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Dong Chen ( zh, c=董晨, p=Dǒng Chén; born July 1967) is a Chinese immunologist and the current dean of School of Medicine,
Tsinghua University Tsinghua University (THU) is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Constructio ...
. He is a member of the
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.


Education

Dong was born in
Wuhan Wuhan; is the capital of Hubei, China. With a population of over eleven million, it is the most populous city in Hubei and the List of cities in China by population, eighth-most-populous city in China. It is also one of the nine National cent ...
,
Hubei Hubei is a province of China, province in Central China. It has the List of Chinese provincial-level divisions by GDP, seventh-largest economy among Chinese provinces, the second-largest within Central China, and the third-largest among inland ...
province in 1967. He studied at Wuhan No. 12 High School. In 1985, he entered
Wuhan University Wuhan University (WHU; 武汉大学) is a key comprehensive public university in Wuhan, Hubei, China. It is directly affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Ministry of Education of China. The un ...
, where he graduated in 1989. In 1990, he pursued advanced studies in the
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, first earning his doctor's degree in cell and molecular biology from the
University of Alabama at Birmingham The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is a public research university in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Founded in 1969 and part of the University of Alabama System, UAB has grown to be the state's largest employer, with more than ...
in 1996 and then did post-doctoral research at
Yale School of Medicine The Yale School of Medicine is the medical school of Yale University, a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. It was founded in 1810 as the Medical Institution of Yale College and formally opened in 1813. It is the sixth-oldest m ...
from 1997 to 2000.


Career in the United States

In 2000, he became an assistant professor at the
University of Washington The University of Washington (UW and informally U-Dub or U Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States. Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast of the Uni ...
, serving until 2004. He joined the
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (colloquially MD Anderson Cancer Center) is a comprehensive cancer center and autonomous university of the University of Texas System in Houston, Texas. It is the largest cancer center in the w ...
in 2004, becoming tenured professor and dean and director of Inflammation and Tumor Center in 2008.


Career in China

He returned to China in 2013 and that same year became professor at
Tsinghua University Tsinghua University (THU) is a public university in Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Constructio ...
. In 2013, he became the vice-dean of its School of Medicine, rising to dean three years later. He is also director of the Institute of Immunology, Tsinghua University.


Honours and awards

* November 22, 2019 Member of the
Chinese Academy of Sciences The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS; ) is the national academy for natural sciences and the highest consultancy for science and technology of the People's Republic of China. It is the world's largest research organization, with 106 research i ...
(CAS)


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dong, Chen 1968 births Living people Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Wuhan University alumni University of Alabama at Birmingham alumni Yale School of Medicine alumni Chinese immunologists