姚泰
姚 泰 (Tai YAO)
复旦大学上海医学院生理学和病理生理学系教授
复旦大学校务委员会委员
国务院学位委员会学科评议组成员
上海市学位委员会委员
中国生理学会理事会理事长
《生理学报》主编
姚泰，男，汉族，1938年1月31日生于浙江省，现任复旦大学上海医学院生理学和病理生理学系教授、复旦大学校务委员会委员。在校外担任国务院学位委员会学科评议组成员，上海市学位委员会委员，中国生理学会理事会理事长，《生理学报》主编。姚泰于1954年进入上海第一医学院医疗系学习，1959年毕业，考取同校生理学研究生，从事自主神经生理研究，于1962年毕业。毕业后留校任教。1975至1977年参加上海市赴西藏医疗队工作，从事高原人体生理调查研究。1979至1981年在瑞典哥德堡大学生理学系福尔柯夫实验室做访问学者，从事循环生理研究。回国后历任教研室副主任、主任、基础医学部副主任、主任。1986年晋升生理学教授，并被批准为博士生导师。1988年10月被任命为上海医科大学副校长，兼研究生院院长。1994年1月任上海医科大学校长，至2000年4月上海医科大学与复旦大学合并时离任。
多年来，姚泰从事生理学教学和科研工作。他参加了全国高等医学院校规划教材《生理学》第二、三、四版的编写工作，并担任第五版（2000年出版）、第六版（在编写中）的主编和七年制临床医学专业规划教材《生理学》的主编（2001年出版）。他还参加了徐丰彦、张镜如主编的大型参考书《人体生理学》第二版（1989年出版）的编写工作，并担任了第三版（2001年出版）的主编。在科学研究方面，他的主要研究领域是自主神经系统对心血管和肾脏活动的调节和针刺对生理功能的调节机制。他的科研成果曾获得国家教委科技进步奖一等奖一项（1986年）、二等奖一项（1995年）；卫生部医药卫生科技进步奖二等奖二项（1989、1993年）；光华科技基金奖一等奖一项（1995年）；中国高校科学技术奖二等奖一项（2000年）。
姚泰在任上海医科大学生理学教研室主任期间，该教研室曾获"上海市模范集体"（1985年）和"全国教育系统先进集体"（1986年）称号，他本人被评为"上海市劳动模范"（1987年），并获得"全国五一劳动奖章"。1997年10月，瑞典哥德堡大学授予姚泰荣誉博士学位。
Tai YAO, male, Han nationality, was born on January 31, 1938, in Zhejiang Province, China. Dr. Yao is Professor of Physiology at the Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Fudan University Shanghai Medical College. He is also a member of the Committee for University Affairs (Fudan University), member of the Discipline Accreditation Group of the State Council Academic Degree Commission, member of the Academic Degree Commission of the Shanghai Municipality, President of the Chinese Association for Physiological Sciences, and Editor-in-Chief of Acta Physiologica Sinica.
Tai Yao studied medicine at Shanghai First Medical College and graduated in 1959. He continued his postgraduate training at the Department of Physiology of the same Medical College and completed his thesis defence in 1962. He was then assigned to work at the Department of Physiology, Shanghai First Medical College. From 1975 to 1977, he was the Deputy Head of the Shanghai Medical Team working at Tibet, making investigation of physiological conditions in native Tibetans and lowland sojourners. From 1979 through 1981, he worked as a visiting scholar in the Department of Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, majoring in circulation physiology. On returning China in 1981, Dr. Yao was appointed Deputy-Chair and promoted Associate Professorship (1982), and was then Chairman (1984) and Professor (1986) of the Department of Physiology, Deputy Dean (1984-1987) and Dean (1988) of the School of Basic Medical Sciences, Dean of the School of Graduate Studies (1988-1997), Vice President (1988-1993) and President (1994-2000) of Shanghai Medical University. Since the merger of the Shanghai Medical University and Fudan University in April 2000, he resumed working at the Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology of Fudan University.
For years, Dr. Yao has been engaged in teaching and research. He was a contributor of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th editions and the Editor of the 5th and 6th editions of the textbook "Physiology" endorsed by the Ministry of Health. He participated in the compilation of the 2nd edition and was the Editor of the 3rd edition of "Human Physiology" (published in 2001 by the People's Health Publishing House). Dr. Yao's research interest is the physiology of autonomic nervous system, the neural and humoral regulation of cardiovascular and renal activities, and the mechanism of acupuncture therapy. With his research achievements, Dr. Yao was awarded several times the Science and Technology Progress Prize sponsored by the State Education Commission (Grade A Award in 1986, Grade B Award in 1995) and by the Ministry of Health (Grade B Award in 1989 and 1993), Grade A Award of Guang-Hua Science and Technology Prize (1995), and Chinese Universities' Science and Technology Prize (Grade B Award in 2000).
When Dr. Yao chaired the Department of Physiology, he led the faculty to strive for the improvement of teaching and research and the Department of Physiology was awarded the titles of Model Unit of Shanghai (1985) and National Advanced Unit in Education (1986), he himself was awarded the title of Model Worker by the Shanghai Municipal Government (1987) and May Day Medal by the All-China Federation of Trade Unions. In October 1997, Professor Tai Yao was conferred Honorary Doctorate by the University of Gothenburg at Gothenburg, Sweden.
