Period: 2004-2006
Role: Principal Investigator

Study of genotype-phenotype correlation in Chinese Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Agency: Health Bureau of Zhejiang Province
Type: Research grant, Period: 2005-2007
Role: Principal Investigator

The molecular pathogenesis of mutant HSP22 in axonal Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Agency: National Natural Science Foundation of China
Type: Research grant, Period: 2007-2009
Role: Principal Investigator

Molecular genetics study in Chinese hereditary spastic paraplegia
Agency: Health Bureau of Zhejiang Province
Type: Research grant, Period: 2007-2009
Role: Principal Investigator

Gene diagnosis and quality of life study in Parkinson’s disease
Agency: Science and Technology Bureau of Zhejiang Province
Type: Research grant, Period: 2007-2009
Role: Principal Investigator