9^th World Biomarkers Congress

Wancai Yang is the Dean of the Institute of Precision Medicine and School of Basic Medical Sciences, Jining Medical University, China, and a Professor of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Texas, El Paso, USA. He obtained his MD degree and was trained as a Pathologist from China and received Post-doctoral training on Cancer Biology from Rockefeller University and Albert Einstein Cancer Center, US, and was promoted as Assistant Professor. In 2006, he moved to the Department of Pathology, UIC and serving as a Grant Reviewer for the National Institutes of Health (USA) and the National Nature Science Foundation of China. His research focuses on: (1) the determination of mechanisms of gastrointestinal carcinogenesis, (2) identifi cation of biomarkers for cancer detection and patient selection for chemotherapy, (3) implication of precision medicine in cancers. He has published more than 80 peer-reviewed articles and has brought important impact in clinical signifi cance.