Binghui Shen
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Binghui Shen, is an American
radiobiologist. He is current Director of Radiation Biology, the Associate Chair
and Professor
of Cancer Biology at City of Hope National Medical Center
.
in Hangzhou
in 1983. From 1983 to 1986, Shen was an assistant
in the Department of Agricultural Sciences at Zhejiang Agricultural University (previous and current Zhejiang University). Shen obtained his PhD
from Kansas State University
. Shen did his postdoctoral research
first in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at the University of California, Irvine
, then in the Life Sciences Division of Los Alamos National Laboratory
, New Mexico
.
In 1996, Shen joined the Division of Cell & Tumor Biology at City of Hope National Medical Center. In 2000, h became associate professor in the Division of Molecular Medicine. In 2003, Shen was appointed the Director of the Division of Radiation Biology. He's also the Associated Chair and Professor in the Division of Cancer Biology, and a full member of Cancer Biology Program in the Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Shen was elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science
, the American Society of Radiation Research, and is member of the Radiation Study Section of the National Institutes of Health
. Shen was named the United States Department of Defense
’s 2002 Breast Cancer Research Program panel.
United States
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radiobiologist. He is current Director of Radiation Biology, the Associate Chair
Chair
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and Professor
Professor
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of Cancer Biology at City of Hope National Medical Center
City of Hope National Medical Center
City of Hope National Medical Center, is a private, not-for-profit clinical research center, hospital and graduate medical school located in Duarte, California, United States...
.
Biography
Shen was born in 1961, and graduated BSc from Department of Biology of Zhejiang UniversityZhejiang University
Zhejiang University , sometimes referred to as Zheda, is a national university in China. Founded in 1897, Zhejiang University is one of China's oldest institutions of higher education...
in Hangzhou
Hangzhou
Hangzhou , formerly transliterated as Hangchow, is the capital and largest city of Zhejiang Province in Eastern China. Governed as a sub-provincial city, and as of 2010, its entire administrative division or prefecture had a registered population of 8.7 million people...
in 1983. From 1983 to 1986, Shen was an assistant
Graduate assistant
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in the Department of Agricultural Sciences at Zhejiang Agricultural University (previous and current Zhejiang University). Shen obtained his PhD
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from Kansas State University
Kansas State University
Kansas State University, commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States...
. Shen did his postdoctoral research
Postdoctoral researcher
Postdoctoral research is scholarly research conducted by a person who has recently completed doctoral studies, normally within the previous five years. It is intended to further deepen expertise in a specialist subject, including acquiring novel skills and methods...
first in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at the University of California, Irvine
University of California, Irvine
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, then in the Life Sciences Division of Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory
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, New Mexico
New Mexico
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.
In 1996, Shen joined the Division of Cell & Tumor Biology at City of Hope National Medical Center. In 2000, h became associate professor in the Division of Molecular Medicine. In 2003, Shen was appointed the Director of the Division of Radiation Biology. He's also the Associated Chair and Professor in the Division of Cancer Biology, and a full member of Cancer Biology Program in the Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Shen was elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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, the American Society of Radiation Research, and is member of the Radiation Study Section of the National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
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. Shen was named the United States Department of Defense
United States Department of Defense
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’s 2002 Breast Cancer Research Program panel.