Laboratory Medicine

The Department of Laboratory Medicine of Qilu Hospital of Shandong University was founded in 1908. In 1921, Professor Yu Fuxin, an expert in laboratory medicine, invented the “Yu’s ring test,” which became renowned in China and abroad. In 1996, it was approved to offer a master’s degree program in Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics, and in 2002, a doctoral degree program in Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics was approved. It is a medical laboratory accredited under ISO15189; one of the first-batch units designated for the construction project for the “National Key Clinical Specialty”; one of the first-batch national pilot units for “High-Throughput Gene Sequencing Technology for Tumor Diagnosis and Treatment”; one of the first-batch national standardized residency training bases; and one of the three question-setting bases for the “Medical and Health Professional Title Examination” of the Talent Exchange Center of the Ministry of Health. It is also the “Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medicine and Health,” a key development discipline of Shandong University under the 13th Five-Year Plan, and has been named one of “China’s Top Ten Outstanding Laboratory Departments.”

At present, the Qilu Hospital Clinical Laboratory Medicine Center is a comprehensive discipline integrating medical and healthcare services, health examinations, teaching, and research. It has subspecialties in basic clinical laboratory testing, clinical biochemical testing, clinical immunological testing, clinical microbiological testing, and cellular and molecular biology testing, as well as the Molecular Diagnostics Center of Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, the Sample Collection Center, the Specimen Processing Center, and other units. It has 130 professional and technical staff, including 31 people with doctoral degrees, 7 postdoctoral researchers, and 14 people with overseas training experience. The discipline adheres to the principle of “accuracy and timeliness, scientific management, and innovative development,” and has consistently maintained a first-class position in China in clinical work, teaching and research, modern management, and other areas.

In recent years, it has undertaken 22 projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and more than 60 provincial- and ministerial-level projects, including key projects of the Shandong Natural Science Foundation. It has received 1 First Prize for Technological Invention from the Ministry of Education, 1 First Prize for Science and Technology Progress of Shandong Province, 7 Second Prizes and 5 Third Prizes for provincial- and ministerial-level science and technology progress. It has been granted more than 20 national invention patents; served as chief editor or participated in compiling more than 10 nationally planned textbooks for the 11th, 12th, and 13th Five-Year Plans, as well as more than 20 other books; and published more than 300 academic papers in major academic journals in China and abroad, including more than 200 included in SCI.