Yi-Xin Zeng, M.D., Ph.D.

Personal Data:

Birth Date: 10/3/62                                        Address: 651 DongFeng Road East
Sex: Male                                                         GuangZhou 510060, China
Nationality: China                                           Fax: 86-20-8734-3295
Marriage: Married, with two children          E-mail: yxzeng@gzsums.edu.cn

Education and Employment:

1997.10 –               Professor and Director,     Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center
1997.2 –                  Professor and Vice Director,    SunYat-sen University Cancer Center
1994.12 – 1997.1   Research Associate, Howard Hughes Medical Institute University of  
                                    Pennsylvania School of Medicine
1992.7 – 1994.12   Posdoc Fellow, Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo University and  Tokyo 
                                    Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology
1990.9 – 1992.6      Research Assistant, GuangDong Provincial Peoples Hospital.
1985.9 – 1990.7      Ph.D. student, Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences (Ph.D. obtained).
1980.9 – 1985.7     Medical student, HengYang Medical College, Hunan Province (M.D. obtained).

Major Academic titles:

1. Vice President, China Anti-Cancer Association
2. Vice President, International Association for EBV and Related Diseases
3. Member of the State Pharmacopoeia Commission of China
4. Member of the SFDA (Sino-Food & Drug Administration) Drug Evaluation Committee
5. Vice Chairmen, Branch of Cancer Center Association, Chinese Association of Hospital Administration
6. Vice Chairmen, Branch of Medical Technology Application, Chinese Association of Hospital Administration
7. Editor-in-chief. Oncology: A textbook for graduate students. Peoples Health Press, Beijing, China, 1999 (2nd Edition was published in 2003).
8. Editor-in-chief. Chinese Journal of Cancer
9. Associate Editor, Cell Cycle (USA).
10. Member of the Editorial Board, Cancer Biology and Therapy (USA).
11. Member of the Editorial Board, Science in China (Series C: Life Science).
12. Member of the Editorial Advisory Board. International Journal of Modern Cancer Therapy (Hong Kong).
13. Member of AACR (American Association of Cancer Research).

Major Grants Received:

1. PI. National Outstanding Youth Grant: Cancer gene therapy. RMB 800,000, 1998-2003.
2. PI. China Medical Board (New York) Grant: Research on nasopharyngeal carcinoma susceptibility genes. US $500,000, 1998-2003.
3. PI. China National Natural Science Foundation (key project grant): Identification of nasopharyngeal carcinoma susceptibility genes. RMB 350,000.
4. Co-PI. China National Natural Science Foundation (key project grant): Biological
characteristics in the multiple-step process of nasopharyngeal carcinoma carcinogenesis. RMB 450,000. 1997.
5. PI. China High-Tech Projects (863): Collection and analysis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma high risk families. RMB 200,000. 1998-2001.
6. PI. China National Basic Science Program (973): Identification of nasopharyngeal carcinoma susceptibility genes. RMB 2,400,000. 1999-2003.
7. PI. Chinese Ministry of Education Grant: Role of Epstein-Barr virus in nasopharyngeal carcinoma carcinogenesis. RMB 40,000. 1998.
8. PI. GuangDong Scientific Committee Grant: Location and cloning of nasopharyngeal carcinoma susceptibility genes. RMB 1,000,000. 2001-2005.
9. PI. The 10th Five-Year Research Projects of China: Cloning and functional analysis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma susceptibility gene. RMB 10,000,000. 2002-2005.

Major awards received:

1. Award for Excellent Young Teachers in Chinese Universities, Ministry of Education, 2000.
2. Award for Top Ten Scientific Achievements in Chinese Universities, 2002.
3. Award for Top Ten Advancement in Medicine and Health Science in China, 2002.
4. First Class Prize for Achievements in Natural Science, Ministry of Education, 2002.
5. First Class Prize for Scientific Advancement, China Medical Association, 2003.
6. First Class Prize for Scientific Advancement in Guangdong Province, 2004.
7. Second Class Prize for Natural Science Achivement, Ministry of Science and Technology, China, 2005.