Researcher Background
Primary Academic Title
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Oncology, WashU Medicine
Training
- 1999 - 2002: Postdoctoral research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
- 2002 - 2004: Postdoctoral Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Education
- 1999: PhD, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, P.R. China
Research & Selected Publications
Research Interest
1) Establishment and characterization of patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models, 2) PDX-based preclinical testing of new anticancer drugs and treatments, 3) Application of PDX models to cancer translation research, including tumorigenesis, resistance, metastasis, and biomarker, 4) HAMLET core service
Research Publications