Xiufeng Huang

PhD Candidate (Faculty of Health, School of Biomedical Sciences, QUT)

Master of Medicine

Bio and research.

Xiufeng is a PhD candidate in the Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation studying the immunogenetics of acute anterior uveitis (AAU) and overlap with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). His research project investigates the genetic aetiology and immunopathogenic mechanisms of AAU through genome-wide association studies, transcriptomics and examination of cytokines levels.

Xiufeng obtained Master degree of Medicine in Wenzhou Medical University in 2017 where he studied the genetics of eye diseases. He began his PhD in Prof Matt Brown’s lab in 2018.