Cheun-Yan Cheng

Infobox Scientist
name = Prof Cheun-Yan Cheng


image_size = 180px
birth_date = Birth date and age|1940|6|17|mf=y
birth_place = Hong Kong, China
nationality = American
field = Biotechnology
work_institution = Rockefeller University
alma_mater = University of Hong Kong (B.Sc))
University of Newcastle (Ph.D))
doctoral_advisor =
doctoral_students =
known_for = Male contraceptive drug
prizes = Richard E. Weizman Memorial Award
Best Scientific Paper Award

Professor Cheun-Yan Cheng is a Senior Scientist for the Population Council's Center for Biomedical Research. He is most well known as the inventor of the male contraceptive drug [cite web|title=Obsessed Scientist Finally Throttles 'Em! Non-Paternity Potion | The New York Observor|accessdate=2008-09-28|url=http://www.observer.com/node/36309] [cite web|title=Future male "pill" targets testicles|accessdate=2008-09-28|url=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn10397-future-male-pill-targets-testicles.html] [cite web|url=http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/male-pill.html|title=Male pill - Science Base|accessdate=2008-09-28] [cite web|url=http://seedmagazine.com/news/2006/10/the_hunt_for_male_birth_contro.php|title=Seed: The Hunt for Male Birth Control|accessdate=2008-09-28] , which is the first male contraceptive drug on the market now finished clinical trials showing no side effects [cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/trials-for-alternative-male-pill-show-no-sideeffects-422207.html|title=Trials for alternative male Pill show no side-effects|accessdate=2008-09-28] [cite web|url=http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/546815|title=Male Contraceptive Drug in the Works|accessdate=2008-09-28] .

Career

He graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a B.Sc. in 1977, and obtained his Ph.D. in biochemistry and cell biology at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, in 1981. He came to New York as a Population Council postdoctoral trainee in 1981, studying in the laboratory of Drs. Wayne Bardin, Neal Musto, and Glen Gunsalus and was appointed as a research investigator in December 1982.

Cheng's research focuses on the development of a novel contraceptive for human males. These studies currently are supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the CONRAD Program, and the Andrew Mellon Foundation.

Awards

Cheng received the Richard E. Weizman Memorial Award from the Endocrine Society in 1988 and the Best Scientific Paper Award from the American Society of Andrology in 1997.

Cheng is affiliated with the Population Council's Reproductive Health program.

References

External Links

* [http://www.popcouncil.org/staff/bios/Cheng_Y/cheng_y.html Population Council]
* [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-413524/New-male-contraceptive-Pill-effects.html Daily Mail article (UK)] New male contraceptive Pill with no side effects]