- Xiaofeng Zhou
Dr. Xiaofeng Zhou, Assistant Professor, Center for
Molecular Biology of Oral Diseases,University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry , is an internationally knownoral cancer researcher.His primary research interest is to utilize
molecular genetics and bioninformatics technologies to develop novel diagnostic tools and to gain a better understanding of human diseases such as head and neck/oral cancer. His research is focused on the genetic mapping of disease genes and/or consistent genomic alterations that are associated with the development and progression of oral cancer.Dr. Zhou previously had been an Assistant Professor of Oral Biology at the
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Dentistry, and also was a member of UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and the university’s Dental Research Institute. He holds a BS inbiochemistry andmicrobiology fromHangzhou University in China; a PhD in biochemistry and a postdoctorate training in human genetics fromBoston University ; and an MS insoftware engineering fromBrandeis University . Dr. Zhou has published more than 40 journal articles, review articles, and book chapters, and holds threeNational Institutes of Health grant research projects.Dr. Zhou is also a Visiting Professor at Sun Yat-sen University, China.
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* [http://dentistry.uic.edu/ University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry]
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