Preface to the Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research, second issue 2012

Dr. Duan has served on numerous boards and expert committees, including the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Center for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel (NHLBI Systems Biology), American Institute of Biological Sciences NYSTEM Cardiology Panel, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council of UK, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Peer Review and Research Committees in American Heart Association, Life Science Committee at the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Expert Committee for the Ministry of Education of China, The Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, Executive Committee and Chairman of Award Committee in Division of Cardiovascular Pharmacology of American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. Dr. Beshai served as the national principal investigator and Steering Committee Chairman for the Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure and Narrow QRS complexes (RETHINQ) trial, and was senior author of its publication in the New England Journal of Medicine.