Personal Data:

Name: Wei-Hua Jia, MD, Ph.D Birth Date: 7/10/1970
Sex: Female Address: 651 DongFeng Road East
GuangZhou 510060, China
Nationality: China E-mail: jiaweihua@tom.com
Tel: 86-20-87343189 Fax: 86-20-87343392

Education and Employment:

2002.6 – Associated professor, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-sen University
1999.10–2002.5 Post-doctor, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-sen University
1998.7 – 1999.9 Assistant professor, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
1992.9 – 1998.7 Ph.D. student, Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College (Ph.D. obtained).
Major: Epidemiology

Committees:

Member of China Anti-Cancer Association Committee, Branch for Cancer Epidemiology
Member of Guangdong Medical Association Committee, Branch for Medical Genetics

Major Publication:
(In English)
1. Jia WH, Collins A, Zeng YX, Feng BJ, Yu XJ, Huang LX, Feng QS, Huang P, Yao MH, Shugart Yao Y (2005). Complex segregation analysis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Guangdong, China: evidence for a multifactorial mode of inheritance. Eur J Hum Genet. 13:248-252..
2. Jia WH, Feng BJ, Xu ZL, Zhang XS, Huang P, Huang LX, Yu XJ, Feng QS, Yao MH, Shugart Yao Y, Zeng YX. (2004) Familial risk and clustering of nasopharyngeal carcinoma（NPC）in Guangdong, China. Cancer, 101:363-9.
3. Jia WH, Shao JY, Feng BJ, Zeng YX, (2003) Genetic component involved in Nasopharyngeal carcinoma development. Cancer Reviews: Asia-Pacific, 1(1): 31-49.
4. Zeng YX, Jia WH. (2002) Familial nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Seminar in Cancer Biology, 12: 443-450.
5. Jiang JH, Jia WH, Chen HK, Feng BJ, Qin HD, Pan ZG, Shen GP, Huang LX, Feng QS, Chen LZ, Lin DX, Zeng YX, (2004) Genetic polymorphisms of CYP2A13 and its relationship to nasopharyngeal carcinoma in the Cantonese population. J Transl Med. 29;2(1):24 .
6. Zhang XS, Song KH, Mai HQ, Jia WH, Feng BJ, Xia JC, Zhang RH, Huang LX, Yu XJ, Feng QS, Huang P, Chen JJ, Zeng XX. (2002) The 30-bp deletion variant: a polymorphism of latent membrane protein 1 prevalent in endemic and non-endemic areas of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in China. Cancer Lett 176: 65-73.
7. Feng BJ, Huang W, Shugart YY, Lee MK, Zhang F, Xia JC, Wang HY, Huang TB, Jian SW, Huang P, Feng QS, Huang LX, Yu XJ, Li D, Chen LZ, Jia WH, Fang Y, Huang HM, Zhu JL, Liu XM, Zhao Y, Liu WQ, Deng MQ, Hu WH, Wu SX, Mo HY, Hong MF, King MC, Chen Z, Zeng YX. (2002) Genome-wide scan for familial nasopharyngeal carcinoma reveals evidence of linkage to chromosome 4. Nat Genet. 31: 395-9.

(In Chinese)
8. Jia WH, Xu ZL, Feng BJ, Huang LX, Yu XJ, Feng QS, Zhang F, Zeng YX, (2004) Epidemiological study of nasopharyngeal carcimoma risk in relatives of high-risk families in Guangdong (Chinese), Chinese Journal of Cancer, 23(7):767-770.
9. Jiang JH, Jia WH, Qin HD, Liang H, Pan ZG, Zeng YX, (2004) Expression of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes jin Human Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma and Non-cancerous Nasopharnx Tissue, Chinese Journal of Cancer (Chinese), 23(6):672-677.
10. Jia WH, Wang JX, Li BX, Zhao YC, Zhang JY, (2002) Noncancer death for medical diagnostic X-ray workers in China, 1950-1995 (Chinese), Chin J Radiol Med Prot, 22: 239-242.
11. Jia WH, Zeng YX. (2000) Complex segregation analysis of familial nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Guangdong, China: Evidence for a major gene transmission. Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Sunyatseni 39(A).
12. Jia WH, Wang JX, Li BX, Li Z. (2000) An epidemiology and molecular genetic study on breast cancer susceptibility, Chinese Medicine Sciences Journal, 15:231-257.
13. Jia WH, Wang JX, Li Z. (2000) Loss of heterozygosity at BRCA1 and BRCA2 loci of breast cancer, Tumor (Chinese), 20: 177-180.
14. Jia WH, Wang JX, Li BX. (2000) A genetic epidemiological study on family aggregation for breast cancer-Analysis of risk factors, segregation ration and heritability, Tumor (Chinese), 20: 245-248.
15. Jia WH. (1999) Cancer susceptibility, radiation sensitivity and radiation-induced carcinoma, (Chinese). Chin J Radiol Med Prot.
16. Jia WH, Wang JX, Li BX, Gao ZW, Xu J, Zhang JY. (1998) A nested case-control study on female breast cancer risk among medical diagnostic X-ray workers in China, Chin J Radiol Med Prot, 18(2), 73-76.
17. Wang JX, Jia WH, Li BX, Gao ZW, Xu J, Zhang JY. (1996) Breast cancer risk and factors in female medical diagnostic X-ray workers in China (Chinese), Chin J Epi, 17(6), 325-327.

Major Grants Received:

1. PI. National Natural Science Foundation of China (30471487): DNA repair gene and susceptibility of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC) in Guangdong population (2005-2008).
2. PI of China, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (1 RO3 CA113240-01) Gene-gene interaction in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.(2004-2006)
3. PI. National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.30000141): Genetic Epidemiological Study on Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Guang Dong Province. (2001-2003)
4. PI. Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China (Year 2000): The Study of Inheritance Model on Nasopharyngreal Carcinoma in Guang Dong Province. (2001-2002)
5. Principal participant, The Ministry of Science and Technology Award of China (2002BA711A03) Susceptibility Genes of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. (2002-2006)