
Eric J. Huang, MD, PhD
Edward Mallinckrodt Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology & Immunology
Contact
- Email: erichuang@wustl.edu
Titles
Pathologist-in-Chief, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Education
MD, National Taiwan University (1979-1986)
PhD, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences & Sloan-Kettering Institute (1993)
PhD, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences & Sloan-Kettering Institute (1993)
Fellowship (Neuropathology), Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco (1995-1997)
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Howard Hughes Medical Institute & University of California San Francisco (1997-2000)
Boards
American Board of Pathology (Anatomic Pathology), 1997
American Board of Pathology (Neuropathology), 1997
Recognition
Frank Lappin Horsfall, Jr. Fellowship (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center), 1990-1991
Vincent du Vigneaud Award of Excellence (Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences), 1991
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for Physicians (Howard Hughes Medical Institute), 1997-2000
Weil Award (AANP Annual Meetings), 1998
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), 2000-2005
Independent Scientist Award (NINDS/NIH), 2002-2007
Mid-career Investigator Award in Mouse Pathobiology (NCRR/NIH), 2009-2015
Chair, GRC on Molecular & Cellular Neurobiology, 2014
The DeArmond Lecture (AANP Annual Meeting), 2016
The Stowell Lecture, Dept of Pathology, UC Davis, 2017
Keynote Speaker, 27th International Complement Workshop, 2018
Mentoring Award, UCSF BMS Graduate Program, 2019
Organizer, Keystone Symposium on Neurodegenerative Diseases, 2021
Award of Distinction, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 2021
Academician, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, 2024
Affiliations
Division of Biology & Biomedical Sciences
Research Interests
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of neural development and neurodegeneration
Selected Publications
Microglia regulate GABAergic neurogenesis in prenatal human brain through IGF1
Publication
Neuropsychiatric symptoms cluster and fluctuate over time in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia
Publication
Comorbid neuropathology and atypical presentation of Alzheimer's disease
Publication
Protracted neuronal recruitment in the temporal lobes of young children
Publication
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