2008 International Conference on Frontiers of Dental and Craniofacial Research

CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME	Wanjun Chen, M.D.
DATEOF BIRTH	August 1, 1963
INSTITUTE	Mucosal Immunology Unit, OIIB, NIDCR, NIH
EDUCATION
1984	M.D. Qingdao University Medical School, Qingdao, China
1987	M.S. Shandong University Medical School and Shandong
	Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China
1993-1996	Postdoctoral Research, Harvard Medical School, Boston
EMPLOYMENT
1983-1984	Intern in Medicine, Qingdao General Hospital, Qingdao, China
1987-1989	Instructor, Department of Immunology, Shandong, Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China
1989-1992	Visiting Scientist, Institute of Immunology and Institute for Blood Group Serology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
1993-1996	Postdoctoral Fellow, Multiple Sclerosis and Mucosal Immunology Unit, Center for Neurological Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
1997-2003	Senior Staff Fellow, Cellular Immunology Section, Oral Infection and Immunity Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health
2004	Principle Investigator, Chief, Mucosal Immunology Unit, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health
HONORS AND AWARDS
The Medical Student Oral Presentation Contest Award, Qingdao University Medical School, 　China, 1982
The Chinese Shandong Award (Third Place) for Development of Science and Technology, 　China, 1989
The Chinese Shandong Award (Second Place) for Development of Science and Technology, 　China, 1989
The Chinese Youth Microbiologists and Immunologists Award, China, 1989
The Young Investigator Award of Third IIGB International Workshop on MHC Gene Molecular 　Biology, Italy, 1990
Austrian North-South Organization Scholarship, University of Vienna, Austria, 1989-1991
The Young Investigator Award of the Second European Workshop on Cell Death -Apoptosis 　2000, Italy, 2000
NIDCR Scientific Director's Postdoctoral Travel Award in Recognition of Outstanding 　Achievements in Oral Health and Craniofacial Research, 2000
NIH Excellent Research Article Award for Year 2000-2001, NIH Cytokine Interest Group, 2002
Nominated by NIDCR for 2004 the USA Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and 　Engineers Program
Grant from NIH Intramural AIDS Targeted Antiviral Program (IATAP), 2004
Interviewed by Science magazine for an article “Success Factors for Postdocs”, published on 　Science , Aug 12, 2005
EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Ad hoc Reviewer for Nature Medicine, Immunity, Journal of Experimental
Medicine, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Journal of Immunology, Blood, Circulation, European 　Journal of Cell Biology, Rheumatology, FASEB
Journal, International Immunology, Molecular Therapy, Frontiers in Bioscience, Transplantation, 　Expert Review of Clinical Immunology, Cellular Immunology, Journal of Leukocyte Biology
EXTRAMURAL ACTIVITIES Lectured in Immunology for graduates and undergraduates and supervised their laboratory course work; organized seminars and Journal Club in the Department of Immunology at Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, China, 1987-1989 Supervised college students in experimental immunology, Center for Neurological Diseases, Harvard Medical School, 1993-1996 Ad hoc Reviewer for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Grant, the Eli and Edythe L. Broad Foundation, CA, USA, 2006 Ad hoc Reviewer for Major Immunology grants for the National Science Foundation in China, 2006 Member, Scientific Program Committee, International Conference on Immunology 2007, Shanghai, China INVITED LECTURES Symposium Presentation, the Annual Meeting of Austrian Society of Immunology and Allergology, Vienna, Austria, 1991 Symposium Presentation, the 9th International Congress of Immunology, San Francisco, CA, 1995 Symposium Presentation, FASEB Joint Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 1996 Invited Speaker, Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, NIAID, NIH, 1999 Invited Speaker, NIH Cytokine Interest Group Symposium, NIH, 1999 Invited Speaker, the Central Laboratory for Experimental Medicine, Taian Zhongxin Hospital, Taian, China, 2000 Invited Speaker, Department of Immunology, Taishan Medical College, Taian, China, 2000 Symposium Presentation, The Second European Workshop on Cell Death- Apoptosis 2000, Italy, 2000 Symposium Presentation, NIH Immunology Interest Group Retreat, Virginia, 2000 Invited Speaker, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Wake Forest, University Medical School, North Carolina, 2001 Symposium Presentation, NIH Immunology Interest Group Retreat, Virginia, 2001 Symposium Presentation, Cytokine Odyssey, Hawaii, 2001 Invited Speaker, NIH Cytokine Interest Group Symposium, NIH, 2002 Symposium Presentation, FASEB Joint Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2002 Invited Speaker, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown University, Washington DC, 2002 Invited Speaker, Department of Medicine and Immunology, University of Toronto, Canada, 2002 Symposium Presentation, NIH Immunology Interest Group Retreat, Virginia, 2002 Invited Speaker, NIH Cytokine Interest Group Symposium, NIH, 2003 Invited Speaker, OIIB, NIDCR, NIH, 2003 Invited Speaker, Stroke Branch, NINDS, NIH, 2003 Invited Speaker, NIH Immunology Interest Group Retreat, Virginia, 2003 Symposium Presentation, AAI- FASEB Joint Meeting, Washington DC, 2004 Symposium presentation, 12th ICI and 4th FOCIS conference, Montreal, 2004 Invited Plenary Speaker, Annul Meeting of Austrian Allergology and Immunology, Vienna, Austria, 2004 Invited Speaker, CDBRB, NIDCR, 2005 Invited Speaker, Symposium of Autoimmunity and Inflammation, Washington DC, 2005 Symposium Speaker, 2005 ISICR annual Meeting, Shanghai, China, 2005 Invited Speaker, George Mason University, Virginia, 2006 Symposium Speaker, NIDCR Salivary gland symposium, 2006 Invited Speaker, NIDCR Tenure-track Seminar Series, 2007 Symposium Presentation, International Conference of Mucosal Immunology, July, 2007, Japan Symposium Speaker, International Conference on Immunology 2007, Shanghai, China Invited Speaker, Gene Therapy and Therapeutics Branch, NIDCR, 2007, Bethesda, MD INTRAMURAL ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE NIDCR DIR Judge for the Fellows Award for Research Excellence, NIH, 2006 Judge for the NIH National Graduate Student Research Festival, NIH, 2006 Judge for the NIH National Graduate Student Research Festival, NIH, 2007 INTRAMURAL ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE NIDCR DIR Senior individualized project advisor for Melissa Cook, Kalamazoo College, in mucosal immunology, OIIB, NIDCR, 1997-1998 Supervisor for M. Frank, pre-IRTA Fellow, training in immunology, OIIB, NIDCR, 1999-2000 Supervisor for E. Clark, GW University student, training in Immunology, OIIB, NIDCR, 2000 Supervisor for E. Kim, NIDCR dental student awardee, training in immunology, OIIB, NIDCR, 2000 Supervisor for D. Sim, pre-IRTA Fellow, training in immunology, OIIB, NIDCR, 2001-2002 Supervisor for Tae Kong, NIDCR dental student awardee, training in immunology, NIDCR, 2002 Supervisor for Jeffrey Lin, NIDCR dental student awardee, training in immunology, NIDCR, 2003 Member, NIDCR, VRCOC Committee, 2004-present Supervisor for Ali Pourmohamadian, NIDCR dental student awardee, training in mucosal immunology, NIDCR, 2005 Supervisor for Derek Park, NIDCR dental student awardee, training in immunology, NIDCR, 2006 Supervisor for Pin Zhang, PhD Candidate, Shandong University Medical School, training in mucosal immunology, NIDCR, 2006, 10- present Supervisor for postdoctoral fellows: Yongzhong Liu, Ph.D (2004, 10-); Xianchun Zeng, (2004,11-2005,11); Shoba Amarnath, Ph.D. (2005, 1- 2006, 9); Sylvain Perruche, Ph.D. (2005,3-), Jun Li, PhD, M.D. (2005, 12-) training in general and mucosal immunology, Mucosal Immunology Unit, OIIB, NIDCR

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