医学博士，中心实验室副主任，研究生导师。1992年北京医科大学第一医院内科消化专业博士毕业到河南省人民医院工作，历任消化内科主治、副主任医师。1998年赴美国从事消化系统疾病相关的科研工作，主要进行胃幽门螺杆菌感染的致病、致癌机制、干细胞和表观遗传学等方面的研究。曾在美国德州大学、弗吉尼亚大学及日本北海道大学等国际著名大学留学、任教。发表多篇系列学术论文，并在国内、外该专业领域取得了相应的学术声誉。现为6家国际专业期刊编委，并以同行专家身份为30余家国际期刊审核论文稿件。学术研究方向为：(1) 幽门螺旋杆菌感染诱发胃癌的分子机制及防治；（2）消化道恶性肿瘤血清学标志物的筛选和临床应用。2013年5月由河南省人民医院/郑州大学人民医院以海外学者引进回国工作。从事消化系统疾病的临床医疗、科研和教学工作二十余年。擅长消化系统常见病和疑难病的诊断及治疗。
Dr. Song-Ze Ding is a Professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and Deputy Director for the Center of Translational Medicine at People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, or Henan Provincial People's Hospital, in Zhengzhou, Henan, China. He received his MD/Ph.D. from Beijing Medical University in 1992, and firstly served as clinical physician in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and later pursued postdoctoral work at University of Texas and University of Virginia in Helicobacter pylori infection related gastric disease research.  Dr. Ding also served as an Associate Professor in the Institute for Genetic Medicine at Hokkaido University, in Sapporo, Japan.  His research is focused on inflammation, stem cell, epigenetics and epithelial cancer. The primary model is Helicobacter pylori infection related human gastric diseases. He is currently editorial board member for six international journals, also serves as expert reviewer for more than 30 reputed international journals, and has more than 30 publications in peer-reviewed international journals.  Research Interests: (1)．H. pylori infection, oncogenic transformation, stem cell and epithelial cancer; (2)．Identification and screening of serum biomarkers for gastrointestinal cancers.