Yang-xin Fu

Biography

1978-1983 Shanghai Medical University，China, MD equivalent 1983-1986 PUMC Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Resident 1986-1990 University of Miami School of Medicine, PhD Position Held 1991-1993 National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Postdoctoral Fellow 1994-1998 Washington University School of Medicine, Resident 1998-2005 University of Chicago, Assistant Professor 2005-2015 University of Chicago, Professor 2015-UT southwestern, Dallas, Professor of Pathology and Immunology 2008-Senior Consulting Investigator, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing, China 1978-1983 Shanghai Medical University，China, MD equivalent 1983-1986 PUMC Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Resident 1986-1990 University of Miami School of Medicine, PhD Position Held 1991-1993 National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Postdoctoral Fellow 1994-1998 Washington University School of Medicine, Resident 1998-2005 University of Chicago, Assistant Professor 2005-2015 University of Chicago, Professor 2015-UT southwestern, Dallas, Professor of Pathology and Immunology 2008-Senior Consulting Investigator, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing, China

Research Interest

The major research interest of Fu lab is to explore new immunological therapeutic strategies for cancer and chronic infection using antibody-based strategies and therapeutic vaccines. Our lab has made significant progress in understanding how traditional cancer therapies both rely on and impact the immune system. We also started the projects of comprehensive strategies to prevent and treat chronic HBV infection.