Eric Shi

Biography

Dr. Shi is a biomedical scientist specializing on cancer research and translational medicine development.  Dr. Shi was the Associate Professor and then full Professor of Albert Einstein College of Medicine between 1994 – 2010, during which he led twelve national research programs funded by the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) and U.S. Department of Defense (DOD).  In 2010, Dr. Shi returned to China and became Vice President of the Academy of Clinical Research and Translational Medicine, Jiangsu Province.  Dr. Shi leads three research projects sponsored by the China National Science Foundation, and one cancer early diagnosis research project sponsored by the National Key Technology R&D Program for the 12th Five-year Plan of China.  In addition, Dr. Shi is the founder of several bio-medical companies, including most recently: Dawei BioPharma in China, a medical device company specializing on the urinary tract system, and J&Q Diagnosis in China, a medical diagnosis company building a platform of metabolomics focusing on sex hormone metabolism.  After graduation from Peking University School of Medicine in 1983, Dr. Shi studied at Dartmouth Medical School where he received his Ph.D. in biochemistry.

Research Interest

Biochemistry