Director of MBC
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Contact
Massachusetts General Hospital
149 13th Street, 4.013
Charlestown, MA 02129
Dr. Kun Hu is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. With a doctoral background in statistical physics, Dr. Hu specializes in nonlinear dynamic analysis and fractal physiology, bringing an innovative interdisciplinary approach to medical research.
Dr. Hu’s early research contributions include work in sleep circadian physiology and aging research. Between 2009 and 2011, he expanded his scope to include animal model studies involving neural lesions, gene knockouts, and systems biology.
Leveraging his extensive interdisciplinary training, Dr. Hu has been a pioneer in applying statistical physics and nonlinear dynamics to medical research for over 16 years. He founded the Medical Biodynamics Program (MBP) within the Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School to advance translational research in sleep medicine. His work, continuously funded by the NIH (K99 HL102241, R00 HL102241, R01 AG048108, RF1 AG059867, RF1 AG064312), focuses on the physiological impacts of Alzheimer’s disease and the development of cost-efficient, non-invasive biomarkers to predict and monitor its progression.
Dr. Hu’s innovative research program continues to lead the way in integrating physics-based methodologies with clinical medicine, addressing critical challenges in sleep medicine, aging, and dementia.