Dr. Ya-Qun Zhou, Male, Associate Professor, Associate Chief Physician and Master’s Supervisor at the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST). He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Medicine from Nanchang University Medical College (2009–2014) and completed his doctoral training at Tongji Hospital, HUST (2014–2019). His clinical and academic career began as an Attending Physician (2019–2025), and he was promoted to his current associate academic and clinical rank in February 2025 till present. His core research focus is chronic pain, with an H-index of 34. He holds multiple senior editorial roles: Editor-in-Chief of Current Neurovascular Research, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Molecular Biology Reports, and Section Editor of Current Neuropharmacology. His landmark publications cover high-impact journals including Trends Pharmacol Sci (IF=24.0), Redox Biol (IF=16.2), Pharmacology & Therapeutics (IF=13.5), Anesthesiology and Pharmacological Research. His representative works systematically reveal therapeutic targets for pathological pain, such as Nrf2/antioxidant pathways, Wnt signaling, mitochondrial homeostasis, neuroinflammation, glial regulation, and cytokine mediators (IL-6, IL-17) across cancer bone pain, chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain and osteoarthritis pain.