Dr. med. Teng Tong

• Investigating the role of CRIP1 in hypertension and cardiovascular disease, with a focus on inflammatory signaling pathways.
• Developing and applying iPSC-derived cellular and tissue models to study hypertensive heart disease and atrial fibrillation.
• Exploring novel circulating biomarkers and therapeutic targets for hypertension and cardiovascular disease.
• Translating molecular insights into clinically relevant strategies in cardiovascular research.

2025–ongoing

Postdoctoral researcher, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

2018–2024

Doctor of Medicine and Postdoctoral researcher, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany, Thesis: “CRIP1 in inflammatory diseases: a novel link between immune response and cardiovascular diseases”

2015–2018

Junior physician in cardiology, Zhongda Hospital Affiliated to Southeast University, China

2010–2018

Bachelor and Master of Medicine, Southeast University, China, Thesis: “Research of related factors affecting clinical symptoms in patients with frequent premature ventricular contractions”

• German Center for Cardiovascular Research (Young DZHK)
• German Cardiac Society (Young DGK)
• European Society for Cardiology (ESC)

• DGK Research Grant, CRIP1 as a novel player in hypertension-related inflammatory signaling pathways through interaction with sorting nexins (2024-2025; 50,000€)

Schweigert O, Adler J, Längst N, Aïssi D, Duque Escobar J, Tong T, Müller C, Trégouët DA, Lukowski R, Zeller T. (2021) CRIP1 expression in monocytes related to hypertension. Clinical Science. Doi: 10.1042/CS20201372.