President, China Medical University (2019- present)
Education
B.S., National Taiwan University (1973)
M.S., National Taiwan University (1977)
Ph.D., Brandeis University, MA (1983)
Professional Experience
Postdoctoral Fellow, Whitehead Institute / MIT, Massachusetts (1984-1986)
Assistant Professor (1986-1991), Associate Professor (1991-1994), Professor (1994-2019), Director (1996-2019), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Specialties
Cellular and Molecular Biology, Oncology
Awards and Honors
John P. McGovern Outstanding Teacher Award U.T. H.S.C. -Houston (1989, 1992, 1998, 2018)
Faculty Achievement Award in Education (1993) and in Basic Research (1998, 2017), UTMDACC
Member, Pathology B Study Section (1996-2000) and Sub-committee C (2001-2005), NIH.
2003 Ruth Legett Jones Distinguished Chair
2002 Academician of the Academia Sinica, Taiwan
2006 Member, The University of Texas Academy of Health Science Education.
2007 Distinguished Teaching Professor, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
2010 Fellow, section of Biological Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Koman Scholar, Scientific Advisory Council, Susan G Komen, (2010-2016. )
Presidential Award, Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America, (2011)
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center LeMaistre Outstanding Achievement Award, (2011)
Member, Review and Selection Committee in the Biopharmaceutical Science Category, Tang Prize, (2013- present)
Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award, The University of Texas System (2017)
Lifetime Achievement Award, Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (2017)
President-elect, The University of Texas Academy of Health Science Education (2018-2019).