Dong Chen

Dong Chen (Chinese: 董晨; born 1968) is a Chinese immunologist and the current dean of School of Medicine, Tsinghua University.[1][2]

Dong Chen
Born1968 (age 52–53)
Wuhan, Hubei
NationalityChinese
Alma materWuhan University
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Yale University
Scientific career
FieldsImmunology
InstitutionsSchool of Medicine, Tsinghua University
Chinese name
Chinese董晨
In this Chinese name, the family name is Dong.

He is a member of the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party.[3]

Education

Dong was born in 1968 in Wuhan, Hubei. He secondary studied at Wuhan No. 12 High School. In 1985 he entered Wuhan University, where he graduated in 1989. In 1990 he pursued advanced studies in the United States, first earning his doctor's degree in cell and molecular biology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1996 and then did post-doctoral research at Yale School of Medicine from 1997 to 2000.

Career in the United States

In 2000 he became an assistant professor at the University of Washington, serving until 2004. He joined the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in 2004, becoming tenured professor and dean and director of Inflammation and Tumor Center in 2008.[4]

Career in China

He returned to China in 2013 and that same year became professor at Tsinghua University.[4] 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

References
  1. Liu, Xindong; Wang, Yun; Lu, Huiping; Li, Jing; Yan, Xiaowei; Xiao, Minglu; Hao, Jing; Alekseev, Andrei; Khong, Hiep; Chen, Tenghui; Huang, Rui; Wu, Jin; Zhao, Qiwen; Wu, Qi; Xu, Senlin; Wang, Xiaohu; Jin, Wei; Yu, Shicang; Wang, Yan; Wei, Lai; Wang, Aibo; Zhong, Bo; Ni, Ling; Liu, Xiaolong; Nurieva, Roza; Ye, Lilin; Tian, Qiang; Bian, Xiu-Wu; Dong, Chen (March 2019). "Genome-wide analysis identifies NR4A1 as a key mediator of T cell dysfunction". Nature. 567 (7749): 525–529. Bibcode:2019Natur.567..525L. doi:10.1038/s41586-019-0979-8. PMC 6507425. PMID 30814730.
  2. Lee, Young-hee; Martin-Orozco, Natalia; Zheng, Peilin; Li, Jing; Zhang, Peng; Tan, Haidong; Park, Hyun Jung; Jeong, Mira; Chang, Seon Hee; Kim, Byung-Seok; Xiong, Wei; Zang, Wenjuan; Guo, Li; Liu, Yang; Dong, Zhong-jun; Overwijk, Willem W.; Hwu, Patrick; Yi, Qing; Kwak, Larry; Yang, Zhiying; Mak, Tak W.; Li, Wei; Radvanyi, Laszlo G.; Ni, Ling; Liu, Dongfang; Dong, Chen (August 2017). "Inhibition of the B7-H3 immune checkpoint limits tumor growth by enhancing cytotoxic lymphocyte function". Cell Research. 27 (8): 1034–1045. doi:10.1038/cr.2017.90. PMID 28685773.
  3. Zhong Yuhao (钟煜豪) (22 November 2019). 5位农工党党员新当选为两院院士. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  4. 专访清华大学董晨教授：坚守免疫学27年，我依然热情澎湃. biodiscover.com (in Chinese). 7 August 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
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