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EDUCATION:

1986    BS.   Pharmacology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China. ​

1986    Postgraduate Pharmacy Internship; Nanjing General Hospital, Nanjing, P.R. China

1989    MS.      Biochemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.

1998    Ph.D.   Molecular Biology and Pharmaceutical Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING:

1998-1999      Postdoctoral Fellow; Division of Pharmaceutical Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA

2000-2004       Department of Internal Medicine/GI Division, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA   

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​APPOINTMENTS:

University Appointments (indicate tenure status)
2007-2013    Assistant professor (tenure-eligible), Department of Immunology and Microbiology, with a joint appointment in the Department of Internal Medicine/GI Division, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA. 
 2013-2016       Associate Professor (Tenured), Department of Immunology and Microbiology, with a joint appointment in the Department of Internal Medicine/GI Division, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.  
 2016-         Professor (Tenured), Department of Immunology and Microbiology, with a joint appointment in the Department of Internal Medicine/GI Division, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.

VA Appointments (indicate grade and step):
2012-2013    Research Chemist (GS-13), Research Service, McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia.

2014-2018    Research Chemist (GS-14), Research Service, McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia.

2018-    Research Chemist (GS-15), Research Service, McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia.

 2018-    Research Career Scientist
 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES:
    2019-present    Fellow, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD)
    2019-Present    President-elect, Chinese American Liver Society (CALS)    
    2018-Present    Fellow, American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)
    2017-Present    Member and executive committee, Chinese American Liver Society (CALS)    
    2016-Present    Member, American Physiology Society (APS)
    2016-Present    Member, Chinese Pharmacology Society    
    2015-Present    Member, American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP)
    2015-Present    Member, European Network for the Study of Cholangiocarcinoma (ENS-CCA).
    2008-Present    Member, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD)
    2005-Present    Member, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (APET)
    2002-Present    Member, American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)
    1999-Present    Member, American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)
    1986-1993     Member, Chinese Society of Biochemistry
    

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AND HONORS
  2001-2004        Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA)
  2005-2006        A.D.Williams Research Award
  2008-2009        Research award from Jeffress Memorial Trust Foundation
  2011-2013        VCU Presidential Research Incentive Research Award
  2012-2013        A.D.Williams Research Award
  2018        Fellow, American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)
  2018        WISDM (Woman in Science and Medicine) Professional Achievement Award, MCV/VCU
  2018        VA Research Career Scientist
  2018        Falks Symposium Oral Abstract Award
   2018       Presidential Plenary Presentation, Liver Meeting 2018
   2019       AASLD Fellow
   2020        The 2020 Takeda Distinguished Research Award, American Physiology Society, GI/Liver section.