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Phone:
(336) 713-7633
E-mail:
wzhao@wfubmc.edu
Links:
Zhao lab home page
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Research Interests:
To understand the mechanism(s) involved in radiation-induced normal tissue injury, including chronic oxidative stress, inflammation, signal transduction, extracellular matrix modulation and antioxidant defenses; to identify and test the potential compounds, which can mitigate the radiation-induced damage of kidney and CNS; to provide rationales for clinicians to design and develop interventional therapeutic approaches in the treatment of radiation-induced late normal tissue injury.
Honors and Awards:
1997-present: Member of Radiation Research Society
2000-present: Member of Oxygen/Free Radical Research Society
2000: Investigator Travel Award for 47th Annual Meeting of the Radiation Research Society
2001-present: Member of American Association of Cancer Research
2007-present: Society of Neuroscience
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Education
Undergraduate:
University of Iowa
M.S., Free Radical and Radiation Biology
1998
Postgraduate:
University of Iowa
Ph.D., Free Radical and Radiation Biology
2000
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Positions:
1987-1993: Research Assistant/Engineer. Aquatic Ecological Laboratory, Institute of Ecology, Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China.
1996–2000: Graduate Research Assistant, Free Radical & Radiation Biology Program, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City
2000-2001: Postdoctoral Scholar in Free Radical & Radiation Biology Program, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City.
2001-2002: Research Associate, Department of Radiation Oncology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
2002-2007: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Wake Forest University
School of Medicine
2007-present: Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
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