Cong-Yi Wang
Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China
Biography
Cong-Yi Wang, MD, PhD, Professor and Director, the Center for Biomedical Research, Vice Director, Department of Sponsored Program Administration, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Before 2014, he served as a tenured Associate Professor at the Department of Pathology, and the Director of Georgia Esoteric & Molecular Laboratories, LLC, Georgia Regents University, USA. The major focus for his research is to dissect the role of genetic and epigenetic factors in the pathogenesis of diabetes and diabetic complications. Particularly, he employs animal models and human subjects to address how environmental insults interact with genetic factors to modulate disease susceptibility, and through which to develop effective therapeutic approaches for prevention/intervention of these devastating disorders.