Edward Mallinckrodt Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology & Immunology

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


Assistant

Administrative Professional