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Jinglu Ai, MD, PhD, is an associate professor in the Barrow Aneurysm and AVM Research Center.
Dr. Ai’s expertise includes translational research of neurological disorders, including traumatic brain injury and subarachnoid hemorrhage. He is a member of the Stroke Council of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association and the World Stroke Organization.
Dr. Ai earned both his master’s degree and medical degree from Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy in Harbin, China. He earned a PhD in pathology from the Academy of Chinese Medical Science in Beijing and a PhD in neuroscience from the Roskilde University Center in Denmark. He completed postdoctoral fellowships in neuroscience at Stony Brook University in New York and The Hospital for Sick Children affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada.
Dr. Ai’s current research interests include translational mechanistic studies on the formation and rupture of aneurysms.
- Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto, Program of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Neurology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Neuroscience, 2000-2001
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Stony Brook University, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Research Laboratory of Neuropsychopharmacology, Neuroscience, 1999-2000
- PhD, Roskilde University Center, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Neuroscience, 1999
- Visiting Research Scientist, University of Copenhagen, Sankt Hans Hospital, Department of Biochemistry and Psychopharmacology, Neuroscience, 1995-1999
- PhD, Academy of Chinese Medical Science, Department of Pathology, Central Research Laboratory, 1994
- MSc, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, School of Medicine, Medicine, 1991
- MD, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, School of Medicine, 1988
- Stroke Council, American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
- World Stroke Organization
- The Thomas J. Tinlin Chair of Research, The Brain Aneurysm Foundation, 2021
- The Shirley Dudek Demmer Chair of Research and the Taylor Richelson Chair of Research. The Brain Aneurysm Foundation, 2020
- Running Against Ruptures — Bob Wood Chair of Research and Donald Sutherland Chair of Research, The Brain Aneurysm Foundation, 2018
- Cami Clark Chair of Research and Debbie Feiger Chair of Research, The Brain Aneurysm Foundation, 2016
- Christopher C. Getch Chair of Research, The Brain Aneurysm Foundation, 2012
- North Shore University Hospital, Brain Aneurysm Center Chair of Research, The Brain Aneurysm Foundation, 2011
- He Shixi’s Prize for Best PhD Thesis, Academy of Chinese Medical Science, 1994
Gene expression profiling of brain endothelial cells after experimental subarachnoid haemorrhage
Date: 12/2021
Authors: Michael K. Tso, Paul Turgeon, Bert Bosche, Charles K. Lee, Tian Nie, Josephine D’Abbondanza, Jinglu Ai, J. Ai, Philip A. Marsden, R. Loch Macdonald
Role of perivascular and meningeal macrophages in outcome following experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage
Date: 01/2021
Authors: Hoyee Wan, Shakira Brathwaite, S. Brathwaite, Jinglu Ai, Kullervo Hynynen, R. Loch Macdonald
Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Promote the Development of Intracranial Aneurysm Rupture
Date: 01/2021
Authors: Masaaki Korai, James Purcell, Yoshinobu Kamio, Kazuha Mitsui, Hajime Furukawa, Kimihiko Yokosuka, Takeshi Miyamoto, Hitomi Sato, Hiroki Sato, Satoru Eguchi, Jinglu Ai, J. Ai, Michael T. Lawton, Tomoki Hashimoto
Roles of Phytoestrogen in the Pathophysiology of Intracranial Aneurysm
Date: 01/2021
Authors: Kimihiko Yokosuka, Caleb Rutledge, Yoshinobu Kamio, Atsushi Kuwabara, Hiroki Sato, Redi Rahmani, James Purcell, Satoru Eguchi, Jacob F. Baranoski, Tigran Margaryan, Artak Tovmasyan, Jinglu Ai, J. Ai, Michael T. Lawton, Tomoki Hashimoto
Mast Cell Promotes the Development of Intracranial Aneurysm Rupture
Date: 01/2020
Authors: Hajime Furukawa, Kosuke Wada, Yoshiteru Tada, Atsushi Kuwabara, Hiroki Sato, Jinglu Ai, Michael T. Lawton, Tomoki Hashimoto


Jinglu Ai, MD, PhD, is an associate professor in the Barrow Aneurysm and AVM Research Center.
Dr. Ai’s expertise includes translational research of neurological disorders, including traumatic brain injury and subarachnoid hemorrhage. He is a member of the Stroke Council of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association and the World Stroke Organization.
Dr. Ai earned both his master’s degree and medical degree from Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy in Harbin, China. He earned a PhD in pathology from the Academy of Chinese Medical Science in Beijing and a PhD in neuroscience from the Roskilde University Center in Denmark. He completed postdoctoral fellowships in neuroscience at Stony Brook University in New York and The Hospital for Sick Children affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada.
Dr. Ai’s current research interests include translational mechanistic studies on the formation and rupture of aneurysms.

- Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto, Program of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Neurology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Neuroscience, 2000-2001
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Stony Brook University, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Research Laboratory of Neuropsychopharmacology, Neuroscience, 1999-2000
- PhD, Roskilde University Center, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Neuroscience, 1999
- Visiting Research Scientist, University of Copenhagen, Sankt Hans Hospital, Department of Biochemistry and Psychopharmacology, Neuroscience, 1995-1999
- PhD, Academy of Chinese Medical Science, Department of Pathology, Central Research Laboratory, 1994
- MSc, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, School of Medicine, Medicine, 1991
- MD, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, School of Medicine, 1988
- Stroke Council, American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
- World Stroke Organization
- The Thomas J. Tinlin Chair of Research, The Brain Aneurysm Foundation, 2021
- The Shirley Dudek Demmer Chair of Research and the Taylor Richelson Chair of Research. The Brain Aneurysm Foundation, 2020
- Running Against Ruptures — Bob Wood Chair of Research and Donald Sutherland Chair of Research, The Brain Aneurysm Foundation, 2018
- Cami Clark Chair of Research and Debbie Feiger Chair of Research, The Brain Aneurysm Foundation, 2016
- Christopher C. Getch Chair of Research, The Brain Aneurysm Foundation, 2012
- North Shore University Hospital, Brain Aneurysm Center Chair of Research, The Brain Aneurysm Foundation, 2011
- He Shixi’s Prize for Best PhD Thesis, Academy of Chinese Medical Science, 1994
Gene expression profiling of brain endothelial cells after experimental subarachnoid haemorrhage
Date: 12/2021
Authors: Michael K. Tso, Paul Turgeon, Bert Bosche, Charles K. Lee, Tian Nie, Josephine D’Abbondanza, Jinglu Ai, J. Ai, Philip A. Marsden, R. Loch Macdonald
Role of perivascular and meningeal macrophages in outcome following experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage
Date: 01/2021
Authors: Hoyee Wan, Shakira Brathwaite, S. Brathwaite, Jinglu Ai, Kullervo Hynynen, R. Loch Macdonald
Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Promote the Development of Intracranial Aneurysm Rupture
Date: 01/2021
Authors: Masaaki Korai, James Purcell, Yoshinobu Kamio, Kazuha Mitsui, Hajime Furukawa, Kimihiko Yokosuka, Takeshi Miyamoto, Hitomi Sato, Hiroki Sato, Satoru Eguchi, Jinglu Ai, J. Ai, Michael T. Lawton, Tomoki Hashimoto
Roles of Phytoestrogen in the Pathophysiology of Intracranial Aneurysm
Date: 01/2021
Authors: Kimihiko Yokosuka, Caleb Rutledge, Yoshinobu Kamio, Atsushi Kuwabara, Hiroki Sato, Redi Rahmani, James Purcell, Satoru Eguchi, Jacob F. Baranoski, Tigran Margaryan, Artak Tovmasyan, Jinglu Ai, J. Ai, Michael T. Lawton, Tomoki Hashimoto
Mast Cell Promotes the Development of Intracranial Aneurysm Rupture
Date: 01/2020
Authors: Hajime Furukawa, Kosuke Wada, Yoshiteru Tada, Atsushi Kuwabara, Hiroki Sato, Jinglu Ai, Michael T. Lawton, Tomoki Hashimoto