• 1978—Nanjing Medical University, China, MD
• 1982—Nanjing Medical University, China, MS
• 1994—University of New Brunswick, Canada, PhD

Postgraduate Training

• 1987-89—Research Fellow, Department of Molecular Immunology. Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo
• 1994-96—Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Urology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston

Academic Positions

• 1983-86—Lecturer, Biochemistry, Nanjing Medical University, China
• 1996-2000—Instructor, Surgery, Division of Urology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston
• 2000-02—Associate Research Scientist, University of Iowa Department of Urology
• 2002-04—Faculty Associate, University of Iowa Department of Urology
• 2004—Assistant Professor, University of Iowa Department of Urology

Affiliations

• 1998—American Association for Cancer Research
• 2000—American Association for The Advancement of Science
• 2003—Society for Basic Urologic Research
• 2004—University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center

Honors

• 1989-93—Graduate Fellowship Award, University of New Brunswick, Canada
• 1996-98—American Foundation for Urologic Disease PhD Research Scholar
• 2001-03—Pharmacia 2001 Ellence Research Fund
• 2001-02—American Cancer Society Seed Grant
• 2003—American Urological Association Traveling Fellowship Award

Research Interests

• Bladder cancer immunotherapy
• Bladder immunogenic/autoimmune disorders
• Peptide-based targeting therapy
• Recombinant BCG development
• Urothelium-specific transgenic modeling