Prof. Du’s group has done a lot of valuable work in the field of Cardio-Cerebral Vascular Pharmacology, especially in the novel neuroprotectants against stroke and aging-dementia. Over the last decade, she was in charge of more than 10 projects, including grants from National Natural Science Foundation and Sichuan province. Prof. Du maintains an active research group. She has successfully supervised more than 50 Ph.D. and master graduate students, and has contributed to chapters of 3 monographs and books. The published academic journal papers are more than 100 pieces, with over 40 of them in SCI journals. And the SCI papers published by Prof. Du as the first or corresponding author have been cited over 1000 times in the last 3 ten years. Five new drugs have been development with her major or lesser contribution. Nine Chinese patents have been applied, of which 4 were granted.

- Pathogenesis and potential therapeutic approaches of Stroke - Pathogenesis and potential therapeutic approaches of Alzheimers’ disease and vascular dementia