Professional Experience

2008 - present, Assistant Professor, Department of Cancer Biology, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA

2003 - 2008, Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Department of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

2002 - 2003, Postdoctoral Fellow, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD

1999 - 2002, Ph.D. Candidate, Joint Program, School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

1997 - 1999, Ph.D. Candidate, Joint Program, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nankai University, Tianjin, China

1996 - 1997, Undergraduate Student and Research Associate, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nankai University, Tianjin, China

Education and Training

2006 - 2008, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, Research Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology

2003 - 2006, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, Postdoctoral, Cancer Biology

2002 - 2003, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, Postdoctoral, Viral Oncology

1999 - 2002, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, Ph.D. (joint), Molecular Virology

1997 - 1999, Nankai University, Tianjin, China, Ph.D., Molecular Virology

1993 - 1997, Nankai University, Tianjin, China, B.S., Molecular Biology


This is an abbreviated document. Full CV available upon request. Information on this page may be self-reported and is subject to change at any time. Last updated: 08/12

Honors and Awards

2007, NIH Pathway to Independence (PI) Award (K99/R00)

2006, AACR-AFLAC Travel Grant, Incorporated Scholar-in-Training Award

2006, VICC Retreat, Most Outstanding Poster - in recognition of Excellence in Cancer Research and an Outstanding Poster Presentation


Professional Memberships

2007 - present, Active member of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and AACR-Women in Cancer Research (WICR)

2005 - 2007, Associate member of AACR and WICR