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Education
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California at Berkeley (1990-1993)
Ph.D. Yale University (1990)
B.S. Fudan University (1982)

Positions & Affiliations
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine
Special Advisor to the President of Yale University, Richard Levin, on science and education in China
Adjunct Professor and Director, Institute of Developmental Biology and Molecular Medicine, Fudan University
Special Advisor to the President of Fudan University

Other Affiliations
Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, The Rothberg Institute for Childhood Diseases
President, Chinese Biological Investigators Society (2002-2005)
Editorial Board, Molecular Cancer Research, American Association of Cancer Research
Editorial Board, Acta Genetica Sinica and Hereditas - Beijing
Editorial Board, The International Journal of Biological Sciences
Editorial Board, Cell Research
Funding Editor, Disease Models and Mechanisms

Teaching Activities
Gen/MCDB/MBB 425/625a - Basic Concepts of Genetic Analysis (In charge)
Cell Bio 601a - Molecular and Cellular Basis of Disease
Path 650b - Molecular Biology of Cancer
Pharm 518b - Current Topics in Cancer and Viral Therapy
Developmental Genetics, Fudan University

Honors
1984–1990      Yale University Fellowship
1990–1993      Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellowship
1995-1999       Pew Scholars Award
1998                 Advisor, the best M.D./Ph.D. Thesis, Yale Medical School
2001                 Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance Rothberg Courage Award
2003, 2005      Presidential award, Fudan University
2005                 National University Innovation Award, China
2006                 Advisor, National Youth Invention Award, China