主要从事儿童神经发育障碍类疾病的相关研究，包括儿童学习困难、阅读障碍、孤独症谱系疾病等；在儿童汉语阅读障碍领域取得了一系列研究成果：开展学龄期儿童汉语阅读障碍流行病学调查；建立了国内大规模汉语阅读障碍儿童样本库；从家庭阅读环境和遗传因素两方面共同研究汉语阅读障碍的发生机制，并将研究成果应用于指导制定该类患儿的干预方案中。先后以通讯作者在Mol Neurobiol等国际权威期刊发表SCI及SSCI收录论文十余篇。近年来主持了多项国家自然科学基金、湖北省卫计委基金等科研项目。主要从事《儿少卫生学》和《医学心理学》的教学工作。曾获华中科技大学青年教师讲课比赛一等奖。担任湖北省儿少卫生专业委员会秘书，中华预防医学会儿童保健分会心理行为学组成员。

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近年部分发表著作（^*为通讯作者）：

1. Jia Wang, Jianhua Gong, Li Li, Yanlin Chen, Lingfei Liu, HuaiTing Gu, Xiu Luo, Fang Hou, Jiajia Zhang and Ranran Song^*, Neurexin gene family variants as risk factors for autism spectrum disorder, Autism Research, 2018, 11(1):37-43

2. Shanshan Shao, Rui Kong, Li Zou, Rong Zhong, Jiao Lou, Jie Zhou, Shengnan Guo, Jia Wang, Xiaohui Zhang, Jiajia Zhang, and Ranran Song^*, The Roles of Genes in the Neuronal Migration and Neurite Outgrowth Network in Developmental Dyslexia: Single- and Multiple Risk-Genetic Variants, Mol Neurobiol, 2016, 53(6):3967-3975

3. Rui Kong, Shanshan Shao, Jia Wang, Xiaohui Zhang, Shengna Guon, Li Zou, Rong Zhong, Jiao Lou, Jie Zhou, Jiajia Zhang, and Ranan Song^*, Genetic variant in DIP2A gene is associated with developmental dyslexia in Chinese population, Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet, 2016, 171(2): 203-208

4. Lingfei Liu, Jia Wang, Shanshan Shao, Xiu Luo, Rui Kong, Xiaohui Zhang, Ranran Song*, Descriptive Epidemiology of Prenatal and Perinatal Risk Factors in a Chinese Population with Reading Disorder; Sci Rep, 6, 36697; doi: 10.1038/srep36697, 2016 Nov 7

5. Zhen He, Shanshan Shao, Jie Zhou, Juntao Ke, Rui Kong, Shengnan Guo, Jiajia Zhang, and Ranran Song^*. Does long time spending on the electronic devices affect the reading abilities? A cross-sectional study among Chinese school-aged children. Res Dev Disabil, 2014, 35(12): 3645-3654

6. Shanshan Shao, Sanqing Xu, Jun Yang, Ti Zhang, Zhen He, Zhao Sun, and Ranran Song^*, A commonly carried genetic variant, rs9616915, in SHANK3 gene is associated with a reduced risk of autism spectrum disorder: replication in a Chinese population. Mol Biol Rep, 2014, 41(3), 1591-1595

7. Ranran Song*, Jiajia Zhang, Bo Wang, Hui Zhang, and Hanrong Wu, A near-infrared brain function study of Chinese dyslexic children, Neurocase, 2013,19(4),382-389

8. Li Zou, Wei Chen, Shanshan Shao, Zhao Sun, Rong Zhong, Junxin Shi, Xiaoping Miao, and Ranran Song*, Genetic variant in KIAA0319, but not in DYX1C1, is associated with risk of dyslexia: an integrated meta-analysis, Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet, 2012, 159B(8), 970-976

国际会议发言

1 Ranran Song. Is Home Literacy Environment associated with dyslexia? A Large scale of Descriptive Epidemiology Study in China. Oral presentation, The Reading, Literacy and Learning Conference, 2017, 11, Atlanta, USA

2 Ranran Song, Wang Zhou, R. Schottenfeld and M. Chawarski. Training MMT counselors in provision of behaviorally oriented drug counseling in China, Oral presentation, The College on Problems of Drug Dependence, 2012, 6, California, USA