Professor of Maternal and Child Health    

Department of Maternal and Child Health

* songranran@hust.edu.cn

Overview

Dr. Ranran Song is tenured Professor of Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST). She graduated with a major in Preventive Medicine in 2001 and received her PhD in 2006 from Tongji Medical College. Song’s research is mainly focused on the early diagnosis and corresponding mechanisms of child neurodevelopmental disorders including dyslexia and autism. She is leading a ongoing project “Tongji Reading Environment And Dyslexia Study, READ”, which she investigates how the home literacy environment and genetic factors work on the dyslexic children in China.

Academic Areas

Child and Adolescent Health

Research Interests

Early diagnosis, behavioral characteristics and genetic mechanisms of developmental disorders in children. Mainly include: learning difficulties, dyslexia, autism and so on. Based on the distribution characteristics, behavioral characteristics, cognitive defects and molecular genetics mechanisms of these children, a large number of on-site investigations and laboratory studies were conducted to find early diagnosis methods and psychological behavior interventions for such diseases.

Interventions of mental health for children. Based on the long-term follow-up in the primary school, we investigate the baseline of children's mental health status, and establish the files of children’s mental health, as well as taking some appropriately targeted interventions for children.

Cognitive behavioral intervention study of addictive behavior, in collaboration with professors at the Department of Psychiatry at Yale University. Be dedicated to research and promote the interventions for drug users in China about “reduce drug and its dangerous behavioral counseling”.

Selected Professional Affiliations

Secretary of Children and Adolescent Health Professional Committee, Hubei Preventive Medicine Association

Member of the Psychological Behavior Group of the Children's Health Branch of the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association

Member of the Maternal and Child Health Professional Committee of the Wuhan Preventive Medicine Association

National Natural Science Foundation Communications Review Committee

Youth Editor of Chinese Journal of Public Health

Editorial Board of Chinese Journal of School Health

Courses Taught

Child and adolescent health / Medical Psychology

Awards and Honors

2012.6  Travel Awar, NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse, USA) International Forum, CA, USA

Education

2001‑2006       Ph.D., Tongji medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

1996‑2001        B.S., Tongji medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Professional/working Experience

2016-present   Professor, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

2011-2015         Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

2006‑2010       Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Past and ongoing projects, funding, programs

The role and mechanism of functional genetic variation of long non-coding RNA in the development of autism spectrum disorders in children (NSFC 81872636) Role: PI

The role and mechanism of the interaction between family reading environment and genetic factors in the development of dyslexia in children (NSFC 81673194) Role: PI

Molecular genetics of autism spectrum disorders in children, horizontal cooperation, (Maternity and Children Health Care Hospital of Luohu District), 300,000 Role: PI

Baseline research of adolescent health and development projects, Joint project of the National Health and Family Planning Commission and UNICEF, 534,000 Role: PI

The gene polymorphisms among Chinese dyslexic children modulate a molecular network involved in neuronal migration, National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (NSFC 81273092) Role: PI

The correlation between substances changes of language-implicated acupoints and brain activation among Chinese children with dyslexia, National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (NSFC 30600501) Role: PI

Behavioral Drug and HIV Risk Reduction Counseling with MMT in China, NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse, USA) R01 DA026797 Role: collaborator

Select Publications

Books, patents

1.  Song Ranran, "Field Epidemiology" (stress disorder), People's Medical Publishing House, 2017

2.   Song Ranran, "Chinese Medical Encyclopedia, Child and adolescent health" (school toilet hygiene requirements), China Union Medical University Press, 2017

3.  Song Ranran, "Coping and Stress" (the physiological and psychological basis of stress) (Postgraduate course materials of Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Science Press, 2013

4.   Song Ranran, “Modern Child and adolescent health” (the performance of children's learning difficulties), People's Medical Publishing House, 2010

Journal Article

* Corresponding author

1.         Huaiting Gu, Fang Hou, Lingfei Liu, Xiu Luo, Pauline Denis Nkomola, Xinyan Xie, Xin Li, Ranran Song*, Genetic variants in the CNTNAP2 gene are associated with gender differences among dyslexic children in China，EBioMedicine，2018, (34): 165-170

2.        Jia Wang, Jianhua Gong, Li Li, Yanlin Chen, Lingfei Liu, HuaiTing Gu, Xiu Luo, Fang Hou, Jiajia Zhang and Ranran Song*, Neurexin gene family variants as risk factors for autism spectrum disorder, Autism Research, 2018, 11(1):37-43

3.        Xiu Luo, Lingfei Liu, Huaiting Gu, Fang Hou, Xinyan Xie, Xin Li, Heng Meng, Jiajia Zhang, Shunqing Xu, Ranran Song*. Socioeconomic Status and Risk of Small-for-Gestational Age (SGA) Infants among Chinese Primiparas, BMJ open, 2018, 8: e020694

4.        Fang Hou, Li Li, Jianhua Gong, Yanlin Chen, Jia Wang, Lingfei Liu, Xiu Luo, HuaiTing Gu, Jiajia Zhang, and Ranran Song*, Association analysis of two synapse-related gene mutations with autism spectrum disorder in a Chinese population, Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2018, 53:67-72

5.        Fang Hou, Ling Qi, Lingfei Liu, Xiu Luo, HuaiTing Gu, Xinyan Xie, Xin Li, Jiajia Zhang, and Ranran Song*, Validity and Reliability of the Dyslexia Checklist for Chinese Children, Frontiers in Psychology, 2018, 9(1915)

6.        Shanshan Shao, Rui Kong, Li Zou, Rong Zhong, Jiao Lou, Jie Zhou, Shengnan Guo, Jia Wang, Xiaohui Zhang, Jiajia Zhang, and Ranran Song*, The Roles of Genes in the Neuronal Migration and Neurite Outgrowth Network in Developmental Dyslexia: Single- and Multiple Risk-Genetic Variants, Mol Neurobiol, 2016, 53(6):3967-3975

7.        Lingfei Liu, Jia Wang, Shanshan Shao, Xiu Luo, Rui Kong, Xiaohui Zhang, Ranran Song*, Descriptive Epidemiology of Prenatal and Perinatal Risk Factors in a Chinese Population with Reading Disorder; Sci Rep, 6, 36697, 2016 Nov 7

8.       Rui Kong, Shanshan Shao, Jia Wang, Xiaohui Zhang, Shengna Guon, Li Zou, Rong Zhong, Jiao Lou, Jie Zhou, Jiajia Zhang, and Ranan Song*, Genetic variant in DIP2A gene is associated with developmental dyslexia in Chinese population, Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet, 2016, 171(2): 203-208

9.        Zhen He, Shanshan Shao, Jie Zhou, Juntao Ke, Rui Kong, Shengnan Guo, Jiajia Zhang, and Ranran Song*. Does long time spending on the electronic devices affect the reading abilities? A cross-sectional study among Chinese school-aged children. Res Dev Disabil, 2014, 35(12): 3645-3654

10.     Shanshan Shao, Sanqing Xu, Jun Yang, Ti Zhang, Zhen He, Zhao Sun, and Ranran Song*, A commonly carried genetic variant, rs9616915, in SHANK3 gene is associated with a reduced risk of autism spectrum disorder: replication in a Chinese population. Mol Biol Rep, 2014, 41(3), 1591-1595