Research Area: Mechanisms associated with immunological features of tumor microenvironment; Mechanisms underlying cellular senescence and aging

Location: United States

Dr. Wang received his bachelor’s degree from Wuhan University and passed the exam for the CUSBEA Program to go to the US in 1982. He received graduate training at University of California, Los Angeles with Ph.D. in 1986 and then spent five years at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a postdoctoral fellow. In 1992 he became an Assistant Professor at Duke University Medical Center. He is currently the Donald and Elizabeth Cooke Professor of Experimental Oncology and Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology at Duke University School of Medicine.

Dr. Wang focuses his research primarily on elucidating the molecular mechanisms associated with tumor initiation and tumor microenvironment. He has contributed to several important aspects of cancer research including cancer cell signaling pathways, DNA damage responses, functions of miRNAs in tumor development and metastasis, and cellular senescence program in normal and neoplastic tissues.

Dr. Wang is a foreign member of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He was elected a Fellow of the AAAS in 2009, received the Ray Wu Award in 2013, International Scientific Cooperation Award from CAS in 2014, Honorary Professor of Tsinghua University in 2019, Tan Jia Zhen International Collaboration Award in 2021, elected as an International Fellow of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences in 2022. He has served on the scientific advisory committees of many private foundations and academic institutions.

Webpage: https://www.xfwanglab.com/